2007年11月30日 星期五

stencil, wagyu tartare, tuile



Discover Ise Katagami, the art of using stencils for dyeing kimono, practiced for a thousand years in the Ise region in Japan, and part of the "Japonism" influence on early 20th century European arts. Now, it takes on modern shapes as dyed pictures, interior pieces and more. We learn the mystique of this art through the life of a young artisan and her teacher.
May 29, Sun. 8:10/ 14:10/ 19:10 (JST)
May 30, Mon. 2:10


    At the restyled Fiamma in SoHo, Fabio Trabocchi joins the challenge in an original fashion. He wraps thinly sliced Australian wagyu beef around columns of tofu, which support a crunchy Parmesan tuile and, over that, a teetering quail egg. On a long, thin rectangular plate he lines up three of these delicate towers, interspersed with ovals of wagyu tartare that wear caps of chopped mushrooms and Parmesan

    teeter
    ━━ n., vi. シーソー(に乗る) (seesaw); 前後[上下]に揺り動く; 動揺(する).

    和牛 【わぎゅう】wagyu


    日本在来のウシ。体重 300kg ほどで,やや小形の黒牛。現在では,明治以降イギリスなどからの輸入種による改良和種を含めた総称。改良和種には,黒毛和種・褐毛(あかげ)和種・無角和 種・短角和種の 4 種がある。いずれも役肉兼用種として改良が始まったが,現在は肉用種として育種されている。
    国産牛

    tuile
    [TWEEL] French for "tile," this thin, crisp cookie is placed over a rounded object (like a rolling pin) while still hot from the oven. (There is also a special tuile mold, over which the hot cookies may be placed.) Once cooled and stiff, the cookie resembles a curved roof tile. The classic tuile is made with crushed almonds but the cookie can also be flavored with orange, lemon, vanilla or other nuts.



    tar・tar(e)



    a. (料理が)タルタルの, 生の.
    tartar(e) sauce タルタルソース.
    tartar(e) steak タルタルステーキ.


    parmesan
    n.
    A hard, sharp, dry Italian cheese made from skim milk and usually served grated as a garnish.
    [French, from Old French permigean, of Parma, from Old Italian parmigiano. See parmigiana.]


    English (and French) name for the hard Italian cheese parmigiana reggiano. Made from semi-skimmed cow's milk cooked with rennet, and dried for six months. When at least 2 years old it is called vecchio; stravecchio is 3 years old; stravecchione, 4 years old. It is hard and usually served on dishes grated; it cooks without becoming sticky. A 25-g portion is a rich source of calcium, a good source of protein, a source of vitamin A and niacin, contains 8 g of fat and 250 mg of sodium, and supplies 110 kcal (460 kJ).


    Parmesan


    [PAHR-muh-zahn] This hard, dry cheese is made from skimmed or partially skimmed cow's milk. It has a hard, pale-golden rind and a straw-colored interior with a rich, sharp flavor. There are Parmesan cheeses made in Argentina, Australia and the United States, but none compares with Italy's preeminent Parmigiano-Reggiano, with its granular texture that melts in the mouth. Whereas the U.S. Renditions are typically aged 14 months, Parmigiano-Reggianos are more often aged 2 years. Those labeled stravecchio have been aged 3 years, while stravecchiones are 4 years old. Their complex flavor and extremely granular texture are a result of the long aging. The words Parmigiano-Reggiano stenciled on the rind mean that the cheese was produced in the areas of Bologna, Mantua, Modena or Parma (from which the name of this cheese originated). Parmesans are primarily used for grating and in Italy are termed grana, meaning "grain" and referring to their granular textures. Pregrated Parmesan is available but doesn't compare with freshly grated. Both domestic and imported Parmesans are available in specialty cheese stores, Italian markets and many supermarkets.


    stencil 

    Pronunciation: /ˈstɛns(ə)l/ 

    NOUN

    Image of stencil
    1A thin sheet of card, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used to produce the cut design on the surface below by the application of ink or paint through the holes:[AS MODIFIER]: stencil designs such as fruit
    1.1design produced by a stencil:floral stencil around the top of the room

    VERB (stencilsstencillingstencilledUS stencilsstencilingstenciled)

    [WITH OBJECT]
    1Decorate (a surface) with a stencil:the walls had been stencilled with designs(as noun stencillingthe art of stencilling
    1.1Produce (a design) with a stencil:stencil a border around the door(as adjective stencilledthe stencilled letters

    Origin

    Early 18th century: from earlier stansel 'ornament with various colours' (based on Latinscintilla 'spark').


