2025年11月29日 星期六

visibility. reduce visibility to near zero, a gaggle of giggling angels. PERP WALK

The squalls will most likely last until Saturday morning, particularly near Lake Huron. Strong winds and blowing snow could reduce visibility to near zero, Environment Canada, the forecast agency, said.



BEIJING — On Friday morning, Hillary Rodham Clinton was the picture of a stern superpower diplomat, warning North Korea not to test a long-range ballistic missile. A few hours later, she was asked by a giggly Korean student how she knew she had fallen in love with her husband.



A Spin on Christmas Traditions

Mary and Joseph were heading for the stage, along with a beatific baby Jesus. Crowding in were shepherds, their flocks, wise men, a gaggle of giggling angels -- and a traffic report.
(By Jacqueline L. Salmon, The Washington Post)


罪犯遊行
Sep 24, 2025 — an occasion when police officers take a person who has been arrested for a crime through a public area so he or she can be seen and photographed by the media.
Aug 26, 2025 — The meaning of PERP WALK is the public escorting of an arrested individual (as from a courthouse to a police car) by law enforcement ...


gaggle

n.
  1. A flock of geese. See synonyms at flock1.
  2. A cluster or group: “A gaggle of photographers huddled on the sidewalk beside a swelling crowd of onlookers” (Gioia Diliberto).

[Middle English gagel, from gagelen, to cackle, probably of imitative origin.]


giggle Show phonetics
verb [I]
to laugh repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled and childish way, often at something silly or rude or when you are nervous:
Stop that giggling at the back!

giggle Show phonetics
noun
1 [C] a nervous or silly laugh:
There were a few nervous giggles from people in the audience.
I caught Roz having a giggle over some of Janet's awful poetry.

2 [S] UK INFORMAL something which is amusing, often when it involves laughing at someone else:
Just for a giggle, we hid his trousers while he was in the water.

the giggles plural noun INFORMAL
when you can't stop giggling:
I often used to get/have the giggles in lectures when I was at college.

giggler Show phonetics
noun [C]
a person who often giggles

giggly Show phonetics
adjective MAINLY DISAPPROVING
giggling a lot:
There were a load of giggly school-kids at the back of the bus.


gig・gle


━━ vi. くすくす笑う ((at)).
━━ vt. けらけら笑って…を表す.
━━ n. くすくす笑い; 〔英話〕 (単数形で) 面白さ.
giggle-smoke 〔米俗〕 マリファナ.
gig・gly ━━ a. (やたらに)くっくっと笑う.

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