2016年12月29日 星期四

timeline, Swan song, storyline, monsoon, hot air



MIT Technology Review

Facebook might understand your romantic prospects better than you do. (via The Atlantic)








When You Fall in Love, This Is What Facebook Sees
“During the 100 days before the relationship starts, we observe a slow but steady increase in the number of timeline posts shared between the future couple.”
THEATLANTIC.COM|作者:ROBINSON MEYER


How do I post to my Timeline? | Facebook Help Center | Facebook

Your Timeline is where you can see your posts or posts you've been tagged in displayed by date. YourTimeline is also part of your profile. You can post to your ...
動態時報

How do I post to my Timeline? | Facebook Help Center | Facebook

Your Timeline is where you can see your posts or posts you've been tagged in displayed by date. YourTimeline is also part of your profile. You can post to your ...
動態時報

Vanity Fair
“They’re like people in a heat wave waiting for the monsoon.”



Hot air isn’t the only thing escaping the tech bubble.
VNTYFR.COM|由 MAYA KOSOFF 上傳


Photo: A student sat barefoot in a flooded classroom at Lopang Domba Elementary School in Serang, Indonesia. The school has flooded during each monsoon season for more than seven years.

More in Pictures of the Day on Lens: http://nyti.ms/1bvsSpP
Oh, for the Days of a Courtly Vampire’s Love
“True Blood,” which begins its sixth season on HBO, signals an effort to return to simpler story lines.






timeline

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɪmlʌɪn/

Definition of timeline

noun

a graphical representation of a period of time, on which important events are marked.






storyline

Pronunciation: /ˈstɔːrɪlʌɪn/

Definition of storyline

noun

the plot of a novel, play, film, or other narrative form.

 Intel Historic Timeline

1989 Intel announces the 80486 processor Red X advertisement campaign begins, which is target directly at consumers, not manufactures ...




Swan song

Meaning
A final gesture or performance, given before dying.
Origin
Swan songThis term derived from the legend that, while they are mute during the rest of their lives, swans sing beautifully and mournfully just before they die. This isn't actually the case - swans, even the inaccurately named Mute Swans, have a variety of vocal sounds and they don't sing before they die. The legend was known to be false as early as the days of ancient Greece, when Pliny the Elder refuted it in Natural History, AD 77:
"Observation shows that the story that the dying swan sings is false."
Nevertheless, poetic imagery proved to be more attractive than scientific method and many poets and playwrights made use of the fable long after Pliny's observations. Chaucer included this line in the poem Parliament of Fowles:
The Ialous swan, ayens his deth that singeth. [The jealous swan, sings before his death]
Shakespeare, the Swan of Avon no less, used the image in The Merchant of Venice, 1596:
Portia: Let music sound while he doth make his choice; then, if he lose, he makes a swan-like end, fading in music.
The actual term 'swan song', with its current figurative meaning, doesn't crop up in print until the 18th century. The Scottish cleric Jon Willison used the expression in one of his Scripture Songs, 1767, where he refers to "King David's swan-song".
The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) turned the phrase on its head in the poem On a Volunteer Singer:
Swans sing before they die; ’twere no bad thing
Did certain persons die before they sing.
If people ever did believe in the 'singing before death' story, few would now claim to do so. 'Swan-song' is now used figuratively and most commonly to refer to celebrated performers embarking on 'farewell tours' or 'final performances'. Those ironic quote marks were never more appropriate than in the case of Nellie Melba, whose swan song consisted of an eight year long string of 'final concerts' between 1920 and 1928. This led to the popular Australian phrase - 'more farewells than Nellie Melba'.

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monsoon

Pronunciation: /mɒnˈsuːn/
Translate monsoon | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish



noun

  • a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and South East Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon).
  • the rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.




