spelunker, vein, lengthy, pocked with pothole, less-rosy

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Less-Rosy Reality

The latest plan to stem the euro zone's woes looks pretty at first sight but is pocked with potholes in reality.

President Obama heads out on the road Wednesday to visit battlegrounds states where he will try to sell his agenda, and his reelection bid, outlined in a lengthy address to Congress and the nation on Tuesday night.

"I replied much in the same vein."

Economic Potholes Add Dangers on Egypt's New Political Path

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MAYY EL SHEIKH

With mounting debts, negligible growth and dwindling foreign reserves, Egypt's military rulers and the new Islamist-led Parliament face a crisis that could undermine the political transition.

 pock

 (pŏk)
n.

1. A pustule caused by smallpox or a similar eruptive disease.
2. A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.

tr.v., pocked, pock·ing, pocks.
To mark with pocks; pit.

[Middle English pokke, from Old English pocc.]

pocky pock'y adj.

pock

[名]1 膿疱(のうほう).2 痘痕(とうこん), あばた.3 （一般に）穴, くぼみ.4 ((スコット))＝poke².━━[動](他)…にあばた模様を作る.pócked{include fi...

pocked

[形]あばたの, あばた状になった.

pothole
(pŏt'hōl')
n.

1. A hole or pit, especially one in a road surface. Also called chuckhole.
2. A deep round hole worn in rock by loose stones whirling in strong rapids or waterfalls.
3. Western U.S. A place filled with mud or quicksand that is a hazard to cattle.

potholed pot'holed' adj.

pothole

[名]1 （道路の）くぼみ, 深い穴；（地面に垂直に開いた）洞穴.2 《地質学》甌穴(おうけつ)：河床岩石中にできる円筒状の穴.━━[動](自)（趣味で）洞穴探検する.pót・hòling{in...

potholer

[名]洞穴探検家(spelunker).

spelunking

Line breaks: spe¦lunk|ing

Pronunciation: /spɪˈlʌŋkɪŋ /

NOUN

[MASS NOUN] North American

• The exploration of caves, especially as a hobby:Neil spoke of the virginal spelunking in the mountains[AS MODIFIER]: a spelunking tour at Luray Caverns
  

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Derivatives

spelunker

NOUN

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Origin

1940s: from obsolete spelunk 'cave' (from Latinspelunca) + -ing¹.

vein
A source of a specified quality: a vein of poetry 詩情he managed to tap into the thick vein ofdiscontent to his own advantageUnited have hit a rich vein of form

vein
(vān)
n.

1. 1. Anatomy. Any of the membranous tubes that form a branching system and carry blood to the heart.
   2. A blood vessel.
2. Botany. One of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other expanded plant organ. Also called nervure.
3. Zoology. One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect. Also called nervure.
4. Geology. A regularly shaped and lengthy occurrence of an ore; a lode.
5. A long wavy strip of a different shade or color, as in wood or marble, or as mold in cheese.
6. A fissure, crack, or cleft.
7. A pervading character or quality; a streak: "All through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness" (Mark Twain). See synonyms at streak.
8. 1. A transient attitude or mood.
   2. A particular turn of mind: spoke later in a more serious vein.

tr.v., veined, vein·ing, veins.

1. To supply or fill with veins.
2. To mark or decorate with veins.

[Middle English veine, from Old French, from Latin vēna.]

veinal vein'al adj.

[名]

1 静脈（⇔artery）；((広義))血管

the pulmonary vein
肺静脈.

2 （昆虫の）翅脈(しみゃく)；（葉の）葉脈；（大理石などの）石目, （木材の）木目.

3 鉱脈, 鉱層；岩脈；（地層中の）水脈, 水路；（水脈を流れる）地下水

a thick vein of iron ore
鉄鉱石の厚い鉱脈.

4 ((a ［the］ 〜))（一時的な）気分, 気持ち

in a cheerful ［a serious］ vein
陽気な気分［まじめな気持ち］で

be in ［out of］ the vein for ...
…に向かう気分になっている［いない］.

5 [U]((またa 〜))（…の）スタイル, 手法；（…の）気味, 特質, 調子, 性格((of ...))

in the vein of the 19th century novelists
19世紀の小説のスタイルで

in a classical vein
古典的な手法で

a vein of stubbornness
頑固な性格.

job a vein

((米俗))ヘロインを常習的に打つ.

━━[動](他)

1 …に脈をつける；…に脈のような縞(しま)［筋］をつける.

2 …（の上）を脈のように伸びる［走る］

a garden intricately veined with watercourses
水路が複雑に走った庭園.

［古フランス語←ラテン語vēna］

lengthy[length・y]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[léŋkθi]
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[形]（-i・er, -i・est）

1 非常に長い.

2 〈話・議論などが〉長ったらしい, 長くて退屈な. ▼比較級不可.

length・i・ly

[副]

length・i・ness

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