treat

源自中古英語 treten，源自盎格魯-諾曼語 treter、古法語 tretier、traiter，源自拉丁語 trāctare (“拉”)，源自trahere (“拖，拉”)的過去分詞詞幹。

treats (third-person singular present)
treating (present participle)
treated (past participle)

在北英格蘭的一些方言，過去式和過去分詞用 tret (/tɹɛt/)。

Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.

西塞羅的著作主要講述的是老年和個人責任。

And, indeed, should the excellent Mr Broughton be prevailed on to set fist to paper, and to complete the above-said rudiments, by delivering down the true principles of athletics, I question whether the world will have any cause to lament, that none of the great writers, either antient or modern, have ever treated about that noble and useful art.

1749，Henry Fielding，The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

講述，談論 （自14世紀）

The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.

這篇文章認為女性主義是典型的現代運動。

懇求，乞求 （14-17世紀）

Only let my family live, I treat thee.

我乞求他們，至少讓我的家人活下來。

對待，看待 （自14世紀）

You treated me like a fool.

She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.

她很想將整件事情當做笑話看待。

給某人提供（吃喝）；招待，請客 （自16世紀）

I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.

中場休息時，我給兒子吃了點爆米花。

I've done so well this month, I'll treat you all to dinner (or Dinner is my treat.)

我這個月幹得還行，我請大家吃頓飯吧。

My husband treated me to a Paris holiday for our anniversary.

作為結婚紀念日禮物，老公帶我去巴黎度了個假。

They treated me for malaria.

We treated firefighters suffering from smoke inhalation, giving them oxygen to breathe and albuterol mist to help open their airways.

2018，Sandeep Jauhar，Heart: a History, →ISBN，頁 204:

He treated the substance with sulphuric acid.

I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.

我稍微處理了一下照片，使其顏色更加明顯。


treat

I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.

It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.

看見她回到倫敦舞台上演出，真是一場驚喜。

Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.

這裡是大鬼小巫都能享用的健康萬聖夜糖果。

I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.

我把一些零食灑到寵物箱裡，引誘我的貓走進去。


treatable

more treatable (comparative)
most treatable (superlative)

In the 1980s, AIDS was not a treatable disease, and as a consequence the mortality rate at that time was very high.

在20世紀80年代，艾滋病還不可治愈，因此當時的死亡率很高。


anybody

Anybody will do.

Is there anybody inside?

Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.


ages

It was ages since that wonderful holiday.

自上個美好的假期以來，已經過了很久了。

Judith, aged 58, described her experience of seeking help for persistent back pain: "You don't actually see the consultant. You wait for ages and ages and ages and you come out feeling totally baffled really."

2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, McGraw-Hill Education (UK) ISBN 9780335243921, page 250


french fries

French-fried potatoes (1856) 的縮略，指的是法式的土豆烹飪方法。

薯條，炸土豆條 （自1903年）

French fries is a specialty of the house.

“What's the matter?” she asked quickly. “Haven't we had all the things before? Soup, chops, peas, French fries, and the fruit pudding–there wasn't a thing new.”

1903，Lillian Pettengill，Toilers of the Home，New York: Doubleday, Page & Company，頁 292:

His first official act was to order dinner. “A nice, juicy steak,” he is said to have called for, “French fries, apple pie and a cup of coffee.” It is probable that he really said “a coff of cuppee,” however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king.

1922，Robert C. Benchley，章號 XXII, in Love Conquers All，Henry Holt & Company，頁 111:


introduced

The prickly pear cactus is an introduced species in Australia.

仙人掌是澳大利亞的引進物種。


aggravate

源自拉丁語 aggravatus，aggravare (“給……增重，使變差，使煩惱”)的過去分詞，源自ad (“到”) + gravare (“使變重”)，源自gravis (“重的”)。參見grave，對比aggrieve、aggrege。

aggravates (third-person singular present)
aggravating (present participle)
aggravated (past participle)

/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-aggravate.wav

使程度/重量增加 （自16世紀）

He aggravated the story.


come to nothing

comes to nothing (third-person singular present)
coming to nothing (present participle)
came to nothing (past)
come to nothing (past participle)

The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.

如果英格蘭銀行拒絕加入聯邦準備系統的計畫，他們的反通貨膨脹政策將會完全失敗。


what the fuck

I finally said “eh, what the fuck” and quit my job.

我最後說“呃，他媽的，我完全不在意”然后辭掉了工作。

Every now and then say, "What the fuck." "What the fuck" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.

1983，Risky Business，spoken by Miles (Curtis Armstrong):


saffron

源自中古英語 saffron，源自古法語 safran，源自中世紀拉丁語 safrānum，源自阿拉伯語 زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān)。

The saffron robe of a Buddhist monk.

佛教僧侶藏紅花色的袈裟。

Now Hymen change thy saffron weedes

1624, Thomas Heywood, Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History. Concerninge women inscribed by the names of the nine Muses, London, Book 3, “A Funerall Oade vpon the death of Anna Panareta” p. 123,

The sun was now set; but, under the dark branches of the almond trees, was seen the saffron glow of the west, spreading beyond the twilight of middle air.

1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, London: G.G. & J. Robinson, Volume 1, Chapter 9, p. 256,

[…] it was half-past four, and the gray day was dying gloriously, its western clouds all broken into narrowing purple strata before a wide-spreading saffron clearness […]

1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Chapter 40,

The jacket was brown but had turned saffron where it had been soaked by Lal’s sweat.

1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Part 1, Chapter 2,


saffron

saffrons (third-person singular present)
saffroning (present participle)
saffroned (past participle)

給……加上番紅花，使其具有番紅花的色/味

saffroned water

saffroned rice

Saffrond wyne bryngeth mirthe, and taketh away Melancholines […]

1559, Peter Morwen (translator), The Treasure of Euonymus by Conrad Gesner, London: John Day, “Of certain other Aromatical wynes,” p. 407,

Well-saffroned was that barley-soup!

1884, Robert Browning, “Two Camels” in Ferishtah’s Fancies, London: Smith, Elder, p. 70,


simplified

more simplified (comparative)
most simplified (superlative)

同類詞：traditional

The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.

這個傳統漢字的筆畫數是簡化字筆畫數的兩倍。


cleansing

more cleansing (comparative)
most cleansing (superlative)

Apply the cleansing cream to your skin.

往你的皮膚上搽點清潔膏。


cleansing

Regular skin cleansing may help to prevent acne.

定期清潔皮膚可以避免痤瘡。


allergic

more allergic (comparative)
most allergic (superlative)

對……有過敏反應的，過敏的

I am allergic to cats.


not at all

/ˈnɒt ət ˈɔːl/

[ˈnɒ.ɾəˈɾɔːɫ]

一點兒也不，絕不，絲毫沒有。

Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.

1898，Winston Churchill，章號 3, in The Celebrity:

He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.

他一點也不友善的朝前妻走近。


not at all

/ˈnɒt ət ˈɔːl/

[ˈnɒ.ɾəˈɾɔːɫ]

Thank you for this very thoughtful present. — Not at all.

非常感謝您深思熟慮後前來出席。- 不客氣。


adjure

源自中古英語 adjuren，源自拉丁語 adiūrō (“鄭重請求”)，源自ad- (“近，朝，向”) + iūrō (“發誓”)。

adjures (third-person singular present)
adjuring (present participle)
adjured (past participle)

Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.

鄭重呼籲黨員提升對這項問題的重視。

`Then tell to me, and this great company, the tale whereof I have heard.' Thus adjured, I, in as few words as I could, related the history of the cannibal feast, and of the attempted torture of our poor servant.

1887，H. Rider Haggard，She: A History of Adventure:

The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.

1936，Rollo Ahmed，The Black Art，London: Long，頁 50:


adjutant

源自拉丁語 adiūtō，adiuvō (“幫助”)的持續態。最早見於17世紀。或源自拉丁語adiuvāns，adiuvō的現在分詞，源自iuvō (“幫助”)。

adjutant officer


admirably

more admirably (comparative)
most admirably (superlative)

He succeeded admirably in drawing fire away from the troop transports.

他成功將火力從運兵車上引開，這令人欽佩。

Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.

在幫助倖存的船員登上救生艇後，他和船一同沉入水中，這令人欽佩。

They have made admirably great improvements in quality.

他們在質量上取得了巨大的改善。


admittedly

more admittedly (comparative)
most admittedly (superlative)

Admittedly, vandalism is a bit of a problem.

誠然，破壞也有些成問題。

It's only a theory, admittedly, but it might work.

這誠然只是一種說法，但也說得通。

She was admittedly the one who killed the baron.


granted

He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.

他是個好學生，在學業上表現很好。雖然他確實有一次考試不及格，但我覺得這都是有充分理由能夠說明的。

"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."

“你沒有做一個好父親。”“確實。”


granted

用於表示三段論問題的假設：如果。

Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.

如果他沒做錯事，就應該被釋放。

Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.

如果缺乏證據，我們就無法作出這樣的結論。


adornment

The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.

這些幔子遮不了什麼光，主要是作為窗戶的裝飾。


adulthood

Son, now that you have reached adulthood, you are in the time of your life during which you are expected to take responsibility for your actions and for your well-being.

兒子，你已經進入成年，就應該對自己的行為和幸福負責。

The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

那個男孩子進行成年禮後進入成年。

The things learned in childhood will effect a person throughout its adulthood.

孩童時期學到的東西對人的影響會貫穿整個成年時期。


bitcoin

Bitcoin (alternative)
BitCoin (alternative)

We do not accept bitcoin at this store.

我們這間商店不接受比特幣。

It is a process of solving complex math problems using those computers which run bitcoin software.

2014，Dale Blake，Bitcoin Guide For Beginners: Bitcoin Trading and Mining Made Easy, →ISBN:

Other ecommerce sites that accept bitcoin are: Bitcoinshop.us which offers products like watches and air conditioners and ships to people within the United States; Air Baltic, which is a Latvian airline also started accepting cryptocurrency mode of payment for basic class fares not including Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Russia, India, Japan, China, Iceland, Indonesia, Lebanon and Jordan.

2015，Scott Green，Bitcoin : The Ultimate A - Z of Profitable Bitcoin Trading & Mining Guide, →ISBN:

Individual bitcoin users are not the only driving force in terms of securing the bitcoin network.

2016，Prypto，Bitcoin For Dummies, →ISBN，頁 137:

Find a friend who has bitcoin and buy some from him or her directly. Many bitcoin users start this way. This method is the least complicated. One way to meet people with bitcoin is to attend a local bitcoin meetup listed at Meetup.com.

2017，Andreas M. Antonopoulos，Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain, →ISBN，頁 11:


bitcoin

Bitcoin (alternative)
BitCoin (alternative)
bitcoins (plural)
bitcoin (plural)

This item costs one bitcoin.

Each time you succeed in creating a hash, you are rewarded with 25 bitcoins, the block chain is updated and all the users on the network are notified.

2013，John Davidson，How to Make Money Online With Digital Currency Bitcoins, →ISBN:

They buy bitcoins at a lower price then sell them at a higher value.

2014，Kinsley Wallace，Bitcoins: How to Invest, Buy and Sell: A Guide to Using the Bitcoin, →ISBN:

There are lots of ways to earn bitcoin.

2014，Joanne Falvey，Tale of the Bitcoin Kid: Learn about earning, →ISBN:

But consider that a significant amount of bitcoin is also being held by investors. Those investors do not plan to sell their bitcoin for some time because they are speculating that due to its utility as MoIP, demand will continue to rise and so too will its value.

2017，Chris Burniske & Jack Tatar，Cryptoassets, →ISBN:


traumatic

來自拉丁語 traumaticus，來自古希臘語 τραυματικός (traumatikós)，來自τραῦμα (traûma)。

more traumatic (comparative)
most traumatic (superlative)

/tɹɔːˈmætɪk/

traumatic tetanus


seduce

借自拉丁語 sēdūcō (“迷路，誤入歧途”)，源自sē- (“離開”) + dūcō (“帶領”)；參見duct。對比adduce、conduce、deduce等。

seduces (third-person singular present)
seducing (present participle)
seduced (past participle)

He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.

他多次與那個女孩在他車上、賓館裡、他家裡發生性關係。

He was seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the city.

他被那座城市的明亮燈光和獨特魅力所吸引。


seeming

more seeming (comparative)
most seeming (superlative)

seeming friendship

O, good my lord, you have lost a friend / And I dare swear you borrow not that face / Of seeming sorrow—it is sure your own.

c. 1596–1599，William Shakespeare，“The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio)，London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

I'le hide my anger in a seeming calm,
And what I have to do, consult the while,
And mask my vengeance underneath a smile.

1671, Aphra Behn, The Amorous Prince, or, The Curious Husband, London: Thomas Dring, Act II, Scene 5, pp. 32-33,

Of all the English philosophers, I most reverence Bacon, that great and hardy genius: he it is who, undaunted by the seeming difficulties that oppose, prompts human curiosity to examine every part of nature;

1765, Oliver Goldsmith, Essays, London: W. Griffin, Essay 18, p. 150,

[…] she was overcome like the thirsty one who is drawn toward the seeming water in the desert […]

1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Chapter 27,

[…] though they marched in seeming peace, the hearts of all the army, from the highest to the lowest, were downcast, and with every mile that they went north foreboding of evil grew heavier on them.