    2007年11月28日 星期三

    volley, volleyball, port call for PLA



    Can't anyone find anything good to say about corporate IT? Its merits have been debated in MIT SMR since Andrew McAfee's 2004 article, "Do You Have Too Much IT?" and even before. We've gathered the best volleys in the argument into a new collection on the proper place of IT in the corporate spectrum.


    volley (LOT)
    noun [C usually singular]
    a lot of similar things that are said or produced, or that happen, quickly one after the other:
    I'm afraid my proposal was met with a volley of criticisms.volley (BULLETS)
    noun [C]
    a large number of bullets (seeming to be) fired at the same time:
    Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.volley (SPORTS SHOT)
    noun [C]
    (in sports) a kick or hit in which a player returns a moving ball before it touches the ground:
    That was a marvellous backhand volley.


    ━━ n. 一斉射撃; (弾丸・矢・石の)雨; (質問・悪口の)連発; 【テニス・フットボール】ボレー ((球が地につかない中に打返す[蹴返す]こと)).
    ━━ vt. 一斉射撃する; (質問などを)連発する; ボレーで打返す[蹴返す].
    ━━ vi. 一斉に発射される; ボレーをする.
     volley・ball ━━ n. 【球技】バレーボール; そのボール. 排球



    volley (BULLETS) Show phonetics
    noun [C]a large number of bullets (seeming to be) fired at the same time:
    Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.

    volley (LOT) Show phonetics
    noun [C usually singular]a lot of similar things that are said or produced, or that happen, quickly one after the other:
    I'm afraid my proposal was met with a volley of criticisms.

    volley (SPORTS SHOT) Show phoneticsnoun [C](in sports) a kick or hit in which a player returns a moving ball before it touches the ground:
    That was a marvellous backhand volley.
    volley Show phoneticsverb [I or T]

    ━━ n. 一斉射撃; (弾丸・矢・石の)雨; (質問・悪口の)連発; 【テニス・フットボール】ボレー ((球が地につかない中に打返す[蹴返す]こと)).
    ━━ vt. 一斉射撃する; (質問などを)連発する; ボレーで打返す[蹴返す].
    ━━ vi. 一斉に発射される; ボレーをする.


    volley・ball ━━ n. 【球技】バレーボール; そのボール. 排球

    On this date in 1895, William G. Morgan created the game of Mintonette, designed to be somewhat easier than basketball and incorporating some of the facets of basketball,
    handball and tennis. A year later, at its first exhibition match in Springfield, MA, someone in the audience remarked on the way the ball was volleyed back and forth and suggested the game be called volleyball. Though volleyball was originally developed as an indoor sport, it gained popularity as a beach sport and in 1996 beach volleyball was added as an official sport to the Olympics.

    Quote
    "A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about." — Newt Gingrich



    port call
    比較
    port of call noun [C]
    a place where you stop for a short time, especially on a journey
    port of call 寄港地[港]; 旅行の立ち寄り先, 行きつけの場所.


    中共解放軍 People's Liberation Army

    PLA
    The armed forces of the Communist-led People's Republic of China. Created on August 1, 1927, the PLA, led by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, used both guerrilla and conventional methods to defeat the Nationalist Chinese forces of Chiang Kai-shek in the Chinese civil war of 1945-1949. The PLA provided the leadership, matefriel, and manpower for the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) in the Korean War.

    2007年11月27日 星期二

    game (WILLING), still, stockist, on the house, customer




     still2


    ━━ n. 蒸留器[所].


