bearish, cutter, brushcutter

Fire at Taiwan's Formosa to have bearish impact on naphtha: traders
Platts3 naphtha-fed steam crackers at Mailiao remained uncertain, demand from the Taiwan refiner -- one of the biggest naphtha buyers in the region -- would remain capped or soften further in the wake of the fire, dealing a further blow to an unsteady ...

Ko Sasaki for The New York Times

Cautiously, Japan Raises Military Profile

By MARTIN FACKLER

TOKYO — Japan’s resolve to become more of a regional player comes as China stakes its own claims in Asia. Above, a Japanese Coast Guard cutter.

cutter

[名]

1 （仕立屋の）裁断師；（映画・テレビの）フイルム［ビデオテープ］編集者；裁断器（の刃）；《解剖学》切歯

a meat cutter
肉切り器.

2 《海事》カッター.
(1) 1本マストの帆船の一種.
(2) 軍艦付属の小艇.

3 税関監視船.

4 ((主に米))小型馬そり.

5 切り違いれんが.

bearish

(bâr'ĭsh)
adj.

1. Clumsy, boorish, and surly.
2. 1. Causing, expecting, or characterized by falling stock-market prices.
   2. Pessimistic: "Whether or not the [Coast Guard] cutter's presence made bearish the prospects of illicit trade in the outlying islands, there was a prompt mass migration of their inhabitants to the mainland" (Springfield MA Sunday Republican).

bearishly bear'ish·ly adv.

Husqvarna Professional Products Recalls RedMax Brushcutter Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: RedMax brushcutter / trimmer
Units: About 10,500
Manufacturer: Husqvarna Zenoah Co. Ltd. is an affiliate of Husqvarna Professional Products Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
Hazard: Some fuel tanks allow leakage at the fuel cap, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: No reports of fire, personal injury or property damage.
Description: The recalled brushcutter / trimmer is a RedMax model TR2350S. Recalled brushcutters have shaft serial numbers ranging from 10215377 to 10625892, and engine serial numbers ranging from 10115390 to 10425910. The product is powered by a 2-cycle gasoline engine and cuts grass or weeds through the use of a spinning black trimmer head containing a spool of filament line. Model number and shaft serial number are located on a label on the shaft halfway between the trimmer head and the engine. The engine serial number is located on the bottom of engine between the two screws that secure fuel tank to the engine. See illustration below.
Sold at: Authorized RedMax dealers and distributors throughout the U.S. and Canada for about $260.00.
Manufactured in: Assembled in U.S.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the product and return it to their local RedMax dealer for repair.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact Husqvarna toll-free between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday at (877) 257-6921 or e-mail recalls@husqvarna.com

RedMax Brushcutter / Trimmer TR2350S

come up short, emeritus

IN NASHVILLE AND NOW NEW YORK, PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE MODEL IS COMING UP SHORT
Daniel H. Pink posted an article on his blog entitled ‘Does giving teachers bonuses improve student performance?’ He references the first comprehensive study of this approach, from Nashville Public Schools, which showed that merit pay had little effect on classroom achievement. Now, a new study is out from Roland Fryer. Fryer examined the effects of pay-for-performance in New York City public schools.
As part of a PBS NewsHour series about Race to the Top, Learning Matters produced a report on the Nashville plan, as well as a podcast with Nashville Schools Superintendent Jesse Register talking about pay-for-performance. Both can be viewed on the Learning Matters website.

come up short

期待はずれに終わる, 物足りない.



e·mer·i·tus (ĭ-mĕr'ĭ-təs)
adj.
Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus.

n., pl., -ti (-tī').
One who is retired but retains an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.

[形]名誉退職の, 前職礼遇の

a professor emeritus ［＝an emeritus professor］
名誉教授.

━━[名]（複 -ti 〔-tài, -tì〕）名誉教授；前官待遇者.

[Latin ēmeritus, past participle of ēmerērī, to earn by service : ē-, ex-, from; see ex- + merērī, to deserve, earn.]

brood, broodmare, mare, who’s who of stallions

Luke Sharrett for The New York Times

Pressure Builds for Zenyatta’s Mr. Right

By JOE DRAPE

A who’s who of stallions awaits the retired racehorse after a thrilling career on the racetrack. But how she will fare as a broodmare is anyone’s guess. 

 His second large brood graduate.

brood

 

音節

brood

発音

brúːd

レベル

社会人必須

broodの変化形

broods (複数形) • brooded (過去形) • brooded (過去分詞) • brooding (現在分詞) • broods (三人称単数現在)

broodの慣用句

brood above, brood over, （全2件）

[名]((単数扱い, ((英))複数扱い))

1 ((a 〜))((集合的))（…の）一かえりのひな, 一腹(ひとはら)の子（⇒LITTER）；((おどけて))（人間の）一家の多数の子供たち((of ...))

a brood of chickens
一かえりのひよこ.

2 ((a 〜))（…の）種類, 種, 群れ, 種族；((軽蔑))衆, やから, 連中((of ...)).

━━[動](他)

1 〈鳥が〉〈卵を〉抱く；〈ひなを〉温める, 保護する.

2 …を熟考する.

━━(自)（←(他)）

1 巣につく.

2 じっと［くよくよ］考える.

brood above ［over］ ...

…におおいかかる；…の上に（ぼうっと）浮かび上がる；〈雰囲気が〉…を満たす, にみなぎる.

brood over ［about, on］ ...