Derivatives






monsoonal

adjective

Origin:

late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim 'season', from wasama 'to mark, brand'

monsoon


 
音節
mon • soon
発音
mɑnsúːn | mɔn-
レベル
社会人必須
monsoonの変化形
monsoons (複数形)
[名]
1 ((the 〜))モンスーン:インド洋・南アジアで吹く季節風
the dry monsoon
冬モンスーン(北東風)
the wet monsoon
夏モンスーン(南西風).
2 ((the 〜))(インド・南アジアの)夏モンスーン期, 雨期.
3 (一般に)季節風;海陸風;((略式))豪雨, 大雨.
[オランダ語←アラビア語mawsim(季節)]
mon・soon・al
[形]

2016年12月27日 星期二

exordium, mob,softie, softy, lynch mob, softening economy

Scarily accurate...

Don Juan: CANTO THE TENTH

I
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found
In that slight startle from his contemplation --
'T is said (for I'll not answer above ground
For any sage's creed or calculation) --
A mode of proving that the earth turn'd round
In a most natural whirl, called "gravitation;"
And this is the sole mortal who could grapple,
Since Adam, with a fall or with an apple. II
Man fell with apples, and with apples rose,
If this be true; for we must deem the mode
In which Sir Isaac Newton could disclose
Through the then unpaved stars the turnpike road,
A thing to counterbalance human woes:
For ever since immortal man hath glow'd
With all kinds of mechanics, and full soon
Steam-engines will conduct him to the moon. III
And wherefore this exordium? -- Why, just now,
In taking up this paltry sheet of paper,
My bosom underwent a glorious glow,
And my internal spirit cut a caper:
And though so much inferior, as I know,
To those who, by the dint of glass and vapour,
Discover stars and sail in the wind's eye,
I wish to do as much by poesy.

softening economy

G-7 Softens Criticism of China's Currency Policy
The U.S. and its major allies softened their criticism of China's controversial currency policy.
As Credit Tightens, the Auto Industry Feels the Pain
Squeezed by the credit crunch and the softening economy, the American auto industry faces what may be its worst year in more than a decade.



At Foreclosure Auction, Misery of Many Becomes the Fortune of Some
A mob of potential buyers convened at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on Sunday to bid on foreclosed homes at below-market prices.



Today in History
The Beatles in the US, 1964          
The Beatles in the US, 1964








‘I Will Fight,’ Blagojevich Unapologetically Vows 
By SUSAN SAULNY and MONICA DAVEY
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich broke his public silence, denying any criminal wrongdoing and vowing to fight what he called “false accusations and a political lynch mob.”




lynch mob
 noun [C]
a group of people who want to attack someone whom they think has committed a serious crime


mob (GATHER)
verb [T usually passive] -bb-
to gather around someone in a crowd to express admiration, interest or anger:
They were mobbed by fans when they arrived at the theatre.
Let's not go to the Old Town tonight - it's always mobbed (= there are always a lot of people there) on Fridays.

mob
verb [I or T] -bb-
When a group of birds or small animals mob a fierce bird or animal that is hunting them, they attack it together and force it to go away.
tr.v.mobbedmob·bingmobs.
  1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.
  2. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.
  3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.


mob (CROWD)
group noun
1 [C] USUALLY DISAPPROVING a large angry crowd, especially one which could easily become violent:
The angry mob outside the jail was/were ready to riot.
a lynch mob
Fifty people were killed in three days of mob violence.

2 [C] INFORMAL a group of people who are friends or who are similar in some way:
The usual mob were/was hanging out at the bar.

3 [S] INFORMAL an organization of criminals:
a New York mob leader
See also mobster.

mob


 
━━ n. 群れ; 暴徒の群; ((形容詞的)) 暴民の; 〔軽蔑〕 (the ~) 大衆; ((形容詞的)) 大衆の; 〔話〕 盗賊の一味.
━━ v. (-bb-) 周りに群がる, 取囲む; 群をなして襲う.
 mob・cap (18-19世紀ごろの)室内用婦人帽.
 mob law 暴民政治, リンチ.
 mob psychology 群集心理.
 mob・ster
 〔俗〕 ギャング, 暴力団(員).


soft (GENTLE)
adjective
1 not forceful, loud or easily noticed:
a soft voice/sound
soft music/lighting
a soft glow

