about, fuss, feedlot, a lap ahead, page

About 46 years ago, Kenichi Horie set out on a solo voyage across the Pacific in a yacht. Before he left port, he told his mother, "No matter what, don't worry about me for 120 days. You mustn't make a fuss."

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

2004

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
馬克‧吐溫 《康州美國佬在亞瑟王朝》 何文宏 張煤譯，上海：譯文，2002

Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library

http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/etext01/4milln10.txt

Chapter 2 第二章 亞瑟王朝 第12頁
KING ARTHUR'S COURT

By his look, he was good-natured; by his gait, he was satisfied with himself. He was pretty enough to frame. He arrived, looked me over with a smiling and impudent curiosity; said he had come for me, and informed me that he was a page.
......他走過來，笑嘻嘻地抬起頭，帶著一種厚顏無恥的好奇心望著我，說他是來找我的，還告訴我說，他是一名侍童。

"Go 'long," I said; "you ain't more than a paragraph."
「得了吧你，」我說：「你算什麼屎桶，大不了也就是個尿壺。」



"The Chinese middle class is starting to change the traditional thought process of beef as a luxury," said Kevin Timberlake, who manages the U.S.-based Western Cattle Company feedlot in China's Inner Mongolia.

Lap-top demand lifts Intel profits. Wednesday, 17 October 200

你或許知道現在台灣的廠商每年各生產1000萬-3500萬台的Lap-top (筆記型pc)

A lap ahead.

 lap・top　━━ a., n. ラップトップコンピュータ （lap・top computer）.

所以"在全球，平均每5分钟，5音调的Intel inside品牌广告曲就会响起一次。 ... Leap ahead(超越未来)”
現在一廣告詞為
A lap ahead.
說他們Lap-top 用的cpu比對手快一lap(1周 )




lap (RACING) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a complete journey around a race track that is repeated several times during a competition:
He recorded the fastest lap in last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.
After a strong start, she was passed by several runners in/on the final/last lap and finished ninth.

lap Show phonetics
verb -pp-
1 [T] to go past someone in a race who has been round the track one less time than you:
He finished last after being lapped twice by the leading runners.

2 [I] to make one complete journey around a track

lot (LAND)

feed・lot

（屠(と)殺前に家畜を太らせるための）飼育場.

open pen FEEDLOT 開放式欄圈養場
A feedlot or feedyard is a type of concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) (also known as "factory farming") which is used for finishing livestock, notably beef cattle, prior to slaughter. They may contain thousands of animals in an array of pens. Most feedlots require some type of governmental permit and must have plans in place to deal with the large amount of waste that is generated. Long-running feedlots are often exempt due to various "grandfather clauses", which allow feedlots to wait until a change of ownership before obtaining permits and designing formal waste management plans.


page (BOY (in the past)
a boy who worked as a servant for a knight and who was learning to become a knight Compare pageboy (BOY)」

 page²

  

━━ n. 給仕; （米国議会の）制服ボーイ; 小姓; 【史】騎士見習; （結婚式で）花嫁に付き添う男の子.
━━ vt. （給仕に）名を呼ばせて（人を）さがす, 名を呼んで（人を）さがす; ポケットベルで呼び出す.
━━ vi. 給仕を務める.
 page・boy　（髪型の）内巻.
 page boy　＝page²(n.).
 pag・er　━━ n. ポケベル.

Dictionary:

page¹

(pāj) 

n.

1. 1. A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript: tore a page from the book.
   2. The writing or printing on one side of a leaf.
   3. The type set for printing one side of a leaf.
2. A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
3. Computer Science. A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
4. Computer Science. A webpage.
5. pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.

v., paged, pag·ing, pag·es. v.tr.
To number the pages of; paginate.
v.intr.
To turn pages: page through a magazine.

[French, alteration of Old French pagine, from Latin pāgina.]

pageful page'ful' n.
page² (pāj) 
n.

1. A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
2. A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.
3. One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, club, or the U.S. Congress or another legislature.
4. A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.

tr.v., paged, pag·ing, pag·es.

1. To summon or call (a person) by name.
2. To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.
3. To attend as a page.

