2024年7月20日 星期六

wimp, cave, pimp, whimper, wimpy, fete, set off a suicide vest.When Tech Fails, It’s Usually With a Whimper Instead of a Bang





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The lead role in feting him in France was reportedly assigned to Marseille, one of the current European capitals of culture, and a reasonable choice as Camus bought a house in Provence (which faces Algeria across the Mediterranean) two years before his death in a car crash in 1960, and is buried there.


In foreign policy, we see no chance of Obama extricating U.S. forces from Afghanistan. He knows the Republicans will call him a wimp if he does, so America will keep hemorrhaging $190 million a day there.




Champion of the Corvette, Feted in the Land He Left
Zora Arkus-Duntov, an outspoken Russian engineer who had a 22-year career at General Motors, helped transform the Corvette from a wimpy fashion accessory into an American legend.




Economic boom ends with a whimper
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
Japan's economic expansion was led by export-oriented companies, such as automotive and electronics makers. A change in business conditions for the nation's ...
One of the biggest showdowns on Wall Street ended with a whimper Thursday when Citigroup walked away from efforts to block a deal between Wachovia and Wells Fargo, paving the way for a merger that would concentrate power within the American banking industry to just a few firms.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Died in a Raid by U.S. Commandos in Syria

  • President Trump said al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader, set off a suicide vest as U.S. commandos caught him in a tunnel “whimpering and crying.”
  • Though Mr. al-Baghdadi never loomed in the American psyche like Osama Bin Laden, he proved to be a tenacious and dangerous enemy to the U.S. and its allies.





whimper 
verb [I]
(especially of an animal) to make a series of small, weak sounds, expressing pain or unhappiness:
A half-starved dog lay in the corner, whimpering pathetically.
I said she couldn't have an ice cream and she started to whimper.

whimper
noun [C]
She gave a little whimper as the vet inspected her paw.


whim・per
  

━━ v. しくしく泣く; 泣き声で言う; (犬などが)くんくん鼻を鳴らす.

━━ n. すすり泣き, くんくんいう声.
whimper,嗚咽。 “一路嗚咽、哭喊、尖叫(whimpering and crying and screaming all the way)”,在宣布伊斯蘭國最高頭目死亡的全國電視演講中,特朗普這樣描述美軍突襲巴格達迪的最後時刻。他六次重複“嗚咽”(whimpering)一詞,並稱巴格達迪“像狗一樣死了”、“像懦夫一樣死了”,這種誇張而具有挑釁意味的語言引發了質疑。



wimp
(wĭmp) pronunciation
Slang.
n.
A timid or unadventurous person: "the impression that he is a colorless, indecisive wimp, and not a leader among men" (James J. Kilpatrick).

intr.v., wimped, wimp·ing, wimps.
To be timid or cowardly. Usually used with out: wimped out and refused to jump off the high diving board.
wimp'ish adj.
wimp'y adj.[形]((略式))弱虫の, 意気地なしの.

[Perhaps from WHIMPER.]
(hwĭm'pər, wĭm'-) pronunciation

v., -pered, -per·ing, -pers. v.intr.
  1. To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine. See synonyms at cry.
  2. To complain.
v.tr.
To utter in a whimper.

n.
A low, broken, sobbing sound; a whine.

[Probably imitative.]
whimperer whim'per·er n.
whimperingly whim'per·ing·ly adv.



cave
(kāv) pronunciation
n.
  1. A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
  2. A storage cellar, especially for wine.

v., caved, cav·ing, caves. v.tr.
  1. To dig or hollow out.
  2. To cause to collapse or fall in. Often used with in: The impact caved in the roof of the car.
v.intr.

To fall in; coll

  1. apse. Often used with in: The walls caved in during the earthquake.
  2. To give up all opposition; yield. Often used with in: The school committee caved in to the demands of parents.
  3. To explore caves.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cava, from neuter pl. of cavus, hollow.]


fete, ((主に米))fête[fete, ((主に米))fête]
  1. レベル:社会人必須
  2. 発音記号[féit]
[名]
1 宗教的な祝祭;祝宴, 供宴, 祭典;((英))(にぎやかな)催し;慈善バザー.
2 祭日, 休日
a national fete
国祭日.
━━[動](他)((通例受身))〈人を〉宴をはってもてなす;〈チームなどを〉パーティー[祝賀会]をしてたたえる;祝福する, たたえる.
[△FEAST

fete

Pronunciation: /feɪt/
(also fête)
Translate fete | into Spanish



noun

British
  • a public function, typically held outdoors and organized to raise funds for a charity, including entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments:a church fete
  • chiefly North American a celebration or festival.

verb

[with object]
  • honour or entertain (someone) lavishly:she was an instant celebrity, feted by the media

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'festival, fair'): from French, from Old French feste (see feast)

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