Toyokawa Inari shrine, with its thousand stone foxes embellished with bright red bibs.
Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Lobsters that used to get shipped to Asia for Chinese New Year celebrations have been grounded by the rise in coronavirus. With the lobsters pouring into North American markets, prices have sunk to the lowest level in four years, according to one report.
With more lobsters staying in the U.S. amid the COVID-19 outbreak, fish markets are offering bargains.
Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chodron on the value of powering down our electronic devices and using the silence to quiet the racing mind.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I did it for Boston."
MEB KEFLEZIGHI,
who won the Boston Marathon, wearing a racing bib inscribed with the
names of those killed in the bombing last year.
I plucked bibs and bobs of turtle from between the top shell and underbelly. It was bitter, spicy in that classically Sichuanese way, and startlingly good. It was paired with a mouth-cooling chaser, a gazpacho of coconut milk and buoyant tapioca balls.
gaz·pa·cho (gə-spä'chō, gəz-pä'-)
n., pl., -chos.
A chilled soup made with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, and herbs.
[Spanish, probably of Mozarabic origin, akin to Spanish caspicias, remainders, worthless things.]
chaser
n.
- One that chases or pursues another: a chaser of criminals.
- A drink, as of beer or water, taken after hard liquor.
chasers something non alcoholic to drink as well as the hard liquor being consumed simultaneously.
coke = chaser to pretty much anything. coca cola and smirnoff
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chaser - Wiktionary
chaser (plural chasers)
- A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases. [from 14th c.] [quotations ▼]
- Originally, a horse used for hunting; now, a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser. [from 14th c.] [quotations ▼]
- (archaic) A hunter. [from 15th c.]
- Someone who chases metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.] [quotations ▼]
- A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads. [from 19th c.] [quotations ▼]
- A mild drink consumed immediately after a drink of hard liquor. [from 19th c.] [quotations ▼]
- (Israel) A shot of hard liquor.
- (logging, obsolete) Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled - also called a frogger. [quotations ▼]
- (logging) one who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing. [quotations ▼]
- One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
- (nautical) A chase gun.
- [名]
- 1 (1)追っ手;追跡者[物];猟師,狩猟家.
- (2)追撃機;追撃砲(chase gun);駆潜艇(submarine chaser).
- 2 ((略式))チェーサー:強い酒のあとに飲む炭酸水または軽い酒.
- 3 ((主に英))《演劇》最後の幕[曲目].
- 4 ((米俗))女たらし.
- 5 ((俗))仕事のせきたて役.
- 6 障害レース用の競走馬.
A new hangover helper called "Chaser.
來自萬景台保健食品及製藥廠的解酒茶。包裝袋上的解釋稱:“醒酒茶能激活溶解酒精的酵母,降低豪飲後的醉感,解酒,消除頭痛、頭暈、食慾不振和口嗅。”
bob
v., bobbed, bob·bing, bobs. v.tr.
- To hit lightly and quickly; tap.
- To cause to move up and down: bobbed my head in response to the question.
- To move up and down: a cork bobbing on the water.
- To grab at floating or hanging objects with the teeth: bobbed for apples.
- To curtsy or bow.
- A tap or light blow.
- A quick, jerky movement of the head or body.
bob up
- To appear or arise unexpectedly or suddenly.
[Middle English bobben, to move up and down, probably ultimately of imitative origin.]
bob2 (bŏb)
n.
- A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob.
- A fishing float or cork.
- A small lock or curl of hair.
- A woman's or child's short haircut.
- Informal. Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose.
- The docked tail of a horse.
- A bobsled.
- A bob skate.
v., bobbed, bob·bing, bobs. v.intr.
To fish with a bob.
v.tr.
To cut short or reshape: bobbed her hair; had his nose bobbed.
[Middle English bobbe, cluster of fruit.]
bib
[名]
1 よだれ掛け;(前掛けの)胸部, 胸当て.
2 《フェンシング》のど当て.
3 《魚》ビブ:小形のタラ.
bib and tucker
((おどけて))衣服(clothes)
dress in one's best bib and tucker
一張羅を着る.
一張羅を着る.
put [stick] one's bib
((豪俗))(…に)干渉する((in ...)).
━━[動](〜bed, 〜・bing)(他)(自)((古))大酒を飲む.
[ラテン語bibere(飲む)]bib1
nounPhrases
Origin
late 16th century: probably from bib2.A bib is a garment worn hanging from the neck on the chest to protect clothing from spilt food. Bibs are frequently used by children, especially infants, but also by some adults. Bibs are also worn when consuming certain "messy" foods, such as lobster.
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Etymology
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Other uses
Part of garment
The term bib may also refer to the part of a garment that covers the chest. For instance, an apron that covers the chest may be referred to as a bib apron. The part of a jumper dress or of an overall that covers the chest may also be referred to as a bib.Sports
Further information: Jersey (clothing)#In sports
In sport, it may refer to a garment that used by a team to identify themselves on the field of play (a jersey),
or to identify a participant in a competition with a start number ("bib
number"). Powerlifters wear a bib benchpress shirt across their chest
area to help them lift more weight. In Netball, bibs are used by the
umpire to identify players' positions so it can be determined who is
within their allowed area
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