2024年3月21日 星期四

rouse, tantalising, rousing, arouse, tailgating, mnemonic簡略記憶, calisthenics.「 助 憶 社 群 」(mnemonic community)


PHYS ED

A Before-School Exercise Program May Help Children Thrive
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

The BOKS program, consisting of an hour of running, calisthenics and rousing group games, made children feel happier and more energetic.



From the Opinion section of The New York Times:

We are roused to action by cruel realism, but only if it looks and sounds authentic. Reasoned calls to our better angels are no longer enough.
NYTI.MS|由 TIMOTHY EGAN 上傳

The Tailgate Experience, British Style
Millions of Britons follow American football, but many of them have no experience with tailgating.



Has Brazil blown it? Having come tantalisingly close to taking off, the country has stalled. This week's special report explains what it must do to get airborne again. Today, from 4pm BST / 11am EDT, our Brazil correspondent and author of the report, Helen Joyce, will discuss the country in a live conversation via Twitter. Pose questions by commenting below or send a tweet including #askeconomist. For more information visit http://econ.st/1eMj5yt

After Floods in Russia, Grief, Rage and Deep Mistrust

Officials acknowledged that they had been aware of a threat to Krymsk the night before deadly flooding, but had not taken measures to rouse its sleeping residents.



The penultimate chapter is a persuasive articulation of why Japan really is so tantalisingly unique. It draws heavily on the work of others, principally SN Eisenstadt and Robert Bellah. But much as Macfarlane admires the Japanese ability to incorporate only the best and most suitable of foreign influences, improving them in the process, so he distils a graceful and concise argument from the existing scholarship.



To keep such moments as his FedEx embarrassment to a minimum, Mr. Bunnell now does regular brain calisthenics, largely avoiding expensive software in favor of simpler solutions. He works at memorizing the numbers that swirl around his daily life — credit cards, PINs and phone numbers — and devises mnemonics for remembering people’s names. “Smart people find new ways to exercise their brains that don’t involve buying software or taking expensive workshops," he said.

cal・is・then・ic



━━ a. 美容体操の.
 cal・is・then・ics ━━ n. ((単数扱い)) 美容体操法; ((複数扱い)) 美容[柔軟]体操.

mnemonic

noun [C]
something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something:
The musical notes on the lines go EGBDF - use the mnemonic 'every good boy deserves fun'.
本 書 將 台 灣 外 省 人 想 像 成 是 一 個「 助 憶 社 群 」(mnemonic community):靠助憶法建構出有共同記憶的社群,並將外省人理解為:正成為享有「1949 大出逃」記憶特色的「族群」。本書作者楊孟軒主張,透過社會記憶內容與形式變遷,亦即「助憶體系」變遷,我們可以同理理解外省人社群的處境與認同轉變。而外省人與其後裔,正流露出轉向「台灣化」的「認同趨向性」。

 mne・mon・ic



  
━━ a., n. 記憶を助ける(もの), 記憶に残る; 【コンピュータ】簡略記憶(コード).
 mne・mon・i・cal・ly ━━ ad.
 mnemonic code 【コンピュータ】簡略コード, ニーモニック・コード.
 mne・mon・ics ━━ n. 記憶術.



rouse

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VERB

[WITH OBJECT]
1Cause to stop sleeping:she was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder
1.1[NO OBJECT] Cease to sleep or to be inactive; wake up:she roused, took off her eyepads, and looked around
1.2Bring out of inactivity:once the enemy camp was roused, they would move on the castleshe’d just stay a few more minutes, then rouse herself and go back
1.3Startle (game) from a lair or cover.
2Make angry or excited:the crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race
2.1Give rise to (an emotion or feeling):his evasiveness roused my curiosity
3Stir (a liquid, especially beer while brewing):rouse the beer as the hops are introduced

Origin

late Middle English (originally as a hawking and hunting term): probably from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.

rouse[rouse]

  • 発音記号[ráuz]
[動](他)
1 〈人を〉(眠り・不活発などの状態から)目覚めさせる, 奮起させる, 活発[熱心]にする((from, out of ...));〈人を〉目覚めさせて(ある行動を)とらせる((to ...))
rouse a person fromout ofhis sleep
人を眠りから覚ます.
2 〈人・感情などを〉刺激する;〈人を〉怒らせる
rouse the masses
大衆を扇動する
The insult roused him to fury.
その侮辱に彼は激怒した.
3 〈獲物を〉(隠れ場所・ねぐらから)狩り出す, 飛び立たせる((from ...)).
━━(自)
1 〈人が〉(眠り・無気力などから)目覚める, 奮い立つ;〈感情が〉激発する((up)).
2 〈獲物が〉(隠れ場所・ねぐらから)飛び出す((from ...)).
━━[名]
1 [U]覚醒(かくせい), 奮起;喚起;狩り出し.
2 起床合図.

rousing(rou'zĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring: a rousing sermon.
  2. Lively; vigorous: a rousing march tune.
  3. Used as an intensive: a rousing lie.
rousingly rous'ing·ly adv.

  • [ráuziŋ]
[形]((通例限定))
1 (人を)目覚めさせる, 奮起させる, 刺激する, 元気づける
a rousing song
人を元気づける歌.
2 活発な, 活動的な, 盛んな, きびきびした, 元気な
do a rousing business
活発な商売をする.
3 ((略式))とんでもない, ひどい.
rous・ing・ly
[副]

arouse
  • [əráuz]
[動](他)[III[名]([副])]
1 〈感情・注意・関心を〉誘発する, 喚起する
arouse anger in a person
人の怒りをかき立てる
arouse Scott's jealousy
スコットにしっとを起こさせる.
2 〈人を〉興奮させる, (性的に)刺激する;刺激して(…)させる((to ...))
arouse a person to action
人を行動に駆り立てる.
3 ((形式))〈人を〉(眠りから)起こす(awaken)((from ...));〈国の〉眠りをさます.
━━(自)目をさます, 目ざめる.
[a-(強意)+ROUSE


tantalising
    Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach: mouthwatering. Seeexcite/bore/interest.

Meaning #1: arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
Synonym: tantalising
Meaning #2: very pleasantly inviting
Synonyms: tantalising, tempting



tailgate

Syllabification: (tail·gate)
Pronunciation: /ˈtālˌgāt/
Translate tailgate | into French | into German | into Italian


noun

  • a hinged flap at the back of a truck that can be lowered or removed when loading or unloading the vehicle.
  • the door at the back of a station wagon.
  • [as modifier] North American relating to or denoting an informal meal served from the back of a parked vehicle, typically in the parking lot of a sports stadium:a tailgate lunch they turned the parking lot into a huge tailgate party
  • [as modifier] denoting a style of jazz trombone playing characterized by improvisation in the manner of the early New Orleans musicians.

verb

informal
  • 1 [with object] drive too closely behind another vehicle:he started tailgating the car in front [no object]:drivers who will tailgate at 90 mph
  • gain unauthorized entry to a secured area by closely following someone with authority to enter:a Toyota pickup tailgated the delivery vehicle into the prison three boys tailgated a group of tourists into the theater
  • 2 [no object] eat an informal meal served from the back of a parked vehicle: Lot 16E is reserved for alumni who wish to tailgate before the game

Derivatives





tailgater

noun

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