a.To have as a meaning, suggestion, or association; stand for or symbolize:The rose represents beauty. The bald eagle represents the United States. b.To indicate or communicate by signs or symbols:Letters of the alphabet represent sounds. ...
abalone, prawns, scallops, mushrooms, and more good stuff.The dish isusually put in a large bowl and eaten layer by layer. People usually put ten kinds of ingredients together in poon choi, meaning "perfect" and "full of fortune", to make a good start for the New Year. ...
whereby he was enabled to give a better description of the two counties; but being arrested by his engraver, and death soon following, his labours were lost.” The description of the site of the hut, “towards the northern extremity of this stupendous...
The nameHogmanayhas unclear origins, but it may come from the Norman Frenchhoguinane, from Old Frenchaguillanneuf, meaning “the last day of the year.” It’s believed many of theHogmanaytraditions originated from Viking folklore and religious practices brought over in the 8th and 9th centuries...
The word has commonly been used to describe upward movement on the socioeconomic scale, the sort of classic American success story of which fiction and real life have given us countless examples. This figurative meaning is related to the more literal sense of mobility as freedom for movement ...
11. Which of the following facts about gorillas does mankind know? A. Lifespan. B. Causes of death. C. Family structure. D. Bone structure. 12. Which of the following words is closer to the meaning of “mystery” in Para. 2? A. Myth. B. Elusive. C. Horror. D. St...
Symbolism of the Olympic rings奥运五环的象征意义Humans have long used rings or circles as symbols, but in the case of the Olympic rings, they have special meaning. For instance, the five rings represent the five continents that participated in the 1912 Games. And according to Rule 8 of the...
He stopped reading and explained the meaning of the confusing verse. “But Daddy,” said one of his daughters, “if that’s what it means, why doesn’t it say so”[2]? Why not, indeed, thought Ken. That’s when he decided to rewrite certain Bible stories for his ten children. ...
The day-flying Yellow-legged Clearwing moth has evolved to resemble a wasp in order to avoid predation I crammed it with the usual stock of roosting options for the moths, a load of empty cardboard egg cartons, and lit up. Skinner moth trap ...
Origin: from the dialect expression “sich fretten”, meaning, “sich plagen” (to scrape along, to slave away). 7 a Heuriger (ein Jungwein - a young wine, wine of the year) Literally: “this year’s (wine)”. (Wein der letzten Lese - wine from this year’s harvest). "Heuriger...