I*******n
发帖数: 906 | 1 汉字也有etymology
说文解字就是最早的字源书之一
掌握了汉字字形起源和演化的规律，学习起汉字来更加多快好省
英语再怎么搞字源，也是好几个源，源跟源之间切换起来还是有障碍，需要硬性记忆的
字根数量及其相互关系远超汉字基本造字元素及其关系网。
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发帖数: 289 | 2 英语的三个主要来源都是proto indo european的后代, 也就是一个源，英法德意西的
数字词发音都近似，3000年前的PIE先是扩散到欧洲各部落,被多瑙河莱茵河阿尔卑斯山
分化，然后又收敛在英语上，PIE也是印度梵文，吐火罗文的祖先，甚至影响到中文，
比如蜜字里的必就是bee
[在 Inbetween (沧海横流) 的大作中提到：]
:汉字也有etymology
:说文解字就是最早的字源书之一
:掌握了汉字字形起源和演化的规律，学习起汉字来更加多快好省
:英语再怎么搞字源，也是好几个源，源跟源之间切换起来还是有障碍，需要硬性记忆
的字根数量及其相互关系远超汉字基本造字元素及其关系网。
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发帖数: 5056 | 3 你应该这样辩解: 英语所有的起源都在地球上，并没有来自火星和天狼星的源头，
所以英语还不算太低级。
: 英语的三个主要来源都是proto indo european的后代, 也就是一个源，英法德
意西的
: 数字词发音都近似，3000年前的PIE先是扩散到欧洲各部落,被多瑙河莱茵河阿尔
卑斯山
: 分化，然后又收敛在英语上，PIE也是印度梵文，吐火罗文的祖先，甚至影响到
中文，
: 比如蜜字里的必就是bee
: [在 Inbetween (沧海横流) 的大作中提到：]
: :汉字也有etymology
: :说文解字就是最早的字源书之一
: :掌握了汉字字形起源和演化的规律，学习起汉字来更加多快好省
: :英语再怎么搞字源，也是好几个源，源跟源之间切换起来还是有障碍，需要硬
性记忆
: 的字根数量及其相互关系远超汉字基本造字元素及其关系网。
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发帖数: 289 | 4 PIE的源头就在高加索山北麓，说PIE的就是高加索人种，现代白人的祖先
[在 Bluemusic (post-post-post-post-postdoc) 的大作中提到：]
:你应该这样辩解: 英语所有的起源都在地球上，并没有来自火星和天狼星的源头，
:所以英语还不算太低级。
:<br>: 英语的三个主要来源都是proto indo european的后代, 也就是一个源
，英法德
:意西的
:<br>: 数字词发音都近似，3000年前的PIE先是扩散到欧洲各部落,被多瑙河
莱茵河阿尔卑斯山
:<br>: 分化，然后又收敛在英语上，PIE也是印度梵文，吐火罗文的祖先，甚
至影响到
:中文，
:<br>: 比如蜜字里的必就是bee
:<br>: [在 Inbetween (沧海横流) 的大作中提到：]
:<br>: :汉字也有etymology
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发帖数: 1275 | 5 我是说准确意思，etymology, use case, connotation
中国人根本不懂英语，还了解美国，还跟美国竞争，还超过美国。。。。
如同骑个自行车嚷嚷着要登月 |
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l******r
发帖数: 124 | 6 呼唤专业精神！引文要给出处呀。而且人家问你“你的婚姻的定义是什么？”你给整个
传统婚姻的定义。
我碰巧在韦氏词典上看到这个，解释一和你的一模一样，但是解释二呢？怎么不一块引出
来？
Main Entry: mar·riage
Pronunciation: \ˈmer-ij, ˈma-rij\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
Date: 14th century
1 a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as
husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by
law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a
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发帖数: 22013 | 7 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
willhung (黄威廉) 于 (Mon Feb 1 15:24:47 2010, 美东) 提到:
发信人: aptget (apt), 信区: USANews
标 题: 同性婚姻受不到祝福也成了叽歪的理由了？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 1 13:38:17 2010, 美东)
不受祝福的婚姻多了，suck it up！
至于同性和乱伦的关系，人家说的根本不是法律能不能修改成允许前者禁止后者。人家
说的是，反对限制同性婚姻的微薄理由同样适用于反对限制包括乱伦在内的许多异类“
婚姻”，这是法律范畴的问题，是个很严肃的问题，直接关系到这个问题应该用粗暴的
法律手段来解决，还是让社会自己去解决。
至今为止，未见哪怕一个自私的gay和其好心但********的支持者们说出为什么同性婚
姻不能限制，但乱伦能够限制。
==注：经过作者授权，版主将原贴的不雅词汇修改.
