bet, bet-the-company, shrivel away, make for, sleepless, hypno-, blob, coronal mass ejection

This model, called the Z10, and its operating system, called BB10, are bet-the-company moves by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion . RIM has seen its once-dominant position in the market shrivel away, especially in the U.S., since the iPhone appeared in 2007.

Solar Blob Attacks the Earth!

A great eruption known as a coronal mass ejection rattled nerves but did little harm

 She writes the recipes, changing them to reflect seasonal ingredients, and she’s realized, over the years, that kids will eat almost anything if you serve it to them right. They’ll eat hijiki, an earthy black seaweed, if you mix it with rice. They’ll eat small whole fish, heads and all, if they are lightly fried. Tofu is an easier bet, but just to be sure, it sometimes comes with minced pork.



Stress makes for more sleepless in Taiwan-study 研究：壓力致使台灣失眠人數增加

(noun) The art or process of learning while asleep by means of lessons recorded on disk or tapes.
Synonyms:	sleep-learning
Usage:	Hypnopedia may not be a proven learning technique, but I figure it can't hurt to replay my professors' lectures throughout the night just in case.

hypno-

音節

hyp • no-

発音

hípnou-, -nə-

「睡眠」「催眠」

hypnoanalysis
催眠分析

hypnopompic
（覚醒(せい)前の）半睡半識の.

《新聞辭典》
make for：意 指造成、有助於；例句：The large print makes for easier reading. （大型字體有利閱讀。）此片語亦可當作移向、衝向解釋，且通常用在速度很快且已有目標的情況；例句：It started raining, so she made for the nearest shelter. （開始下雨了，所以她衝向最近的躲雨地方。）

make for

1. Have or cause to have a particular effect; also, help promote or further. For example, That letter of yours will make for hard feelings in the family, or This system makes for better communication. [Early 1500s]
2. Go toward, as in They turned around and made for home. This usage originated in the late 1500s, but was not widely used until the 1800s. Also see made for.


bet
 

━━[名]

1 賭け；賭けた金［物］；賭けの対象；選択すべき人［物, 方策］

an even bet
五分五分の賭け［見込み］

a ten-dollar bet
10ドルの賭け金

a good bet
((比喩))有望な人［物, 策］

the best bet
いちばん有望な人［物, 策］

have ［lay, place, put］ a bet on ...
…に賭ける

accept ［take］ a bet
賭けに応じる

win ［lose］ a bet
賭けに勝つ［負ける］

That horse is a good ［a poor］ bet.
あの馬に賭けると勝てる［危ない］

He made a bet with her that he would win.
彼は自分が勝つと言って彼女と賭けをした.

2 ((略式))見当, 考え, 意見. ▼主にその場の思いつき

My bet is he's been caught in a traffic jam.
彼はきっと交通渋滞に巻き込まれたんだよ.

Bet the company.

Thrown around rather cheaply in print and in conversation, to me the phrase 'Bet the company' has a very specific meaning. If the decision you're going to make could affect a third or more of the value of the company in totality, then yes you're actually betting the company.

blob

  音節

blob

発音

blɑ'b | blɔ'b

レベル

社会人必須

blobの変化形

blobs (複数形) • blobbed (過去形) • blobbed (過去分詞) • blobbing (現在分詞) • blobs (三人称単数現在)

[名]

1 （ねばった）しずく, 泡；（粘り気のある丸い）小塊

a blob of honey
はちみつの塊.

2 しみ, よごれ

a blob of ink
インクのしみ.

3 形がぼんやりしたもの

That blob in the distance might be a lake.
あの遠くにぼんやり見えるのは湖でしょうか.

4 《クリケット》((英略式))零点；とんま；調子はずれの音.

5 ((米俗))間違い.

━━[動]（〜bed, 〜・bing）(他)

1 …にしみをつける；〈ペンキなどを〉（…に）塗りつける((on ...)).

2 〈答えなどを〉間違える.

Coronal mass ejection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection - CachedShare

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a massive burst of solar wind and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space. Coronal mass ...

Definition of shrivel in English:

VERB (shrivels, shrivelling, shrivelled; US shrivels,shriveling, shriveled)

1Wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture:[NO OBJECT]: the flowers simply shrivelled up[WITH OBJECT]: a heatwave so intense that it shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard

shrivel

 音節

shriv • el

発音

ʃrívəl

レベル

社会人必須

shrivelの変化形

shrivels (三人称単数現在)

[動]（〜ed, 〜・ing；((英))〜led, 〜・ling）(自)

1 縮んでしわが寄る, しぼむ((up)).

2 すくむ, 小さくなる, 無力になる((up)).

━━(他)

1 …をしなびさせる, しぼませる. ⇒WITHER

2 …を無力にする.\