Word of the Day for Thursday, May 31, 2012
haimish \HEY-mish\, adjective:
Homey; cozy and unpretentious.
Now separated from Gisela Liner's home cooking and haimish evenings playing living-room soccer with Kisch, Billie consoled himself by going to the finest spots in Berlin.
-- Ed Sikov, On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder
By late afternoon the house looked at least haimish, with the season's last roses cut and opening in jelly jars.
-- Sally Koslow, With Friends Like These
There were other homey touches: a mizrakh plaque on the eastern wall, a silver menorah and a sewing kit containing a color wheel of spools on the sideboard—all made the more haimish by the savory aromas wafting in through the kitchen door.
-- Steve Stern, The Frozen Rabbi
Haimish stems from the Yiddish word of the same spelling, which comes from the German word heimisc that literally means "pertaining to the home."
溫馨的家庭;舒適，樸實無華。
吉塞拉班輪的家常菜，現在分開客廳與基施打足球haimish晚上，比利安慰自己要在柏林最好的景點。 - 埃德Sikov，在日落大道：比利·懷爾德的生活和時代到下午晚些時候的房子看著在至少haimish，本賽季的最後的玫瑰切開放和果凍罐子。 - 莎莉Koslow，有這樣的朋友有其他家一樣的觸動：上東牆，銀燭台和一個針線包，包含一個線軸色輪上的mizrakh牌匾側板香香通過廚房門裡飄出的香味更haimish。 - 史蒂夫·斯特恩，冷凍拉比haimish源於“。有關家庭”意第緒語單詞的拼寫相同，它的字面意思是從德國詞heimisc
2012年5月30日 星期三
Word of the Day for Wednesday, May 30, 2012
skirr \skur\, verb:
1. To go rapidly; fly; scurry.
2. To go rapidly over.
noun:
1. A grating or whirring sound.
Looking up, he perceived, to his horror, the figure of a man which seemed to skirr along the surface of the water...
-- Ambrose Marten, The Stanley Tales
If they'll do neither, we will come to them, and make them skirr away as swift as stones enforced from the old Assyrian slings.
-- William Shakespeare, Henry V
Skirr is related to the word scour, which comes from the Old Norse word skur meaning "shower."
1。迅速去飛;亂竄。
2。去迅速結束。
名詞：
1。光柵或呼呼的聲音。
抬頭一看，他認為，他的恐怖，一個人的身影似乎轟轟沿水面......
- 貂，劉漢銓，赤柱的故事
如果他們既會做，我們會來給他們，使他們遠離轟轟石頭從舊亞述吊索執行迅速。
- 威廉·莎士比亞，亨利五世
轟轟有關字的沖刷，從古諾爾斯字skur意義來“淋浴”。
skirr \skur\, verb:
1. To go rapidly; fly; scurry.
2. To go rapidly over.
noun:
1. A grating or whirring sound.
Looking up, he perceived, to his horror, the figure of a man which seemed to skirr along the surface of the water...
-- Ambrose Marten, The Stanley Tales
If they'll do neither, we will come to them, and make them skirr away as swift as stones enforced from the old Assyrian slings.
-- William Shakespeare, Henry V
Skirr is related to the word scour, which comes from the Old Norse word skur meaning "shower."
1。迅速去飛;亂竄。
2。去迅速結束。
名詞：
1。光柵或呼呼的聲音。
抬頭一看，他認為，他的恐怖，一個人的身影似乎轟轟沿水面......
- 貂，劉漢銓，赤柱的故事
如果他們既會做，我們會來給他們，使他們遠離轟轟石頭從舊亞述吊索執行迅速。
- 威廉·莎士比亞，亨利五世
轟轟有關字的沖刷，從古諾爾斯字skur意義來“淋浴”。
2012年5月29日 星期二
2012_05_29 Varlet noun話務員或僕人 An attendant or servant
Word of the Day for Tuesday, May 29, 2012
varlet \VAHR-lit\, noun:
1. A knavish person; rascal.
2. A. An attendant or servant. B. A page who serves a knight.
Is he not a lying, stinking, contemptible varlet?
-- Jude Morgan, Indiscretion
A varlet scrambled forward at once and attempted to wrestle our luggage away from me.
-- Eric Kraft, On the Wing
Varlet is a variation on the French word valet.
1。一個knavish人;流氓。
2。話務員或僕人。 B.一個人，騎士。
他是不是一個說謊的，臭的，可鄙的varlet？
- 裘德摩根，越軌
一個varlet炒一次嘗試我們的行李離開我搏鬥。
- 埃里克卡夫，機翼上
varlet是一個法語單詞代客變化。
varlet \VAHR-lit\, noun:
1. A knavish person; rascal.
2. A. An attendant or servant. B. A page who serves a knight.
Is he not a lying, stinking, contemptible varlet?
-- Jude Morgan, Indiscretion
A varlet scrambled forward at once and attempted to wrestle our luggage away from me.
