2008年6月19日 星期四

striking pate and an infectious guffaw

Amazon, by contrast, has found exactly that. It is the only one of the three that has been led continuously by the same man, its founder Jeff Bezos. A caricaturist's dream, Mr Bezos has an outsized neck, striking pate and an infectious guffaw that spreads enthusiasm. And, unlike his peers at the other two firms, Mr Bezos has stuck to his original vision—while adding two new ideas as they presented themselves.

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Definition


striking

(strī'kĭng) pronunciationadj.

Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind. See synonyms at noticeable.





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infect PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
verb [T]
1 to pass a disease to a person, animal or plant:
The ward was full of children infected with TB.
All the tomato plants are infected with a virus.

2 to make someone have the same feeling or emotion as you:
Her optimism seemed to infect all those around her.

3 to pass harmful programs from one computer to another, or within files in the same computer:
A computer virus may lurk unseen in a computer's memory, calling up and infecting each of the machine's data files in turn.

infected PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
adjective
1 containing bacteria, dirt or other things that can cause disease:
an infected wound/cut
After the operation the wound became infected.

2 An infected computer file contains a computer virus (= a program that can harm computers and their files).

infectious PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic Hide phonetics
adjective
1 able to infect:
an infectious disease/patient

2 describes something that has an effect on everyone who is present and makes them want to join in:
an infectious laugh
infectious enthusiasm

guf・faw


━━ n., vi. ばか笑い(する).

pate


━━ n. 〔古〕 〔戯言〕 頭; 頭脳.

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