…をくよくよ考え込む.

━━[形]繁殖のために飼っている

a brood mare
繁殖用雌馬.

［古英語brōd. △BREED（子をつくる）］

brood・less

[形]

broodmare

(brūd'mâr')
n.
A mare used for breeding.

mare

[名]

1 雌馬, 成熟したロバ・ラバなどの雌. ⇒HORSE, DONKEY

Money makes the mare (to) go.
((ことわざ)) 地獄のさたも金次第.

2 母馬.

stallion
[名]種馬.

kite, specter, 'ghost ship' sunk off

Kite With the Wind

A Quest to Reclaim the World Speed Record

  Tsunami 'ghost ship' sunk off US

The US Coast Guard uses cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that had drifted to Alaska after being washed away by the 2011 tsunami.

From Nikolai Gogol: The Government Specter


Specter
(spĕk'tər)
n.

1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.
2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect: the terrible specter of nuclear war.

[French spectre, from Latin spectrum, appearance, apparition. See spectrum.]

sink[sink]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[síŋk]

[動]（sank 〔sǽk〕 or((時に))sunk 〔sk〕, sunk or((まれ))sunk・en 〔skn〕, 〜・ing）(自)［I（[副]）］

1 〈物が〉（水面下に）沈む, 沈没する, （雪・泥などの中へ）落ち込む；〈歯が〉食い込む((in, into ...))

The vessel sank.
船は沈没した

Our feet sank in the deep snow.
足が深い雪の中にめり込んだ

The front teeth of the dog sank into the palm of Sanders' hand.
その犬の前歯がサンダースの手のひらに食い込んだ.

2 徐々に下がる, しだいに低くなる, ゆっくり下降する；下方に傾斜する((to, from ...))

The land sinks toward the sea.
土地は海のほうへ傾斜している

The kite was sinking to the ground.
たこは地上にゆっくり落ちていった.

3 〈建造物・地面などが〉しだいに沈下する, 傾く

The foundations are sinking.
土台が沈下している.

4 〈太陽・月などが〉水平線［地平線］に近づく［没する］, 沈む

watch the sun sink below the horizon
地平線に日の沈むのを見る.

5 （衰弱などで）くずれるように倒れる；（…に）座る, もたれる, 横たわる((into ...))

sink to one's knees
ひざまずく

She sank onto a bench in exhaustion.
疲れはててベンチにどさっと座った

He sank back into his seat and closed his eyes.
腰をおろして目を閉じた.

6 （ある状態に）陥る, ふける, 熱中する((in, into ...))

sink into a coma
昏睡(こんすい)状態になる

sink into chaos
混乱に陥る

sink down in despair
絶望に沈む.

7 （身分・評価などが）下がる, 落ちぶれる, （名声などの点で）下がる, 落ちる((in ...))；〈人が〉（…するほど）落ちぶれる((to doing))；（質が）悪くなる, 悪化［下落］する

sink into abject poverty
落ちぶれて赤貧の状態となる

The samurai class sank in prestige after the Edo era.
江戸時代が終わると武士階級の権威は失墜した.

8 衰弱する, （病人の）容態が悪化する, 元気がなくなる；〈心などが〉沈む；〈勢いなどが〉弱まる((down))

The old man is sinking fast.
老人の容態はどんどん悪化している

His heart ［spirits］ sank.
がっくり気落ちした.

9 （量・価が）減る；（音量などが）低く［弱く］なる；（…まで）減る, 弱まる((to ...))

The price of steel sank.
鉄鋼の値段は下がった

The applause sank when the music began.
音楽が始まると拍手は鳴りやんだ

The population there sank to 500.
そこの人口は500人にまで減った.

10 （心に）しみ込む, 理解される；〈水などが〉（…に）吸い込まれる((in/into ...))

Their warning sank into my mind.
彼らの警告は胸にしみた.

11 〈ほお・目などが〉落ち込む, くぼむ((in)). ⇒SUNKEN

━━(他)

1 ［III[名]（[副]）］…を沈める, （穴に）落とす((in, into ...))

sink an enemy's boat
敵の船を沈める.

2 …の水平面の高さを下げる.

3 〈くいなどを〉（…に）打ち込む, 〈歯・つめなどを〉（…に）食い込ませる((into ...))；〈導管などを〉埋める, 敷設する

He sank his fist into his opponent's stomach.
相手のみぞおちに一撃を加えた.

4 〈穴・井戸などを〉掘る

sink a well
井戸を掘る.

5 …を悪化させる；…をいっそう低い地位にする.

6 〈人を〉破滅させる；〈計画などを〉だめにする

Speculating on the stock market sank him.
株の投機で彼は身を滅ぼした.

7 〈…の量・価・程度などを〉（…に）減らす；〈音などを〉低く［弱く］する((to ...))

He sank his voice to a murmur.
彼は声をひそめてもごもご言った.

8 …を隠す, 隠して言わない, 不問に付す；…を無視する；…を省く

sink one's antagonisms and work for the common good
小異を捨てて大同につく.

9 〈資本を〉（…に）投資する, 注ぎ込む((in, into ...))

sink all one's money into real estate
全財産を土地に投資する.

10 《スポーツ》〈ボールを〉（ゴールに）入れる；《ビリヤード》玉をポケットに入れる

sink a putt
（グリーンでホールに）パットを沈める

He sinks shots one-handed.
彼は片手でシュートを決める.

