protégé

借自法語 protégé，protéger (“保護”)的過去分詞。

/ˈpɹoʊ.təˌʒeɪ/

His status as a protégé of the great artist had many benefits, but was ultimately a burden.

身為大藝術家的門生，固然有許多好處，但終究還是一種沉重的負擔。

While Yau was in China, he visited Xi-Ping Zhu, a protégé of his who was now chairman of the mathematics department at Sun Yat-sen University.
丘成桐在中國的時候，他去見了自己的學生，現在已是中山大學數學系主任的朱熹平。

Manifold Destiny by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber, The New Yorker


protegé

protégé的另一種拼寫法


hospitalise

hospitalize在非牛津英式拼寫的标准拼写


vulcanizer

硫化橡膠時添加進去的物質（如硫磺）


macadamises

macadamise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


monopolises

monopolise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


hospitalises

hospitalise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


embarrasses

embarrass的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


vulcanises

vulcanise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


TBC

The Burning Crusade (“魔兽世界：燃烧的远征”)之首字母縮略詞


eff and blind

effs and blinds
effing and blinding
effed and blinded

I can't stand the way he's always effing and blinding.

他整天口吐芬芳，我忍不了。


effing and blinding

effing 來自“f'ing”，fucking 的委婉形式；blinding 則與 blimey（“God blind me”）有關。

Much effing and blinding could be heard from the fans when they discovered that their team had lost.

粉絲們發現隊伍失利後，都不禁破口大罵。


jalouse

源自低地蘇格蘭語 jalouse，源自古法語 jalouser。“嫉妒”之義可能是南方作家因與 jealousy 相似而造成的誤用。

Now the mention of the Skerburnfoot brought back to him only the thought of Ailie, and not of the witch wife, her mother. So he jaloused no ill, for at the best he was slow in the uptake.
 […]
'Ford!' cried John, in scorn. 'There'll be nae ford for you the nicht unless it was the ford o' the river Jordan. The burns are up and bigger than man ever saw them. It'll be a Beltane's E'en that a' folk will remember. They tell me that Gled valley is like a loch, and that there's an awesome heap o' folk drouned in the hills. Gin ye were ower the Mire, what about crossin' the Caulds and the Sker?' says he, for he jaloused he was going to Gledsmuir.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

When my two sisters (these two bitches, O Commander of the Faithful!) saw me by the side of my young lover they jaloused me on his account and were wroth and plotted mischief against me.

1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 18


soupçon

Add a soupçon of red pepper.

coffee with a soupçon of cognac

No one is so depraved that a soupçon of goodness cannot be found in them.

世上可没有恶到身上连一点点善都不存有的人。

Henrietta, her niece, looked much prettier than she really was; she had good dark eyes, to which a soupçon of rouge, put on with such skill that few suspected it, gave all possible brightness.

1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, 第 1 卷，第 21 頁:


absent-mindedness

心不在焉 （最早見於19世紀晚期）

I don't mean to make mistakes; it's just absent-mindedness.

我不是故意要犯錯的；只是心不在焉。

For six years they had taken care of him and loved him—watched over his outgoings and his incomings and forgiven all his absent-mindednesses.

六年裡，他們一直照顧他、愛護他——望著他走、他去、他來、他往，原諒他所有的心不在焉。


aes

a (“字母 A/a 的名稱”) 的複數

Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music.

These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.

這些名稱 […] 可以組成它們的規則複數，作：A、B、C、D、E、F、G、H、I、J、K、L、M、N、O、P、Q、R、S、T、U、V、W、X、Y、Z。[以上均為複數]

1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar，第 10 頁:


love apple

仿譯自意大利語 pomo d'oro (“番茄”, 字面意思是“金蘋果”)，d’oro (“金色的”) 和 d’amore (“愛”) 發生混淆，或源自法語 pomme d’amour，等同於love + apple。


tomatillo

借自西班牙語 tomatillo，tomate (“番茄”) 的指小詞，最终源自古典納瓦特爾語 tomatl。

tomatillos (plural)
tomatilloes (plural)


aes alienum

源自拉丁語 aes aliēnum (“別人的黃銅；別人的錢”)。


Tran

越南語 Trần的英語化。Tan 的同源對似詞。


Great Wall of China

The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignines the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China.

蒙古人口眾多，佔領了從此地到張家口，代表著中國長城關外的大片土地。

1796, The Annual Register, or, a view of the History, Politicks, and Literature for the Year 1767 [對1767年歷史、政治、文學的年錄或淺觀], 5th版, London: J. Dodsley，第 38 頁:

A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark.

在上个月的一场大雨后，中国长城北边的一段倒塌，许多人将这一标志性地标的恶化归咎于劣质的修复工程。

2018年August2日, Christina Zhao, “Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed [中国长城倒塌：罪在修复工程不力和暴雨]”, 出自 Newsweek，於2018-08-02歸檔自原頁面:

Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China.
Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a "proud Kiwi".

薩多夫斯基-辛諾特最後一跳做出頗具挑戰性的1080度轉體，在“雪長城”形狀的場地上平穩落地，得分92.88分。
在被問到作為給新西蘭這個島國首次奪得冬奧會金牌，達成這一歷史性時刻的運動員，感覺如何的時候，她回答說，這讓她覺得自己是一名“驕傲的新西蘭人”。

2022年February6日, Mari Saito, Winni Zhou, “Snowboarding-Proud Kiwi Sadowski-Synnott bags New Zealand's first Winter Games gold [單板滑雪名將，新西蘭運動員薩多夫斯基-辛諾特為該國奪得首枚冬奧會金牌]”, 出自 Reuters，於2022-05-30歸檔自原頁面:


banana republic

由美國的作家歐·亨利在1901年造出，用於他的短篇小說 Money Maze 中，為虛構國家“安楚里亞”（Anchuria）的別名，該國是根據歐·亨利1896-1897年在洪都拉斯旅行時對該國的印象創作的。香蕉也是包括該國在內，許多中南美洲國家的重要出口農產品。

At that time we had a treaty with about every foreign country except Belgium, and that banana republic, Anchuria.

那時我們和除了比利時，以及“香蕉共和國”安楚里亞之外的其他所有國家都簽有協議。

1901年May10日, O. Henry, “Money Maze”, 出自 Ainslee's Magazine, 第 vii 卷, 第 4 期, New York，第 305 頁:

The banana workers of this former banana republic were exceptionally well organized and effective in their demands from the very beginning of the revolution.

2001, Cindy Forster, The Time of Freedom: Campesino Workers in Guatemala's October Revolution, University of Pittsburgh Press (ISBN 9780822973942), page 117:


jalouses

jalouse的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


destituent

源自拉丁語 destituens (“abandoning”), present participle of destituo (“I forsake, I abandon”)。

more destituent (comparative)
most destituent (superlative)

a destituent condition


regorges

regorge的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


guillotines

guillotine的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


sleep off

通过睡觉摆脱 （痛苦、疾病、症状等）

On the other hand, drugs with drowsiness as a side-effect (eg certain types of analgesia, antidepressants) are best administered in the evening so that patients can sleep off the effect and be alert the following day.

2003, Christine Brooker, Maggie Nicol, Nursing adults: the practice of caring


the fuck

可能是仿the hell，其为in the hell的缩短形式，用于如“What in the hell, ...”等词中。

他妈的 （用于疑问代词后表示愤怒、沮丧、怀疑等强烈的情感。）

"Look at this!" she says, mock-appalled at the scene. "Seriously, what the fuck is this about?"
（請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

Poland is depressing and there's vampires in Romania. Spain is far too hot and where the fuck is Lithuania?

2016年June19日, “Brexit” (片头起00:14:33), 出自 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 經由 HBO:

他妈的 （用于构成动词短语的动词后，表达激进的强调情绪。）

Shut the fuck up.

“Get the fuck out of my house!” Sinclair bellowed, his face red, eyes bulging.

2004, Pun Plamondon, Lost from the Ottawa，第 84 頁:

Ponytail tells fat boy, Drive the fuck off, get us out of here. He keeps the window down, still death-staring, You mine, motherfucker, wait and see, at Mickie.

2007, Ron Liebman, Death by Rodrigo, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN，第 134 頁:

（用于构成常见疑问短语的缩短形式。）

The fuck was that?

The fuck you think you are?!

The fuck?

（用于强调表达某事不是事实。）

‘You're not a self-respecting person.’

1997, Robert Stone, Dog Soldiers，第 88 頁:


twin prime

5 and 7, and 191 and 193, are pairs of twin primes.

5和7，191和193，都是一對孿生素數。


man proposes, God disposes

源自中世紀拉丁語“Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit”，由托马斯·肯皮斯在《师主篇》中所用。


unneeded

more unneeded (comparative)
most unneeded (superlative)


innecessary

more innecessary (comparative)
most innecessary (superlative)


street musician

街頭音樂家，表演音樂的街頭藝人


parer

A: 'yea like I used to have all these little parers and little fancy girly parers but then I was like I'd probably get into trouble ... people would be like 'why do you have that'... so I went for a plain pencil parer'.

A：“是的，这些小的，还有漂亮花哨的转笔刀，都是我以前用过的，但后来我觉得我可能会遇到麻烦……别人会说“你怎么用这种东西”……所以我选择了一个普通的转笔刀。”

2013年December6日, Russell W. Belk, Linda Price, Lisa Penaloza, Consumer Culture Theory [消費者文化理論], Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN，第 84 頁:


natures

Her wild mood swings displayed the natures of her multiple personalities.

她疯狂的情绪波动显示了她的多重人格的本质。


natures

nature的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


pussy-cat

He looks stern, but he's just a big pussy-cat really.

他看上去嚴厲，但實際上卻是個非常溫柔熱心的人。


former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

前南斯拉夫馬其頓共和國 (為平衡與希臘的爭議而在國際場合下臨時使用的名稱；縮寫：FYROM)


FYROM

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (“前南斯拉夫馬其頓共和國”) 之首字母縮略詞。


Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Jugoslavia

南斯拉夫社會主義聯邦共和國 (縮寫：SFRY)


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

仿譯自俄語 Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik)。

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics US.oga

蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟


USSR

CCCP

蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟

Russia

蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟

Soviet Union

蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (“蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟”)之首字母縮略詞。

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (“烏克蘭蘇維埃社會主義共和國”)之首字母縮略詞。


get up on the wrong side of the bed

gets up on the wrong side of the bed
getting up on the wrong side of the bed
got up on the wrong side of the bed
got up on the wrong side of the bed
gotten up on the wrong side of the bed

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-au-get up on the wrong side of the bed.ogg

吃错药 （没有特别理由而心情差，烦躁）

I think my boss got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.

我觉得我老板吃错药了，整天都特别暴躁。


tyrannise

tyrannize在非牛津英式英語的标准拼写

And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.

而且，最重要的是，任何动物都不能欺压自己的同类。无论弱小还是强大，聪明还是愚钝，我们都是兄弟。

1945年August17日, George Orwell [筆名；本名 Eric Arthur Blair], 章號 1, 出自 Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:


incises

incise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


tyrannises

tyrannise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


incommodes

incommode的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


redescends

redescend的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


redescend

To thee sweet Spirit I return

1650, James Howell, Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, London: Humphrey Mosely, Letter 53, “A Hymne to the Blessed Trinity,” p. 67,

[…] these vapours rise […] [and] are expanded in the rarefied air before they redescend in the form of clouds and drizzling rain;

1786, The Monthly Review, Volume 75, Appendix, Article 32, p. 544,

I redescended the stairs, umbrella in hand, and slammed the door for the third time.

1999, Jeffrey Moore, Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain, New York: Putnam, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 40,


narine

the narine membrane


Billy

小稱及暱稱；參見Bill。

男性人名 William 的指小詞。

“By the way,” Jessamy went on, “what’s your other name? You never told me.” “Stubbs,” said Billy, “William Stubbs!”.

“順便問一句，”杰薩米繼續問道，“你姓什麼？你都沒告訴過我。”“斯塔布斯，”比利說道，“威廉·斯塔布斯！”

1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, 1993版, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN，第 98 頁:

Just then a squadron of "Billys" -- twin-engined B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers -- flew overhead ….

2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 7:


Billie

源自日耳曼語族的男性或女性人名，衍生自Bill，William的暱稱。


g.

gender (“性別”)之縮寫。

masc. g.


masc.

masculine (“陽性形式/詞彙”)之縮寫。


nicher

nicker (“嘶鳴；竊笑”)的另一種寫法

"Aha-ha-ha! Hee-hee-hee!" nichered McMurdie, misconstruing the Laird's meaning.


disjoins

disjoin的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


rejoins

rejoin的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


dixnary

dictionary 之五音節發音（大概讀作 /ˈdɪksɪ.ʊˌnæːɹɪ/）的詞中音消失形式；比较 merlin ← 中古英語 merlioun 的演化。

/ˈdɪks(ʊ)ˌnæːɹɪ/

/ˈdɪks(ʊ)ˌnɛːɹɪ/

de-ſi-er deſire / dix-na-ry dictionary / di-viſ-yun diviſion

[1696 [1676], Edward Young, “The difference of Writing”, 出自 Compleat English Scholar […] , twelfth版, London: Thomas Guy，第 78 頁:

"MISS JEMIMA!" exclaimed Miss Pinkerton, in the largest capitals. "Are you in your senses? Replace the Dixonary in the closet, and never venture to take such a liberty in future.".

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Chiswick Mall”, 出自 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], 出版於 1848, →OCLC，第 2 頁:

But it is well for him to get away from the Dixery. I hate to think of his giving his life for the lives of fellows of whom we were blessedly ignorant ; they were most of them dead or damned , and we hoped we were rid of 'em.

