2014年10月6日 星期一

canteenlike, rite, locus,default, wide-open, rite of passage


The impressive polychrome bottle has a modeled feline head at the neck and a flattened canteenlike chamber.
Featured Artwork of the Day: Feline Bottle | 8th-10th century | Peruhttp://met.org/1ByhDXx
With an Eye on a New Home, CBGB Owners Plan a Summer Festival
The new owners hope the four-day festival, scheduled to begin on July 5, will revive the wide-open artistic aesthetic associated with CBGB.

The storefront and large space next door to the club served as the "CBGB Record Canteen" (record shop and cafe) for many years. Eventually, in the late eighties, the record store was closed and replaced with a second performance space and art gallery, named "CB's 313 Gallery".



The Default Choice, So Hard to Resist
New York Times
By STEVE LOHR IN the wide-open Web, choice and competition are said to be merely “one click away,” to use Google's favorite phrase. But in practice, the power of digital distribution channels, default product settings and traditional human behavior ...

1931/9/17
早讀 Loci Critici 下午閱報及文學史….
此為George Saintsbury 批評史之副冊
At the turn of the century, Saintsbury edited and introduced an English edition of Honoré de Balzac's novel series La Comédie humaine, translated by Ellen Marriage and published in 1895-8 by J. M. Dent. He went on to edit the series of "Periods of European Literature," contributing the volumes on The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (1897), and The Earlier Renaissance (1901). He subsequently produced some of his most important works, A History of Criticism (3 vols., 1900–1904), with the companion volume Loci Critici, Passages Illustrative of Critical Theory and Practice (Boston, U.S.A., and London, 1903), and A History of English Prosody from the 12th Century to the Present Day (i., 1906; ii., 1908; iii., 1910); also The Later Nineteenth Century (1909).



Definition of rite

noun

  • a religious or other solemn ceremony or act: the rite of communion pagan fertility rites
  • a body of customary observances characteristic of a Church or a part of it:the Byzantine rite
  • a social custom, practice, or conventional act:the British family Christmas rite

Phrases



rite of passage

a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone’s life, especially birth, the transition from childhood to adulthood, marriage, and death: a novel which depicts the state of adolescence and the rites of passage that lead to adulthood

Origin:

Middle English: from Latin ritus '(religious) usage'

locus (拉丁)
  • [lóukəs]
[名](複-ci 〔-sai〕, -ca 〔k〕)
1 ((形式))場所, 位置;《数学》軌跡.
2 《遺伝学》(染色体内の)遺伝子座, .


  wide-open

 (wīd'ō'pən)
adj.
  1. Completely open: a wide-open door.
  2. Being without laws or law enforcement: a wide-open frontier town.

canteen

Line breaks: can|teen
Pronunciation: /kanˈtiːn 
  
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NOUN

1restaurant provided by an organization such as acollegefactory, or company for its students or staff.
2small water bottle, as used by soldiers or campers.
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESSYNONYMS

Water Canteen

Soldiers have always found it necessary to carry water when on campaign.
Plastic CanteenWater is necessary for all life on Earth. Humans can survive for several weeks without food, but for only a few days without water. A constant supply is needed to replenish the fluids lost through normal physiological activities, such as respiration, sweating and urination. In terms of mineral nutrients intake, it is unclear what the drinking water contribution is.
Canteen Cup AluminumMost of our customers prefer the LC-1 ALICE water canteen and cover combination. The LC-1 has a convenient pockets were weater purification tablets can be stored.

 

3British specially designed case or box containing a set of cutlery.

Origin

mid 18th century (originally denoting a shop selling provisions or alcohol in a barracks or garrison town): from French cantine, from Italian cantina 'cellar'. AFrench use of cantine denoting a small compartmented case for carrying bottles of wine may have given rise tosense 3.

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