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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 30, 2018 is: dram • \DRAM\  • noun 1 a : a unit of avoirdupois weight equal to 1/16 ounce b : a unit of apothecaries’ weight equal to 1/8 ounce c : a unit of liquid capacity equal to 1/8 fluid ounce 2 a : a small portion of something to drink b : a small amount Examples: The two of them don’t have a dram of sense between them, so I’m not surprised that they got into so much trouble. “Do you know what I just found out? Monkey Shoulder blended Scotch? Totally not made from monkey shoulders. As far as I’m informed, there are no monkey parts whatsoever in this delicious dram .” — Mat Dinsmore, The Coloradoan , 22 Jan. 2014 Did you know? In avoirdupois weight —that is, the system of weights commonly used in North America and the United Kingdom—a dram is equal to 1/16 ounce (1.772 grams). The word dram was borrowed from the Anglo-French and Late Latin word dragme , which was originally used for a silver coin...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 29, 2018 is: ritzy • \RIT-see\  • adjective 1 : being, characteristic of, or befitting a snob : snobbish 2 : impressively or ostentatiously fancy or stylish : fashionable , posh Examples: “Pop star Justin Timberlake … hosted a listening party for his new album at a ritzy Manhattan loft where catering was provided by René Redzepi’s impossible-to-get-into Copenhagen restaurant….” — Greg Morabito, Eater.com , 17 Jan. 2018 “Allen owned one of the most desirable properties in California, a 120-acre parcel on a hilltop in ritzy Beverly Crest that is on the market for $150 million.” — Scott Kraft, The Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2018 Did you know? César Ritz (1850-1918) earned worldwide renown for the luxurious hotels bearing his name in London and Paris. (The Ritz-Carlton hotel company is a contemporary descendant of these enterprises.) Although they were by no means the first to cater to high-end clients, Ritz’s ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 28, 2018 is: betwixt • \bih-TWIKST\  • adverb or preposition : between Examples: “O villainous! I have looked upon the world for four times / seven years, and since I could distinguish betwixt a benefit and / an injury, I never found man that knew how to love himself.” — William Shakespeare, Othello , 1622 “ Barry is a bit betwixt  and between as a viewing experience: too violent for people who don’t like violence, not energetic or dramatic enough for people who do.” — Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine , 23 Mar. 2018 Did you know? “Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean; and so betwixt the two of them, they licked the platter clean.” Perhaps you’ve always said “and so between the two of them” when reciting the tale of Jack Sprat and his wife. That’s fine. Betwixt and between have similar origins: they both come from a combination of be- and related Old English roots. Both words appeared ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 27, 2018 is: yahoo • \YAH-hoo\  • noun 1 capitalized Yahoo : a member of a race of brutes in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels who have the form and all the vices of humans 2 : a boorish, crass, or stupid person Examples: The reputation the teenagers had for being a bunch of self-involved yahoos was belied by their courteous treatment of the stranded motorists. “In a place like America, we seem to revel in these geographic judgments. And so Northerners stereotype Southerners as Confederate flag-waving, pickup driving, moonshine-drinking yahoos and Southerners depict Northerners as snooty, elitist, big city, latte-drinking, Volvo-driving liberals.” — John F. Hudson, The Cambridge (Massachusetts) Chronicle , 31 May 2018 Did you know? We know exactly how old yahoo is because its debut in print also marked its entrance into the English language as a whole. Yahoo began life as a made-up word invented by Jonathan Swif...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 26, 2018 is: quirk • \KWERK\  • verb : curve , twist Examples: “If you quirked your eyebrow at The Shape of Water ‘s merman, your jaw probably dropped clean off when you realized that some viewers were, well, thirsty for the marine man.” — Melissa Broder and Samantha Hunt, Elle , 14 Sept. 2018 “The video was of a laughing baby, and I felt the corners of my mouth quirking up. After, the computer asked me how I’d felt while watching. ‘Happy,’ I clicked.” — Elizabeth Svoboda, MIT Technology Review , 16 Aug. 2018 Did you know? Did you expect quirk to be a noun meaning “a peculiarity of action or behavior”? If so, you’re probably not alone; the “peculiarity” sense of the noun quirk is commonly known and has been a part of our language since the 17th century. But quirk has long worn other hats in English, too. The sense meaning “a curve, turn, or twist” has named everything from curving pen marks on paper (i.e., fl...