    New Stills Quench a Thirst for Local Spirits
    Ed Zurga for The New York Times
    New Stills Quench a Thirst for Local Spirits

    On the heels of the microbrewing boom, microdistilleries are thriving as demand for high-end spirits has soared.


    game (WILLING)
    adjective
    willing to do things that are new, risky or difficult:
    It was a difficult challenge, but Roberta was game.
    She's game for anything.

    game;作形容詞有敢作敢為的、心甘情願的之意。例句︰She is game for any risk.(她敢冒任何風險。)

    "I am always game for anything, especially if it’s for charity," she said, according to the Lincolnshire Echo. "And I did enjoy it, though I don’t suppose I will do it again."
    「我一向敢作任何事,尤其是為了慈善,」根據林肯郡回聲報的報導。諾拉說︰「而我真的樂在其中,雖然我認為我不會再做一次。」

    《中英對照讀新聞》101-year-old Briton poses topless for calendar/101歲英國辣嬤拍上空月曆照
    ◎ 魏國金

    customer 


    stock・ist

    ━━ n. 〔英〕 仕入れ商; 〔英〕 特約店(主).

    stockist 
    noun [C] UK
    a shop that sells a particular type of goods:
    a health food stockist

    stocktaking
    noun [U] UK
    the counting of all the goods, materials, etc. kept in a place such as a shop


    All the drinks were on the house.




    gamely Show phonetics
    adverb
    "I'll look after the baby, " he said gamely (= bravely).

    siphon, syphon, fictitious


    Satyam Accused of Creating Ghost Staff
    Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju was accused by a prosecutor of using salary payments to 13,000 fictitious employees to siphon millions of dollars.



    Definition

    fictitious PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
    adjective
    invented and not true or not existing:
    He dismissed recent rumours about his private life as fictitious.
    Characters in this film are entirely fictitious.
    siphon Show phonetics
    noun [C]
    1 (ALSO syphon) a tube that is bent in the shape of an `n', with each end in a separate container at two different levels, so that liquid can be pulled up into it from the higher container and go down through it into the lower container

    2 a soda siphon

    siphon, syphon Show phonetics
    verb [T usually + adverb or preposition]
    to remove liquid from a container using a siphon


    ━━ n., v. サイフォン(で吸上げる,を通る); サイフォンびん (siphon bottle); 【動】水管.
    siphon off [out] 吸い上げ管で吸い出す; (余剰購買力などを)吸収する; 引き抜く; 横流しする.


    n. (名詞 noun)
    1. 吸水管 虹吸管 呼吸管
    vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
    1. 用虹吸管吸上來
    vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
    1. 通過虹吸管吸
    Google Siphons Searchers From Yahoo, Microsoft
    PC World - USA
    Google increased its share of the US Internet search engine market in October, taking share away from rivals Yahoo and Microsoft, according to market ...



    siphon sth off, UK ALSO syphon sth off phrasal verb
    to dishonestly take money from an organization or other supply, and use it for a purpose for which it was not intended:
    He lost his job when it was discovered that he had been siphoning off money from the company for his own use.


    "We don't anticipate a lot of unplanned markdowns," said Scott B. Krugman, a vice president at the National Retail Federation trade group.

    Of course, it wouldn't be Christmas without sales to entice shoppers. But barring a meltdown in consumer spending, many retailers believe they will be able to stick to carefully calibrated sales promotions without resorting to panicky price cuts that siphon off profits.




    2007年11月23日 星期五

    spit, spit and polish, archipelago, Shiretoko, FamilienMentsch,







    Сергей Подгорков | "Стрелка" | 1980-е
    Sergey Podgorkov | "The Strelka" (Тhe Spit of Vasilyevsky Island) | 1980s
    謝爾蓋· podgorkov | "箭" | 1980號
    謝爾蓋· podgorkov | "的" (the strelka吐口水--錯---的瓦西里島) | 1980 s






    The International Polar Year is actually longer than 12 months, having started in March 2007 and ending in March 2009.