1891年February11日, James Russell Lowell, “To Mrs. L. Stephen”, 出自 Charles Eliot Norton 編, Letters of James Russell Lowell, 第 II 卷, New York: Harper & Brothers, 出版於 1894，第 433 頁:

An' her tull'th me these yer Debben talk is a prapper langwige, an that all tha gentlevoks ust ta spaik like us do now, that "thicky" an "nort" wiz quite prapper wurds, and her zed her zeed "orts" in a ole dicksnary she wiz raydin.

1905年May5日, A Constan' Rayder, “More Postcards: The Southmolton Division”, 出自 Devon And Exeter Gazette, 第 CXXXIII 卷, 第 18238 號, Exeter: G.F. Gratwick，第 11 頁:

Yes, but then the triumph of learning is that it leaves something done solidly for ever. Everybody knows now about dialect, owing to his dixery [Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary].

1932年July13日, Virginia Woolf, 編者Anne Olivier Bell, The diary of Virginia Woolf, 第 4 卷, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 出版於 1980，第 116 頁:


magnes

源自中古英語 magnes，源自拉丁語 magnēs。magnet 的同源對似詞。

magnet的棄用形式。

Of mightie magnes stone

1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book II, Canto XII”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:


retrait

源自中古法語 retrait。

圖畫、圖片或其他視覺表現形式

She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]

仙后她強大有力量，/ 圖像畫在我盾牌上

1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book II, Canto IX”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:


retrait

源自中古法語 retrait。


retrait

源自中古法語 retrait。

Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.

1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:


essorant

站立並展開翅膀，像準備起飛的樣子

an essorant lark

essorant spirits, essorant rhetoric


pané

2. Trim and flatten the cutlets with the batte. 3. Pané the cutlets in flour, egg and prepared crumbs. 4 Sauté both sides of cutlet […]

2012, Chef's Compendium of Professional Recipes ISBN 1136078622, edited by Edward Renold, David Foskett, John Fuller, page 206:

1 Pané the chicken suprêmes. Shake off all surplus crumbs.

2015, Practical Cookery, 13th edition ISBN 1471839591, edited by David Foskett, Neil Rippington, Patricia Paskins, page 68:


frenches

french的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


refiles

refile的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


ironises

ironise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


breading

包裹在肉上的一層麵包屑、麵粉和蛋液（以備油炸）


thousandth

"Ah, Alan," murmured Dorian with a sigh, "I wish you had a thousandth part of the pity for me that I have for you."

“啊，阿兰，”多利安叹了口气，喃喃地说，“我希望你对我的同情，能够有我对你的千分之一。”

1890, Oscar Wilde, 章號 XIV, 出自 The Picture of Dorian Gray:


ménage

借自法語 ménage；對比借自法語較早形式的中古英語 menage。

戶；家庭狀況 （自17世紀）

"Oh," cried her ladyship, "I see the whole ménage; they will take a first floor over a baker's shop, to save fire, and live upon red herrings during the week, with a mutton chop by way of meat on a Sunday."

“哦，”夫人喊道，“我知道他们家是怎么过活的了：他们会在面包店楼上住下，以节省火力；一周内靠吃红鲱鱼过活，肉食则靠周日吃的羊排。”

1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, 第 1 卷，第 167 頁:

It smelled of ether and something else, possibly laudanum. I had never tried the mixture but it seemed to go pretty well with the Geiger ménage.

1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 39:

一種生產合作社的形式，所有成員需定期繳納一筆費用，或能用這筆錢來分期付款購買商品 （自19世紀）

因性方面的關係而共同生活的一小群人 （自20世紀）


spring-clean

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home.

整個早上，鼴鼠都很賣力地給自己的小窩做大掃除。

1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons，第 1 頁:


spring cleaning

（尤指冬末春初的）大掃除

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of white-wash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms.

整個早上，鼴鼠都在忙活著，給他的小窩做大掃除。他先是拿掃帚，接著用撣子；然後站上梯子、臺階和椅子，手裡拿著刷子和一桶石灰水；到最後，他的嘴裡眼裡都進了灰塵，黑色的毛髮上沾滿了白灰，腰酸背痛，手軟腳麻。

1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Methuen，第 1 頁:


distingué

more distingué (comparative)
most distingué (superlative)

By the time the blue dress was tried on, Madame Cie had, with the aid of a few pins, plaits, and a bow of blue ribbon, transformed the half-lace shawl into one of the smartest and distingué things imaginable; but when the bill came in at Christmas, for that five minutes' labor and distingué touch, she charged one pound eight.

穿上這條藍裙子的時候，Cie 夫人只用幾根針、幾條辮子和一條藍絲帶，就把這半條蕾絲披肩，改成了一件你可以想象出的最精巧、最優雅的服裝之一；然而聖誕節賬單到來時卻發現，穿戴好這優雅的裙子不過五分鐘時間，她要收費一鎊八便士。

1873, Charles Reade, 章號 IX, 出自 A Simpleton: A Story of the Day […], 第 I 卷, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC，第 57 頁:

And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man.

她非常喜欢你，认为你又有修养，长相也很出众，她和我一样想请你做伴郎。

1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “In which Jim and I Take Different Ways”, 出自 The Wrecker, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC，第 179 頁:


distingue

more distingue (comparative)
most distingue (superlative)

/dɪsˈtæŋɡeɪ/

/dɪstæŋˈɡeɪ/

時髦的；優雅的；給人以優越感的

It was very noble, very distingue, to ruin one's self without knowing how!

在不知不觉中毁掉自己，这是很高尚、很有魅力的！

2001, Emile Gaboriau, Mystery of Oricval，第 158 頁:


matinée

借自法語 matinée。

matinee的另一種拼寫法


tortilla

源自this dough are shaped small round forms, or a tortilla press can be used to more easily flatten many perfectly round, thin cakes. Tortilla machines, found all over Mexico and the Southwest, can produce hundreds of tortillas per hour.

2001, Rafaela Castro, Chicano Folklore, Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780195146394), page 230:

An authentic Spanish tortilla is traditionally made with just eggs, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper, but this version contains sliced red and green peppers for a bit of extra colour and flavour.

2004, The Student Cookbook, Hachette UK (ISBN 9780600622413)


edit war

As with dinner-table discussions, it is best to avoid editing articles about politics or religion unless one wishes to become entrenched in a perpetual edit war.

和飯桌上的討論一樣，編者最好避免編輯有關政治和宗教的條目，除非其想在永無休止的編輯戰中更加堅信自己的想法。

An unproductive edit war results as editors change the page back and forth between two incompatible versions, without troubling to engage in discussions.

當編輯者們反覆將頁面在兩個不相兼容的版本回退，而不參與討論的時候，無益的編輯戰就產生了。

2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, →ISBN，第 388 頁:


edit war

When a dispute arises, it is common to see a page protected to avoid edit warring.

爭議出現時，我們經常能看到頁面會被保護起來，以避免編輯戰[的發生]。


replies

reply的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


tenter

經由古法語，可能源自拉丁語 tentorium。

用來鋪展布料，並使其在上面乾燥的架子

在工廠護理機器的人；一種助理領班


tenter

經由古法語，可能源自拉丁語 tentorium。

Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.

1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, 出自 Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd版, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:


tentation

源自古法語 tentation，源自拉丁語 tentatio，temptatio 的變體。參見 temptation。

Whether there were any policie in the devil to tempt them [Adam and Eve] before conjunction, or whether the issue before tentation might in justice have suffered with those after, we leave it unto the Lawyer.

1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:

通過反覆]試驗或實驗来調整或操作的一種模式


immunises

immunise的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


antiaging

more antiaging (comparative)
most antiaging (superlative)


to hell with

（表示对某人或物的强烈不满）

To hell with you!

"I don't want an elephant's soul, or any soul at all!" he said. For a few moments he sat despondently. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement. "To hell with you and your souls!" he shouted. "Why do you plague me about souls? Haven't I got enough to worry, and pain, to distract me already, without thinking of souls?"

1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:

Yes, it would be dangerous to get too carried away but right here, right now, to hell with anyone who insists it is time for restraint.

2018年July3日, Daniel Taylor, “England knock Colombia out of World Cup in last-16 penalty shootout”, 出自 The Guardian:


see you

再會（加上表示下次見面的時間）

See you at the weekend!

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见see、you。


Suleiman

源自阿拉伯語 سليمان (Sulaymān)。Solomon 的同源對似詞。


ollie

源自“Ollie”，佛罗里达滑板手Alan Gelfand的诨名。

豚跳 （一种滑板技巧动作：滑板手蹬着滑板，使自己带着滑板跳到空中）

In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie […]

2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism (page 124)


ollie

源自“Ollie”，佛罗里达滑板手Alan Gelfand的诨名。

He used the tilted side as a ramp, grabbed some air, fakied down, and ollied back onto level ground.

1992, Troy Bannon, Mean Street, →ISBN，第 41 頁:


Mumm

* 源自人名Mummo，最终源自一对应于*mundō (“保护”) + *mōdaz (“勇气”)的日耳曼語族人名。
* 作为施瓦本語/阿勒曼尼語姓氏，源自动词mummen (“咕哝”)。
对比变体Mumme。


pl.

plural (“複數”)之縮寫。


symbiogenesis

源自sym- + bio- + -genesis。在德语中由俄罗斯地衣学家Konstantin Mereschkowski，在一篇1910年题为“Theorie der zwei Plasmaarten als Grundlage der Symbiogenesis, einer neuen Lehre von der Entstehung der Organismen”的论文中造出。


Bactria

源自古希臘語 Βακτριανή (Baktrianḗ)。參見古波斯語 𐎲𐎠𐎧𐎫𐎼𐎡𐏁 (b-a-x-t-r-i-š /bâxtriš/)及現代波斯語 باختر (bâxtar)。


own up

I'll own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.

我坦白：是我把你鼠标粘到垫子上的。

If you own up to breaking the glass, you'll be forgiven.

你承认是你打碎的玻璃就原谅你。


fess up

"‛Fess up," she persisted. "Have you boys been quarreling again?"

1918, Rex Ellingwood Beach, 章號 26, 出自 The Winds of Chance:

And you know, one of the things that I hope is that the American people will find when we make a mistake, we're willing to 'fess up to it and change.

2008年December18日, Barack Obama, President-elect press conference:

“I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening in the financial industry, and I came to the conclusion that people weren’t fessing up,” he said.

2009年February26日, Roy Furchgott, “You’ve Sold Your Stocks. Now What?”, 出自 New York Times:


sick man of East Asia

東亞病夫，指19世紀末期國力孱弱的清朝


sick man of Asia

東亞病夫，指19世紀末期國力孱弱的清朝


sick man of Europe

仿譯自俄語 больно́й челове́к Европы (bolʹnój čelovék Jevropy)，該短語是俄羅斯帝國皇帝尼古拉一世所用，指19世紀國力孱弱的鄂圖曼帝國。

「歐洲病夫」，指陷入經濟困難或衰落中的歐洲國家


maracuja

源自葡萄牙語 maracujá，源自古圖皮語或瓜拉尼語。


dym

do you mind (“你是否介意”)之首字母縮略詞。

do/did you mean (“你的意思是不是”)之首字母縮略詞。


perse

源自中古英語 pers，源自古法語，源自中世紀拉丁語 persus，逆構自 Persicus (“波斯人”)，源自古希臘語 Περσῐ́ς (Persĭ́s)。


ligma

一种虚构出来的疾病，尤其用来吸引人询问其含义，然后用lick my balls回应来开玩笑。

"Hey, have you heard of ligma?" "What's ligma?" "Ligma balls!"

“嘿，你听说过‘ligma’吗？”“‘ligma’是什么？”“Ligma balls！”


vents

vent的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


badunkadunk

Within this conception of love, Socrates still finds a place for sex without making the badunkadunk the central focus.

2005, Tommie Shelby, “Ain't (Just) 'bout da Booty”, 出自 Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, →ISBN，第 21 頁:

This all being said, big is beautiful — I recognize that every time I pass a mirror and rejoice at the sight of my own plentiful badunkadunk.

2006年April26日, Amelia Robinson, “A plan to make civility worth the weight”, 出自 Dayton Daily News，第 D7 頁:

From a small and tight butt to a badunkadunk, just about every type of booty will attract guys.

2006年October10日, “Guy test-drive: one man mouths off about the August issue.”, 出自 Cosmopolitan:


badonkadonk

/bəˈdɔŋkəˌdɔŋk/

Badonkadonk (n): term used to describe a very nice buttocks. Her badonkadonk looks so good in those jeans.

2004, Xin-An Lu and David W. Graf, Jr., A Concise Collection of College Students' Slang, iUniverse, ISBN 9780595324484, page 6:

You know you’re pear-shaped if:

2006, Danica Lo, How Not to Look Fat, HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-06-089178-7, page 45:

“ […] beeyotch, and get your badonkadonk into my car.”

2007, Suzanne Brockmann, Force of Nature (novel), Ballantine Books, ISBN 9780345480163, page 144:

How J-Lo [[[w:en:Jennifer Lopez|Jennifer Lopez]]] squeezed her badonkadonk into this Zum Zum [trendy fabric] wonder is damn impressive. [bracketed notes added by Robert de Beaugrande]

a. 2008, “Carpet Burn” (username), on movies.com, quoted in Robert de Beaugrande, “How ‘systemic’ is a large corpus of English”, in Andrea Gerbig and Oliver Mason (editors), Language, People, Numbers: Corpus Linguistics and Society, Rodopi (2008), ISBN 9789042023505, page 47:


Instaworthy

more Instaworthy (comparative)
most Instaworthy (superlative)

Instagrammable

上镜的，适合拍照上传到社交媒体的

上镜的，适合拍照上传到社交媒体的

That wildflower meadow may be an Instaworthy campsite – but your tent can crush delicate vegetation.