1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012, Chapter 10,

Fields (or “camps”) enclosed by chest-high wire fences now contain thousands of ostriches in seeming harmony, sometimes spread out like feathered chess pieces, sometimes seated in clusters.

2020年August4日，Richard Conniff，“They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine:


just deserts

desert在這裡使用複數形deserts，意為「那些事物應受到懲罰」。“desert”现在属古旧用法，除了本短语外很少使用。

just desserts的拼寫形式為非正式。有些時候會作為雙關使用，例如餐廳名稱。

It may appear that they're getting ahead by cheating, but they'll get their just deserts in the end.

现在看起来他们好像通过作弊拿到了好成绩，不过他们最后会自食其果的。


Cajun

盎格魯化的阿卡迪亞法語 Cadien（來自Acadien (“阿卡迪亞的”)的詞首音省略），在阿卡迪亞方言表現為顎音/dj/到/d͡ʒ/。

Cajin (alternative)
Cadjin (alternative)
Cagin (alternative)
Cadien (alternative)
Cajuns (plural)

coonass

一些住在路易斯安那州中未受教育和貧窮的法裔人。

一些住在路易斯安那州中未受教育和貧窮的法裔人。

Damn Cajuns! They're all a bunch of lazy coonasses!


in charge

more in charge (comparative)
most in charge (superlative)

負擔起領導或監督的責任；主管

He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters.

他讓他的女兒照顧她的幾個妹妹。

This internet browser puts you in charge of your personal settings.

這個網頁瀏覽器能讓你管理個人設定。


She brought ~10 shirts for a two-day trip.

她兩天旅遊回來，帶了差不多10件襯衫。

表示快樂、興奮，或玩笑的語氣。

Awesome~ I hope you enjoy your trip!


smoked

smoked salmon


slacken

slackens (third-person singular present)
slackening (present participle)
slackened (past participle)

The pace slackened.

He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time.

1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:


sliver

源自中古英語 slivere, sliver，源自中古英語 sliven (“切，使裂開”)，源自古英語 slīfan（參見tōslīfan (“使裂開，使分開”)）。

slivers (third-person singular present)
slivering (present participle)
slivered (past participle)

to sliver wood

slips of yew,
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse

c. 1606 (date written)，William Shakespeare，“The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)，London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:


smack

源自中古英語 smac、smak、smacke，源自古英語 smæc、smæċċ (“味道”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *smakkuz (“味道”)，源自原始印歐語 *smegʰ-、*smeg- (“品嘗”)。與方言smatch、低地蘇格蘭語 smak (“味道，香味，氣味”)、薩特弗里斯蘭語 Smoak (“味道”)、西弗里斯蘭語 smaak (“味道”)、荷蘭語 smaak (“味道”)、德語 Schmack、Geschmack (“味道”)、瑞典語、挪威語 smak (“味道”)、挪威語 smekke同源。類似古英語 smæċċan (“品嘗”)。參見smake、smatch。

（輕微的）味道，風味，滋味

rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon

But take it: if the smack is sour / The better for the embittered hour;

1896，A. E. Housman，“Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad:


snooze

未知。對比荷蘭語 snoezelen。

snoozes (third-person singular present)
snoozing (present participle)
snoozed (past participle)

The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.

老闆抓到他在桌子上打盹。


snooze

未知。對比荷蘭語 snoezelen。

snooze button

鬧鐘的“打盹按鈕”，按下後幾分鐘會再響一次

The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.

那隻貓喜歡在晴天到窗台上打個盹。

The whole movie was a snooze.


so far

So far, nothing unusual has happened.

How are your driving lessons? So far, pretty good.

你的駕駛課如何？ 目前都還一切順利。

Don't expect a long walk. You can only go so far in that direction.

別想著能走很遠。 往那個方向，走一段就到頭了。

British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.

2013年August10日，Lexington，“Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist，卷 408, 期 8848:


so far so good

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-so far so good.ogg

Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good; now let's get to Minorca.

你們已經裝好東西，買好票，訂好酒店，把狗狗也放進犬舍裡了。到目前為止一切順利，那現在就出發去梅諾卡吧。


go to bed

goes to bed (third-person singular present)
going to bed (present participle)
went to bed (past)
gone to bed (past participle)

Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

2013年July19日，Ian Sample，“Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly，卷 189, 期 6，頁 34:

It's ten minutes past your bed-time; go to bed!

已經過了你上床時間10分鐘了。快去睡覺！

It's been a long day—I think I'll just go to bed now.

今天真是漫長——我覺得我現在該睡覺了。


go to sleep

goes to sleep (third-person singular present)
going to sleep (present participle)
went to sleep (past)
gone to sleep (past participle)

Go to sleep at the same hour every night.


fall asleep

falls asleep (third-person singular present)
falling asleep (present participle)
fell asleep (past)
fallen asleep (past participle)

My left leg has fallen asleep!


put to bed

puts to bed (third-person singular present)
putting to bed (present participle)
put to bed (past participle)

I hope we can put those doubts to bed.

我希望我們能消除這些疑惑。


drop off

drops off (third-person singular present)
dropping off (present participle)
dropped off (past participle)

After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.

喝完兩杯威士忌之後，Tom 很快就在電視機前睡著了。

And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.

1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

寄，送，帶；允許乘客離開

Can you drop the kids off at school?

你能把孩子們送到學校嗎？

I'll drop off your books when I see you tonight.

今晚我見你的時候會把你的書帶過來。

After dropping off travellers at Foregate Street, my train terminates at Shrub Hill - a station which boasts one of the best selection [sic] of semaphore signals left in the country.

2020年December2日，Paul Bigland，“My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail，頁 67:

The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree.

Sales have dropped off in recent months.


pass on

passes on (third-person singular present)
passing on (present participle)
passed on (past participle)

Can you pass on the information next time you see him?

你下次見他的時候，能不能告訴他這件事？

Does he know what I do? / And you'll pass this on, won't you? / And if I ask him once what would he say? / Is he willing? / Can he play?

2003，“Pass This On”, in Deep Cuts，演出者 The Knife:

I'll pass on dessert, thanks.

His uncle passed on last year.


awaken

來自中古英語 awakenen或awaknen，來自古英語 awæcnan或awæcnian，來自a- 加上wæcnan或wæcnian。

awakens (third-person singular present)
awakening (present participle)
awakened (past participle)

由於經常與 awake 混淆，本詞也承襲了一些 awake 的變位，即簡單過去式和過去分詞分別變成 awoke 和 awoken。

She awakened him by ringing the bell.

Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.

每天早晨他都面帶笑容地醒來。


wake up

wakes up (third-person singular present)
waking up (present participle)
woke up (past)
waked up (past)
woken up (past participle)
waked up (past participle)

Wake your brother up; it's time for school.

叫醒你哥哥/弟弟；現在該上學了。

It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”

1935，George Goodchild，章號 3, in Death on the Centre Court:

認清現實；專注於手頭上的事情

Some businesses were slow to wake up to the importance of the Internet.

That's the third time you've made the same mistake. Wake up!


sortie

借自法語 sortie (“出口，結束”)。

Russia said it carried out 55 sorties in the last 24 hours.

俄羅斯方面稱，過去24小時內，其戰機共出動55架次。

Finally, the astronauts will descend to the lunar surface. After their sortie on the moon, they’ll return to the orbital station

2019, Jeff Foust, “NASA’s Lunar Space Station Is a Great/Terrible Idea,” IEEE Spectrum:


spaceman

I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.


strangle

源自中古英語 stranglen，源自古法語 estrangler，源自拉丁語 strangulō, strangulāre，源自古希臘語 στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai，“勒死”)，源自στραγγάλη (strangálē，“韁繩”)；對比στραγγός (strangós，“彎曲的”)。代替中古英語 wirien、awurien (“勒死”)（> 英語 worry）。

strangles (third-person singular present)
strangling (present participle)
strangled (past participle)

He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.

他把妻子掐死，再用酸來溶解她的身體。

She strangled a scream.

The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.

那隻貓從樹枝上滑下來，被掛著鈴鐺的頸箍勒死了。


suds

源自sud的複數，sod (“泡沫”)的變體，等同於sud + -s。與seethe有關。

有時作不可數名詞（too much suds），有時作複數（too many suds）。

We went out for some pizza and suds.

我們出去吃點披薩，喝點小酒。


suds

sudses (third-person singular present)
sudsing (present participle)
sudsed (past participle)

We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.

我們用肥皂塗滿全車，沖洗之後就像新的一樣閃閃發亮。


cover up

covers up (third-person singular present)
covering up (present participle)
covered up (past participle)

The politician tried to cover up his involvement in the scandal.

那個政治家試圖隱藏自己參與過這件醜聞的事實。

Please cover up and go to sleep now.


Pythonic

pythonic (alternative)
more Pythonic (comparative)
most Pythonic (superlative)

Pythonesque

Python（一門程式語言）風格的、Python 的

unpythonic

Python（一門程式語言）風格的、Python 的

Python（一門程式語言）風格的、Python 的

The Zen of Python requires almost all code to be Pythonic.

Python 之禪要求幾乎所有代碼都以Python風格編寫。

The Pythonic style isn't regimented or enforced by the compiler. It has emerged over time through experience using the language and working with others.

2015年February12日，Brett Slatkin，Effective Python，Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN，頁 1:

Pythonic code—when you first hear of it, you might think it is a programming paradigm, similar to object-oriented or functional programming. While some of it could be considered as such, it is actually more of a design philosophy.

2016年August31日，Fabrizio Romano，Dusty Phillips，Rick van Hattem，Python: Journey from Novice to Expert，Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN，頁 850:


fish and chips

儘管美國英語多將薯條稱作fries 或 french fries，但在美國這道菜依然叫做fish and chips。

炸魚薯條，英國海岸地區的特色食品

Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips.

一起去海邊的 Sophie 家；他們家的炸魚薯條最好吃。


odds and ends

The garage was filled with a random assortment of odds and ends.


take out

takes out (third-person singular present)
taking out (present participle)
took out (past)
taken out (past participle)

Let me take you out for dinner.

The soldiers were instructed to take out the enemy base by any means necessary.

士兵被要求以一切必要方式摧毀敵軍基地。

Anyway, one of the snipers took him out.

2003，Jeff Kaye，Two Faces Have I (fiction)，頁 414:

Boss told me when the guy was done, I should take him out.

2008年July14日，Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan，The Dark Knight，spoken by Happy (William Smillie), Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures:

Before he could get a shot off, Wilder took him out with two shots to the chest, just as Roderick took out the third shooter.

2011，Brett Spencer，Two Standing (fiction)，頁 84:

通過法律或其他官方手段獲取

take out a loan;  take out medical insurance;  take out a membership;  take out a patent

獲得貸款；獲得醫療保險；取得成員資格；取得專利

Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.

2012年April19日，Josh Halliday，“Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:


trash bag

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The road was full of trash bags awaiting the arrival of the garbage men.

路上堆滿了垃圾袋，等待著垃圾工人的到來。


garbage bag

The road was full of garbage bags awaiting the arrival of the trash men.

路上堆滿了垃圾袋，等待著垃圾工人的到來。


squabble

起於17世紀初，可能源自北日耳曼語支，與瑞典語方言詞 skvabbel (“爭吵，流言”)、skvappa (“批評，訓斥”)、挪威語方言詞 skvabba (“閒扯”)、德語方言詞 schwabbeln (“嘮叨”)有關。

The children got into a squabble about who should ride in the front of the car.

孩子們為誰坐在車前面吵了起來。


squabble

squabbles (third-person singular present)
squabbling (present participle)
squabbled (past participle)

The brothers were always squabbling with each other.

The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative.


teary

源自中古英語 tery；等同於tear + -y。

tearier (comparative)
teariest (superlative)

No wonder Ryan was teary; he missed his parents.

難怪瑞安之前在哭；他想念父母了。

Wade looked into his girlfriend's teary eyes.

韋德看著他女朋友哭泣的雙眼。


amongst

amongs + -t (無實義)，源自among + -s (屬格)；等同於among + -st (無實義)。詞根among來自古英語 ongemang，on (“在……的裡面”) + gemang (“集聚，混合”)。

Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people.

Janek 感覺和他的朋友在一起十分自在，但他見陌生人時就會很緊張。


get along

gets along (third-person singular present)
getting along (present participle)
got along (past)
got along
gotten along

I wish the kids would get along better.

我希望孩子們能好好相處。

She never did get along with her brother.

她和兄弟關係就沒有好過。

She didn’t have a lot of money, but she had enough to get along.

她錢不多，但也足夠勉強過活。

Driver, get along there.


slur

來自中古英語 sloor (“稀泥”)。與中古低地德語 sluren (“走在泥裡”)同源。與方言挪威語 sløra (“草率，不上心”)、丹麥語 sløre (“搖晃，鬆垮”)有關；對比古諾爾斯語 slóðra (“慢吞吞地走”)。

a racial slur


slur

slurs (third-person singular present)
slurring (present participle)
slurred (past participle)

to slur syllables;  He slurs his speech when he is drunk.