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 25, 2018 is: occlusion • \uh-KLOO-zhun\  • noun 1 : the act of occluding : the state of being occluded: such as a : the complete obstruction of the breath passage in the articulation of a speech sound b : the bringing of the opposing surfaces of the teeth of the two jaws into contact; also   : the relation between the surfaces when in contact c : the inclusion or sorption of gas trapped during solidification of a material 2 : the front formed by a cold front overtaking a warm front and lifting the warm air above the earth’s surface Examples: The meteorologist said that the weakening occlusion heading up the coast would lead to off-and-on rain showers throughout the night. “The company’s facial recognition technology can identify a particular person even in complex situations and accounts for variables like facial changes, age-gender handling, as well as facial occlusion .” — Abhishek Baxi, Forbes , ...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 24, 2018 is: audacious • \aw-DAY-shus\  • adjective 1 a : intrepidly daring : adventurous b : recklessly bold : rash 2 : contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent 3 : marked by originality and verve Examples: The band has been making original and creative music for well over ten years, but their latest album is by far their most audacious to date. “[Patrick Mahomes] has already thrown 14 touchdown passes without an interception, and his ability to make plays when everything breaks down—like that audacious left-handed pass against the Broncos—has turned him into an early MVP front-runner.” — Dave Skretta, The Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer , 7 Oct. 2018 Did you know? Audacious first appeared in English in the mid-1500s. It was borrowed from the Middle French adjective audacieux , which was derived from the noun audace (“boldness, audacity”). Audace came from the Latin audacia , a derivative of ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 23, 2018 is: impromptu • \im-PROMP-too\  • adjective 1 : made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised 2 : composed or uttered without previous preparation : extemporaneous Examples: When we got word of Caitlin’s good news, we threw an impromptu party to celebrate. “West capped off his curious musical guest gig, where he subbed for Ariana Grande, with a rambling rant after NBC’s broadcast ended. The impromptu speech was captured by Chris Rock, who posted it to his Instagram Story.” — Kim Willis, USA Today , 30 Sept. 2018 Did you know? If you think that impromptu looks like a relative of the adjective prompt , you’re right; both are ultimately derived from the Latin promere, meaning “to bring forth, take out.” Impromptu was borrowed from French, where it meant “extemporaneously,” but French speakers picked it up from the Latin phrase in promptu, a promere descendant meaning “in...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 22, 2018 is: cornucopia • \kor-nuh-KOH-pee-uh\  • noun 1 : a curved, hollow goat’s horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif  emblematic of abundance 2 : an inexhaustible store : abundance 3 :  a receptacle shaped like a horn or cone Examples: “While the auction will offer a cornucopia of decorative and fine art spanning many centuries and continents, its crown jewels are the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern paintings.” — James Reginato, Vanity Fair , Holiday 2017 “With the veritable cornucopia of fitness gurus, fad diets, weight-loss programmes, and food boot-camps present today, it’s not shocking that there is an information overload on nutrition everywhere.” — Pooja Sachin Duggal, Business World , 14 Apr. 2018 Did ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 21, 2018 is: noisome • \NOY-sum\  • adjective 1 : noxious , harmful 2 a : offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell b : highly obnoxious or objectionable Examples: “The streets were narrow and very dirty, the air smoky and noisome , the people mostly wretched.” — Ken Follett, The Man From St. Petersburg , 1982 “The last two newspaper offices where I worked were based in not-so-safe or particularly pretty areas of a city, and most nights when I left work I had to breathe in the noisome aromas of swamp gas, paper mill, deteriorating sewer lines and a dog food processing plant….” — Jackie Torok, The Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte, North Carolina), 27 May 2014 Did you know? Noisome sounds like it might be a synonym of noisy , but it’s not. Something noisome is disgusting, offensive, or harmful, often in its smell. Noisome does not come from noise , but from the Middle English word noysome , whi...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 20, 2018 is: perforce • \per-FORSS\  • adverb : by force of circumstances Examples: “All that frantic traveling was in lieu of any compelling reason to stay home, and those many, many friendships were perforce conducted at long distance.” — Blake Bailey, The New York Times Book Review , 28 Dec. 2012 “But by making an opera about television—a source of entertainment for the Everyman—they are, perforce , creating a marriage of high and low.” — Hilton Als, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2018 Did you know? English speakers borrowed par force from Anglo-French in the 14th century. Par meant “by” (from Latin per ) and the Anglo-French word force had the same meaning as its English equivalent, which was already in use by then. At first, perforce meant quite literally “by physical coercion.” That meaning is no longer used today, but it was still prevalent in William Shakespeare’s lifetime (1564-1616). “He rush’d into my ho...

