COMMON, poisonous, venomous, pabulum "foodstuff" comestible

Howard Chang

Poisonous (吃了會致命的例如砒霜)
venomous (被咬了會致命的例如毒蛇)

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This tiny species of jellyfish is one of the most venomous creatures in the world. Thanks to its role in the death of Robert King, a Nestlé research scientist from Ohio, it has been nicknamed the Common Kingslayer.


Almost to the last, too, he tried to pose as one of his people. When protesters first erupted on the streets of Tripoli this year, he offered to protest along with them. Surely, after years of venomous pabulum from his “Green Book”, they would have learned to think as he did. But they were beginning to dare to think differently—about Libya, and about him.

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"...I was wrong. Well, mostly wrong. Dr. Deming’s philosophy still resonates strongly with the billion or so willing workers, but the management is indoctrinated with a mixture of Western Business School pablum and global CYA..."
---Bill ScherkenbachPablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word pabulum, meaning "foodstuff". The name is also used metaphorically, especially in literary criticism, to refer to something bland, unappetizing, or with little content value.

pab·lum (păb'ləm)
n.
Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization: "We have to settle for the pablum that passes for the inside dope" (Julie Salamon).

[From PABLUM.]

pabulum[pab・u・lum]

• 発音記号[pǽbjuləm]

[名][U]((文))

1 ((まれ))栄養物, 食料.

2 精神的な糧(かて).

3 燃料.

4 （討議・論文などの）基礎資料.

5 ＝Pablum 2.

[名]

1 ((商標))パブラム：幼児用シーリアル(cereal)の一種.

2 ((p-))愚劣な読み物［出し物］.

poisonous

Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪzənəs/

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adjective

• (of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body:poisonous chemicals
• (of an animal) producing poison as a means of attacking enemies or prey; venomous:a poisonous snake
• extremely unpleasant or malicious:there was a poisonous atmosphere at the office

Derivatives

poisonously
adverb

Poisonous and venomous are not identical in meaning, although they are often used interchangeably. A poisonous animal or plant produces toxins that are harmful when the animal or plant is touched or eaten, whereas a venomous snake or other creature is able to inject venom by means of its fangs, spines, or stingers.

venomous[ven・om・ous]

• 発音記号[vénəməs]

[形]

1 〈動物が〉毒腺(どくせん)をもつ；毒を分泌する；毒をもつ, 有毒な.

2 害をなす, 悪意ある

venomous words ［plans］
悪意のある言葉［計画］.

3 ((しばしばおどけて))ひどい, 不快な

venomous cooking
胸がむかつくような料理.

 (vĕn'ə-məs)
adj.

1. 1. Secreting and transmitting venom: a venomous snake.
   2. Full of or containing venom.
2. Malicious; spiteful: a venomous remark. See synonyms at poisonous.

venomously ven'om·ous·ly adv.
venomousness ven'om·ous·ness n.

comestible[co・mes・ti・ble]

• 発音記号[kəméstəbl]

[形]((古))食べられる.

━━[名]((通例〜s))((形式))食料品, 食べ物.

[形]（しばしば〜・er, 〜・est）

1 よく起こる, よくある, 普通に見かける, ありふれた；〈表現などが〉陳腐な, 言い古された

a common error
よくある間違い

(as) common as muck ［dirt］
きわめて平凡な；（人が）無作法な

It is common for a person to do so.
人がそうするのはよくあることだ（▼^×It is common that ...とはいわない）.

2 （▼比較変化なし）
(1) （複数のものに）共通の, 共有の, 共同使用の((to ...)). ⇒MUTUAL[類語]

common concerns
共通の利害関係

common possessions
共有財産

a garden common to two houses
2軒の家共有の庭.

(2) ((限定))（社会・国家全体に）共通の；公の, 公共の(public)

common land
公有地

work for the common good
公益のために働く.

3 共同で行われる(joint)；団結［結束］した；全員一致の

a common strategy ［enterprise］
共同作戦［事業］

by common consent
満場一致で；万人が認めるように.

4 一般に知れわたった；広く行きわたった；一般的な, 通常の

a common belief
広く浸透している信仰

common courtesy ［decency］
常識的な礼儀作法

common knowledge
（ある人々の間で）周知の事柄, 常識（▼general knowledgeは広く一般的な常識. ⇒COMMON SENSE）.

5 （▼比較変化なし）〈物（の質）が〉並の, 普通の；並以下の, 下等の, 質の悪い；〈人・態度が〉品のない, 粗野な

an article of common make
並の製品

common manners
無作法

He is a common sort indeed.
彼は実に品がない.

6 ((限定))〈人が〉名も位もない, 平凡な；((主に英古風))下層階級の, 平民の

a common soldier
一兵卒

the common people
一般大衆, 一般人, 普通人

the common touch
庶民感覚.

7 《解剖学》〈血管などが〉総合の, 合体した

the common bile duct
総胆管.

8 《韻文》〈音節が〉共通律の, 長短共通の.

9 《文法》
(1) 格変化をもたない, 通格の

common case
通格.

(2) （男・女・中性を区別する言語で）通性の, 男女両性に共通の.
(3) 〈名詞が〉普通の

a common noun
普通名詞（⇒PROPER NOUN）.

common or garden

((英俗))((形容詞的))((限定))きわめて平凡な［ありふれた］. ⇒GARDEN-VARIETY

━━[名]

1 ((しばしば〜s))共有地, （特に）公共緑地（広場・公園など）

Boston Common
ボストン広場.

2 [U]《法律》入会(いりあい)権(right of common)

have common of pasturage ［piscary］
放牧［漁獲］入会権.

3 ((the 〜s))
(1) ((複数扱い))平民, 庶民；被支配階級.
(2) ((単数・複数扱い))（貴族・王族に対して）庶民階級.

4 ((the Commons))((単数・複数扱い))（英国・カナダなどの）下院(the House of Commons)；下院議員（⇔the Lords）.

5 ((〜s))((単数扱い))（大学の）大食堂；共同食卓；((単数・複数扱い))((英))（大学食堂の）定食.

6 ((〜s))((単数扱い))食料, 糧食.

7 ((時にC-))《教会》
(1) 特定式文：特定の祝日用の礼拝式文.
(2) ミサ通常文.
(3) 聖人共通典礼文.

8 ＝common stock.

9 ((俗))常識.

above ［beyond］ the common

＝out of the COMMON.

be ［be put］ on short commons

((略式))十分な食事をしていない［が与えられない］.

in common

(1) 共同（使用）の；共通の［に］

have much ［nothing］ in common
共通点が多い［ない］.

(2) （…と）同様に((with ...)).

out of (the) common

非凡な, 珍しい；異常なほど.

［古フランス語←ラテン語commūnis （com-共に＋mūnis奉仕し得る＝互いに役立ち得る）. △COMMUNITY］

com・mon・ness

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