2 DISAPPROVING not severe or forceful enough, especially in criticizing or punishing someone who has done something wrong:
She thinks I'm too soft on the kids when they misbehave.
The government can't be seen to be taking a soft line (= not being severe enough) with criminals.

soften
verb [I or T]
to become more gentle, or to make someone do this:
The news will upset him - we must think of a way to soften the blow (= make the news less unpleasant for him).
Would you say the government's stance on law and order has softened?

softiesofty
noun [C] INFORMAL
a kind, gentle person who is not forceful, looks for the pleasant things in life and can be easily persuaded to do what you want them to

softly
adverb
gently:
She speaks softly but usually gets her own way.



soft (NOT HARD)
adjective
1 not hard or firm:
soft ground
a soft pillow/mattress
soft cheese
I like chocolates with soft centres.
Soft tissue, such as flesh, allows X-rays through.

2 describes things, especially parts of the body, which are not hard or rough and feel pleasant and smooth when touched:
soft lips/cheeks/skin/hair
soft leather

3 INFORMAL DISAPPROVING Someone who is soft is not very healthy and strong:
Look at you! You need more exercise. You're going/getting soft.

soften
verb [I or T]
to become soft, or to make something soft:
You can soften the butter by warming it gently.
These dried apples will soften (up) if you soak them in water.

softener C or U]
a substance used to make something soft:
(a) fabric softener

softness 

exordium

n., pl. -di·ums or -di·a (-dē-ə).
A beginning or introductory part, especially of a speech or treatise.
[Latin, from exōrdīrī, to begin : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + ōrdīrī, to begin.]
exordial ex·or'di·al adj.

tresses, perfectionate

When Parisians learned last week that President François Hollande paid his hairdresser more than $10,000 a month to cut his hair, a howl was heard from Montmartre to the Marais. Not since President Bill Clinton shut down two runways in 1993 for a $200 trim aboard Air Force One have the tresses of a head of state been so widely discussed.


"We are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves — such a friend ought to be — do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures."
--Victor Frankenstein from FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley



 Long, long, let me bite your black and heavy tresses. When I gnaw your elastic and rebellious hair I seem to be eating memories.” 
【髮茨中的半球】
『讓我久久地咬碎妳濃密的,黑色地髮瓣.當我咬妳那富於彈性且具有叛逆性的頭髮時候,我好像在吞食回憶。』
Brune/Blonde, The Online Exhibition, 2010 A hemisphere in your hair, Charles Baudelaire, 1862 1 Charles BAUDELAIRE A hemisphere in your hair (Published in 1862 in, Le Spleen de Paris). 


tress 

Pronunciation: /trɛs/ 


NOUN

(usually tresses)
A long lock of a woman’s hair:her golden tresses tumbled about her face

VERB

[WITH OBJECT] archaic
Arrange (a person’s hair) into long locks.

Derivatives


tressed

ADJECTIVE
[USUALLY IN COMBINATION]: blonde-tressed sex symbol

tressy

ADJECTIVE

Origin

Middle English: from Old French tresse, perhaps based on Greek trikha 'threefold'.




perfectionate

Pronunciation: /pəˈfɛkʃəneɪt/  /pəˈfɛkʃ(ə)neɪt/ 

Now rare

VERB

[WITH OBJECT] To bring to perfection; to make perfect or complete; to perfect; to make (a person) perfect in (a study, etc.).


Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Foxe (?1517–1587), martyrologist. Fromperfection + -ate, after Middle French perfectionner. Compare Catalan perfeccionar, Spanishperfeccionar, Italian perfezionare.

2016年12月25日 星期日

foregather, far-fetched, round out/round off, Shangri-La


Driverless cars arrived in 2016. Our video exploring how this seemingly farfetched future came to pass was one of our most popular this year

Mars has always been Shangri-La for space buffs. But past private missions were aborted or very far-fetched. From the archive



There are good reasons to object both to the timing and the details of the spending cuts. But the idea that they will produce anything like a stripped-down state looks far-fetched.
我们有充分的理由反对支出削减的时机和细节。但认为这将缔造一个“瘦身”政府的想法,听上去也太牵强了。

Samsung Readies New iPod Rival
Samsung will sell a stripped-down version of its Galaxy S smartphone as a digital media player, move that will round out a series of Galaxy-named gadgets that matches Apple product for product.



