2009年5月25日 星期一

flattop, get a haircut, crew cut


Microsoft last month said it would cut 5,000 full-time staff jobs over the next year and a half. Now, the software giant's legions of temporary workers are about to feel the pain of the economic downturn.
BEIJING--In a move likely to stoke concerns in Tokyo, Washington and throughout Asia, China plans to greatly expand the reach and firepower of its navy by building at least two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.(February 14) [more]



DITORIAL: Nuclear flattop's arrival
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan The US Navy had consistently deployed conventional aircraft carriers to Japan, partly out of consideration for this nation's experience of atomic bombings ...


haircut
n.
  1. The act or an instance of cutting the hair.
  2. A style in which hair is cut.
  3. 裁員
1. The difference between prices at which a market maker can buy and sell a security.

2. The percentage by which an asset's market value is reduced for the purpose of calculating capital requirement, margin and collateral levels.

haircutter hair'cut'ter n.
haircutting hair'cut'ting adj. & n.

  • Afro haircut
  • アフロヘア
  • burr haircut
  • butch haircutより転送
    〔髪形{かみがた}の〕坊主刈り
  • butch haircut
  • 〔髪形{かみがた}の〕坊主刈り
  • close haircut
  • 短髪{たんぱつ}
  • do shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits on one's speed bag
  • スピードバッグを軽く打つ

平頭flattop
Wikipedia article "Flattop".
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: a closely cropped haircut; usually for men
Synonym: crew cut
Meaning #2: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
Synonyms: aircraft carrier, carrier, attack aircraft carrier

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