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每日一词：billion（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 28, 2019 is: billion • \BILL-yun\ • noun 1 US : a number equal to 1,000 million ; also , British : a number equal to 1,000 milliard 2 : a very large number Examples: If you were to count to a billion at the rate of one number per second, it would take you over 31 and a half years to finish. “ White dwarf stars start off extremely hot, but they no longer generate their own energy. And while they initially radiate enough heat that we can see them in our telescopes, they slowly lose their energy over billions of years.” — Deborah Netburn, The Bismark (North Dakota) Tribune , 15 Jan. 2019 Did you know? How much is a billion? It might depend on whom you ask. Billion was borrowed from French in the late 1600s to indicate the number one million raised to the power of two, or a million million—a number represented by a 1 followed by 12 zeros. However, the French later changed their naming conventions so that a ...
每日一词：grift（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 27, 2019 is: grift • \GRIFT\ • verb 1 : to obtain (money) illicitly (as in a confidence game ) 2 : to acquire money or property illicitly Examples: The guidebook warns that the city’s con artists grift millions of dollars from unwary tourists annually. “He’s somebody that lived and grifted , lived for the day. As soon as he got any money from some shady deal or whatever he was involved in, he just spent it.” — Richard E. Grant, quoted on Vox.com , 18 Oct. 2018 Did you know? Grift was born in the argot of the underworld, a realm in which a “grifter” might be a pickpocket, a crooked gambler, or a confidence man—any criminal who relied on skill and wits rather than physical violence—and to be “on the grift” was to make a living by stings and clever thefts. Grift may have evolved from graft , a slightly older word meaning “to acquire dishonestly,” but its exact origins are uncertain. We do know that the ver...
每日一词：avuncular（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 26, 2019 is: avuncular • \uh-VUNK-yuh-ler\ • adjective 1 : suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality 2 : of or relating to an uncle Examples: At 18 years her senior, May’s brother was a steadying force in her life, supportive and avuncular . “Today’s generation of fans knew [Stan] Lee as the avuncular elder statesman who regaled packed halls at comic conventions with stories of his years in the medium, and for his cameos in every Marvel movie, which he continued well into his 90s.” — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Not all uncles are likeable fellows (Hamlet’s murderous Uncle Claudius, for example, isn’t exactly Mr. Nice Guy in William Shakespeare’s tragedy), but avuncular reveals that, as a group, uncles are generally seen as affable and benevolent, if at times a bit patronizing. Avuncular derives from the Latin noun avunculus , which translates as “maternal uncle...
每日一词：impetus（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 25, 2019 is: impetus • \IM-puh-tus\ • noun 1 a : a driving force : impulse b : incentive , stimulus c : stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity 2 : the property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its mass and its motion — used of bodies moving suddenly or violently to indicate the origin and intensity of the motion Examples: The high salary and generous benefits package were impetus enough to apply for the job. “Several legislators who spoke at last week’s workshop cited a recent series by the Post & Courier of Charleston as the impetus for this year’s focus on education.” — Kirk Brown, The Greenville (South Carolina) News , 9 Jan. 2019 Did you know? You already have plenty of incentive to learn the origin of impetus , so we won’t force the point. Impetus comes from Latin, where it means “attack or assault”; the verb impetere was formed by combining the prefix in- with p...
每日一词：sequester（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 24, 2019 is: sequester • \sih-KWESS-ter\ • verb 1 : to set apart : segregate 2 : to seize by authority of a writ Examples: The reality series will feature ten celebrity contestants who will be sequestered in a haunted mansion for twelve weeks. “Typically, a judge makes the decision to sequester a jury, often when there is risk that outside interference could affect a juror’s ability to be fair and impartial or when there are heightened security concerns.” — Lydia Wheeler and Morgan Chalfant, The Hill , 20 Aug. 2018 Did you know? Sequester first appeared in English in the 14th century. The word derives from Latin sequestrare (“to hand over to a trustee”) and ultimately from secus (“beside,” “otherwise”), which is akin to Latin sequi (“to follow”). In this relationship, we can trace links to words such as sequel , sequence , consequence , and subsequent , all of which convey a meaning of one thing fol...