2016, Darby Levin & Haley Weiss, "Trail Foods: Noshing in Nature", Penn Appétit (University of Pennsylvania), Spring 2016, page 17:

Most tourists make a quick stop at one of two places in La Jolla: the Children's Pool to see the famous sea lions, or the La Jolla Shores Park to take an Instaworthy shot of the Scripps Pier at sunset.

2017, Amber Manan, "San Diego Hidden Gems", Twist, Spring 2017, page 33:

A stone's throw from the hustle and bustle of the CBD is Elk Expresso, where a visionary menu of Instaworthy breakfast spreads are every bit as much of a feast for the eyes as the mouth.

2018, Laura Dundovic, "Golden girl", Jetstar, March 2018, page 23:


foot-and-mouth disease

So Joe starts telling the citizen about the foot and mouth disease and the cattle traders and taking action in the matter and the citizen sending them all to the rightabout and Bloom coming out with his sheepdip for the scab and a hoose drench for coughing calves and the guaranteed remedy for timber tongue.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, 出自 Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]，第 301–302 頁s:


lynchet

可能來自lynch (linch 的變體) + -et，第一部分來自古英語 hlinc (“山丘”)。

英國南部古代梯田遺留下的土堤遺跡


Delphine

拉丁語 Delphina的法語形式，意为“特尔斐来的女人”，Bl. Delphine of Glandèves是普罗旺斯的一位修女。


human race

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见human、race。


FX

F/X (“特效”)的另一種寫法

使用Tamaraw FX汽车的公交系统


sultanic

more sultanic (comparative)
most sultanic (superlative)

蘇丹（伊斯蘭教國家君主）的；蘇丹國的


on heat

in heat的另一種寫法


formulaic

more formulaic (comparative)
most formulaic (superlative)

That TV series has become awfully formulaic in the last couple of seasons.

那部连续剧在最新那几季里变得特别俗套。


obstruent

more obstruent (comparative)
most obstruent (superlative)

an obstruent medicine


obstruent

Lehmann (1998:77) and Steever (1998: 14, 16) considered āytam an allophone of Tamil /y/ before obstruents, but there is no real evidence for this assumption.

2003, Bhadiraju Krishnamurti, The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:

同類詞：continuant


sha

借自俄語 ша (ša)。

未指定文字字母Ш / ш。


sha

借自俄語 ша (ša)。

shah (“沙阿”)的另一種寫法


archon

源自古希臘語 ἄρχων (árkhōn)，ἄρχω (árkhō, “统治”)的现在分词的名词用法。

Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth.

But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock.

Their claim to totality is like the cry of the archon Ialdabaoth that he was the Lord of the Universe and that there was nothing beyond him.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co.，第 83 頁:


powerbomb

炸弹摔 （一种专业摔跤动作：将对手抬起，使对手的腿搭在自己的肩膀上，然后将其背着地摔到地面上）


suplex

可能与传统摔跤中的suplay有关，或另受到super的影响。亦参见-ex。另一解释是源自sub + plecto（指“转，扭，编（辫子）”），因其为较新的词，最终在英语中略作suplex。

背摔，过肩摔 （摔跤动作：将对手从地上抬起，然后使出自己身体的大部分体重，常将身体向后弓，让对手的身体越过自己的重心摔在自己背后的地面上）


wine glass

（喝葡萄酒用的）玻璃酒杯


yagona

借自斐濟語 yaqona。

Indo-Fijians have taken to drinking yagona or kava, the traditional drink in Fiji.

2003 Migration in the Asia Pacific: Population, Settlement and Citizenship Issues - Page 380


yaqona

yagona的另一種寫法


fye

fire的重新拼写，其反映了一种带滑音弱化和平化的无卷舌发音，见于美国南部英语或非洲裔美国人白话英语内。

more fye (comparative)
most fye (superlative)

fire的發音拼寫，代表了美國南部英語。

Dude dat man just hit dem folks, and it was so fye m8.


tore

源自中古英語 tor、tore、toor，源自古諾爾斯語 tor- (“困難的；錯誤的；不好的”, 前綴)，源自原始日耳曼語 *tuz- (“困難的；錯誤的；不好的”)，源自原始印歐語 *dus- (“不好的；困難的”)。與古高地德語 zur- (前綴)、哥特語 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “困難的”, 前綴)、古希臘語 δυσ- (dus-, “不好的；困難的”, 前綴)同源。參見dys-。

more tore (comparative)
most tore (superlative)

強大的，堅固的；大量的，巨大的


tore

tear (“撕裂，撕碎，扯開”)的簡單過去式。

tear (“撕裂，撕碎，扯開”) 的過去時分詞

[…]that a Spirit came into him that did make him quake and tremble ſo exceedingly that he thought it would have tore him, &c[…]

1661, George Whitehead, Edward Burroughs, The Son of Perdition Revealed […] , London，第 39 頁:

"Would've tore your head clean off," Dudley was bellowing. "Would've snapped it off your neck like wet toilet paper[…]

1999年May11日, Rick Bass, Where the Sea Used to Be, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN，第 393 頁:


tore

可能來自tear的詞根。

冬季、春季割草後地面上殘留的枯草


body count

In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying waste to his inventory.

2017年January12日, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:


Karaganda

借自俄語 Караганда́ (Karagandá)；名稱來源於當地生長的植物樹錦雞兒（Caragana arborescens、Caragana frutex）

/kæɹəˈɡændə/

/kɑɹəˈɡɑndə/

Qaraghandy

哈薩克斯坦第四大城市卡拉干達1993年以前的官方名稱

哈薩克斯坦第四大城市卡拉干達1993年以前的官方名稱


happy birthday

Happy Birthday, Joe! Have a fantastic day!

喬伊，生日快樂！祝你今天過得愉快。


happy birthday

happy birthdays
happy birthdaying
happy birthdayed


pandora

小鯛屬（Pagellus）的魚類


blow-dry

用吹風機把頭髮烘乾的行為

She went to the hairdresser's for a haircut, shampooing and a blow-dry.

她去理髮店來了套洗剪吹。


bifunctional

有兩個官能團或結合位點的

涉及到兩個官能團或結合位點的


biomedical

The research problem was biomedical in nature but the research approach adopted was multidisciplinary, with biomedical, psychological and anthropological aspects. Despite joint efforts, our biomedical colleagues felt that [...]

2006, Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice，第 253 頁:

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.

2007, Athena McLean, The person in dementia: a study in nursing home care in the US，第 28 頁:

Clearly, some research undertaken by children's nurses is biomedical in nature although a significant amount of contemporary research is qualitative focusing on children's experiences and evaluating services.

2011, Gosia M. Brykczyńska, Joan Simons, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People，第 208 頁:


erodable

more erodable (comparative)
most erodable (superlative)


/s

伪XML代码。XML中，元素的结尾使用斜杠表示（如</b>表示粗体元素块结束）。原作</sarcasm>（表示一条讽刺语句结束）（参见< >），之后简化为/sarcasm，最终进一步简化为/s。

表示前面的句子是讽刺。汉语近似等价词有狗頭等。

Wow, I never would have guessed /s

哇，我猜到死都猜不到呢 /s


coffee pot

Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

菲蘭德去了隔壁房間 […] 回來的時候，手裡帶著一條像暴風雨一樣瘋狂滴水的鯖魚。然後他把咖啡壺放到爐子上，翻出一條乾麵包和一些硬餅乾。

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


ONS

Office for National Statistics (“英國國家統計局”)之首字母縮略詞。


phone call

On November 20, they had a phone call and later a meeting with others lasting at least 1 1/2 hours.

大約1988 Peter W. Rodino, Jr., et al., in Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, page 646:


catch up

Oscar stopped the horses and waved to Carl, who caught up his hat and ran through the melon patch to join them.

1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 3

The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights.

音响的线和照明的线缠起来了。

I hadn't seen her for so long. It was great to catch up.

我好久没见她了，很高兴能听到她近来的情况。

After Alice's vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes.

Alice放假回来后，她的老板带她了解了新规定。

Rose was three seconds behind, but managed to catch up with the race leader and eventually won.

Rose本来落后3秒钟，但之后成功赶上了领跑人，最后夺冠。

I'll go ahead and you can catch me up later.

我先走了，你之后再赶上我吧。

But you run / And you run to catch up with the sun / But it's sinking

1973年March1日, Roger Waters （作曲作詞）, “Time”, 出自 The Dark Side of the Moon, 演出者 Pink Floyd:

最终达到，最终遇到 （不可避免的事情）

The episode begins with a lifetime of junk food, beer and no exercise catching up with Homer in the form of painful heart contractions.

2012年June17日, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:


scrambled egg

(军队官员帽子上的)金色穗带

A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.

1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft)


dance floor

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor / I don't know if you're looking for romance or / I don't know what you're looking for

2005, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, 出自 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, 演出者 Arctic Monkeys:


deja vu

déjà vu的另一種拼寫法。


déjà vu

非同化借詞，源自法語 déjà vu。

/ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/

Have I done this before? Talk about déjà vu.

我是不是以前做過了？說過的又說一遍。


déjà vu

非同化借詞，源自法語 déjà vu。

/ˌdeɪ.ʒɑː ˈvuː/

有既視感，看見後有似曾相識的感覺

Still deja vuing, I said, “Jinx. You owe me a Coke.”

Trees looked familiar, moments of landscape were perfectly déjà-vued.

2011, Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Tenth Anniversary Edition), William Morrow 2011, p. 139:


sonny

friend

對男性的稱呼，用於表達蔑視、警告等語氣

buster

對男性的稱呼，用於表達蔑視、警告等語氣

buddy

對男性的稱呼，用於表達蔑視、警告等語氣

pal

對男性的稱呼，用於表達蔑視、警告等語氣

對男性的稱呼，用於表達蔑視、警告等語氣


tamer

Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.

1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist:


tamer

tame 的比較級形式。


Nuremberg

源自德語 Nürnberg，源自中世紀拉丁語 Norinberga。第二部分來自 Berg，而第一部分的源頭不清楚。

/ˈnjʊəɹəmbəɡ/

音頻（美國中大西洋地區）

紐倫堡（城市名，位於德國巴伐利亞）。


riskless

more riskless (comparative)
most riskless (superlative)

Nothing is completely riskless—not even staying at home in bed.

沒有事情是完全無危險的——就連待在家裡躺床上也不是。


anaesthetic

more anaesthetic (comparative)
most anaesthetic (superlative)


laughing gas

來自吸入其會感到欣快，並能致人發笑的效果。由英國的化學家漢弗萊·戴維在1799年造出。

nitrous oxide

笑氣，用作麻醉劑時的一氧化二氮

笑氣，用作麻醉劑時的一氧化二氮

"You know how matters stand, dear," said he. "I have explained it also to our friends here. You're not afraid are you?" "It won't be painful, George?" "No more than laughing-gas at the dentist's."

“你也知道現在是什麼情況，親愛的，”他說道。“我也跟這裡的朋友們解釋過了。你不怕嗎？”“不會痛嗎，喬治？”“不過是牙醫那兒的笑氣罷了。”


evaporated

evaporate 的過去式和過去分詞


son of a whore

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-son of a whore.ogg

令人厭惡的人；混蛋，混賬

Well, mon cher monsieur l'Anglais, may I inform you that you are the son of a whore?

那麼，親愛的英國人先生，能允許我告訴你一聲，你其實是個臭王八蛋嗎？

1933年January9日, George Orwell [筆名；本名 Eric Arthur Blair], Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC，第 77 頁:

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见son、whore。 （娼妓所生的孩子）


snowbound

more snowbound (comparative)
most snowbound (superlative)


good evening

“I wish you a good evening.”（“祝您晚上愉快”）等類似短語的簡稱。

good-den

晚上的問候語：晚上好，晚安

晚上的問候語：晚上好，晚安


Kazak

借自哈薩克語 қазақ (qazaq)。

Kazakh的另一種寫法，是哈薩克族在中國的官方拼寫。


ronna-

r (隨機選擇的首字母) + 古希臘語 ἐννέα (ennéa, “九”) + -a (以與 mega- 等類似的國際單位前綴匹配) 組成的混成詞。


quetta-

q (隨機選擇的首字母) + 拉丁語 decem (“十”) + -ta (以與 peta- 等類似的國際單位前綴匹配) 組成的混成詞。


ronto-

r (隨機選擇的首字母) + 古希臘語 ἐννέα (ennéa, “九”) + -to (以與 femto- 往下的國際單位前綴匹配) 組成的混成詞。


quecto-

q (隨機選擇的首字母) + 拉丁語 decem (“十”) + -to (以與 femto- 往下的國際單位前綴匹配) 組成的混成詞。


ronnagram

The Earth now weighs 6 ronnagrams.

地球现在重6×10²⁷克。


smitten

源自中古英語 smiten，源自古英語 smiten、ġesmiten，源自原始日耳曼語 *smitanaz，原始日耳曼語 *smītaną (“投掷”)的过去分词，等价于smite + -en (過去分詞後綴)。

more smitten (comparative)
most smitten (superlative)

被打的；被杀害的等，参见 smite
狂热的

[A] smited man is a man struck; a smitten man is a man affected by the act of smiting: […]

1850, Matthew Stewart, Remarks on the Subject of Language, with Some Observations in the Form of Notes, Illustrative of the Information which Language may Afford of the History and Opinions of Mankind, London: Printed by Richard and John Edward-Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, for, and at the expense of the author, →OCLC，第 30 頁:

There was a tense silence over the throng as the old man stood and looked at the figure at his feet. There were shadows on the earl's face, and his hands shook, for the smitten man was his son.

1903, Warwick Deeping, “Book I. The Way to Winchester”, 出自 Uther and Igraine, New York, N.Y.: The Outlook Company, 出版於 1904, →OCLC，第 22 頁:

The Bible shows the way of God with man and the way of man with God. It contains both the complaint of God against the wicked and the shriek of the smitten man, demanding justice of God.

