2023年11月9日 星期四

bonk, bonkbusters, scaly, pangolin, juice, smutty, Pep Talks Up Top, Gloom on the Ground



Her novels are smutty, sexist and snobbish. Everything about the 86-year-old’s new release suggests it’s the sort of book that literary London will sneer at. It almost certainly will not


Aug. 29, 2023


Each bus requires $5,000 to $10,000 worth of juice per year, compared with annual costs of about $50,000 per diesel bus or $30,000 for one that uses natural gas.
The South Carolina maker of an $850,000 electric bus announces a...
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Pangolin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin 穿山甲屬於鱗甲目穿山甲科穿山甲屬,通稱鯪鯉。穿山甲是一類從頭到尾披覆鱗片的食蟻動物,分布在非洲亞洲各地。




bonk
/bɒŋk/
INFORMAL
verb
  1. 1.
    hit or strike (someone or something).
    "he bonked his head on the plane's low bulkhead"
  2. 2.
    BRITISH
    have sex with (someone).
    "I don't think that bonking the boss is a wise career strategy"
noun
  1. 1.
    an act or the sound of hitting someone or something.
    "give it a bonk with a hammer"
  2. 2.
    BRITISH
    an act or instance of having sex.


Bonkbuster

Description

Bonkbuster is a term coined in 1989 by British writer Sue Limb to describe a subgenre of commercial romance novels in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as their subsequent miniseries adaptations. They have also been referred to as sex 'n' shopping or shopping and fucking novels. Wikipedia



A pangolin /ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/ (also referred to as a scaly anteater or trenggiling) is a mammal of the order Pholidota. The one extant family, Manidae, has one genus, ...

Giant pangolin (M. gigantea) - ‎Chinese pangolin - ‎Tree pangolin (M. tricuspis)

Pangolin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin 穿山甲屬於鱗甲目穿山甲科穿山甲屬,通稱鯪鯉。穿山甲是一類從頭到尾披覆鱗片的食蟻動物,分布在非洲亞洲各地。

A pangolin /ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/ (also referred to as a scaly anteater or trenggiling) is a mammal of the order Pholidota. The one extant family, Manidae, has one genus, ...

Giant pangolin (M. gigantea) - ‎Chinese pangolin - ‎Tree pangolin (M. tricuspis) News for PANGOLIN




China's Appetite for Pangolin Is Threatening the Creature's ...
TIME ‎- 1 day ago
A booming Chinese middle class is fueling demand for pangolin meat and scales, but few safeguards exist to protect this endangered creature.
The scaly mammal is prized for its alleged medicinal properties.



Pangolin meat is considered a delicacy in China and traditional Chinese medicine holds that pangolin scales possess healing qualities. A kilogram of the scales now yield RMB1,200 (HK$1,468) on the black market.
Customs officials in southern China’s Guangdong province seized 2,764…
HONGKONGFP.COM
  1. Pangolin

  • Ijuice
  • N FORMAL Electrical energy:the batteries have run out of juice
  • 1.6Petrol:he ran out of juice on the last lap

smutty

Line breaks: smutty
Pronunciation: /ˈsmʌti /

ADJECTIVE (smuttiersmuttiest)

  • (Of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious:smutty jokes

Derivatives

smuttily

ADVERB

smuttiness

NOUN



pep talk
/ˈpɛp tɔːk/
noun
INFORMAL
  1. a talk intended to make someone feel more courageous or enthusiastic.
    "I was to meet my editor for a pep talk"

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