Bob (“spare a bob or two”) –a pound; (historically, a bob was slang for a shilling but inflation has raised its value!) Bobby –affectionate slang term for a policeman; derived from the nickname for Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police. Often used in the phrase:...
which the latter have secured the entire produce of this celebrated growth for a long term of years. The best Clarets are those known as ■ Chateau Margaux, Lafittc, Latour, Haut Brion, Mouton, Leoville, Rauzan, St. Eme- lion, &c. The south-western part of the department ...
A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians. noun (n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies. nazarite noun (n.) A Jew bound by...
noun(n.) Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport. adjective(a.) Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; -- often in the reduplicated form goody-goody. hoodynoun(n.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull. ...
[11] works of man’s hands, from a flint implement to a cathedral or a chronometer; and it is because it is true, that we call these things artificial, term them works of art, or artifice, by way of distinguishing them from the products of the cosmic process, working outside man, ...
aThis article argues that neither success nor failure can be captured or measured in the short term and that success must be understood as a broad concept. As such, it builds on the ideas of Epstein 这篇文章争辩说成功和失败不可以被夺取或被测量近期,并且,必须了解成功作为一个广义的概念。 同样...
Hueppe contributed still further to what was known of this bacillus, and pointed out that there were a large number of varieties, rather than one species, to be included under the term B. acidi lactici. We have already seen that these bacilli do not as a rule liquefy gelatine, form ...
*NOTE: These Guan styles denoting status and function apply only until around the Tang/Song era, when Jin and Putou take over in popularity. However, the term “Guan” still retains the idea that these are headdresses and caps for officials of status. ...
The emphasis was that, to understand living communities, all the things that occur in any place being studied鈥晅he organisms, the soil, the atmosphere, and all the individual materials鈥昲ave to be considered together, and therefore should be covered by a single term. Tansley, a life-long ...
The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation. “工业民主”这个词常被用作“工人参与”的同义词。 44 sculptors 雕刻家,雕塑家( sculptor的名词复数 ); [天]玉夫座 参考例句: He is one of Britain's best-known sculptors. 他是英国最有名的雕塑家之一。 Pai...