Shangri-La 

Pronunciation: /ˌʃaŋɡrɪˈlɑː/ 



1Tibetan utopia in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon (1933).
1.1(as noun a Shangri-La) A place regarded as an earthly paradise, especially when involving a retreat from the pressures of modern civilization:we moved out of Los Angeles and created this mountain-top Shangri-La


Origin

From Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'.


round out

1. See round off, def. 2.
2. Grow or develop to a round form, as in The tree was spindly when first planted, but it has since rounded out nicely. [c. 1900]


round off
1. Change a number to the closest whole number or the closest multiple of 10. For example, Rounding it off, I expect the new school addition will cost a million dollars.
2. Also, round out. Finish, complete, especially in a neat or perfect way. For example, They rounded off the dinner with a magnificent liqueur, or That stamp rounded out his collection. [Mid-1700s; variant, mid-1800s] Also see round out.


far-fetched (färfcht)
adj.
Not readily believable because of improbable elements therein: a far-fetched analogy; a far-fetched excuse.


[kjv] And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
[bbe] So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 】
It was Mrs. McCool's night to go with the can for beer. So she fetched
it and sat with Mrs. Purdy in one of those subterranean retreats where
house-keepers foregather and the worm dieth seldom.

王永年譯:「這晚輪到麥克庫爾太太去打啤酒。她去打了酒來,
同珀迪太太一起坐在地下室裡。那種地下 室是房東們聚會的地方、也是蠕蟲不會死的地方*。」

hc評:去『拿罐子』漏了。不過加一注,相當精彩。*參見新約馬 可 福 音 第9章第48節:「在那裏(地獄)蟲是不死的、火是不滅的。」



for·gath·er
(fôr-găTH'ər, fōr-) pronunciation

also fore·gath·er
intr.v., -ered, also -ered, -er·ing, -er·ing, -ers, -ers.
  1. To gather together; assemble.
  2. To meet another, especially by accident.

Meaning #1: collect in one place
Synonyms: meet, gather, assemble, foregather

2016年12月22日 星期四

be in hiding/go into hiding, fingerprint, asylum seeker

The New York Times leads with word that a classified order issued in 2004 gave the U.S. military authority to carry out nearly a dozen of what the paper describes as "previously undisclosed attacks" against terrorist targets in Syria, Pakistan, and other countries. The order was signed by then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and it gave the military the authority to attack al-Qaida targets anywhere in the world, with a specific emphasis on "15 to 20 countries" that were believed to be the prime destinations for militants in hiding.



Berlin Christmas Market Attack Suspect Anis Amri’s Fingerprints Found in Truck A1


German investigators said fingerprints found in the truck used in this week’s terror attack pointed to the central suspect as the likely perpetrator, as it emerged that Germany had alerted the U.S. in June that the 24-year-old Tunisian asylum seeker may pose a risk.



hide (OUT OF VIEW)
verb hid, hidden
1 [I or T] to put something or someone in a place where they cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found:
She used to hide her diary under her pillow.
A kilo of heroin was found hidden inside the lining of the suitcase.
I like wearing sunglasses - I feel I can hide behind them.

2 [T] to prevent something from being seen:
He tries to hide his bald patch by sweeping his hair over to one side.

3 [T] to not show an emotion:
She tried to hide her disappointment at not getting the promotion.

4 [T] If you hide information from someone, you do not permit that person to know it:
I feel sure there's something about her past that she's trying to hide from me.

hide UK
noun [C] (US blind)
a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them

hiding
noun [U]
1 the state of being hidden:
a hiding place (= a place to hide someone or something)
See also hiding.

