2015年4月16日 星期四

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Japan's 'Lolita' style: cutesy and disturbing
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Frilly lace, Victorian style and hints of sexuality define the Lolita look, so named after the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, which is gaining popularity in Japan. (File photo) By AFP Outlandish pannier skirts with layers of frilly lace; teenage girls with ...


 Stafford Hospital is an acute hospital with approximately 350 inpatient beds, opened in 1983. It is the main hospital in Stafford, England. Wikipedia


Europe Cancels H1N1 Shots as Flu Fails to Heat Up
Months after rushing to order enough swine-flu vaccine to protect citizens, European governments are canceling orders and trying to sell or give away extra doses due to low demand.


acute
(ə-kyūt') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having a sharp point or tip.
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning: "a raw, chilling and psychologically acute novel of human passions reduced to their deadliest essence" (Literary Guild Magazine). See synonyms at sharp.
  3. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive: His hearing was unusually acute.
  4. Of great importance or consequence; crucial: an acute lack of research funds.
  5. Extremely sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; acute relief.
  6. Medicine.
    1. Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course: acute disease.
    2. Afflicted by a disease exhibiting a rapid onset followed by a short, severe course: acute patients.
  7. Music. High in pitch; shrill.
  8. Geometry. Having an acute angle: an acute triangle.
[Latin acūtus, past participle of acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle.]
acutely a·cute'ly adv.
acuteness a·cute'ness n.
acute
[形](時にa・cut・er, a・cut・est)1 〈感情・苦痛などが〉激しい, 激烈[強烈]な. ⇒SHARP[類語] acute pain激痛 an acute wish to be a...
acute hospital
((英))救急病院.






heat up
Become acute or intense, as in If inflation heats up, the interest rate will surely rise, or The debate over the budget was heating up. [Early 1200s]

cutesy
(kyūt') pronunciation
adj. Informal, -si·er, -si·est.
Deliberately or affectedly cute; precious: a cutesy boutique for children's fashions.
cutesy
Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːtsi/ 

Definition of cutesy in English:

adjective (cutesiercutesiest)

informal
Cute to a sentimental or mawkish extent:the film’s cutesy shots of children playing in thestreets


cutesiness cute'si·ness n.




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