louche

將酒精飲料（如烏佐酒，苦艾酒）與水混合，因生成茴腦導致酒變渾濁（乌佐效应）。

Certain anise-flavored drinks have developed a mystique based on the exotic appearance of louching.

In distillation, the first few liters of absinthe to come out of the still are called the head; the last few liters are the tail. The head and tail don't have enough alcohol to keep the oils in suspension, so the absinthe comes out of the still louched.

2010, Paul Owens, Paul Nathan, Dave Herlong, The Little Green Book of Absinthe: An Essential Companion with Lore, Trivia, and Classic and Contemporary Cocktails, New York, N.Y.: Perigee Books, →ISBN:


cyclo-

cyclorama, cyclometer

cyclohexane, cyclo-octasulfur


surveyor

源自盎格魯-諾曼語 surveour ← 古法語 sorveor。等同於survey + -or。

Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.


xeno-

派生自古希臘語 ξένος (xénos, “異地的”)。

xenophilia（對陌生人或外國人的喜愛）、xenophobia（對外國人或外國習俗、宗教等的憎惡或恐懼；恐外症，仇外，懼外）

xenolith（捕虜岩）、xenomenia（異位月經）


of course

naturally

當然，明顯地 （19世紀）

indisputably

當然，明顯地 （19世紀）

當然，明顯地 （19世紀）

Of course I know that!

You will, of course, surrender all your future rights to the property.


stump

源自中古英語 stumpe, stompe (“樹樁”)，源自或與中古低地德語 stump (“樹樁”)有關，源自原始日耳曼語 *stumpaz (“樹樁，末端，砍下的部分”)。與中古荷蘭語 stomp (“樹樁”), 古高地德語 stumph (“樹樁”) (德語 Stumpf), 古諾爾斯語 stumpr (“樹樁”)同源。參見stop。

He’s been stumping for that reform for months.


parijat

派生自馬拉地語 पारिजात (pārijāt)。

What are you betting? I looked out of the window. The flowers from the parijat tree.

In order to completely carry out this bartā, she required a flower from the parijāt tree, a tree that does not grow in the heavenly city of Indra.

She turned away and cleared the parijat flowers from the stone edge of the pool with a wet hand.


cryptocurrency

Bitcoin was the first decentralized cryptocurrency.

Then there is bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has been skyrocketing in value lately. Bitcoin is basically virtual cash — anonymous, untraceable currency stuffed into a mobile wallet.

2013年November17日, Nick Bilton, “Disruptions: A Digital Underworld Cloaked in Anonymity”, 出自 New York Times:


telly

I'm staying at the telly this weekend.


theft

源自中古英語 theft、thefte、þefte、þefþe、þiefþe，源自古英語 þīefþu，源自原始日耳曼語 *þiubiþō，源自*þeubaz (“竊賊”)，等同於thief + -th 或 thieve + -th。與古弗里斯蘭語 thiuvethe, thiufthe (“盜竊”)、古諾爾斯語 þýfð、þýft，和:Template:廢荷蘭語 diefte同源。

resource theft

Bike theft is on the rise.

A suspect was arrested for the theft of a gold necklace.


anybody

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

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


Cajun

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

coonass

一些住在路易斯安那州中未受教育和貧窮的法裔人。

一些住在路易斯安那州中未受教育和貧窮的法裔人。

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


wake up

wakes up
waking up
woke up
waked up
woken up
waked up

認清現實；專注於手頭上的事情

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

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


surreal number

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

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

康威對超現實數的建構基於超限歸納法的使用。

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

ISBN 9780521312059

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

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

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

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


surreality

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

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

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

看起來超現實的；超現實的存在、事件或其他事實。

The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.


abso-fucking-lutely

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

Are you ready? – Abso-fucking-lutely!


double bass

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


scotch

源自中古英語 scocchen (“剪切”)，可能源自盎格魯-諾曼語 escocher (“砍，切”)，源自es- (程度加强前缀)（源自拉丁語 ex-）+ 古法語 coche (“切”)。与Scotch无关。

（防止轮子等物移动的）阻挡物

He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.

1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 4

a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground


scotch

The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.

The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose.

