The origins of the word “cocktail” are varied and highly debated. One theory posits that long ago, English sailors enjoyed mixed drinks in a Mexican tavern that contained a sort of stirrer made from a plant called cola de gallo, which means “cock’s tail” in English. They then brought...
Others point to an April 28, 1803 article fromThe Farmer’s Cabinetin Vermont, where to drink a cocktail was claimed to be “excellent for the head.” Regardless, certainly by 1806, the word was being used with its current meaning. In the May 13th edition of the newspaper,Balance and Co...
Bartender,Cocktail,Legends Jerry Thomas September 8, 2016Leave a comment THE DICTIONARY DEFINES a bartender as a person who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar. The word was first used in America sometime during the 1830’s. When we think of bartenders, we envision characters played ...
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN received: 24 November 2014 accepted: 02 June 2015 Published: 26 June 2015 Musical training, individual differences and the cocktail party problem Jayaganesh Swaminathan1, Christine R. Mason1, Timothy M. Streeter1, Virginia Best1, Gerald Kidd, ...
So I resorted to word origins to help me with a title, and discovered that 'reading' was not about books but originally meant to discern or to advise; when... S Brenner - 《Genome Biology》 被引量: 2发表: 2002年 Cross-modal interactions at the audiovisual cocktail-party revealed by be...
a.In voodoo belief and popular folklore, a corpse that has been reanimated, especially by means of a supernatural power or spell. b.One who looks or behaves like an automaton. c.A computer connected to the internet and controlled by a remote unauthorized user to perform malicious tasks, with...
5.blow up- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" detonate,explode 6.blow up- exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
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Perhaps an occasional cocktail party. Dinner. Football or baseball on TV. Each day the same. Never any growth in expectations — unless it is growth because the husband has succeeded. The inevitable question: "Is that all there is to life" The rapid growth of many feminist organizations at...