foil, to duck, ducking down, sitting duck, bluff, maximize, drumlin, call sb's bluff, blindman's bluff

A Foiled Plot’s Burning Question: Why Would India Take the Risk?

After an indictment accused an Indian official of ordering an assassination on U.S. soil, diplomats and experts debated how far up the chain the scheme went.

The Glow of Seoul’s Hidden Hot Spots

The South Korean capital offers a wealth of cozy, cool hangouts, if you don’t mind ducking down alleys and opening a well-concealed door or two.

In the late 1980s, his flamboyant tastes and deep fashion knowledge caught the eye of Ms. Wintour, for whom Mr. Talley became adviser, friend and foil, a link to an older, more romantic, less corporate and less bottom-line-oriented age. He even advised Ms. Wintour on her Met Gala outfits.

How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City

They undermined and even hunted down Russian soldiers in Kherson. With President Vladimir Putin’s forces now gone, they feel free to talk — and to brag a little.

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ISIS Sweep Foils Attack and Reveals Paris-Brussels Ties

By LILIA BLAISE and AURELIEN BREEDEN 9:24 PM ET

In a sweep targeting ISIS operatives across Europe, officials made five arrests, discovered the suicide bomber at the Brussels Airport made explosive vests also used in the attacks in France, and uncovered advanced plans for another Paris assault.

Former F.B.I. Agent to Plead Guilty in Press Leak

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

Donald Sachtleben, a former bomb technician, agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified details about a foiled bomb plot in Yemen, the Justice Department announced.


N.S.A. Is Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web
By NICOLE PERLROTH, JEFF LARSON and SCOTT SHANE

The National Security Agency has secretly circumvented or cracked much of the digital scrambling that protects global commerce, e-mails, phone calls, medical records and Web searches.

Riding down the mountainside from a stretch of the Great Wall, I noticed a sign in the cable car that said that President Bill Clinton had used the very same vessel for his own Wall excursion on June 28, 1998. As soon as my car stopped, I sprinted around the landing platform to try to look inside others and see if they made the same claim. Workers foiled me, so I’ll never be sure: was my perch Bill’s perch? Or had I been a sitting duck for yet more Chinese quackery?
在乘坐纜車下長城時，我注意到纜車上有一塊標牌稱，比爾· 克林頓(Bill Clinton)總統1998年6月28日到長城遊覽時，乘坐的就是這部纜車。我的纜車一停，我就衝向降落平台，試圖查看其他纜車的內部，看看它們是否也 有同樣的標牌。工作人員阻止了我，於是我永遠也無法確定：我的纜車真是比爾坐過的那一部？抑或我成了又一個中國騙術的可憐受害者？





Lehman Brothers's bankruptcy filing has set the stage for hard-fought negotiations in and out of the courtroom, as potential buyers pick through its remaining assets and creditors seek to maximize their recoveries.
Can News Corp. afford calling Google's bluff?
CNET News
s content from Google and striking an exclusive deal with Microsoft's Bing. For years, Google has all but dared traditional media companies trying to ...

Phrasal Verbs. ​[intransitive, transitive] to move your head or body downwards to avoid being hit or seen. He had to duck as he came through the door. duck (down) (behind/under something) We ducked down behind the wall so they wouldn't see us.

duck - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

drumlin (DRUM-lin)

noun: A long, narrow, whale-shaped hill of gravel, rock, and clay debris, formed by the movement of a glacier.

Etymology
From Irish druim (back, ridge) + -lin, a variant of -ling (a diminutive suffix, as in duckling).

Usage
"The bluffs are actually the ends of drumlins, the elongated hills shaped centuries ago by retreating glaciers. Drumlins are common in Western New York, but almost all are covered with trees, shrubs, grapevines, and other vegetation." — Martin Naparsteck; Lake Ontario Exposes Natural Wonders; The Buffalo News (New York); Jun 13, 2010.

Wikipedia article Drumlin

blindman's bluff

Syllabification: (blind·man's bluff)

Pronunciation: /ˈblīndmənz/

(also blindman's buff)

noun

• a children’s game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch others.