1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, 1910s, OCLC 225424669, page 69:


-ic

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

Aaron → Aaronic


-ible

構成形容詞，表示“可……的”“能……的”。

access → accessible

構成名詞，表示“可……的事物”。

foible


-ation

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

accumulation

exhilaration


-ability

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

構成名詞，表示「能力」、「可能性」、「傾向性」、「適宜性」。

adapt → adaptability

accept → acceptability


above-board

/əˈbʌvˌbɔɹd/

光明正大的，合法公正的 （首次記錄於16世紀晚期。）

Fair and aboveboard.

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

2013年May15日, Stephen Lemons, “Joe Arpaio's Fave Pay-triot John Philip Sousa IV Fires Back, Makes Bank Off Peddling Joe”, 出自 Phoenix New Times，於2019-03-11歸檔自原頁面:

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

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


thence

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

I came thence.

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

Prospero

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

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


cremation

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

/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/

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


exhilarate

源自拉丁語 exhilarāre (“使...高兴，使...欢快”)，源自ex- (“出，离”)（源自原始印歐語 *h₁eǵʰs (“外”)） + hilarāre，hilarō (“鼓舞，使...高兴”)的现在时不定式，源自hilaris (“愉快的，轻松的，活泼的”)（源自古希臘語 ἱλαρός (hilarós, “高兴的，愉快的”)，源自ἵλαος (hílaos, “亲切的，吉祥的”)，源自原始印歐語 *sōlh₂- (“宽慰，宽容”)）。

/ɪɡˈzɪləɹeɪt/

/ɪɡˈzɪləˌɹeɪt/

振奋，鼓舞，使...开心

Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.

For the Philiſtian preſcribeth Cures of the minde in Phrenſies, and melancholy Paſsions; and pretendeth alſo to exhibite Medicines to exhilarate the minde, to confirme the courage, to clarifie the wits, to corroborate the memorie, and the like; but the ſcruples and ſuperſtitions of Diet, and other Regiment of the body in the ſect of the Pythagoreans, in the Hereſy of the Manicheas, and in the Lawe of Mahumes doe exceede; […]

1605, Francis Bacon, The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane. To the King, book II, London: Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne, →OCLC，頁號 37, recto:

Any and ſundry are the meanes, which Philoſophers and Phyſicians haue preſcribed to exhilarate a ſorrowfull heart, to diuert thoſe fixed and intent cares and meditations, which in this malady ſo much offend; but in my judgement none ſo preſent, none ſo powerfull, none ſo [a]ppoſite as a cup of ſtrong drinke, mirth, muſicke, and merry company.

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Musicke a Remedy”, 出自 The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd版, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 6, subsection 3，頁號 276:

I slept soundly, and without feeling the least uneasiness, and am a great deal better this morning; neither do I find that the henbane has affected my head, which，源自the great effect it had on me,—exhilarating me to the most extraordinary degree, and yet keeping me sleepy,—I feared it would.

1838年November1日, Charles Dickens, “XV. Mrs. Charles Dickens.”, 出自 Life, Letters, and Speeches of Charles Dickens with Biographical Sketches of the Principal Illustrators of Dickens’s Works: Illustrated with Engravings on Steel: In Two Volumes, 卷 I, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press Cambridge [Mass.], 出版於 1894, →OCLC，頁號 118:

It is now for us to say, that with very considerable powers of fancy, and a deep feeling of enthusiasm, he [James G. Small] has described the scenes of his romantic rambles, and recorded the historical or traditional events for which he cherishes such a warm veneration, in song that by turns exhilarates, captivates, and melts; and that will especially arouse Scotland's associations.

1843 June, “Art. XI. The Highlands, The Scottish Martyrs, and Other Poems. By the Rev. James G. Small. Edin. Whyte & Co.”, 出自 The Monthly Review (New and Improved Series), 卷 II, 期 II, London: G. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey, Ludgate-Hill, →OCLC，頁號 235:

Returning to their desks at the beginning of April 1966, exhilarated by the size of the Labour majority, Ministers found that there had been no improvement in the economic outlook while they had been away; indeed it had grown worse.

1978, Michael Stewart, “The Light that Failed: April 1966 – June 1970”, 出自 Politics & Economic Policy in the UK since 1964: The Jekyll & Hyde Years, Oxford: Pergamon Press, →ISBN，頁號 64:


middle name

用以描述某人的行為、特征等

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

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

我不會告訴別人的。“謹慎”是我的個性。


pray tell

源自pray (“礼貌询问”) + tell (“解释”)。

Pray tell us, how will they fare while you are away?


ethnopolitical

How can ethnopolitical violence be hindered or mitigated?


parental leave

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


metachemical

more metachemical (comparative)
most metachemical (superlative)

元化學的；原子結構化學的

metachemical metamorphism

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

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

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

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

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

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


goss

gossip 的截斷形式。

The hottest goss in celeb-land today is that Angelina Jolie is jealous of her fella's relationship with his ex-wife.