11 〈公債などを〉減債する, 償還する.

12 〈船が〉〈海岸などを〉見失う.

13 ((英略式))〈酒を〉素早く飲む.

be sunk

((略式))たいへんなことになる.

sink or swim

生きるも死ぬも［うまくいくもいかないも］自分の力しだいだ；一か八(ばち)か

Sink or swim, I will try.
のるかそるかやってみよう.

━━[名]

1 （台所などの）流し；((米))洗面台（((英))wash basin）

a sink unit
台所設備一式.

2 水はけの悪い低地；下水溝；汚水だめ.

3 ((文))（悪の）巣窟(そうくつ), 掃きだめ.

4 吸い込み：システム内においてエネルギーを処置する装置・場所.

5 （大気圏粒子の）自然降下.

6 炭酸ガスを吸収する森林.

lend a hand, Imagologie

France lends Greece a hand

France and Germany are working together on a possible plan to help Greece resolve its budget problems, according to a person close to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Some small-business owners, overwhelmed by the time commitment required of marketing their products and services via social media, are hiring consultants to lend a hand.


 您好！本會與輔仁大學合辦之第三屆東亞比較文學會議將於二○○九年十二月十二至十三日(週六、週日)舉行，大會主題為 "Literary Imagologie in East Asia: East Asian Images of Each Other "，

The study of the phenomenon of literary images of each other in East Asia is still at an early stage of development, unlike in Europe, where Imagologie had an important role in the establishment of Comparative Literature as an academic discipline. This conference will bring together scholars from East Asia and elsewhere who are working on the conference theme.


lend a hand

Also, lend a helping hand. Be of assistance, as in Can you lend them a hand with putting up the flag, or Peter is always willing to lend a helping hand around the house. [Late 1500s]

GIF, omni-, omnishambles, anthology, omnibus, verbal, omnivorously

A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing “words of the year.” In 1789, lexicographers probably would have gone with guillotine. In 1912, iceberg surely would have been a contender. And for 2012, Oxford Dictionaries settled on GIF.
That’s GIF the verb, derived from GIF the file extension. These days, people often GIF snippets of movies or speeches to create funny little moving pictures on Tumblrs like this one. “The GIF, a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations, turned 25 this year,” notes Oxford University Press’ Katherine Martin, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.” (You know, like Betty White.)
(MORE: The 2011 Word of the Year: ‘Squeezed Middle’)
Runners-up included superstorm, super PAC and Eurogeddon, shorthand for the feared financial collapse of countries using the Euro. Oxford Dictionaries, a trendy scion of the honorable Oxford English Dictionary, also announced their British “Word of the Year”: omnishambles. Officially defined as a situation “characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations,” this pithy counterpart to Murphy’s Law has become a favorite in the U.K. for describing politics.
Last year, Oxford Dictionaries chose squeezed middle, a reference to people between the super-rich and super-poor who are supposed to be particularly vulnerable to financial shifts. It was, as one observer put it, a “sober list for sober times.” The phrase told us that the economy, and the struggles it caused, were the number-one story in 2011, at least so far as one band of wordsmiths was concerned.
So what does GIF tell us about 2012? Given that dictionary additions and buzzword lists have been dominated by technology-related terms in recent years, it may just be a sign that things are getting back to normal. Of course, the runners-up bring a certain amount of sobriety to the field. But the selection still seems to herald a post-recession era — a world where instead of counting pennies, we’re free to goof off on Reddit all day.
MORE: Thanks, Sarah Palin: ‘Refudiate’ Dubbed 2010 Word of the Year


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And Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year Is …

By Katy SteinmetzNov. 12, 2012

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And Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year Is …

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A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing “words of the year.” In 1789, lexicographers probably would have gone with guillotine. In 1912, iceberg surely would have been a contender. And for 2012, Oxford Dictionaries settled on GIF.
That’s GIF the verb, derived from GIF the file extension. These days, people often GIF snippets of movies or speeches to create funny little moving pictures on Tumblrs like this one. “The GIF, a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations, turned 25 this year,” notes Oxford University Press’ Katherine Martin, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.” (You know, like Betty White.)
(MORE: The 2011 Word of the Year: ‘Squeezed Middle’)
Runners-up included superstorm, super PAC and Eurogeddon, shorthand for the feared financial collapse of countries using the Euro. Oxford Dictionaries, a trendy scion of the honorable Oxford English Dictionary, also announced their British “Word of the Year”: omnishambles. Officially defined as a situation “characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations,” this pithy counterpart to Murphy’s Law has become a favorite in the U.K. for describing politics.
Last year, Oxford Dictionaries chose squeezed middle, a reference to people between the super-rich and super-poor who are supposed to be particularly vulnerable to financial shifts. It was, as one observer put it, a “sober list for sober times.” The phrase told us that the economy, and the struggles it caused, were the number-one story in 2011, at least so far as one band of wordsmiths was concerned.
So what does GIF tell us about 2012? Given that dictionary additions and buzzword lists have been dominated by technology-related terms in recent years, it may just be a sign that things are getting back to normal. Of course, the runners-up bring a certain amount of sobriety to the field. But the selection still seems to herald a post-recession era — a world where instead of counting pennies, we’re free to goof off on Reddit all day.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/12/and-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-is/#ixzz2CioLNUP9

And Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year Is ...

