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转载内容：小米笔记本“代码信息”公布：雷军看了想打人（来自 IT之家）
原文链接 IT之家11月4日消息 今天下午，小米笔记本官方微博发布了一道解代码的题目，结果显示小米笔记本Air 13.3英寸 i5/8GB版本仅售4999元，一起来看一下吧。 小米笔记本解代码题： int m=4，n=999, time=11.11； int p=m*1000+n； string s=小米笔记本Air 13.3″ i5/8GB版本； Printf(s+time”仅售”+p)； 结果显而易见，答案就是小米笔记本Air 13.3英寸 i5/8GB版11.11仅售4999元。 另外，小米笔记本今天还宣布，在11月6日的发布会上，将会有4款新品发布，其中就包括采用i3处理器的新款13英寸和15英寸小米笔记本，其实，这两款产品已经在京东开启预约，性价比不错，有需要的小伙伴可以关注一下。 Lake桑：从头错到尾了这个（ Lake桑 2018.11.4
每日一词：gridiron（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 4, 2018 is: gridiron • \GRID-eye-ern\ • noun 1 : a grate for broiling food 2 : something consisting of or covered with a network 3 : a football field Examples: “Despite his prowess on the gridiron , he received little attention from Division-I football programs.” — Tom Layberger, Forbes , 14 Sept. 2018 “[Thomas] Jefferson wanted wide streets, lots of land reserved for public space, and a rectangular pattern of streets. L’Enfant insisted on radial avenues that intersect a gridiron of streets at odd angles. Many city planners believe that if Jefferson’s plan had been adopted, there would be fewer traffic problems in Washington, D.C., today.” — Ann Feetham, Cobblestone , 1 Sept. 2012 Did you know? Modern gridirons are covered in football players when they’re in use, but the original gridirons were more likely to be covered with meat or fish; they were metal gratings used for broiling food over an open fire. I...
每日一词：sinew（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 3, 2018 is: sinew • \SIN-yoo\ • noun 1 : tendon ; especially : one dressed for use as a cord or thread 2 a : solid resilient strength : power b : the chief supporting force : mainstay — usually used in plural Examples: “This roast from the shoulder was beefy and juicy…. A thin line of sinew was the only unpleasant distraction.” — Cook’s Country , June 1995 “Among the materials [American explorer John Wesley Powell] left in Bloomington … were beaded moccasins, baskets woven from grass and willow, a bow studded with metal tacks and strung with intact string made from sinew and an arrow quiver.” — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Sept. 2018 Did you know? Many parts of the body have come to have figurative meanings in English. One can have an eye for interior design, for example, or lack the stomach for horror movies. Muscle , of course, can mean “strength,” and so can sinew , a word for the tissue...
每日一词：connive（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 2, 2018 is: connive • \kuh-NYVE\ • verb 1 : to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose 2 a : to be indulgent or in secret sympathy : wink b : to cooperate secretly or have a secret understanding 3 : conspire , intrigue Examples: “Arnold worked out a plan not only to turn over the fort and its men to the British but at the same time to connive at the British capture of George Washington.” — Gordon S. Wood, The Weekly Standard , 1 June 2018 “Officers who connive and cheat to pad their paychecks aren’t just stealing money. They’re also eroding the crucial bond between the public and those sworn to protect and serve them.” — The Boston Globe , 16 July 2018 Did you know? Connive may not seem like a troublesome term, but it was to Wilson Follett, a usage critic who lamented that the word “was undone during the Second World War, when restless spirits felt the need of a...
每日一词：verbose（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for November 1, 2018 is: verbose • \ver-BOHSS\ • adjective 1 : containing more words than necessary : wordy ; also : impaired by wordiness 2 : given to wordiness Examples: “[The] text … is verbose and vague, and so comically overheated that it can feel like a parody of late Tennessee Williams, when that playwright’s florid style had graduated to full rococo .” — Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New York Times , 20 Sept. 2018 “But Tuesday’s overly verbose —let’s call it a diatribe —portrayed Brown in a light we haven’t seen to this point. He was visibly frustrated and completely exasperated, as if, in that particular moment, he decided to unfurl eight years of pent up anger and indignation.” — Pro Football Weekly , 13 June 2018 Did you know? There’s no shortage of words to describe wordiness in English. Diffuse , long-winded , prolix , redundant , windy , repetitive , rambling , and circumlocutory are some that come to mind. ...
每日一词：lycanthropy（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 31, 2018 is: lycanthropy • \lye-KAN-thruh-pee\ • noun 1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf 2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic Examples: The 1941 film The Wolf Man starred Lon Chaney, Jr., as a man cursed with lycanthropy . “Born in 1859, Alfred Edward Housman came from a talented family…. His sister Clemence’s novella, The Were-Wolf , is one of the most powerful stories ever written about lycanthropy .” — Michael Dirda, The Washington Post , 13 July 2017 Did you know? If you happen to be afflicted with lycanthropy, the full moon is apt to cause you an inordinate amount of distress. Lycanthropy can refer to either the delusional idea that one is a wolf or to the werewolf transformations that have been the stuff of superstitions for centuries. In some cultures, similar myths involve human transformation into other equally feared animals: ...