1997, Abraham Joshua Herschel, 編者Fritz A. Rothschild, Between God and Man: An Interpretation of Judaism: 源自the Writings of Abraham Joshua Herschel, New York, N.Y.: Free Press Paperbacks, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN，第 250 頁:

[W]hen the alternate designation is introduced, turning the character from “man” or “brother” to “his smiter,” this balance is disturbed, and suddenly we have a smiter and a smitten person, not two people in a fight with each other.

2010, Assnat Bartor, “Point of View”, 出自 Reading Law as Narrative: A Study in the Casuistic Laws of the Pentateuch (Ancient Israel and its Literature; 5), Atlanta, Ga.: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN，第 175 頁:

In the argument, which followed between Job and his comforters, the poor, smitten man regained some of his faith and uttered many noble words concerning the wisdom of God. Finally, God revealed to Job the whole truth of the matter.

2010, Constance B. Nealey, The Teaching/Learning Process: Undergirded by Biblical Teachings: Teaching the Bible Way, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN，第 50 頁:

There is not, I am persuaded, an individual of the many Nature-smitten enthusiasts who yearly visit the wild glens of Kincardineshire, that would not walk barefoot a hundred miles to kneel at the tomb of him who founded the beautifully-situated village of Balrangle.

1869, Joseph Grant, “The Grocer's Daughter”, 出自 Tales of the Glens with Ballads and Songs, new版, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire: Published by John Taylor, →OCLC，第 9 頁:

One of the side benefits of such has been making the acquaintances of similarly smitten enthusiasts, and inevitably they are keen to share both plants and experiences.

1980, Arboretum Bulletin, Seattle, Wash.: [University of Washington], →OCLC，第 26 頁:

Welcome to the world of the Hobie Cat addict, that 100,000-strong armada of hopelessly smitten enthusiasts who insist that nothing in life quite measures up to the unrestrained joy of breezing along on a twin-hulled Hobie.

1981, Time, 第 118 卷, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN，第 147 頁:

被打的；被杀害的等，参见 smite
坠入爱河的

At the end of the long procession came a smitten woman. […] I think of the women who have fastened the tendrils of their heart's affection round unworthy men, and have married them, hoping, trusting and believing that their love and influence would be powerful enough to win the men to sobriety and virtue. Alas! how mistaken they have been!

1912, Thomas Holmes, “Marriage in the Underworld”, in London's Underworld (The Making of the Modern Law), London: J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, OCLC 60735063; republished as London; New York, N.Y.: Anthem Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84331-219-2, page 118:

In “The Soldier Maid,” a woman falls in love with the cross-dressed woman, thinking she is a man. The smitten woman, then, perceives herself in heterosexual mode – though the person to whom she is attracted is actually female.

1997, Pauline Greenhill, “‘The Handsome Cabin Boy’: Cross-Dressing Ballads, Sexualities, and Gendered Meanings”, 出自 Undisciplined Women: Tradition and Culture in Canada, Montreal, Que., Kingston, Ont.: McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN，第 119 頁:

“I’m a man, Violet,” he reminded her as they walked out to his car after making their goodbyes to their host. “I know a smitten man when I see one. Kemp’s got it bad.”

2005, Diana Palmer, Boss Man, New York, N.Y.: Harlequin, →ISBN:

Isabella had complained to her father on several occasions over his actions. Father had responded by stating that it was natural for a healthy man to pay attention to a beautiful woman. The curt thank you and show of disinterest was no distraction to the smitten man.

2012, Joseph Hale, Memoirs of the Browning Man, Houston, Tex.: Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co., →ISBN，第 49 頁:


smitten

smite 的過去時分詞。


chip away

一点点地削减，一点点地削弱 （常带at）

Iraneus contrasts the unity and integrity of these writings with the distorted, contextless citations of the Gnostics. He describes the code of textual harassment that allows these heretics to chip away at the Scriptures, […]

1991, Jan Gorak, The Making of the Modern Canon: Genesis and Crisis of a Literary Idea，第 24 頁:

Matthew Towers, senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, thinks the PowerPC will gradually build market share over the next several years. “They'll ‘chip’ away at Intel, but slowly,” he says.

1995年June15日, John Edwards, 引 Matthew Towers, “How the Chips Fall”, 出自 CIO, 第 8 卷, 第 17 號, CXO Media, Inc., →ISSN，第 76 頁:

Antismoking groups continue their efforts to chip away at the public support for smoking as well as at the favorable treatment of tobacco products.

1997, Robert L. Heath, Strategic Issues Management: Organizations and Public Policy Challenges, SAGE Publications, →ISBN，第 77 頁:


goji

市場營銷造詞，可能音變自官話 枸杞 (gǒuqǐ)。最早的用例見於1996年的出版物中。LexisNexis 數據庫中最早的用例是2002年的一篇報紙文章。自2003-2004年開始使用範圍擴大。

goji berry

枸杞屬（Lycium）植物，尤用作保健水果時的名稱

wolfberry

枸杞屬（Lycium）植物，尤用作保健水果時的名稱

枸杞屬（Lycium）植物，尤用作保健水果時的名稱


tacos

taco的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


maggots

maggot的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


migrated

migrate 的過去式和過去分詞


immigrated

immigrate 的過去式和過去分詞


pierced

pierce 的過去式和過去分詞


pierced

more pierced (comparative)
most pierced (superlative)


staples

staple的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


toasts

toast的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


flours

flour的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


grills

grill的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


folded

fold 的過去式和過去分詞


minced

源自中古英語 mynced、ymynced、y-mynsed，等同於mince + -ed。

more minced (comparative)
most minced (superlative)


minced

mince 的過去式和過去分詞


minces

mince的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


interprets

interpret的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


involves

involve的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


shoulders

The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders.

這份工作的責任就落在了他的肩上。


shoulders

shoulder的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


wrecks

Many wrecks can be found below the waters of the Caribbean.

加勒比海的水底下有許多沉船。


wrecks

wreck的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式

That guy wrecks his car every month.

那傢伙每個月都會把自己的車給弄壞。


drains

drain的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


develops

develop的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


concentrates

concentrate的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


littered

litter 的過去式和過去分詞


littered

more littered (comparative)
most littered (superlative)


crushes

crush的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


surfaces

surface的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


adults

adult的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


wiser

wise 的比較級形式。


Lisbon

源自拉丁語 Olisīpō，源頭不確定。更古舊的拼寫有 Ulixbona、Ulixbuna（西哥特時期）；Ὀλισσιπών (Olissipṓn)、Ὀλισσιπόνα (Olissipóna)（希臘作家）、Olisippo（老普林尼）、Ulyssippo（龐貝的梅拉），最後一種拼寫與1世紀的羅馬民間傳說有關，即尤利西斯創建了里斯本，該城也因此以其命名；還有一種常見的民間傳說是來自腓尼基語 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤑 𐤏𐤁𐤀 (ʿlyṣ ʿbʾ /ʿaliṣ-ʿuboʾ/, “避風港，安全的港灣”)。
還有一種可能性，基於當地的水域名稱，衍生自羅馬佔領前的伊比利亞底層語言對於塔霍河的稱呼，Lisso 或 Lucio。

里斯本（首都名，位於葡萄牙）。

城市，縣城名，位於美國北達科他蘭森姆。

村，縣城名，位於美國俄亥俄哥倫比亞納，原名New Lisbon。


Lisbon

一種產自葡萄牙的淡色甜葡萄酒

We had plenty of port wine and Lisbon, which, with uninterrupted good humour, made the hours glide rapidly away.

1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:


dragon boat

仿譯源自漢語 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán)。


Friedmann

弗里德曼，源自德語的姓氏


bpm

beat per minute (“每分鐘節拍數”)之首字母縮略詞。


BPM

Business Performance Management (“業務績效管理”)之首字母縮略詞。

Business Process Management (“業務流程管理”)之首字母縮略詞。

Business Process Modeling (“業務流暢建模”)之首字母縮略詞。


hugged

hug 的過去式和過去分詞


twists

twist的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


crops

crop的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


milled

Coarsely milled maize is termed cornmeal, but when finely milled and sifted it is called corn flour.

玉米經過粗磨的產物，叫做 cornmeal（“玉米粉”），而經過細磨和篩分的產物，就叫做 corn flour（“玉米澱粉”）。


milled

mill 的過去式和過去分詞


starches

starch的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


extracted

extract 的過去式和過去分詞


extracts

extract的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


favours

favour的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


favors

favor的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


flavored

more flavored (comparative)
most flavored (superlative)

This is only grape-flavored soda. The flavoring is artificial; real grape juice tastes much richer.

這不過是葡萄味汽水而已。味道都是人工調配的；真正的葡萄汁味道更厚重。


flavored

flavor 的過去式和過去分詞


favoured

more favoured (comparative)
most favoured (superlative)

有著某種外貌或身體特徵的

ill-favoured; well-favoured; hard-favoured

其貌不揚的；貌美的；面貌嚴厲的

a white-favoured footman


favoured

favour 的過去式和過去分詞


powders

powder的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


harps

harp的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


vows

vow的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


vowels

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-vowels.wav


cuter

cute 的比較級形式。


FYM

fuck you mean? (“你说...是他妈什么意思？”)之首字母縮略詞：用于表达困惑和生气，常用于回复别人的消息。


wood ear

仿譯自漢語 木耳 (mù'ěr)。


alight

源自中古英語 alighten (“（从某处）下来；下（车，马）；到达，停在；着陆；掉落；攻击；（雷，闪电）打，击；跳上（马背等）；（段位，官阶）下降；使...（的段位，官阶）下降；出现，涌现；减轻；（基督教，指基督，天使，圣灵，奇迹等）下凡，降临；下（地狱）；（某事）降临到，发生到”) [以及其他形式]，融合自：
* 古英語 ālīhtan (“下（车马）”)，源自ā- (“离，出，走”, 前缀) + līhtan、līehtan (“降临；使...变轻，减轻”)，最终源自原始印歐語 *h₁lengʷʰ- (“轻”)；和
* 古英語 ġelīhtan (“下（车马）；使...变轻，使...变简单；减轻”)，源自ġe- (程度增强前缀，接于动词表示完成，完满) + līhtan、līehtan（见上）。
英语中，作a- (表示“离，出，走”的前缀) + light (“使...简单，使...变轻；拿走；从...卸货；（古旧）降落，着陆；下（车马）”)分析。
同源词
* 中古低地德語 erlichten (“使...变轻”)
* 古高地德語 gilīhten (“使...变轻”)（中古高地德語 gelīhten）、古高地德語 irlīhten (“减轻”)（中古高地德語 erlīhten，现代德語 erleichten）

alighten

使...变轻 （质量，程度等）；减轻，缓解

alighten

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

light

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

disembark

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

debark

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

get off

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

get out

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

unlight

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

使...变轻 （质量，程度等）；减轻，缓解

（常与from或off连用）下 （车，马等）； 完成旅途，停下

He alighted from his horse.

Passengers are alighting from the carriage.

Dashing back to my compartment, I grabbed my impedimenta—what my companion thought of the maniac who alighted at a station only half-way to the first booked stop I don't know!—got out, hurried under the subway, and was into my 10.45 comfortably before its departure.

1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: A Surprise at Didcot”, 出自 The Railway Magazine, Westminster, London: IPC Transport Press, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 452 頁:

That, combined with the fact that I alight with only four or five other passengers, is a sad reminder of how most people continue to choose to travel to this far-flung corner of the UK.

2021年November3日, Paul Stephen, “As Far North as You Can Go … to Thurso”, 出自 Rail, 第 943 期, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 49 頁:

A flying bird alights upon a tree.

Snow alights on a roof.

His fearefull freends vveare out the vvofull night, / Ne dare to vveepe, nor ſeeme to vnderſtand / The heauie hap, vvhich on them is alight, / Affraid, leaſt to themſelues the like miſhappen might.

1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book I, Canto III”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 20，第 38 頁:

Then from his loftie ſtand on that high Tree / Down he alights among the ſportful Herd / Of thoſe fourfooted kindes, himſelf now one, […]

1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC，第 395–397 行s:

In 1851 the Great Northern Railway had reached London and began operating into a terminus at Maiden Lane, just north of the New Road [later renamed Euston Road]. In 1854 they moved up to the New Road itself, with the opening of King's Cross station, east of Euston. The railways were alighting on the New Road like birds perching on a branch (the Midland Railway would open St Pancras, between Euston and King's Cross in 1868), and [Charles] Pearson took note.

2012, Andrew Martin, “The World of Charles Pearson”, 出自 Underground Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube, paperback版, London: Profile Books, 出版於 2013, →ISBN，第 25 頁:


alight

动词可能另派生自其他词：
* 源自中古英語 alighten (“点燃；开始燃烧；变明亮；激起，唤起；（比喻义）启迪，启发”) [以及其他形式]，源自古英語 ālīhtan、ālȳhtan (“点亮”)（可能仿拉丁語 illūmināre，illūminō (“照亮”)的现在主动不定式），源自ā- (表示“离，出，走”的前缀) + līhtan、līehtan (“闪亮，照耀；照亮”)（最终源自原始印歐語 *lewk- (“看；闪；亮”)）；和
* 源自中古英語 onlighten (“使...发光；（比喻义）启迪，启发”) [以及其他形式]，源自古英語 onlīhtan，inlīhtan (“照亮；使...发光；发光；（比喻义）使...醍醐灌顶，启发”)的一个变体，源自原始日耳曼語 *inliuhtijaną (“照亮”)，源自*in (“进”) + *liuhtijaną (“照亮”)（最终源自原始印歐語 *lewk-，见上）；和
* alight (形容词)的晚期用法。
英语中，作a- (表示“离，出，走”的前缀) + light (“点（火）；点燃；燃起来；照亮；照路”)分析。
形容词和副词派生自晚期中古英語 alight (形容词) [以及其他形式]，源自古英語 ālīht、ālȳht，古英語 ālīhtan、ālȳhtan (动词，见上)的过去分词形式；但随后亦被解读为a- (表示“到，上，于”的前缀，用来表示条件、状态或方式) + light (“明亮的，清晰的”)。
同源词
* 德語 erleuchten (“照亮”)


alight

The burning embers and the dry wind quickly set the whole neighbourhood alight.