Origin:

early 17th century: bluff, alteration of buff 'a blow', from Old French bufe (see buffet²)

bluff
1.
v. tr. - 以假像欺騙, 愚弄, 嚇唬
v. intr. - 虛張聲勢嚇唬人
n. - 虛張聲勢, 虛張聲勢者, 嚇唬, 嚇唬別人的人
idioms:

• call someone's bluff 誘使某人交底

2.
n. - 陡岸, 懸崖, 峭壁
adj. - 坦率的, 寬而垂直的, 粗率的, 壁立的, 陡峭的

bluff
n.
A steep headland, promontory, riverbank, or cliff.

adj., bluff·er, bluff·est.

1. Rough and blunt but not unkind in manner. See synonyms at gruff.
2. Having a broad, steep front.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch blaf or Middle Low German blaff, broad.]

bluffly bluff'ly adv.
bluffness bluff'ness n.

1.
v. tr. - 以假像欺騙, 愚弄, 嚇唬
v. intr. - 虛張聲勢嚇唬人
n. - 虛張聲勢, 虛張聲勢者, 嚇唬, 嚇唬別人的人
idioms:
call sb's bluff
to make someone prove that what they are saying is true, or to make someone prove that they will really do what they say they will do, because you do not believe them

call someone's bluff 誘使某人交底

2.
n. - 陡岸, 懸崖, 峭壁
adj. - 坦率的, 寬而垂直的, 粗率的, 壁立的, 陡峭的



bluff (PRETEND) 
verb [I or T]
to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else:
Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?
Tony seems to know a lot about music, but sometimes I think he's only bluffing.
She bluffed the doorman into thinking that she was a reporter.

bluff 
noun [C or U]
an attempt to bluff:
When she said she was leaving him, he thought it was only a bluff.bluff (CLIFF)
noun [C]
a cliff or very steep bank
bluff (TOO HONEST) 
adjective
direct or too honest, often in a way that people find rude:
Despite her bluff manner, she's actually a very kind woman.bluff your way into/out of sth
If you bluff your way into or out of a situation, you get yourself into or out of it by deceiving people:
However did Mina manage to bluff her way into that job?
He's one of those people who is very good at bluffing their way out of trouble.
double bluff noun [C] UK
a clever attempt to deceive someone, especially by telling them the truth when they think you are telling lies


日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 絶壁, はったり
adj. - ぶっきらぼうな, 率直な, 絶壁の
v. - はったりをかける

bluff²

━━ n., v. こけおどし（する）, 威嚇（する）; はったりで切抜ける ((through, out of)).
bluff into　相手をおどして…させる.
bluff it out　〔話〕 はったりで難をのがれる.
call …'s bluff　（相手のこけおどしに）しっぺ返しをする.

這BLUFF 的美國"新義"之發展也頗有義思:

Word Origin: bluff

Origin: 1666
Bluff was a nautical term that underwent a sea change when it crossed the ocean to North America. English sailors had used bluff to refer to the front of a ship that was vertical instead of leaning out. They also used bluff for a coastline with a similar look, one that was "bold and almost perpendicular." Americans took the word ashore in Savannah, Georgia, and by 1666 were speaking there of bluff land, high land that rises steeply from its surroundings. Before long the second part of the phrase was dropped, and Americans in Georgia and South Carolina referred to high or steeply sloping river banks simply as bluffs. Eventually there were bluffs throughout English-speaking North America, sometimes even when there was no river.
Because bluffs were often covered with trees, both in the Southeast and the northern plains some Americans used bluff to mean an isolated clump of trees rather than the land. But from the more familiar meaning of bluff, that towering river bank, came a more significant American innovation. Since a bluff puts up a high imposing front, we said that someone or something that put on a show of intimidation was bluffing, a use attested as early as 1839. And we particularly applied that verb to the game of poker, where bluffing about the worth of one's hand is a fine art. Bluffing is so important to the poker player that the game itself was sometimes called bluff, also in the 1830s. For that matter, the word poker first entered the English language in the United States, borrowed from the French as long ago as 1834.

