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每日一词：armistice（转自 韦氏词典）

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 11, 2019 is: armistice • \AHR-muh-stus\  • noun : temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents  : truce Examples: The Korean War ended with an armistice signed in July of 1953, though a permanent peace accord was never reached. “[Ralph] Bunche, a Howard University professor, was an African-American scholar and diplomat who achieved prominence in 1949 after negotiating armistice agreements between Israel and four Arab states, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” — Richard Freedman, The Vallejo (California) Times-Herald , 24 Sept. 2019 Did you know? Armistice descends from Latin sistere , meaning “to come to a stand” or “to cause to stand or stop,” combined with arma , meaning “weapons.” An armistice, therefore, is literally a cessation of arms. Armistice Day is the name that was given to the holiday celebrated in the United States on November 11 before it was r...
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每日一词：ubiquitous（转自 韦氏词典）

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 20, 2020 is: ubiquitous • \yoo-BIK-wuh-tuss\  • adjective : existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread Examples: “Within China, WeChat is ubiquitous , serving as an all-in-one app that’s important for making payments and even for displaying someone’s coronavirus test results.” — David Ingram, NBCNews.com , 7 Aug. 2020 “Without companies that developed front-facing smartphone cameras for luxury smartphones, we never would have had the now ubiquitous  selfie camera.” — Shira Ovide, The New York Times , 13 Aug. 2020 Did you know? Ubiquitous  comes to us from the noun  ubiquity , meaning “presence everywhere or in many places simultaneously.” Both words are ultimately derived from the Latin word for “everywhere,” which is  ubique .  Ubiquitous , which has often been used with a touch of exaggeration to describe those things that it seems li...
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每日一词：operose（转自 韦氏词典）

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 22, 2020 is: operose • \AH-puh-rohss\  • adjective : tedious , wearisome Examples: “Reading this biography reminded me that Lawrence’s prose, though old-fashioned and a bit operose , is full of beautiful things.” — Matthew Walther, The Spectator , 11 Oct. 2014 “After several operose  months of the tear-out and build-up process, Brandon Stupka, the one who has been working on the remodel project…, has finally opened his doors for business….” — The McPherson (Kansas) Sentinel , 17 Apr. 2013 Did you know? Operose comes from the Latin operōsus , which has the meaning of “diligent,” “painstaking” or “laborious.” That word combines opera , meaning “activity,” “effort,” or “work,” with -ōsus —the Latin equivalent of the English -ose and -ous suffixes, meaning “full of” or “abounding in.” In its earliest uses, in the mid-16th century, the word was used to describe people who are industrious or painstaking in thei...
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