燃着的灰烬和干燥的风很快将附近的所有房子点燃了。

The sticks were damp and wouldn’t catch alight.

With a heavy load of 650 tons for Arras and Lille we started very quietly, with about a third of a glass of water, and the fire barely alight. This frightened me, but I had reckoned without the 4-6-4's American mechanical stoker.

1961 February, Balmore [pseudonym], “Driving and Firing Modern French Steam Locomotives – Part One”, 出自 Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 110 頁:

发光的；颜色鲜艳的，艳丽的 开的，发光的

Her face was alight with happiness.


dead of night

I was feeling just as I had felt in the old Malvern House epoch when I used to sneak down to [the schoolmaster]'s study at dead of night in quest of the biscuits he kept there in a tin on his desk, and there came back to me the memory of the occasion when, not letting a twig snap beneath my feet, I had entered his sanctum in pyjamas and a dressing-gown, to find him seated in his chair, tucking into the biscuits himself.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly

1968, “Blackbird”, 出自 Paul McCartney 作詞, The Beatles, 演出者 The Beatles:


mpox

monkeypox 的截斷形式，造於2022年，以避免該詞帶來的種族主義與污名化。由总部位于蒙特利尔的同性恋组织 RÉZO 在与其他加拿大组织协商后创造，这些组织也同时致力于更改法语中的对应词汇。


enoki

enokitake 的簡稱，源自日語 榎(えのき)茸(たけ) (enokitake)。对比 enoki mushroom，其是對日語的不完全仿譯。

Enokis have a delicate flavor and crunchy texture.

金針菇味道鮮美、口感爽脆。

2006, Roy Yamaguchi et al., Roy's Fish and Seafood, →ISBN，第 231 頁:


at all

whatsoever

表示比零更大的程度、数量或频率：最小程度上、用任何方法、在任何时间或在任何情况下。

You mustn't speak to her at all.

Can you see anyone at all?

Are you at all bothered by the noise?

Let me know if you are at all concerned.

如果您有任何顧慮，請告訴我。

Were you angry that he was laughing too hard, or that he was laughing at all?

你是为他笑得太厉害而生气，还是就为他在笑而生气？

I'm glad that she didn't stay long, but sorry that she came at all.

我很高兴她没有呆很久，但对她的到来感到遗憾。

This is the only one of the issues for which I am at all responsible.

这是唯一一个由我负责的问题。


move house

I haven’t got any mail since I(’ve) moved house.

自從搬家之後，我就沒收到過任何郵件。


disagree with

disagrees with
disagreeing with
disagreed with

使...不舒服，使...恶心

The sausage I bought at the market is disagreeing with me.

我在菜市场买的香肠让我肚子不太舒服。

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见disagree、with。


penalise

penalize在非牛津英式拼法的标准拼写


bussin

“Uhh, Georgetown is not around the corner, but I feel cupcakes do be bussin.” “Yoooo, that's what I'm saying. Especially that maple creme and bacon one […] ”

2018, Sol, Diary of the Plug's Daughter 3, Sullivan Group Publishing (ISBN 9781648546907):

I hope at SC State dem boi food be bussin like how e iz down ya. Fo real.

(我們可以確定引用的日期嗎？) Travis Lamar, Memoirs of a Kuntri Boi, page 81:

“Her cake and brownies be bussin.” Swan never looked up from what he was doing or he would have seen a look of total longing on Shay's face.

(我們可以確定引用的日期嗎？), Y Blak Moore, Heartless (ISBN 9781641364737), page 85:


bussin'

2017, Y Blak Moore, Heartless (ISBN 9781641364737), page 85:

They all sucked their teeth and started fixing my plate. The food was bussin', they knew what they were doing in the kitchen.

2020, Travis Lamar, Memoirs of a Kuntri Boi, page 81:


bussin'

“Reckon I'll be bussin' tables over t the L and L.” “You don't have civil service protection?” Edgar shook his head.

1998, Richard Parrish, Defending the Truth, Onyx Books (ISBN 9780451408334)

"Before too long, they'll be bussin' 'em up from Seattle to take my fish."

2000, Barbara Bretton, The Bride Came C. O. D., Harlequin Books (ISBN 9780373822003)

“I'd still be bussin' dishes an' Rebecca here would still be workin' in the galley. Shit.” Bill went on.

2018, Timothy J Amerine, Hell in a Handbasket, Xlibris Corporation (ISBN 9781543471953)

“I be bussin' these niggas asses in Scrabble, so that shit is gon' help my game, you feel me?” “No doubt, I know damn well you be bussin' them niggas' asses, […] ”

2006, Tina Brooks McKinney, B.L.U.N.T., Meisha Camm, Around the Way Girls 8, Urban Books (ISBN 9781599831831):

“Well, at least the partners know we're the ones who are bussin' our butts to make the campaigns happen.” “That's just it,” Vincent said. “They don't know, […] "

2018, G. Modele Clarke, Stories from the Pews, Xlibris Corporation (ISBN 9781984531148):


akhirah

源自阿拉伯語 اَلآخِرَة (al-ʔāḵira, “以後，來世”)。


Mersin

借自鄂圖曼土耳其語 مرسین (mersin, “香桃木；梅爾辛”)。

梅爾辛（城市名，位於土耳其）。


talk out of

talks out of
talking out of
talked out of

说服...放弃，说服...不做

My brother wanted a pet squirrel, but I talked him out of it.

我哥想养一只松鼠当宠物，但被我劝住了。


move on

After spending the night resting in an abandoned church, the group decided to move on in their quest.

在废弃教堂休息了一晚上后，这队人决定继续远征。

Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line.

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

The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.

最好的复仇就是不管，让报应收拾他们。


frustratingly

more frustratingly (comparative)
most frustratingly (superlative)


unbeknownst

He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.

他在不让母亲知道的情况下提早回了家。

Theon’s redemption scene convincingly threatens to kill him right there on the beaches of Dragonstone, dying for a good cause unbeknownst to anyone but the rapscallions who watched him die, but at last it swerves into something genuinely heroic.

2017年August27日, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:


quid pro quo

借自拉丁語 quid prō quō (字面意思是“[将]某物[当成]某物”)。

quae pro quibus (plural)
quid pro quibus (plural)
quid pro quos (plural)

The misunderstanding of the word or the quid pro quo is the unintentional pun, and is related to it exactly as folly is to wit.

1844, Arthur Schopenhauer, 譯者 Richard Burdon Haldane, The World as Will and Representation, 2nd edition, first book, 翻譯作品 原題 語言：德語, section 13:

“Is it simply a wild fantasy, or a mistake on the part of the old man — some impossible quid pro quo?”

1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, 譯者 Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, 翻譯作品 原題 語言：俄語, part II, book V, chapter 5:

His argument was formulated, not without reason, as a paradox, a quid pro quo of opposing concepts: form is declared to be content, thus its own opposite.

1982, Carl Dahlhaus, Esthetics of Music，第 52 頁:

a knave Apothecary that administers the Physick, and makes the medicine, may doe infinite harme, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, etc.

1621-51, Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy:

Nicholas [Praepositus] was also the author of a "Quid pro Quo", that is an alphabetically arranged catalogue of equivalent drugs, capable of replacing each other, when for any reason one or the other drug was wanting

1889, Johann Hermann Baas, Henry Ebenezer Handerson, Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession，第 263 頁:

Was it not Claudius Galenus (130-200 A. D.), the great Roman physician-pharmacist, who was about the very first to prepare a lengthy list of drugs, quid pro quo, a list which remained in use until about the sixteenth century?

1917, Otto Raubenheimer, “History of Substitutes and Substitution”, 出自 Druggists Circular, 第 61 卷，第 188 頁:

To him I offered a quid pro quo; and meant to give nothing without getting a full equivalent.

1819, The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, 第 35 卷，第 1129 頁:

Whie Demanding Great sacrifices from the workforce, Germany's rulers had proved unable by autumn 1916 to offer a quid pro quo in the form of a military victory, more democracy, or even a modest redistribution of income.

2001, Authority and Upheaval in Leipzig, 1910-1920，第 148 頁:

Britain, which said its crew was in Iraqi waters when seized, insists it never offered a quid pro quo, either, instead relying on quiet diplomacy.

2007, Associated Press, “Iran to release 15 British sailors”, 出自 China Daily:

the US recently supported the European candidate for the IMF and may receive a quid pro quo

2012年March24日, Steve Denning, “The World Bank Is Broken: Can The New President Fix It?”, 出自 Forbes:

McLaren did not want Mercedes to buy Brawn so when the German company insisted, they demanded a quid pro quo that, as far as McLaren are concerned, contains all the positives of a Mercedes involvement but none of the negatives.

2009年November16日, Andrew Benson, “What Mercedes buy-out of Brawn could mean”, 出自 BBC Sport:

People don't like to talk about it, but inherent to every relationship there's a quid pro quo— something that's exchanged in return for something else. The quid pro quo can be obvious, such as I give you a salary and in return I expect you to do a good job, or more subtly, I give you a recommendation and in turn expect you'll help me get my expense check processed faster. It's an unspoken system of bartering that goes on in relationships. Women aren't very good at capitalizing on the quid pro quo. Instead, they give away favors and expect little or nothing in return.

2014, Lois P. Frankel, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office:

交换，交易 （通常不指金钱交易）
等价交换，合理公平的交易

More importantly, the Chrysler bailout produced a quid pro quo wherein Congress agreed to pass bank deregulation legislation if banks agreed to convert substantial amounts of Chrysler's debt to equity.

1997, Davita Silfen Glasberg, Daniel L. Skidmore, Corporate Welfare Policy and the Welfare State，第 138 頁:

The apparent exception at the Temple of Neith at Sais is likely due to an agreement, a quid pro quo, made with Udjahorresnet, not to a failure to enact the command immediately.

2004, Lisbeth S. Fried, The Priest and the Great King: Temple-palace Relations in the Persian Empire，第 74 頁:

The requisite intent is proved by showing a quid pro quo—an expectation of a favorable official act in return for the bribe.

2006, John Cibinic, Jr., Ralph C. Nash, James F. Nagle, Administration of Government Contracts，第 84 頁:

I call it quid pro quo while other authors have described it as “the art of reciprocity.”

2011年December14日, Susan T. Spencer, “Business Networking That Works ... It's Called Quid Pro Quo”, 出自 Forbes:

Neither the envelope nor the entry form indicated whether a donation was enclosed. Because there was no obligation to pay to enter the sweepstakes, payments voluntarily sent were fully deductible. No quid pro quo occurred.

2012, Jody Blazek, Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations:

All are based on the concept of quid pro quo, or “this for that” – the exchange of one thing for another. […] In McDonnell, the government alleged a quid pro quo sale of “official action” – payments (the quid) made to McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia, in return for a promise or undertaking by McDonnell to perform an official action (the quo). The Court’s decision focused on the quo side of the equation – a side that does not often receive much scrutiny – analyzing the contours of whether the actions taken by McDonnell constituted illegal “official actions.”

2016年July13日, Robert Anello, “SCOTUS Quid Pro Quo Analysis in McDonnell May Broadly Affect Bribery & Insider Trading Prosecutions”, 出自 Forbes:

Council says the mayor and a former councilman may have engaged in a "quid pro quo." / […] / Council says, according to a handwritten note, Fey offered to support a pay raise for Mayor Ellis if Ellis would support a raise or a job appointment for Fey's wife, Gina.

2019年March4日, “Phillipsburg council calls for new investigation of alleged quid pro quo”, 出自 69 News:

All I'm asking for is a little quid pro quo. You know—you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

Mr. P. did not consider that branch, strictly and technically speaking, public revenue; at least it did not arise from taxation, because those persons who had paid this money had received a full equivalent for the same; there was a quid pro quo on both sides; and this was not taxation, it was a sale; the parties therefore from whom this money was derived had not been taxed.

1837, United States. Congress, The Congressional Globe，第 1977 頁:

What we should do, however, is insist that there be a quid pro quo — an equal exchange.

1988, Industrial R&D and U.S. Technological Leadership:

Most of those cases were about witness immunity deals (was there a quid pro quo?) or the meaning of quid pro quo in the classic “equality of exchange” sense.

2014, Zephyr Teachout, Corruption in America，第 239 頁:

US-Myanmar relations in the past few years have been largely based on a quid pro quo or tit for tat strategy. Some analysts also call it action for action or give and take strategy.

2013年May21日, Nehginpao Kipgen, “Quid Pro Quo Diplomacy in US-Myanmar Relations”, 出自 Foreign Policy Journal:

职场性骚扰 （指职场中，某人要求另一人让其性骚扰为条件来换取其他东西）

A quid pro quo complaint typically is lodged by an employee who has been denied opportunities because he or she refused a perpetrator's sexual advances or by an employee who has been denied opportunities because another employee obtained those opportunities by submitting to a perpetrator's sexual advances.

2008, Ronald W. Scott, Promoting Legal and Ethical Awareness，第 140 頁:

As for a legal remedy to the problem of harassment, the Court found that a proper, well-advertised grievance procedure could be used in a defense where sexual comments and horseplay created a “hostile environment,” but not in the quid pro quo cases that feminist Catharine MacKinnon had dubbed "put out or get out."

