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 A Biotech King, Dethroned

By ANDREW POLLACK

David Blech, who was once biotechnology's top gunslinger and was worth about $300 million, is about to begin a four-year prison term, having pleaded guilty to stock manipulation.

 

 

 

  Singapore Slings Arrows at Bank

Singapore state investment company Temasek, the biggest shareholder of Standard Chartered, has criticized the U.K. bank's governance and is pressuring it to appoint more independent directors.

 

'Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend'

By SUSAN ORLEAN
Reviewed by JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

Susan Orlean follows the life of the soulful German shepherd who was born on the battlefields of World War I, conquered Hollywood and emerged victorious as a perfect icon of cold war gunslinging.

 
 Chester Dawson/The Wall Street Journal

Iichiro Kodama, a local deer hunter, slings a 12-gauge shotgun over his shoulder in the woods of Oita prefecture in southwestern Japan.

soulful

[形]感情［魂］のこもった, 情熱的な；感動的な.

sling[sling¹]

• 発音記号[slíŋ]

[名]

1 三角巾(きん), つり包帯.

2 （荷物などをつるす）つり索［鎖, 網］；（赤ん坊の）おぶいひも.

3 （銃などの）つり革［帯］.

4 石投げ器；ぱちんこ, ゴム銃, （石投げ器による）投石, 振り投げ

slings and arrows
((比喩))批判的言辞；艱難(かんなん)辛苦〈Shak. Ham. 〉.

5 《海事》スリング.
(1) 巻き上げ用帆桁(ほげた)の支持鎖.
(2) 荷掛け索.

6 （靴の）バックベルト.

━━[動]（slung 〔sl〕）(他)

1 〈石などを〉投石器で射る；…を（…に）投げ（つけ）る；…をほうる((at ...)).

2 （つり索などで）…をつり上げる, つり降ろす, （つり革で）…をつる, ぶら下げる；（一般に）…をつり下げる, （…に）つるす, 掛ける((up/over ...))

sling oneself up a wall
壁をするすると登る

He slung his knapsack over his shoulders.
リュックサックを背に掛けた.

3 ((略式))〈人を〉（…に）放り込む((into ...))；（…から）放り出す((out of ...)).

4 ((俗))〈麻薬を〉売る(deal).

sling it

((俗))ほらを吹く；うそをつく.

gunslinger[gun・sling・er]

• 発音記号[gʌ'nslìŋər]

[名]((米))

1 ＝gunfighter.

2 銃を持った犯罪者.

gunslinger

Pronunciation: /ˈgʌnslɪŋə/

Translate gunslinger | into Italian

noun

informal

• (especially in the context of the American Wild West) a man who carries and readily uses a gun:a frontier gunslinger who was quick on the draw
• a forceful and adventurous participant in a particular sphere of activity:political gunslingers like Rick never apologize

Derivatives

gunslinging

noun & adjective

 Singapore sling,

sling[sling²]

• 発音記号[slíŋ]

[名][U][C]((米))スリング：ジン・ウイスキーなどに水・砂糖・レモン・ライムジュースなどを加えて冷やした飲み物.


 Singapore Slings 源自新加坡的雞尾酒

arrow[ar・row]

• 発音記号[ǽrou]
• 
  

[名]

1 矢（⇒BOW²[名]1）；矢に似たもの

a shower of arrows
矢の雨

arrows of lightning
稲妻

swift as an arrow
矢のように速い

shoot ［send］ an arrow
矢を射る.

2 矢印（→）.

3 ((the A-))《天文》や（矢）座(Sagitta).

4 ＝broad arrow.

arrow of time

時間の矢, 時間の流れる方向.

━━[動](他)〈注解などを〉矢印で示して挿入する((in)).

━━(自)（矢のように）飛ぶ, 走る.

［古英語arwe. ラテン語arcus（弓）とも関係］

ar・row・less

[形]

ar・row・like

[形]