R*2
发帖数: 1631 | 1 ba·nal
bəˈnäl,bəˈnal/
adjective
adjective: banal
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
"songs with banal, repeated words"
synonyms: trite, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous, vapid,
commonplace, ordinary, common, stock, conventional, stereotyped, overused,
overdone, overworked, stale, worn out, timeworn, tired, threadbare, hoary,
hack, unimaginative, humdrum, ho-hum, unoriginal, uninteresting, dull,
uninvolving, trivial; More
又学了一个新词！ /感激 |
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s*****h
发帖数: 44903 | 2
played
In reality, “Sweet Caroline” became the unofficial song of the Boston Red
Sox because a woman named Amy Toby liked the song, played it during a game,
and it stuck.
Toby was put in charge of picking out music to be played at Fenway from 1998
to 2004. She liked the song “Sweet Caroline,” and played it. But it didn
’t become synonymous with Fenway right off the bat.
The Boston Globe says that when the song was first played at the park, it
was only played during random games, between the mid... 阅读全帖 |
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d********e
发帖数: 2221 | 3 cannons and guns are synonyms.
i guess a stable non-rotating bullet must have a shape that requires a sabot
. it's hard to put a sabot in a small caliber gun. |
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n********r
发帖数: 25 | 4 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-poor-man%E2%80%99s-gui
(It has all the photos)
From Brandon Smith of Alt-Market
The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear
Special Note: Obviously, an entire book could be written on this subject,
which is a task beyond the scope of this article. The purpose of the
following piece is to give those with financial difficulty a foothold on
prepping without added pain. It is meant to be a starting point, not a
compendium.
A friend of mine took note recently tha... 阅读全帖 |
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s******g
发帖数: 3530 | 6 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: sweetbug (正牌网站买买提首席侦探), 信区: Military
标 题: 西雅图大学生用胡椒喷雾剂制服连杀三人枪手
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jun 6 12:33:17 2014, 美东)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/06/us/seattle-hero-profile/index.htm
(CNN) -- Jon Meis' reported habit of carrying pepper spray may have saved
students' lives after a man opened fire at a Seattle college.
The shooter had just wounded three people Thursday, one of whom died. He was
reloading his shotgun when Meis, a volunteer security guard, saw an opening.
He dou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 537 | 8 Stewart Mandel, SI.com
LOS ANGELES -- New Year's Day has long been synonymous with two things more
than any other: football and hangovers. We're about to find out whether one
can have an effect on the other.
Monday's Rose Bowl showdown between No. 3 Michigan and No. 8 USC has been
billed as a pseudo championship game, a potential classic between two
national-title caliber teams. It's also the first time in the 93-year
history of this fabled bowl game that the two participants are each coming
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p**t
发帖数: 222 | 9 Very sad!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/sports/ncaafootball/penn-stat
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno’s tenure as coach of the Penn State
football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake
of a sex-abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according
to two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials.
The board of trustees has yet to determine the precise timing of Paterno’s
exit, but it is clear that the man who has more victori... 阅读全帖 |
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m****g
发帖数: 3975 | 10 滑雪大师LITO TEJADA在BACKCOUNTRY SKIING这本书说道：
“BC skiing --skiing away from ski areas, off the beaten track, far from
the crowd -- has much more in common with early skiing than with today's
prepackaged, high-priced versions of the sport. You don't need a lift
ticket or a trail pas to go bc skiing. You don't have to use a certain type
of skis or a particular technique. Simply skiing into the winter landscape,
away from prepared terrain, on your own or with friends.
so with bc skiing. It is not syno... 阅读全帖 |
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w***n
发帖数: 9040 | 11 The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
By Dr. Philip Maffetone
CHAPTER 8
THE OVERTRAINING SYNDROME
Overtraining is the most common problem that prevents endurance
athletes from reaching their potential. It’s also the most common cause of
injury and ill-health for millions of athletes. And overtraining is a
problem
that many athletes, coaches, and health-care professionals don’t recognize
until it becomes a more serious condition.
As a result, overtraining is not recognized soon enough to ... 阅读全帖 |
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C********g
发帖数: 9656 | 12 米兰-韦伯斯特的解释：
Main Entry: phenomenal
Pronunciation:fi-*n*-m*-n*l
Function:adjective
Date:1825
relating to or being a phenomenon: as a : known through the senses rather
than through thought or intuition b : concerned with phenomena rather than
with hypotheses c : EXTRAORDINARY, REMARKABLE
synonyms see MATERIAL |
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r*******y
发帖数: 5777 | 13 clutch1
kləCH/Submit
verb
1.
grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly.
"he stood clutching a microphone"
synonyms: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to, hang on to, clench, hold More
noun
1.
a tight grasp or an act of grasping something.
"she made a clutch at his body"
2.
NORTH AMERICAN
a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap.
adjectiveUSinformal
1.
(in sport) denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the
outcome of a game or competition is at stake.
"they both are hard... 阅读全帖 |
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h***9
发帖数: 8948 | 14 1bald adj \ˈbȯld\
Definition of BALD
1
a : lacking a natural or usual covering (as of hair, vegetation, or nap)
b : having little or no tread
2
3
4
— bald·ish adjective
— bald·ly adverb
— bald·ness noun
Synonyms: naked, bare, denuded, exposed, open, peeled, stripped, uncovered
Antonyms: covered |
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t******g
发帖数: 17520 | 15 清查marriam webster 此词的Synonyms |
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D*******1
发帖数: 11303 | 16 又一位南加的？ LOL
这个是 charisma, tree rose.
