2020年8月19日 星期三

lanyard, segregation, blindingly clear to locals



In Detroit, the mostly-white rich suburbs and the majority-black city are separated by the 8-mile line. In other Midwestern cities, the dividing line is invisible to outsiders but blindingly clear to locals


Midwestern cities have particular problems with segregation
Separate, downtrodden


Description: The Cohort is an open frame folding clip knife with either a black or dark gray anodized aluminum handle. The tail end of the handle includes a lanyard hole.掛頸員工證(lanyard)




lanyard


noun [ C ]


UK /ˈlæn.jəd/ US/ˈlæn.jɚd/

a long piece of cord (= thick string), etc. worn around the neck, on which a security pass, ID card, key, etc. is hung:


Workers wear ID badges dangling from departmental lanyards.


She broke the lanyard on her whistle because she was tugging on it so hard.





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a rope or string that is used for fastening things on a ship:


Even in a light wind, the pull on the lanyards is considerable.


Drivers of boats should have a throttle lanyard attached to their wrist which will stop the motor instantly if the driver loses control of the boat.

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