2016年11月5日 星期六

multi-genre, motley cast, nest, go haywire, blow your cobwbs away


The recently announced "Hamilton Mixtape" is a collection of remixes and covers of songs from the hit musical, interpreted by a motley, multi-genre crew of superstar collaborators. Listen to two of those songs at NPR Music.


genre 

音節
 
gen • re
 
発音
 
ʒɑ'ːnrə;Fr. ʒːR
[名詞] (pl. gen・res[~z;Fr. ~])
  1. 1(特定の形式・主題・技法などを持つ文学・絵画・音楽などの)部門,部類,ジャンル
  2. 2〔美術〕
  3. (1)風俗画(genre painting):日常生活の情景が主題となる絵.
  4. (2)写実主義,風俗画法.
  5. 3(一般に)種類;様式,類型
  6. 4(生物分類上の)属(genus).
━━ [形容詞]
  1. 1〔美術〕 〈絵画・画家が〉風俗画(法)の.
  2. 2特定の文学ジャンルの,ジャンル別の.
語源
1770.<フランス語「種類」;→GENDER1




Adj.

老弱 old and infirm: 老弱殘兵 motley troops unfit for combat duty, (fig.) incompetent persons for a given job.


Abram Games - Brush The Cobwebs Away (Animation)
by HippsterRock•1 month ago•57 views


Abram Games - Brush The Cobwebs Away (Animation) Franz Alba y Cristian Guzmán Facultad de Diseño de la Universidad del Azuay ...



'The Surf Guru: Stories'
By DOUG DORST
Reviewed by ROBIN ROMM


In these testosterone-rich yarns, Doug Dorst toys with structure and convention while investigating the quirks and offbeat occupations of his motley cast.






New Clarity on China Internet Outage


When China's internet goes haywire, it's not just eager microblog users who notice. CloudFlare, a company that provides web performance services to hundreds of thousands of websites, offers insights into Thursday's strangeness.




Where Amish Snowbirds Find a Nest
By MIKI MEEK


Taking a ride on a winter journey to a place jokingly referred to as the "Amish Las Vegas."


cobweb

音節cob・web 発音記号/kάbwèbkˈɔb‐/音声を聞く
【名詞】
1
【可算名詞】
2
【可算名詞】 (人を陥れる)わな,たくらみ.
用例

名詞としての「cobweb」のイディオムやフレーズ
blów the cóbwebs awáy 《口語》

(2) 気風(など)を一新[刷新]する.

háywìre[háy・wìre]

[名][U]干し草を束ねる針金.
━━[形]((叙述))((略式))混乱した;故障した
go haywire
(計画・機械・手順などが)めちゃくちゃになる, 狂う.

motley
adj.

  1. Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous: "Most Ivy League freshman classes are chosen from a motley collection of constituencies . . . and a bare majority of entering students can honestly be called scholars" (New York Times).
  2. Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored: a motley tunic.
n., pl., -leys.
  1. The parti-colored attire of a court jester.
  2. A heterogeneous, often incongruous mixture of elements.
[Middle English motlei, variegated cloth, variegated, probably from Anglo-Norman, probably from Middle English mot, speck. See mote1.]

motley


 
音節
mot • ley
発音
mɑ'tli | mɔ't-
motleyの変化形
motleys (複数形)
[形]((限定))
1 雑多の要素からなる, 混成の
a motley crew
うさんくさい一団.
2 ((文))雑色の, まだらの;まだらの服を着た.
━━[名](複〜s)
1 [U]雑色, まだら;(道化師の)まだらの服
wear (the) motley
((古))まだら色の服を着る, 道化師をする.
2 寄せ集め, ごた混ぜ.

 nest
[名]
1 (鳥が卵を産み育てる)巣;(昆虫・魚類・カメ・ウサギなどの)巣, すみか. ▼ワシ・タカなど猛鳥の巣はaerie, ミツバチの巣はhive, クモの巣はcobweb
build [make] a nest
巣を作る
be [sit] on a nest
(鳥が)巣についている[つく].
2 ((集合的))(同じ巣にすむ動物の)群れ
a nest of baby birds
ひとかえりのひな.
3 居心地のよい住まい, いこいの場;(居心地のよい)隠れ家;(悪党などの)隠れ場;(犯罪などの)温床
a nest of thieves
盗人の巣窟(そうくつ).
4 (入れ子式の箱・盆などの)一組, 一そろい.
5 (悪党などの)一味.
feather one's nest
((略式))(いかがわしい手段で)ふところを暖める;私腹を肥やす.
foul one's own nest
((略式))家名を汚すようなふるまいをする;自分の家[党など]の悪口を言う.
leave the nest
両親の家から出て独立する.
━━[動](他)
1 …を巣に入れる, に巣を作ってやる, 〈物を〉(巣に入れるかのように)(…の中に)そっと置く;包み込む((in ...)).
2 〈箱などを〉重ね合わせる
nested boxes
入れ子式の箱.
━━(自)
1 〈鳥が〉巣を作る, 巣ごもる;(巣につくように)落ち着く.
2 ぴったり組み合わさる.
3 (鳥の)巣を捜す[集める]
go nesting
巣を捜しに行く.

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