    The polar regions play a key role in regulating our climate. They are also the most sensitive to change. Just 1,200 km from the North Pole, scientists from all over the world have gathered to monitor what's happening to the climate and how changes affect the life-forms on our planet. Koldewey Station is a polar research base run jointly by Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the French Polar Insitute IPEV, in Ny Alesund, Spitzbergen, the biggest of the islands in the Svalbard archipelago.

    (Reporter: Irene Quaile)
    Shiretoko, spit


    In the land of the rising sun, dawn comes first to a cape of bizarre terrain whose name - Shiretoko -means the end of the earth and, to the south, to a spit of land barely two miles away from islands seized from Japan by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II.


    Shiretoko是Innu愛奴語,意思是地球的盡頭。


    spit (LAND) 
    noun [C]
    a long, thin, flat beach which goes out into the sea

    FamilienMentsch

    Jewish Family Magazine Hits German Newsstands

    Interview: Stephanie Raison with Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer.

    Germany has the fastest growing Jewish community in Europe, most of them living in and around Berlin. Despite the increasing number of Jews returning to Europe, the newsstands are surprisingly void of Jewish magazines. Now a new quarterly publication is hoping to keep German-speaking Jews up-to-date with everything that's happening in their community. It's called FamilienMentsch, which can be loosely translated as "Jewish Family." The first edition has been out since October. Stephanie Raison spoke with one of the Magazine's editors, Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer, and started by asking her how it got started.

    德國猶太人雜誌FamilienMentsch, 英文約為 "Jewish Family."
    四海猶太人兄弟家庭

    Mensch (German plural: Menschen) is a German noun meaning a "human" (Yiddish מענטש; also mentschmentshmensh, or mench, plural: mentschen,
    In Yiddish (from which the word has migrated into American English), mensch roughly means "a good person." A "mensch" is a particularly good person, like "a stand-up guy," a person with the qualities one would hope for in a dear friend or trusted colleague. According to author and Yiddish popularist Leo Rosten, 好人益友
    [A] mensch is someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being "a real mensch" is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous. (Rosten, Leo. 1968. The Joys of Yiddish. New York: Pocket Books. 237)

    archipelago

    (är'kə-pĕl'ə-gō'pronunciation


    n.
    pl. -goes or -gos.
    1. A large group of islands: the Philippine archipelago.
    2. A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.
    [Italian Arcipelago, the Aegean Sea, alteration (influenced by arci-, chief, archi-) of Medieval Latin Ēgēopelagus : Latin Aegaeus, Ēgēus, Aegean (from Greek Aigaios) + Latin pelagus, sea (from Greek pelagos).]
    ━━ n. (pl. ~(e)s) 群島; 多島海; (the A-) エーゲ海.
    Research in the Svalbard archipelago


    Definition of spit

    Popularity: Bottom 50% of words
    1. 1:  a slender pointed rod for holding meat over a fire
    2. 2:  a small point of land especially of sand or gravel running into a body of water


    spit and polish INFORMAL
    careful cleaning and shining:
    The car needs some spit and polish. spit and polish つばをつけてみがくこと; 〔話〕 いやに華美な格好をすること; (特に軍隊での過度なまでの)清潔整頓(とん).

    Google gives new gene mapping service a bit of spit and polish
    Guardian Unlimited - UK
    But 23andme is worth special note because it has the might of Google behind it. The search engine giant was an early investor in the startup, ...

    2007年11月22日 星期四

    beggars belief

    When one says it 'beggars belief' it is another way of saying it defies belief. Or, in other words, it doesn't ring true. To use it in a sentence:
    That story the driver cooked up and told the state trooper beggars belief.



