2017年1月23日 星期一

shimmy, prolix, eyebrows were raised.


...in prolix fashion

“It was a meaningful physical gesture: Not a swagger — a projection of dominance — but an inward message to herself," writes Joanna Weiss, columnist for Cognoscenti, the opinion section of WBUR 90.9 FM.
At the first debate, it became abundantly clear that Clinton stands a very good chance of becoming the first woman president, writes Joanna Weiss.
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Two decades ago at Yama-no Chaya, my wife and I had our very own tatami room. At Kabuto, we shimmied onto two of the 11 chairs at the counter, the pair at the end, with no space for our knees (the others are somewhat roomier).


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shimmy

発音
ʃími
shimmyの変化形
shimmies (複数形) • shimmied (過去形) • shimmied (過去分詞) • shimmying (現在分詞) • shimmies (三人称単数現在)
((米))[名]
1 ((the 〜))シミー:肩・腰を激しく振るダンス.
2 [U][C](車の前輪の)振動.
3 ((話))シュミーズ(chemise).
━━[動](自)
1 シミーを踊る.
2 シミーを踊るようにして歩く[動く];揺れる.



shimmy

ˈʃɪmi/
noun
  1. 1.
    a kind of ragtime dance in which the whole body shakes or sways.
  2. 2.
    shaking, especially abnormal vibration of the wheels of a motor vehicle.
    "steering stabilizers reduce shimmy even from oversized tyres"
verb
  1. 1.
    dance the shimmy.
  2. 2.
    move effortlessly; glide with a swaying motion.
    "her hair swung in waves as she shimmied down the catwalk"

眉宇

名詞

prolix (pro-LIKS, PRO-liks)

adjective
Tediously wordy.pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Too wordy.

 They did not purchase the product due to the prolix sales presentation.
Etymology
From Latin prolixus (extended, poured), from liquere (to flow), which is also the source of words such as liquid, liquor, licorice. Now you see the connection -- why consuming liquor makes people prolix

Usage
"No one has ever called him prolix. At a future-war seminar that he sponsored, Mr. Andrew Marshall mumbled a few introductory words and then sat in silence, eyebrows arched, arms folded, for the remaining two days." — James Der Derian; The Illusion of a Grand Strategy; The New York Times; May 25, 2001.

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