A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing "words of the year"

A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing “words of the year.” In 1789, lexicographers probably would have gone with guillotine. In 1912, iceberg surely would have been a contender. And for 2012, Oxford Dictionaries settled on GIF.
That’s GIF the verb, derived from GIF the file extension. These days, people often GIF snippets of movies or speeches to create funny little moving pictures on Tumblrs like this one. “The GIF, a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations, turned 25 this year,” notes Oxford University Press’ Katherine Martin, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.” (You know, like Betty White.)


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/12/and-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-is/#ixzz2CiodITrq

A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing “words of the year.” In 1789, lexicographers probably would have gone with guillotine. In 1912, iceberg surely would have been a contender. And for 2012, Oxford Dictionaries settled on GIF.
That’s GIF the verb, derived from GIF the file extension. These days, people often GIF snippets of movies or speeches to create funny little moving pictures on Tumblrs like this one. “The GIF, a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations, turned 25 this year,” notes Oxford University Press’ Katherine Martin, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.” (You know, like Betty White.)
(MORE: The 2011 Word of the Year: ‘Squeezed Middle’)
Runners-up included superstorm, super PAC and Eurogeddon, shorthand for the feared financial collapse of countries using the Euro. Oxford Dictionaries, a trendy scion of the honorable Oxford English Dictionary, also announced their British “Word of the Year”: omnishambles. Officially defined as a situation “characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations,” this pithy counterpart to Murphy’s Law has become a favorite in the U.K. for describing politics.
Last year, Oxford Dictionaries chose squeezed middle, a reference to people between the super-rich and super-poor who are supposed to be particularly vulnerable to financial shifts. It was, as one observer put it, a “sober list for sober times.” The phrase told us that the economy, and the struggles it caused, were the number-one story in 2011, at least so far as one band of wordsmiths was concerned.
So what does GIF tell us about 2012? Given that dictionary additions and buzzword lists have been dominated by technology-related terms in recent years, it may just be a sign that things are getting back to normal. Of course, the runners-up bring a certain amount of sobriety to the field. But the selection still seems to herald a post-recession era — a world where instead of counting pennies, we’re free to goof off on Reddit all day.
MORE: Thanks, Sarah Palin: ‘Refudiate’ Dubbed 2010 Word of the Year


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/12/and-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-is/#ixzz2CioW57Cg

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And Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year Is …

By Katy SteinmetzNov. 12, 201233 Comments

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• Oxford English Dictionary Picks ‘Squeezed Middle’ as Word of the Year

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A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing “words of the year.” In 1789, lexicographers probably would have gone with guillotine. In 1912, iceberg surely would have been a contender. And for 2012, Oxford Dictionaries settled on GIF.
That’s GIF the verb, derived from GIF the file extension. These days, people often GIF snippets of movies or speeches to create funny little moving pictures on Tumblrs like this one. “The GIF, a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations, turned 25 this year,” notes Oxford University Press’ Katherine Martin, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.” (You know, like Betty White.)
(MORE: The 2011 Word of the Year: ‘Squeezed Middle’)
Runners-up included superstorm, super PAC and Eurogeddon, shorthand for the feared financial collapse of countries using the Euro. Oxford Dictionaries, a trendy scion of the honorable Oxford English Dictionary, also announced their British “Word of the Year”: omnishambles. Officially defined as a situation “characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations,” this pithy counterpart to Murphy’s Law has become a favorite in the U.K. for describing politics.
Last year, Oxford Dictionaries chose squeezed middle, a reference to people between the super-rich and super-poor who are supposed to be particularly vulnerable to financial shifts. It was, as one observer put it, a “sober list for sober times.” The phrase told us that the economy, and the struggles it caused, were the number-one story in 2011, at least so far as one band of wordsmiths was concerned.
So what does GIF tell us about 2012? Given that dictionary additions and buzzword lists have been dominated by technology-related terms in recent years, it may just be a sign that things are getting back to normal. Of course, the runners-up bring a certain amount of sobriety to the field. But the selection still seems to herald a post-recession era — a world where instead of counting pennies, we’re free to goof off on Reddit all day.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/12/and-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-is/#ixzz2CioLNUP9

GIF

 

音節

GIF

発音

gíf

[名]《コンピュータ》静止画像を圧縮するための規格.

［Graphics Interchange Format］

A telling part of our modern recapping tradition is choosing “words of the year.” In 1789, lexicographers probably would have gone with guillotine. In 1912, iceberg surely would have been a contender. And for 2012, Oxford Dictionaries settled on GIF.
That’s GIF the verb, derived from GIF the file extension. These days, people often GIF snippets of movies or speeches to create funny little moving pictures on Tumblrs like this one. “The GIF, a compressed file format for images that can be used to create simple, looping animations, turned 25 this year,” notes Oxford University Press’ Katherine Martin, “but like so many other relics of the 80s, it has never been trendier.” (You know, like Betty White.)


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/12/and-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-is/#ixzz2CiodITrq

'Omnivorously curious'

even years later, shortly after the Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Beckett returned to Germany, this time to conduct a grand tour of galleries and museums.

Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Susan Howe

Howe’s poems have appeared in Anthology of American Poetry, The Norton
Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry and Poems for the Millennium. She
has received two American Book Awards from the Before Columbus Foundation
and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.