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发帖数: 29853 | 12 :),我开玩笑没开好，对不起，让jerry幸苦了。
我来个好玩的，大家拿小本本记下來。
1. Love cave
Honey, can you go buy me some tampons at the store? My love cave is bleeding.
2. Baby chute
When I get home from work, I want you to put your mouth on my baby chute.
3. Forbidden area
It may seem unfair that Adam makes more money than Molly simply because
Molly has a forbidden area, but that's the way of the world.
4. Basement
The President inserted a cigar into Ms Lewinsky's basement, then put the
cigar in his mouth and said: "It tastes g... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17565 | 14 为啥，没什么原因啊
Despite numerous sources suggesting that the Golf nameplate is derived from
the German word for Gulf Stream[4] — during a period in its history when VW
named vehicles after prominent winds or currents (as with the Passat (after
the German word for Trade wind), Jetta (after the Jet stream), Bora (after
Bora) and Scirocco (after Sirocco)[5]) or that "Golf" is a sport theme-
related name as shared with the Polo and Derby— a 2013 report by former VW
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发帖数: 6973 | 17 (1) William Neuman, Fostering China’s Taste for Nuts; Advertising; An
Export Bonanza for US Growers. New York Times, June 29, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/business/media/29nuts.html?scp=1&sq=walnut&st=cse
My comment:
(a) I thought pickled almond was a joke until I took a look at the gallery.
(b) Almond is native to Middle East, as far east to Indus River.
Wikipedia.
(c)
(i) walnut (n; etymology: Middle English walnot, from Old English wealhhnutu
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 21 Marc Champion, Anglers Are in Dire Straits Along Istanbul's Bosphorus; Mass
fish migration celebrated by Aristole has slowed; Why tuna steered right.
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 5, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870472310457606199
(a) Istanbul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul
Quote:
"Byzantium is the first known name of the city. Around 660 BC, Greek
settlers from the city-state of Megara founded a Doric colony on the present
-day Istanbul, and named the new colony after t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 22 Anne Marie Chaker, The Science Project You Can Eat . Wall Street Journal,
Jan 26, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487
04698004576103981377557622.html
("Pennsylvania produces some 60% of the mushrooms grown in the U.S.,
according to the Mushroom Council")
My comment:
(a) Italian surname Simoni means father of simone, the latter being Italian
version of Simon.
(b) shiitake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiitake
(sections 1 Taxonomy and naming & 2 Cultivation history)
(c) For Hen o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 23 Joel Millman, For New Year, Chinese Shell Out Big For Tribes' Supersize
Clams; Native Americans Dive and Thrive on Asian Trade; 20-Pound Bivalves.
Wall Street Journal, Feb 3, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405
2748704254304576116470583905438.html
Note:
(a) geoduck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goeduck
(section 1 Etymology; The shell of this clam is large, about 15 centimetres
(5.9 in) to over 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length, but the very long
siphons make the clam itself very much... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 24 Julia Moskin, Pepperoni: On Top. It's not Italian, so some chefs have
shunned it. But it's America's most popular pizza request. New York Times,
Feb 2, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/dining
/02pepperoni.html?scp=1&sq=pepperoni&st=cse
Excerpt in the window of the print: Hormel is selling 40 million feet of it,
in time for the Super Bowl.