2009, Frank Dobbin, Inventing Equal Opportunity:

American courts have recognized two forms of sexual harassment. In the first, quid pro quo cases, the violation occurs when an employer or supervisor conditions an employment benefit on the employee's providing sexual favors.

2018, Walter B. Connolly, Jr., Michael J. Connolly, Joshua Feinstein, A Practical Guide to Equal Employment Opportunity，第 161 頁:


lanjiao

源自泉漳話 𡳞鳥／𡳞鸟 (lān-chiáu)。


lanjiao

源自泉漳話 𡳞鳥／𡳞鸟 (lān-chiáu)。

more lanjiao (comparative)
most lanjiao (superlative)


butoh

源自日語 舞踏 (butō)。
詞尾的“h”用於表示其來自日語的發音；對比 bokeh。

She's a butoh dancer.


butoh

源自馬來語 butuh。


sohai

源自粵語 傻閪／傻𲈹 (so⁴ hai¹)。


girolle

The dominance of the squeaky-clean white button has given way to a far wider range: brown chestnuts and flat-capped portobellos, and pearly-white oysters, which really do look a bit like the oyster shells they’re named after, carotene-orange girolles, flavour-bomb dried shiitake and porcini, or delicate enoki, with their long, skinny legs and tiny caps, which are often sold in packages with buna and shiro shimejis and labelled “exotic”.

2015年November14日, Yotam Ottolenghi, “Shroom for manoeuvre: Yotam Ottolenghi’s mushroom recipes”, 出自 The Guardian:


astronomic

more astronomic (comparative)
most astronomic (superlative)


astronomically

more astronomically (comparative)
most astronomically (superlative)

The calculated answer was astronomically large.

計算出來的結果猶如天文數字。


Agdam

源自阿塞拜疆語 Ağdam、俄語 Агда́м (Agdám)。

阿格達姆（城市名，位於阿塞拜疆阿格達姆）


Orsk

借自俄語 Орск (Orsk)。

奧爾斯克（城市名，位於俄羅斯奧倫堡 州奧爾斯克）


Orsk

村名，位於波蘭下西里西亞盧賓


Madrilenian

more Madrilenian (comparative)
most Madrilenian (superlative)


Madrileño

源自西班牙語 madrileño。

more Madrileño (comparative)
most Madrileño (superlative)


Madrileño

源自西班牙語 madrileño。


virophage

/ˈvaɪɹəfeɪd͡ʒ/


-vore

来自拉丁語 vorare (“吞食”)。


necrophobia

死亡恐惧症 （对死亡或尸体的非理性恐惧）

Funerals are ten times worse with necrophobia in addition to grief.


pochette

借自法語 pochette (“口袋”)。pocket 的同源對似詞。


cardiological

more cardiological (comparative)
most cardiological (superlative)


feather duster

/ˈfɛð.ɚ ˈdʌstɚ/


slather

未知，自19世纪起可考，意为“滑动”。

I slathered jam on my toast.

在...上（厚厚地）涂抹均匀

I slathered my toast with jam.


slather

未知，自19世纪起可考，意为“滑动”。

（用来涂抹食物的）浓酱汁

[The river] Ván in SnE I 21 is mentioned as coming from the slather of the bound Fenris Wolf.

1983, Edda: A Collection of Essays (Robert James Glendinning), page 177:

Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 章號 1, 出自 Mr. Pratt's Patients:

In her eyes the manse people were quite fabulously rich, and no doubt those girls had slathers of shoes and stockings.

1919, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, ch. 24,


fuses

fuse的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


hoses

hose的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


represents

represent的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


provinces

國家內除了首都、大城市之外的“地方”


databases

database的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


samples

sample的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


missionaries

/ˈmɪʃəˌnɛɹiz/


eliminated

eliminate 的過去式和過去分詞


eliminates

eliminate的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


illuminates

illuminate的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


barriers

barrier的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


barrels

barrel的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


Kristen

Kristin 的拼寫變體，源自Christina，在20世紀後半使用逐漸上升。

源自古希臘語的女性人名。


toddle

源頭未知。可能與totter有關。

走路蹣跚、搖搖擺襬，類似幼兒的步態

There he was, just toddling along.


toddle

源頭未知。可能與totter有關。


hynde

hind (“雌鹿”)的棄用形式。


teef

You s'posed to be my homie an' you teefed my story


krang

源自荷蘭語 kreng (“屍體”)，源自中古荷蘭語 crenge (“屍體，腐肉”)，對比古英語 crincgan (“倒下；屈服”)。與丹麥語 kreng (“屍體”)同源。


domkop

'Sies, man,' a voice said. 'You're a domkop. How you gonna see 'em?'

2008, William Higham, Nakada's Touch (page 316)


tyding

tiding的棄用形式。


proverbs

proverb的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


Provençal

/ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvənˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvɒnˈsɑːl/


Provençal

/ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvənˈsɑːl/

/ˌpɹɒvɒnˈsɑːl/

特指奧克語的普羅旺斯方言

It was the first time I had heard Provençal spoken – there seemed to be moss packed between every syllable.

1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 343:


Occitan

以奧克語為語言的地方文化


Occitan

more Occitan (comparative)
most Occitan (superlative)


blood work

Some medications require blood work to monitor for possible side effects.

有些药物需要患者做血液检查，来监测可能的副作用。

2012, William Marchand, Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Your Guide to Recovery，第 275 頁:


wussy

wussier (comparative)
wussiest (superlative)

There was enough food for a soccer team and we were going to grill it. Our meatfest included no girly utensils, no wussy plates. Just our hands, mouths, and incisors.

2013, L. A. Campbell, Cartboy and the Time Capsule，第 112 頁:


dine and dash

常帶連字符（尤其在作定語時）


dine and dash

dines and dashes
dining and dashing
dined and dashed


isekai

借自日語 異世界 (isekai)。

It's not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there.

2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (volume 1)


isekai

借自日語 異世界 (isekai)。

The protagonist was isekai'd by Truck-kun.

主人公被卡车君传送到了异世界。


health insurance

同類詞：dental insurance、health fund、health plan、life insurance


tamarin

借自西班牙語 tamarín (“檉柳猴”)，源自一圖皮-瓜拉尼語族語言。


tamarind

源自晚期中古英語 thamarynde，源自古法語 tamarinde，源自中世紀拉丁語 tamarindus，源自阿拉伯語 تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, 字面意思是“印度棗”)。

羅望子的果實，其果肉可用於部分亞洲菜及伍斯特醬中

其他類似的物種：
Diploglottis australis，澳大利亞東部的一種雨林樹種

其他類似的物種：
藤黃果（Garcinia gummi-gutta），原產印度尼西亞

其他類似的物種：
酸欖豆（Dialium spp.）

一種暗褐色，類似羅望子的果肉

tamarind：


Oghuz

源自土耳其語 Oğuz，源自古突厥語 𐰆𐰍𐰕 (uǧz)，部落軍事部門用詞，可能源自𐰸 (ok, “親屬”)的早期複數（在早期突厥文化中，箭頭用來在禮儀場合中表示部落等）。

烏古斯人，突厥民族的西南一支


Oghuz

烏古斯語支，突厥語族的一支


vampyr

vampire (“吸血鬼”)的另一種寫法


draps

drap的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


red packet

源自red + packet，仿譯自漢語 紅包／红包 (hóngbāo)、红包 (hóngbāo)。

/ˌɹɛd ˈpækɪt/

/ˌɹɛd ˈpækət/


red envelope

源自red + envelope，仿譯自漢語 紅包／红包 (hóngbāo)、红包 (hóngbāo)。

/ˌɹɛd ˈɛnvələʊp/

/ˌɹɛd ˈɛnvəˌloʊp/


gasmask

gas mask的另一種拼寫法


hongbao

裝飾用的紅包
裝有錢的紅包
借自官話 紅包／红包 (hóngbāo)。 ang pow 的同源對似詞。

In the old days gifts of money were given to children by the older generation and were placed in red envelopes called hong bao. This practice has been discouraged by the Communists because it perpetuates "feudal-capitalist consciousness," the worship of wealth and money.

過去長輩們會把壓歲錢放在叫做紅包的紅色信封裡送給小孩們。但共產黨當局禁止這種行為，因為它延續了“封建-資本主義意識”，即對財富和金錢的崇拜。

1980, B. Michael Frolic, “Notes [Notes to Pages 50–65]”, 出自 Mao’s People: Sixteen Portraits of Life in Revolutionary China [毛澤東時代的人民：革命時期的十六幅中國生活寫照], Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, note 8，第 269 頁:

New Year's Eve is the traditional date for reunion dinners, but relatives and old friends enjoy getting together for feasting and entertainment throughout the entire holiday season. Gift giving is another time-honored custom still widely practiced among Singapore's Chinese. Hong bao, or "lucky money," is by far the favored item, bestowed in bright red envelopes by married family members upon the young and single.

傳統上團圓飯是在除夕吃的，不過整個春節期間，親戚老友們都會齊聚一堂、吃喝玩樂。送禮是另一個由來已久的習俗，至今仍在新加坡華人間廣泛流傳。紅包或“壓歲錢”——已婚的家庭成員送給年輕人和單身人士的淺紅色信封——是迄今為止最受歡迎的禮物。

1988 January–February, Suzanne L. Murphy, “Island Hopping: Singapore’s Chingay Parade: Music, Muscle and Make-Believe”, 出自 Nancy Zimmerman 編, Islands: An International Magazine, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Islands Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 79 頁，第 1 列:

After extensive negotiations, and at the arrival of the groom at the bride's house, the groom is usually admitted only after he offers a red envelope (hong bao) containing money in multiples of 99 or 999. Those numbers symbolize a long, happy marriage.

經過多方協商，在新郎到新娘家時，要先給一個裝著99或999倍數金額的紅包，才能進去。這些數字意味著長久幸福的婚姻。

1997, Douglas D. Daye, “Ethnic Profile: The Chinese”, 出自 A Law Enforcement Sourcebook of Asian Crime and Cultures: Tactics and Mindsets, Boca Raton, Fla., New York, N.Y.: CRC Press, →ISBN，第 190 頁:

Children in particular love the joyous festivals. With them come treats like traditional New Year goodies (and hongbaos) during the Lunar New Year, a wide variety of rice dumplings to savour during the Dragon Boat Festival, and pretty lanterns to carry in dark places during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

孩子們尤其喜歡喜慶的節日。過節的時候，像農曆新年有糖果（和紅包），端午節有各種粽子，中秋節可以在暗黑的地方舉著漂亮的燈籠。

1997 May, Goh Pei Ki, compiler, “Prologue”, 出自 Koh Kok Kiang（譯者）, Origins of Chinese Festivals (Asiapac Comic), 13th版, Singapore: Asiapac Books, 出版於 April 2004, →ISBN，第 1 頁:

Firecrackers are let off to usher in the New Year and to drive off bad luck and evil spirits. The next morning is spent visiting relatives and friends and exchanging greetings and good wishes for the year ahead. The Chinese also exchange hongbao 紅包 hóngbāo or little red envelopes stuffed with money for good luck.

放鞭炮是为了迎接新的一年，驱除厄运和恶灵。第二天早上走亲访友，互致问候，祝福新的一年。中国人还互赠红包（装满钱的小红信封）以求好运。

2005, Tiger Tong [et al.], “China”, 出自 China Business Guide, 3rd版, Singapore: China Knowledge Press, →ISBN，第 27 頁，第 1 列:

When Chinese return home for the Spring Festival […] they will probably also prepare hongbao for the family. Traditionally these are gifts of money packed in red envelopes given and received with ceremonial reverence. But now hongbao are available in the form of social applications. In 2015, WeChat, China's most popular messaging application, developed by Tencent, collaborated with China Central TV (CCTV) in the most watched lunar new year's gala ever, in which at certain times the host asked the audience to shake their mobile phones to receive hongbao. Over 1 billion hongbao were sent and received.

当中国人过春节回家时 […] 他们可能还会为家人准备红包。传统上，红包是装在红色信封里的金钱礼物，受赠者带着礼仪性的崇敬收受。但现在红包以社交应用的形式出现。2015年，由腾讯开发的中国最受欢迎的通讯应用程序微信，与中央电视台（CCTV）合作举办了有史以来收视率最高的春节联欢晚会，主持人在特定时间要求观众摇动手机以接收红包。发送和接收的红包总数超过10亿。

2017, “China and the Next Production Revolution”, 出自 The Next Production Revolution: Implications for Governments and Business, Paris: OECD Publishing, →ISBN，第 405 頁:

The sum of money in the hongbao is not fixed and it is based on the relationship between the giver and recipient, i.e. the closer the relationship, the greater the sum of money given. The hongbao culture is also commonly found in other Chinese societies; analogous practices include lishi in Hong Kong and ang pow in Singapore.

紅包內附金額的數量不是固定的，而是根據給予者與受贈者的關係而有所不同，也就是說，一般關係越親，收到的錢也就越多。紅包文化在其他地方的華人社會也很常見；類似的做法包括香港的“利是”和新加坡的“紅包（ang pow）”。

2018, Lei Tan, “Neither Gift nor Payment: The Sociability of Instrumentality”, 出自 The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality: Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity (Fringe), 第 1 卷, London: UCL Press, →DOI, →ISBN, section 2.3 (Hongbao (China))，第 136 頁:

Want a big hongbao this Lunar New Year? Map shows China’s ‘most and least generous’ provinces [title]

農曆年想要個大紅包？這幅地圖帶您了解中國給紅包“最大方和最小氣”的省份[標題]

2018年February14日, Yujing Liu, “Want a big hongbao this Lunar New Year? Map shows China’s ‘most and least generous’ provinces [農曆年想要個大紅包？這幅地圖帶您了解中國給紅包“最大方和最小氣”的省份]”, 出自 South China Morning Post, Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC，於2020-11-12歸檔自原頁面:


ang pow

源自閩南語 紅包／红包 (âng-pau)。hong bao 的同源對似詞。

However, if you come across kids of the really mercenary kind, then you wish you could snatch back the ang pow from their greedy hands. A kid is supposed to receive an ang pow, thank the giver, then put away his ang pow immediately.

