2023年7月4日 星期二

tectonic, tectonics, completist, Anglosphere


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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary:


tectonic, tectonics 跟建築相關部分:
tectonic
1. Of or pertaining to building or construction. M17 (17世紀中)

tectonics
The art and process of producing practical and aesthetically pleasing buildings or other constructions. (M 19)

日本語WordNet(英和)での「tectonics」の意味


tectonics

名詞
1

2
(the science of architecture)


有同學問我,構造(Construction)跟構築(Tectonics)有什麼不同?簡單來說,構造是材料相接的技術(the techniques of joints),構築是材料相接的藝術(the art of joints)。好建築,兩樣都要實在。



Instagram has always been something of a challenge for the completists among us—those who feel the compulsion to see every single post that goes up in one’s feed, to not “miss out” on a piece of content.

Anglosphere - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglosphere
The Anglosphere is a set of English-speaking nations that share common cultural and historical roots from the British Isles, which today maintain close cultural, political, diplomatic and military cooperation.
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completist


NOUN

  • An obsessive, typically indiscriminate, collector or fan of something.
    ‘this compilation of singles and B-sides has it usefulness for completists’
    ‘horror completists may find the film worth a sit-through’

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