    Data Leak in Britain Affects 25 Million

    2007年11月22日


    英 國多份主要報章今天繼續追擊報道政府稅務局丟失2500萬個人資料的消息﹔此外,英格蘭國家足球隊出局,無緣進入歐洲杯決賽圈也是重點報道的消息。 《每日電訊報》報道說,丟失個人資料的危機現在算到首相布朗的頭上,因為在布朗出任財相與首相期間,有關方面已經一再告知財政部與其他部門,部門內人員疏 忽行事的陋習,將可能導致保密資料落入不法者手中。 《衛報》報道說,由於政府丟失了2500萬個人資料,這當中包括銀行帳戶號碼與地址,資訊專員敦促大臣們檢討準備推出的身份證計劃收集的個人資料數量,此 前支持身份證計劃的工黨後座議員,也贊成這樣做。



    布朗等高層官員需要承擔責任 《泰晤士報》報道說,由於擔心個人資料落入不法分子手中,昨天有數千人更改了銀行帳戶的提款密碼。此外,銀行以及信貸資料服務機構的電話響個不停,這些來 自兒童福利申請人的電話,希望能夠保護到個人的資料。 《獨立報》把政府這起丟失資料的醜聞稱為“數據門”。報章在頭版刊登了政府多個機構也儲存有諸如個人地址、銀行帳戶、繳稅記錄等個人資料,這些機構包括內 政部、全國醫療保險系統、司機及汽車牌照局等。



    紐約時報

    Data Leak in Britain Affects 25 Million


    “It sort of beggars belief how anyone could have access to that data,” Simon Zimmo, the commercial director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at SecuriData, a data security specialist based in Scotland.

    2007年11月21日 星期三

    bodyshop, shawl 與 圍巾

    由於http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com 是中文和英文都通
    不過它卻是不完全對等的

    譬如說
    我們Simon University 的朋友最近討論 Emma by Jane Austen 的中文翻譯
    hc因為少見多怪 (我沒想到shawl可能是"圍巾"
    寫道:

    "......來點比較簡單的 艾版 p.60 不知道這問題如何
    "It is very pretty," said Mr. Woodhouse. "So prettily done! Just
    as your drawings always are, my dear. I do not know any body who draws
    so well as you do. The only thing I do not thoroughly like is,
    that she seems to be sitting out of doors, with only a little shawl
    over her shoulders--and it makes one think she must catch cold."

    "But, my dear papa, it is supposed to be summer; a warm day in summer.
    Look at the tree."

    "But it is never safe to sit out of doors, my dear."



    SHAWL
    為披巾或圍巾"



    其實此處重點是丁丁引我們看 英國這時期 (The Regency ) 的Shawl 可能像什麼

    The Regency Shawl Page




    shawl
    ━━ n. ショール, 肩掛け.


    http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&p=shawl

    n. (名詞 noun)
    1. (尤指婦女用的)(長)方形披巾,圍巾[C]
    2. 一個披著黑頭巾的婦女從店舖走了出來。
    vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
    1. 用披巾(或披巾狀物)包裹

    圍巾

    wei jin
    ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    白點藍圍巾
    女用圍巾
    【主英】長的毛織圍巾[C]
    (長圓筒形)羽毛圍巾
    毛皮長圍巾
    圍巾;頸巾
    方頭巾;方圍巾
    包著頭巾的;裹著圍巾
    圍巾;面紗




    hc按:這其實還沒道盡它的說法
    譬如說
    我在此blog引過 "throw"也可稱為 scarf 或 shawl


    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Body shop or bodyshop may refer to:

    2007年11月16日 星期五

    xeroxing to googling


    幾年前就有人將google 當"網路搜索"意
    之後 Google 竟然說這種用法可能親侵犯他們的商標專利.....

    Xer·ox (zîr'ŏks) pronunciation

    A trademark used for a photocopying process or machine employing xerography. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase as a verb and noun: “Letters you send should be xeroxed after you sign them” (Progressive Architecture). “He has four or five sheets of foolscap, xeroxes, I see, of court documents” (Scott Turow).


    現在WSJ標題

    Activists Start Googling

    Activists are using Google Earth to illustrate the environmental damage done by mining the coal needed to supply their electricity providers.

