upward, dab/ arrant, thoroughgoing

2010年5月2日星期日 upward, dab

arrant	(adjective) Utter; out-and-out.
Synonyms:	double-dyed, sodding, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, consummate, complete, stark, gross
Usage:	That is the most arrant nonsense I have ever heard.

a dab of life 東海 IE 1975 北部

"a dab of life"是伍庭輝先生 (他送四人陳鳳山甩手書一本) 高爾夫球衣上的一段

dab
v., dabbed, dab·bing, dabs. v.tr.

1. To apply with short poking strokes: dabbed some paint on the worn spots.
2. To cover lightly with or as if with a moist substance.
3. To strike or hit lightly.

v.intr.
To tap gently; pat.

n.

1. A small amount: a dab of jelly.
2. A quick light pat.

[Middle English dabben, to strike.]

dab² (dăb)
n.
Any of various flatfishes, chiefly of the genera Limanda and Hippoglossoides, related to and resembling the flounders.

[Middle English dabbe.]

dab³ (dăb)
n. Chiefly British
A dab hand.

[Origin unknown.]

[動]（〜bed, 〜・bing）(他)

1 …を（手・柔らかい物で）軽くたたく, とんとん打つ((with ...))；…を（…に）そっと当てる((against ...))；〈鳥などが〉…を軽くつつく

dab paper with a brush ［＝dab a brush against paper］
紙に筆を当てる.

2 〈ペンキ・薬などを〉（…に）軽くペタペタ塗る((on ...)).

3 〈人の〉指紋を取る.

━━(自)（…を）軽くたたく［打つ］((at ...)).

━━[名]

1 （…を）軽くパタパタたたくこと, （くちばしなどで）軽くつつくこと, 軽打；（…に）軽く塗ること, 一塗り, 一はけ((at ...))

make a dab at ...
…を指で軽くたたく.

2 （液体・柔らかい物の）小さなかたまり；（一般に）少量, わずか, ちょっぴり（の…）((of ...)). ▼ofのあとは物質名詞

a dab of butter
少量のバター.

3 ((〜s))((俗))指紋(fingerprints).

upward」的搜尋結果

第 ix 頁
It requires a whole new structure, from foundation upward. Mutation might be the word, except that mutation implies unordered spontaneity. ...

第 18 頁
Western style of management must change to halt the decline of Western industry, and to turn it upward. The purpose of this chapter and of the next one is ...

第 35 頁
With every new lot of ST material that comes in (from the same vendor), our troubles with point- defects shoot upward, with a whole new set of problems to ...

第 135 頁
At the same time, costs of warranty were soaring upward, and business was on the decline. ...

第 323 頁
很抱歉，此頁的內容受到限制.

第 345 頁
It is possible that the right kind of help to the low-volume salesmen could push them upward in both products. The result could be a large and immediate ...

第 363 頁
Seven or eight pieces, all showing a trend upward or downward, no reversal, would indicate pretty definitely that something is wrong with the process, ...

第 412 頁
Let us suppose that the trend is upward. Today, we are in Case 1, no inspection, but p is time-dependent, increasing, perhaps with a steady trend, ...

第 486 頁
Suddenly, Japanese quality and dependability turned upward in 1950 and by 1954 had captured markets the world over. The new economic age had begun. ...

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upward
adjective
moving towards a higher position, level or value:
With an upward trend in inflation, you expect prices to rise.
NOTE: The opposite is downward.

upwards
adverb (US USUALLY upward)
She turned her face upwards to the midday sun.
The cost of completion has been revised upwards again due to inflation.
NOTE: The opposite is downwards.

thóroughgòing[thórough・gòing]

[形]

1 〈人が〉（事を）徹底的にやる, 徹底した；〈行為などが〉徹底的に行われた

a thoroughgoing reform
徹底的な改革.

2 ((限定))まったくの, 完全な

a thoroughgoing failure
完全な失敗.