2018年3月1日 星期四

loaded, wash, loads of washing, make a load of difference

Justin Timberlake, Playing It Safe, Seeks Super Bowl Redemption
Justin Timberlake, Playing It Safe, Seeks Super Bowl Redemption
By JON CARAMANICA
Returning to the Super Bowl halftime show 14 years after his career-altering appearance with Janet Jackson, the pop star revisited loaded material.

USA TODAY 發佈一集的「 Humankind Stories 」。
Their mission is spreading kindness, one load at a time.
Humankind Stories
Clean laundry can change lives

The Media Equation

Self-Serving War of Words by 2 Giants in Television

By DAVID CARR
Both sides in the standoff over programming fees for CBS content on Time Warner Cable claim to be defending the consumer. It doesn't wash. 
.. managers are promoted above their levels of competence, may we suggest a little time spent reading a Peter Drucker book would make a load of difference. ...



juggling loads of washing




Loaded
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/loaded


4 [no object, with negative] informal seem convincing or genuine:charm won’t wash with this crew

load

n.

    1. A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.
    2. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
    1. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.
    2. The quantity that is or can be carried at one time.
    1. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
    2. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
  1. The amount of material that can be inserted into a device or machine at one time: The camera has a full load of film.
  2. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.
    1. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
    2. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
  3. The external mechanical resistance against which a machine acts.
  4. Electricity.
    1. The power output of a generator or power plant.
    2. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
  5. A front-end load.
  6. Informal. A great number or amount. Often used in the plural: loads of parties during the holiday season.
  7. Slang. A heavy or overweight person.
  8. Genetic load.

v., load·ed, load·ing, loads. v.tr.
    1. To put (something) into or onto a structure or conveyance: loading grain onto a train.
    2. To put something into or onto (a structure or conveyance): loaded the tanker with crude oil.
  1. To provide or fill nearly to overflowing; heap: loaded the table with food.
  2. To weigh down; burden: was loaded with worries.
  3. To insert (a necessary material) into a device: loaded film into the camera; loaded rounds into the rifle.
  4. To insert a necessary material into: loaded the camera with film.
  5. Games. To make (dice) heavier on one side by adding weight.
  6. To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import: loaded the question to trick the witness.
  7. To dilute, adulterate, or doctor. See synonyms at adulterate.
  8. To raise the power demand in (an electrical circuit), as by adding resistance.
  9. To increase (an insurance premium or mutual fund share price) by adding expenses or sale costs.
  10. Baseball. To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).
  11. Computer Science.
    1. To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer's memory.
    2. To mount (a diskette) onto a floppy disk drive.
    3. To mount (a magnetic tape) onto a tape drive.
v.intr.
  1. To receive a load: Container ships can load rapidly.
  2. To charge a firearm with ammunition.
  3. To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance.
idioms:
get a load of
  1. SlangTo look at; notice. To look at; notice.
  2. To listen to: Get a load of this!
have a load on
  1. SlangTo be intoxicated. To be intoxicated.
take a load off
  1. To sit or lie down.
[Middle English lode, alteration (influenced by laden, to load) of lade, course, way, from Old English lād.]

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