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rice paddy noun [C] paddy field UK noun [C] (US rice paddy)
a field full of water in which rice is grown 水田, 稲田(rice paddy).
Volume one of his memoirs, Colours of the Mountain, recounted his first 16 years, spent growing up in Fujian (south China) in a persecuted landlord's family during the cultural revolution. Bullied at school, the disaffected Da Chen hangs around with drinking, smoking, gambling chums, before realising his only escape route from a life in the paddy fields lies in passing the national college exams that are reinstated in 1978 after the end of the cultural revolution. After months of swotting, the hooligan-turned-wunderkind comes good and becomes the first person from his village to get into a Beijing university to read English.
"While most people drive their cars on the highway, Horie chooses to drive on the shoulder," Haruo Shimada, a Keio University economics professor, said in an interview. "Many times, he goes into the rice paddy, but then he claims he is still on the shoulder. He really behaves like that, and many people get mad and upset by his behavior."
Partly by "exploiting loopholes," Professor Shimada said, Livedoor expanded into a conglomerate of almost 50 companies.
swot
Pronunciation: /swɒt/
British informal
Translate swot | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish verb (swots, swotting, swotted)
[no object]noun
derogatoryOrigin:
mid 19th century: dialect variant of sweatProdigy一詞指的是「在年少時就已顯現出優異能力的人」，通常被翻譯為「天才、神童」。該詞最早出現於15世紀晚期，源於拉丁語詞prodigium，意思是預兆、先兆。
prodigy
/ˈprɒdɪdʒi/
noun
- a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities."a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day"
- an outstanding example of a particular quality."Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline"
- an amazing or unusual thing, especially one out of the ordinary course of nature."omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work"
wunderkind
n., pl. -kin·der (-kĭn'dər).
- A child prodigy.
- A person of remarkable talent or ability who achieves great success or acclaim at an early age.
[German : Wunder, wonder, prodigy (from Middle High German, from Old High German wuntar) + Kind, child; see kindergarten.]
中國人很早就吃稻米，但是這個飲食習慣和水稻的種植方式什麼時候開始，過去沒有明確的論據。
最新的研究顯示，早在大約8,000年前，中國華東的新石器時代先民已經懂得燒荒筑壩來種植稻米。
這項發現也揭露了人類從狩獵到農耕的過程的珍貴資料，以及顯示古人類同大自然抗爭，營造適合種植水稻的田地的歷史。
英國達勒姆大學與中國華東師範大學、復旦大學學者在最新出版的英國《自然》雜誌上聯合發表論文，講述在華東杭州新石器時代早期遺址跨湖橋考古的最新發現。
論文作者是達勒姆大學的宗永強博士和復旦大學文物和博物館學系教授陳淳。他們在跨湖橋遺址發現了7,700年前在這片沼澤地帶發現的種植稻米證據。
活躍200年
陳淳教授說，這些神秘的古人類在大約7,800年前來到這個"魚米之鄉"，只活動了不到200年，就銷聲匿跡。
在1970年代，這個掩埋於地下2米多淤泥中的遺址被發掘出來，發現的物品包括有8,000年歷史、用於生活的鑽，以及帶槳的獨木舟。
來自廣東省，在達勒姆居住了多年的達勒姆大學的宗永強博士說，當時，當地的人類的活動非常頻繁。沉積物中的大量木炭顆粒表明，跨湖橋居民經常焚燒灌木叢，有證據顯示他們可能使用豬的糞肥灌溉稻田。
研究發現，這些古人類經常放火燒荒，使長滿了樺樹、柳樹的淡水沼澤地變成適合種植水稻的農田。
由於海平面不斷上升，海水逐漸向這片河湖入海口的沼澤入侵，古人類筑起堤壩，防止海水入侵。
宗永強博士說，後來海水水位不斷上升，堤壩再不能抵抗海水的淹浸。他們就放棄了這個地點，搬遷到比較接近現代上海的河姆渡和馬家浜。
研究人員在河姆渡和馬家浜也發現了有7,000年歷史的水稻田遺跡。
跨湖橋遺址在1970年代初興建磚廠時發現。因為該地一直被水封住，所以很多有機物品都能保存下來，當中還包括狗和豬的骨頭，顯示這些動物已經馴化。
過去，人們認為中國人在6,000年前開始種植稻米，但是最新的研究顯示種植稻米的歷史早得多。
Paddy[Pad・dy]
- 発音記号[pǽdi][名]
1 ((俗))アイルランド人（の子孫）.
2 男子の名.
3 ((p-))((英略式))かんしゃく（の発作）.
4 ((p-))((俗))警官.
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