cuff, volunteer uniforms, collars, vet’s collar, cuff link, off the cuff, cuffs and piping, pipi, pee-pee, urination, Non-Non, micturition, diaphoresis

Mike Lafavore

In a new exclusive episode of Simon's Cat an outsized vet’s collar throws our favourite feline into a feeding crisis.

We also have a fantstic Simon's cat gallery http://gu.com/p/4dpeh/fb

off the cuff remarks

Onionhead Cerebrum 在他的動態時報上加了日期為 2013年8月20日的相片。

一氧化二氫（Dihydrogen Monoxide, DHMO）

一則使用偽科學鬼扯蛋（hoax）行銷「一氧化二氫」容器的創意廣告。


容器上標示警語：提醒使用「DHMO」者要小心：可能導致出汗、排尿、急性組織水合。⋯⋯

DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE CONTAINMENT UNIT. WARNING: May cause diaphoresis, micturition, and acute tissue hydration.


看過如下參考資料便可一目了然：

1）「一氧化二氫」就是「H2O」水。（http://goo.gl/CXb5H）
2）容器是不銹鋼水壺（http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ec0e/）
3）Dihydrogen monoxide hoax（http://goo.gl/EKg0）

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London 2012 Olympics: volunteer uniforms revealed

London 2012 Olympics: volunteer uniforms revealed

Official Olympic volunteers, known as 'Games Makers', will wear outfits that are deep purple in colour with "poppy" red collars, cuffs and piping.

 Urination, Non-Non

In Paris, Behavior Brigade Battles
To Make Oui-Oui a Non-Non

France's capital has managed to get Parisians to pick up after pets, but the city and its elite Bad Behavior Brigade are struggling with the presence of pipi.

• Video: On Public Urination Patrol



pee-pee

noun

North American informal

• a child’s word for an act of urinating.
• [mass noun] urine.
• a penis.

non

pref.
Not: noncombatant.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nōn, not.]

Urination
(′yu̇r·ə′nā·shən)
(physiology) The discharge of urine from the bladder. Also known as micturition.

diaphoresis

Pronunciation: /ˌdʌɪəfəˈriːsɪs/

noun

[mass noun] technical

• sweating, especially to an unusual degree as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug.

Origin:

late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek, from diaphorein 'carry off, sweat out', from dia 'through' + phorein 'carry'

cuff[cuff1]

発音記号[kʌ'f]

[名]

1
(1) （服・ワイシャツの）そで口, カフス；（長手袋の）腕回り.
(2) ((米))（ズボンのすその）折り返し（((英))turn-up）.
(3) （取りはずし自由の）そで口カバー.

2 ((〜s))((略式))手錠(handcuff).

3 《医学》カフ（血圧を計るときの腕帯）；((略式))血圧計.

Definition of cuff

noun

• 1 the end part of a sleeve, where the material of the sleeve is turned back or a separate band is sewn on: a red dress with a white lace collar and cuffs
• the part of a glove covering the wrist.
• North American a trouser turn-up: a pair of faded denims with the cuffs rolled up
• the top part of a boot, typically padded or turned down: the ankle cuff provided support without restricting my movement

• 2 (cuffs) informal handcuffs: when the cuffs went on he had braced his wrists

• 3 an inflatable bag wrapped round the arm when blood pressure is measured.

verb

[with object] informal

• secure with handcuffs:the man’s hands were cuffed behind his back

Phrases

off the cuff

informal without preparation:they posed some difficult questions to answer off the cuff [as modifier]:an off-the-cuff remark

[as if from impromptu notes made on one's shirt cuffs]

Derivatives

cuffed

adjective

[in combination]:a double-cuffed striped shirt

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a glove or mitten): of unknown origin

off the cuff

即興で；準備なしで.
▼ワイシャツのカフスに鉛筆で書いたメモを見てスピーチをした故事から.

on the cuff

つけで；後払いで.

out at the cuff

(1) そで口がすり切れて.
(2) 貧乏で.

━━[動](他)

1 …にそで口［折り返し］をつける.

2 …に手錠をかける.

3 …をつけにする.

cuff link

 

((通例～s))カフスリンク（((英))sleeve link）袖扣The-Watch-Cufflinks-black-dial-silver-finish-Rhodium-plated-base ...

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piping

(pī'pĭng)
n.

1. A system of pipes, such as those used in plumbing.
2. Music.
   1. The act of playing on a pipe.
   2. The music produced by a pipe when played.
3. A shrill, high-pitched sound.
4. A narrow tube of fabric, sometimes enclosing a cord, used for trimming seams and edges, as of slipcovers.（衣服・装飾品のへりの）ひも飾り.
5. A tubular ribbon of icing on a pastry.

adj.

1. Music. Playing on a pipe.
2. Having a high-pitched sound: the piping voices of children.
3. Tranquil; peaceful: "in this weak piping time of peace" (Shakespeare).

idiom:
piping hot

1. Very hot: piping hot biscuits.

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Photo: LOCOG/adidas

2012倫敦奧運會的志願者服借鑒了具有歷史意義的英國近衛軍制服，繼承了英國的運動精神。
　　1.外套
　　制服由倫敦奧組委和倫敦2012奧運會官方運動服供應商adidas共同設計，採用了深紫色配罌粟紅的方案，這種配色靈感來自于英國的皇家紫和近衛軍的紅色制服。
　　2.肩章
　　不同顏色的肩章表示不同身份：白色的代表醫護人員，紅色代表領隊，綠色代表興奮劑檢測人員。
　　3.袖口
　　這套制服的設計點包括領口、肩章和袖口的3顆扣子。外套袖子的長度是可以調節的，袖克夫的設計借鑒了英國傳統的近衛軍制服。
　　4.運動鞋
　　奧運會特別版的運動鞋同樣也來自讚助商adidas，圖案創新而耐看。
　　5&6.奧運會Logo和其他
　　每個志願者將領到一件外套，一件polo衫，一條褲子，一雙運動鞋，襪子，帽子，包，水壺和一把傘。奧運會和殘奧會志願者制服外套是一樣的，只有胸前和背後的logo是不同的。主辦方還將發布不同的T恤和帽子，當然，褲子、鞋和其他配件還是相同的。