原文链接 原文链接 哇笛子改剧情了（ 转发 @笛子Ocarina : #小绿和小蓝[超话]# 追加了一点机器人篇《发布会》下篇（http://t.cn/E29ZyGh）的剧情。不是幕后花絮，是改了一点原来的故事。 这段的剧情在画的时候我就很烦恼——按理说大公司是不允许人那么随意地打断发布会的，但如果小蓝被带走，没上台发言，这段故事就没意思了（要怎样啊，对着上司表白吗）。我在画的时候始终没想好该怎么解决，只好简单带过了。 但事后想想，我还真想出了怎么改比较好！我一般不改已经画完的故事，但这段剧情蛮重要的，不改感觉会一直有遗憾，所以还是改了。这样也顺便强调了一下小蓝非得跑上台去的动机，个人感觉还不错-v- 红色覆盖部分是原有剧情，白色部分是新加剧情，一共在三个地方加了三小段，别的没改。APP那边我会把格子的顺序整体顺好，微博已经发过的故事我就不动了，本条微博算是简单跟大家作个交代吧。 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 19, 2018 is: henchman • \HENCH-mun\  • noun 1 : a trusted follower : right-hand man 2 : a political follower whose support is chiefly for personal advantage 3 : a member of a gang Examples: “The story follows the lives to two very different characters—Frank Guidry, a henchman  for one of New Orleans’ most powerful and vicious gangsters, and Charlotte, a woman struggling to raise her two daughters while dealing with a feckless, drunken husband.” — James D. Watts Jr., The Tulsa (Oklahoma) World , 11 Oct. 2018 “Since Mr. Mugabe’s ouster, Mr. Mnangagwa has tried to remake Zimbabwe’s image by portraying the government as business-friendly. He has appeared often at investors’ conferences, wearing warm, colorful scarves to offset his fearsome reputation as Mr. Mugabe’s former henchman .” — Norimitsu Onishi, The New York Times , 30 July 2018 Did you know? The earliest known examples of today’s word in written En...

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原文链接 原文链接 没有语言的话就没有记忆呢（似乎有这个说法）。所以他记不住一切，甚至记不住情绪。所以每一个月都是崭新的。 转发 @麦可洛克 : 如果一个人从生下来就没有学过语言，也没有接触过文字。那么他会以什么样的方式想事情呢。看到天很蓝既不会想“天气真好（因为没有好这个词的概念）”也不会想“天真蓝（因为没有蓝这个词的概念）”，到底会想什么呢 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 18, 2018 is: chapel • \CHAP-ul\  • noun 1 : a subordinate or private place of worship 2 : a place of worship used by a Christian group other than an established church 3 : a choir of singers belonging to a chapel 4 : a chapel service or assembly at a school or college Examples: The school required all of its students to attend chapel daily. “The monastery contains a chapel , 26 bedrooms, a kitchen, a dining room, meeting rooms, offices, a library and a gift shop.” — Thomas Saccente, The Times Record (Fort Smith, Arkansas), 8 Oct. 2018 Did you know? Chapel is ultimately derived from the Late Latin word cappa , meaning “cloak.” How did we get from a garment to a building? The answer to this question has to do with a shrine created to hold the sacred cloak of St. Martin of Tours. In Medieval Latin, this shrine was called cappella (from a diminutive of cappa , meaning “short cloak or cape”) in reference to t...

原文链接 原文链接 我吹爆笛子姥爷 转发 @笛子Ocarina : 小绿和小蓝 带给大家机器人篇《发布会》的下篇！我这两天超努力，大家也终于可以连起来一起看啦-v- 上篇在这里，没看过的请务必先看上篇→ 网页链接 【想看《小绿和小蓝》全部漫画的朋友可以看我的微博置顶】 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 Repost 转发 @笛子Ocarina : #小绿和小蓝[超话]# 带给大家久违的机器人篇！这次的故事很长，讲的是开发部的内部发布会-v- 但这次虽然量很多，内容却——未完待续！天哪机器人篇也终于分上下集了吗 Σ(ﾟДﾟ|||) 其实我是想一次画完来着，但篇幅比预计的长，只好委屈大家多等等了_( :3 」∠)_ 下集我会尽快画出来的。 【想看《小绿和小蓝》全部漫画的朋友可以看我的微博置顶】 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 转发 @程序员小蓝 : …..？？？ Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 17, 2018 is: susurrous • \soo-SUR-us\  • adjective : full of whispering sounds Examples: As the vacationers slept, the only sound was the susurrous breeze blowing through the curtains of the open window. “Silence, more anticipatory than uncomfortable, replaced the susurrous swirl of conversation, that tentative tête-à-tête among those who may or may not be acquainted but have a certain thing in common.” — Sam McManis, SFGate.com , 9 Mar. 2015 Did you know? Susurrous derives from the Latin noun susurrus , meaning “a hum” or “a whisper,” and may be a distant relative of swarm (think of the collective hum of a beehive). Susurrus is itself an English noun with the meaning “a whispering or rustling sound” (Stephen King provides us with the example of “a violent susurrus of air”). Both the noun and the adjective (note that the two are spelled differently) are products of the 19th century, but they were preceded by ...