2 be in hiding/go into hiding to be/go somewhere where you cannot be found

toxic, toxin, detox, 'digital detox'. appointee, untoward, on-the-job, cranes and derricks


Join Dr Sean Irving of the School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies as he reviews the highly anticipated film Challengers, using his expertise in the psychology of competition to unpick the dynamics of sport, love and lust.  

https://brnw.ch/21wJhfe

The Conversation UK

When it opened earlier this year, Libreria decided to offer bookworms a 'digital detox'.
We have reached a cultural tipping point with technology.
BBC.COM|由 LINDSAY BAKER 上傳


Loretta Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry

By MARK LANDLER, MATT APUZZO and AMY CHOZICK


The move by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch would eliminate the possibility that a political appointee would overrule investigators.

Business travellers won't be the only benefactors as the airline continues to try to rehabilitate its toxic reputation for customer service


Soon after Hillary Clinton's arrival at the State Department in 2009, officials in the information technology office were baffled when told that a young technician would join them as a political appointee, newly disclosed emails show.

Tests showed the package of beans she had bought contained 34,000 times the permitted level of dichlorvos, a highly toxic insecticide, Japan's Health Ministry said.
Six other people have complained of ill health after eating beans from the same batch, Japan's Kyodo news agency said.
China said it had found nothing untoward.






WWW.REUTERS.COM|由 BY JONATHAN ALLEN 上傳




RBS posts record loss as UK insures toxic assets

The Royal Bank of Scotland has posted a 2008 loss of over 24 billion pounds -- the largest in British corporate history. This means that last year, the bank wiped out all of its net profits from the preceding four years. RBS, which is 70 percent owned by the state after a massive bailout, was hit particularly hard by its leading role in the consortium purchase of Dutch giant ABN Amro in 2007 before the credit crunch hit the banking sector. The UK government has now agreed to insure the bank's "toxic" assets worth 325 billion pounds and cover 90 percent of losses stemming from such holdings. Meanwhile, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has said that the government has asked RBS ex-chief executive Fred Goodwin to give up his annual pension of 650,000 pounds, saying such excesses cannot be justified.



U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules

Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers' on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins.
(By Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post)

Scientists dismiss 'detox myth'


Fruit
Eating fruit and vegetables is the best way to feel healthy, researchers say

There is no evidence that products widely promoted to help the body "detox" work, scientists warn.
The charitable trust Sense About Science reviewed 15 products, from bottled water to face scrub, and found many detox claims were "meaningless".
Anyone worried about the after-effects of Christmas overindulgence would get the same benefits from eating healthily and getting plenty of sleep, they said.
Advertising regulators said they looked at such issues on a case-by-case basis.
The investigation, done by research members of the Voice of Young Science network, was kicked off by a campaign to unpick "dodgy" science claims - where companies use phrases that sound scientific but do not actually mean anything.

The minimum sellers of detox products should be able to offer is a clear understanding of what detox is and proof that their product actually works
Tom Wells, chemist

They challenged the companies behind products such as vitamins, shampoo, detox patches and a body brush on the evidence they had to support the detox claims made.
No two companies seemed to use the same definition of detox - defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as the removal of toxic substances or qualities.
In the majority of cases, producers and retailers were forced to admit that they had simply renamed processes like cleaning or brushing, as detox, the scientists said.
Toxins
One researcher investigated a Garnier face wash which claimed to detoxify the skin by removing toxins.


''Your body is the best detox product you have'' - Sense about Science
The "toxins" turned out to be the dirt, make-up and skin oils that any cleanser would be expected to remove, she said.
A five-day detox plan from Boots which claimed to detoxify the body and flush away toxins was also criticised for not being backed by evidence.
Evelyn Harvey, a biologist who looked into the product, said that if consumers followed the healthy diet that was recommended alongside the supplement they would probably feel better - but it would have nothing to do with the product itself.
The researchers warned that, at worst, some detox diets could have dangerous consequences and, at best, they were a waste of money.
Tom Wells, a chemist who took part in the research, said: "The minimum sellers of detox products should be able to offer is a clear understanding of what detox is and proof that their product actually works.
"The people we contacted could do neither."
Alice Tuff, from Sense About Science, added: "It is ridiculous that we're seeing a return to mystical properties being claimed for products in the 21st Century and I'm really pleased that young scientists are sharing their concerns about this with the public."
The Advertising Standards Authority said it would investigate such claims on a case-by-case basis if a complaint was made.
"If a product is making claims not substantiated by the evidence submitted by the company we would challenge that."
A spokeswoman from Boots said its five-day detox plan encouraged people to drink water and includes ingredients that "battle against toxins and help protect from the dangers of free radicals".
And Garnier commented: "All Garnier products undergo rigorous testing and evaluation to ensure that our claims are accurate and noticeable by our consumers."