每日一词：chockablock（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 23, 2019 is: chockablock • \CHAH-kuh-blahk\ • adjective 1 : brought close together 2 : very full Examples: “The one-square-mile borough is chockablock with shops, restaurants, small businesses, and a bustling downtown.” — Katie Park, The Philadelphia Inquirer , 13 Jan. 2019 “The release schedule for the next few months of music is chockablock with new voices, classic names, and bands in the process of transitioning from the first category to the second.” — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 Sept. 2017 Did you know? Chockablock started out as a nautical term. A block is a metal or wooden case with one or more pulleys inside. Sometimes, two or more blocks are used as part of a rope and pulley system called a “ block and tackle ” to provide a mechanical advantage—as, for example, when hoisting a sail on a traditional sailing ship. When the rope is pulled as far as it will go, the blocks are tight together and ...
每日一词：minion（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 22, 2019 is: minion • \MIN-yun\ • noun 1 : a servile dependent, follower, or underling 2 : one highly favored : idol 3 : a subordinate or petty official Examples: The senior executive has a small platoon of minions to run both personal and business errands for him. “Smartphones make it easier for managers to change their minds at the last moment: for example, to e-mail a minion at 11pm to tell him he must fly to Pittsburgh tomorrow.” — The Economist , 10 Mar. 2012 Did you know? Minion comes to us from Middle French and has a somewhat surprising cousin in English: filet mignon . The two words are connected by way of Middle French mignon , meaning “ darling .” Minion entered English around 1500 directly from Middle French, whereas filet mignon arrived significantly later by way of a modern French phrase meaning “dainty fillet .” The earliest uses of minion referred to someone who was a particular favor...
每日一词：hoopla（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 21, 2019 is: hoopla • \HOO-plah\ • noun 1 : excited commotion : to-do 2 : exaggerated or sensational promotion or publicity : ballyhoo Examples: “Ideas change as data accumulate. If future evidence causes me to change my mind again, that’s okay. That’s how the scientific method works, always revising what we thought we knew, eventually casting aside the emotional hoopla , and ultimately granting us not a measure of truth so much as a better approximation of reality.” — Eric J. Chaisson, The Atlantic , 16 Oct. 2018 “My wife and I were watching all this [government] shutdown hoopla on television. My wife then said, ‘Why don’t you serve them meals?’ So we decided to extend it out to all of the Coast Guard members stationed here….” — James Gubata, quoted in The Providence Journal , 15 Jan. 2019 Did you know? In French, the interjection houp-là is used roughly the same way as English’s upsy-daisy or whoops...
每日一词：obsequious（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 20, 2019 is: obsequious • \ub-SEE-kwee-us\ • adjective : marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness Examples: “Not pleasing others enough amounts to surliness, pleasing too much makes one obsequious —you have to be friendly, but not too friendly. The sweet spot in the middle is where you want to be.” — Carlin Flora, Psychology Today , 1 July 2017 “She read up on professors beforehand and, if their written work was accessible, familiarized herself with it, so she could make mention of it. That flattered them and pegged her as a serious, considerate person. Taking that too far, of course, could be repulsively obsequious .” — Frank Bruni, The New York Times , 19 Aug. 2018 Did you know? An obsequious person is more likely to be a follower than a leader. Use that fact to help you remember the meaning of obsequious . All you need to do is bear in mind that the word comes from the Latin root sequi , meaning “to fol...
每日一词：emote（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 19, 2019 is: emote • \ih-MOHT\ • verb : to give expression to emotion especially in acting Examples: “It’s not always immediately obvious, but sometimes you fall in love with a band for the way the singers emote .” — James Reed, The Boston Globe , 24 Jan. 2012 “Aiming for a higher quality than masks allowed, the makeup artist John Chambers developed a new type of foam rubber and created facial appliances that allowed actors to talk and emote .” — Andrew R. Chow, The New York Times , 31 Dec. 2018 Did you know? Emote is an example of what linguists call a back-formation —that is, a word formed by trimming down an existing word (in this case, emotion ). As is sometimes the case with back-formations, emote has since its coinage in the early 20th century tended toward use that is less than entirely serious. It frequently appears in humorous or deprecating descriptions of the work of actors, and is similarly used to...
