1.the erotic or sexual quality of something. 2.the use of sexually arousing or stimulating materials in literature, drama, art, etc. 3.the condition of being sexually stimulated. 4.a sexual drive or tendency. 5.an abnormally persistent sexual drive. Alsoerotism. ...
The sentence uses the correct idiom hesitate to and has no agreement errors.B The use of with is less effective than because of in the correct answer; the meaning is conveyed less clearly than in A. Also, hesitant in predicting is awkward and unidiomatic.C Due to effectively communicates ...
Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined phrase "fuss and feath-ers"in PARAGRAPH TWO?() A.Erratic action.B.Boring routines.C.Nervous behavior.D.Pretentious display. 点击查看答案&解析手机看题 单项选择题 【共用题干题】 Passage 1Einstein is a mental Hercules,according...
where to make a bad break is to cause the racked billiard balls to scatter in such a way that further shots are difficult. This meaning dates from the late 19th century and, though still occasionally encountered, has been largely displaced by the currency ofbreakmeaning ‘a stroke of luck ...
7.The word “erratic” in the passage is closest in meaning to A.dramatic B.important C.unpredictable D.common 显示答案 答题统计 登录 后才可以查看答案解析,还没有账号? 还没有账号?马上 注册>> 阅读原文 中文译文 One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events rev...
Language Name Meaning Notes Japanese ゲラコビッツ[?]Gerakobittsu From「ゲラゲラ」(geragera, an onomatopoeia for derisive laughter), possibly「子」(ko, child), and -witz (a Germanic name ending and also meaning "joke"); officially romanized as "Gerakobits"[5] Chinese 咯咯柯比茨[?]...
For what could be the meaning of the queer clay bas-relief and the disjointed jottings, ramblings, and cuttings which I found? Had my uncle, in his latter years become credulous of the most superficial impostures? I resolved to search out the eccentric sculptor responsible for this apparent ...
During his visit he also collected fossils enabling him to publish a rough biostratigraphic correlation between Norwegian strata and the Silurian system recently established in Britain; and also made observations of erratic boulders, which he considered transported by ice floes. The present paper ...
The termhot messoriginally referred to a mess that was literally hot—messin this case being related to the kind served in a mess hall. Before it was anything else,messwas a word for a quantity of food. (It traces back to the Late Latinmissus, meaning “course at a meal.”) Later it...
It has now and then an odd Gallicism—such as “she lost her head,” meaning she grew crazy. (Edgar Allan Poe,Marginalia, 1849) The phrase is often used to explain behavior (such as a temper tantrum or show of affection) that would otherwise be considered out of character or inappropria...