但如果你遇到是那种“唯利是图”的小孩，有时你真希望自己能从他们贪婪的双手中把红包抢回来。按照常理，小孩收到红包后要感谢，然后马上把红包收起来。

1996, Su Kim Lee, Malaysian flavours: insights into things Malaysian，第 88 頁:

A traditional and popular gift, ang pow is given at a house warming, during the tea ceremony to a bridal couple, at a farewell, on a birthday, in return for a favor or a donation, and on other occasions. A symbolic ang pow is given to a prospective client by a coffin maker upon the former exiting his premises, regardless of any transaction.

红包是传统而又十分流行的礼物。乔迁喜宴、结婚典礼、告别、生日、回馈人情、捐赠等等场合，都有红包的身影。做棺材的人也会在潜在客户离开店铺时向其赠送一个象征性的红包，无论是否达成交易。

2010, Ooi Keat Gin, The A to Z of Malaysia, →ISBN，第 19 頁:

After the scrumptious dinner, which I had never before eaten so much, came to an end, it was customary for the parents to hand out red packages or ang pow to the children and unmarried adults.

这餐晚饭是我有史以来吃的最多的一次。年夜饭吃完后，父母通常会向孩子和未婚大人发红包。

2014, Bryan Paul Lai, The Joy of Life: The Land Below The Wind, →ISBN，第 87 頁:

I wrote the amount on each ang pow. When Chinese New Year came, just after the Alzheimer's diagnosis, I thought all Ma could do was hand out the ang pows.

我在每封红包上都写上了金额。阿嫲才确诊了阿尔茨海默病，农历新年又来了，我想她所能做的也就是发红包了。

2016, Wong Chai Kee, Even When She Forgot My Name: Love, Life and My Mother’s Alzheimer’s, →ISBN:


berberis

源自其属名。barberry 的同源對似詞。


ovarium

借自新拉丁語。ovary 的同源對似詞。

/ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/


marxism

Marxism的大小寫替代形式


convenience store

Ah, that's nice. They have many convenience stores there for you to stand in front of.

1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), 角色 Nazeer Choudhury（Ajay Naidu）:


what the actual fuck

这他妈的什么啊 （表达惊讶、震惊、不相信的情感）

'What the... fuck?' Aaron's shoulders drop, he shakes his head. 'What the actual fuck? You couldn't make it up!'

2017, Cara Delevingne, Mirror, Mirror: A Twisty Coming-of-Age Novel about Friendship and Betrayal from Cara Delevingne, Hachette UK, →ISBN，第 273 頁:

What the actual fuck, Erin? What the actual, stupid, fuck are you doing? Lying low is not a thing.

2018, Catherine Steadman, Something in the Water: The Gripping Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN，第 150 頁:

What the fuck? What the actual fuck, man.

2020, Clint Dyer, Death of England: Delroy, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN，第 15 頁:


on the money

exactly

位置准确地，不偏不倚地，正中地，准确地，正确地

on the dot

位置准确地，不偏不倚地，正中地，准确地，正确地

on the mark

位置准确地，不偏不倚地，正中地，准确地，正确地

位置准确地，不偏不倚地，正中地，准确地，正确地

Did you have the wrong kind? I've never had the wrong kind. Ever. My worst one was right on the money.

1979, Woody Allen, Manhattan, 角色 Isaac Davis（Woody Allen）:

Two of the A-4s landed on the money. The third was not so lucky.

1987年July10日, Maj. Michael B. Perini, “In Good Hands with Gold 11”, 出自 Air Force Magazine, 第 70 卷, 第 7 號, retrieved 2014-05-10:

For years, Gore had been dismissed, even ridiculed, for his traveling Power Point extravaganza warning about climate change. […] Today, few would disagree that Al was pretty much on the money.

2008年October10日, Richard Friebe, “How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money: Al Gore”, 出自 Time，於2014-03-06歸檔自原頁面:

I always felt that Bob Dylan was on the money when he sang: "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose."

2011年August19日, The Secret Footballer, “For new boys there's nothing like the big time”, 出自 The Guardian (UK), retrieved retrieved 10 May 2014:

Its mileage claims were right on the money: I averaged a little over 33 m.p.g. over a weekend of combined city-highway driving in the 2012 SL.

2013年February1日, Robert Peele, “The Mouse That Roars”, 出自 New York Times, retrieved 2014-05-10:


aperitif

apéritif的另一種寫法


black pudding

黑布丁（英國和愛爾蘭的一種血腸）


loaf around

loafs around
loafing around
loafed around


subsat

sub- + sat (“衛星”, satellite)。
subsatellite 的截斷形式。


Beylagan

源自阿塞拜疆語 Beyləqan。

貝拉甘（城市名，位於阿塞拜疆）


Pavlodar

借自俄語 Павлода́р (Pavlodár, 字面意思是“保羅之禮”)。

/ˈpɑːvləˌdɑː(ɹ)/

巴甫洛達爾（城市名，位於哈薩克斯坦）


palmyra

源自葡萄牙語 palmeira (“棕櫚樹”)。


purportedly

In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.

2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, 出自 World Englishes，第 120 頁:


uchronia

源自法語 uchronie，仿utopia，由古希臘語 οὐ (ou, “不”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “时间”) + -ia构成。

架空历史 （指文学作品等）

Mercier's resort to uchronia, on the other hand, initiates a new paradigm for utopian literature not only by setting action in a specific future chronologically connected to our past and present but even more crucially by characterizing that future as one belonging to progress and thus linked causally if not immediately to the reader's time.

1987, Paul K. Alkon, Origins of Futuristic Fiction，第 127 頁:

For Portelli, uchronia comprises 'that amazing scene in which the author imagines what would have happened if a certain historical event had not taken place'.

2007, Andy Wood, The 1549 Rebellions and the Making of Early Modern England，第 211 頁:

This uchronia actually exerted some influence in its time, converting many readers to socialism because they wanted to live in the world of Bellamy's vision.

2011, Lealand B Yeager, Is the Market a Test of Truth and Beauty?，第 389 頁:


uchronic

more uchronic (comparative)
most uchronic (superlative)

架空历史的 （文学作品等）

Uchronic visions were part of Icelandic collective representations of the world, and as such they deeply influenced the response of the society to its own history.

1992, Kirsten Hastrup, Other Histories，第 113 頁:

Then there was the context: the British countryside may have largely been reduced to a monocultural desert of agribusiness, but our uchronic vision of it persists: we expect to find Rosie with some sharp cider under the haystack, not a roseate energy drink.

2014, Will Self, The Guardian, 15 Jun 2014:


soare

sore (“小鷹”)的棄用形式。


year-old

結合形 -year-old 可追溯到中古英語（ȝeer old(e)、yeer old(e)、yere old(e)）。

He bought a year-old car.


four hundred

/ˈfɔːɹ ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/


three hundred

/ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/

/ˈθɹiː ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/


five hundred

一種牌類遊戲，具有尤克牌和橋牌的特徵


quattrocento

十五世紀（1400s），意大利文藝復興時期


trecento

十四世紀（1300s）；尤指該時期的意大利藝術風格

This seems simplistic, as […] his oeuvre is as obsessed with death as a museum full of trecento paintings.

2007年February6日, Martha Schwendener, “Believers and Doubters, Inspired by the Word”, 出自 New York Times:


roller skate

roller skates
roller skating
roller skated


stilt

源自中古英語 stilte、stulte，源自古英語 *stilte、*stylte，源自原始日耳曼語 *stiltijǭ、*staltijǭ、*stultijǭ (“高蹺”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *stelt- (“僵直”)。類似丹麥語 stylte、荷蘭語 stelt、德語 Stelze。

用於支撐某些結構的高柱子（通常建於水上）

高蹺鴴（Himantopus）及斑高蹺鴴（Cladorhynchus），這類鳥通常有長腿和長而薄的喙


dod

源自愛爾蘭語 dod (“慍怒，憤怒”)。


dod

源自低地蘇格蘭語 daud (“大塊”)。


dod

源自中古英語 dodden。

切斷，剪斷（如從綿羊尾巴剪去羊毛，或割斷牛的角）

Angus-shire dodded cattle

1845, The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Perth:

Messrs. Toogood and Son’s Bronze Championship Medal for best dodded sheep of any pure breed.

1906, The Flock Book of Wensleydale Blue-faced Sheep，第 57 頁:


dese

these 的口語發音拼寫。


dese

these 的口語發音拼寫。


sext

源自拉丁語 sexta (“第六；第六個小時”)。

noon

正午（白天的第六個小時）

midday

正午（白天的第六個小時）

noontide

正午（白天的第六個小時）

正午（白天的第六個小時）


sext

sex + text 組成的混成詞。動詞則是逆構自早期的 sexting，源自名詞。

Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message


sext

Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham

2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption):

[…] trying to get into the swing of things by texting my husband (I was a little tipsy, I will admit): "How do you sext someone?" hoping to engage in the latest trend. All I got was, "What!" in reply.

2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, "Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8" in the New Zealand Herald, p. 35:

The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.

2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, "Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme" in the Albany Student Press:

We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.

2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, p. 3:

Sexting sonnets / Under the tables

2022, “Billions”, 演出者 Caroline Polachek:


unsilenced

有聲的；不沉默的（本應無聲或沉默）

未消音的武器

不再沉默的抗議聲


lily of the valley

仿譯自聖經希伯來語 שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים (šôšannat hāʿămāqîm)，出現於雅歌 2:1。


jagra

jaggery (“椰糖”)的另一種寫法


indesirable

more indesirable (comparative)
most indesirable (superlative)


high school

源自中古英語 hyȝ scole (“提供更高級別教育的學校”)，等同於 high + school。與荷蘭語 hogeschool (“學院，大學，研究生院”)、德語 Hochschule (“學院，大學”) 同源。

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EN-AU ck1 high school.ogg

中學，任何提供中等教育的機構


secondary education

同類詞：primary education


primary education

同類詞：secondary education


junior high school

In California the term originally used was "intermediate high school," later shortened to "intermediate school," but the term "junior high school" is rapidly supplanting the others.

1919, Guy Vernon Bennett, The Junior High School, Warwick & York, page 1:


middle school

These authors argue that lists based on university-level reading material cannot be directly imported into contexts such as middle school since the lexical profiles of subjects and their vocabulary demands are different.

2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, 出自 Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 第 35 卷, →DOI，第 107 頁:


secondary school

tertiary education, tertiary-level education

中學：為年齡在11-16或18歲之間學生提供教育的公立學校

One of the key roles played by the Whitby line is the transport of children from rural spots along the branch to secondary school in the coastal town.

2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, 出自 Modern Railways，第 77 頁:

高級中學：為年齡在14-18歲（9-12年級）之間學生提供教育的機構

中學（小學與大學之間的教育水平）

中學：為年齡在12-17歲（7-10年級）之間學生提供教育的機構


Erdogan

Erdoğan的另一種寫法


Erdoğan

源自土耳其語 Erdoğan。

/ˈɛəɹdoʊˌɑːn/

源自土耳其語的姓氏 雷傑普·塔伊普·埃爾多安（1954–），現任土耳其總統


judges

/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪz/


judges

/ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪz/

judge的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


chronicles

chronicle的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


Ecclesiastes

源自拉丁語 Ecclesiastes；根據《七十士譯本》，源自古希臘語 Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs)。


Zephaniah

源自希伯來語的男性人名。


Haggai

源自希伯來語 חַגַּי。


Acts of the Apostles

仿譯自拉丁語 Āctūs Apostolōrum，該詞又仿譯自古希臘語 Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων (Práxeis Apostólōn)。


acts

act的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


Galatians

/ɡəˈleɪʃənz/


Galatians

/ɡəˈleɪʃənz/


rays

ray的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


dungs

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dungs.wav


dungs

dung的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


chicks

chick的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


lowdown

由low + down构成的词义为“谦逊的”的形容词在16世纪40年代便有记载，在1888年又出现有“粗鄙的，低贱的”一意。在1915年记载有名词用法，指“秘密，内幕消息”等。

All the reporters hoped to be the first to get the lowdown on the celebrity's marriage plans.

所有记者都想第一个拿到那个明星婚姻安排的内幕消息。

here's the lowdown

to give somebody the lowdown


lowdown

more lowdown (comparative)
most lowdown (superlative)

lowdown tactics

假装异性恋的 （和男人有性关系但假装是异性恋的）


flatters

flatter的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


Luzon

源自西班牙語 Luzón，源自古典他加祿語 Lusong (巴石河三角洲的古名)，源自他加祿語 lusong。

呂宋（島名，位於菲律賓）。


Mindanao

源自西班牙語 Mindanao，Maguindánao (“馬京達瑙”) 的縮約形，源自馬京達瑙語 Magindanaw。

棉蘭老島，民答那峨（島名，位於菲律賓）


north wind

繼承自古英語 norþwind，等同於 north (原為副詞) + wind。对比荷蘭語 noordwind、德語 Nordwind。


Susa

源自拉丁語 Sūsa，源自古希臘語 Σοῦσα (Soûsa)。

蘇薩（古代首都名，位於埃蘭，在現代的伊朗）


that is to say

One of the best things about works of music is that they are repeatable, that is to say that one can listen to the same work over and over without becoming tired of it.