-- Eric Kraft, On the Wing
Varlet is a variation on the French word valet.
1。一個knavish人;流氓。
2。話務員或僕人。 B.一個人，騎士。
他是不是一個說謊的，臭的，可鄙的varlet？
- 裘德摩根，越軌
一個varlet炒一次嘗試我們的行李離開我搏鬥。
- 埃里克卡夫，機翼上
varlet是一個法語單詞代客變化。
2012年5月27日 星期日
2012_05_27 Ventose adj. 給空談;大風。Given to empty talk; windy.
Word of the Day for Sunday, May 27, 2012
ventose \VEN-tohs\, adjective:
Given to empty talk; windy.
Anyhow, it is better to wind up that way than to go growling out one's existence as a ventose hypochondriac.
-- Thomas Henry Huxley, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
The ventose orator was confounded, and put himself and his glass down together.
-- L. J. Bigelow, Bench and Bar
First used in English in the 1700s, ventose is derived from the Latin word for wind, "vent."
給空談;大風。
總之，它是更好的風，比去咆哮了一個人的存在作為ventose脅痛。
- 托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎，生活和托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎的書
被混淆的ventose的演說家，並把自己和他的玻璃一起。
- L. J.比奇洛，長凳和酒吧
在1700年，在英語中首次使用ventose來自風，拉丁詞“發洩。”
ventose \VEN-tohs\, adjective:
Given to empty talk; windy.
Anyhow, it is better to wind up that way than to go growling out one's existence as a ventose hypochondriac.
-- Thomas Henry Huxley, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
The ventose orator was confounded, and put himself and his glass down together.
-- L. J. Bigelow, Bench and Bar
First used in English in the 1700s, ventose is derived from the Latin word for wind, "vent."
給空談;大風。
總之，它是更好的風，比去咆哮了一個人的存在作為ventose脅痛。
- 托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎，生活和托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎的書
被混淆的ventose的演說家，並把自己和他的玻璃一起。
- L. J.比奇洛，長凳和酒吧
在1700年，在英語中首次使用ventose來自風，拉丁詞“發洩。”
2012年5月26日 星期六
2012_05_26 Betide v 發生;應驗。;To happen; come to pass.
Word of the Day for Saturday, May 26, 2012
betide \bih-TAHYD\, verb:
1. To happen to; come to; befall.
2. To happen; come to pass.
"Ill luck betide thee, poor damsel," said Sancho, "ill luck betide thee!"
-- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
"The girls' skirts are measured each week with a dressmaker's rule," she would say, "to see that they conform to the length prescribed. Woe betide any girl whose skirt does not."
-- Hilary Mantel, An Experiment in Love
Betide stems from the Old English word tide meaning "something that happened." As in besot and belabor, the prefix be- turns the noun into a verb.
發生於\波黑TAHYD\，動詞：
1。發生;來;降臨。
2。發生;應驗。
“厄運發生於你，可憐的姑娘，”桑丘說，“厄運發生於你！”
- 塞萬提斯，“堂吉訶德”
“女孩的裙子是衡量一個裁縫的規則，每星期，”她說，“看到他們符合長度規定。禍發生於任何女孩的裙子沒有。”
- 希拉里·曼特爾，在愛的實驗
發生於莖“發生的一件事”，從舊的英文單詞潮意義。使人醉和痛打，前綴變成一個動詞的名詞。
betide \bih-TAHYD\, verb:
1. To happen to; come to; befall.
2. To happen; come to pass.
"Ill luck betide thee, poor damsel," said Sancho, "ill luck betide thee!"
-- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
"The girls' skirts are measured each week with a dressmaker's rule," she would say, "to see that they conform to the length prescribed. Woe betide any girl whose skirt does not."
-- Hilary Mantel, An Experiment in Love
Betide stems from the Old English word tide meaning "something that happened." As in besot and belabor, the prefix be- turns the noun into a verb.
發生於\波黑TAHYD\，動詞：
1。發生;來;降臨。
2。發生;應驗。
“厄運發生於你，可憐的姑娘，”桑丘說，“厄運發生於你！”
- 塞萬提斯，“堂吉訶德”
“女孩的裙子是衡量一個裁縫的規則，每星期，”她說，“看到他們符合長度規定。禍發生於任何女孩的裙子沒有。”
- 希拉里·曼特爾，在愛的實驗
發生於莖“發生的一件事”，從舊的英文單詞潮意義。使人醉和痛打，前綴變成一個動詞的名詞。
2012年5月25日 星期五
2012_05_12 Ingeminate v. 重複; 重申 To repeat; reiterate.
Word of the Day for Friday, May 25, 2012
ingeminate \in-JEM-uh-neyt\, verb:
To repeat; reiterate.
Sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence and frequent sighs, he would with a shrill and sad accent ingeminate the word Peace, Peace...
-- Christopher Ricks, Essays in Appreciation
Mr. Dott's spirits were a little dashed, especially as Niven with a fateful countenance continued to ingeminate the word “Hungrygrain.”