To give myself a break from the energy sapping, demoralising patrolling of this uninviting habitat, and to get away from any more creepy visions, I decided to drive into Mount Isa, ostensibly to be within phone range so I could contact Bob Forsyth and find out any local goss from him.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin，頁號 285:


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


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.


stake out

stake out land

to stake out a new road


sell on

说服...接受，让...服气

I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them.

我本来反对他的想法，但他说服我了。

I have indeed been sold on higher inductive types!


splurge

挥霍，大方地花 （自1911年）

They decided to splurge on the biggest banana split for dessert.

I could see Schultz think, and revive, and splurge with his bets again.


saving grace

For all his treachery and deception, he had one saving grace: good manners.

With Gambier Bay and Hoel sinking and Roberts not much longer for this world, the Johnston is now set upon by four cruisers and a number of destroyers. The ship's crew patch holes as fast as they can, but the ship is literally gradually being taken apart by repeated salvos. The fact that this particular set of Japanese ships is STILL using armor-piercing instead of high explosive is the only saving grace.

2019年February27日, Drachinifel, 片头起31:46, 出自 The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?，於2022-11-03歸檔自原頁面:


dead set

more dead set (comparative)
most dead set (superlative)

hell-bent

坚定的，执著的，死心塌地的，专注而不动摇的

坚定的，执著的，死心塌地的，专注而不动摇的

If John is dead set on marrying Catherine, his parents' objection will only provoke a falling out.

如果John一定要娶Catherine，他的父母肯定会过来闹翻的。

The governor is dead set against the concealed weapons permit legislation and will veto it even if it costs her the re-election.

There are people here who are dead set on convincing everybody this hurricane is the result of climate change.

2018年September11日, Rush Limbaugh, “Hurricane Florence Heads for the Carolinas”, 出自 The Rush Limbaugh Show (radio)，於2019-04-17歸檔自原頁面:


stay put

I'm not moving there; I'd rather stay put.

I keep adjusting the focus, but it won't stay put.

我一直在调焦，但是它就是固定不下来。


swish

He got a little swish downriver.


swish

I shall not swish; I'll merely act limp-wristed.


in the nick of time

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eleventh hour

正好，正是时候；踩着点，在最后时刻

under the wire

正好，正是时候；踩着点，在最后时刻

just in time

正好，正是时候；踩着点，在最后时刻

正好，正是时候；踩着点，在最后时刻

He finished writing his paper and slid it under the door just in the nick of time.


snooty

snootier (comparative)
snootiest (superlative)

好自夸的，高傲的，自命不凡的

He left out Town & Country, the magazine for snooty East Coast liberals.

ever since she landed the National gig sheʼs got very snooty about struggling theatre mates, as if she alone has discovered the secret to being successful

2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020)，頁號 43:

Sir Sydney was an arrogant, snooty, bigoted prig, so it was with some satisfaction that I wrote out his parking ticket.

Her parties were snooty affairs; custom-designed cocktail dresses that cost more than a decent luxury car were de rigueur.


aerate

源自拉丁語 aer (“空氣”) + -ate。

Blood is aerated in the lungs.

用氣體（尤其是氧氣或空氣）使……起泡或噴射

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


cold fish

Ah, don't be such a cold fish!


spin-off

源自动词短语spin off。

hive-off

（从母公司的）独立，剥离，拆分；（由此产生的）独立公司，拆分公司

外传作品，番外作品，衍生作品

"Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".


make a pass

He clumsily made a pass at the prom queen, and she responded with a scowl.

Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses.

1926, Dorothy Parker, “News Item”, 出自 Enough Rope，頁號 85:

You know, all those nights we stayed up talking…How come you never made a pass at me?

1985, Joel Schumacher, Carl Kurlander, St. Elmo's Fire (motion picture), 角色 Julianna "Jules" Van Patten（Demi Moore）:


JFK

各种以该词俗称的建筑物、设施、船舶、桥梁、高速公路等，尤指

约翰·肯尼迪纪念大桥（John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge），位于肯塔基路易斯维尔。

Traffic on the JFK was delayed by construction of the new bridge.

