A**A
发帖数: 224 | 1 Old British Money
Prior to decimalization in 1971 Britain used a system of pounds, shillings
and pence. ('£sd' or 'LSD'). The smallest unit of currency was a penny
, the plural of which was pence (or pennies). There were 12 pence in a
shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. The pound came in the form of a paper
bill, called a note, or a gold coin, called a sovereign.
1 farthing (the lowest value coin) = 1/4 penny
A ha'penny (Half penny - a copper coin) = 1/2 penny (pronounced "heipni")
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n********r
发帖数: 84 | 2 People, he is speaking the purest of all Englishs (if I can use the plural
form here counting all the variants) and the most aristocratic version of all,
as opposed to that used by the London Taxi drivers or miners, say. It even
has a name, Queen's or King's English, depending on the gender of the monarch
on the throne at the time, or Oxford English. Have you ever listened to BBC or
watched James Bond 007? That's the English they use. It's spoken by the
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 5 Katy McLaughlin, Tasteful Attire: Designers Whip Up a Buffet of Fashion Out
of Food; Hungry for Notice, Some Try Waffle Pants, Octopus Hats and Cabbage
Dresses. Wall Street Journal, Jan 31, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
052748704405704576064340019008056.html
(a) getup (n): "OUTFIT, COSTUME"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(b) Salvador Dalí
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
(1904-1989)
To see images of his "paintings of eggs and sculptures of bread," go to
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 6 Catherine Saint Louis, Up the Career Ladder, Lipstick In Hand; Makeup can
make a woman appear more capable, a study sgows. New York Times, Oct 13,
2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/fashion/makeup-makes
-women-appear-more-competent-study.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=makeup%20capable&st=
cse
My comment:
(a) gob (n):
"1: LUMP
2: a large amount —usually used in plural "
www.m-w.com
(b) The same may be said about clothing, including lingerie (between lovers). |
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M******r
发帖数: 858 | 7 我发誓！我要像我国培养奥运冠军那样专门培养一个参赛萝卜（萝卜后面没有s，是
singular不是plural）！特殊肥料、特殊土壤、特殊周期、特殊农药。萝卜后浪推前浪
，把童工拍到沙滩上！ |
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T*******m
发帖数: 27308 | 8 要看成果！光吹不行啊！LOL。
singular不是plural）！特殊肥料、特殊土壤、特殊周期、特殊农药。萝卜后浪推前浪
，把童工拍到沙滩上！ |
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M******r
发帖数: 858 | 9 我发誓！我要像我国培养奥运冠军那样专门培养一个参赛萝卜（萝卜后面没有s，是
singular不是plural）！特殊肥料、特殊土壤、特殊周期、特殊农药。萝卜后浪推前浪
，把童工拍到沙滩上！ |
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T*******m
发帖数: 27308 | 10 要看成果！光吹不行啊！LOL。
singular不是plural）！特殊肥料、特殊土壤、特殊周期、特殊农药。萝卜后浪推前浪
，把童工拍到沙滩上！ |
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N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 12 Parties...in plural. 老太太桃李众多，加上各路亲朋，生日足足过了一个
月，大宴小宴连日不绝。史称“生月”，呵呵。 |
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l*****o
发帖数: 19653 | 13 我也练练狗：
In biology, a species (plural: species) is one of the basic units of
biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined
as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile
offspring. |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 14 嗯，specie: Money in the form of coins rather than notes.
我也练练狗：
In biology, a species (plural: species) is one of the basic units of
biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined
as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile
offspring. |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 15 moneys plural of mon·ey (Noun)
Noun
A current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and
banknotes collectively.
Sums of money.
money有复数吗？ |
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w***r
发帖数: 7173 | 16 来自主题: LeisureTime版 - 春天来了 en, of the same species. note: it is plural. |
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E*i
发帖数: 5804 | 17 我们讲用法么。。。
classifiers在英文里不如亚洲语言普遍，可是不能说没有啊：
Classifiers are not generally a feature of English or other European
languages, although classifier-like constructions are found with certain
nouns. A commonly cited English example is the word head in phrases such as
"five head of cattle". This parallels the more pervasive classifier
constructions found in many Asian languages: the word cattle (for some
speakers) is considered an uncountable (mass) noun, and requires the word
head to enable its units ... 阅读全帖 |
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E**********v
发帖数: 5509 | 18 bonobo
bəˈnōbō/
noun
plural noun: bonobos
1.a chimpanzee with a black face and black hair, found in the rain
forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 19 为啥抄字典？
bonobo
bəˈnōbō/
noun
plural noun: bonobos
1.a chimpanzee with a black face and black hair, found in the rain
forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 20 要抄也应该抄这一段：
Roughly 60% of all bonobo sexual activity occurs between two or more females
. While the homosexual bonding system in Bonobos represents the highest
frequency of homosexuality known in any species, homosexuality has been
reported for all great apes (a group which includes humans), as well as a
number of other primate species.
bonobo
bəˈnōbō/
noun
plural noun: bonobos
1.a chimpanzee with a black face and black hair, found in the rain
forests of the Democratic Republic of... 阅读全帖 |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 21 女同是雌性灵长目的本能行为，看起来
要抄也应该抄这一段：
Roughly 60% of all bonobo sexual activity occurs between two or more females
. While the homosexual bonding system in Bonobos represents the highest
frequency of homosexuality known in any species, homosexuality has been
reported for all great apes (a group which includes humans), as well as a
number of other primate species.
bonobo
bəˈnōbō/
noun
plural noun: bonobos
1.a chimpanzee with a black face and black hair, found in the rain
forests of the Demo... 阅读全帖 |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 22 the unanimous 1878 Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. United States declared
that polygamy was not protected by the Constitution, based on the
longstanding legal principle that "laws are made for the government of
actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and
opinions, they may with practices."