-- Arthur Train, Tutt and Mr. Tutt
Ingeminate comes from the Latin word ingemināre which meant "to repeat or redouble."
重複;重申。
時候，坐在他的朋友之間，深深的沉默和頻繁的嘆息後，他將與尖銳和悲傷的口音ingeminate字的和平，和平...
- 克里斯托弗·里克斯，在欣賞散文
多特先生的精神是一點點破滅，尤其是作為一個致命的面容繼續ingeminate的字尼文，“Hungrygrain。”
- 阿瑟列車，TUTT和先生的TUTT
ingeminate“。重複或加倍”，這意味著從拉丁詞ingemināre
ingeminate \in-JEM-uh-neyt\, verb:
To repeat; reiterate.
Sitting among his friends, often, after a deep silence and frequent sighs, he would with a shrill and sad accent ingeminate the word Peace, Peace...
-- Christopher Ricks, Essays in Appreciation
Mr. Dott's spirits were a little dashed, especially as Niven with a fateful countenance continued to ingeminate the word “Hungrygrain.”
-- Arthur Train, Tutt and Mr. Tutt
Ingeminate comes from the Latin word ingemināre which meant "to repeat or redouble."
重複;重申。
時候，坐在他的朋友之間，深深的沉默和頻繁的嘆息後，他將與尖銳和悲傷的口音ingeminate字的和平，和平...
- 克里斯托弗·里克斯，在欣賞散文
多特先生的精神是一點點破滅，尤其是作為一個致命的面容繼續ingeminate的字尼文，“Hungrygrain。”
- 阿瑟列車，TUTT和先生的TUTT
ingeminate“。重複或加倍”，這意味著從拉丁詞ingemināre
2012年5月24日 星期四
2012_05_24 Demiurge n.造物主 magistrate
Word of the Day for Thursday, May 24, 2012
demiurge \DEM-ee-urj\, noun:
1. Philosophy. A. Platonism. The artificer of the world. B. (In the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
2. (In many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
Larger than a character, the river is a manifest presence, a demiurge to support the man and the boy, a deity to betray them, feed them, all but drown them, fling them apart, float them back together.
-- Norman Mailer, The Spooky Art
The gnostics think this world was created by a bad god—a demiurge—who wandered too far from the True God and somehow got perverted.
-- Derek Swannson, Crash Gordon and the Mysteries of Kingsburg
Demiurge meant "a worker for the people" in Ancient Greek, from the roots dḗmio- meaning "of the people" and -ergos, "a worker."
造物主\ DEM的EE-urj的\，名詞：
1。哲學。 A.柏拉圖。世界的設計者。 B.（諾斯底和某些其他系統）一種超自然的想像創造或塑造隸屬的世界最高的存在，有時邪惡的鼻祖。
2。在古希臘的許多國家公職人員或裁判官。
超過一個字符較大，河流是一個清單存在，造物主，以支持該名男子和男孩，背叛他們的神，餵它們，但淹沒他們，他們除了一扔，漂浮他們重新走到一起。
- 諾曼·梅勒，鬼的藝術
該Gnostics認為這個世界是由一個壞神的造物主誰徘徊太遠，從真神，不知怎麼變態。
- 德里克Swannson，崩潰戈登和金斯堡的奧秘
造物主的意思是“人民的工人”在古希臘從根部意義dḗmio“人民”和-ergos，，“一名工人。”
demiurge \DEM-ee-urj\, noun:
1. Philosophy. A. Platonism. The artificer of the world. B. (In the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
2. (In many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
Larger than a character, the river is a manifest presence, a demiurge to support the man and the boy, a deity to betray them, feed them, all but drown them, fling them apart, float them back together.
-- Norman Mailer, The Spooky Art
The gnostics think this world was created by a bad god—a demiurge—who wandered too far from the True God and somehow got perverted.
-- Derek Swannson, Crash Gordon and the Mysteries of Kingsburg
Demiurge meant "a worker for the people" in Ancient Greek, from the roots dḗmio- meaning "of the people" and -ergos, "a worker."
造物主\ DEM的EE-urj的\，名詞：
1。哲學。 A.柏拉圖。世界的設計者。 B.（諾斯底和某些其他系統）一種超自然的想像創造或塑造隸屬的世界最高的存在，有時邪惡的鼻祖。
2。在古希臘的許多國家公職人員或裁判官。
超過一個字符較大，河流是一個清單存在，造物主，以支持該名男子和男孩，背叛他們的神，餵它們，但淹沒他們，他們除了一扔，漂浮他們重新走到一起。
- 諾曼·梅勒，鬼的藝術
該Gnostics認為這個世界是由一個壞神的造物主誰徘徊太遠，從真神，不知怎麼變態。
- 德里克Swannson，崩潰戈登和金斯堡的奧秘
造物主的意思是“人民的工人”在古希臘從根部意義dḗmio“人民”和-ergos，，“一名工人。”
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