各种以该词俗称的建筑物、设施、船舶、桥梁、高速公路等，尤指 美国中大量以此命名的学校之一。

Steubenville beat JFK, scoring in the final minute of play.


come to grips with

comes to grips with
coming to grips with
came to grips with
come to grips with

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-au-come to grips with.ogg

Until she comes to grips with her mother's death, she has no hope of putting it behind her.

On Thursday, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, put the sale of the company’s “noncore” channels, including ABC and FX, on the table. He called the decline in traditional television “a reality we have to come to grips with.”

2023年July15日, Brooks Barnes, 引 Robert A. Iger, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, 出自 The New York Times, →ISSN:


keep tabs on

见tab (“用来记录的小板子”)。

keeps tabs on
keeping tabs on
kept tabs on

If you are careful to keep tabs on your finances, you should be able to stay within a budget.

The police kept close tabs on him during the holidays.

He might have spent the hours camped under the trees of the more remote meadow, whence in the brilliant moonlight he could keep tabs on the trails.

1910, Stewart Edward White, 章號 85, 出自 The Rules of the Game:

I'll catch him—I'll trip him up—I'll keep tabs on his arguments.

1919, Lucy Maud Montgomery, 章號 16, 出自 Rainbow Valley:

Syria's much feared state-security apparatus keeps close tabs on everyone entering and leaving the embassy.

2010, Andrew Lee Butters, “Why the U.S. Is Back on the Road to Damascus”, 出自 Time:

Nadal, absent from the draw for the first time nearly two decades, said he won’t watch it all from afar, but he will be keeping tabs.

2023年May18日, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, 出自 The New York Times:


stakeout

The police had a stakeout in place where they expected the crime to occur.


fiefdom

The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.

"If you wish to offer any of my vassals fiefdoms or positions in your new kingdom, they have my leave to accept. I promised them that when they came with me."

1989, Robert Shea, The Saracen, The Holy War:


mince pie

Christmas pie

百果馅饼 （一种英国的节日甜点）

mincemeat pie

百果馅饼 （一种英国的节日甜点）

shred pie

百果馅饼 （一种英国的节日甜点）

twelfth pie

百果馅饼 （一种英国的节日甜点）

Twelfth Night pie

百果馅饼 （一种英国的节日甜点）

Gorblimey, guvnor, I couldn't believe me mince pies!


grind to a halt

grinds to a halt
grinding to a halt
ground to a halt

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-au-grind to a halt.ogg

Work on the new high-rise ground to a halt as contractors tried to deal with all the red tape.

After the visionary's death, work on his ideas ground to a halt.

But to no avail - the suburban (Sunday) service ground to a halt, with only 20 of the 268 motormen turning up for work on Boxing Day [1949]. Kempton Park races lost 10,000 visitors, with the cancellation of 12 extra race day trains.

2023年December27日, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, 出自 RAIL, 期 999，頁號 29:


decimosexto

/ˌdɛsɪməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/

a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size


stick in someone's craw

sticks in someone's craw
sticking in someone's craw
stuck in someone's craw

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-stick in someone's craw.ogg

使某人郁郁寡欢，使某人不爽

It really sticks in my craw that he never even asked me.

I will just cite you two of the matters referred to by Mr. Glavis in his letter to the President, and, from what I learn, seems to stick in the craw of Mr. Bowman.

1910, United States. Congress. Joint committee to investigate Interior dept. and Forestry service., Compilation of Letters, Telegrams, Reports and Other Documents Offered in Evidence:

There was a pennant chase that year that would stick in his craw and the craw of every Phillies fan forever.

2005, Robert Gordon, Tom Burgoyne, Movin on Up:


walk-in

walk in 的動詞派生詞。

能够徒步进入的设施或房间
较大的房间； （不经由走道或大堂能直接进入的）公寓

a walk-in bathroom, a walk-in apartment, lived in a walk-in on Lime Street

As Officer Byrne watched the front of the building he observed about ten people enter and leave a walk-in apartment unrelated to the buy and bust operation.

1993, Reports of Cases Decided in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York:

能够徒步进入的设施或房间
（能够不预约就直接进入的） 设施或活动

Most teen clinics are walk-ins.

