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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 31, 2020 is: plenary • \PLEN-uh-ree\  • adjective 1 : complete in every respect : absolute , unqualified 2 : fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present Examples: “The President always retains the plenary power granted to him by the Constitution to pardon or commute sentences, and does so at his sole discretion, guided when he sees fit by the advice of the Pardon Attorney.” — Nicole Navas, quoted in The Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2020 “The UK is scheduled to leave the European Union this Friday once the European Parliament gave their assent to the Withdrawal Agreement in a special plenary vote on Wednesday.” — Aurora Bosotti, The Express (UK), 27 Jan. 2020 Did you know? In the 14th century, the monk Robert of Brunne described a situation in which all the knights of King Arthur’s Round Table were present at court by writing, “When Arthures court was plener, and alle were comen, fer and ner.…” For m...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 30, 2020 is: laissez-faire • \less-ay-FAIR\  • noun 1 : a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights 2 : a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference especially with individual freedom of choice and action Examples: “Though often viewed as an age of laissez-faire , the Victorian period saw ambitious lawmaking. Much of this involved revising existing legislation: one result was the expansion of the middle-class bureaucracy….” — Henry Hitchings, The Language Wars: A History of Proper English , 2011 “In the late nineteenth century, a new generation of economists, who had returned from training in Germany to challenge the laissez-faire orthodoxy of the American Gilded Age, gradually rose to prominence at Wharton. They argued that the government should intervene to...

原文链接 一周又开始了。加油工作！（由 IFTTT 发送） Lake桑 March 30, 2020 at 07:05AM

原文链接 一周又开始了。加油工作！（由 IFTTT 发送） Lake桑 March 30, 2020 at 07:00AM

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 29, 2020 is: quixotic • \kwik-SAH-tik\  • adjective 1 : foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action 2 : capricious , unpredictable Examples: “‘Amazon’ covers nearly a quarter-century of business history, from [Jeff] Bezos’ rise at a data-obsessed Wall Street hedge fund to his seemingly quixotic  attempt to crash into the book business.” — The New Jersey Herald , 18 Feb. 2020 “Gary Garrels, SFMoMA’s senior curator of painting and sculpture, needed about ten years to put it together, in part because Celmins, who turns eighty-one in October, is so quixotic  about how, and when, her work is seen.”— Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker , 26 Aug. 2019 Did you know? If you guessed that quixotic has something to do with Don Quixote , you’re absolutely right. The hero of Miguel de Cervantes ‘ 17th-century Spanish novel ...

原文链接 嗯，播客这种东西就是读着玩的（ 怎么说呢， 这次播客 我就是随随便便录的，效果音啊开头结尾啊都没有认真搞。 而且已经很忙了，没时间更新博客了。 那就这样吧。 Lake桑 2020.3.28

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 28, 2020 is: derogate • \DAIR-uh-gayt\  • verb 1 : to cause to seem inferior : disparage 2 : to take away a part so as to impair : detract 3 : to act beneath one’s position or character Examples: “While one could argue that the phrase [‘OK Boomer ‘] in itself derogates the very term used to describe an older age bracket of generational Baby Boomers (those born between the 1940s and 1960s), it would be more useful to examine how and when people use such a new phrase.” — Kameryn Griesser, The Battalion (Texas A & M University), 19 Nov. 2019 “All jobs require us at some point to deliver bad news—whether it be a minor revelation such as a recruiter telling a prospective employee that there’s no wiggle-room in salary, or something major, like when a manager must fire an employee.… Our research shows that people are prone to derogating those who tell them things they don’t want to hear—we shoot the m...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 27, 2020 is: cordial • \KOR-jul\  • adjective 1 a : showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval : politely pleasant and friendly b : sincerely or deeply felt 2 : tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate Examples: Even though we disagree with one another on many points, we have long maintained a cordial relationship. “Last Wednesday, three members of the Taste Test team had lunch at All City Grille…. The experience was wholly pleasant. The dining room is modern and clean, the student servers were  cordial  and efficient, and the food was well-prepared and well-priced.” — Dan Kane, The Repository (Canton, Ohio), 12 Feb. 2020 Did you know? Cordial shares the Latin root cor with concord (meaning “harmony”) and discord (meaning “conflict”). Cor means “heart,” and each of these cor descendants has something to do with the heart, at least figuratively. Concord , which co...

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原文链接 主播：Lake桑。 此次博客用到了 英文Minecraft Wiki的1.16页面 的大部分内容。 本次播客以 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 协议发布。 推荐几位Bilibili的UP： Xekr ， 黑山大叔 ， wuguangyao （广药）， 鬼鬼 算测试播客，没录稿子。 随便扯了一些私事。 推广： Minecraft文言文语言包 ， 梗体中文资源包 我们的网址： https://lakejason0.wordpress.com 订阅地址： https://lakejason0.wordpress.com/category/podcast/feed Lake桑 2020.3.26

