2015年3月1日 星期日

lock, lock-out, texting, mite, roadside rescue

Paul Durand-Ruel invested in Pissarro after the artist had lost almost his entire life's work, over 1,000 of his paintings, pillaged in the Franco-Prussian War. 'The Lock at Pontoise', painted when he returned to France from London can be seen in our exhibition 'Inventing Impressionism' which opens this Wednesday.http://bit.ly/1LifAfk


Might Apple be on the brink of a technological solution to change the culture of texting while driving?
Automatic system for preventing phone use while driving could ‘change the culture’ of texting addiction, say experts
THE GUARDIAN|由 SAMUEL GIBBS 上傳

Scientists, looking for new weapons against insect pests in farming, have developed gene-silencing agents. But skeptics are concerned about potential threats to nontarget insects and even humans.
Monsanto is exploring the use of RNA interference to kill a mite that may play a role in bee die-offs.
Monsanto
Monsanto is exploring the use of RNA interference to kill a mite that may play a role in bee die-offs.


















GM公司破產 美國政府提供資助 標題Roadside Rescue

Sign up for Roadside Rescue today and enjoy the following roadside services: ...Battery boost
...Flat tire change with your inflated spare
...Fuel delivery
...Lockout/locksmith service - up to $50
...Extricating/winching - up to $100
...Minor mechanical adjustments
...Towing - free hookup plus limited destination tow



mite 1

Syllabification: mite
Pronunciation: /mīt
 
noun

  • a minute arachnid that has four pairs of legs when adult, related to the ticks. Many kinds live in the soil and a number are parasitic on plants or animals.
    • Order (or subclass) Acari: numerous families

Origin

Old English mīte, of Germanic origin.

lock 1

Line breaks: lock

noun

1mechanism for keeping a doorwindowlid, orcontainer fastened, typically operated by a key:the key turned firmly in the lock
1.1device used to prevent the operation or movement of a vehicle or other machine:steering lockbicycle lock
1.2facility on a computer or mobile phone thatrequires a user to verify their identity with a passcode or other form of authentication in order to access the full functionality of the device:there’s a security lock on the phone and he doesn’tknow the code
1.3(In wrestling and martial arts) a hold that preventsan opponent from moving a limb.
1.4[IN SINGULAR] archaic A number of interlocked or jammed items:I have seen all Albermarle Street closed by a lock ofcarriages
2A short section of a canal or river with gates and sluices at each end which can be opened or closed to change the water level, used for raising and lowering boats:2 (運河・ダムなどの)閘門(こうもん), ロック,気閘,エアロック(air lock);減圧室,気圧調節室.there was a lock every quarter of a mile
3[MASS NOUN] British The turning of the front wheels of avehicle to change its direction of motion.
3.1(also full lock)The maximum extent that the front wheels of avehicle can be turned.
4(also lock forward)Rugby player in the second row of a scrum.
5(a lockNorth American informal A person or thing that is certain to succeed; a certainty:all of this makes him a lock to make the Hall of Fame
6historical mechanism for exploding the charge of agun.

verb

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1[WITH OBJECT] Fasten or secure (something) with a lock:she closed and locked her desk(as adjective lockedbehind locked doors
1.1[NO OBJECT] (Of a doorwindowetc.become or beable to be secured with a lock:the door will automatically lock behind you
1.2[WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL] Enclose or shut in by locking or fastening a doorlidetc.the prisoners are locked in overnightPhil locked away the takings
2Restrict access to the full functionality or data of (acomputermobile phonefileetc.), especially byrequiring a user to verify their identity with apasscode or other form of authentication:my computer is locked and I’ve forgotten my logininfoI don’t want people to read my emails—that’s why I lock my phone
2.1(be locked) (Of a mobile phoneoperate only on the network of a particular carrier:the phone is locked to T-mobile(as adjective lockedlocked phones can only be sold to people who have the same carrier
3Make or become rigidly fixed or immovable:[WITH OBJECT]: he locked his hands behind her neck[NO OBJECT]: their gaze locked for several longmoments
4[NO OBJECTWITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] Go through a lock on a canal:we locked through at Moore Haven

Origin

Old English loc, of Germanic origin; related to GermanLoch 'hole'.

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