多数青少年诊所无需预约。

An increasing demand for skills in niche technologies coupled with higher attrition have prompted these software services firms to organise walk-ins for technology talent too.


walk-in

walk in 的動詞派生詞。

能够徒步进入的 （不需要经过横档等）能直接进入的

a walk-in bathtub

“The shower is walk in, multiple showerheads and a tiled bench. Take your time, I installed one of those perpetual hot water heaters, so you can have an endless experience. If you're not out in an hour, I'll call 911.”

2016, Douglas E Roff, Jacob A Roff, Cryptid: Discovery, BookBaby, →ISBN:

Eighteen-inch ceramic tiles, laid diagonally, made the home seem bigger. Opposite the kitchen was the bedroom wing with a master suite plus two other bedrooms, each having its own bath. All the showers were walk-in.

2018, Forrest Steele, Never Again, Seriously, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:


titillate

源自拉丁語 tītillātus，源自tītillō, tītillāre (“使...发痒”)。

The dancer titillated her audience with gyrations and suggestive movements.


have it in one

has it in one
having it in one
had it in one

Do you have it in you to show any respect, politeness, patience, or, God forbid, an ounce of forbearance?

MAC: Who’s the father, Juno? JUNO: Um… it’s Paulie Bleeker. MAC: Paulie Bleeker? I didn’t think he had it in him.


Adam and Eve

Adam and Eves
Adam and Eving
Adam and Eved

Would you Adam and Eve it: I’ve only gone an’ lost me wallet, ain’t I?


landwhale

That jerk did such a bad job parking his landwhale that it's taking up four parking spaces!

"It's getting close to Timmy's bedtime, so we won't stay long. I suppose you heard us arrive. We'll be staying outside tonight in that land whale we drove up in."

2012, Linda Townsley, The Dream Singer, WestBow Press, 出版於 2012, →ISBN:

有關使用本詞的更多用例，請參閱Citations:landwhale。


snappy

snappier (comparative)
snappiest (superlative)

snappy weather; snappy pace; snappy rejoinder

The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…]。

1897年 12月（標示為1898年）, Winston Churchill, 章號 8, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:


Judeo-Satanic

more Judeo-Satanic (comparative)
most Judeo-Satanic (superlative)

Changes abound, Judeo-Satanic plot or not.


no holds barred

a no holds barred debating style that quickly transformed into cheap shots and bickering

There isn’t much reason to be optimistic about thoughtful dialogue in this general election. Both sides are girded for a negative, no-holds-barred slugfest.

2016年May8日, Albert R. Hunt, “Trump and Clinton Campaigns Gear Up for a Slugfest”, 出自 The New York Times, →ISSN:

Among them was Ryan Ferchaud, 37, a tourist from Memphis who mostly faulted groups of college students for what she said was their no-holds-barred attitude regarding the mayhem.

2021年March22日, Neil Vigdor, Michael Majchrowicz, Azi Paybarah, “Miami Beach, Overwhelmed by Spring Break, Extends Emergency Curfew”, 出自 The New York Times, →ISSN:

“But the Russian doctrine of mass firing and no holds barred was visible in Chechnya, and there is the potential that Russia will get its act together tactically, and that will result in mass fire against population centers.”

2022年February28日, Steven Erlanger, 引 Douglas Lute, “After a Fumbled Start, Russian Forces Hit Harder in Ukraine”, 出自 The New York Times, →ISSN:


put through the wringer

puts through the wringer
putting through the wringer
put through the wringer

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-put through the wringer.ogg

让...吃苦头；让...不好受

They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.

Psychiatrists say that for many people who have been put through the wringer over the past decade, the climate extremes are one crisis too many.

2023年September16日, Jason Horowitz, “How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.”, 出自 The New York Times, →ISSN:


brown bag

源自常用于装自制便当的棕色纸袋。

Did you attend the brown bag Tuesday on healthy exercise habits?

So what student would choose to work in Washington for zero compensation, with benefits listed as "brown-bags," "farewell reception" and "athletic and service opportunities"?

1994年November6日, William Goss, “Interning For Pleasure And Profit”, 出自 The New York Times, →ISSN:


live down

to live down slander


blackeyed

blackeyed pea

blackeyed Susan


stat

statistic (“統計量”) 的截斷形式。

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

stat out

為（遊戲中的怪物等）分配統計數據

為（遊戲中的怪物等）分配統計數據

If you stat it, they will kill it.