每日一词：prestigious（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 18, 2019 is: prestigious • \preh-STIH-juss\ • adjective 1 archaic : of, relating to, or marked by illusion, conjuring, or trickery 2 : having an illustrious name or reputation : esteemed in general opinion Examples: Carla was overjoyed to receive an acceptance letter from the prestigious university. “The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has announced 16 finalists for its closely watched SECA [Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art] Art Award for 2019. The awards are the region’s most prestigious recognition for emerging artists.” — Charles Desmarais, The San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Dec. 2018 Did you know? You may be surprised to learn that prestigious had more to do with trickery than with respect when it was first used in the mid-16th century. The earliest (now archaic) meaning of the word was “of, relating to, or marked by illusion, conjuring, or trickery.” Prestigious comes to ...
每日一词：disavow（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 17, 2019 is: disavow • \dis-uh-VOW\ • verb 1 : to deny responsibility for : repudiate 2 : to refuse to acknowledge or accept : disclaim Examples: It seems the college’s president is now trying to disavow her previous statements. “Last week in Beijing, [‘Crazy Rich Asians’] director Jon M. Chu essentially disavowed every word in the film’s title. ‘The film is a satire,’ Chu told the state-affiliated Global Times. ‘It’s not about “crazy rich” or “Asians” actually—it’s about the opposite of that. It’s about how all those things mean nothing and it comes down to our own relationships and finding love and our own families.'” — Rebecca Davis, Variety , 29 Nov. 2018 Did you know? If you trace the etymology of disavow back through Middle English to Anglo-French, you’ll arrive eventually at the prefix des- and the verb avouer , meaning “to avow .” The prefix des- , in turn, derives from the Latin prefix dis- , mea...
每日一词：gibbous（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 16, 2019 is: gibbous • \JIB-us\ • adjective 1 a : marked by convexity or swelling b of the moon or a planet : seen with more than half but not all of the apparent disk illuminated 2 : having a hump : humpbacked Examples: The fresh layer of snow glistened under the light of the waxing gibbous moon. “During the fourth lunar orbit, Anders was engaged in photographing the lunar surface when he noticed a slightly gibbous Earth rising above the surface as the spacecraft passed over from the moon’s far side to its near side.” — Alan Hale, The Alamogordo (New Mexico) Daily News , 23 Dec. 2018 Did you know? The adjective gibbous has its origins in the Latin noun gibbus , meaning “hump,” and in the Late Latin adjective gibbosus , meaning “humpbacked,” which Middle English adopted in the 14th century as gibbous . Gibbous has been used to describe the rounded body parts of humans and animals (such as the back of ...
每日一词：apotheosis（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 15, 2019 is: apotheosis • \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis\ • noun 1 a : the perfect form or example of something : quintessence b : the highest or best part of something : peak 2 : elevation to divine status : deification Examples: “Four decades after its box office debut, Grease remains a cultural phenomenon.… [Olivia] Newton-John is particularly stellar, with her charming persona and spotless soprano voice making the film the apotheosis of her ’70s superstardom.” — Billboard.com , 4 Oct. 2018 “In 2018, this adaptation [of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 ] speaks to the apotheosis of social media, to the approach of authoritarianism, and to any other anxieties about the self-surveillance state that you might harbor.” — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 18 May 2018 Did you know? Among the ancient Greeks, it was sometimes thought fitting—or simply handy, say if you wanted a god somewhere in your bloodline—to grant some...
每日一词：heartstring（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 14, 2019 is: heartstring • \HAHRT-string\ • noun : the deepest emotions or affections — usually used in plural Examples: “While on Facebook, have you ever come across a posting that tugs at your heartstrings ? Photos of adorable abandoned puppies, say, or a story about a cute little girl who didn’t get any happy birthday wishes? You instinctively click the ‘thumbs-up’ or add a comment (Happy birthday!) and maybe even decide to share the posting.” — Mary C. Hickey, Consumer Reports , June 2018 “There are two moments in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ when the grown-ups watching really lose it: Dick Van Dyke’s arrival and when Angela Lansbury starts singing. Those are playing on a lifetime of heartstrings .” — Lin-Manuel Miranda, quoted in USA Today , 27 Dec. 2018 Did you know? Before a song or movie or heart-shaped card accompanied by a box of chocolates could tug at your heartstrings, the job was more likely to be ac...
