2012_04_30 Aphotic adj. Dark;无光;黑暗。

Word of the Day for Monday, April 30, 2012
aphotic \ey-FOH-tik\, adjective:
Lightless; dark.
I sat curled up on the sofa, trapped in the dream from which I had begun to awaken, but still lost in the reminiscence of our aphotic rendezvous.
 -- Žakalin Nežić, Goodbye Serbia
The stars and moon outside the windows on the twenty- first floor of Fordum Towers shined in the distance, the sky otherwise ebony and aphotic.
 -- Steven Gillis, Water Falls
Coined in the early 1900s, aphotic comes from the Greek word photic meaning "light," as in the word photo, and the prefix a- meaning "not."
无光;黑暗。

我坐在沙发上蜷缩着，被困在我已经开始觉醒的梦想，但仍然在我们无光交会的回忆丢失。
- ŽakalinNežić，塞尔维亚再见

Fordum塔二十一楼窗外的星星和月亮照在远处的天空，否则乌木和无光。
- 史蒂文·吉利斯，水瀑布

创造了在20世纪初，无光“，而不是”从透光的希腊字，意思是“光”字的照片，和前缀的含义

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2012_04_29 Ensconce v. 解决安全或紧贴。To settle securely or snugly.

Word of the Day for Sunday, April 29, 2012
ensconce \en-SKONS\, verb:
1. To settle securely or snugly.
2. To cover or shelter; hide securely.
Here, Ryan would ensconce himself in a hammock.
 -- Zadie Smith, White Teeth
This did not trouble him, and he was quite content to ensconce himself in a cosy corner...
 -- Georgette Heyer, Regency Buck
They ensconce themselves in their child, in adding and replacing furniture, in discussing insurance and finally buying some.
 -- Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead
Ensconce is related to the word for a type of fort that defended a bridge or pass. It came to mean "to settle securely" in the late 1500s.

1。解决安全或紧贴。
2。为了掩盖或遮蔽，隐藏安全。

在这里，瑞安将蔽在自己的吊床。
- 查蒂·史密斯，白牙

这不麻烦他，他是相当的内容以蔽自己在一个舒适的角落......
- 乔其纱海耶，摄政巴克

他们蔽在他们的孩子，在添加和更换家具，在讨论保险和最后买一些。
- 诺曼·梅勒，“裸者与死者

蔽是关系到一个堡垒型桥梁或通过辩护的话。它来的意思“，以解决安全”在16世纪后期。

2012_04_28 Littoral Adj. 海洋的岸边 Pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean

Word of the Day for Saturday, April 28, 2012
littoral \LIT-er-uhl\, adjective:
1. Pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. (On ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
3. Of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore.
noun:
1. A littoral region.
The extensive artificialization of lake shorelines reduces the native littoral vegetation in quantity and quality.
 -- Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Dragonflies and Damselflies
There was an exuberant fierceness in the littoral here, a vital competition for existence.
 -- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Littoral stems from the Latin word lītus which meant "shore." It was replaced by the Old English word shore but is still used by scientists

1。有关的一个湖，海，海洋的岸边。
2。 （维景湾畔）或有关之间的sublittoral的区域和高水位线，有时还包括高水位线以上的潮上带的地理区域。
3。或有关地区的淡水湖泊病床从sublittoral区最多，包括潮湿的地方上了岸。

名词：
1。沿岸地区。

广泛的湖海岸线人工化，减少在本土沿岸植被的数量和质量。
- 亚历克斯科尔多瓦咀，蜻蜓和豆娘

有在沿岸的旺盛凶猛这里，一个重要的存在竞争。
- 约翰斯坦贝克“愤怒的葡萄”

滨海源于“岸”。这意味着从拉丁词lītus它取代了旧的英文单词岸边，但科学家仍然使用

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2012_04_27 Nosh v. 零食。To snack n.小吃。 A snack.

Word of the Day for Friday, April 27, 2012
nosh \nosh\, verb:
1. To snack or eat between meals.
2. To snack on.
noun:
1. A snack.
“Here are more munchies for you to nosh on. I know you're probably hungry.” Vincent added a platter of scrumptious fried calamari to the table.
 -- Jessica Speart, Black Delta Night
"You got anything to nosh on?" "We're going to a good restaurant; leave your appetite alone."
 -- William Goldman, Boys and Girls Together
Nosh stems from the Yiddish word nashn from the German word meaning "to nibble." It entered English in the 1950s.

