Part workout regimen, part social club, ramblers groups combine two wellness truisms: Walking is good for you, and so is spending time with others. These types of groups have a long history — the Inner London Ramblers can trace theirs back to 1905 — and newer descendants have taken hold in cities across the globe: Walk San Francisco has been leading treks for more than 25 years, the Montreal Urban Hikers started in 1997, and City Girls Who Walk formed in New York in 2022.
The impressive cast doesn't play characters, they play movie stars filling up fancy costuming and scenery, writes critic Ella Taylor. Hercule Poirot is played by Whiskers von Lookatme.
Ryden's vocabulary ranges from cryptic to cute, treading a fine line between nostalgic cliché and disturbing archetype.
South Korea's Leader Exhorts North to Tread 'Path of Change' Description: This recall includes grey Task*It 1-UP folding step stools. The stools are plastic and have a 9.5 x 14.5 top step and feature two 11.5 inch legs that fold inward for storage. The top of the folding step stool is covered with black rubber treading imprinted with an asterisk symbol. "1-UP step" is printed on the product packaging. The Task*It name is imprinted on the legs.
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2013/Cramer-Recalls-Folding-Step-Stools/
walk/tread a tightrope
loan words/loan translations
"(中國印度那些原始語言)相同的字 大概只可以算是彼此轉借來的字 (loan words)...."音譯梵書與中國古音
If you want to become toned (not super-model thin!) try do some cardio exercises.
Work out and workout
Microsoft said it will take a $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion pretax charge to cover defects related to the Xbox 360 game console.
Xbox死亡之環 代價11.5億美元
【經濟日報╱編譯陳家齊／綜合六日電】 2007.07.07
「Xbox 360的可靠性問題。
自從Xbox 360發售以來，無數玩家上網抱怨他們的Xbox 360 出現三紅燈故障信號。這種故障，就和視窗當機的「死亡藍幕」一樣出名。不堪其煩的美國玩家，特地為之取了「死亡之環」（Red Ring of Death）的渾名。由於微軟的Xbox 360遊戲機出現「無法接受的大量故障」，微軟決定對出現「三紅燈」故障的Xbox 360延長保固。微軟「長痛不如短痛」，將另外提列多達11.5億美元的修理費用。
微軟娛樂與裝置部主管巴克說，這種故障來自微軟的設計問題，與Xbox 360的組裝過程沒有關係。巴克說：「這是我們的責任，不是別人的疏失，這個問題是微軟的設計挑戰。」」
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我看Business Week新社的”主管摘要”如此寫：
Microsoft Blows Its Lead 自己將（提早出貨半年的）領先優勢搞垮了…..是否欲速不達，沒有在上市之前就將所有毛病解決？
Persistent problems with the hardware for the Xbox 360 game console will force the company to take a charge of at least $1.05 billion. The failure rate all but dissipates any advantage gained by getting to market a year ahead of rivals Nintendo and Sony with advanced gaming equipment. An obvious question: Did Microsoft rush the product to market before working out all the bugs?
這則新聞可以學習的字眼很多。
They’re Playing My Song. Time to Work Out.
Jon C. Hancock/Associated Press (left); Donna Alberico for The New York Times (middle); Stephanie Kuykendal for The New York Times
For a slow pace, "Le Freak" by Chic or "Don't Phunk With My Heart," by the Black Eyed Peas. For a moderate pace, "Push It," by Salt-N-Pepa or "SOS," by Rihanna; and for a fast pace, "Firestarter," by the Prodigy or "Mr. Brightside," by the Killers.
FITNESS magazines and Web sites love to ask readers about their favorite workout music while presenting their playlists or suggestions from celebrities. Self.com features the “ ’80s cardio playlist,” which includes the short-shorts video classic “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham! On Fitnessmagazine.com, the singer Rihanna reveals her favorite workout songs — immodestly recommending four of her own for “when you have to pick up the pace on the treadmill.”
tread・mill
踏み車 ((かつては懲罰用)); （the ～） （昔の）踏み車の刑; 退屈な仕事 (無聊事); （訓練用などの）トレッドミル.