音節發音不清楚；他喝醉的時候說話含糊不清

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

2014年April21日，“Subtle effects”, in The Economist，卷 411, 期 8884:


deliverable

more deliverable (comparative)
most deliverable (superlative)

/dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/

The packages were not deliverable because the roads had flooded out.

因為道路被水沖毀，這些包裹無法派送。

In any of our worlds, if we went out to consult on options that weren't deliverable, we would rightly be heavily criticised for wasting people's time.

2021年May5日，Philip Haigh，“I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL，期 930，頁 50:


deliverable

/dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/

Due to inclement weather, we will be unable to provide our deliverables.

由於惡劣天氣，我們無法交付產品。

We packaged the deliverable, a program called FLOOD.EXE, in an installer file.

我們將交付的產品，一個叫FLOOD.EXE的程式，打包進安裝文件裡。


used up

more used up (comparative)
most used up (superlative)

筋疲力盡的；耗盡的，枯竭的

That used up old man is no good in a fight.

那個筋疲力盡的老頭根本不擅長戰鬥。

1840, A chant opposing then-presidential candidate Martin Van Buren: "And with them we'll beat Van, Van, Van/Van is a used up man".

2001, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 304.


worn out

more worn out (comparative)
most worn out (superlative)

That old tractor is worn out.

那個舊拖拉機已經破爛不堪了。

That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.

1913，Joseph C. Lincoln，章號 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

I was worn out after all that work.

幹完那項工作，我已經筋疲力盡。

That game was fun, but now I'm all worn out.

那個遊戲很好玩，但是現在我已經玩累了。


turn over

turns over (third-person singular present)
turning over (present participle)
turned over (past participle)

Turn over the box and look at the bottom.

把盒子翻轉過來，看看它的底部。

They turned over the evidence to the authorities.

They can turn over about three hundred units per hour.

他們每小時能完成三百個單元。

The business turned over £1m last year.

去年這項生意產生了100萬英鎊的利潤。

The Giants didn't turn the ball over in their last four games.

在最後四場比賽中，巨人隊都沒有放棄控球。

I've turned over the whole place, but I still can't find my glasses.

我翻遍了整塊地方，都沒能找到我的眼鏡。

Thieves turned over the apartment while the owners were away on holiday.

趁著房主度假，竊賊們翻亂了整個公寓。


turn upside down

turn upside-down (alternative)
turns upside down (third-person singular present)
turning upside down (present participle)
turned upside down (past participle)

Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.

把盒子翻轉過來，看看它的底部。

They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.

他們翻遍了整間屋子來找車鑰匙。


upside down

早期up so down的變體，源自中古英語 up-so-doun、upsedowne、upsadowne (“翻轉，顛倒”)，等同於up + so + down。

The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.

英國國旗上下顛倒地掛著，這是危險的信號。

For, suddenly, I saw you there / And through foggy London town / The sun was shining upside down!

1937，“A Foggy Day (In London Town)”, Ira Gershwin 作詞, George Gershwin 作曲:

The thief had turned the room upside down.


upside down

The pattern resembled an upside down letter W.

這個圖案像顛倒的字母W。

He's upside down on his mortgage.


sharpened

a sharpened pencil

a sharpened knife


sharpen

源自中古英語 scharpenen、scharpnen，等同於sharp + -en。

sharpens (third-person singular present)
sharpening (present participle)
sharpened (past participle)

削尖，磨鋒利； 加強，加重

to sharpen a pencil or a knife or a musical note

The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use. Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.

2013年July26日，Leo Hickman，“How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly，卷 189, 期 7，頁 26:


sharpener

/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/

There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.


aahing

the oohings and aahings of the crowd


surreality

And when he goes to greet his mother the surreality of it all stares him in the face: in two years she's turned into a little old lady.

2008，Preeta Samarasan，Evening is the Whole Day，Fourth Estate，頁 227:

The surreality of the crash scene dawned upon him only when he saw a holy figure in the smoke.

看起來超現實的；超現實的存在、事件或其他事實。

The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.


surreal number

1974年由高德納在其小說 Surreal Numbers: How Two Ex-Students Turned on to Pure Mathematics and Found Total Happiness 中提出。此概念後來由英國數學家約翰·何頓·康威應用在對圍棋博弈論的研究中。最初康威只稱其為 numbers，但在1976年的 On Numbers and Games 中採用了高德納的用詞。

Conway's construction of surreal numbers relies on the use of transfinite induction.

康威對超現實數的建構基於超限歸納法的使用。

Conway's approach was to build numbers from scratch using a construction inspired by his game theory research; the resulting class of surreal numbers proved much larger than the class of real numbers.

ISBN 9780521312059

The class² of surreal numbers is defined inductively, together with an order relation on surreal numbers wich is also defined inductively:
#*:: • A surreal number X=(X_L,X_R) consists of two sets X_L and X_R of surreal numbers, such that no element from X_L is greater than any element from X_R.
#*:: • A surreal number Y=(Y_L,Y_R) is greater than another surreal number X=(X_L,X_R), X<Y, if and only if
#*::: − there is no x∈X_L such that Y<x, and
#*::: − there is no y∈Y_R such that y<X.

2012, Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg, Anton Setzer, A Finite Axiomatisation of Inductive-Inductive Definitions, Ulrich Berger, Hannes Diener, Peter Schuster, Monika Seisenberger (editors), Logic, Construction, Computation, Ontos Verlag, page 263,

Here we shall follow Conway's exposition rather closely. Let L and R be two sets of numbers. Assume that no member of L is greater than or equal to any member of R. Then L|R is a surreal number. All surreal numbers are constructed in this fashion.

2018, Steven G. Krantz, Essentials of Mathematical Thinking, Taylor & Francis (Chapman & Hall/CRC Press), page 247,


abso-fucking-lutely

more abso-fucking-lutely (comparative)
most abso-fucking-lutely (superlative)

Are you ready? – Abso-fucking-lutely!


powder snow

Expert skiers love skiing on powder snow.

滑雪高手喜歡在細雪上滑雪。


at a time

He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.

他每次會有幾個星期不抽煙，但之後又會復吸。

climb stairs two at a time

The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.

1897年 12月（標示為1898年），Winston Churchill，章號 IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC，頁s 58–59:


double bass

double-bass (alternative)
double basses (plural)

Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.


helluva

hell of a的合音，以書面形式寫出。

We had a helluva good time at the party.

我們在聚會上玩得很開心。


agnostic

由托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎在1870年造出。源自古希臘語 ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos，“無知的，不知道的”)，或源自a- + Gnostic，派生自古希臘語 ἀ- (a-，“不”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō，“知道”)。

more agnostic (comparative)
most agnostic (superlative)

In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.

His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.

他的不可知論觀點在著作中得到總結。

She left the church when she became agnostic.

她開始懷疑神的存在後，便退出了教會。

無關的，不依賴的，中立的，獨立的

The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-agnostic”.

套接字通信層與其底層的傳輸機制無關——它是“傳輸獨立”的。

對事情沒有堅定立場/意見的

I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.

我不清楚乙醇到底是不是綠色燃料。

He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.

他說對於國務卿的聲明，他不知道如何評論。


stringed

The violin is a stringed instrument but without frets.

小提琴是一種無品的弦樂器。


archipelagic

more archipelagic (comparative)
most archipelagic (superlative)

/ɑːkɪpəˈlædʒɪk/

Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state.

印度尼西亞是世界上最大的群島國家。


avenger

an avenger of blood


incent

incents (third-person singular present)
incenting (present participle)
incented (past participle)

在《美國當代英語語料庫》（COCA）中，不及 incentivize 常用。
對於個人行動上，比 incentivize 稍用得多。

刺激，激勵，鼓勵（人或組織）。

We need to incent people to innovate more.

我們需要鼓勵人們更多地創新。

We try to incent people to do it earlier, which levels the load.

2007年February24日，Damon Darlin，“At Intuit, What Comes After Taxes?”, in New York Times:

incent investors to manage assets with a long-term perspective

2010年June24日，Al Gore and David Blood，“Toward Sustainable Capitalism”, in Wall Street Journal:

給……（事物）以刺激，激勵。

We need to incent more innovation.

我們需要激勵出更多的創新。

DUNCAN: The more we can reward excellence, the more we can incent excellence, the more we can get our best teachers to work in those hard to staff schools

2009年January13日，Arne Duncan，“Duncan Lays Out Positions in Confirmation Hearing”, in WBEZ Chicago Public Radio:


win over

wins over (third-person singular present)
winning over (present participle)
won over (past participle)

If the truth doesn't win him over, perhaps charm will.

如果真相無法說服他，或許魅力可以。

Despite his ill-fated spell at Anfield, he received a warm reception from the same Liverpool fans he struggled to win over before being sacked midway through last season.

2012年April22日，Sam Sheringham，“Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

For trains to play a major role in reducing carbon and other pollutants through modal shift, the railway will have to do more to win over the growing proportion of non-captive passengers who will have the choice of whether or not to use rail over other modes.

2021年July14日，Anthony Lambert，“Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL，期 935，頁 49:


foreign body

The foreign body stuck inside the dog's stomach turned out to be a bottle cap.

卡在狗胃裡的異物原來是瓶蓋。


supplicate

借自拉丁語 supplicat-，supplicō的分詞詞幹，源自sub- + plicō (“彎曲”)。

supplicates (third-person singular present)
supplicating (present participle)
supplicated (past participle)

to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel

為基督徒傳播福音的努力祈求祝福

to supplicate the Deity


-ic

構成形容詞，表示“……的”、“與……有關的”、“受……影響的”、“……式的”。

Aaron → Aaronic


-ability

議程自中古英語 -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite，借自中古法語 -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité，派生自拉丁語 -abilitas, -ibilitas，源自 -abilis (“能夠”) 或 -ibilis (“能夠”) + -tas。等價於 -able + -ity。和 ability 沒有詞源上的關係。

構成名詞，表示「能力」、「可能性」、「傾向性」、「適宜性」。

adapt → adaptability

accept → acceptability


-ation

繼承自中古英語 -acioun, -acion，派生自古法語 acion, -ation，派生自拉丁語 -ātiō，{m|la|-tiō}}的替代形式（同 -tion）。

accumulation

exhilaration


-ible

構成形容詞，表示“可……的”“能……的”。

access → accessible

構成名詞，表示“可……的事物”。

foible


-ade

借自西班牙語 -ado，派生自拉丁語 -ata（-atum 的陰性形式）。

表示由特定水果製成的飲料。

lemonade, limeade, orangeade


self-encrypting

a self-encrypting hard disk


abscessed

more abscessed (comparative)
most abscessed (superlative)

膿腫的、生膿瘡的 （首次記錄於19世紀中期）

The sore was abscessed and filled with pus.


above-board

aboveboard (alternative)
above board (alternative)

/əˈbʌvˌbɔɹd/

光明正大的，合法公正的 （首次記錄於16世紀晚期。）

Fair and aboveboard.

Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?

2013年May15日，Stephen Lemons，“Joe Arpaio's Fave Pay-triot John Philip Sousa IV Fires Back, Makes Bank Off Peddling Joe”, in Phoenix New Times，存檔自the original on 2019-03-11:

Over the weekend, Android owners were displeased to discover that Facebook had been scraping their text-message and phone-call metadata, in some cases for years, an operation hidden in the fine print of a user agreement clause until Ars Technica reported. Facebook was quick to defend the practice as entirely aboveboard—small comfort to those who are beginning to realize that, because Facebook is a free service, they and their data are by necessity the products.

2018年March26日，Maya Kosoff，“Zuckerberg hits users with the hard truth: You agreed to this”, in Vanity Fair:


gain ground

比喻，暗示像軍事獲得版圖一樣。

gains ground (third-person singular present)
gaining ground (present participle)
gained ground (past participle)

No matter how hard I try, I don't seem to be gaining ground.

不管我怎樣努力嘗試，似乎都沒有進展。

Team Red has gained ground on Team Blue since October.

十月以來，紅隊一直要優於藍隊。


take root

takes root (third-person singular present)
taking root (present participle)
took root (past)
taken root (past participle)

Those tulip bulbs have taken root.

這些鬱金香的鱗莖已經生根了。

The new regulations have yet to take root.

You have of late stood out against your brother, and he hath ta'en you newly into his grace; where it is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourself: it is needful that you frame the season for your own harvest.

1599, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 3


storyline

story + line
氣候科學義在2014年 IPCC 第三工作組第五次會議上提出。

story line (alternative)
storylines (plural)

That film had a wonderful storyline, but the poor acting let it down.

那部電影故事情節很棒，但是表演太差，拉低觀感。


city hall

City Hall (alternative)
city chambers (alternative)
city halls (plural)

/ˈsɪtɪ ˌhɔːl/

The vice-mayor has an office on the third floor of city hall.

副市長的辦公室在市政廳三樓。

You can't fight city hall.


thence

源自古英語 þanon + 副詞屬格詞尾-es，前者源自一原始日耳曼語詞根 *þan-。與威斯特伐利亞低地德語diëne同源。

I came thence.

Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).

Prospero

From this we can find the characteristic roots b_1 and b_2 and thence proceed to the remaining steps of the solution process.

2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 605

I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.


archduke

源自中古法語 archeduc（現代法語 archiduc），源自拉丁語 archidux。等同於arch- + duke。

World War I traditionally started with the assassination of Archduke Francis (Franz) Ferdinand.

傳統上以暗殺弗朗茨·斐迪南大公作為第一次世界大戰的開始。


yay

yea (“對；真的”)的變體。

Yay! I have finally finished my work!


yay

yea (“對；真的”)的變體。

The tree was yay big.


amazon

源自Amazon，源自中古英語，源自拉丁語，源自古希臘語 Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn)。

Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.

雖然真正的亞馬遜女戰士（Amazons）應當是身體纖瘦的，但女性運動員也常被起這樣的綽號（amazons）。


shake off

shakes off (third-person singular present)
shaking off (present participle)
shook off (past)
shaken off (past participle)

抖掉，甩掉（身上或物體上粘附的東西）

The archaeologists shook off the dust that had fallen from the roof, and promptly continued their work.

考古學家甩掉從棚頂落到身上的塵土，馬上又開始工作。

Some rumors that the governor had smoked pot as a teenager were flying around, but he has finally managed to shake them off.

州長十幾歲時吸過大麻的傳聞滿天飛，不過他最後擺脫了這些謠言。

The police are chasing us! Quick, turn into that side street! We've got to shake them off.

警察在追我們！快點轉進那條小巷！我們要甩開他們。

I just can't shake off this cold.


Yorke

源自古英語的姓氏，York的變體

Thom Yorke sings in the band Radiohead.

湯姆·約克在 Radiohead 樂隊唱歌。


cross the Rubicon

指公元前49年1月10日，尤里烏斯·愷撒破除將領不得帶兵渡過盧比孔河的禁忌，帶兵進軍羅馬與格奈烏斯·龐培展開內戰。蘇埃托尼烏斯將愷撒的這種行為形容成是“木已成舟”（the die is cast；iacta ālea est）使得該短語的使用普及開來。

crosses the Rubicon (third-person singular present)
crossing the Rubicon (present participle)
crossed the Rubicon (past participle)

He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon but he could not live a lie anymore.

他知道向家人出櫃就像破釜沉舟，但他不願再隱瞞下去了。

Will China cross the Rubicon by sending its military to Hong Kong?

中國會破釜沉舟，向香港派兵嗎？

2019年August16日，Bonnie Girard，Battle-Ready: The PLA’s Hong Kong Garrison，The Diplomat:


come into effect

comes into effect (third-person singular present)
coming into effect (present participle)
came into effect (past)
come into effect (past participle)

The new rules will come into effect on the first of January.

新規定將於1月1日起生效。


take effect

takes effect (third-person singular present)
taking effect (present participle)
took effect (past)
taken effect (past participle)

The medication won't begin to take effect for 3-4 hours.

藥物3-4小時後才會開始起效。


Smirnoff

一份 Smirnoff（斯米諾／思美洛／思美洛夫）品牌的伏特加

I soon regretted drinking three Smirnoffs on an empty stomach.

我很快就後悔空腹喝了三杯斯米諾。


twelve o'clock

英語中，twelve o'clock high 和 high noon 雖然詞形相似，但意思和衍生上都有不同。前者意思為“正前方；正上方”，後者意為“正午，太陽正在頭頂方向時”。

用於十二小時制和二十四小時制

The bar closes at twelve o'clock.

The next train comes at twelve o'clock.

下一趟列車中午十二點到達。

正前方（水平時鐘方向）或上方（垂直時鐘方向）

We've got a bogey at twelve o'clock .


one o'clock

用於十二小時制和十二四小時制

The bar closes at one o'clock.

The next train comes at one o'clock.

下一趟列車下午一點到達。

一點鐘方向；中間稍微偏右（水平），或稍微偏上（垂直）的方向

We've got a bogey at one o'clock.

我們一點鐘方向有架敵機。


high noon

noontime

（人的一生/某項活動/時代的）鼎盛時期

noontide

（人的一生/某項活動/時代的）鼎盛時期

有關 high noon 和 twelve o'clock high 之間的區別，參見 twelve o'clock § 使用說明。

The same streets that are inviting and quiet at high noon may be intimidating at night.

正午安靜祥和的街道，到了晚上也可以變得令人生畏。


Rome wasn't built in a day

羅馬不是一日建成的；慢工出細活

I know this project is a big undertaking, but you need to have patience and be hopeful. Remember that Rome wasn't built in a day.

我知道這項計劃浩大，但你要有耐心、有希望。記住，慢工出細活。


two o'clock

用於十二小時制和十二四小時制

The bar closes at two o'clock.

The next train comes at two o'clock.

下一趟列車下午兩點到達。

兩點鐘方向；中間稍微偏右（水平），或稍微偏上（垂直）的方向

We've got a bogey at two o'clock.

我們兩點鐘方向有架敵機。


armed

arm (“武裝，配備武器”) + -ed

more armed (comparative)
most armed (superlative)

配備有……的；（特指）武裝的，攜帶武器的；使用武力的

nuclear-armed


armed

有著……（數字或描述）手臂的

the four-armed creature.

the strong-armed man.

His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.

1634, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen


uncultivable

more uncultivable (comparative)
most uncultivable (superlative)

uncultivable wasteland

uncultivable bacteria


broad bean

The term 'bean' originally referred to the seed of the broad bean.

“bean”這個詞原先指的是蠶豆的種子。


squalid

squalider (comparative)
squalidest (superlative)

A squalid attempt to buy votes.


squirt

源自中古英語 squirten、squyrten，源頭不明；可能是擬聲詞。類似swirl。對比低地德語 swirtjen。

Hey squirt! Where you been?

Hurd returns with Mal, Mr. Eph, and Gumbo, the “town squirt” of twelve, and the boys′ activities come out.

1986, Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, Cutlass Island, entry in Dictionary of American Children′s Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent Books of Recognized Merit, page 137,

How the child managed to converse and fold at the same time was a marvel, yet the shirt lay in a tidy rectangle by the time she came up for air.

2010, Karen Witemeyer, A Tailor-Made Bride, Bethany House Publishers, US, page 66,

Excuse me, I need to take a squirt.

不好意思，我要去撒泡尿。


squirt

squirts (third-person singular present)
squirting (present participle)
squirted (past participle)

The toothpaste squirted from the tube.

His servants would stab a child in the jugular vein, and let the blood squirt over him.

1865, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves, 2008, Forgotten Books, page 121,


self-government

The radical party agitated for the region to secede from the confederation and establish self-government.

激進黨鼓吹該地區脫離聯邦自治。


self-rule

Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.

僅僅自治九個星期後，英國就恢復了對北愛爾蘭的直接統治。


goose egg

鵝蛋和阿拉伯數字零（0）均為橢圓形。

I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg.

考試的每道題我都做錯了，拿了個零蛋。


unlaid

未放下的，未放置的 未被驅魔的

an unlaid egg

unlaid paving stones

The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.

雖然媽媽已經五次叫我們佈置好餐具了，但這張桌子上還沒佈置好。

未放下的，未放置的 沒有發生性行為的

an unlaid egg

unlaid paving stones

雖然媽媽已經五次叫我們佈置好餐具了，但這張桌子上還沒佈置好。

I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!

我和男朋友五個月前分手之後就沒做過了，所以現在我好饑渴！

未放下的，未放置的 （屍體）未準備好埋葬的

an unlaid egg

unlaid paving stones

雖然媽媽已經五次叫我們佈置好餐具了，但這張桌子上還沒佈置好。

未放下的，未放置的 未用平行線標記的

an unlaid egg

unlaid paving stones

雖然媽媽已經五次叫我們佈置好餐具了，但這張桌子上還沒佈置好。


toilet bowl

These days, toilet bowls are most often of porcelain; however, one can find some of stainless steel, and even of resin or polymers.

現在，馬桶的材質主要是陶瓷；不過，也有的馬桶是不鏽鋼材質，甚至是用樹脂或者高分子聚合物做的。


thermonuclear

China detonated her first thermonuclear in June 1967.

1967年6月，中國第一顆氫彈爆炸成功。


argh

模仿哭聲。大概從18世紀開始使用。

Argh! Itʼs already 7:15! Weʼre never gonna make it!

啊！已經七點十五分了！我們來不及了！


luridness

The luridness of the author's descriptions turned off the critics.

作者描述之誇張使批評家們感到失望。


sign language

當地使用的手語，或被誤認為世界通用的手語。

I'm taking night classes to learn sign language.

There are some unique properties found in sign language compared to spoken language.

與口語相比，手語具有一些獨特的性質。


vaccinated

more vaccinated (comparative)
most vaccinated (superlative)

已接種疫苗的，已獲得疫苗保護效果的

I'll come and see you again once I'm fully vaccinated.

等我接種完疫苗了，我就會過來見你。


assent

源自中古英語 assent (名詞)。assenten (動詞)，源自古法語 assent (名詞)、assentir (動詞)。

I will give this act my assent.

A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.

1960 January，“Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated，頁 9:

He lowered his head in assent.

2014，Ian McEwan，The Children Act，Penguin Random House (2018)，頁 128:


subvert

源自中古英語 subverten，源自古法語 subvertir，源自拉丁語 subvertō (“推翻”，字面意思是“翻轉”)。

subverts (third-person singular present)
subverting (present participle)
subverted (past participle)

A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.

獨裁者只有使人民的意志背叛才能繼續掌權。


skinned

more skinned (comparative)
most skinned (superlative)

皮膚（或類似的外表層）損傷的；被剝除的

My skinned knuckles hurt until the scrape healed.

我的指關節擦破了皮，傷好之前一直疼痛。


cremation

借自拉丁語 cremātiō, cremātiōnis；等同於cremate + -ion。

/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/

Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.


skyrocket

skyrockets (third-person singular present)
skyrocketing (present participle)
skyrocketed (past participle)

Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

2013年March13日，David S. Senchina，“Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist，卷 101, 期 2，頁 134:

The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.


in lieu of

部分仿譯自法語 au lieu de。

“鑑於”義就詞源上而言是不正確的，字面上就是in place of (“代替”)的意思。

They gave him a cash award, in lieu of the promised prize package.

他們給了他現金獎勵，而不是承諾的獎品。

In lieu of recent events, more caution is needed.

有鑑於最近發生的事件，我們需要更加謹慎。


instead of

來自中古英語 in stede of、in stude of，等價於in + stead + of。與薩特弗里斯蘭語 insteede、ansteede、西弗里斯蘭語 ynstee、德語 anstatt (von)、丹麥語 i stedet同源。

He walked to school instead of taking the car.

他走路去學校而不是坐車。

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
#*:: 他要替你對百姓說話，你要以他當做口，他要以你當做神。


come out of the closet

comes out of the closet (third-person singular present)
coming out of the closet (present participle)
came out of the closet (past)
come out of the closet (past participle)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-au-come out of the closet.ogg

come out of the broom closet

公開自己的威卡教徒或其他新異教主義信徒身份

出櫃；公開自己過去保密的性取向、少數信仰或偏好

She finally came out of the closet to her religious family regarding her atheism.

她終於向她信教的家人們坦白自己無神論者的身份。

Now, we're coming out / Out of our closets / Out on the streets / Yeah, we're coming out

1972，Lou Reed （作曲作詞）, “Make Up”, in Transformer:


dirty joke

The old woman left the concert because she was disgusted with the comedian's dirty jokes.

因為對台上喜劇演員講的葷段子反感，老太太離開了音樂會。


odontocete

Sperm whales and dolphins are odontocetes.


gooder

源自 good + -er (“比較級形容詞後綴”)。

另見具有平行結構的 oner，one 的名詞化形式，義思是「傑出的人或事務」。

You're a gooder, for taking care of your mom.

你照顧你媽媽，是個好人。


Standard English

Students with a pronounced Midland South dialect are required to take a course teaching them to speak and write in Standard English.

有米德蘭南部口音的學生需要參加課程來學習讀寫標準英語。

A debate rages on whether or not the singular they constitutes Standard English usage.

圍繞標準英語中是否接納“they”這個詞的單數用法，爆發了一場爭論。


shoehorn

shoehorns (third-person singular present)
shoehorning (present participle)
shoehorned (past participle)

/ˈʃuːˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

把……（強行）塞進，插入，擠入

I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.

我把他那一堆脹鼓鼓的行李塞進我小車的後座，然後我們就出發了。

His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.

他的工作人員想在已經排得滿滿的行程表中再多塞進一站。

A member of Mr Monti’s government admitted that, barring a hung parliament, it was impossible for the moment to see how Mr Monti could be shoehorned into politics after next spring.

2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, Italian politics: Who will be Italy’s next prime minister?

強行將某事與另一（不相干的）事物相關聯（尤其在其為謬誤時）

People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.

聲稱自己是靈媒的人，可能會強行把某事與其過去作出的模糊預測相關聯。

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, fundamentalist Christian evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson shoehorned the events to their agenda. They claimed that "liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility...because their actions have turned [my] god's anger against America."