    2007年11月13日 星期二

    emotionally withdrawn

    withdraw

    紐約時報

    Bad Behavior Is Not Dooming, Studies on Pupils Say
    By BENEDICT CAREY
    Two new studies could change the way teachers and parents understand children who are disruptive or emotionally withdrawn.

    2007年11月10日 星期六

    indisposed for homely pursuits

    indisposed (NOT WILLING) Show phonetics
    adjective [after verb; + to infinitive] FORMAL
    not willing:
    After their rude attitude in the past, we feel distinctly indisposed to help them now.

    indisposition Show phonetics
    noun [U + to infinitive] FORMAL
    an indisposition to cooperate

    ━━ a. 気分が悪い, (軽い)病気の; …する気がない ((to do)); 気が向かない ((for)).

    Jane Austen

    Emma


    CHAPTER II

    Mr. Weston was a native of Highbury, and born of a respectable family, which for the last two or three generations had been rising into gentility and property. He had received a good education, but, on succeeding early in life to a small independence, had become indisposed for any of the more homely pursuits in which his brothers were engaged, and had satisfied an active, cheerful mind and social temper by entering into the militia of his county, then embodied.



    homely (PLAIN) UK Show phonetics
    adjective (US homey)
    plain or ordinary, but pleasant:
    The hotel was homely and comfortable.


    homely (UGLY) Show phonetics
    adjective US DISAPPROVING
    describes a person who is unattractive





    indisposed (ILL) Show phonetics
    adjective FORMAL
    ill, especially in a way that makes you unable to do something:
    Sheila Jones is indisposed, so the part of the Countess will be sung tonight by Della Drake.

    indisposition Show phonetics
    noun [C or U] FORMAL
    when someone is indisposed

    (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)



    Questions Are Raised About Firing of Soprano
    By DANIEL J. WAKIN
    In the ego-driven arena of opera, “indisposed” is the main euphemism used when a singer is replaced, whatever the real reason.



    embody Show phonetics
    verb [T] FORMAL
    1 to represent a quality or an idea exactly:
    She embodied good sportsmanship on the playing field.

    2 to include as part of something:
    Kennett embodied in one man an unusual range of science, music and religion.

    embodiment Show phonetics
    noun
    the embodiment of sth someone or something that represents a quality or an idea exactly:
    He was the embodiment of the English gentleman.
    She was portrayed in the papers as the embodiment of evil.

    (from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

    ━━ vt. 形体を与える, 有形にする; 具体化する, 具体的に表現する ((in)); 一体にする, 統合する, 包含する.


    2007年11月9日 星期五

    nothingism, do-nothingism

    Noth·ing·ism
    現在似乎只在Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy 才找得到解釋:


    n.Nihility; nothingness. [R.]



    Little Dorrit, CHAPTER 10

    Containing the whole Science of Government

    Circumlocution Office

    思想之背後有一" do-nothingism "(" 不了了之")為Thomas Carlyle 所鑄:

    Dismiss that hope, your Lordship! Let all real and imaginary Governors of England, at the pass we have arrived at, dismiss forever that fallacious fatal solace to their do-nothingism: of itself, too clearly, the leak will never stop; by human skill and energy it must be stopped, or there is nothing but the sea-bottom for us all!


    Ch. 1: The Present Time

    [written February 1, 1850.]

    2007年11月6日 星期二

    桃金娘 自在不相離 In a Myrtle Shade, Texan, Small Collectors

    桃金娘 自在不相離 In a Myrtle Shade


    Texan, Small Collectors

    Small Collectors

    Tex・an


    ━━ a., n. テキサス(德)州の(人).

    H. Ross Perot (77): wealthy Texan who ran for president


    Angela Merkel Visits George Bush's Texan Ranch

    Angela Merkel is in the United States for informal talks with George W. Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. The nuclear stand-off with Iran and peace in the Middle East are on the agenda.


    Bush Friends, Loyal and Texan, Remain a Force 
    By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
    The Texans who followed George W. Bush to Washington are a source of comfort for an increasingly isolated leader.