Six Great Gifts For Photographers
By ROY FURCHGOTT
Stuck for a gift to give your household shutterbug? Here are some of my favorites from this year -- as well as some perennial favorites -- at a variety of prices.
Wearing Your Computer on Your Sleeve
By NICK BILTON
Millions of people stroll through life staring into a mobile device, absorbed by their screens. Technology will solve this problem by creating wearable computers.
lasso, feifer
Two cows have escaped from a trailer onto a busy Massachusetts highway, but a cowboy stuck in the traffic jam has come to the rescue.
兩頭乳牛從一輛拖車上脫逃,跑到麻州一條繁忙的高速公路上,但一名受困車陣中的牛仔前來解救眾人。
State police say a man wearing a Western hat and boots lassoed the 500-pound heifers Tuesday morning as they wandered on Interstate 91 South in Springfield, one of the state’s biggest cities.
州警表示,當乳牛週二一早在麻州最大城之一春田市的91號州際公路南向方向遊蕩時,一名頭戴西部牛仔帽、腳踏靴子的男子,以套索套住這兩頭500磅重的小母牛。
heif·er (hĕf'ər)
n.
A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf.
[Middle English, from Old English hēahfore.]
las·so (lăs'ō, lă-sū')
n., pl., -sos, or -soes.
A long rope with a running noose at one end, used especially to catch horses and cattle. Also called lariat.
tr.v., -soed, -so·ing, -sos, or -soes.
To catch with or as if with such a long rope.
lassoer las'so·er n.
in the teeth of
1. Straight into, confronting, as in The ship was headed in the teeth of the gale. [Late 1200s]
2. In opposition to or defiance of, as in She stuck to her position in the teeth of criticism by the board members. [Late 1700s] Also see fly in the face of.
3. Facing danger or threats, as in The tribe was in the teeth of starvation. [Early 1800s]
to the teeth of a person[to the teeth of a person]
((古))面と向かって, 公然と.
stuck
IN BRIEF: adj. - Caught or fixed; Baffled.
Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with. — Marilyn vos Savant
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