My comment:
(a) pepperoni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperoni
Quote:
"Pepperoni is a spicy Italian-American variety of salami (a dry sausage)
"The te... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 26 (1) Mike Esterl, Diet Coke Wins Battle in Cola Wars. Wall Street Journal,
Mar 17, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240
52748703899704576204933906436332.html
Quote:
U.S. sales of Diet Coke overtook those of Pepsi-Cola for the first time in
2010, making the diet soda the No. 2 carbonated soft drink in the country
behind Coca-Cola
"Pepsi-Cola commanded only a slight lead over Diet Coke in 2009, when each
brand had slightly less than a 10% market share among carbonated soft drinks
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发帖数: 6973 | 27 David Filipov, Yak by Popular Demand; A different kind of farm in Vermont is
seeking to corner the locavore, healthier-meat market. Boston Globe, Mar 19
, 2011.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont
/articles/2011/03/19/yak_by_popular_demand/
Quote:
"yak meat, with its sweet, slightly gamy taste
"an acre of pasture can support as many as four yaks, as opposed to a single
beef steer
Note:
(a) yak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yak
(a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of so... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 28 Kim Severson, Where Steaming Fried Noodle Spell Relief; Both loved and
unloved worldwide, instant ramen again comes through for Japan in Hard Times
. Mar 20, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/weekinreview
/20noodles.html?scp=1&sq=ramen&st=Search
Note:
(a) ramen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
(Ramen is of Chinese origin, however it is unclear when ramen was introduced
to Japan. Even the etymology of the word ramen is a topic of debate)
(b) Momofuku ANDO 安藤 百福 (1910-2007) was born in co... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 29 Katy McLaughlin, Wholly Cow! A Few Brave Grillers Go 'Nose-to-Tail;'
Inspired by a South American Chef, Cooks Super-Size the Barbecue. Wall
Street Journal, May 10, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
052748704187604576289162282275474.html
Note:
(a) gaucho (n; American Spanish): "a cowboy of the South American pampas"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(b) butterfly (vt): "to split almost entirely and spread apart
butterflied steak> "
(c) block and tackle
http... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 30 (1) 施伦德, 美国新兴“迷你屋.” VOA Chinese, Feb 10, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110210-tiny-house-115758954.html
, which is translated from
Shelley Schlender, Taking Downsizing to a Whole New Level; Tiny homes take a
snip out of the US housing market. VOA, Jan 14, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa
/places/Taking-Downsizing-to-a-Whole-New-Level-113610869.html
Note:
(a) Shelley as the first name is almost exclusively female, thanks to
association with Shirley.
Both Shelley and Sh... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16778 | 31 but the last two words have different etymology from the first word. |
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发帖数: 3 | 32 "trachoma"
you may search the internet for most stuff you wanna know.
One entry found for trachoma.
Main Entry: trachoma
Pronunciation: tr&-'kO-m&
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trachOma, from trachys rough
Date: circa 1693
granulations on the conjunctival surfaces, caused by a chlamydia (Chlamydia
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发帖数: 19398 | 35 The 21st century learning skills are often called the 4 C's: critical
thinking, creative thinking, communicating, and collaborating. These skills
help students learn, and so they are vital to success in school and beyond.
See videos of each main area below at the website - https://k12.
thoughtfullearning.com/FAQ/what-are-learning-skills
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is focused, careful analysis of something to better
understand it. When people speak of "left brain" activity, they are usual... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3633 | 36 不好意思，在你给的wiki的连接上，没有发现说JD是本科学位的话。
在关于JD的解说页面上，倒是有这么一句话
Juris Doctor (see etymology and abbreviations below) is a professional
doctorate[1][2][3][4][5][6] and in some countries a first professional[7][8]
graduate degree[9][10][11] in law, obtained, in the United States and other
countries, by attending law school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor#Creation_of_the_J.D._
我想这个很清楚了吧？关于和大陆法学学位之间不同导致的歧义，wiki也说明了。
J.D.'s are not generally awarded in the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.)
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发帖数: 6973 | 37 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: choi (choi), 信区: Military
标 题: Re: Nippon, Japan 啥区别?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Aug 3 14:49:35 2008)
"Guochan007" is correct; I learned the same from several Japanese (language)
teachers of mine, all in US. And "goworld" is corret in the first sentence.
Naturally I did not know until I checked origin of the Englishword "Japan."
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
in
(1) sentence 1 of the introductory section, and
(20 Section titled "Etymology."
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发帖数: 6973 | 38 (1) Thans for the etymology of 把餔. In English, it is called "imitative" (
of sound).
(a) Upon reading your explanation (attached at the bottom), I suspected the
term was local (in your area, or County of Taipei--at most Northern Taiwan).
I have no recollection of peddlers, in City of Kaohsiung where I was born
and grew up, selling ice cream. Popsicles, yes (up to ~ 1970 when mass
production by corporations, with popsicles packed in slender plastic tubes,
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发帖数: 1945 | 39 Masshole, n.
A term of contempt for: a native or inhabitant of the state of Massachusetts.
Language: U.S. coarse slang.
Etymology: Blend of the name of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and asshole
例句：
1989 M. Ridley Warts & All iii. 70 “The New Hampshire people have a
nickname for the refugees from Massachusetts: Massholes.”
