swig, swishy, draught, beer-swigging, seat, by the seat of pants, The materials checklist for “Day Night Day” (2024), the artist Doug Wheeler’s perception-bending, full-body freak-out

The materials checklist for “Day Night Day” (2024), the artist Doug Wheeler’s perception-bending, full-body freak-out at David Zwirner in Chelsea, barely gives anything away: reinforced fiberglass, flat white titanium dioxide latex, gloss white epoxy, LED light — plastic, paint and lightbulbs, essentially. 

Photos of a one-year-old drinking beer have caused a storm online amid what appears to be a growing trend of parents in China giving their children alcohol from a young age.

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Debauchery at 37,000ft on Gumball 3000 flight


Passengers on Gumball 3000 flight swig vodka, smoke and strip NAKED

One passenger got naked and straddled another man
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Jacopo Bassano, "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes," 1545, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1997.21.1

Knowledge@Wharton: You note in the beginning of your book that the "animating premise" of The Leader's Checklist is that effective leadership can be learned, and, indeed, should be learned. Does this mean that you're negating the role of gut reaction or spontaneous reaction to events? Can people still be leaders by the seat of their pants, if you know what I'm getting at?

swishy

/ˈswɪʃi/

adjective

1. 1.

   making a swishing sound or movement.

   "a swishy beaded fringe"

 

 draught

(US draft)

1. 《名詞》〔英〕(1)下絵，設計図 (2)通気，すき間風；通風孔 (3)牽引｛けんいん｝；荷を引く動物 (4)【船舶】喫水 (5)ひと飲みの量，飲むこと (6)（液体をたるから）つぎ出すこと (7)一網，一網の魚 (8)チェッカー［西洋将棋］ ※draftとも

Definition of draught in English:

noun

1A current of cool air in a room or other confinedspace:heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts

2A single act of drinking or inhaling:she downed the remaining beer in one draught

2.1The amount swallowed or inhaled in a draught:he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs

by the seat of pants,

Using intuition and improvisation rather than method or experience, as in He ran the business by the seat of his pants. This expression was invented by World War II fliers, who used it to describe flying when instruments were not working or weather interfered with visibility. It was transferred to broader use soon after the war.

Definition of

 swig in English:

verb (swigs, swigging, swigged)

[WITH OBJECT]

Drink in large draughts:Dave swigged the wine in five gulps[NO OBJECT]: Ratagan swigged at his beer

noun

A large draught of drink:he took a swig of tea

Derivatives

swigger

1

noun

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a noun in the obsolete sense 'liquor'): of unknown origin.

seat

noun

• 1a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
• the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one’s weight rests directly.
• a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience:a fairly small theatre with 1,300 seats

• 2a person’s buttocks.
• the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
• a manner of sitting on a horse:he’s got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I’ve ever seen

• 3a place in an elected legislative or other body:he lost his seat in the 1997 election
• British a parliamentary constituency:a safe Labour seat in the North-East

• 4a principal site or location:Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England
• Britishshort for country seat.Lamport Hall was the seat of the Isham family for over 400 years

• 5a part of a machine that supports or guides another part: if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool
  
  
   v., seat·ed, seat·ing, seats.
  v.tr.
  

  1. 1. To place in or on a seat.
     2. To cause or assist to sit down: The ushers will seat the members of the bride's family.
  2. To provide with a particular seat: The usher seated me in the back row.
  3. To have or provide seats for: We can seat 300 in the auditorium.
  4. To install in a position of authority or eminence.
  5. To fix firmly in place: seat an ammunition clip in an automatic rifle.

  v.intr.
  To rest on or fit into another part: The O-rings had not seated correctly in their grooves.

verb

[with object]

• 1arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere:Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall
• (seat oneself or be seated) sit down:she invited them to be seated (as adjective seated)a dummy in a seated position
• (of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people):the jet seats up to 175 passengers

• 2 [with object and adverbial of place] fit in position:upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below

Phrases

take one's seat

start to take part in the business of an assembly after being elected: the House of Commons refused to allow him to take his seat although he had been duly elected

Derivatives

seatless

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century

seatの変化形

seats (複数形) • seated (過去形) • seated (過去分詞) • seating (現在分詞) • seats (三人称単数現在)

seatの慣用句

by the seat of one's pants, （全1件）

[名]

1 （物としての）いす, 座席, 腰掛け；（座る位置・空間としての）席, 座；腰掛けられる場所. ▼chairは動かせるが, seatは固定されている

a window seat
窓側の席

a forward seat
（車の）前座席

a seat of honor
上座(かみざ)

the seat of power
権力の座

a tip-up seat
折りたたみ式シート

take ［have, get］ a seat
着席する

find a seat on a rock
岩の上に座る場所を見つける

Keep ［Hold］ your seat！
((主に英))どうぞお座りのままで（▼((米))ではPlease remain in your seats.）.

2 席につく権利

offer one's seat
席をゆずる

Is this seat taken？
この席ふさがっていますか.

3 ((通例単数形))（いす・自転車・くら・ぶらんこなどの）座部（⇒SADDLE（図））；（身体の）尻(しり), 臀部(でんぶ)；（ズボンなどの）尻（当て）；（器機の）台, 台座；基底（部）

the seat of a valve
弁座

the toilet seat
便座

put a seat in the pants
ズボンに尻当てをつける.

4 ((形式))（活動の）中心地；（機関の）所在地；（体の機能・病気の）源((of ...))

the seat of war
戦場

the seat of commerce
商業の中心地

a seat of learning
学問の府

the seat of thought
思考の中枢.

5 （劇場・列車などの）座席, 観覧席；着席券

first row ［grandstand］ seats
最前席［正面特別観覧席］.

6 議席；（証券取引所などの）会員権

win ［lose］ one's ［the］ seat
議席を得る［失う］

be elected to a seat in Congress
国会議員に当選する.

7 （馬・自転車などの）乗り方；乗った姿勢

have a good seat on a horse
馬の乗り方がうまい.

8 （いなかにある貴族の広大な）邸宅.

by the seat of one's pants

((略式))
(1) ((米))きわどいところで, すれすれで

He passed the exam by the seat of his pants.
彼はすれすれで試験に合格した.

(2) 〈人が〉自力で；勘に頼って

drive ［fly］ by the seat of one's pants
勘で進める［動く］.

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1 ((形式))((しばしば〜 -selfまたは受身))…を着席させる；…を（ある場所に）設置する((in ...))；…に住む

the man seated in the front row
最前列に座っている人

seat the guest to the right
お客を右側に座らせる（▼「子供をひざに座らせる」場合はsetを用いる：He set the child on his knee.）

seat oneself
着席する

keep ［remain］ seated
着席したままでいる

Be seated, please.
どうぞお掛けください（▼Please sit down. より形式的）

His disease was so deeply seated that there was no chance of recovery.
彼の病気はとても頑固で回復の見込みはなかった.

2 …を席に案内する, に席を見つけてやる

Please wait to be seated.
ご案内するまでお待ちください（▼レストランなどの入り口の掲示）.

3 〈劇場などが〉…人分の座席を有する. ▼進行形不可

The stadium seats 50,000 people.
この競技場は5万人収容できる.

4 …を議席につける；…を議員に任ずる；…を役職［地位, 身分］につける.

5 …に（いすなどの）座部をつける, （ズボンの）尻当てをつける.

6 〈バルブを〉締める, 閉ざす.

7 …を台［台座］にすえつける, 固定する.

seat・less

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