February 11, 2008, 10:59 am

Yahoo Shareholders Believe Company Is Bluffing Microsoft

By Saul Hansell

So far, investors are showing modest support for Yahoo’s board of directors, which formally rejected Microsoft’s $31-per-share buyout offer this morning.
Yahoo shares opened up today a tad higher than they have been trading for the last week as the board has been mulling Microsoft’s offer.
That means that investors appear confident that Yahoo is simply posturing to get a better deal from Microsoft (most likely) or someone else (if they can).
If Yahoo’s board, instead, appeared committed to digging in their heels and remaining independent, Yahoo shares would drop like a rock.
In the statement, Yahoo asserted that the $44 billion bid from Microsoft was too low and indicated it was looking for alternatives:

After careful evaluation, the Board believes that Microsoft’s proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo! including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow and earnings potential, as well as our substantial unconsolidated investments. The Board of Directors is continually evaluating all of its strategic options in the context of the rapidly evolving industry environment and we remain committed to pursuing initiatives that maximize value for all stockholders.

The Times of London reported that Yahoo’s bankers are interested in some sort of combination with AOL. This isn’t a bad deal. It would create a very strong player in display advertising, instant messaging, video, and Web portals in general. It doesn’t merge two search operations—the most risky part of the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo deal that also could produce the greatest value in the long run.
But a combination of Yahoo and AOL is largely dependent on Time Warner’s willingness to own Yahoo shares. Yahoo probably can’t afford to buy AOL for cash, and it’s not clear that Time Warner would want to get out of the Internet business entirely. So the only deal would be for Time Warner to trade AOL to Yahoo in return for a large stake in the company.
To do that Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner’s chief executive, needs to feel comfortable that Yahoo can find a path to growth and profit. And even more importantly, Yahoo shareholders will need to believe that this path is in fact better than taking the offer from Microsoft.
The other interesting question here is how Microsoft responds. Yahoo, of course, is asking the company to bid more. Looking at Microsoft’s history, that’s a smart move. When the company really wants something, money has been no object. Look at the $6 billion it spent, for example, on aQuantive, the advertising firm, a high price by any measure.
That said, in the absence of another player, there is no reason for Microsoft to raise its own bid. In many ways this deal may be like Rupert Murdoch’s bid for Dow Jones. He bid $60 a share, waited while the company looked for alternatives and found none, then bought it for $60 a share.
Christopher P. Liddell, Microsft’s chief financial officer, told Andrew Ross Sorkin last week that “You have to be willing to walk away” from deals. But it’s not clear that Microsoft is that disciplined of a poker player.
For now, Yahoo shareholders are sitting behind the board rooting it on as it tries to bluff more money out of Microsoft. But if it looks like Yahoo is playing too long on its weak hand, there will be a revolt.

foil
(foil) 
tr.v., foiled, foil·ing, foils.

1. To prevent from being successful; thwart.
2. To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers.

n. Archaic

1. A repulse; a setback.
2. The trail or scent of an animal.

[Middle English foilen, to trample, defile, variant of filen, to defile. See file³.]

  foil
 挫敗、阻撓、擊退。例句︰The FBI foiled an attempted car bomb attack.（美國聯邦調查局阻止了一件企圖進行的汽車炸彈攻擊。）Loyal dog foils French owner’s suicide bid 忠犬遏阻法國飼主的自殺企圖

[動](他)

1 ((しばしば受身))〈人・計画などを〉失敗させる；〈人の〉（企てを）くじく((in ...))；…の裏をかく

foil a person's attempt ［＝foil a person in his attempt］
人の企てをくじく.

2 〈人を〉打ち負かす；…を撃退する；…を阻止［妨害］する.

3 〈獣が〉〈臭跡を〉くらます.

━━[名]

1 ((古))妨害, 阻止, 撃退.

2 獣の臭跡［足跡］.

[名]

1 [U]金属の薄片, フォイル, 箔(はく)

aluminum foil
アルミ箔.

2 [U]（鏡の）金属裏張り, 裏箔(うらはく)；《歯学》（充填(じゅうてん)用の）箔；（宝石の）下敷き箔.

3 （…の）引き立て役((to, for ...)).

4 《建築》葉形飾り, 弁飾り.

━━[動](他)

1 …に箔を着せる, を箔で裏打ちする.

2 …を引き立たせる.

fóil・bòrne

[形]（船が）水中翼をつけた.

foil (PREVENT) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to prevent someone or something from being successful:
The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.

 foil

[with object]

• prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery
• frustrate the efforts or plans of:their rivals were foiled by the weather
• Hunting (of a hunted animal) run over or cross (ground or a scent or track) in such a w
  
  verb
  

  [with object]

  • prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery
  • frustrate the efforts or plans of:their rivals were foiled by the weather
  • Hunting (of a hunted animal) run over or cross (ground or a scent or track) in such a way as to confuse the hounds.

  noun

  • 1 Hunting the track or scent of a hunted animal.

  • 2 archaic a setback in an enterprise; a defeat.

  
  

  Origin:

  Middle English (in the sense 'trample down'): perhaps from Old French fouler 'to full cloth, trample', based on Latin fullo 'fuller'. Compare with full²

sitting duck

(also sitting target)

Translate sitting duck | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun

informal

a person or thing with no protection against an attack or other source of danger.

maximize

--> ━━ vt. 最大限まで増大する; 最大限に活用する; 【コンピュータ】（ウインドウを）最大化する.
max・i・mi・za・tion　━━ n.

organism, logo, Bing, flimsy piece of recognition, inexorably getting richer, Victory may not be the measure of success

Few ideas are more unshakable than the notion that the rich are inexorably getting richer, as the poor struggle. But evidence for the argument that inequality is rising in the rich world has become flimsier. Read why: https://econ.st/40ZZXII

Image: Lisa Sheehan

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It is a Peter Drucker classic statement, “All business and government is an organism of society and if the enterprise is to exist, so must society. ...

The NRA claims Florida's age restrictions violate the constitutional rights of 18 to 20-year-olds wishing to buy semi-automatic guns

The NRA’s lawsuit against Florida is flimsy

Victory may not be the measure of success

ECONOMIST.COM

Can Microsoft Make You 'Bing'?

By STEVE LOHR

To take on Google, Microsoft is spending billions to make its search engine the intelligent "decision engine."

The Bada Bing's logo

Perhaps the students didn’t have time to think about what a flimsy piece of recognition they were being offered, or perhaps they felt a trivial award was appropriate for a two-hour job. But perhaps companies use symbolic awards because employees crave them.
或许，学生没有时间去思考研究人员给他们的奖励是多么地微不足道，又或者他们觉得，微 薄的奖励对于两小时工作来说是合适的。但企业使用象征性的奖励，可能是因为员

A small exploratory excavation showed that this was a Mesolithic house, dating back, on the basis of the flint tools found inside it, perhaps as much as 10,000 years. When I was told about it, this was what really intrigued me, as even at first sight, this was far more than the expected flimsy structure; it was both substantially built and very early in date. What could this, potentially the oldest house in Britain, tell us about life in the Mesolithic, and would it change some of our existing ideas?

flimsy 

adj., -si·er, -si·est.

1. Light, thin, and insubstantial: a flimsy fabric.
2. Lacking solidity or strength: a flimsy table.
3. Lacking plausibility; unconvincing: a flimsy excuse.

n., pl., -sies.

1. Thin paper usually used to make multiple copies.
2. Something written on this thin paper.

[Origin unknown.]

flimsily flim'si·ly adv.
flimsiness flim'si·ness n.




 logo

• [lóugou]

[名]

1 （商品名・会社名の）意匠文字, ロゴ；（Tシャツなどに印刷された）文字.

2 《印刷》＝logotype 1.
or·gan·ism (ôr'gə-nĭz'əm)

n.

1. An individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life.
2. A system regarded as analogous in its structure or functions to a living body: the social organism.

organismal or'gan·is'mal (-nĭz'məl) or or'gan·is'mic (-mĭk) adj.
organismically or'gan·is'mi·cal·ly adv.

drawdown, demur, demurely, demurrage, a whole lot, The whole nine yards, hopscotch

Danjo expected Paabo to demur, like always. But this time he smiled and said, "Maybe." 

Six months later, he was told he had won the award.

The evacuation of U.S. diplomatic staff from Beijing embassy and other consulates has hobbled communication channels at a time relations between the U.S. and China have descended to levels of rancor not seen in decades.

U.S. Drawdown of China Diplomats Cripples Ties at Critical Moment

WSJ.COM

在中美關係下降到數十年來未曾見到的仇恨之際，從北京大使館和其他領事館撤離的美國外交人員阻礙了溝通渠道。

美國對華外交官的縮編在關鍵時刻削弱了聯繫

Elections on Sunday produced no clear winner. Only one thing is now certain: Spanish politics is about to look a whole lot different
Seeking Retrial, Simpson Is Demure but Unbowed

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

O. J. Simpson testified in Las Vegas on Thursday, trying to overturn the kidnapping and robbery conviction that sent him to prison. 

US to Accelerate Drawdown in Afghanistan

Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

Panetta Demurs on Afghanistan Drawdown

By ELISABETH BUMILLER 29 minutes ago

At his confirmation hearing for defense secretary, Leon E. Panetta offered no hint of his own opinion.

the whole nine yards

Everything that is relevant; the whole thing. For example, He decided to take everything to college--his books, his stereo, his computer, his skis, the whole nine yards. The source of this expression is not known, but there are several possibilities: the amount of cloth required to make a complete suit of clothes; the fully set sails of a three-masted ship where each mast carries three yards, that is, spars, to support the sails; or the amount of cement (in cubic yards) contained in a cement mixer for a big construction job. [Colloquial]


Hopscotch is a children's game which can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game.

Contents 1 Court and rules 1.1 The court (or course) 1.2 Playing the game 2 Origin 2.1 Etymology 3 Variants 3.1 Laylay 3.2 Escargot 3.3 Himmel und Hölle 3.4 Kith- Kith 3.5 Potsy 3.6 Amarelinha 3.7 Australian Hop Scotch 3.8 International Championships 3.9 Rayuela 3.10 Sek sek 4 World record 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Court and rules

Modern school
court; designs vary.

Hopscotch Courts, c. 1900.[1]
English	English (simple)	American

The court (or course)

To play hopscotch, a course is first laid out on the ground. Depending on the available surface, the course is either scratched out in dirt, or drawn with chalk on pavement. Designs vary, but the course is usually composed of a series of linear squares interspersed with blocks of two lateral squares. Traditionally the course ends with a "safe" or "home" base in which the player may turn before completing the reverse trip. The home base may be a square, a rectangle, or a semicircle. The squares are then numbered in the sequence in which they are to be hopped.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/hopscotch#ixzz1NbvAz2ms

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Taiwan couples go whole 9 yards in mass wedding

(AP) – 1 hour ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan — One hundred sixty-three couples in Taiwan were married in a mass ceremony at 9:09 a.m. on the ninth day of the ninth month of the 99th year since the founding of their republic.
The word for nine in Chinese sounds exactly like the word for longevity, so there was method in the decision by Taipei city authorities to organize the nine-nine-nine-nine-nine-nine nuptials when they did.
Taipei Mayor Hau Long-bin, naturally dressed to the nines, was all smiles during Thursday's event, going the whole nine yards to make everyone feel the true weight of the occasion.
"I congratulate all the couples," he said.
Groom Ryan Chen said participating in the ceremony to tie the knot with bride Chang Ya-chi was a no-brainer.
"I was born on September 9, and my wife was born on the same date in the lunar calendar," he said. "So by picking this date we hope our marriage will last forever."
As the clock struck the magic hour, couples placed rings on each other's fingers and kissed demurely, their eyes glazing over with — what else — cloud nine expressions.


In Speech on Iraq, Obama Reaffirms Drawdown
By PETER BAKER
President Obama marked the end of the combat mission, “as promised and on schedule,” in a country still finding its way.



Obama Announces Complete Iraq Drawdown
"I can say that our troops in Iraq will definitely be home for the holidays."

We urge President-elect Barack Obama to continue the expansion of active-duty forces. Relieving the stress on the Guard and the Reserves — allowing them to fulfill their primary missions — is one more reason why Mr. Obama must live up to his commitment for an early, orderly drawdown of troops in Iraq. The administration and Congress must also provide the National Guard with more money to accelerate its resupply efforts.

a whole lot 
 informal very much:Things were about to get a whole lot ​worse.He didn't like them a whole lot. informal a ​large ​number:I said no, for a whole lot of ​reasons.

drawdown

n.

1. The act, process, or result of depleting: the drawdown of oil supplies; a drawdown of investment capital.
2. A lowering of the water level in a reservoir or other body of water.

【不可算名詞】

1

(井戸・貯水池の)水位低下.

2

削減，縮小.

A drawdown refers to how much an investment or trading account is down from the peak before it recovers back to the peak. Drawdowns are typically quoted as a percentage, but dollar terms may also be used if applicable for a specific trader.

demur
(dĭ-mûr')
intr.v., -murred, -mur·ring, -murs.

1. To voice opposition; object: demurred at the suggestion. See synonyms at object.
2. Law. To enter a demurrer.
3. To delay.

n.

1. The act of demurring.
2. An objection.

1. A delay.

[Middle English demuren, to delay, from Anglo-Norman demurer, from Latin dēmorārī : dē-, de- + morārī, to delay (from mora, delay).]

demurrable de·mur'ra·ble adj.

音節de・mur 発音記号/dɪmˈɚː｜‐mˈəː/音声を聞く

【動詞】 【自動詞】

(de・murred; de・mur・ring)

1

《文語》〔…に〕難色を示す; 返事をしぶる 〔at，to〕.

用例

demur to a demand 要求に難色を示す.

2

【法律, 法学】 抗弁する.

【名詞】【不可算名詞】

[通例否定的語句とともに用いて] 《文語》 異議(の申し立て).

用例

without [with no] demur 異議なく.

［ラテン語「遅らす」の意］

demur

Pronunciation: /dɪˈməː/

Definition of demur

verb (demurs, demurring, demurred)

[no object]

• raise objections or show reluctance:normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred
• Law, dated put forward a demurrer.

noun

[mass noun, usually with negative]

• the action of objecting to or hesitating over something:they accepted this ruling without demur

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'linger, delay'): from Old French demourer (verb), demeure (noun), based on Latin de- 'away, completely' + morari 'delay'

demur

(dĭ-myʊr')
adj., -mur·er, -mur·est.

1. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior.
2. Affectedly shy, modest, or reserved. See synonyms at shy¹.

[Middle English, probably from Anglo-Norman (influenced by Old French mur, meur, mature, serious), past participle of demurer, to delay, wait. See demur.]

demurely de·mure'ly adv.
demureness de·mure'ness n.
 音節de・mure 発音記号/dɪmjˈʊɚ｜‐mjˈʊə/音声を聞く

【形容詞】

(de・mur・er; ‐est)

1

〈おもに女の人・子供などが〉内気で控えめな，おとなしい.

2

取りすました，上品ぶった.

demurely 【副詞】

demureness 【名詞】

demure

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmjʊə, dɪˈmjɔː/

Translate demure | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Definition of demure

adjective (demurer, demurest)

• (of a woman or her behaviour) reserved, modest, and shy: a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house
• (of clothing) suggesting that a woman is demure: a demure white lace cap

Derivatives

demurely

adverb

demureness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'sober, serious, reserved'): perhaps from Old French demoure, past participle of demourer 'remain' (see demur); influenced by Old French mur 'grave', from Latin maturus 'ripe or mature'. The sense 'reserved, shy' dates from the late 17th century

demurrage

Line breaks: de¦mur|rage

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmʌrɪdʒ /

NOUN

[MASS NOUN] Law

A charge payable to the owner of a chartered ship on failure to load or discharge the ship within the time agreed.

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Origin

mid 17th century (also in the general sense 'delay'): from Old French demourage, from the verb demourer (seedemur). 貨物裝卸不及的滯留金

[名][U]商業滞船，超過停泊；車両［貨車］留め置き；日数超過割増金.