No one knows for sure why a word for whip ended up as the word we use to describe those things that turn on and off our lights. A number of sources theorize that it is the back and forth motion of a whip that led to a mechanical switch taking on the word. One fellow named Ernest...
204. scrib, script; write写; scribble, scribe, script, scripture, inscription, prescribe, describe 205. sect; cut割; section, dissect, insect, intersect, sector, bisect, resect 206. semi; half半; semicircle, semidetached, semiannual, semiofficial, semitransparent 207. sens, sent; feel感觉;...
Our Living Language Go has long been used to describe the production of nonlinguistic noises, notably in conversation with children, as in The train went "toot." The cow goes "moo." Within the past few decades, however, many speakers began to use go informally to report speech, as in Th...
密(mì) means dense, close, meticulous, intimate or secretive. It is used in this poem to describe the close spacing of the stiches. 缝(féng) means to sew. 意(yì) means an idea, a meaning, an intention, to expect, to anticipate, or to intend. For example,心意means kind regards o...
It was Shakespeare himself who first mentionsswitchin his playRomeo and Juliet. There, he was trying to whip things along a little faster. No one knows for sure why a word for whip ended up as the word we use to describe those things that turn on and off our lights. ...
Word List 11geology ili n. 地质学;地质情况 provocative prvktiv adj. 挑衅的,煽动的,刺激的;挑逗的tack tk n. 平头钉,大头钉;行动方向,方针 vt. 用平头钉钉;附加,增补 a
When used by a white person to describe a black or African American person, this can seem like the most hateful, hurtful, offensive term in the language today. This word in American speech dates back to the late 1600's, although the modern spelling doesn't appear until three thousand years...
Quick,fast,swift,rapiddescribe speedy tempo. Quickapplies particularly to something practically instantaneous, an action or reaction, perhaps, of very brief duration:to give a quick look around; to take a quick walk.Fastandswiftrefer to actions, movements, etc., that continue for a time, and ...
Quick,fast,swift,rapiddescribe speedy tempo. Quickapplies particularly to something practically instantaneous, an action or reaction, perhaps, of very brief duration:to give a quick look around; to take a quick walk.Fastandswiftrefer to actions, movements, etc., that continue for a time, and ...
Objectives: To describe persistent symptoms and lung function in mild cases of COVID-19 six months after infection. Methods: Data collection was performed ... BGD Sousa,脥C Silva,RFD Costa,... 被引量: 0发表: 2024年 Comparative study of neutralizing antibodies titers in response to different ...