The DW-WORLD Article
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USA Today leads with a look at how the $410 billion omnibus spending bill contains $227 million for pet projects requested by lawmakers who aren't even in Congress anymore.



The 4th volume, The World of C.Y. Tung, contains an anthology of articles, letters, reports and speeches by C.Y. Tung. It also features various interviews with C.Y. Tung's friends and counterparts by Alice King, C.Y.'s eldest daughter, in the last four years. They are themselves valuable verbal history records. Commentaries on C.Y. from around the world are included to complement the collection.

《董浩雲的世界》是《董浩雲日記》的姐妹篇，收錄董浩雲各 個時期所發表的重要論文、報告、書信及演講；長女金董建平於過去 四年，更專誠走訪她父生前友好 及部屬，記錄各人對董浩雲的印象和評價，均為寶貴的口述史料。在此基礎上，本書又選編了當時海內外各界對他的評論，冀能從不同的層面揭示出這位世界船王的 內心世界與傳奇人生。

The original Greek meaning of the word anthology is a collection or gathering of flowers in bloom. — Jane Garmey.

an・thol・o・gy

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━━ n. 名詩選, 名文集, 詞華集.
an・thol・o・gist　━━ n. その編者.
an・thol・o・gize　━━ v. 詩文選を編む［に収録する］.

anthology
noun [C]
a collection of artistic works which have a similar form or subject, often those considered to be the best:
an anthology of modern quotations/American verse
This Bob Dylan anthology includes some rare recordings of his best songs.
Compare omnibus (SEVERAL PARTS).omnibus (SEVERAL PARTS)tics
noun [C]
1 a book consisting of two or more parts that have already been published separately
Compare anthology.

2 UK a programme consisting of two or more parts that have already been broadcast separately:
the omnibus edition of a soap opera


omnibus (TRANSPORT) Show phonetics
noun [C] OLD USE
a bus
the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus UK OLD-FASHIONED
an imaginary person whose opinions or ideas are considered to be typical of those of ordinary British people:
The man on the Clapham omnibus probably knows nothing about Rwanda.


omnivore
(ŏm'nə-vôr', -vōr')
n.

1. An omnivorous person or animal.
2. One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

[From New Latin Omnivora, omnivores, from neuter pl. of Latin omnivorus, omnivorous. See omnivorous.]

Omnivorous(ŏm-nĭv'ər-əs)
adj.

1. Eating both animal and vegetable foods.
2. Taking in everything available, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.

[From Latin omnivorus : omni-, omni- + -vorus, -vorous.]

omnivorously om·niv'o·rous·ly adv.
omnivorousness om·niv'o·rous·ness n.

verbal (SPOKEN) Show phonetics
adjective
spoken rather than written:
a verbal agreement/description/explanation
Airport officials received a stream of verbal abuse from angry passengers whose flights had been delayed.

 （中央社倫敦13日綜合外電報導）英國媒體四分五裂，政府又失態連連，英國牛津字典（Oxford Dictionaries）今天選出的年度風雲字：「全脫序」（omnishambles），似乎很能貼切形容現今狀況。

牛津大學出版社（Oxford University Press）2012年度風雲字「全脫序」，意為：「一種完全失控的狀況，特徵是老捅漏子、頻頻誤判。」

牛津大學出版社每年都會追蹤英語如何改變，挑選最能反映年度氣氛的字，通常英式英語與美式英語各選一字。今年美式英語年度風雲字是「gif」，也就是「圖形交換格式」（Graphics Interchange Format）的縮寫。

「全脫序」這個新字出自英國諷刺喜劇「幕後危機」（The Thick of It），可用來形容政府公關疏失、倫敦奧運準備工作危機重重，各種情況都適用。

牛津大學出版社編者鄧特（Susie Dent）說，「全脫序」是因為普及性以及「語言學創造性」獲選。

她說，此字來自「羅姆尼脫序」（Romneyshambles），美國總統候選人羅姆尼（Mitt Romney）質疑倫敦主辦奧運能否成功時，英國媒體以此字嘲諷。

「全脫序」擊敗的其他入選字包括：「師奶鹹濕文學」（Mummy Porn, 美式英語寫作 "mommy porn"），形容暢銷書「格雷的50道陰影」（50 Shades）代表的文學類型，以及意指阿富汗軍警攻擊外國軍隊這種中立部隊發動的「綠對藍」（green-on-blue）軍事攻擊。

奧運相關字有多項入選，包括用作動詞的「奪牌」（medal），以及稱呼數千名奧運志工的「奧運締造者」（Games Marker），長距離跑者法拉（Mo Farah）的勝利之舞「法拉機器舞」（Mobot）也有入圍。

歐洲金融危機貢獻結合「歐洲」（Europe）與「末日決戰」（Armageddon）的「歐洲末日戰」（Eurogeddon），科技用詞則有形容看電 視同時用電腦、電話或平板的「第二螢幕觀看」（second screening），另有社群媒體上常見的「你只能活一次」（YOLO）入選。

最後一個入圍的是老字新用的貶抑詞「死老百姓」（Pleb）。據說英國內閣部長密契爾（Andrew Mitchell）曾用這個形容中下階層庶民的貶意詞辱罵警察，密契爾否認，但他後來請辭。（譯者：中央社鄭詩韻）1011113

omni-[om・ni-]

  発音記号[ɑ'mni- | ɔ'm-]

「すべて(all)」

omnicompetent
全権を有する

omniparity
万物平等.

shambles[sham・bles]

 

• 発音記号[ʃǽmblz]
• 
  

[名]

1 ((通例a 〜))((略式))混乱状態

make a shambless of ...
…をめちゃくちゃにする.