原文链接 村庄和掠夺（Village and Pillage） 是 Java版 1.14 版本的名称，也是基岩版 1.8 版本的名称，它是即将更新的主版本，未确定发布日期。 [1] 摘自  Minecraft Wiki 村庄与掠夺，一看上去就是 RPG 题材的东西。 弩 比弓拥有更高的伤害，但需要更长的时间拉弦蓄力。 可以附上新的 附魔 : 多重射击 一次发射三支不同方向的 箭 。 快速填充 拉弦蓄力速度加快。 贯穿 发射的箭会穿透生物。 当主手上拿着弩，副手上拿着烟花火箭时，可以发射 烟花火箭 。 可以合成。 浆果 一种 食物 。 由灌木丛林产出。 摘自 Minecraft Wiki 弩，典型的 RPG 游戏中会出现的武器。与其他 RPG 游戏不同的是，Minecraft 中的弓的伤害比近战伤害似乎会高一点。 再说的话，就是这次更新加入的方块太多装饰性方块了，几乎就是越来越 RPG 了，风格开始有所偏向性了。 怎么说呢，不是说不好，而是有些让人意外。虽然也是意料之中。 Lake桑 2018.11.17  Advertisements

原文链接 原文链接 当一切都开始压迫你，但是一切的外在表现也没变时，自己需要保持一样的微笑，成了一种莫名的责任。 对自己的人生负责本来就是自己的义务。 而当你发现做到这个之后你依然不知道怎么为社会负责时，你早就累了。 希望自己夜间的胡言乱语别那么让人看不透。。看到请让我改成自己可见。 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 但是自己什么都不会即使给了建设性批评也会被喷吧的想法就会不自觉的开始散播负能了呢。 转发 @一凡ichibon : 又来借小号吐槽。 我能接受人负能，但我不能接受那种烂泥扶不上墙类型的负能。 像那种“反正我就是怎样怎样”，“大佬就是大佬”，“大佬跟我们不一样”。以及反复反复反复强调别人是大佬自己是渣的人。那种看到别人一丁半点比自己强就高呼对方是神仙的人。那种无时不刻不再强调自己要画画写文了结果什么都没在做的人。 尽可能的远离这类人，因为一点都不想被这种负面信息影响… Lake桑

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 16, 2018 is: exculpate • \EK-skull-payt\  • verb : to clear from alleged fault or guilt Examples: A false lead from an ancestry site is no different than eliminating suspects through regular detective work; except people are more easily exculpated .” — Julie O’Connor, The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey), 13 May 2018 “But the longer and more often you misremember something, the truer it becomes. Misremembering a bad thing as less bad might liberate a survivor, but it also might exculpate a perpetrator.” — Margaret Lyons, The New York Times , 26 May 2018 Did you know? You need not take the blame if you’re unfamiliar with the origins of exculpate , and we would be glad to enlighten you, if that’s the case. The word, which was adopted in the 17th century from Medieval Latin exculpatus , traces back to the Latin noun culpa , meaning “blame.” Some other descendants of culpa in English include culpable (“meriting co...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 15, 2018 is: memento • \muh-MEN-toh\  • noun : something that serves to warn or remind; also : souvenir Examples: The box on the shelf in her closet is filled with mementos of Julie’s basketball career—awards, newspaper clippings, team photographs, and her old uniform. “Old photos and other mementos from his father’s time in the military covered the small table.” — Amaris Castillo, The Lowell (Massachusetts) Sun , 6 Oct. 2018 Did you know? Memento comes from the imperative form of meminisse , a Latin verb that literally means “to remember.” (The term memento mori , meaning “a reminder of mortality,” translates as “remember that you must die.”) The history of memento makes it clear where its spelling came from, but because a memento often helps one remember a particular moment, people occasionally spell the term momento . This is usually considered a misspelling, but it appears often enough in edited prose to...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 14, 2018 is: tomfoolery • \tahm-FOO-luh-ree\  • noun : playful or foolish behavior Examples: The antics in the play itself apparently inspired tomfoolery behind the scenes as well, as cast members reported a host of practical jokes including a few on opening night. “Presented as an oral history in a series of conversations between the couple, the book features anecdotes, hijinks, photos, and a veritable grab bag of tomfoolery .” — Brandy McDonnell, NewsOK.com , 1 Oct. 2018 Did you know? In the Middle Ages, Thome Fole was a name assigned to those perceived to be of little intelligence. This eventually evolved into the spelling tomfool , which, when capitalized, also referred to a professional clown or a buffoon in a play or pageant. The name Tom seems to have been chosen for its common-man quality, much like Joe Blow for an ordinary person or Johnny Reb for a soldier in the Confederate army, but tomfoolery ne...