在2001年9月11日世貿中心和五角大樓遭受恐怖襲擊後，基督教原教旨主義福音派人士 Jerry Falwell 和 Pat Robertson 把這件事也提上了自己的議程。他們宣稱“自由派公民團體、女性主義者、同性戀和墮胎權利支持者應當承擔部分責任……因為他們的行動引起[我的]上帝對美國產生了憤怒。”

2015年April5日，Robert Todd Carroll，“Shoehorning”, in The Skeptic's Dictionary:


Venusian

the Venusian landscape

a Venusian invasion


exclave

Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.

阿拉斯加和加里寧格勒都是外飛地的例子。


antigovernment

more antigovernment (comparative)
most antigovernment (superlative)

反政府的；反對現任政府的

Antigovernment protesters marched in the capital.

反政府示威者在首都舉行遊行。

反對一切政府形態的；無政府主義的

They have an antigovernment philosophy.


counterrevolution

The military leaders behind the original coup were executed in the aftermath of the counterrevolution.

最初政變背後指揮的軍方領導人，在反革命後被處決。


secularism

/ˈsɛkjʊləˌɹɪzəm/

state secularism


for want of

for want of a better word

少了钉子，失了蹄铁。

a. 1640, For Want of a Nail:
#*: For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
#*: For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
#*: For want of a horse the rider was lost.
#*: For want of a rider the battle was lost.
#*: For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
#*: And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.


by default

If we don't do something, they'll win by default.

要是我們不採取什麼措施，他們就默認勝利了。

No one could think of a better name, so we chose "Strawman" by default.

沒有人能想出一個更好的名字，所以我們默認選了“稻草人”這個名字。

If he wins an election, it will only be by default.

如果他贏得了選舉，那只可能是默認當選。


give back

gives back (third-person singular present)
giving back (present participle)
gave back (past)
given back (past participle)

Give me back my book!

We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.

為回饋社區，我們在老人院舉辦這次的感恩節晚餐。


by far

Paris is by far the largest city in France.

巴黎是法國當之無愧的第一大城市。


ballot box

The people will decide at the ballot box.

人民將會通過投票作出決定。


I'll say

- Jack's put on a bit of weight recently.
- I'll say!

——傑克最近胖了點兒。
——確實！


age limit

The bar's age limit was 21, so we could not get in.

酒吧的年齡限制是21歲，所以我們進不去。


shoe size

What's your shoe size?


derby

源自葉森德比大賽（Epsom Derby），以第十二代德比伯爵爱德华·史密斯-斯坦利命名。

a donkey derby


pain in the butt

使人感到不快、討厭的人或事物

The customers love it, but the employees think the new system is a pain in the butt.

顧客們是喜歡，但員工們覺得新系統很煩人。


starry-eyed

more starry-eyed (comparative)
most starry-eyed (superlative)

天真的，空想的，過分樂觀的

He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.

剛開始時他很天真，但現實擊垮了他，他也因此變得更加實際。


glans penis

直接取自拉丁語 glans penis (“陰莖頭”)，penis 在這裡為屬格用法。

glans penises (plural)
glans penes (plural)
glandes penium (plural)

The clitoral glans is homologous to the glans penis, so they look alike.

陰蒂頭和龜頭是同源的，所以它們外觀相似。


tirelessly

more tirelessly (comparative)
most tirelessly (superlative)

The volunteers worked tirelessly to improve the content.

志願者們為改善內容而孜孜不倦地工作。


spank

spanks (third-person singular present)
spanking (present participle)
spanked (past participle)

The ship was really spanking along.


serendipitous

more serendipitous (comparative)
most serendipitous (superlative)

causeless

僥倖得到的，意外發現的，機緣湊巧的

unintentional

僥倖得到的，意外發現的，機緣湊巧的

accidental

僥倖得到的，意外發現的，機緣湊巧的

lucky

僥倖得到的，意外發現的，機緣湊巧的

The weather was serendipitous for our vacation.


prime minister

當提到特定首相/總理時，部分格式會要求將 prime minister 的首字母大寫，但這種大寫僅用於其在人名前：A The Prime Minister issued a statement today. B The prime minister issued a statement today. B Prime Minister Johnson issued a statement today.

當首相/總理頭銜和名字同時使用時，英國說法有“the Prime Minister, Tony Blair”或“Tony Blair, the Prime Minister”兩種，而北美說法為“Prime Minister Tony Blair”。

This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill.

這是一份丘吉爾之後的首相列表。

Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister / prime minister.


Molotov

借自俄語 Мо́лотов (Mólotov)。

俄語姓氏 Молотов (Molotov，“莫洛托夫”) 的轉寫

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat.

維亞切斯拉夫·莫洛托夫是蘇聯政治人物及外交家。


pilate

more pilate (comparative)
most pilate (superlative)

pilate pollen


tip-off

The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.

碎裂的窗戶和翻倒的花盆，都表明出了事兒。

The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.

警方收到了對最近一起銀行盜竊案的舉報。


spitting image

可能變自spitten image（指就像從某人嘴裡吐出來一樣）。

/ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/

You're the spitting image of my brother.

你簡直就是我兄弟的翻版。


at last

Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest.

既然那條狗不吠了，大概我們終於能休息一會兒了。

After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.

三百年過後，吸血鬼的靈魂終於得以重獲自由。

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

1897年 12月（標示為1898年），Winston Churchill，章號 IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC，頁 46:

She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.

1913，Joseph C. Lincoln，章號 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.

在經歷一波三折後，他們最終幸福快樂地生活下去。

After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable.

在用盡一切可能性後，福爾摩斯最終確信這個問題是無法解決的。


sooner or later

He’ll turn up sooner or later.


some day

未來不定指的一天；將來某日。

The baby will likely be born some day in December.

寶寶可能會在十二月某日出生。


one day

one of these days

未來不定指的時間；日後，以後；有朝一日

someday

未來不定指的時間；日後，以後；有朝一日

once

過去不定指的時間；之前某日，有一天

未來不定指的時間；日後，以後；有朝一日

One day I shall upgrade my software, but not just yet.

之後我要升級我的軟件，但是不是現在。

過去不定指的時間；之前某日，有一天

One day I was playing with a girl from my class.

有一天，我正和同班的女生玩。

One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.

1913，Joseph C. Lincoln，章號 11, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见one、day。

You can stay one day or two.


southerly

more southerly (comparative)
most southerly (superlative)

a southerly voyage

Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds


stopped

源自stop + -ed。部分形容詞義項來自動詞；有的也來自名詞stop。

more stopped (comparative)
most stopped (superlative)

沒有行駛，但沒有正確泊車的

We were stopped for more than three hours!

我們已經停在這三個多小時了！

They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.

他們路過街邊一輛停下的車，但意識到對此也無能為力。

A stopped clock is right twice a day.

就算是停了的時鐘，每天也會有兩次顯示正確的時間。


Twitter

源自twitter (“發出一連串啼叫聲”)。

I've lost the password to my Twitter.

我忘記我推特賬號的密碼了。


nucleic

Nucleic acids are found in the nuclei of cells.


pictures

We go to the pictures every Saturday night.

我們每週六晚都會去電影院。


movies

We are going to the movies for our anniversary.

為了慶祝結婚紀念日，我們要去電影院。


for fuck's sake

ffs (abbreviation alternative)
FFS (alternative)

For fuck’s sake, mate! Stop shooting at me!

我靠，兄弟！別朝我開槍了！


prisoner of war

As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.

作為戰俘，他被敵方的捕獲者訊問。


full name

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见full、name。：全稱

The full name of the United Kingdom is "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

英國的全稱是“大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國”。


middle name

I go by David but it's my middle name; my full name is William David Mason.

大家叫我 David，不過那是我的中間名；我的全名叫 William David Mason。

用以描述某人的行為、特征等

Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name.

I won't tell anyone. "Discretion" is my middle name.

我不會告訴別人的。“謹慎”是我的個性。


née

源自法語 née (“出生的”，陰性單數)。

音頻 (美國)，讀作/neɪ/

在本詞的源語言法語中，如果被修飾語是陽性，則應用本詞的陽性形式né；英語也經常跟隨法語的規則。

Mrs Smith, née Jones

Irene Norton, née Adler.
#*:: 艾琳·諾頓，舊姓艾德勒。

1891, A Scandal in Bohemia, Arthur Conan Doyle

Since the name change, Butch (née Frances) seems more tough and self-assured.

改名之後，布奇（舊名弗朗西斯）似乎變得更加堅強自信。


payphone

I only had ten cents in my pocket, so I couldn't use the payphone to call a cab.

我口袋裡只有一毛錢，所以打不了公用電話叫計程車。

You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It costs a dollar a minute / To tell me you're getting sober

2020，“Kyoto”, in Punisher，演出者 Phoebe Bridgers:


tern

原始印歐語詞
 *tréyes
名詞義項派生自晚期中古英語 terne (“骰子點數為三”)，源自古法語 terne (“三個人，三人一組”)（現代法語 terne），源自拉丁語 ternās，ternī (“每次三個”)的陰性賓格複數，源自ter (“三次”)（源自原始印歐語 *tréyes (“三”)）+ -ī（源自-us (形容詞後綴)）。
形容詞義項可能來自名詞，也可能直接來自拉丁語 ternī (“每次三個”)。

tern flowers; tern leaves

a tern schooner


change one's mind

changes one's mind (third-person singular present)
changing one's mind (present participle)
changed one's mind (past participle)

She started up the stairs, changed her mind, and turned to go back down.

她開始上樓，又改了主意，轉身下樓。

So don’t necessarily assume that something has changed if I appear to have changed my mind, sometimes my mind is all that’s changed.

2006 Baggs, Amanda, Changes in Self-Awareness Over Time, Disclaimer on Assumptions, [http://] ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=294 May 2006:


murderously

more murderously (comparative)
most murderously (superlative)

They decided to stop arguing over which spelling was correct after she began glaring murderously at each person who participated.

她開始惡狠狠地看著每個人，因此他們決定停止爭論哪個拼寫是正確的。


sleep with

sleeps with (third-person singular present)
sleeping with (present participle)
slept with (past participle)

My daughter has to sleep with her teddy bear or she gets scared.

我女兒一定要和她的泰迪熊一起睡覺，不然她就會感覺害怕。


sad to say

可悲的是；不幸的是；遺憾的是

Sad to say, I can’t remember anything else about him. Only that voice, whispering in my ear.

遺憾的是，我不記得關於他的其他事情了。只有那個聲音，在我耳邊低語。


ill-gotten gains

dirty money

從非正當手段獲得的錢財或資產

從非正當手段獲得的錢財或資產

Ill-gotten gains never prosper.

不義之財絕不會令你發達。

Was it her fault if she did not possess those sycophantic arts which her hypocritical nephew, Pitt Crawley, practised? She wished him all the happiness which he merited out of his ill-gotten gains.

1847 January – 1848 July，William Makepeace Thackeray，章號 XXXIX, in Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero，London: Bradbury and Evans, […], 出版於 1848, →OCLC:

Secondly, the highly reprehensible course pursued by the Free Church of Scotland, in soliciting, receiving, and retaining money in its sustentation fund for supporting the gospel in Scotland, which was evidently the ill-gotten gain of slaveholders and slave-traders.

1855，Frederick Douglass，“Life as a Freeman”, in My Bondage and My Freedom，New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan，頁 380:

By the bright bow of Heaven, I will have their ill-gotten gains from them, even though I hang for it as high as e'er a forest tree in Sherwood!

1883，Howard Pyle，“Robin Hood and Will Scarlet”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire，New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:

The exclusion from his clubs would mean ruin to Moran, who lived by his ill-gotten card gains.

1903，Arthur Conan Doyle，“The Adventure of the Empty House”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes:

How, exactly, does a lawyer come to legally give away ill-gotten gains on behalf of an international company that does not want to be named and surely does not want to face prosecution for what one division did?

2015年February6日，Paul Sullivan，“Finding the ‘Right’ Way to Dispose of Ill-Gotten Gains”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


play with fire

plays with fire (third-person singular present)
playing with fire (present participle)
played with fire (past participle)

I'm telling you, if you sign that paper, you're playing with fire.

我跟你講，你要是真簽了那份文件，你就是在引火燒身。


lemme

源自 let me 的縮略。

Lemme go!

Hey, lemme see that bag. What’s in there?

嘿，讓我看看那個包。 裡面有什麼？


show-off

本詞描述的人應確有能力可供展示、炫耀。若非如此，則可稱之為attention seeker或loudmouth。

Quit being such a show-off, before someone gets hurt.

別在那賣弄了，小心傷到人。


show off

shows off (third-person singular present)
showing off (present participle)
showed off (past)
shown off (past participle)

將某事物最好的部分展示出來

Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front.

雜貨店把最好的樣品放在前面展示。

She loves to show off her driving prowess.

She loves to show off when she gets behind the wheel of a car.

If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.

如果您剛買了一副Google眼鏡耳機，不要戴到電影院炫耀。因為擔心其能夠盜攝好萊塢大片，英國電影院將禁止這種耳機入場。

2014年June29日，Adam Sherwin，“UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent:


quotes

Put his statement in quotes.


dogs

雙腳，來自押韻俚語 dog's meat （自20世紀早期）

My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.