2 と場.

3 ((英方言))肉屋の売り台［店］.

Stratigraphy, paleo- , paleography, paleontology, gasohol

INDIANA JONES is the ultimate action-hero academic: played by Harrison Ford, the indomitable professor outwits Nazis and other villains in search of religious relics, lost temples and alien artefacts. Farish Jenkins preferred a rifle to a bullwhip, and it was palaeontology, not archaeology, that he made glamorous. But he did have a stylish hat, a military background and adventures in wild places. His adoring students dubbed him the real life version of the cinematic creation.



paleo-
or pale- or palaeo- or palae-
pref.

1. Ancient; prehistoric; old: paleobotany.
2. Early; primitive: Paleozoic.

[Greek palaio-, from palaios, ancient, from palai, long ago.]

Gingrich, under the weather, on gasohol, dogs and amateur paleontology
Capital New YorkHe also has a music-education video out with his wife, Callista, and is an amateur paleontologist and is a student of W. Edwards Deming, from whom he once ...


E10, sometimes called gasohol,乙醇汽油 is a fuel mixture of 10% anhydrous ethanol and 90% gasoline that can be used in the internal combustion engines of most ...

paleontology - 古生物學

Paleontology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

paleontology

 

音節

pa • le • on • tol • o • gy

発音

pèiliəntɑ'lədʒi | pæ`liɔntɔ'l-

[名][U]古生物学；[C]古生物誌.

pà・le・òn・to・lóg・ic, pà・le・òn・to・lóg・i・cal

[形]

pa・le・on・tol・o・gist

[名]
paleography (pay-lee-AWG-ruh-fee)

noun:
1. The study of ancient writings and inscriptions, dating, deciphering, and interpreting them.
2. Ancient forms of writing: documents, inscriptions, etc.
3. An ancient style or method of writing.

Etymology
From Greek paleo- (old, ancient) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1763.

Usage
"Yanis Bitsakis, of the Center for History and Paleography in Athens, added that he expects to be busy for years to come deciphering still-unread inscriptions." — Brian Handwerk; Greek "Computer" Tracked Ancient Olympics, Other Games; National Geographic News (Washington, DC); Jul 30, 2008.


Grabau, A.W.; 1923: Stratigraphy of China, Part 1: Palaeozoic and lower, Geological Survey of China, 529 pp.

Stratigraphy
[strətígrəfi] [名][U]《地質学》層位学, 層序学.

The Geological Survey of China (CGS) (simplified Chinese: 中国地质调查局) is a government-owned, not-for-profit, Chinese organization researching China's mineral resources. It is the largest Geoscience agency in China since being reconstructed in 1999.

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

History

The Geological Survey of China originated in the early days of the Republic of China (when it had control over mainland China). ^[1] Many prominent geologists and paleontologists worked with the Survey in the early days, such as Davidson Black. It was disbanded after the People's Republic of China gained control over mainland China and just recently reconstructed.

shuck, aw-shucks, shell of invulnerability

■"The shell of invulnerability that Rupert Murdoch had around him has been cracked."

Interactive: So Many Tomorrows

"Tomorrow," more than any other song from the musical "Annie," best sums up the title orphan's aw-shucks hopefulness for a better day.

shell
(shĕl)
n.

1. 1. The usually hard outer covering that encases certain organisms, such as mollusks, insects, and turtles; the carapace.
   2. A similar outer covering on an egg, fruit, or nut.
   3. The material that constitutes such a covering.
2. Something resembling or having the form of a shell, especially:
   1. An external, usually hard, protective or enclosing case or cover.
   2. A framework or exterior, as of a building.
   3. A thin layer of pastry.
   4. The external part of the ear.
3. Nautical.
   1. The hull of a ship.
   2. A light, long, narrow racing boat propelled by rowers.
4. A small glass for beer.
5. 1. An artillery projectile containing an explosive charge.
   2. A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.
6. An attitude or a manner adopted to mask one's true feelings or to protect one from perceived or real danger.
7. Physics.
   1. Any of the set of hypothetical spherical surfaces centered on the nucleus of an atom that contain the orbitals of electrons having the same principal quantum number.
   2. An analogous pattern of protons and neutrons within a nucleus.
8. 1. A usually sleeveless and collarless, typically knit blouse, often worn under another top.
   2. The outermost layer of a lined garment such as a coat or jacket: a parka with a waterproof shell.
9. Computer Science. A program that works with the operating system as a command processor, used to enter commands and initiate their execution.
10. A company or corporation with few or no assets or independent operations that is acquired by another company in order to allow the acquiring company to conduct business under the acquired company's legitimate legal standing.

[名]

1
(1) 貝殻；（カメの）甲（羅）(tortoise shell)；（甲殻類・カタツムリ・鳥の卵の）殻；（昆虫の）さやばね, さなぎの外皮；（植物の実・種子などの）殻, 莢(さや)

an insect's outer shell
昆虫の外殻.

(2) [U]（細工用の）貝殻, べっ甲.
(3) 軟体動物；（特に）貝.