每日一词：cacophony（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 13, 2019 is: cacophony • \ka-KAH-fuh-nee\ • noun 1 : harsh or discordant sound : dissonance ; specifically : harshness in the sound of words or phrases 2 : an incongruous or chaotic mixture : a striking combination Examples: “But never in their most uneasy dreams did they expect the cacophony —a word which here means ‘the sound of two metal pots being banged together by a nasty foreman standing in the doorway holding no breakfast at all’—that awoke them.” — Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill , 2000 “Divided into groups of ten or so, the students came forward for an opportunity to play the instruments. The cacophony that resulted was matched only by the children’s broad smiles as they blew tubas, banged on drums or drew bows across violins.” — Steven Felschundneff, The Claremont (California) Courier , 29 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Words that descend from the Greek word phōnē are making noise in English. Why? B...
每日一词：teem（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 12, 2019 is: teem • \TEEM\ • verb 1 : to become filled to overflowing : abound 2 : to be present in large quantity Examples: “On Friday, Tselikis stood in front of the Red’s Best stall at Boston’s Public Market, offering up tidbits about lobsters as they teemed inside a tank.” — Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com , 10 June 2016 “But beneath the surface, some of the rigs are teeming with biological life. Dozens of fish species, thousands of different kinds of invertebrates, and sea lions all call the rigs home.” — Erik Olsen, Quartz , 17 Nov. 2018 Did you know? The verb teem and the noun team are not just homophones , they are also etymological kin. Teem is derived from Old English tīman or tæman , which originally meant “to bring forth offspring” or “to become pregnant.” That word is related to the ancestor of team , the Old English noun tēam , meaning “offspring, lineage, or group of draft animals.” Team ...
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每日一词：bardolater（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 11, 2019 is: bardolater • \bar-DAH-luh-ter\ • noun : a person who idolizes Shakespeare Examples: The song retells the story of “Othello,” but in such subtle language that only bardolaters are likely to recognize it. “[W]hether you’re a bona fide Bardolater or someone who uses Shakespeare as an excuse to eat brie on a blanket under the summer stars, here’s a brief round-up of where to satisfy your appetite for Shakespeare this summer.” — Jenny Terpsichore Abeles, The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 15 June 2017 Did you know? George Bernard Shaw once described a William Shakespeare play as “stagy trash.” Another time, Shaw said he’d like to dig Shakespeare from the grave and throw stones at him. Shaw could be equally scathing toward Shakespeare’s adoring fans. He called them “foolish Bardolaters,” wrote of “Bardolatrous” ignoramuses, and called blind Shakespeare worship “Bardolatry.” Oddly enough, Shaw did...
每日一词：finicky（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 10, 2019 is: finicky • \FIN-ih-kee\ • adjective 1 : extremely or excessively particular , exacting , or meticulous in taste or standards 2 : requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort Examples: The young boy was a finicky eater, and his parents found it challenging to come up with ideas for healthy meals that he would enjoy. “The 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s electronic components that are inside most pinball machines are aging and finicky , with a shrinking pool of techs able to decipher the machines’ precise workings.” — Zane Razzaq, The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Massachusetts), 27 Dec. 2018 Did you know? You may be familiar with an advertising campaign featuring Morris, the finicky housecat who would only eat a certain brand of cat food. Morris’s tastes in cuisine are not only very particular, but very fine as well, and that’s appropriate given the origin of finicky . The word came about as an al...
每日一词：prescind（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 9, 2019 is: prescind • \prih-SIND\ • verb 1 : to withdraw one’s attention 2 : to detach for purposes of thought Examples: “But to frame an abstract idea of happiness, prescinded from all particular pleasure, or of goodness, from everything that is good, this is what few can pretend to.” — George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge , 1710 “Nooyi prescinded from the share price-obsessed practices associated with most conglomerates—and instead said she was focused on making PepsiCo the kind of company that would deliver a ‘lasting impact’ to society.” — Edmund Heaphy, Quartz , 6 Aug. 2018 Did you know? Prescind derives from the Latin verb praescindere , which means “to cut off in front.” Praescindere , in turn, was formed by combining prae – (“before”) and scindere (“to cut” or “to split”). So it should come as no surprise that when prescind was first used during the 1...
