sonogram, trimester, approximate

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Other activities at the theme night for the affiliate of the New York Mets included expectant moms running - or walking - the bases without shoes before the game, women in their third trimesters throwing out ceremonial first pitches and pregnant women singing on the field during the seventh-inning stretch.
這場主題夜的其他活動，包括準媽媽在賽前光腳跑壘——或走路，懷孕後期的孕婦開球，以及孕婦在第七局中場在球場上唱歌。這支球隊是紐約大都會隊旗下的小聯盟隊伍。


講"發揮"，可參考胡適之先生在1936年版的《胡適留學日記‧自序》中說的：

我從自己經驗裏得到一個道理，曾用英文寫出來：

Expression is the most effective means of approximating impression.

譯成中國話就是：

要使你所得印象變成你自己的，最有效的法子是記錄或表現成文章。

......你自己必須把這題目研究清楚，然後使用自己的話把它發揮出來，成為一篇有條理的演講。你經過這一番「表現」或「發揮」expression之後，那些空泛的印象變著實了，.......

這種方式是求知識學問的一種幫助，也是思想的一種幫助。它的方式有多種，讀書作提要
，札記，寫信，談話，演說，作文，都有這種作用。札記是為自己的了解的；談話，討論，寫信，是求一個朋友的了解的；演說，作文，是求一群人的了解的，這都是「發揮」，都有幫助自己了解的功用。
......我寫這一大段話，是要我的讀者明白我為什麼在百忙的學生生活裏那樣起勁寫札記。......

approximate

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adjective

Pronunciation: /əˈprɒksɪmət/

• close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact:the approximate time of death

verb

Pronunciation: /əˈprɒksɪmeɪt/

[no object]

• come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity:a leasing agreement approximating to ownership [with object]:reality can be approximated by computational techniques
• [with object] estimate or calculate (a quantity) fairly accurately:I had to approximate the weight of my horse

Derivatives

approximative

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (in the adjectival sense 'close, similar'): from late Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare, from ad- 'to' + proximus 'very near'. The verb (originally meaning 'bring close') arose in the mid 17th century; the current adjectival sense dates from the early 19th century

trimester
n One of the three periods of approximately 3 months each into which pregnancy is divided.
sonogram
n.
An image, as of an unborn fetus or an internal body organ, produced by ultrasonography. Also called echogram, sonograph; Also called ultrasonogram.


n. - 超音波掃描圖

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ソノグラフ