2010年1月11日 星期一

pullulating, full-blooded, belly- rubbing wahoo-yahoo

Both were masters of dissimulation and lovers of delay; but the leaden foot of Philip was the symptom of a dying organism, while Elizabeth temporised for the pullulating energies were coming swiftly to ripeness and unity under her wings. She sat still; but every feather bristled; she was tremendously alive. Her super-abundant vigour was at once alarming and delightful. While the Spanish ambassador declared that ten thousand devils possessed her, the ordinary
Englishman saw in King Hal s full-blooded daughter



Tom Wolfe Excerpts
In short, this has been America's period of full-blooded, go-to-hell, belly-
rubbing wahoo-yahoo rampage--and what architecture has she to show for it? ...



full-blooded

(fʊl'blŭd'ĭd)
adj.
    1. Of unmixed ancestry; purebred.
    2. Related by way of having the same parents.
    1. Not pale or anemic; florid or ruddy.
    2. Vigorous and vital.
  1. Complete in all respects.
full-bloodedness full'-blood'ed·ness n.

pul・lu・late

intr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
  1. To put forth sprouts or buds; germinate.
  2. To breed rapidly or abundantly.
  3. To teem; swarm: a lagoon that pullulated with tropical fish.

[Latin pullulāre, pullulāt-, from pullulus, diminutive of pullus, young fowl. See pullet.]


━━ vi. 急速に繁殖する.
pul・lu・la・tion ━━ n.


wa·hoo 4
interj. Used to express exuberance.
n. pl. wa·hoos
An exuberant cry: He let out a wahoo. Also called regionally rebel yell.



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