2 （殻のような）堅い入れ物, 貝殻形の容器, 覆い.

3 心を閉ざす殻, 閉ざした心；見せかけ, 外観

remain in one's own shell
自分の殻に閉じこもる

come out of one's shell
打ち解ける；会話に加わる

retire ［go, crawl, retreat］ into one's shell
打ち解けない；無口になる

have a soft shell
情にもろい, 温和だ.

4 砲弾, 破裂弾；砲弾式の花火；((米))（小兵器・猟銃用の）薬きょう, 薬包, 弾薬筒(cartridge).

5 《物理学》（電子）殻.

6 ((米))シェル（ボート）：細長い競走用ボート.

7 （船体外部を構成する）外板.

8 屋根のついた競技場；（特に未完成の）建物の枠組；船体；車体.

9 （刀剣の）つば.

10 ((英))（パブリックスクールの）中間学年.

11 ((米))（そで・えりなしの）オーバーブラウス.

12 ビール用小グラス.

13 ((米))パイ皮.

14 《解剖学》外耳.

15 《コンピュータ》シェル：ユーザーインターフェースを提供するプログラム.

16 ((S-))シェル：石油会社.

in the shell

まだ殻から出ない；未発達［未熟］の段階で.

━━[動](他)

1 …を殻［さや］から取り出す, …の殻［さや］を取る（((米))shuck）；〈トウモロコシの〉粒をしんから取る

(as) easy as shelling peas
((略式))まったくたやすい

shell eggs ［oysters, peanuts］
ゆで卵をむく［カキの殻を取る, ピーナッツの殻をむく］（▼「卵を割る」はbreak eggs）.

2 …を砲撃する, …に弾丸を浴びせる.

3 ((俗))《野球》〈投手に〉猛打を浴びせる, 〈投手から〉大量得点する.

4 …に殻を敷く, を殻でおおう.

━━(自)

1 殻［さや］から出る；殻［さや］が取れる［落ちる］.

2 〈金属片などが〉はがれる, むける((off)).

3 貝殻を拾う［集める］.

shell out

((略式))(自)（大金を）（しぶしぶ）払う((for ...)).

━━(他)

［shell ... out/shell out ...］

〈大金を〉（しぶしぶ）手渡す；寄付する；支払う.

━━[形]有殻(ゆうかく)の；殻でできた；殻の形をした.

［古英語scell. 原義は「分けたもの」. △SCALE¹］

shuck

 

音節

shuck

発音

ʃʌ'k

shuckの変化形

shucks (複数形) • shucked (過去形) • shucked (過去分詞) • shucking (現在分詞) • shucks (三人称単数現在)

[名]

1 ((米))（トウモロコシ・クリなどの）皮, さや, 殻；（カキ・ハマグリなどの）殻.

2 ((通例〜s))((略式))無価値なもの；いかさま；うそつき, 不誠実な人

not worth shucks
少しの値うちもない.

━━[動](他)

1 ((米))…の皮［さや, 殻］を取る.

2 ((米略式))…を脱ぐ((off))

shuck off one's shoes
靴を脱ぐ.

3 …を口先でごまかす, うまいことを言う.

━━(自)((米俗))ふざける.

━━[間]((〜s))((米略式))((当惑・不愉快・後悔))残念, 冗談じゃない, ちぇっ

Oh, shucks！
おい, よせよ（▼人からほめそやされたとき照れて言う）.

shuck・er

[名]

levitate, sparklers twinkled, blinged out, bling bling, kindled by a leaping spark

 She leaps over the road. (Provided by Natsumi Hayashi/ (C) Natsumi Hayashi, courtesy of MEM)
Natsumi Hayashi flies out of a ticket gate in a "Today's Levitation" photo. (Provided by Natsumi Hayashi/ (C) Natsumi Hayashi, courtesy of MEM)

• Female photographer magically 'levitates' for the camera(05/31)

Acquaintance with truth must come suddenly, like a blaze kindled by a leaping spark.



MIAMI — The Merry Widows, as they call themselves, were blinged out, Florida-style, to celebrate Elayne Weisburd’s 79th birthday at a sprawling community for seniors. Mylar balloons levitated above their table, and sparklers twinkled from a cake.

Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times

Brain Waves Lift Me Higher

By ARIEL KAMINER

Part art installation, part adventure ride, part spiritual journey, “The Ascent” claims to let users harness their brains’ own electrical impulses to levitate themselves.

Bling bling is a word rappers sometimes use for "jewelry," derived from the sound of jewelry knocking against jewelry, as often seen worn by rappers. [Orig. Black US] By extension, bling bling can also refer to obvious and appealing wealth.

Last updated: November 16, 2004.

Calder’s favored materials were wire, sheet metal and wood, which he bent, cut and carved into attenuated, levitating forms that banished sculpture’s ages-old weight and bulk.



blinged out

having way to mch bling bling and ending up looking like mr t hes totaly blinged out he looks like a moron!

levitate
(lĕv'ĭ-tāt')
intr. & tr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.
To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity.

• 発音記号[lévətèit]

[動](自)(他)（心霊術などで）空中浮揚する［させる］.

lév・i・tà・tor

[名]

lèv・i・tá・tion

[名][U]空中浮揚.

hammer （sth） out, deal a blow, ears boxed, boxed in

  How Not to Get Boxed in by Apple and Google

For a tech startup to get to 100 million users is a remarkable feat, one that took Facebook more than four years. Online storage firm Dropbox on Tuesday announced it has achieved that milestone in nearly the same time.