By 1910 the LDS Church excommunicated those who entered into, or performed,
new plural marriages.
不可能合法的
现在，我们犹他州这儿，一夫多妻已经合法了。
--- this can't be true.
环境 |
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wh
发帖数: 141625 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 Translation 讨论区 】
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: Translation
标 题: Cutie, cutesy和cutesie
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue May 27 16:16:12 2014, 美东)
昨天看了个蒙古草原电影《黄狗窝》（The Cave of the Yellow Dog），拍得自然纪实
，imdb网站上有一条评语是该片不cutesy, sentimental or manipulative。前两个词
给我的第一反应是矫情，矫情的电影/文字果然是manipulative的、刻意经营和煽情的。
查了查cutesy，是故意装cute到令人讨厌或作呕的地步……Urban Dictionary说是网络
用语，常指网上聊天的一类女孩，并列举其灌水特征如下：
1. Repeat the last letters of the last word in a sentence.
例如："Hiiiii, how are yoooo!!"
咳咳，我用过“啊啊啊啊啊……”
2. Add 'le' to the end of any... 阅读全帖 |
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wh
发帖数: 141625 | 25 40 Incorrectly Used Words That Can Make You Look Dumb
Jeff Haden
Ghostwriter, Speaker, Inc. Magazine Contributing Editor
December 03, 2014
While I like to think I know a little about business writing, I still fall
into a few word traps.
Take the words "who" and "whom." I rarely use "whom" when I should -- even
when spell check suggests "whom" I think it sounds pretentious. So I use "
who."
And then I sound dumb.
Just like one misspelled word can get your resume tossed onto the "nope"
pile, one i... 阅读全帖 |
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a*o
发帖数: 25262 | 26 原文：
Are Western Values Losing Their Sway?
London — THE West is suddenly suffused with self-doubt.
Centuries of superiority and global influence appeared to reach a new summit
with the collapse of the Soviet Union, as the countries, values and
civilization of the West appeared to have won the dark, difficult battle
with Communism.
That victory seemed especially sweet after the turn of China toward
capitalism, which many thought presaged a slow evolution to middle-class
demands for individual righ... 阅读全帖 |
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a*o
发帖数: 25262 | 27 橙与苹果之比较观
大学申请书征文曹起曈2015年11月17日
纽约时报中文网正在举办一项征文竞赛，邀请申请美国大学本科课程、并成功拿到
Offer的中国读者分享帮助他们拿到入学资格的申请文书。我们期待更多赴美的优秀留
学生读者参与我们的活动。点击此处，了解更多信息。
下文是由曾为中文网撰稿的留学生曹起曈提供的样稿。曹起曈毕业于南京外国语学校，
现就读于斯坦福大学。本文写于2013年10月，是他申请芝加哥大学时提交的文章（他已
被该校录取）。下文由他本人翻译成中文。
（申请书命题）苹果与橙应当如何比较？答案可以涉及统计学、化学、物理系、语言学
、哲学，但无须局限于此。——题目由2015届学生弗洛伦斯·陈(Florence Chen)启发
所谓比较，就是辨析其相似和不同之处。对于“苹果”(apple)和“橙”(orange)而言
，这一比较非常直观——两者皆可作名词，而唯有“橙”亦可解作形容词（例如，我的
T恤衫是橙的，你有另一件苹果颜色的T恤衫，但你却不能说“我的T恤衫是苹果的”）
。答毕。
但我们自然要刨根究底。当我们在谈论“苹果”时，所有人都知道我们在谈论什么，而
“橙”也一样。（当... 阅读全帖 |
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P*****t
发帖数: 4978 | 28 满版归去，加个三。故事还蛮有意思的，不过感觉这俄女精神也不怎么正常。
Russia’s Black Swan
Posted by Julia Ioffe
Whatever happens at the Oscars next Sunday, it is likely to bring on yet
another wave of “Black Swan” mania. Meanwhile, in Russia, all eyes are on
another ballerina horror show. This one involves a real Black Swan—the
prima ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, who is famous for her long-limbed
renditions of Odette and Odile in “Swan Lake.” She is also a notorious
Moscow socialite—appearing frequently in the Russian tabloids ... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 29 Martha Schwendener, When Stoic Samurai Faced the Camera. New York Times, Aug
. 27, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/arts/design/27samurai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=samurai&st=cse
Note:
(a) In Webster dictionary (3rd ed. 1961), the plural form of "samurai" can
be "samurai" or "samurais." The former is the case in this NYT report.