(跑步機) 第2義:
treadmill (跑步機) 第2義:
noun
1 [S] any type of repeated work which is boring and tiring and seems to have no positive effect and no end:(無聊事)
There were days when child-rearing seemed like an endless treadmill of feeding, washing and nappy-changing.
2 [C] an exercise machine which consists of a moving strip or two step-like parts on which you walk without moving forward(跑步機)
3 [C] a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power for machines or, more usually, as a punishment for prisoners
work out (EXERCISE) phrasal verb
to exercise in order to improve the strength or appearance of your body:
Huw works out in the gym two or three times a week.
workout
noun [C]
a vigorous/light workout
Cardio is the medical term used to reference the heart. From Greek kardia: heart.
Also used in reference to exercises and/or equipment intended for cardiovascular fitness and endurance training (aerobic exercise). A common usage of the term is "to do cardio", which means to engage in cardiovascular endurance training for a set period of time, for example running, swimming, jogging, cycling, etc.
calque
(kălk)
n.
See loan translation.借譯
[French, from calquer, to trace, copy, from Italian calcare, to press, from Latin calcāre, to tread on, from calx, heel.]
n.A form of borrowing from one language to another whereby the semantic components of a given term are literally translated into their equivalents in the borrowing language. English superman, for example, is a loan translation from German Übermensch. Also called calque.
金克木舉玄奘的".....天愛寧知....." (你這個傻瓜怎麼能知道)
"天神所喜愛的"為阿育王的頭銜 或來轉義為"傻瓜"....
retread
verb
riːˈtrɛd/
- 1.go back over (a path or one's steps).
"they never retread the same ground" - 2.put a new tread on (a worn tyre).
"1.3 million tyres were retreaded"
noun
ˈriːtrɛd/
- 1.a tyre that has been given a new tread; a remould.
- 2.NORTH AMERICANinformala superficially altered version of a film, book, etc.
"a retread of the 30s romantic comedy"
tread
- 発音
- tréd
- treadの変化形
- treads (複数形) • trod (過去形) • trodden (過去分詞) • treading (現在分詞) • treads (三人称単数現在)
- treadの慣用句
- tread ... out, （全1件）
[動]（trod 〔tr
d | tr
d〕 or((古))trode 〔tróud〕, trod・den 〔trdn | trdn〕 or trod）(他)
d | trd〕 or((古))trode 〔tróud〕, trod・den 〔trdn | trdn〕 or trod）(他)
1 〈地面・場所などを〉踏む, 歩く；〈道などを〉歩いて通る
2 ((英))…を（…の中に）踏みつける［つぶす］((into ...))；〈道・場所などを〉踏み固める, 踏んで作る
tread grapes
（ワインを作るため）ブドウを踏みつぶす
（ワインを作るため）ブドウを踏みつぶす
3 〈敵・権利などを〉蹂躙(じゅうりん)する, 踏みにじる；〈人・感情などを〉抑える((down)).
4 ((古))〈踊りを〉踊る, 舞う.
5 〈雄鳥が〉〈雌鳥と〉つがう, 交尾する.
6 …を求める, 追求する.
━━(自)
3 ((文))((英))行く, 歩く(walk).
4 〈雄鳥が〉（雌鳥と）つがう((with ...)).
tread ... out/tread out ...
(1) 〈火・タバコを〉踏み消す.(2) 〈ジュースを〉踏んでしぼる.
(3) 〈暴動などを〉鎮圧する.
━━[名]
2 歩幅；（階段・はしごの）踏み板［段］；（土踏まずを除く）足の裏；（靴・そりの）底；（自転車などの）ペダル.
3 [U][C]（車輪・タイヤの）接地面；その溝形；（自動車・飛行機の）左右両輪間の幅, 輪距；《鉄道》レール面.
4 《海事》竜骨の長さ.
5 卵の胚点(はいてん).
6 ((古))（雄鳥の）交尾.
［古英語tredan（踏む）. △TRADE（踏むべきもの→道→商い）］
tread・er
[名]
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