每日一词：wiseacre（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 8, 2019 is: wiseacre • \WYZE-ay-ker\ • noun : one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness; especially : smart aleck Examples: “Regardless of how they choose to do so, most people who contact Congress have legitimate concerns—but, as any staffer can tell you, there is a small but enduring subgroup of wiseacres and crackpots. Moore, the former congressional staffer, once took a call from a man who claimed, in all seriousness, to be the true and rightful owner of the moon.” — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 6 Mar. 2017 “A French nobleman-soldier who is mad for love and poetry in roughly equal measure, a chivalric wiseacre adept at wordplay and swordplay alike, Cyrano requires an actor who is both physically and intellectually nimble.” — Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe , 20 July 2018 Did you know? Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre , you might guess that the word derives from the sense of wise meaning “...
每日一词：abstruse（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 7, 2019 is: abstruse • \ub-STROOSS\ • adjective : difficult to comprehend : recondite Examples: “Today’s physics breakthroughs tend to be so abstruse that summarizing them is like trying to explain the financial-derivatives market to a three-year-old.” — The National Review , 16 Apr. 2018 “Before the Apple Macintosh, the first computer to popularize point-and-click , people using home computers had to familiarize themselves with abstruse text commands.” — Clive Thompson, The New York Times , 18 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Look closely at the following Latin verbs, all of which are derived from the verb trudere (“to push, thrust”): extrudere , intrudere , obtrudere , protrudere . Remove the last two letters of each of these and you get an English descendant whose meaning involves pushing or thrusting. Another trudere offspring, abstrudere , meaning “to push away” or “to conceal,” gave English abstrude , mean...
每日一词：ratiocination（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 6, 2019 is: ratiocination • \rat-ee-oh-suh-NAY-shun\ • noun 1 : the process of exact thinking : reasoning 2 : a reasoned train of thought Examples: “It is beginning to look like television may soon kill not only the theater and the movies but radio, books, magazines, newspapers, and finally articulate speech and all the processes of ratiocination .” — Aldous Huxley, letter, 14 Feb. 1949 “ Ratiocination is a trained, disciplined procedure of arriving at truth—a use of reason and perspicacity so precise it’s almost supernatural.” — Virginia Heffernan, Wired , June 2018 Did you know? Edgar Allan Poe is said to have called the 1841 story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” his first “tale of ratiocination.” Many today agree with his assessment and consider that Poe classic to be literature’s first detective story. Poe didn’t actually use ratiocination in “Rue Morgue,” but the term does appear three times in its 1842...
每日一词：mettlesome（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 5, 2019 is: mettlesome • \MET-ul-sum\ • adjective : full of vigor and stamina : spirited Examples: “‘I like this place because everything they have can kill you,’ Edith Pearlman says, perusing the menu of a Brookline pub on a recent gray afternoon. The remark proves fitting introduction to both the septuagenarian author and her work: at once mischievous and mettlesome , with a twist near the end.” — Leah Hager Cohen, The Boston Globe , 10 Apr. 2012 “He was convinced that [the director] John Huston decided after the first week that the film was a dud and if he could kill or seriously injure his star it would be cancelled and the insurance would pay up. He had Hurt riding over rough terrain on mettlesome horses.” — John Boorman, The Guardian , 17 Dec. 2017 Did you know? The 17th-century adjective mettlesome (popularly used of spirited horses) sometimes appeared as the variant metalsome . That’s not surprising. I...
每日一词：condone（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 4, 2019 is: condone • \kun-DOHN\ • verb : to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy ) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless Examples: The school handbook explicitly states that bullying will not be condoned . “Forgiving those who have hurt us, or our loved ones, does not mean we condone what they did. What it means is, we are willing to let go, giving ourselves permission to move forward and to take back control of our lives.” — Mike Zimmer, The Record Observer (Centreville, Maryland), 28 Dec. 2018 Did you know? Since some folks don’t condone even minor usage slips, you might want to get the meaning of this word straight. Although English speakers sometimes use condone with the intended meaning “approve of” or “encourage,” the more established meaning is closer to “pardon” or “overlook.” Condone comes from the Latin verb condonare , which means “to absolve.” Condonare in turn combines the Latin prefi...
每日一词：senescence（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 3, 2019 is: senescence • \sih-NESS-unss\ • noun 1 : the state of being old : the process of becoming old 2 : the growth phase in a plant or plant part (such as a leaf) from full maturity to death Examples: “The results revealed that some trees have shorter or longer sleep periods than 12 hours and others show slow continuous movement in one direction probably because of disease or senescence .” — ScienceDaily , 20 Apr. 2018 “Until we’re all brain patterns on computers, there are still forces that do not bend to our wants, including senescence and death. (You’ll talk like this, too, when you hit 40.)” — John Hodgman, The New York Times , 21 Dec. 2018 Did you know? Senescence can be traced back to Latin senex, meaning “old.” Can you guess which other English words come from senex ? Senile might (correctly) come to mind, as well as senior . But another one might surprise you: senate . This word for a legisl...
