ding-dong, nderer, acme, h/t

2009年的英文人行道
ding-dong, nderer, acme, h/t
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Dangerous Minds

2017年3月30日 3:06 · 

h/t Too Soon

Citi and Morgan Stanley also finally announced a joint venture that would create the nation's large network of brokers, beating out even Merrill Lynch's thundering herd of brokers, which Bank of America purchased in September.



Spectrum | 16.12.2008 | 04:30

Successful "Low" Technology

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:

Soccer referees, swimming coaches, British Gay Pride marchers and New York cops have all, at some stage or another, had one thing in common. They have all carried and used the “Acme Thunderer” – the world’s first and most popular pea whistle.

J.Hudson and Co – a small Birmingham engineering company – has been manufacturing the Thunderer since 1884, along with a wide variety of other sound–making devices. Among them …bird call whistles which simulate the sound of cuckoo, curlew, pigeon, owl and duck. Our reporter Stephen Beard went for a “whistle stop” tour of the factory.

Just in time for the holidays, a campaign for a new musical seeks to Shrek the halls with peals of laughter.


It was only after reviewing the video in her home toward the end of the interview that it seemed to dawn on Ms. Stone why her comments had caused such an uproar. “I had absolutely no intention of saying that, which I did say,” she said, “and now, looking at it on the tape, I look like a complete ding-dong.”

Sharon Stone:50, Stone and Dior Differ Over Apology

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ding-dong

NOUN

informal 

• 1British in singular A fierce argument or fight.

  ‘they had a bit of a ding-dong’
• 2dated A riotous party.
• 3North American A silly or foolish person.

n.

1. The peal of a bell.
2. Slang. An empty-headed person; a fool.

noun [S] MAINLY UK INFORMAL
a noisy argument or fight:
They had a real ding-dong in the middle of the restaurant

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Urban Dictionary: ding dong

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ding%20dong

ding-dong. A more proper way of telling someone they are a complete fucking idiot. Commonly said with a short rap on one's own head for emphasis. Used in ...

peal (LOUD SOUND) noun [C]
a long loud sound or series of sounds, especially of laughter or thunder:
Her suggestion was met with peals of laughter.
A loud peal of thunder woke him from restless sleep.

thunder Show phonetics
noun
1 [U] the sudden loud noise which comes from the sky especially during a storm:
a clap of thunder
thunder and lightning 雷電交加

2 [S] continuous loud noise:
I couldn't hear what he was saying over the thunder of the waterfall.

thunder
verb
1 [I] When it thunders, a loud noise comes from the sky:
The sky grew dark and it started to thunder.

2 [I + adverb or preposition] to move, making a lot of noise:
The train thundered past, shaking the whole house.

3 [I] to shout angrily:
[+ speech] "I never want to see you here again!" he thundered.

thundering 
noun [U]
We could hear the thundering (= continuous loud noise) of the guns all night.

thundery
adjective
thundery weather


thunderer
n.
One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter.

That dreadful oath which binds the Thunderer.

Pope.
the acme noun [S] LITERARY
the highest point of perfection or achievement:
To act on this world-famous stage is surely the acme of any actor's career.

sanction, forked, unto. be a law unto yourself, adeptenamoured, Golem, Jinni

“Books are a world unto themselves.” —Paul Auster

'The Golem and the Jinni'

By HELENE WECKER
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL

In Helene Wecker's novel, two folkloric creatures emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York.

parliamentary constitutionalism 不斷批准新法

unto

PREPOSITION

• 1

  ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’

  archaic term for to

  ‘I say unto you, be gone’
• 2

  ‘marriage was forever—unto death’

  archaic term for until

Origin

Middle English: from until, with to replacing till (in its northern dialect meaning ‘to’).

sanction (APPROVAL) noun [U]
approval or permission, especially formal or legal:
They tried to get official sanction for the scheme.sanction verb [T]
to formally permit something:
The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis.