1。两餐之间的零食或吃。
2。零食。

名词：
1。小吃。

“这里有更多的零食，你到小食。我知道你大概饿了。“文森特增添了美味的炸鱿鱼拼盘表。
- 杰西卡Speart，黑色三角洲夜

“你有什么小食上？”“我们要去一个良好的餐厅;独自离开你的食欲。”
- 威廉·戈德曼，男孩和女孩在一起

小食源于“蚕食”意第绪语单词nashn从德国一词的含义在20世纪50年代进入英语。

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2012_04_26 Adenoidal adj. 挤压和鼻的音质。pinched and nasal in tone quality.

Word of the Day for Thursday, April 26, 2012
adenoidal \ad-n-OID-l\, adjective:
1. Being characteristically pinched and nasal in tone quality.
2. Of or pertaining to the adenoids; adenoid.
3. Having the adenoids enlarged, especially to a degree that interferes with normal breathing.
"Quite the good, old-fashioned type of servant," as Miss Marple explained afterward, and with the proper, inaudible, respectful voice, so different from the loud but adenoidal accents of Gladys.
 -- Agatha Christie, Three Blind Mice
Then just as suddenly the sensation was gone and I heard a shrill, adenoidal voice that swallowed most of its soft consonants…
 -- Charles Johnson, Middle Passage
Adenoidal only entered English in the 1910s, referring to the glands near the nasal passage.
1。作为典型的挤压和鼻的音质。
2。或有关的腺样体;腺样。
3。腺样体增大，尤其是在一定程度上妨碍正常呼吸。

“相当不错，老式的仆人，”马普尔小姐解释之后，正确的，无声的，恭敬的声音，所以从格拉迪斯的响亮，但腺样体肥大口音不同。
- 阿加莎·克里斯蒂，三只瞎眼的老鼠

然后突然之间的感觉不见了，我听到了刺耳的，腺样体肥大的吞食其软辅音的声音......
- 查尔斯·约翰逊，中间通道

腺样体肥大仅在1910年进入英语，指的是鼻腔附近的腺体。

2012_04_25 Barnburner n. 令人印象深刻的, Something that is highly exciting or impressive。

Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 25, 2012
barnburner \BAHRN-bur-ner\, noun:
1. Something that is highly exciting or impressive.
2. Chiefly Pennsylvania. A wooden friction match.
3. (Initial capital letter) A member of the progressive faction in the Democratic party in New York State 1845–52.
“So, ready for the elder's meeting tonight?” Olan said, pouring himself some coffee. “Should be a barnburner from what I hear.”
 -- Jonathan Weyer, The Faithful
"A real barnburner — look, you got me sweating buckets." Jason's sitting on the curb with his teammates.
 -- Craig Davidson, Rust and Bone
Barnburner is an Americanism that was first observed in the 1830s. It referred to the practice of burning down a barn to get rid of rats.
1。东西是非常令人兴奋或令人印象深刻的。
2。主要是宾夕法尼亚州。木摩擦比赛。
3。 （初始大写字母）的成员在1845年至1852年纽约州的民主党进步派。

“所以，老今晚的会议做好准备吗？”Olan说，浇自己的一些咖啡。 “应该是从我听到的barnburner。”
- 乔纳森·韦耶，忠实

“一个真正的barnburner - 看，你让我出汗桶。”贾森坐在路边上，与他的队友。
- 克雷格·戴维森，锈病和骨

barnburner是首次观察到在19世纪30年代的美国主义。它指的是烧毁谷仓摆脱对大鼠的做法。

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2012_04_24 Fard n. 适用于化妆品.v. To apply cosmetics.

Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 24, 2012
fard \fahrd\, verb:
1. To apply cosmetics.
noun:
1. Facial cosmetics.
She's farded inch-thick with affectation. She's perfumed to suffocation with the musk of pretence. The colour on her cheek is part paint, part mock-modesty.
 -- Mary Cowden Clarke, The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines
Holding a candle dramatically high, wrapped in a very shabby old housegown, with some kind of fard on her cheeks and her grey hair screwed up in short plaits above her ears, she had a rather ridiculous air...
 -- Phyllis Bentley, Love and Money
Fard comes from the Old Low Franconian word farwiđon meaning "to dye or color." In the Old French it became farder meaning "to apply makeup."
1。适用于化妆品。

名词：
1。面部化妆品。

她farded与做作英寸厚。她的熏香与麝香的幌子窒息。她脸颊上的颜色是油漆，部分模拟谦虚。
- 玛丽·考登克拉克，莎士比亚的女主人公少女时代

拿着一支蜡烛，包裹在非常破旧housegown，在她的脸颊和她花白的头发，拧她的耳朵以上的短辫子一些的fard的一种，大大高，她有一个相当可笑的空气......
- 菲利斯·宾利，爱情和金钱

fard“。染料或颜色”，从旧的低的弗兰克尼亚字farwiđon意义在古法语成为意义farder“打扮”。