每日一词：portend（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 2, 2019 is: portend • \por-TEND\ • verb 1 : to give an omen or anticipatory sign of 2 : indicate , signify Examples: The old saying about a halo around the moon portending rain has some truth to it: the halo is caused by cirrus clouds drifting 20,000 feet or more above the Earth, and high cirrus clouds often precede stormy weather. “To most people, a shore gas station carrying sushi was but a footnote. But Chris could see that that addition portended a changing demographic.” — Rona Kobell, quoted in The Baltimore Sun , 8 Nov. 2018 Did you know? Portend has been used in English in the context of signs of things to come since the 15th century. The word derives from the Latin verb portendere , which means “to predict or foretell.” That verb, in turn, developed as a combination of the prefix por- (meaning “forward”) and the verb tendere (meaning “to stretch”). So you can think of portend as having a literal m...
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原文链接 细心的朋友（ 其实根本没有人 ）会发现，关于页面有了 Vultr 的广告。这并不意味着我的博客搬到了 Vultr 上，只是我有了个 Vultr 的VPS，域名也给你们吧， https://lakejason0.ml 。 我倒是要看看谁会扫我端口啥的，有的话还请手下留情。 针对于 Vultr，在买服务器的时候，国内请务必不要选择日本东京节点（国外党/运气爆表的人随意，选快的就好），因为部分 IP 地址的 22 端口被关闭了，更有甚者所有端口都关了。如果要快一点点，请选择新加坡节点。如果是国际化网站的话，选美国洛杉矶节点即可。 我买的是 $3.5/mo 的那种，如果手头充裕可以考虑内存大一点的，然后再出钱买 Block storage。如果需要安装宝塔面板，系统选择请务必不要选 Ubuntu，可能会导致 PHP 装不上，即使宝塔面板有 Ubuntu 兼容性。推荐使用 CentOS（虽然我个人并不喜欢红帽系），所以请用惯了 Debian 系的用户不要惊讶于系统认不得你的： sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade 还请使用 yum。 关于你们都想知道的那个东西，我就不讲了。还请记住，好东西要留给自己。 关于怎么开网站，这里也不讲了。按照官网上的教程就好，WordPress 该怎么配置，相信你一定会。（不会就 Google，反正你有 VPS，先配置好那个也是应该的。） 那要讲什么呢？答案就是 免费 云储存。我的配置只能搭出一个功能多一点的 Onedrive。 如果你搞过，就会知道 ownCloud 和 Nextcloud，或者群晖NAS（局域网“云”储存）。前面两个中，前者是后者的前身。你以为和 WordPress 一样直接上传就好了？别了吧，麻烦死了。首先你要安装 LAMP/LNMP，和 WordPress 一样。然后登入页面设置，提供数据库的账号密码，设置管理员账号，也是一样的。然后就能用了，好像也没别的。然后你点开设置，发现概览里面 全是错误 。 首先，可能文件完整性不对。如果宝塔新建了页面，删掉，.user.ini 换成压缩包里的。如果你安装目录下还有压缩包，删掉。如果还有这个提示，请参见详细的提示。 可能缓存也没有启用。首先你需要启用 PHP 扩展 APCu，然后将配置换成推荐配置，然后在 Next...
每日一词：largesse（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 1, 2019 is: largesse • \lahr-ZHESS\ • noun 1 : liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior; also : something so given 2 : generosity Examples: Thanks to their grandparents’ largesse , both children were able to go to college without going into debt. “Probably no surprise, given all this largesse over the Christmas period, spending at recycling and refuse stations was up 46.2 per cent on Boxing Day last year.” — The New Zealand Herald , 28 Dec. 2018 Did you know? The word largesse , which also can be spelled largess , has been part of the English language since at least the 13th century. It derives via Anglo-French from the Latin word largus , meaning “abundant” or “generous.” Largus is also the source of our word large . As far back as the 14th century, we used the word largeness as a synonym of largesse (meaning “liberal giving”), but largeness was also at that same time being used more fre...