音乐作品最好的地方之一就是它们是可重复的，也就是说，人们可以一遍又一遍地听同一部作品而不会厌倦。


sit-up

Susan's doing sit-ups to strengthen her muscles.

蘇珊正在做仰臥起坐來加強肌肉。


ass hole

asshole的另一種拼寫法


sign up

登记，记录，给...注册，给...报名

We signed up Bob for kitchen cleanup duty.

我们给Bob分了扫厨房的活。

Terry signed up for the soccer team.

After much deliberation we decided to sign up for satellite TV.

考虑了好久以后我们决定订卫星电视。


sign in

In order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.

下班后进办公室需要到保安服务台登记。


merl

merle (“烏鶇”)的另一種寫法


Kahramanmaraş

卡赫拉曼馬拉什（城市名，位於土耳其卡赫拉曼馬拉什）


Tétouan

借自法語 Tétouan，源自阿拉伯語 تِطْوَان (tiṭwān)。

得土安（城市名，位於摩洛哥）。


-ass

可能是-assed的简化或变体。

加拿大、美國，俚語，粗俗

That's a big-ass wrench you've got there.

Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin’-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.

2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06:

I recognize that the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.

2012, Joss Whedon, The Avengers, Marvel Studios:

You've got to work with me
Now, I don't wanna see any fake-ass workers
I need real builders

2018, “Work It”, 出自 Working Class Woman, 演出者 Marie Davidson:

用来将形容词转换为指代拥有这种特征的人的名词。

Don't be such a broke-ass—you can afford a fast-food run today!

别一副好像很穷的样子，今天快餐总能吃得起吧！

That's some Nixon-ass shit he's pulling. (He is acting in a way that closely resembles Nixon's actions.)

他怎么一副Nixon的吊样啊！


innit

Innit your birthday today?

It's your birthday today, innit?

用来代替任何否定的附加疑问句，无论人称、性数、或动词是什么。

You like listening to pop music, innit?

你喜欢听流行音乐，对吧？

You were dissing my girl, innit?

I like pop music innit


trip up

使...犯错，诱导...犯错

使...跌倒，使...摔倒


raison d'être

raisons d'être (plural)
raison d'être (plural)
raison d'êtres (plural)

/ˌɹeɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtɹə/

/ˌɹɛzɒ̃ ˈdɛtɹə/

Surfing became his raison d’être.

These raison d'etre and this evolution are not merely the achievement of men's conscious activity but are the unintentional results of their social activity.

1966, Maurice Godelier, Rationality and irrationality in economics, London, published by Francois Maspero, pg. 317 (quoted in Michael W. Coy, "Tugen Monopoly: Capitalism and Conflict in the Mountains of Kenya," Anthropology & Humanism Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1988, pg. 41, Full article - .pdf):

It [Sacramento] is a town in which defense industry and its absentee owners are suddenly the most important facts; a town which has never had more people or more money, but has lost its raison d'être.

1968, Joan Didion, “Notes from a Native Daughter”, 出自 Slouching Towards Bethlehem:

One after another, styles supplant one another. The most enduring twentieth-century school, Abstract Expressionism, held sway for at most twenty years，源自1940 to 1960, then to be followed by a wild succession- "Pop" lasting perhaps five years, "Op" managing to grip the public's attention for two or three years, then the emergence, approximately enough, of 'Kinetic Art' whose very raison d’être is transience.

1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 174:

National development plans and programs are in particular under harsh discussions and criticism including these raison d'etre in some countries, for these plans and programs have supported construction of rather inefficient infrastructure in less-development area.

2003, Seta Fumihiko, Kim Chang-Gi, Lai Shen-Chiang and Onishi Takashi, Abstract for "A Study on the Transition of National Development Strategies in Korea, Taiwan and Japan, Characterized by Developmentalism" (「開発主義に特徴付けられた 日本・台湾・韓国の国土開発戦略の変遷についての一考察」), full paper is pp. 52-61 of "Proceedings", International Symposium on City Planning 2003, The City Planning Institute of Japan, Sapporo, Japan, Abstract:

With hindsight knowledge, it is interesting to note that these three raison d’etre and their ramifications were situated in a broader context of contestations over the whole enterprise of knowledge production and consumption.

2007, Chambi Chachage, "Bringing African Studies Back to Africa: Beyond the ‘African-Africanist’ Divides," paper prepared for the 2nd AEGIS Conference on African Studies (ECAS) at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, 11-14th July, 2007 (Abstract, Full paper - .doc):

Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom flats.

2021年December29日, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, 出自 RAIL, 第 947 期，第 60 頁:


jupe

源自中古英語 jupe，源自中古法語 jupe。jubbah 的同源對似詞。

一種短的夾克（女式或童裝）


jupe

可能來自 EFnet 中一個叫 Jupiter 的用戶，他曾對 NickServ 施以這種行為。


jupe

封鎖伺服器（以加入網路）、暱稱或頻道（的使用）


microskirt

The girls were slender, delectable in stacked heels and shiny clothes that glowed in the dark. One of them wore a microskirt, and he could see the tops of black or navy thigh-highs as he stopped to pick them up.

女孩们身材苗条，穿着叠层高跟鞋，衣服在黑暗中闪闪发光，令人赏心悦目。其中一个穿着超短裙，当他停车接她们时，可以看到黑色或海军蓝的长筒袜的顶部。

1999, James Patterson, Pop Goes the Weasel, Headline, →ISBN:


jupes

jupe的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


hummus

源自土耳其語 humus，或直接源自阿拉伯語 حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ)。


houmous

hummus的另一種拼寫法


hoummous

hummus的另一種拼寫法


hommos

hummus的另一種拼寫法


hommus

hummus的另一種寫法


Khwarazm

源自波斯語 خوارزم (xwârazm)。


moelleux

more moelleux (comparative)
most moelleux (superlative)


supplant

源自古法語 supplanter，源自拉丁語 supplantō (“绊倒”)，源自sub (“下”) + planta (“脚底”)。

Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

在线词典会取代纸质词典吗？


dislikes

dislike的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


disliked

dislike 的過去式和過去分詞


assorted

assort 的過去式和過去分詞


assorted

more assorted (comparative)
most assorted (superlative)


crusades

crusade的第三人稱單數簡單現在時直陳式


afoot

"The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, 譯者 H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales，第 77 頁:

There's funny bussiness afoot.

In San Francisco and in New Jersey, to quote two other examples, plans are afoot to subsidise new commuter line construction or existing operations out of toll revenue from state highways or bridges.

1959 October, “Talking of Trains: Paying for the commuters”, 出自 Trains Illustrated，第 458 頁:


afoot

(表语) 站着的，发生着的

Sunny moves through these final days quickly, easily, buoyed by routine even though change is afoot in all directions.

2011, Maile Chapman, Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto: A Novel

Now there are plans afoot to introduce a couple of extra trains to the timetable in December, with the long-term goal of a doubling of the service to eight trains a day.

2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, 出自 Modern Railways，第 76 頁:


PJ

pajama (“睡衣”)之縮寫。

private jet (“私人飞机”)之首字母縮略詞。

poor joke之首字母縮略詞。

To share the secret with you, just in case you are not a Delhite, 'PJ' stands for, yes, "Poor Joke.'

1987, Sainik Samachar, 第 34 卷, Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence，第 11 頁:

“No, I don't,” I replied and quickly asked, “so, where are you now?” “Here, in front of you,” she replied with a witty smile. “I meant what are you doing these days—your occupation?” I smiled innocently. A PJ (poor joke) indeed.

2018, Kishor Kunal, The Casted Minds: A Nation where Purity of Blood Matters:


Uygur

Uyghur的另一種拼寫法


Uygur

Uyghur的另一種拼寫法


Sergei

俄語男性名字 Серге́й (Sergéj) 的轉寫，等同於 Sergius。


Sergey

音譯自俄語 Серге́й (Sergéj)，源自拉丁語 Sergius。

俄語男性名字 Серге́й (Sergéj) 的轉寫。


salvia

借自拉丁語 salvia (“鼠尾草”)。

鼠尾草屬（Salvia）植物

But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.

但是像鼠尾草、紫錐花、大波斯菊、万寿菊、烟草和百日菊等茎干茂密的植物，应该只剪到下一个或一对强壮的枝条。

2007年July12日, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A. [花園問與答]”, 出自 New York Times:


biggy

比较大的东西，比较占地方的东西

The wardrobe is the biggy – we'd better move that first.

衣柜比较大，我们最好先搬衣柜。

There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.

2006, Carol Benson, The Old Lonesome，第 84 頁:

Here's the biggy: she's only getting divorced!

重大消息：她只是想要离婚！

- Dude, I forgot to return your book!
- No biggie: I don't need it for another week.

- 兄弟，我忘记带要还给你的书了！
- 没事没事，我这周还不用。

要人，重要人物 （尤指娱乐圈）


biggie

biggy的另一種拼寫法


no biggie

It's no biggie. It should only take five minutes to make a new one.

不要紧，做一个新的应该只要五分钟。

My teeth are, like, too small / But no biggie / It's so awesome

1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa （作曲作詞）, “Valley Girl”, 出自 Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch:


stagnate

停止运动，停止进步 停止流动，阻滞

If the water stagnates, algae will grow.

停止运动，停止进步 停止发展，阻滞

Ready-witted tenderness […] never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.

Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating, thus promoting mental growth into old age.

2003, Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom, →ISBN，第 434 頁:

停止运动，停止进步 闷，因不流动而不新鲜

Air stagnates in a closed room.


epic fail

The second sentence is saying ‘Gina greedily anticipates even more than the monthly doubling of her bank balance’ — more than is modifying expects. Not the same meaning at all. Sorry computer, epic fail!

2013, Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward, English Grammar Essentials For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN，第 30 頁:

“What, you thought you could flee to Canada and hide from your epic fail? […]

2014, Lauren Morrill, Being Sloane Jacobs, Delacorte Press, →ISBN，第 95 頁:

So yeah, epic fail on my part when I didn't recognize one of Kubrick's most iconic works, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2014, Leah Raeder, Unteachable, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN，第 29 頁:

I was happy with my new, more sophisticated haircut but the rest of my efforts were pretty much epic fail.

2014, Sheila Agnew, Central Park Showdown, The O'Brien Press, →ISBN:

I'm tied to a chair. Epic fail.

2016, Kristen Reidel, “Bodies Of Water”, 出自 12 Monkeys, 第 2 季数, 第 5 集数 (television production), 角色 Jennifer Goines（Emily Hampshire）:


toodeloo

不详。可能源自法語 à tout à l’heure (“再见”)，或者toot。


toodle-oo

In one of the country gardens two gaily-dressed young coster girls are sitting and chatting with the cottager and his wife. They sit among the flowers and look for all the world like young London lasses who have come to the village to astonish the country folks with their town finery. When they rise and bid the old folks good-bye, and coming through the little wicket stand for a moment at the wooden palings to say “Toodle-oo” in the cheeriest of Cockney accents, we are at first astonished. For a moment my colleague and I had imagined we were in a rural hamlet and in the heart of green England.

1904 September, George R. Sims, “Off The Track in London V.--Round Hackney Wick”, 出自 The Strand Magazine, London: George Newnes, Ltd.，於2016-08-22歸檔自原頁面，第 329 頁:

"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"

1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy:


tongue-in-cheek

该短语暗指了将自己的舌头伸出搭到自己脸上的面部表情。首个书面引文见于1828年，但是已经不清楚它指的是字面意思还是现在的意思。较晚出现的Richard Barham的引文中的这个词的意思则很清楚。

more tongue-in-cheek (comparative)
most tongue-in-cheek (superlative)

不是认真的，开玩笑的，随便说说的

He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint.

他开玩笑解释为什么天空是蓝的，说什么开天辟地时天蓝色染料在打折。

It was in this era, too, that author and Scotland the Brave songwriter Cliff Hanley penned The Glasgow Underground, a tongue-in-cheek love letter to the Subway in song.

2021年December29日, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, 出自 RAIL, 第 947 期，第 45 頁:


tongue-in-cheek

He portrayed them tongue-in-cheek as great lawgivers, as Solons.

他将他们讽刺性地刻画为伟大的法学家梭伦。


tongue in cheek

more tongue in cheek (comparative)
most tongue in cheek (superlative)


Aisha

源自阿拉伯語 عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša)。

源自阿拉伯語的女性人名，該名字最著名的擁有者是穆罕默德的第三位妻子、阿布·伯克尔之女阿伊莎。


Iesha

20世紀時，Aisha在美國按發音的拼寫變體。

源自阿拉伯語的女性人名。


Ayesha

源自阿拉伯語的女性人名。


forrad

forrard的另一種拼寫法。


forrad

forrard的另一種拼寫法。


forrad

forehead的另一種拼寫法。


hoover up

Don't worry about the mess on the carpet - I'll hoover it up later.

别管地毯上那些脏东西，我过会用吸尘器清掉。

I'll hoover up after I've finished washing the dishes.

我洗完碗以后会用吸尘器打扫打扫。

狼吞虎咽 （尤指不用餐具直接从盘子吃）

[…] a deputy governor of China’s central bank pointed out that China no longer hoovers up dollar reserves with its past abandon.

2012, The Economist, 20th Oct 2012 The rise of the yuan: Turning from green to red

Essentially, the problem dates back to pre-privatisation, cost-driven British Rail practices which featured an unholy pact between management and unions, whereby management was able to employ fewer drivers and limited pension cost liabilities, while drivers were able to hoover up lots of lucrative Sunday overtime.

2022年November16日, Nigel Harris, “Endless news... little context”, 出自 RAIL, 第 970 期，第 3 頁:


foul play

犯规，不正当行为；犯罪行为 （尤指谋杀等暴力犯罪行为）

"I think there's been foul play," said Poole, hoarsely.

1885: Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde