Mariya Skorsyuk as the shade of Queen Cleopatre
(Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 1892)Notes of a word-watcher, Hanching Chung. A first port of call for English learning.
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Students having a ball at University College, Oxford’s Christmas dinner. The word ball derives from the Latin word ballare, meaning 'to dance', and bal was used to describe a formal dancing party in French in the 12th century.
Students having a ball at University College, Oxford’s Christmas dinner
A ball is a formal dance event often characterised by a banquet followed by a social dance. Ball dancing emerged from formal dances during the Middle Ages and carried on through different iterations throughout succeeding centuries, such as the 17th century Baroque dance and the 18th century cotillion. Several variations exists such as the masquerade and debutante ball as well as the more modern prom.
Etymology
The word ball derives from the Latin word ballare, meaning 'to dance', and bal was used to describe a formal dancing party in French in the 12th century. The ballo was an Italian Renaissance word for a type of elaborate court dance, and developed into one for the event at which it was performed. The word also covered performed pieces like Il ballo delle ingrate by Claudio Monteverdi (1608). French developed the verb baller, and the noun bal for the event—from where it swapped into languages like English or German—and bailar, the Spanish and Portuguese verbs for 'to dance' (although all three Romance languages also know danser, danzar, and dançar respectively). Catalan uses the same word, ball, for the dance event. Ballet developed from the same root.




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gobo. Gobo 料理(牛蒡料理)主要指以牛蒡為主角的日式家常菜。Oura gobo, traditional local vegetable in Chiba Prefecture 28分
gobo. Gobo 料理(牛蒡料理)主要指以牛蒡為主角的日式家常菜。Oura gobo, traditional local vegetable in Chiba Prefecture 28分
gobo名詞詞:遮光板;複數名詞:遮光板
用於遮擋鏡頭光線的暗板或屏風。
(在劇院中)用於聚光燈前投射影像的局部屏風。
用於屏蔽麥克風外部噪音的屏蔽罩。
字源
1920年代:字源不明,可能源自“go between”(中間人)。
gobo2
/ˈɡəʊbəʊ/
名詞
名詞:遮光板;複數名詞:遮光板
主要用於日本料理的根莖類蔬菜。
字源 日語。
- 準備牛蒡:
- 用刀背輕刮去外皮,不要削太薄。
- 切成細絲或小段。
- 切好後立刻泡入滴了檸檬汁或醋的水中,或用清水沖洗,防止氧化變黑。
- 金平牛蒡 (Kinpira Gobo):
- 將牛蒡絲瀝乾,用麻油(黑麻油佳)小火炒香。
- 加入醬油、味醂(或糖)等調味料,轉小火慢炒,讓醬汁收乾,牛蒡上色。
- 起鍋前撒上熟白芝麻。
- 涼拌牛蒡:
- 牛蒡絲川燙至熟(或用滾水燙熟放涼)。
- 用醬油、醋、糖、麻油等調味料拌勻。
- 最後撒上黑芝麻。
- 去土味: 浸泡或川燙能去除牛蒡的草味。
- 保持脆度: 快炒至熟,不宜久煮,可保持口感。
Oura gobo, traditional local vegetable in Chiba Prefecture
28分 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2054178/
- 節目名稱:東京吃貨之旅 (Trails to Oishii Tokyo).
- 主題:牛蒡 (Gobo).
- 內容:節目會深入探討日本飲食文化中的牛蒡,例如如何製作牛蒡天婦羅、牛蒡拌飯、牛蒡味噌湯等經典菜餚.
- 在哪裡看:您可以在 NHK WORLD-JAPAN 網站的「東京吃貨之旅」專區找到相關的影片資訊.
用法演進:gobo
- a dark plate or screen used to shield a lens from light.
- (in a theatre) a partial screen used in front of a spotlight to project a shape.
- a shield used to mask a microphone from extraneous noise.

- a vegetable root used chiefly in Japanese cooking.