 

 

The Crackpot Caucus

By TIMOTHY EGAN

It's not just Todd Akin. Many Republicans cling to ignorance that would get their ears boxed even in a medieval classroom. 

Spanish Voters Deal a Blow to Socialists Over the Economy

By RAPHAEL MINDER

At the ballot box, Spaniards turned to the conservative Popular Party in the hopes of alleviating the pain of Europe’s debt crisis.

《中英對照讀新聞》From stars to Hello Kitty： all at new Tokyo terminal 從星星到凱蒂貓：東京新機場什麼都有
◎俞智敏
Fancy a look at the stars while waiting for your flight? How about a slot-car race, strolling through an old-time Japanese street, or shopping at a Hello Kitty store?
想在等候轉機時仰望星空嗎？還是想試試軌道賽車，或者在舊日的日本街頭漫步，還是在凱蒂貓專賣店裡血拚？
All will be on offer at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Oct. 31 as the airport resumes full-fledged international service for the first time in 32 years, when its role was usurped by the opening of Narita International Airport.
自10月31日起，這些願望在東京的羽田機場裡統統能辦得到，這是羽田機場32年來首度全面恢復國際機場服務，先前羽田機場的國際航班服務曾隨著成田機場的開幕而被取代。
The high-ceilinged, brand new international terminal -- built to complement the completion of the airport’s fourth runway, which will eventually increase capacity by more than 30 percent -- replaces a small utilitarian building with minimal facilities.
這座屋頂挑高、嶄新的國際航廈，是為了羽田機場的第四條跑道完工所興建，未來將使羽田機場運量增加30%，也取代了原本僅以實用為設計考量、設備也很陽春的小型建築物。
Haneda lost its crown as Tokyo’s international airport in 1978, when Narita opened, though a few international flights still operated.
羽田機場在1978年成田機場開幕時，喪失了東京國際機場的榮銜，但仍然保留了少數國際航線。
But with Japan’s government eager to promote Tokyo as a 24-hour international air hub to rival South Korea’s Incheon, Haneda was expanded and international flights relaunched.
但由於日本政府急於推動東京為24小時國際航空樞紐，以和南韓的仁川機場較勁，羽田機場獲得擴建，也重新開啟國際航線。
Narita’s operating hours are limited as part of a deal hammered out with local landowners in order to build the airport, which faced stiff opposition.
成田機場的營運時間受限，這是政府與當地地主簽約興建機場時的合約內容所規定，成田機場興建時曾遭到強烈反對。
新聞辭典
full- fledged/fully-fledged：原指幼鳥羽毛生齊的，也可引申為指發展完整的、受過充分訓練的、成熟的，如After years of study, he is now a full-fledged architect.（經過多年研讀，他現在已是位成熟的建築師。）
utilitarian：形容詞，指強調實用性的，而非裝飾性的設計，如Like many factories it’s a very ugly utilitarian building.（跟許多工廠一樣，這是一棟外觀醜陃的實用型建築物。）
hammer （sth） out：片語，指透過談判達成協議，如The two parties could not hammer a contract out. （雙方未能就合約達成協議。）

hammer ...out/hammer out ...[hammer ...out/hammer out ...]

下述英文說明更好
Work out with considerable effort, as in It took weeks of negotiations to hammer out an acceptable compromise. This usage likens intellectual effort to shaping metal with the blows of a hammer. [Mid-1700s]

(1) …を（ハンマーでたたいて）打ち出す；((略式))〈音・曲を〉たたいて出す

hammer out a melody on the piano
ピアノでメロディーを荒っぽくひく.

(2) （粘り強い交渉の末に）〈妥協などを〉ひねり出す.

Adj.

1.

boxed-in - enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic"

box[box²]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[bɑ'ks | bɔ'ks]
• 
  

[名]（平手やこぶしによる）殴打；（耳・横っつらへの）一撃(blow)

give a person a box on the ears
((古風))人の横っつらを張る.

━━[動](他)

1 ((略式))〈横っつらを〉平手やこぶしで殴る

box a person's ears
人の横っつらを殴る.

2 〈人と〉ボクシング（試合で勝負）する.

━━(自)（←(他)）

1 （…と）ボクシングの試合をする；殴り合う((with, against ...)).

2 プロボクサーになる.idioms:

• box on the ear    打耳光
• box oneself into a corner    使自己陷入困境
• box someone into a corner    逼得某人走投无路
• box someone's ears    打耳光

deal(dēl)

v., dealt (dĕlt), deal·ing, deals. v.tr.

1. To give out as a share or portion; apportion.
2. To distribute among several recipients. See synonyms at distribute.
3. To sell: deal prescriptions; deal cocaine.
4. To administer; deliver: dealt him a blow to the stomach.
5. Games.
   1. To distribute (playing cards) among players.
   2. To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.

v.intr.

1. To be occupied or concerned: a book that deals with the Middle Ages.
2. To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions: deal honestly with competitors.
3. To take action with respect to someone or something: The committee will deal with this complaint. See synonyms at treat.
4. To do business; trade: dealing in diamonds.
5. Games. To distribute playing cards.
6. Slang. To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.
7. Slang. To cope: You've got no choice-just deal with it!
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