bristles, toothbrush, corners and crevices

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For Silicon Valley Novels, Blurring Fiction and Non-Fiction

By NICK BILTON

While some people debate the possible reality of Dave Eggers's new book, "The Circle," here are a few other novels that have delved into Silicon Valley life, some with surprising accuracy.

Trial Delves Into Chinese Politician’s Family Life

By JONATHAN ANSFIELD and EDWARD WONG

Bo Xilai, the fallen Communist Party star, said his wife had left China because she’d discovered he’d had an affair.

What kind of toothbrush should I use? Hard bristles or soft? Large head or small? Motorized or not? A toothbrush used to be bristles on the end of a stick. There wasn't much to think about. Now they come in so many shapes and textures that it's hard to know what to look for when choosing the right one. Most dentists agree that soft-bristled brushes are preferable for removing food and plaque from your teeth. They also largely agree that a smaller head is more efficient at getting into the crevices and at covering the greatest surface on all the teeth. When it comes to thick-handled versus thin, rectangle-head versus tapered, or flat bristles versus dome-shaped, it 's best to choose the one that is most comfortable for you. What's most important is that the toothbrush fits your mouth and that you are comfortable using it. And be sure to replace your toothbrush at least every three months. Variations on toothbrushes have been around for thousands of years, but it wasn't until the 18th century that the first bristled brushes were made. On this date in 1857, H.N. Wadsworth received the first American patent on a toothbrush.


 Studio Olafur Eliasson is an experimental laboratory located in Berlin. Led by renowned Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, it functions as an interdisciplinary space, generating fresh dialogues between art and its surroundings. This rich sourcebook enables the reader to delve into the corners and crevices of the Studio’s diverse projects. The key concepts behind the works are presented alphabetically, and unfold in the course of short conversations with the artist.
  The weather project, 2003 at Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London © Jens Ziehe
Above: Your mobile expectations, BMW H2R Project, 2007 © San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

delve

Syllabification: (delve)

Pronunciation: /delv/

Translate delve | into Italian | into Spanish

verb

[no object]

• reach inside a receptacle and search for something:she delved in her pocket
• research or make painstaking inquiries into something:as we delve further into the atom’s secrets
• [with object] literary dig; excavate: (as adjective delved)the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels

Derivatives

delver

noun

Origin:

Old English delfan 'dig'; related to Dutch delven

bristle[bris・tle]
 

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[brísl]

[名][C][U]粗い毛；（豚の首や背の）剛毛；剛毛状の物

set up one's bristles
（動物が）（怒って）逆毛を立てる, （人が）激怒する.

━━[動](自)

1 〈毛・羽などが〉（怒りなどで）逆立つ；〈動物が〉毛を逆立てる((up/with ...)).

2 さっと怒りを顔に表す.

3 〈場所などが〉（…で）いっぱいである, （…が）密生する, 林立する；〈問題が〉（困難に）満ちている((with ...)).

━━(他)

1 〈毛・羽を〉逆立てる.

2 …を怒らせる, いらだたせる.

3 …に（…を）林立させる((with ...))；〈ブラシなどに〉剛毛を植える.

brís・tled

[形]

crevice[crev・ice]

• 発音記号[krévis]

[名]（地面・岩などの）裂け目, 割れ目.