我的腳好累啊。還是搭計程車吧。

I lost money at the dogs last night.


scales

The butcher put the sausages on the scales.


aromatic

晚期中古英語詞彙，源自中古法語和古法語 aromatique，源自晚期拉丁語 aromaticus，源自古希臘語 ἄρωμα (árōma，“調味的，芳香的，芬芳的”)。

more aromatic (comparative)
most aromatic (superlative)

aromatic herbs

aromatic taste


successfully

more successfully (comparative)
most successfully (superlative)

He successfully climbed the mountain.

They successfully completed their project together.

他們一起成功完成了項目。


amaze

源自中古英語 *amasen (“使迷惑、困惑”)，源自古英語 āmasian (“使迷惑，使驚奇”)，源自ā- (完成時前綴) + *masian (“使困惑”)，等同於a- + maze。

amazes (third-person singular present)
amazing (present participle)
amazed (past participle)

使感到驚奇、驚訝 （自16世紀）

He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.

他得知女孩是機器人的時候，吃了一驚。

And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

眾人都驚奇，說，這不是大衛的子孫麼。

1611，The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version)，London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 12:23:

Spain has long fallen from amazing Europe with her wit, to amusing them with the greatness of her Catholic credulity.

1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Present State of Polite Learning


stupendous

最早可靠於1547年，源自晚期拉丁語 stupendus (“驚人的”)，源自動詞stupeō (“震驚的”)。stupend 的同源對似詞，與stupor、stupid有關。

more stupendous (comparative)
most stupendous (superlative)

One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.

沒有親眼看過馬特洪峰的人，就無法欣賞到她的壯麗。

The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.

我們的房子被修補得煥然一新。


stupendousness

The stupendousness of the parade was a source of civic pride.

壯觀的遊行場面是公民自豪感的源泉。


allied

more allied (comparative)
most allied (superlative)

bacteriology and allied subjects


box office

最早可考於1786年，，可能是指boxes、box seats (“分隔開的座位”)的銷售。“總銷售額”之義最早出現於1904年。
民間有說法認為來自英格蘭文藝復興劇院，劇院工作人員用棍子叉著一個盒子，經過觀眾座位來收集入場券。但這個詞最早可考來源出現時，劇院已經關閉一百多年了（1642年關閉），因此這種說法很不可能成立。

His performance last night was pure box office.


my goodness

My goodness, what a loud noise!


for sake of

She stayed home for sake of her sick friend.

為了（照顧）生病的朋友，她留在家中。


in all

There were twenty-one in all.


let the cat out of the bag

（1700年代中期）與pig in a poke相對，如果一个不诚实的商人试图把猫当作猪来卖，而猫出来了或者被人从袋子里拿出来了，那么这个商人的秘密就被泄露了。

lets the cat out of the bag (third-person singular present)
letting the cat out of the bag (present participle)
let the cat out of the bag (past participle)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-let the cat out of the bag.ogg

露餡；洩露秘密；使秘密爲人所知（多指不經意地）

It was going to be a surprise party until someone let the cat out of the bag.

要不是有人洩露了秘密的話，这本來會是一个惊喜派对的。

He proved himself as decent, decorous, and conscientious as Peter was rampant, boisterous, and — This last epithet I choose to suppress, because it would let the cat out of the bag.

他爲人正派、端莊、真誠，而彼得卻是跋扈、暴烈和——這最後的形容詞，姑且從略，因爲寫出來會露餡的。

1849，Currer Bell [筆名; Charlotte Brontë]，Shirley. A Tale. […]，卷 III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC:


octadecagon

A regular octadecagon cannot be constructed using a compass and straightedge.

無法用圓規和直尺畫出正十八邊形。


sharp-eyed

more sharp-eyed (comparative)
most sharp-eyed (superlative)

The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed.

眼尖的偵探觀察到了一般巡警所沒有看見的事物。


uniliteral

uniliteral phonograms


iceless

an iceless refrigerator


ethnolect

AAVE is an ethnolect of African Americans.

非裔美國人白話是非裔美國人族群方言。


ethnoreligious

The Jews are an ethnoreligious group.

猶太人是一個民族宗教群體。

I will do this no matter how brutal the ethnoreligious persecution could become.

不管種族宗教迫害有多麼殘酷，我都會這樣做。


ethnopolitical

How can ethnopolitical violence be hindered or mitigated?


sprinkles

He had a double ice cream cone, with sprinkles.

他要了份帶巧克力米的雙重甜筒。


kill two birds with one stone

kills two birds with one stone (third-person singular present)
killing two birds with one stone (present participle)
killed two birds with one stone (past participle)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-kill two birds with one stone.ogg

Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.

騎自行車上班真是一舉兩得。又能省錢，又能減肥。


未知。《牛津英語詞典》認為是nix的押韻俚語。
其他的說法包括：
# 來自紐約市的戴爾莫尼科餐廳菜單第#86號，腰牛排（Delmonico steak），19世紀時經常很快就售罄。
# 來自禁酒令時期紐約的熱門地下酒館Chumley’s。Chumley’s 隱藏在西村的住宅當中，有兩個門口：一個經過裝潢的主入口，在巴羅街（Barrow Street）；還有一個隱蔽的後門，在貝德福德街86號（86 Bedford Street）。當守門人在大門口看見警察接近的時候，就會大喊“86 it!”，通知顧客把酒藏好，從後門快速離開。

86 the ham and eggs for table two!

86 the lobster bisque – we won’t have the lobster delivery until tomorrow.

不做龍蝦濃湯——明天龍蝦才送到。

We finally had to 86 that old printer after it jammed one too many times.

那台舊打印機出太多故障，我們終於不得不把它扔掉了。

The restaurant 86ed us because we didn't fit the dress code.

那家餐館不歡迎我們，因為我們著裝不符合他們的規定。

(Ben Sanderson, speaking to a bartender) -- "Please, serve me today, and I'll never come in here again. If I do, you can 86 me."

He stole from me and snitched on me, so I 86ed him.

他偷了我東西，所以我把他幹掉了。

RONALD:”They tried to ghost your girl Isabel right here”. WES CHANDLER(played by Ron Perlman):”Tried to ‘ghost’ her?” RONALD:”Merk. 86. Put her down in the dirt. You feel me?”

2017年September28日，Josh Corbin，片头起37:03, in Start Up，季数 2, 集数 6, spoken by Ronald Dacey (Edi Gathegi):


maternity leave

My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.

我的妻子在小孩出生時，請了兩年的產假。


strings

It looks like a good offer, but there are strings attached.

這看起來是個不錯的提議，但有附加條件。


forty-five

The robber brandished a forty-five at the cashier to make her empty the till for him.

劫匪在收銀台揮舞著一把.45口徑的手槍，讓收銀員把錢全都交出來。


eighty-six

未知。《牛津英語詞典》認為是nix (“取消，拒絕”)的押韻俚語。也有可能是1920年代的某些數字代碼。參見英語維基百科條目86 (term)。

eighty-sixes (third-person singular present)
eighty-sixing (present participle)
eighty-sixed (past participle)

Eighty-six the ham and eggs for table two!

Eighty-six the lobster bisque - we won't have the lobster delivery until tomorrow.

不做龍蝦濃湯——明天龍蝦才送到。

"Yes, I'd like the tomato soup." / "I'm sorry sir, that's been eighty-sixed - would you like a salad instead?"

“是的，我要點番茄湯。”——“先生，不好意思，這道菜不做——給您換沙拉如何？”

Ryan and his friends got too rowdy at the bar, so they were eighty-sixed.

瑞安和他的朋友因為太吵，被酒吧趕出去了。

We finally had to eighty-six that old printer after it jammed one too many times.

那台舊打印機出太多故障，我們終於不得不把它扔掉了。

...Apple eighty-sixed all of its paid moderators...


thirty-first

The answer appears on the thirty-first page of the book.

She finished thirty-first in the race.

她以第三十一名完成比賽。


thirty-first

A thirty-first of 620 is 20.

620的三十一分之一是20。


thirty-second

The answer appears on the thirty-second page of the book.

She finished thirty-second in the race.

她以第三十二名完成比賽。


thirty-second

A thirty-second of 640 is 20.

640的三十二分之一是20。


thirty-third

The answer appears on the thirty-third page of the book.

She finished thirty-third in the race.

她以第三十三名完成比賽。


thirty-third

A thirty-third of 660 is 20.

660的三十三分之一是20。


thirty-fourth

The answer appears on the thirty-fourth page of the book.

She finished thirty-fourth in the race.

她以第三十四名完成比賽。


thirty-fourth

A thirty-fourth of 680 is 20.

680的三十四分之一是20。


thirty-fifth

The answer appears on the thirty-fifth page of the book.

She finished thirty-fifth in the race.

她以第三十五名完成比賽。


thirty-fifth

A thirty-fifth of 700 is 20.

700的三十五分之一是20。


thirty-sixth

The answer appears on the thirty-sixth page of the book.

She finished thirty-sixth in the race.

她以第三十六名完成比賽。


thirty-sixth

A thirty-sixth of 720 is 20.

720的三十六分之一是20。


thirty-seventh

The answer appears on the thirty-seventh page of the book.

She finished thirty-seventh in the race.

她以第三十七名完成比賽。


thirty-seventh

A thirty-seventh of 740 is 20.

740的三十七分之一是20。


thirty-eighth

The answer appears on the thirty-eighth page of the book.

She finished thirty-eighth in the race.

她以第三十八名完成比賽。


thirty-eighth

A thirty-eighth of 760 is 20.

760的三十八分之一是20。


thirty-ninth

The answer appears on the thirty-ninth page of the book.

She finished thirty-ninth in the race.

她以第三十九名完成比賽。


thirty-ninth

A thirty-ninth of 780 is 20.

780的三十九分之一是20。


forty-first

The answer appears on the forty-first page of the book.

She finished forty-first in the race.

她以第四十一名完成比賽。


forty-first

A forty-first of 820 is 20.

820的四十一分之一是20。


forty-second

The answer appears on the forty-second page of the book.

She finished forty-second in the race.

她以第四十二名完成比賽。


forty-second

A forty-second of 840 is 20.

840的四十二分之一是20。


forty-third

The answer appears on the forty-third page of the book.

She finished forty-third in the race.

她以第四十三名完成比賽。


forty-third

A forty-third of 860 is 20.

860的四十三分之一是20。


forty-fourth

The answer appears on the forty-fourth page of the book.

She finished forty-fourth in the race.

她以第四十四名完成比賽。


forty-fourth

A forty-fourth of 880 is 20.

880的四十四分之一是20。


forty-fifth

The answer appears on the forty-fifth page of the book.

She finished forty-fifth in the race.

她以第四十五名完成比賽。


forty-fifth

A forty-fifth of 900 is 20.

900的四十五分之一是20。


forty-sixth

The answer appears on the forty-sixth page of the book.

She finished forty-sixth in the race.

她以第四十六名完成比賽。


forty-sixth

A forty-sixth of 920 is 20.

920的四十六分之一是20。


forty-seventh

The answer appears on the forty-seventh page of the book.

She finished forty-seventh in the race.

她以第四十七名完成比賽。


forty-seventh

A forty-seventh of 940 is 20.

940的四十七分之一是20。


forty-eighth

The answer appears on the forty-eighth page of the book.

She finished forty-eighth in the race.

她以第四十八名完成比賽。


forty-eighth

A forty-eighth of 960 is 20.

960的四十八分之一是20。


forty-ninth

The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book.

She finished forty-ninth in the race.

她以第四十九名完成比賽。


forty-ninth

A forty-ninth of 980 is 20.

980的四十九分之一是20。


fifty-first

The answer appears on the fifty-first page of the book.

She finished fifty-first in the race.

她以第五十一名完成比賽。


fifty-first

A fifty-first of 1020 is 20.

1020的五十一分之一是20。


fifty-second

The answer appears on the fifty-second page of the book.

She finished fifty-second in the race.

她以第五十二名完成比賽。


fifty-second

A fifty-second of 1040 is 20.

1040的五十二分之一是20。


fifty-third

The answer appears on the fifty-third page of the book.

She finished fifty-third in the race.

她以第五十三名完成比賽。


fifty-third

A fifty-third of 1060 is 20.

1060的五十三分之一是20。


fifty-fourth

The answer appears on the fifty-fourth page of the book.

She finished fifty-fourth in the race.

她以第五十四名完成比賽。


fifty-fourth

A fifty-fourth of 1080 is 20.

1080的五十四分之一是20。


fifty-fifth

The answer appears on the fifty-fifth page of the book.

She finished fifty-fifth in the race.

她以第五十五名完成比賽。


fifty-fifth

A fifty-fifth of 1100 is 20.

1100的五十五分之一是20。


fifty-sixth

The answer appears on the fifty-sixth page of the book.

She finished fifty-sixth in the race.

她以第五十六名完成比賽。


fifty-sixth

A fifty-sixth of 1120 is 20.

1120的五十六分之一是20。


fifty-seventh

The answer appears on the fifty-seventh page of the book.