(b) Tokugawa Shogunate 徳川幕府
(c) fraternize (vi): "1: to associate or mingle as brothers or on fraternal
terms
2a: to associate on close terms with members of a hostile g |
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M********4
发帖数: 1272 | 32 your english proficiency exceeds my Mac dictionary: tip(3): a sum of money
given to someone as a reward for their services.
Was it a plural form? heck no.
以后，就是账单和小费的问题。桌面上会传来收敛或是高声的关于tip的讨论和计算。 |
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t******y
发帖数: 224 | 33 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Chinaman
Chi·na·man
/ˈtʃaɪnəmən/ Show Spelled[chahy-nuh-
muhn] Show IPA
–noun, plural -men.
1.
Usually Offensive . a Chinese or a person of Chinese descent.
2.
( lowercase ) a person who imports or sells china.
3.
( often lowercase ) Political Slang . a person regarded as one's benefactor,
sponsor, or protector: to see one's chinaman about a favor.
—Idiom
4.
a Chinaman's chance, Usually Offensive . the slightest chanc... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 34 I post it in this board, because once there was a discussion why Japanese
did nto use their own robots. I do not know if the assertions below are true
or not.
Robots and Japan's nuclear disaster | NukeBots; An all-too-human robot story
shows TEPCO’s lack of preparation. Economist, May 5, 2011.
http://www.economist.com/node
/18652185?story_id=18652185&fsrc=rss
("Japanese robotic specialists say American robots were used partly because
of pressure from the foreign ministry, out of gratitude for Un... 阅读全帖 |
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s******r
发帖数: 5309 | 35 She is doing a two things, one is a promotion of Sina microblog (weibo), the
next is doing a PR job for the government, saying that the government is
responding positively to internet out cries. Her English and speaking style
is in general good, except for some occasional mistakes in tense and plural
forms, the kind mistakes that most Chinese make. |
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m*********x
发帖数: 400 | 36 adul·tery n.
Pronunciation: ə-'dəl-t(ə-)rē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ter·ies
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of avoutrie, from Anglo-
French avulterie, from Latin adulterium, from adulter adulterer, back-
formation from adulterare
Date: 15th century
his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband |
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g********d
发帖数: 19244 | 37 楼主三思
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery
Under Muslim law, adultery in general is sexual intercourse by a person (
whether man or woman) with someone to whom they are not married. Adultery is
a violation of the marital contract and one of the major sins condemned by
God in the Qur'an:
adul·tery n.
Pronunciation: ə-'dəl-t(ə-)rē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ter·ies
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of avoutrie, from Anglo-
French avulter... 阅读全帖 |
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s****y
发帖数: 3416 | 38 everyone can be Al Sharpton or Jessey Jackson. don't just wait for others to
do what you want get done. You (I mean plural) are also a human being.
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f****p
发帖数: 18483 | 39
她的plurality没出错，另外北加来的。。。 |
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c***t
发帖数: 383 | 40 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
CalCat (北加猫) 于 (Fri Apr 5 00:05:42 2013, 美东) 提到:
Shame on you, whoever criticizes Mrs. Kang. You are just jealous of what mrs
Kang could get for her family. I think she is doing everything
appropriately. She needs help monetarily , and there is no doubt about it at
all. She is not rich at all and she has 3 kids to support. You guys are
just jealous of her having 3 kids. You guys bad mouthing on her exactly
showed that you are jealous. If such a famil... 阅读全帖 |
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e*g
发帖数: 4981 | 41 waif noun \ˈwāf\
Definition of WAIF
1
a : a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but unclaimed
b plural : stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flight
2
a : something found without an owner and especially by chance
b : a stray person or animal; especially : a homeless child |
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B*******c
发帖数: 5056 | 42 趋炎附势是人类的本性，而小孩子还未学会掩饰，所以更加赤裸裸。
移民小孩对自己的朋友圈大概分成三类，互不来往：
1，ABC：这个不用解释了吧？根正苗红，趾高气昂。
2，FOB：fresh off the boat，意思是刚下偷渡船的人。FOB这个词很严重，已经类似
于尼哥了。
3，ABC want to be：渴望成为ABC的人。
以下是对FOB的描述，各位对号入座吧：
（奇怪的是：用日光灯是超级FOB的特征）
Fob
- You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have
seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
- You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
- You do not have any non-Asian friends
- Your parents do not sp... 阅读全帖 |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 43 belle-de-nuit
French
Noun
belle-de-nuit f (plural belles-de-nuit)
1. (botany) mirabilis (or other night-flowering plants)
2. (ornithology, colloquial) marsh warbler, reed-warbler
3. prostitute
鼓楼瓜问不知道夜颜是妓女的意思阿 |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 44 belle-de-nuit
French
Noun
belle-de-nuit f (plural belles-de-nuit)
1. (botany) mirabilis (or other night-flowering plants)
2. (ornithology, colloquial) marsh warbler, reed-warbler
3. prostitute
鼓楼瓜问不知道夜颜是妓女的意思阿 |
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