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原文链接 原文链接 原作画自己同人系列（ 转发 @笛子Ocarina : 小绿和小蓝 是今天的动画第38话魔王篇《真实》的观后感-v- 内容和原作无关。 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 我真的成功经验丰富多彩黎明衬肩膀胱甘肃穆桂英语言包装备额超越业绩增长速度更快乐视频率领导致命运营养猫爸爸爸爸爸爸爸爸爸爸爸爸（ 转发 @休闲璐 : 用你的系统输入法打出“我真的”三个字，看看自动联想是什么，面对一下自己真实的小内心[喵喵] Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 哈…哈…哈…哈… 转发 @笛子Ocarina : 这个牌子的…阅读…体验…极差。 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 （冷静分析）芯片是运算单元，但不是储存单元，也就是说再生产一个就好了（记忆都在的哦）（当然如果是SoC那就算了）（ 转发 @郭斯特 : #男友会漏电# 【第71话】太迟了 Lake桑

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 13, 2018 is: recalcitrant • \rih-KAL-suh-trunt\  • adjective 1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint 2 a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : resistant Examples: The magazine, aimed at parents and caregivers of young children, will include the latest in child development science as well as practical information, like tricks for persuading even the most recalcitrant toddler to cooperate. “But the reforms are stalled, held back by recalcitrant  bureaucrats loathe to give up their authority and perks….” — William M. LeoGrande, Newsweek , 11 May 2018 Did you know? Long before any human was dubbed “recalcitrant” in English (that first occurred in the 18th century), there were stubborn mules (and horses) kicking back their heels. The ancient Romans noted as much ( Pliny the Elder among them), and they had a word for it: recalcitrare , which literally means “to kick ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 12, 2018 is: admonish • \ad-MAH-nish\  • verb 1 a : to indicate duties or obligations to  b : to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner 2 : to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to 3 : to say (something) as advice or a warning Examples: The teacher admonished the students to not speak over one another. “Ringo Starr rocked, he rolled, he sang, he spoke, he admonished us all to embrace peace and love, not as a tired cliché, but as a tool for the times.” — John W. Barry, The Poughkeepsie (New York) Journal , 21 Sept. 2018 Did you know? We won’t admonish you if you don’t know the origins of today’s word—its current meanings have strayed slightly from its history. Admonish was borrowed in the 14th century (via Anglo-French amonester ) from Vulgar Latin admonestāre , which itself is probably a derivative of admonestus , the past participle of the...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 11, 2018 is: valorous • \VAL-uh-russ\  • adjective 1 : possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous 2 : marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : heroic Examples: For carrying three wounded members of his squadron out of harm’s way, the lieutenant was presented with an award that recognized his valorous actions in the heat of battle. “Why are we so sure that reading books to kids is a valorous act, far superior to cuing up the nefarious iPad? Yes, story time can be tender, and the iPad a mechanized babysitter. But my kids … can seem as mindlessly hooked on the narrative technology of the picture book as on the exploits of the PAW Patrol.” — Julia Turner, The New York Times , 18 May 2018 Did you know? If you are boldly seeking synonyms for brave , consider valorous as well as courageous , intrepid , dauntless , and bold —all of which mean “having or showing no fear w...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 10, 2018 is: furlong • \FER-lawng\  • noun : a unit of distance equal to 220 yards (about 201 meters) Examples: “They tramped on again. But they had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury.” — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring , 1954 “Entered in the nine- furlong Pennsylvania Derby is a mix of local runners taking a shot at at least a portion of the $1 million purse and high-profile horses that have been running in graded stakes….” — Teresa Genaro, Forbes , 18 Sept. 2018 Did you know? Furlong is an English original and can be traced back to Old English furlang , a combination of the noun furh (“ furrow “) and the adjective lang (“long”). Though now standardized as a length of 220 yards (or 1/8th of a mile), the furlong was originally defined less precisely as the length of a furrow in a cultivated field. This length was equal to the long side of an acre —an area origina...