1996 Boston Globe (Electronic ed.) 22 July c5 “They have plenty of company
in a state full of so many ‘misunderstood’ drivers that out-of-towners
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发帖数: 2777 | 40 It might be a 'hei1dian4'.
Main Entry:
shanghai
Function:
transitive verb
Etymology:
Shanghai, China; from the former use of this method to secure sailors
for voyages to eastern Asia
Date:
1871
1 a: to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug b
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发帖数: 2115 | 42 Main Entry: ha·tred
Pronunciation: \ˈhā-trəd\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from hate + Old English rǣden condition — more
at kindred
Date: 12th century
1 : hate
2 : prejudiced hostility or animosity
hatreds — Peter Thomson>
中文的仇恨在英语中最好的对应更像vengeance. |
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发帖数: 24893 | 43 Sodomy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sodomy (/ˈsɒdəmi/) is any non-penile/vaginal copulation-like
act, such as oral or anal sex, or sex between a person and an animal.[1] The
word is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19
of the Book of Genesis in the Bible.[1] So-called "sodomy laws" in many
countries criminalized not only these behaviors, but other disfavored sexual
activities as well, but in the Western world, many of these laws have been
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发帖数: 1166 | 44 我当年在袋鼠国时候，生活确实舒适，天天去海边散步，房子也要大很多的。
Sydney，墨尔本， 堪培拉我都住过
No worries is an Australian English expression, meaning "do not worry about that", "that's alright", or "sure thing". It is similar to the American English no problem. The phrase is widely used in Australian speech and represents a feeling of friendliness, good humour, optimism and "mateship" in Australian culture. The phrase has been referred to as the national motto of Australia and has influenced a similar phrase used in the Tok Pisin lan... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20696 | 45 crappie ['kr?p?] ['kr?p?]
1. 名词 [美国英语] [动物学] 刺盖太阳鱼属（Pomoxis）鱼；（尤指）the white
crappie 六棘刺盖太阳鱼（Pomoxis annularis）和the black crappie 暗斑刺盖太阳
鱼（Pomoxis nigromaculatus）
柯林斯英英词典crappie ['kr?p?]
1. n either of two North American freshwater percoid food and game fishes,
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie):
family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
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发帖数: 6973 | 46 Marc Champion, Anglers Are in Dire Straits Along Istanbul's Bosphorus; Mass
fish migration celebrated by Aristole has slowed; Why tuna steered right.
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 5, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870472310457606199
(a) Istanbul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul
Quote:
"Byzantium is the first known name of the city. Around 660 BC, Greek
settlers from the city-state of Megara founded a Doric colony on the present
-day Istanbul, and named the new colony after t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11154 | 47 http://www.gunsandammo.com/2012/03/07/whats-in-a-name-common-gu
Bullet
This is the hunk of lead, copper or whatever that comes out of a gun’s
barrel. Bullets can also be called “projectiles” or “shot,” though the
latter is somewhat archaic and nowadays normally refers to the small pellets
fired from a shotgun. There seems to be an increasing misusage of the term
“bullet,” and many people (from the man on the street through filmmakers
and novelists to even some supposedly knowledgeable gun write... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1717 | 48 不用争，显然第一运动是足球，可能只有玩儿篮球的想当然以为篮球第一运动
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football#cite_note-0
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer (etymology),
is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a
spherical ball. It is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the
world.[1][2][3]
1. Guttman, Allen. "The Diffusion of Sports and the Problem of Cultural
Imperialism" in Eric Dunning, Joseph A. Maguire, Robert E. Pearton. The
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发帖数: 6973 | 49 (1) BBC 利特海德, 记者来鸿：从天价大碗面看越南社会主义. BBC Chinese, Feb 18,
2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp
/world/2011/02/110218_fooc_vietnamnoodle.shtml
, which is translated from
Alastair Leithead, Communist Vietnam's $35 bowl of noodle soup. BBC, Jan 21,
2011.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes
/from_our_own_correspondent/9367223.stm
Note:
(a) gawp (vi; English dialect gawp to yawn, gape): "chiefly British GAWK"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com except otherwise identified.
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发帖数: 27294 | 50 armature is another word
Pronunciation: \ˈär-mə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌ
tyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, armor, from Latin armatura armor, equipment, from
armatus
Date: 15th century
1 : an organ or structure (as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense
2 a : a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or
of adjacent magnets b : a usually rotating part of an electric machine (as a
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