The Bollenhut is a ladies' hat topped with pom-poms and has been part of the traditional costume worn by women in the three neighbouring Black Forest villages of Gutach, Kirnbach (near Wolfach) and Reichenbach (near Hornberg) since around 1750.
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If English and Australian cricket fans are still liable to dream of hushed crowds and men in whites, for the average Indian fan, cricket is about monster hitting, Hindi beats and cheerleaders wearing little behind their pompoms
As soon as the game began, so did the coordinated cheering. Led by cheer captains in the outfield bleachers, the batting team’s fans chanted, sang and rhythmically banged plastic bats for every pitch to every batter. Their deafening, synchronized roar dominated the dome. Each hit ignited a burst of still louder cheers and frantic towel waving.
Russia Is Not Jamaica
By MAUREEN DOWD The cheerleader in chief was in Beijing with bikini-clad beach volleyball players while the Re-Evil Empire was sending columns of tanks into its former republic.
這 The cheerleader in chief 指美總統Bush(美國總統喜愛三軍/全國之統帥 The commander in chief)--- 他 罵罵俄國之後 就跑去渡假......
許多字眼容易讓人"望文生義"
周日聽書林的蘇先生講些例子
今天記起他提到" CHEERLEADER "並不是一般字典所說的
"n. - 啦啦隊長 或日本語 (Japanese)n. - 応援団長, 応援リーダー "
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pom-poms attached to the wrist rattles and booties
Wrist Rattles and Baby Booties Recalled by Midwest-CBK Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Wrist Rattles and Baby Booties
Units: More than 10,000 wrist rattles and 11,000 pairs of baby booties in the United States and 600 wrist rattles and 700 pairs of baby booties in Canada
Importer: Midwest-CBK Inc., of Union City, Tenn.
Hazard: The pom-poms attached to the wrist rattles and booties can detach, posing a choking hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one report of a pom-pom detaching from the wrist rattle. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves the Monkeez & Friends™ wrist rattles and baby booties. The wrist rattles and the booties are made of knitted yarn and have a monkey head and a pom-pom attached. Both come in multiple color combinations.
Sold by: Gift stores, drug stores, décor outlets and variety stores nationwide from June 2009 through March 2011. The wrist rattles sold for about $5 and the booties sold for about $13.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take these recalled products away from children and return them to the store where they were purchased or to Midwest-CBK for a full refund. If you are unable to return the product to the store where it was purchased, contact Midwest-CBK to receive a prepaid shipping label.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Midwest-CBK toll-free at (800) 394-4225 between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.
Note: Health Canada's press release is available at http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1314
pom-pom1
ˈpɒmpɒm/
noun
- a small woollen ball attached to a garment, especially a hat, for decoration.
- a large round cluster of brightly coloured streamers waved in pairs by cheerleaders.
- a dahlia, chrysanthemum, or aster with small tightly clustered petals."pompom and border dahlias"
pom-pom
[pɑ'mpɑ`m | pɔ'mpɔ`m]
[名]
1 （特に艦上）対空高射砲；自動機関銃.
n. an automatic quick-firing two-pounder cannon of World War II period, typically mounted on a ship and used against aircraft.
Etymology: late 19th cent.: imitative of the sound of the discharge.
2 ((卑))《米国軍》性交, 「パンパン」.
"啦啦隊長"還應該叫"captain"*
一般英文解釋不容易了解針對群眾 每一對員都是 leader:
cheerleader Show phonetics
noun [C]
(especially in America) a person, usually a woman or girl, who leads the crowd in shouting encouragement and supporting a team at a sports event:
She was a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
我經常引用的日本字典已改正過來:
cheer・leader
*2008/8/18 張華先生賜知
經查蘇先生的原文，『「啦啦隊長」可稱為 captain』：
幾年前李銘珠女士跟筆者聊天時指出這個常見錯誤，作者：蘇正隆 發表日期：Sep. 9, 2003
Cheerleading may make girls feel like "tops" especially if they make captain.
I would advise someone around the age of 7-15 to join a cheerleading team that ..
cheerleader
n.- One who leads the cheering of spectators, as at a sports contest.
- One who expresses or promotes thoughtless praise; an adulator.
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