She finished fifty-seventh in the race.

她以第五十七名完成比賽。


fifty-seventh

A fifty-seventh of 1140 is 20.

1140的五十七分之一是20。


fifty-eighth

The answer appears on the fifty-eighth page of the book.

She finished fifty-eighth in the race.

她以第五十八名完成比賽。


fifty-eighth

A fifty-eighth of 1160 is 20.

1160的五十八分之一是20。


fifty-ninth

The answer appears on the fifty-ninth page of the book.

She finished fifty-ninth in the race.

她以第五十九名完成比賽。


fifty-ninth

A fifty-ninth of 1180 is 20.

1180的五十九分之一是20。


sixty-first

The answer appears on the sixty-first page of the book.

She finished sixty-first in the race.

她以第六十一名完成比賽。


sixty-first

A sixty-first of 1220 is 20.

1220的六十一分之一是20。


sixty-second

The answer appears on the sixty-second page of the book.

She finished sixty-second in the race.

她以第六十二名完成比賽。


sixty-second

A sixty-second of 1240 is 20.

1240的六十二分之一是20。


sixty-third

The answer appears on the sixty-third page of the book.

She finished sixty-third in the race.

她以第六十三名完成比賽。


sixty-third

A sixty-third of 1260 is 20.

1260的六十三分之一是20。


sixty-fourth

The answer appears on the sixty-fourth page of the book.

She finished sixty-fourth in the race.

她以第六十四名完成比賽。


sixty-fourth

A sixty-fourth of 1280 is 20.

1280的六十四分之一是20。


sixty-fifth

The answer appears on the sixty-fifth page of the book.

She finished sixty-fifth in the race.

她以第六十五名完成比賽。


sixty-fifth

A sixty-fifth of 1300 is 20.

1300的六十五分之一是20。


parental leave

Both my husband and I are on a 3-month parental leave while we look after our newborn baby.


paternity leave

My husband is on a 3-month paternity leave while he looks after our newborn baby and I'm working abroad.

我在國外工作的時候，我丈夫休了三個月產假，在家照顧寶寶。


sixty-sixth

The answer appears on the sixty-sixth page of the book.

She finished sixty-sixth in the race.

她以第六十六名完成比賽。

Though in his sixty-sixth year, I have never heard him express any dissatisfaction at the occasional hardships which we have had to encounter.

虽然他今年六十六岁了，但我从未听到他对我们偶尔遇到的困难表示过任何不满。

1912，Sir Arthur Conan Doyle，The Lost World [失落的世界]:


sixty-sixth

A sixty-sixth of 1320 is 20.

1320的六十六分之一是20。


sixty-seventh

The answer appears on the sixty-seventh page of the book.

She finished sixty-seventh in the race.

她以第六十七名完成比賽。


sixty-seventh

A sixty-seventh of 1340 is 20.

1340的六十七分之一是20。


sixty-eighth

The answer appears on the sixty-eighth page of the book.

She finished sixty-eighth in the race.

她以第六十八名完成比賽。


sixty-eighth

A sixty-eighth of 1360 is 20.

1360的六十八分之一是20。


sixty-ninth

The answer appears on the sixty-ninth page of the book.

She finished sixty-ninth in the race.

她以第六十九名完成比賽。


sixty-ninth

A sixty-ninth of 1380 is 20.

1380的六十九分之一是20。


seventy-first

The answer appears on the seventy-first page of the book.

She finished seventy-first in the race.

她以第七十一名完成比賽。


seventy-first

A seventy-first of 1420 is 20.

1420的七十一分之一是20。


seventy-second

The answer appears on the seventy-second page of the book.

She finished seventy-second in the race.

她以第七十二名完成比賽。


seventy-second

A seventy-second of 1440 is 20.

1440的七十二分之一是20。


seventy-third

The answer appears on the seventy-third page of the book.

She finished seventy-third in the race.

她以第七十三名完成比賽。


seventy-third

A seventy-third of 1460 is 20.

1460的七十三分之一是20。


seventy-fourth

The answer appears on the seventy-fourth page of the book.

She finished seventy-fourth in the race.

她以第七十四名完成比賽。


seventy-fourth

A seventy-fourth of 1480 is 20.

1480的七十四分之一是20。


seventy-fifth

The answer appears on the seventy-fifth page of the book.

She finished seventy-fifth in the race.

她以第七十五名完成比賽。


seventy-fifth

A seventy-fifth of 1500 is 20.

1500的七十五分之一是20。


seventy-sixth

The answer appears on the seventy-sixth page of the book.

She finished seventy-sixth in the race.

她以第七十六名完成比賽。


seventy-sixth

A seventy-sixth of 1520 is 20.

1520的七十六分之一是20。


seventy-seventh

The answer appears on the seventy-seventh page of the book.

She finished seventy-seventh in the race.

她以第七十七名完成比賽。


seventy-seventh

A seventy-seventh of 1540 is 20.

1540的七十七分之一是20。


seventy-eighth

The answer appears on the seventy-eighth page of the book.

She finished seventy-eighth in the race.

她以第七十八名完成比賽。


seventy-eighth

A seventy-eighth of 1560 is 20.

1560的七十八分之一是20。


seventy-ninth

The answer appears on the seventy-ninth page of the book.

She finished seventy-ninth in the race.

她以第七十九名完成比賽。


seventy-ninth

A seventy-ninth of 1580 is 20.

1580的七十九分之一是20。


eighty-first

The answer appears on the eighty-first page of the book.

She finished eighty-first in the race.

她以第八十一名完成比賽。


eighty-first

A eighty-first of 1620 is 20.

1620的八十一分之一是20。


eighty-second

The answer appears on the eighty-second page of the book.

She finished eighty-second in the race.

她以第八十二名完成比賽。


eighty-second

A eighty-second of 1640 is 20.

1640的八十二分之一是20。


eighty-third

The answer appears on the eighty-third page of the book.

She finished eighty-third in the race.

她以第八十三名完成比賽。


eighty-third

A eighty-third of 1660 is 20.

1660的八十三分之一是20。


eighty-fourth

The answer appears on the eighty-fourth page of the book.

She finished eighty-fourth in the race.

她以第八十四名完成比賽。


eighty-fourth

A eighty-fourth of 1680 is 20.

1680的八十四分之一是20。


eighty-fifth

The answer appears on the eighty-fifth page of the book.

She finished eighty-fifth in the race.

她以第八十五名完成比賽。


eighty-fifth

A eighty-fifth of 1700 is 20.

1700的八十五分之一是20。


eighty-sixth

The answer appears on the eighty-sixth page of the book.

She finished eighty-sixth in the race.

她以第八十六名完成比賽。


eighty-sixth

A eighty-sixth of 1720 is 20.

1720的八十六分之一是20。


eighty-seventh

The answer appears on the eighty-seventh page of the book.

She finished eighty-seventh in the race.

她以第八十七名完成比賽。


eighty-seventh

A eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.

1740的八十七分之一是20。


eighty-eighth

The answer appears on the eighty-eighth page of the book.

She finished eighty-eighth in the race.

她以第八十八名完成比賽。


eighty-eighth

A eighty-eighth of 1760 is 20.

1760的八十八分之一是20。


eighty-ninth

The answer appears on the eighty-ninth page of the book.

She finished eighty-ninth in the race.

她以第八十九名完成比賽。


eighty-ninth

A eighty-ninth of 1780 is 20.

1780的八十九分之一是20。


ninety-first

The answer appears on the ninety-first page of the book.

She finished ninety-first in the race.

她以第九十一名完成比賽。


ninety-first

A ninety-first of 1820 is 20.

1820的九十一分之一是20。


ninety-second

The answer appears on the ninety-second page of the book.

She finished ninety-second in the race.

她以第九十二名完成比賽。


ninety-second

A ninety-second of 1840 is 20.

1840的九十二分之一是20。


ninety-third

The answer appears on the ninety-third page of the book.

She finished ninety-third in the race.

她以第九十三名完成比賽。


ninety-third

A ninety-third of 1860 is 20.

1860的九十三分之一是20。


ninety-fourth

The answer appears on the ninety-fourth page of the book.

She finished ninety-fourth in the race.

她以第九十四名完成比賽。


ninety-fourth

A ninety-fourth of 1880 is 20.

1880的九十四分之一是20。


ninety-fifth

The answer appears on the ninety-fifth page of the book.

She finished ninety-fifth in the race.

她以第九十五名完成比賽。


ninety-fifth

A ninety-fifth of 1900 is 20.

1900的九十五分之一是20。


ninety-sixth

The answer appears on the ninety-sixth page of the book.

She finished ninety-sixth in the race.

她以第九十六名完成比賽。


ninety-sixth

A ninety-sixth of 1920 is 20.

1920的九十六分之一是20。


ninety-seventh

The answer appears on the ninety-seventh page of the book.

She finished ninety-seventh in the race.

她以第九十七名完成比賽。


ninety-seventh

A ninety-seventh of 1940 is 20.

1940的九十七分之一是20。


ninety-eighth

The answer appears on the ninety-eighth page of the book.

She finished ninety-eighth in the race.

她以第九十八名完成比賽。


ninety-eighth

A ninety-eighth of 1960 is 20.

1960的九十八分之一是20。


ninety-ninth

The answer appears on the ninety-ninth page of the book.

She finished ninety-ninth in the race.

她以第九十九名完成比賽。


ninety-ninth

A ninety-ninth of 1980 is 20.

1980的九十九分之一是20。


zeroth

/ˈzɪɹ(ˌ)oʊθ/

The zeroth order polynomial approximation is constant.

A and C are in equilibrium following the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.

根據熱力學第零定律，A和C處於平衡狀態。


totalled

more totalled (comparative)
most totalled (superlative)

Several totalled cars were being picked over for usable parts.

幾輛損壞的汽車被挑選出來，從中拆解出可用的部分。


cooled

通過某種方式而被冷卻的（常用於複合詞）

a water-cooled engine


moves

Check out the guy on the dancefloor, he's got seriously good moves.

看看舞池裡的那個人，他跳得真棒。


air-condition

air-conditions (third-person singular present)
air-conditioning (present participle)
air-conditioned (past participle)

In hot, muggy climates, some people air-condition their garage.

在炎熱潮悶的氣候中，有些人會給車庫開上空調。


sheets

When I looked out, all I could see were sheets of rain.

我向外面望去，只看見密密麻麻的雨。


rest in peace

rests in peace (third-person singular present)
resting in peace (present participle)
rested in peace (past participle)

May the souls of the recently departed rest in peace.


evils

Don't go giving me evils!


euthanize

euthanizes (third-person singular present)
euthanizing (present participle)
euthanized (past participle)

John decided to euthanize his dying dog.

約翰決定對他垂死的狗實施安樂死。

A terminally ill minor has become the first child to be euthanized in Belgium since age restrictions were lifted in the country two years ago.

2016, Chandrika Narayan, First child dies by euthanasia in Belgium, CNN:


gemstone

源自中古英語 gimstone，早期ȝimston、ȝimstan的變體（由於中古英語gemme），源自古英語 ġimstān, ġymstān (“寶石，珠寶”)，等同於gem + stone。對比冰島語 gimsteinn (“寶石，珠寶”)。

imitation gemstone

heat treated gemstone


world language

English, French and Spanish are often considered world languages.

英語、法語和西班牙語通常被認為是世界語言。


last night

He said he didn't get any sleep last night and I know he hadn't gotten much the previous night.

他說他昨晚沒睡，我知道他前一晚上確實睡得不多。

Last night was wonderful. Can I see you again?

昨晚真是太愉快了。我還能見到你嗎？


last night

We partied last night.


metachemical

more metachemical (comparative)
most metachemical (superlative)

元化學的；原子結構化學的

metachemical metamorphism

The greater part of this is in comparative thermal equilibrium, and so we should not expect metachemical change to occur.

1910，Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News - Volume 33，頁 xxii:

Alfred Nordmann, in Chapter 19, draws on the work of Emile Meyerson and Gaston Bachelard — two philosophers with some genuine chemical knowledge — to articulate a more general, a richer, and a metachemical notion of substance.

2011，Davis Baird, Eric Scerri, Lee McIntyre，Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline, →ISBN，頁 15:

This is by no means reducing chemistry to a sub-division of physics, and even less making it a defenceless victim of Don Quixote-like pseudomathematical and metachemical theorists; a fundamental knowledge of natural history is still an essential condition for any further progress in an understanding of chemical bonding.

2012，C.K. Jorgensen，Inorganic Complexes, →ISBN:


lose one's temper

loses one's temper (third-person singular present)
losing one's temper (present participle)
lost one's temper (past participle)

When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he completely lost his temper.

當我爸得知我考試不及格時，氣得火冒三丈。


open fire

opens fire (third-person singular present)
opening fire (present participle)
opened fire (past participle)

In warfare, whoever opens fire first has a greater chance of victory.

在戰場上，誰先開火，誰就更有可能勝利。


open fire

We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.


over my dead body

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-over my dead body.ogg

"Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"

“我能買輛新跑車嗎？”“除非我死了！”


middle tilde

The symbol ᵮ is a letter f with a middle tilde.

