Gouged into a barren stretch of pampa in southern Peru, the Nazca Lines are one of archaeology’s most perplexing mysteries. On the floor of the coastal desert, the shallow markings look like simple furrows. But from the air, hundreds of feet up, they morph into trapezoids, spirals and zigzags in some locations, and stylized hummingbirds and spiders in others. There is even a cat with the tail of a fish. Thousands of lines jump cliffs and traverse ravines without changing course; the longest is bullet-straight and extends for more than 15 miles.
【Death & Life Tour】Take a trip back in time to see how the Chinese population of Sheung Wan used to live while we visit some local institutions and discuss death rituals in Chinese culture.
【生與死行街團】上環現在是個商店、咖啡室林立的小區，你知道從前是個不大受歡迎的地區嗎？除了因為這裏是早期華人聚居之地，生活環境不大理想之外，醫院、殯儀服務等「死人嘢」都集中於此。四月九日（六），參加我們的上環之旅，探索神秘卻有趣的生死習俗。
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Revealing New Layers of African Fashion
By GUY TREBAY
The hastily formed African Fashion Collective staged a show that aimed to dispel some of the hoary clichés that cling to the continent.
Silvery fountains lure autumn hikers (TORU NAKATA/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN)
Tourists stroll through a sea of silver Japanese pampas grass as autumn descends on the Sengokuhara highlands in Hakone, a popular tourist spot in western Kanagawa Prefecture that includes Lake Ashinoko. The local tourist association says the tall, feathery heads of eulalia grass, which sway in the autumn breezes, are expected to last through the end of October across vast expanses of the highlands, which stand around 700 meters above sea level. (IHT/Asahi: October 4,2008)
Merkel and Sarkozy Meet Under Gathering Storm Clouds
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were to meet later Thursday in Paris with relations between Paris and Berlin on the frosty side after a series of differences of opinion.
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Rosa was dressed for walking. She expected him. It was a bright, frosty day, and Miss Twinkleton had already graciously sanctioned fresh air.
Making money off the popular video-sharing service is a top Google priority this year, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has said.
• "Transparency" is a hot computing buzzword as everyone from Twitter to SalesForce.com seeks to share information about Web service availability so customers and users don't feel quite so helpless when things go wrong. And Google has showed it got transparency religion while trying to reassure Google Apps customers hurt by an August Gmail outage.
China Fund Vows Transparency
The president of China's sovereign-wealth fund pledged to increase transparency and said the fund will play no role in the management of the companies it invests in.
SHANGHAI — Fresh ethnic violence has erupted in a Tibetan region of southwestern China, with disputed reports of eight people shot dead by the police, and the Chinese government on Friday vowed swift and severe punishment of Tibetans accused of rioting and taking part in last month’s antigovernment protests.
gouge
/ɡaʊdʒ,ɡuːdʒ/
verb
- 1.make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade."the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water"
- 2.North Americanovercharge or swindle (someone)."drugs sold by the same manufacturers who are gouging patients in this country"
noun
- 2.an indentation or groove made by gouging.
pampas
/ˈpampəs/
noun
- large treeless plains in South America."the southern pampas of Argentina"
weal 2
NOUN
Phrases
Origin
vow Show phonetics
verb [T]
to make a determined decision or promise to do something:
[+ (that)] The guerillas vowed (that) they would overthrow the government.
[+ to infinitive] After the awful meals we had last Christmas, I vowed to do more of the cooking myself.
vow Show phonetics
noun [C]
a serious promise or decision:
[+ to infinitive] She took/made a vow never to lend money to anyone again.
transparent Show phonetics
adjective
1 If a substance or object is transparent, you can see through it very clearly:
Grow the bulbs in a transparent plastic box, so the children can see the roots growing.
Her blouse was practically transparent!
Compare opaque; translucent.
2 clear and easy to understand or recognize:
I think we should try to make the instructions more transparent.
transparency Show phonetics
noun
1 [U] the characteristic of being easy to see through:
The old-fashioned type of plastic lacked transparency.
2 [C] SPECIALIZED a photograph or picture printed on plastic which you can see on a screen by shining a light through it
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: transparency
(1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. See also transparent.(2) A film-based photographic negative or positive. Light is beamed through the film for display, scanning or processing.
trans・par・ent
━━ a. 透明な; すけて見える; （文体などが）平明な; 率直な; 見えすいた; 【コンピュータ】（ソフトウェアなどが）透過性の.
trans・parence ━━ n. 透明（度）.
trans・par・en・cy ━━ n. 透明（度）; 透かし絵［文字］; スライド; 【コンピュータ】透過性.
trans・par・ent・ly ━━ ad.
sil・ver trans・parence ━━ n. 透明（度）. trans・par・en・cy ━━ n. 透明（度）; 透かし絵［文字］; スライド; 【コンピュータ】透過性. trans・par・ent・ly ━━ ad.
━━ n. 銀; 銀貨; ((集合的)) 銀の食器; 銀色; 銀メダル.
━━ a. 銀（色）の, 銀製の; （音が）澄んだ; 弁舌さわやかな.