本事非特徵

feat noun [C]
something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, bravery, etc. to achieve it:
The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering.
She's performed remarkable feats of organization for the office.

p.96

tumbleweed noun [U]
a bush-like plant of North America and Australia which breaks near the ground when it dies and is then rolled about in large balls by the wind

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forked tongue 開叉的蛇(如蛇)

golems 機械人

Definition of golem

Pronunciation: /ˈgəʊləm, ˈgɔɪl-/

noun

• (in Jewish legend) a clay figure brought to life by magic.
• an automaton or robot.

Origin:

late 19th century: from Yiddish goylem, from Hebrew gōlem 'shapeless mass'

jinn

Pronunciation: /dʒɪn/

(also djinn)

Definition of jinn

noun (plural same or jinns)

• (in Arabian and Muslim mythology) an intelligent spirit of lower rank than the angels, able to appear in human and animal forms and to possess humans: the rebellious jinn lead men astrayCompare with genie.

Origin:

from Arabic jinnī, plural jinn

fork (DIVISION) noun [C]
a place where a road or river etc. divides into two parts, or either of those two parts:
When you reach a fork in the road take the right-hand path.


fork verb
1 [I] If a road or river forks, it divides into two parts:
The pub is near where the road forks.

2 [I] [+ adverb or preposition] UK to turn in one of two different directions:
Fork left/right where the road divides.

forked adjective
with one end divided into two parts:
a forked tail
a snake's forked tongue
forked lightning

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自外於法律

be a law unto yourself DISAPPROVING
to behave in a way which is independent and does not follow the usual rules for a situation:
Charlie, of course, never fills in the record forms but then he's a law unto himself.

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manifest verb [T] FORMAL
to show something clearly, through signs or actions:
The workers chose to manifest their dissatisfaction in a series of strikes.
The illness first manifested itself in/as severe stomach pains.
Lack of confidence in the company manifested itself in a fall in the share price.
manifest adjective FORMAL
easily noticed or obvious:
There was manifest relief among the workers yesterday at the decision not to close the factory.
Her manifest lack of interest in the project has provoked severe criticism.manifestly adverb FORMAL
very obviously:
He claims that he is completely committed to the project and yet this is manifestly untrue.
The government has manifestly failed to raise educational standards, despite its commitment to do so.
manifestation noun FORMAL
1 [C] a sign of something existing or happening:
She claimed that the rise in unemployment was just a further manifestation of the government's incompetence.

2 [U] appearance:
Unlike acid rain or deforestation, global warming has no visible manifestation .

出現造成累積惡效

laws of dialectics are in

functional relationship 函數關係

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theory= philosophy?

adept adjective
having a natural ability to do something that needs skill:
She's very adept at dealing with the media.
Tamsin Palmer gave an impressive and technically adept performance on the piano.

redouble verb [T]
to make something much more than before; to increase something:
The government, he said, must redouble their efforts to beat crime.adeptly adverb

enamoured UK, US enamored adjective [after verb] FORMAL

liking a lot:
I have to say I'm not exactly enamoured with/of this part of the country.

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scholasticism 沒界定

basic distinction 基本的 缺

p.218

Karl Popper

Knowledge to him was an objective and self-subsistent product of human activity (not subjective and mental).

對他而言 知識是人類活動的客觀且實在的產物 (而非主觀及心靈的)

subsist verb [I] FORMAL

to obtain enough food or money to stay alive:
The prisoners were subsisting on a diet of bread and water.subsistence noun [U] FORMAL
1 what a person needs in order to stay alive:
The money is intended to provide a basic subsistence and should not be paid to someone who receives other income.

2 producing enough food or earning enough money to keep yourself alive:
subsistence farming
The family were living at subsistence level.

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prose writer 翻譯成”小說家”

俄國文化民主主義的新病菌 非新生命 即 其為病理家

germ (ORGANISM) noun [C] [plural]
a very small organism that causes disease:
Wash your hands so you don't get germs on the food.
Rats and flies spread germs.

Principle and agents所以principle非”原則”

懷疑Principal非principle

career diplomat

在cambridge advanced learner’s dictionary 分JOB 和MOVE 在JOB類中舉例其中相關者可能為

Elaine has become a real career woman/girl (= is interested in and spends most of her time on her job).
Judith is very career-minded/-oriented (= gives a lot of attention to her job).