最初に出てきたのは蓮の葉と五味子の茶。五味子は甘み、酸味、渋み、辛み、塩辛さの5つの味がする赤い実のこと。蓮の茶にはデトックス効果があるとされ、また五味子は肺や気管支、肝臓などのトラブルを解消するという。五味子は甘酸っぱく、しばらくすると体が温まってきた。




This means the nation will not have more protective crane standards for years unless the administrator of OSHA, Edwin G. Foulke Jr., requests, and the White House approves, an “extraordinary” exception for publication of the proposed cranes and derricks 圖解 standard. When a new president takes office in January, his new appointees in the Labor Department would want to review these standards before taking any action. If they made changes to the draft regulations, the negotiations may have to be reopened.




appointee 

Pronunciation: /əpɔɪnˈtiː/ 

NOUN

1A person to whom a job or role is assigned:an appointee to to the federal judiciarythe Commission calls for a reduction in the number of political appointees
2Law A person empowered by the owner of property to decide the disposition of that property:an appointee will arrange to receive your state benefits and pay your bills

[名詞]1 任命[指名]を受けた人,被任命者;被指定人(⇔appointer).2 〔法律〕 (財産権などの)指定受益者,被指

untoward
adjective
unexpected and inconvenient or unpleasant:
Unless anything untoward happens we should arrive just before midday.

untoward━━ a. 運が悪い; 片意地な; 不適当な.
 un・toward・ly ━━ ad.
 un・toward・ness ━━ n.




toxic 

Pronunciation: /ˈtɒksɪk/ ADJECTIVE
1Poisonous:the dumping of toxic wastealcohol is toxic to the ovaries
1.1Relating to or caused by poison:toxic hazardstoxic liver injury
1.2Very bad, unpleasant, or harmful:a toxic relationship
2Finance Denoting or relating to debt which has a high risk of default:toxic debts
2.1Denoting securities which are based on toxic debt and for which there is not a healthy or functioning market:the financial system has become clogged with toxic assets

NOUN

(toxics)
Poisonous substances.
Derivatives



toxically


Pronunciation: /ˈtɒksɪkli/ 
ADVERB


Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin toxicus 'poisoned', from Latin toxicum 'poison', from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) '(poison for) arrows', from toxon 'bow'.

toxic
adjective
poisonous:
toxic waste/chemicals/effluent

toxicity
noun [U]
Tests of the chemical have shown that it has a high level of toxicity.
The toxicity of the drug severely limits its use.

on-the-job
happening while you are working:
No formal qualifications are required for the work - you'll get on-the-job training.

toxin 
noun [C]
a poisonous substance, especially one which is produced by bacteria and which causes disease detox  [S or U] ━━ n. (アル中・麻薬中毒患者に対する)解毒 (de・tox・i・fi・ca・tion).
1 when you stop taking unhealthy or harmful foods, drinks or drugs into your body for a period of time, in order to improve your health:
She went on a 48-hour detox, eating nothing but grapes.
a detox diet

2 medical treatment in a special hospital to stop someone drinking too much alcohol or taking harmful drugs:
He'd spent 18 months in detox/at a detox centre fighting drug addiction.detoxification centre

detox [I or T] ━━ v. 解毒する (de・tox・i・f).

1 to stop taking unhealthy or harmful foods, drinks and other substances into your body for a period of time, in order to improve your health:
If you have skin problems or feel sluggish and run-down, then it may be time to detox.

2 to have medical treatment in a special hospital in order to stop drinking too much alcohol or taking harmful drugs