符號 ᵮ 是帶有中波浪號的字母 f。


give up the ghost

字面意思為死亡時從體内釋出靈魂。來自中古英語 "gaf up þe gost"，"ʒave up þe gost"，来自古英語短語如"hēo āġeaf hire gāst"（字面意思為她放棄了她的靈魂），"þæt iċ gāst mīnne āġifan mōte"（字面意思為我必須放棄我的靈魂）等。对比德語 den Geist aufgeben和荷蘭語 de geest geven。

gives up the ghost (third-person singular present)
giving up the ghost (present participle)
gave up the ghost (past)
given up the ghost (past participle)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-au-give up the ghost.ogg

My old computer finally gave up the ghost the other day.

前幾天我的舊電腦終於壞了。


IRL

His IRL girlfriend.


IE

IE linguistics


unlocked

locked

不受任何特定運營商的約束的

不受鎖保護的，沒有鎖上的

an unlocked door

an unlocked computer file

不受任何特定運營商的約束的

an unlocked iPhone


stagehand

舞臺、劇場後臺的工作人員；舞臺助手。

The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.

演員得到了名聲和聚光燈，名字在燈下閃閃發光，而點亮聚光燈、掛上名字、換好燈泡的，則是後臺的工作人員。


sully

源自中古英語 sulen、sulien (“變髒；弄髒，弄污”)，源自古英語 sylian (“弄髒，弄污”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *suliwōną、*sulwōną、*sulwijaną (“弄髒，弄污”)，源自原始印歐語 *sūl- (“粘稠的液體，淤泥”)，可能與來自相同日耳曼語族源頭的古法語 souillier (“弄髒，弄污”)（現代法語 souiller）部分混合。與丹麥語 søle (“弄髒，弄污”)、荷蘭語 zaluwen (“弄髒，弄污”)（中古荷蘭語 saluwen (“弄髒，弄污”)）、德語 sühlen (“弄髒，弄污”)、古撒克遜語 sulian (“弄髒，弄污”)、瑞典語 söla (“弄髒，弄污”)同源。亦对比中古英語 sulpen (“弄髒，弄污”)、古英語 solian (“弄髒，弄污；變髒”)，參見 soil。

sullies (third-person singular present)
sullying (present participle)
sullied (past participle)
sullow (alternative)

He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.

THoſe Ills your Anceſtors have done, / Romans, are now become your own ; / And they will coſt you dear, / Unleſs you ſoon repair / The falling Temples which the Gods provoke, / And Statues ſully’d yet with Sacrilegious Smoke.

1672，The Earl of Roscommon [Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon]，“The Sixth Ode, of the Third Book of Horace”, in Poems by the Earl of Roscomon，London: J[acob] Tonson, 出版於 1717，頁 153，行s 1–6:

She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.

她作出暗示性的評論，嘗試玷污競爭對手的名聲。


appellant

源自盎格魯-諾曼語，源自古法語 apelant。

The appellant made her submissions to the court.

上訴人向法院提交了陳詞。


ambulate

源自拉丁語 ambulatus，ambulō (“我走”) 的過去分詞。amble 的同源對似詞。

ambulates (third-person singular present)
ambulating (present participle)
ambulated (past participle)

走；借助自己雙腿的力量移動

Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.

彼得扶著他拉傷的膝蓋，慢慢走到浴室。


questioning

源自 question + -ing（名词经由中古英語 questionyng）。

more questioning (comparative)
most questioning (superlative)

/ˈkwɛʃ.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ/

Why do you have a questioning look? Are you puzzled about something?

你為什麼擺出一副質疑的眼神？你是對什麼事情感到困惑嗎？


Wednesdays

We are closed Wednesdays in the Summer.

Wednesdays we would go bowling.

我們每週三會去打保齡球。


disconcerting

more disconcerting (comparative)
most disconcerting (superlative)

/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/

unsettling

使人感到不安/困惑/尷尬的

troubling

使人感到不安/困惑/尷尬的

upsetting

使人感到不安/困惑/尷尬的

使人感到不安/困惑/尷尬的

Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.

即使有安全带，在那么高的地方失去抓地力也是令人不安的。

"You must admit," he remarked, "that up to now our conversation has hardly proceeded along conventional lines. I am a complete stranger to you; another man who is a complete stranger to me speaks to you while we're at tea. You inform me that I shall probably have to kill him in the near future. The statement is, I think you will agree, a trifle disconcerting."

1920，Herman Cyril McNeile，章號 1, in Bulldog Drummond:


essayist

She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

她是一位評論作家，经常为主要报纸的社论版撰稿，拥有忠实的追随者。


stellar

借自拉丁語 stēllāris。

more stellar (comparative)
most stellar (superlative)

The actress gave a stellar performance.

Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.

几年前，有数百名有才华但名气不大的音乐家在全国巡回演出，演出费用并不高。

1931，Music and Dance，卷 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., →OCLC，頁 27，列 2:

Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.

1970，Hardware Age，卷 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., →OCLC，頁 8，列 1:

Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.

2012，Linda A. Jenkins，“What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker，Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN，頁 1:


sedation

（尤指使用鎮靜劑造成的）鎮靜

The patient was so agitated that the doctor resorted to sedation.

病人非常激动，因此医生给他施加了镇静剂。


squadron

the North Atlantic Squadron


excellence

John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security.

约翰·戴维斯因在计算机安全领域表现卓越而获奖。


city state

Singapore is the world's most populous city state.

新加坡是世界上人口最多的城邦。

The Vatican City State, a sovereign city-state, has a large number of embassies across the world.

作為有主權的城邦，梵蒂岡城國在全世界擁有眾多大使館。


light bulb

任何類似能將電能轉化為光能的物品

a fluorescent light bulb

an LED light bulb

a light bulb moment

Figuratively speaking, a light-bulb flashed over Galvin's head early this year, and in March–along […]

1949, in Forbes (magazine), volume 64, page 18:


be my guest

If you want to give it a try, be my guest!

你要是想嘗試下的話，那請自便！


blood drive

The local blood drive will replenish the area's blood supply.

当地的献血活动将补充该地区的血液供应。


accessorized

more accessorized (comparative)
most accessorized (superlative)

She was tastefully accessorized in matching scarf and gloves.

她穿着相配的围巾和手套，很有品位。


foretelling

foretellings of doom


life-or-death

生死攸關的；對生存至關重要的

Good camoflouge is life or death for many animals in the wild.

好的伪装对于许多野外动物的生存来说是至关重要的。

Ascending Mount Everest can be life or death for an inexperienced climber.

攀登珠穆朗玛峰对于没有经验的登山者来说可能是极其危险的。

Obtaining financing was a life-or-death matter for the research.

获得资金对这项研究来说是生死攸关的问题。


go figure

仿譯自意第緒語 גיי װייס (gey veys)。

/ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡjɚ/

表示困惑或驚訝（像是要別人自己去搞清楚情況一樣）。

The car wouldn't start yesterday no matter what I did, but today it works just fine. Go figure.

這車子我昨天怎麼鼓搗也發動不了，今天居然一切正常。真奇怪。


vandalised

more vandalised (comparative)
most vandalised (superlative)

The community worked to clean up the vandalised neighborhood.

社群努力清理被破坏的街区。


vandalized

more vandalized (comparative)
most vandalized (superlative)

The community worked to clean up the vandalized neighborhood.

社群努力清理被破坏的街区。


body temperature

The normal body temperature of a dog falls within the range of about 38°C to 39°C.

狗的正常体温在约 38°C 至 39°C 的范围内。


Bieber

借自德語 Bieber。Beaver 的同源對似詞。

Justin Bieber

賈斯汀·比伯（加拿大歌手）


satirical

more satirical (comparative)
most satirical (superlative)

/səˈtɪɹɪkəl/

Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.

Spitting Image 是一个著名的讽刺电视节目。

Given his remarks in The English People about the dangers of Standard English, and the fact that the satirical Newspeak of Nineteen Eighty-Four is an engineered language[…]

2000年October15日，John E. Joseph，Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic Naturalism and Its Opposites in Plato's Cratylus and Modern Theories of Language, →ISBN，頁 155:


casualize

casualizes (third-person singular present)
casualizing (present participle)
casualized (past participle)

We are concerned about the spread of casualized racism.

我们担心随意化的种族主义蔓延。

Many of the workers have been casualized during the recent downturn.

在最近的经济低迷时期，许多工人都被转成了临时工。


swordplay

His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable.

他在剑术方面的专长使他在哈姆雷特部分的表演非常令人信服。


skier

a professional skier

a poor skier


atmospheric

more atmospheric (comparative)
most atmospheric (superlative)

/ˌætməsˈfɛɹɪk/

a dark atmospheric thriller


HIV negative

未感染HIV的，HIV陰性的

I was lucky to test HIV negative after not having used condoms consistently with multiple partners.

我一直和多個性伴侶做愛不帶套，很幸運檢出HIV陰性。


in the works

They always have some wonderful new project in the works.

他們總是計劃開展一些精彩的新項目。

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；在機器中。

Be careful not to get any debris in the works.

小心不要讓任何碎片進到機器裡。


take a break

takes a break (third-person singular present)
taking a break (present participle)
took a break (past)
taken a break (past participle)

She took a break from studying to eat a snack.

她暫停了學習休息一下，吃了點零食。


memba

membas (third-person singular present)
membaing (present participle)
memba'd (past participle)

Memba me?


aerate

源自拉丁語 aer (“空氣”) + -ate。

aerates (third-person singular present)
aerating (present participle)
aerated (past participle)

Blood is aerated in the lungs.

用氣體（尤其是氧氣或空氣）使……起泡或噴射

The drink was aerated with carbon dioxide, making it fizzy.

飲料中加入了二氧化碳，使其充滿了氣泡。

用氣體（尤其是氧氣或空氣）使……起泡或噴射

The microbial growth medium was aerated at a rate of 5 litres per minute.

將氣體（尤其是氧氣或空氣）摻入固體或半固體材料中

The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.

藉由快速攪拌使慕斯充氣。


aeriated

more aeriated (comparative)
most aeriated (superlative)

Calm down! There's no point getting aeriated about it.

冷靜！對這件事激動是沒有意義的。


thrilled

more thrilled (comparative)
most thrilled (superlative)

On the phone, he sounded thrilled about the baby.

电话里，他对孩子的到来感到很兴奋。

Ben was thrilled to lead the game.

Ben 很高兴能够领导比赛。


404 page

源自 404 (表示網頁不存在的錯誤代碼) + page (“網頁”)。

404頁面；嘗試跟踪網站內損壞連結所得到的結果

The website must be down; I only got a 404 page.

網站一定關閉了；我只得到404頁面。


源自HTTP狀態碼 404。當伺服器／服務器無法為客戶端正常提供網頁訊息，或是無法回應且不知原因時，就會返回此代碼。

/ˈfɔːɹəʊˌfɔː(ɹ)/

找不到（尤其是網際網路／互聯網上的網頁）

Bill was 404 all morning.

整個早上都找不到比爾人。


steel wool

Don’t use the steel wool on this pan; you’ll strip off the Teflon coating.

不要在這平底鍋上用鋼絲絨；你會把特氟龍塗層刮掉的。


norovirus

/ˈnɒɹə(ʊ)vaɪɹəs/

The norovirus causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramping.

诺如病毒会引起恶心、呕吐、腹泻和胃痉挛。


gold mine

South Africa has many goldmines.

This oil deposit is a regular gold mine. We make more and more money every year!

這個油礦是一個定期的金礦。我們每年賺的錢越來越多！

The possessors of Salisbury & Yeovil Railway shares had ample compensation for the anxiety which the first few years of the company's existence had given them, for the concern proved a veritable gold mine.

索爾茲伯里和約維爾鐵路公司股票的持有者在公司成立後的頭幾年裡焦慮不安，但現在他們已經得到了充分的補償，因為事實證明該公司是一座名副其實的金礦。

1939 December，John D. Hewitt，“Some Notable British Main Lines: II. Salisbury and Exeter, S.R.”, in Railway Magazine，頁 407:

[Hal Varian] went to work helping Page, Brin, and Schmidt develop more efficient auction algorithms and build the auction model that became such a gold mine for Google.

[哈爾·瓦里安]幫助佩奇、布林和施密特開發更高效的拍賣算法並建立拍賣模型，該模型成為谷歌的金礦。

2019，Rana Foroohar，Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech，Penguin UK, →ISBN:

The Smithsonian Institute is a goldmine of knowledge, but like most mines, you have to dig for the good stuff.

史密森尼學會是一座知識金礦，但像大多數礦井一樣，你得掘出好東西。


juxtaposed

juxtaposed pictures


de jure

源自非同化借詞，源自拉丁語 dē jūre (字面意思是“根據法律”)。

/deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/

/deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹeɪ/

/deɪ ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪ/

/diː ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/

I used to spend my Sundays playing pinball despite it being de jure illegal under an unenforced bylaw.

我以前常在周日玩弹球，尽管根据一项未执行的附例，这在法理上是非法的。


lived

a short-lived recycling scheme


muter

The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.

小提琴家練習的時候經常使用弱音器。