英文學習 2010~2026 midday, Midnight. upward, dab/ arrant, thoroughgoinga."Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony" 1983. She turned her face upwards to the midday sun. Middays with Elliott Forrest. dab of life 東海 IE 1975 北部 "a dab of life"是伍庭輝先生 (他送四人陳鳳山的?甩手書?一本) 高爾夫球衣上的一段 2012
| arrant | (adjective) Utter; out-and-out. |
| Synonyms: | double-dyed, sodding, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, consummate, complete, stark, gross |
| Usage: | That is the most arrant nonsense I have ever heard. |
a dab of life 東海 IE 1975 北部
dab
v., dabbed, dab·bing, dabs. v.tr.
- To apply with short poking strokes: dabbed some paint on the worn spots.
- To cover lightly with or as if with a moist substance.
- To strike or hit lightly.
To tap gently; pat.
n.
- A small amount: a dab of jelly.
- A quick light pat.
[Middle English dabben, to strike.]
dab2 (dăb)
n.
Any of various flatfishes, chiefly of the genera Limanda and Hippoglossoides, related to and resembling the flounders.
[Middle English dabbe.]
dab3 (dăb)
n. Chiefly British
A dab hand.
[Origin unknown.]
1 …を（手・柔らかい物で）軽くたたく, とんとん打つ((with ...))；…を（…に）そっと当てる((against ...))；〈鳥などが〉…を軽くつつく
dab paper with a brush ［＝dab a brush against paper］
紙に筆を当てる.
紙に筆を当てる.
2 〈ペンキ・薬などを〉（…に）軽くペタペタ塗る((on ...)).
3 〈人の〉指紋を取る.
━━(自) （…を）軽くたたく［打つ］((at ...)).
━━[名]
1 （…を）軽くパタパタたたくこと, （くちばしなどで）軽くつつくこと, 軽打；（…に）軽く塗ること, 一塗り, 一はけ((at ...))
make a dab at ...
…を指で軽くたたく.
…を指で軽くたたく.
2 （液体・柔らかい物の）小さなかたまり；（一般に）少量, わずか, ちょっぴり（の…）((of ...)). ▼ofのあとは物質名詞
3 ((〜s))((俗))指紋(fingerprints).
a dab of butter
少量のバター.
少量のバター.
upward」的搜尋結果
upward
adjective
moving towards a higher position, level or value:
With an upward trend in inflation, you expect prices to rise.
NOTE: The opposite is downward.
upwards
adverb (US USUALLY upward)
She turned her face upwards to the midday sun.
The cost of completion has been revised upwards again due to inflation.
NOTE: The opposite is downwards.
thóroughgòing[thórough・gòing]
[形]
1 〈人が〉（事を）徹底的にやる, 徹底した；〈行為などが〉徹底的に行われた
a thoroughgoing reform
徹底的な改革.
徹底的な改革.
2 ((限定))まったくの, 完全な
Midnight is exactly 12:00 a.m. at night, marking the precise middle of the night. As the exact dividing point between one day and the next, it serves as both the end of a calendar day and the beginning of the following one. [1, 2]
a thoroughgoing failure
完全な失敗.
完全な失敗.
"Midday" refers to noon, which is exactly 12:00 in the daytime when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. It is often used as a noun or an adjective to describe the middle of the day, a midday meal, or the midday sun. [1, 2, 3]
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Midnight is exactly 12:00 a.m. at night, marking the precise middle of the night. As the exact dividing point between one day and the next, it serves as both the end of a calendar day and the beginning of the following one. [1, 2]
You are likely thinking of the brilliant essay collection "Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony" by the physician, biologist, and essayist Lewis Thomas.
A third collection of the physician-writer's essays explores the government's abandonment of support for scientific research, the folly of nuclear weaponry, .