IFTTT update: All treats, no tricks — new services on IFTTT
原文链接 听说IFTTT又更新了。 当然这些是IFTTT发的。 All treats, no tricks — new services on IFTTT IFTTT HQ may be basking in the eerie glow of Halloween but in between perfecting our version of “Monster Mash,” we worked with ten spooktacular companies to bring their services to the Platform. This month features the latest home tech, as well as exclusives for the European, Asian, South Asian, and Oceanic markets. These new services are guaranteed treats, not tricks . Command Central Keeping tabs on your smart home can be overwhelming. Integrating your Link Smart Home with IFTTT allows you to seamlessly connect your favorite technologies– from voice assistants, lights, aroma diffusers, and more. table.applets-column img { width: 100% } Want to keep an eye on your electricity use as temperatures drop ? Mitsubishi Electric Kumo Cloud helps you effortlessly control your home environment, zone by zone, from any smartphone or tablet. While Airtouch can be programmed to adjust t...
每日一词：caterwaul（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 30, 2018 is: caterwaul • \KAT-er-wawl\ • verb 1 : to make a harsh cry 2 : to protest or complain noisily Examples: The woods were quiet until the sound of a chainsaw caterwauling in the distance broke the calm. “Between begging calls, the young birds made more practice launches, flapping their wings and jumping. Paired adults were re-forming their relationships; returning birds went in for bouts of head flicking and kissing. Neighbors were in dispute, caterwauling above the din.” — Tim Dee, The New York Review of Books , 11 Sept. 2018 Did you know? An angry (or amorous ) cat can make a lot of noise. As long ago as the mid-1300s, English speakers were using caterwaul for the act of voicing feline passions. The cater part is, of course, connected to the cat, but scholars disagree about whether it traces to Middle Dutch cāter , meaning “tomcat,” or if it is really just cat with an “-er” added. The waul is pro...
每日一词：shambles（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 29, 2018 is: shambles • \SHAM-bulz\ • noun 1 : slaughterhouse 2 a : a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed b : a scene or a state of great destruction : wreckage c : a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion d : great confusion : mess Examples: “The scene is reminiscent of the opening of the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indiana Jones flees a cave half a step ahead of a giant boulder. Instead of running from a rock, Croft spends the game running through a city that crumbles around her as the world is reduced to shambles .” — Bob Fekete, Newsweek , 21 Sept. 2018 “Career success does not exist in a vacuum. If the home life is a mess and the children and bills and house are in shambles , then it’s very hard, if not impossible, to succeed at work.” — Gail Saltz, quoted in Psychology Today , 1 May 2018 Did you know? How does a word meaning “footstool” turn into a word meaning “mess”? St...
每日一词：multitudinous（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 28, 2018 is: multitudinous • \mul-tuh-TOO-duh-nus\ • adjective 1 : including a multitude of individuals : populous 2 : existing in a great multitude 3 : existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects Examples: The author’s appearance is expected to attract a multitudinous gathering that will fill the entire auditorium. “First and foremost are the hiking trails, which while multitudinous and beautiful, are remarkably hard to navigate.” — Jamie Hale, The Oregonian , 24 June 2018 Did you know? Multitudinous is one of many English words that make use of the combining form multi- , from Latin multus , meaning “much” or “many.” Multicolor , multifunction , and multimillionaire are just a few of the others. Multitudinous is the kind of highly expressive word that you can rely upon when you want something a little more emphatic than plain old numerous . Among its synonyms are multiple and multifo...
每日一词：pamphleteer（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 27, 2018 is: pamphleteer • \pam-fluh-TEER\ • verb 1 : to write and publish pamphlets 2 : to engage in partisan arguments indirectly in writings Examples: Though he is remembered today for his novels and essays, George Orwell was also known to pamphleteer for causes important to him. “After the pamphlet wars between supporters of Louis XIII and Marie de Medicis, in 1618-19, several pamphleteers were sentenced to death, and the attempt to arrest unlicensed booksellers led many to flee the country. More broadly, the political chaos brought about by pamphleteering in France contributed to the absolutism of Louis XIV, who used the printing press as a tool of state control.” — Stephen Marche, The New Yorker , 23 Apr. 2018 Did you know? Pamphlets—unbound printed publications with no covers or with paper covers—are published about all kinds of subjects, but our word pamphlet traces back to one particular document. I...
每日一词：holy writ（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 26, 2018 is: holy writ • \HOH-lee-RIT\ • noun 1 often capitalized Holy Writ : Bible 2 : a writing or utterance having unquestionable authority Examples: “But just because these people claim to be experts doesn’t mean their every utterance should be treated as holy writ .” — James Delingpole, The Spectator , 7 Apr. 2018 “ Holy Writ is a text we read and engage with fully. In an imaginative appropriation of the text of Scripture, and through the workings of grace, we somehow understand beyond articulation….” — Edward T. Wheeler, Commonweal , 6 Oct. 2017 Did you know? Holy Writ has been used in English as a synonym for Bible for more than a thousand years. The term traces to the Venerable Bede , an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar, historian, and theologian who wrote a history of England in which he dated events from the birth of Christ. Bede’s history was translated from Latin to English around the year 900, a...
每日一词：fugacious（转自 韦氏词典）
原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 25, 2018 is: fugacious • \fyoo-GAY-shus\ • adjective : lasting a short time : evanescent Examples: The rock band’s rise in popularity turned out to be fugacious , and within two years its members had moved on to other careers. “The maple leaves are a yellow light signaling me to slow down and take in the last pulse of color of a fugacious fall.” — David Johnson, The Daily News of Newburyport (Massachusetts), 26 Nov. 2013 Did you know? Fugacious is often used to describe immaterial things like emotions, but not always. Botanists, for example, use it to describe plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time. Things that are fugacious are fleeting, and etymologically they can also be said to be fleeing. Fugacious derives from the Latin verb fugere , which means “to flee.” Other descendants of fugere include fugitive , refuge , and subterfuge . Lake桑 October 25, 2018 at 01:00PM