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 9, 2018 is: boustrophedon • \boo-struh-FEE-dahn\  • noun : the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions (as from left to right and from right to left) Examples: The archaeologist noticed that the text on the tablet was written in boustrophedon . “A few days later the same Captain Pasha gave them a gift of an ancient boustrophedon inscription which had been at the door of a Greek chapel; many generations of peasants had rubbed against it, believing it relieved their rheumatism.” — Sally Emerson, Independent on Sunday (London), 13 May 2001 Did you know? Before the standardization of writing from left to right, ancient Greek inscribers once used a style called boustrophedon , a word meaning literally “turning like oxen in plowing.” When they came to the end of a line, the ancient Greeks simply started the next line immediately below the last letter, writing the letters and words in the opposite direction, ...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 8, 2018 is: palmary • \PAL-muh-ree\  • adjective : outstanding , best Examples: A daughter of missionaries, Pearl S. Buck wrote many works about Chinese life and culture, with her palmary novel, The Good Earth , winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. “The palmary case of telling someone what to do is to issue, for instance, the simple imperative ‘Go away’—an utterance which may or may not have the effect of making its addressee go away, but at any rate tells him to.” — G. J. Warnock, Contemporary Moral Philosophy , 1967 Did you know? It was the ancient Romans who first used palmarius to describe someone or something extraordinary. Palmarius literally translates as “deserving the palm.” But what does that mean exactly? Was it inspired by palms of hands coming together in applause? That would be a good guess, but the direct inspiration for palmarius was the palm leaf given to a victor in a sports competition. Th...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 7, 2018 is: derring-do • \dair-ing-DOO\  • noun : daring action : daring Examples: “They’re two of the most celebrated climbers in the world, struggling to find the right words to describe an astonishing act of human derring-do : On June 3, 2017, Honnold ascended the Freerider route of El Capitan, a nearly 3,000-foot rock face in Yosemite National Park, noted for its glassy-smooth granite and holds that extend only to the fingertips. And he did it all without a rope.” — Scott Tobias, The New York Magazine , 26 Sept. 2018 “But Ben Macintyre, a journalist who specialises in books about spies and derring-do , has crafted his story as a real-life thriller, as tense as John le Carré’s novels, or even Ian Fleming’s.… ‘The Spy and the Traitor’ is a gripping reconstruction, even for those with only a cursory interest in the secret world.” — The Economist , 22 Sept. 2018 Did you know? Derring-do is a quirky holdover from...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 6, 2018 is: umbrage • \UM-brij\  • noun 1 : a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult 2 : shady branches : foliage 3 : shade , shadow 4 a : an indistinct indication : vague suggestion : hint b : a reason for doubt : suspicion Examples: “Often, after an active morning, she would spend a sunny afternoon in lying stirless on the turf, at the foot of some tree of friendly umbrage .” — Charlotte Brontë, Shirley , 1849 “If you can find one of these big roosts, the birds are quite entertaining to watch. When they settle in for the evening, they’re noisy and quarrelsome and seem to take umbrage at many things.” — Jim Wright, The Daily Record (Morristown, New Jersey), 26 July 2018 Did you know? “Deare amber lockes gave umbrage to her face.” This line from a poem by William Drummond, published in 1616, uses umbrage in its original sense of “shade or shadow,” a meaning shared by ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 5, 2018 is: mordant • \MOR-dunt\  • adjective 1 : biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive 2 : acting as a mordant (as in dyeing) 3 : burning , pungent Examples: “When Clementine tried to tell him that the result might well be a blessing in disguise, [Winston Churchill] maintained his normal standards of mordant wit by replying that ‘at the moment it’s certainly very well disguised.'” — Roy Jenkins, Churchill: A Biography , 2001 “For Lucas Hedges, acting is a kind of ongoing education in how to live in the world. Take his performance as a troubled and mordant young man who’s just lost his father in Kenneth Lonergan’s gorgeously melancholy 2016 film Manchester by the Sea , which Hedges calls ‘the most formative role of my life.'” — Adam Green, Vogue , 24 Sept. 2018 Did you know? The etymology of mordant certainly has some bite to it. That word, which came to modern English through Mi...