Newlyweds to empty-nesters are trading big, high-maintenance homes for smaller square footage packed with high-end finishes.
“The frilly oversized Victorian bed-and-breakfast run by an elderly empty nester couple does not appeal to me,” he said in an e-mail message. (Forty Putney Road is run by a young couple who describe themselves on the B & B’s Web site as “beer geeks.”)
Dell Plans No-Frills 'Netbook'
Dell plans to introduce a mininotebook computer that will likely sell for less than $400, entering into a fast-growing market for inexpensive portables.
Canon PowerShot A470 Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera: This bargain-priced, no-frills camera offers very good image quality.電視螢幕的解析度(resolution)--這很親切,因為20年前為電子所-工業局做過{High Resolution CRT 可行性分析},現在20幾年過去,終於另外科技崛起
at the top of the list
4. Why Women Have Sex
By ALYSSA FETINI
According to psychologists Cindy Meston and David Buss, there are 237 reasons why women have sex -- and love isn't at the top of the list
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accessibility
n.[L. accessibilitas: cf. F. accessibilité.]
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.
point-and-shoot
(point'ən-shūt')adj.
Of, relating to, or being a camera that adjusts settings such as focus and exposure automatically.
adjective [before noun]
describes a product or a service that is basic and has no luxuries or unnecessary details:
It's a no-frills shop supplying only basic goods at affordable prices.
a no-frills airline
frill
n.
- A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat.
- A ruff of hair or feathers about the neck of an animal or a bird.
- A wrinkling of the edge of a photographic film.
- Informal. Something that is desirable but not a necessity; a luxury. See synonyms at luxury.
v., frilled, frill·ing, frills. v.tr.
- To make into a ruffle or frill.
- To add a ruffle or frill to.
To become wrinkled along the edge.
[Origin unknown.]
frilliness fril'li·ness n.frilly frill'y adj.
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