━━ v. 銀をかぶせる, 銀めっきする; 銀色にする［なる］; 白髪になる.
silver age 【ギリシア・ローマ神話】（the ～） 銀の時代.
silver birch 【植】シラカバ.
silver bromide 【化】臭化銀.
silver chloride 【化】塩化銀.
silver dollar （米国のかつての）1ドル銀貨.
silver・fish （各種の）銀色の魚; 【虫】シミ.
silver foil 銀箔(ぱく).
silver fox ギンギツネ（の毛皮）.
silver iodide 【化】ヨウ化銀.
silver jubilee 25年祭.
silver lining 黒い雲からのぞく銀色のふち; 不幸の中に見える明るい希望.
Every cloud has a silver lining. どんなことにもどこか光明がある.
silver medal 銀メダル.
silver-mirror test 【化】銀鏡反応.
sil・vern ━━ a. 〔古〕 銀の（ような）.
silver nitrate 【化】硝酸銀.
silver oxide 【化】酸化銀.
silver paper 銀紙; 錫(すず)［アルミ］箔.
silver plate ((集合的)) 銀（めっき）の食器; 銀めっき.
silver-plated a. 銀めっきの.
silver screen 銀幕; （the ～） ((集合的)) 映画.
silver・side 〔英〕 牛の最上もも肉; （pl.） トウゴロウイワシ.
silver・smith 銀細工師.
silver spoon 銀のスプーン.
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 富貴の家に生れる.
silver standard （the ～） 銀本位制.
Silver Star 【米陸軍】銀星勲章.
Silver・stone シルバーストーン (((1)金属表面こげつき防止加工; 商標.(2)英国 Northamptonshire にある自動車レース場)).
silver-tongued ━━ a. 雄弁な.
silver・ware ((集合的)) （食卓用）銀器.
silver wedding (anniversary) 銀婚式 ((結婚25年の祝い)).
silver・weed 【植】ヨウシュノツルキンバイ.
sil・ver・y ━━ a. 銀（鈴）のような, （音の）澄んだ; 銀色の.
sil・ver・i・ness
n.
silver Show phonetics━━ a. 銀（色）の, 銀製の; （音が）澄んだ; 弁舌さわやかな.
━━ v. 銀をかぶせる, 銀めっきする; 銀色にする［なる］; 白髪になる.
silver age 【ギリシア・ローマ神話】（the ～） 銀の時代. silver birch 【植】シラカバ. silver bromide 【化】臭化銀. silver chloride 【化】塩化銀. silver dollar （米国のかつての）1ドル銀貨. silver・fish （各種の）銀色の魚; 【虫】シミ. silver foil 銀箔(ぱく). silver fox ギンギツネ（の毛皮）. silver iodide 【化】ヨウ化銀. silver jubilee 25年祭. silver lining 黒い雲からのぞく銀色のふち; 不幸の中に見える明るい希望. Every cloud has a silver lining. どんなことにもどこか光明がある. silver medal 銀メダル. silver-mirror test 【化】銀鏡反応. sil・vern ━━ a. 〔古〕 銀の（ような）. silver nitrate 【化】硝酸銀. silver oxide 【化】酸化銀. silver paper 銀紙; 錫(すず)［アルミ］箔. silver plate ((集合的)) 銀（めっき）の食器; 銀めっき.silver-plated a. 銀めっきの.
silver screen 銀幕; （the ～） ((集合的)) 映画. silver・side 〔英〕 牛の最上もも肉; （pl.） トウゴロウイワシ. silver・smith 銀細工師. silver spoon 銀のスプーン. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 富貴の家に生れる. silver standard （the ～） 銀本位制. Silver Star 【米陸軍】銀星勲章. Silver・stone シルバーストーン (((1)金属表面こげつき防止加工; 商標.(2)英国 Northamptonshire にある自動車レース場)). silver-tongued ━━ a. 雄弁な. silver・ware ((集合的)) （食卓用）銀器. silver wedding (anniversary) 銀婚式 ((結婚25年の祝い)). silver・weed 【植】ヨウシュノツルキンバイ. sil・ver・y ━━ a. 銀（鈴）のような, （音の）澄んだ; 銀色の.sil・ver・i・ness
n.
noun [C or U]
a valuable shiny white metal that is used for making utensils, jewellery, coins and decorative objects:
We gave Alison and Tom a dish made of solid silver as a wedding present.
Cleaning the silver (= silver objects) is a dirty job.
Shall we use the silver (= utensils made of silver) for dinner tonight?
I need some silver (= coins made of silver or a metal of similar appearance) for the ticket machine in the car park.
See also silver (medal).
silver Show phonetics
adjective
made of silver, or of the colour of silver:
a silver ring
My grandmother has silver hair.
silver Show phonetics
verb [T often passive]
to cover something, especially a window, with a thin layer of silver-coloured material in order to make a mirror
silvery Show phonetics
adjective LITERARY
The grass was silvery with frost.
We were woken early by the peal of silvery bells (= those having a pleasant clear musical sound).
frosty
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
- Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See synonyms at cold.
- Covered with or as if with frost.
- Silvery white; hoary.
hoary
adjective
1 OLD-FASHIONED very old and familiar and therefore not interesting or amusing:
He told a few hoary old jokes and nobody laughed.
2 LITERARY (of a person) very old and white- or grey-haired
- Cold in manner: a frosty look; a frosty farewell.
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