不過 此例可說明在Concise Oxford Dictionary可能更清楚 (作定語 attribute)

pursuing or wishing to pursue a career如上述career woman

working permantly in a specified profession 如career diplomat (在 The New Oxford American Oxford Dictionary 說(作為adj)working permantly in or committed to a particular profession 似乎更好)

在中應對照oxford advanced learner’s dictionary或郎郎朗文都 翻譯成職業外交家

parkland, gorget, Notable alumni, armorial bearing, coat of arms

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

ct the throat and support the weight of the suit of armor worn over it. By the 18th century, the gorget had been transformed to a much smaller, crescent shaped silver ornament that hung by chains or ribbons around soldiers' necks as a badge of rank. This circular, convex "moon" gorget with an engraved sun face recalls the aboriginal shell ornaments worn around the neck by Indians. On view in Gallery 210.

Notable alumni傑出校友

Two months later the university's Armorial Bearings were published, with the motto "Thought the harder, heart the keener".

armorial bearing - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. heraldic bearing, bearing, charge ...

Armorial Bearings

Granted by Letters Patent dated 10th December, 1963.

Gules three Seaxes in pale cutting edges upwards Argent Pomels and Hilts to the dexter Or in chief an open Book proper edged and bound with seven clasps Or, and for the Crest On a Wreath of the Colours a Wyvern statant Argent upon two Branches of Oak raguly leaved fructed in saltire proper enfiled through an Annulet Argent.

Motto: Thought the harder, heart the keener.

Shield: The shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of the East Saxons and granted to the Essex County Council in 1932, with the addition of a book representing the University. The Essex arms show three seaxes or Saxon swords upon a red ground. The book has an illuminated initial E, gold edges and binding, and, like various other books in University arms, has seven clasps representing the mediaeval 'quadrivium' and 'trivium' comprehending all the known studies of the time.

Crest: Above the shield is the closed helm proper to impersonal arms, with its crest- wreath and decorative mantling in the official liveries of the arms, red and white, which are the colours of Essex and Colchester. Upon the helm is the crest, which is a symbolisation of the University's situation. At the base are two branches of oak which suggest the parkland of Wivenhoe and the ancient Forest of Essex. They are shaped like the branches of the Colchester ragged cross, and bear fruit. The branches pass through a ring or 'annulet' representing a letter O; this, with the wyvern or two-legged dragon gives an heraldic rebus or word-play ('wyvern-O') upon the name.

Motto: The motto is adapted from the East Saxon poem 'The Battle of Maldon'.

gorget

A gorget /ˈɡɔːrdʒɪt/, from the French gorge meaning throat, was originally a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period,^[2][3] or the lower part of a simple chaperonhood. The term subsequently described a steel or leather collardesigned to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armour, or a single piece of plate armour hanging from the neck and covering the throat and chest. Later, particularly from the 18th century onwards, the gorget became primarily ornamental, serving only as a symbolic accessory on military uniforms, a use which has survived to the modern day in some armies.

The term may also be used of other things such as items of jewellery worn around the throat region in a number of other cultures, for example wide thin gold collars found in Ireland dating to the Bronze Age.^[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorget

armorial 

音節

 

ar • mo • ri • al

 

発音

 

ɑːrmɔ'ːriəl

1. [形容詞]
2. 1 紋章の.
3. 2 紋章のついた
   • a set of armorial china
   • 紋章付き陶磁器一組.

1. ━━ [名詞] 紋章集.

［語源］

1576

1. 11 ((通例 bearings)) 〔紋章〕
2. (1)盾形に描く図形.
3. (2)=coat of arms.

parkland 

音節

 

párk • lànd

NOUN

[MASS NOUN] (also parklands)

Open grassy land with scattered groups of trees:the college is set in 30 acres of attractive parklandthe landscaped parklands of one of England’s great country houses

1. [名詞]
2. 1 樹林草原：温和な気候の土地に見られる，まばらなまたは群生した木立のある草地.
3. 2
4. (1)風致地区.
5. (2)((カナダ)) (法律上の)風致指定地区；国立［州立］公園.
6. 3 ((英)) 大邸宅を囲む草地.

［語源］

1907