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board upの意味や使い方 【動詞】1木板で覆う(cover with wooden boards)board up windows before the hurricane
Sulking because he did not want his picture taken.
Pakistan and America
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"Board up" is a phrasal verb that means to cover a window or door with wooden boards or other materials to prevent access. For example, "Most buildings along the street had been boarded up".
"Boarded up" can also be used as an adjective, as in "Half the shops are boarded up on the estate's small shopping street".
Board-up services are available to secure properties from vandalism or natural disasters.
board upの意味や使い方 【動詞】1木板で覆う(cover with wooden boards)board up windows before the hurricane
Sulking because he did not want his picture taken.
Pakistan and America
In a sulk
(sŭlk)
intr.v., sulked, sulk·ing, sulks.
To be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest.
n.
A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal: stayed home in a sulk; a case of the sulks.
[Back-formation from SULKY1.]
sulk
- [sʌ'lk]
[動](自)〈特に子供が〉（人に）むっつりする, すねる((with ...))；（事に対し）腹をたてる((at ...)).
━━[名]((the 〜s))すねること, 不機嫌, ふくれっつら
have ［be in］ (a fit of) the sulks ［＝((英))be in a sulk］
すねている.
すねている.
(sŭl'kē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
- Sullenly aloof or withdrawn.
- Gloomy; dismal: sulky weather.
[Perhaps alteration of obsolete sulke, sluggish, perhaps ultimately from Old English āsolcen, from past participle of āseolcan, to become sluggish.]
sulkily sulk'i·ly adv.sulkiness sulk'i·ness n.
sulk·y2 (sŭl'kē)
n., pl., -ies.
A light, open two-wheeled vehicle accommodating only the driver and drawn by one horse, used especially in harness racing.
[From SULKY1 (from its having only one seat).]
號事者將pets 寫成 furkids類似 "小毛"pet
(pĕt)
n.
- An animal kept for amusement or companionship.
- An object of the affections.
- A person especially loved or indulged; a favorite: the teacher's pet.
- Kept as a pet: a pet cat.
- Particularly cherished or indulged: a pet grandchild.
- Expressing or showing affection: a pet name.
- Being a favorite: a pet topic.
v., pet·ted, pet·ting, pets. v.tr.
To stroke or caress gently; pat. See synonyms at caress.
v.intr. Informal
To make love by fondling and caressing.
[Scottish Gaelic peata, tame animal, pet, from Old Irish.]
petter pet'ter n.pet2 (pĕt)
n.
A fit of bad temper or pique.
intr.v., pet·ted, pet·ting, pets.
To be sulky and peevish.
[Origin unknown.]
furbelow
(fûr'bə-lō')
n.
- A ruffle or flounce on a garment.
- A piece of showy ornamentation.
To decorate with a ruffle or flounce.
[Probably alteration of Provençal farbello, farbella, fringe, perhaps alteration of Italian faldella, pleat, diminutive of falda, flap, loose end, of Germanic origin.]
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