2014年6月3日 星期二

lugging, piton, in-built , satnav

Google Maps launch the first satnav directions for North Korea
There are almost no internet users and cars are scarce, but thanks to crowdsourcing, Google have been able to plot journeys inside the secretive state
http://gu.com/p/3pmxz/fo
There are almost no internet users and few cars, but crowd-sourcing has...
The Guardian
These days, Mr. Breashears is still climbing the Himalayas, but he is lugging more than pitons and ice axes. He’s also carrying special cameras to document stunning declines in glaciers on the roof of the world.



一如任何園丁都會證明的,蝸牛是趕不走的害蟲。不論牠們多頻繁地被從植物上除去,隔天牠們又回去盡情的吃葉子。
Now research has shown why. Snails, it appears, have a strong homing instinct - an in-built satnav which guides them to their favourite patch of greenery.
現在有研究顯示為什麼了。看來,蝸牛有很強的返巢本能—一種指引牠們回到最愛的綠葉叢中的內建衛星導航。
Retired tutor Ruth Brooks was plagued by the creatures eating her vegetables. Despite moving them to nearby wasteland she noticed that they always seemed to come back.

satnav
n. navigation dependent on information received from satellites.
Etymology: 1970s: blend of satellite and navigation.

piton
n.
A metal spike fitted at one end with an eye for securing a rope and driven into rock or ice as a support in mountain climbing.

[French, from Old French, nail.]

[名]《登山》ピトン, ハーケン:ロープを通す環のついた金属くぎ.
[フランス語]


Several pitons

Old angle pitons

RURP (Realized Ultimate Reality Piton)

lug

[動](〜ged, 〜・ging)(他)
1 〈重い物を〉引きずって[苦労して]運ぶ, 〈人を〉引っ張って[つれて]行く((along))
lug the sacks into the van
大袋を引きずって貨車に入れる.
2 ((略式))〈関係ない話題などを〉無理に持ち込む((in/into ...)).
━━(自)(…を)引く, 引っ張る((at ...)).
━━[名]
1 ((通例a 〜))強く引くこと.
2 ((〜s))((米))気どり.
3 (野菜運搬用の)木箱.
4 ((俗))(政治目的のための)寄付金の強要
put the lug on him
彼に寄付金を強要する.

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