[Middle English, from Old French, possibly from Italian paggio, perhaps ultimately from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid-, child.]

page¹

   

━━ n. ページ; 1ページの組版［書き物］; 記録; 歴史の1ページをなすような事件［時］; 【コンピュータ】ページ (((1)記憶領域の一区画．(2)ホームページなどとして現れる文字・画像・音声などを組み込める表示画面のこと)).
━━ v. …にページをつける; ページをめくる ((through)).

make a fuss of/over sb
to give someone a lot of attention and treat them well:
She doesn't see her grandchildren very often so she makes a real fuss of them when she does.

fuss

--> ━━ n. 大騒ぎ（をする人）; 興奮, やきもき; ひと騒動; 強い抗議.
get into a fuss　やきもき［興奮］する.
kick up a fuss　〔話〕 わめきちらす; 苦情を言う ((about, over)).
make a fuss　〔話〕 大騒ぎする; 苦情を言う ((about, over)).
make a fuss of [over]　（人を）ちやほやする.
━━ v. （つまらない事で）騒ぐ［がせる］ ((about)); いら立つ［たせる］ ((about, over, up)).
not be fussed　いっこうに構わない ((about)).
fuss・budget, fuss・pot　いたずらに騒ぎ立てる人.
fuss・i・ly　━━ ad.
fuss・i・ness　━━ n.
fuss・y　━━ a. 騒ぎ立てる; 小うるさい ((about)); （衣服・文体など）いやに凝った; 事こまかな; （仕事などが）面倒な.

about (CONNECTED WITH) Show phonetics
preposition
on the subject of; connected with:
What's that book about?
a film about the Spanish Civil War
We were talking/laughing about Sophie.
He's always (going) on about what a great job he's got.
I'm worried about David.
I really don't know what all the fuss is about.
I wish you'd do something about (= take action to solve the problem of) your bedroom - it's a real mess.
UK INFORMAL Could you make me a coffee too while you're about it (= while you are making one for yourself)?
What didn't you like about the play?
There's something about (= in the character of) her attitude that worries me.
There's something special about him (= in his character).
"Is that your car?" "Yes, what about it (= why are you asking me)?" This is sometimes said in an angry or threatening way.

about (APPROXIMATELY) Show phonetics
adverb
a little more or less than the stated number or amount; approximately:
about six feet tall
about two months ago
"What time are you leaving work today?" "About five."
We're about (= almost) ready to leave.
Well, I think that's about it for now (= we have almost finished what we are doing for the present).




about (IN THIS PLACE) UK Show phonetics
adverb, preposition, adjective [after verb] (US around)
positioned or moving in or near a place, often without a clear direction, purpose or order:
She always leaves her clothes lying about on the floor.
They heard someone moving about outside.
I've been running about all morning trying to find you.
UK FORMAL Do you have such a thing as a pen about you/your person (= Have you got a pen)?
Is John about (= somewhere near)?
There's a lot of flu about (= many people have it) at the moment.


about (INTENDING) Show phonetics
adjective
be about to do sth to be going to do something very soon:
I was about to leave when Mark arrived.
She looked as if she was about to cry.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)



━━ prep., ad. （…の）回りに, （…の）周囲に; （…の）あちこち（を）; （…の）近くに; （…の）手元に, （…の）身辺に; およそ; …について; …しようとして ((to)); …に従事して ((doing)) (What are you ～? 何をしているのか）.
about and about　〔米〕 似たり寄ったりで.
be about　動いている, 活動している; 起きている; 流布［流行］している.
be about to do　（今しも）…しようとしている.
be not about to do　…するつもりはない.
go a long way about　遠回りする.
out and about　（病後などに）立働いて.
That's about it [all].　これで終わり; まあこんなところだ.
up and about　動き回って.
What [How] about …?　…（して）はいかがですか ((誘い)); …はどうですか ((質問)); …はどうなの ((注意の喚起)).
━━ vt. （船の）針路を変える.
About face!　〔米〕 【軍】回れ右.
About turn!　〔英〕 ＝About face!. 回れ右！.
about-face
v. ; (.) 　━━ vi., n. 〔米〕 回れ右（をする）; （思想など）転向（する）.
about-turn　━━ n., v. 〔英〕 ＝about-face.

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