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 26, 2020 is: ninja • \NIN-juh\  • noun : a person trained in ancient Japanese martial arts and employed especially for espionage and assassinations Examples: “Mando’s one-man raid on the client’s compound is lit darkly to better convey that our gunslinger can also operate like a ninja , but in the process it made the action there a bit harder to make out than some of the fight scenes from the two previous weeks.” — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 22 Nov. 2019 “Clyde was on the fire escape. As he ambled back and forth, preening, Boicourt grabbed a purple bath towel. She threw it over the bird and pulled him into her apartment. ‘I felt like a ninja ,’ she said. The creature bit her, hard, on the pinkie.” — Katia Bachko, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2019 Did you know? Ninjas may seem mysterious, but the origin of their name is not. The word ninja derives from the Japanese characters nin and ja . Nin initially meant “pers...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 25, 2020 is: gibe • \JYBE\  • verb 1 : to utter taunting words 2 : to deride or tease with taunting words Examples: “My PR firm introduced Tom and me, and I came ready to impress. I had read every piece he had written in the last five years. I playfully gibed  him about obscure predictions he had made years ago in other articles, and was prepared to thoughtfully discuss his most recent column.” — Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone , 2005 “‘Anybody who complains about the microphone,’ she gibed , is not having a good night.'” — Mark Z. Barabak et al., The Los Angeles Times , 27 Sept. 2016 Did you know? Confused about jibe and gibe ? The distinction actually isn’t as clear-cut as some commentators would like it to be. Jibe is used both for the verb meaning “to be in accord” or “agree” (as in “the results do not jibe with those from other studies”) and for the nautical verb and noun referring to the act of s...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 24, 2020 is: timorous • \TIM-uh-rus\  • adjective 1 : of a timid disposition : fearful 2 : expressing or suggesting timidity Examples: The study suggests that timorous people suffer from stress more frequently than their bolder peers. “Perhaps most disappointing was the 1935 ‘Mosaic Quartet’…, a collection of five short movements that the performers can play and repeat in whatever order they choose. It’s the kind of innovation that sounds intriguing in theory, but … they felt mild and even timorous in comparison with Cage’s much wilder spirit.” — Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Jan. 2020 Did you know? Timid and timorous don’t just have similar spellings and meanings; they are etymologically related as well. Both words ultimately derive from the Latin verb timēre , meaning “to fear.” The immediate ancestor of timid is Latin timidus (with the same meaning as timid ), whereas timorous traveled...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 23, 2020 is: welkin • \WEL-kin\  • noun 1 a : the vault of the sky : firmament b : the celestial abode of God or the gods : heaven 2 : the upper atmosphere Examples: “If you stand in the trees you might see … owls, vibrant red cardinals and goldfinches lift into the welkin .” — Emily Clark, The Carver Reporter (Plymouth, Massachusetts), 25 June 2018 “The night was dim, but not dark; no moon shone, but the stars, wan though frequent, gleamed pale, as from the farthest deeps of the heaven; clouds grey and fleecy rolled slowly across the welkin , veiling and disclosing, by turns, the melancholy orbs.” — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Harold, The Last of the Saxons Kings , 1848 Did you know? When it comes to welkin , the sky’s the limit. This heavenly word has been used in English to refer to the vault of the sky for centuries, and it derives from an Old English word meaning “cloud.” In current English, welkin is still fl...

原文链接 一周又开始了。加油工作！（由 IFTTT 发送） Lake桑 March 23, 2020 at 07:05AM

原文链接 一周又开始了。加油工作！（由 IFTTT 发送） Lake桑 March 23, 2020 at 07:00AM

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 22, 2020 is: lampoon • \lam-POON\  • verb : to make the subject of a satire : ridicule Examples: “From ‘Seinfeld’ to ‘Veep,’ I think [Julia] Louis-Dreyfus’ greatness lies in her ability to savagely skewer the ridiculousness of the men around her while simultaneously lampooning herself.” — Jake Coyle, The Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2020 “Ultimately, Craig, a struggling mystery writer, comes up with what he thinks is the perfect crime, but not quite with the results he expected. That’s the premise behind Nick Hall’s Dead Wrong…. As a playwright, Hall isn’t afraid to lampoon  the most hallowed gimmicks and creates a clever mystery about a man living off his wife’s fortune, a man who plans the perfect murder.” — Richard Hutton, The Fort Erie Post (Ontario, Canada), 12 Feb. 2020 Did you know? Lampoon can be a noun or a verb. The noun lampoon (meaning “satire” or, specifically, “a harsh satire usually directed ag...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 21, 2020 is: incommunicado • \in-kuh-myoo-nuh-KAH-doh\  • adverb or adjective : without means of communication : in a situation or state not allowing communication Examples: Their government has agreed to give the Red Cross access to the prisoners who are being held incommunicado . “[Tommy Lee] Jones’ character is his father, a world-renowned hero astronaut who has been incommunicado for 16 years after venturing to Neptune on a mission to find signs of intelligent life in the great beyond.” — Soren Andersen, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), 18 Sept. 2019 Did you know? Incommunicado ultimately comes from Latin but made its way into English via the Spanish incomunicado . We borrowed the word (with a slightly modified spelling) from the past participle of the Spanish verb incomunicar , meaning “to deprive of communication.” The Spanish word, in turn, derives from the Latin prefix in- and the verb communicare ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 20, 2020 is: fusty • \FUSS-tee\  • adjective 1 British : impaired by age or dampness : moldy 2 : saturated with dust and stale odors : musty 3 : rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary Examples: “She was there as an intermediary to translate the fusty  old world of politics to a feisty new generation.” — Stephanie Ebbert, The Boston Globe , 13 Jan. 2020 “In a city facing the extinction of that rather prickly creature known as fine dining, it’s nice to take a seat at GOMA and get properly coddled. Not, as you might be thinking, in a 1980-something, musty, fusty , rigid kind of way. But it has linen on the table, gorgeous crockery and service that’s slick and glossy—almost formal, but not quite.” — Tony Harper, The Brisbane (Australia) News , 12 Feb. 2020 Did you know? Fusty probably derives from the Middle English word foist , meaning “wine cask,” which in turn traces to the Medieval Latin word fustis , mea...

原文链接 周五中午啦～ 吃完午饭，下午继续工作！ （由 IFTTT 发送） Lake桑 March 20, 2020 at 12:10PM