on eggshells, recount, woolly, flocculent, wild and woolly「不受法律和秩序約束的」、「粗野的」、「無拘無束的」或「混亂而刺激的」

Eggshells dating to 18,000 years ago suggest that people on New Guinea may have been raising cassowary chicks.

可追溯到 18,000 年前的蛋殼表明，新幾內亞的人們可能一直在飼養食火雞。google translate

 Scientists Just Found a Woolly Mammoth That Still Had Liquid Blood

Bookshelf: Sleep
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"Lena's Sleep Sheep," Anita Lobel's book about a little girl helped to sleep by some woolly thinkers, and more.




How the rhino got its wool?
 
Iran to Recount Some Votes

Iran's Guardian Council said it is prepared to recount disputed ballot boxes, as state media reported that seven people died in election-related protests a day earlier.

"I was always on eggshells when friends and family came to stay in case someone wandered into John's room and saw him," she said, adding that he would often take walks disguised in a woolly hat and faking a limp.

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Woolly（或作 wooly）是一個英文形容詞與名詞，主要有「羊毛製的」、「模糊不清的」等意思。詳細解釋與常見用法如下： [1, 2]

主要含意與用法

羊毛製的 / 像羊毛的（形容詞）
指由羊毛製成，或表面像羊毛般覆蓋著綿毛、絨毛的狀態。
• 例句：woolly hat（羊毛帽）、woolly mammoth（長毛象）。 [1, 2, 3]
思路不清的 / 糊塗的（形容詞，引申義）
用來形容想法、觀點或思考過程很混亂、不夠清晰，且沒有經過深思熟慮。
• 例句：woolly thinking（混亂的思維）。 [1, 2]
羊毛織品（名詞）
非正式用語中可指羊毛衣物，複數形 woollies 常指整套羊毛保暖內衣或毛衣。 [1]

您可以參考 劍橋詞典 獲取更多例句。

wild and woolly

uncouth in appearance or behaviour: the Australian outlaw’s wild and woolly look he might have been a gunman in his wild and woolly youth

Wild and woolly 是一個英語慣用俚語，原意指「不受法律和秩序約束的」、「粗野的」、「無拘無束的」或「混亂而刺激的」。 [1, 2]

意思與用法

這個片語常用來形容人、地方、時期或情況：

粗野、不受約束：形容缺乏法律或社會規範控制的環境（例如美國西部開荒時期）。
外表不修邊幅：指人或動物看起來長滿粗毛、邋遢或不整潔。
瘋狂、吵鬧的狀況：形容場面失控、熱鬧或混亂的活動（如派對或激烈的辯論）。 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

常見例句

His novels were about the wild and woolly Western frontier.（他的小說是關於荒蠻而粗獷的美國西部邊疆。） [1]
The young people next door had a wild and woolly party last night.（隔壁的年輕人昨晚開了一個瘋狂吵鬧的派對。） [1]

來源背景

這個俚語源自 19 世紀 1850 年代美國淘金熱與西部大開發時期的 美國西部邊疆。當時用來形容西部荒野中那些不拘小節、留著長鬍子、穿著粗糙羊毛服飾、不受文明約束的牛仔與拓荒者，後來演變成形容一切荒蠻、失序或狂野的事物。 [1, 2, 3, 4]

recount (DESCRIBE) Show phonetics
verb [T] FORMAL
to describe how something happened; to tell a story:
He recounted his adventures since he had left home.
[+ question word] He was fond of recounting how he had played for Manchester United when he was 19.


re-count (COUNT AGAIN) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to count something again

recount Show phonetics
noun [C]
another count, especially of the number of votes in an election:
The Democrats demanded a recount but still lost by a few votes.
The noun eggshell has one meaning:
Meaning #1: the exterior covering of a bird's egg
Synonym: shell

卵のから; 壊れやすいもの.
egg・shell china　薄手焼陶器.
egg・shell paint　半つや消しペンキ.

woolly

Syllabification: (wool·ly)

Pronunciation: /ˈwo͝olē/

(also wooly)

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adjective (woollier, woolliest)

• 1made of wool:a red woolly hat
• (of an animal, plant, or part) bearing or naturally covered with wool or hair resembling wool.
• resembling wool in texture or appearance:woolly wisps of cloud

• 2vague or confused in expression or character:woolly thinking
• (of a sound) indistinct or distorted:an opaque and woolly recording

noun (plural woollies)

• 1 (usually woollies) informal, chiefly British a garment made of wool, especially a pullover.

• 2a sheep.

Derivatives

woolliness

noun

flocculent

Line breaks: floc¦cu|lent

Pronunciation: /ˈflɒkjʊl(ə)nt 

  

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ADJECTIVE

1Having or resembling tufts of wool:the first snows of winter lay thick and flocculent

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1.1Having a loosely clumped texture:a brown flocculent precipitate

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Derivatives

flocculence

NOUN

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Origin

early 19th century: from Latin floccus 'tuft of wool' + -ulent.