Name: Charisma
Designation: JELroganor
ARS Color: Red Blend (really red and yellow orange red)
Class: Modern Cluster Flowered Floribunda
Synonym: Surprise Party
Hybridizer/Date: Bob Jelly, USA 1977
Parentage:Gemini(Polyantha, Hill,1967) x Zorina
Fragrance: Mild
Awards: AARS 1978, Portland Gold Medal 1977 |
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 17 闲来无事，在Wikipedia上面转转，看见关于保温杯的条目，vacuum flash。顺手一点
，到中文页上，看见如下一段话：
英国人thermos发明的真空断热的方式来达到保温的效果， 并且用玻璃实现了生产，
著名的保温瓶品牌Thermos（后来日本人买下，现在台湾人买下）就是以thermos， 真
空断热技术又革命性的用不锈钢材质实现， 让保温容器现实体积更小， 便于携带。
然后，再回头去看原文，原来是:
The first vacuum flasks for commercial use were made in 1904 when a German
company, Thermos GmbH, was formed. Thermos, their trademark for their flasks
, remains a registered trademark in some countries but was declared a
genericized trademark in the U.S. in 1963 as it is colloquially synony... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11067 | 18 nos·y
ˈnōzē/Submit
informal
adjective
1.
(of a person or their behavior) showing too much curiosity about other
people's affairs.
"he had to whisper to avoid being overheard by their nosy neighbors"
synonyms: prying, inquisitive, curious, spying, eavesdropping, intrusive;
More
verb
verb: nosy; 3rd person present: nosies; past tense: nosied; past participle:
nosied; gerund or present participle: nosying; verb: nosey; 3rd person
present: noseys; past tense: noseyed; past participle: noseye... 阅读全帖 |
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N*********6
发帖数: 2302 | 20 Wh....
Slightly and good- humoredly. 能被你翻译成酗酒行乐。.？我的语文科代表是白当
了。。
请再读一遍。。
mer·ry
ˈmerē/
adjective
cheerful and lively.
"the narrow streets were dense with merry throngs of students"
synonyms: cheerful, cheery, in high spirits, high-spirited, bright, sunny
, smiling, lighthearted, buoyant, lively, carefree, without a care in the
world, joyful, joyous, jolly, convivial, festive, mirthful, gleeful, happy,
glad, laughing; More
(of an occasion or season) characterized by festivity and rejoicin... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 21 这个特别搞笑吧.
‘Harry Potter’ Actress Urges Men to End Gender Inequality
Warner Todd Huston September 23, 2014
In a recent speech, actress Emma Watson urged men to help end gender
inequality in the world. But is anything she said consequential? It’s
certainly easy to roll one’s eyes at this sort of fluff. But some think the
speech was a “game changer.”
Filling her role as a UN Women Goodwill ambassador, the 24-year-old Watson
spoke in New York last week insisted that if only women listened to her
ent... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5138 | 23 http://www.dantestella.com/zeiss/resolution.html
Resolution of camera lenses where are the limits – and why?
Some users of Zeiss lenses are so enthusiastic about these optics that they
believe Carl Zeiss can do won-ders. Well, this is not exactly true. The fact
is: Carl Zeiss has to adhere to nature's laws just as anybody else. So far,
Carl Zeiss's physicists have found no way around it.
One of these laws defines the resolution limit of any optical system, any
camera lens, even a perfect one wit... 阅读全帖 |
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y*b
发帖数: 3190 | 24 ANNOUNCEMENT: CANON XC10, A BREAKTHROUGH COMPACT 4K VIDEO AND STILLS
CAMCORDER
http://www.canonrumors.com/2015/04/announcement-canon-xc10-a-br
"Unleashing 4K recording for enthusiasts
Boasting outstanding market leading image quality, traditionally associated
with larger cameras, as well as the flexibility and ease of use of
traditional compact camcorders, the XC10 delivers consistently breath-taking
results. Its advanced imaging engine – a powerful combination of a
specially developed 1” CMOS s... 阅读全帖 |
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p****s
发帖数: 3184 | 25 I think journalism is the last refuge for punks.
==> I think journalism is the last refuge for puns.
Immediately after that, "naysayer" is a pun.
demagogury ==> demagoguery
You know,cause I had always been a merryless[?] and pessimistic guy
==> You know,cause I had always been a morose and pessimistic guy.
Morose and pessimistic are synonyms. |
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h****a
发帖数: 1767 | 26
rubber词条
a small piece of rubber or a similar substance, used for removing pencil
marks from paper; a piece of soft material used for removing chalk marks
from a blackboard 橡皮；黑板擦 countable British English
这个有问题么？
我至今不知道eraser～
eraser词条最开头就是
*
See also:
rubber Synonym
到底谁正确？ |
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 27 【 以下文字转载自 WorldNews 讨论区 】
发信人: whiteclouds (/ 参考消息 /), 信区: WorldNews
标 题: 进步主义, 宗教信仰, 与疫苗
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 18 20:03:38 2011, 美东)
Progressives And Religious Faith In Vaccines
By R Hammonds
4-17-11
Ralph Nader was once a hero for exposing and going after Ford for their
Pinto which could burst into flames and was killing people. His effort
enshrined in progressives the idea that government should enforce safety
safety standards on corporate products because corporations will do all they
ca... 阅读全帖 |
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p****x
发帖数: 980 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 NewYork 讨论区 】
发信人: ppddxx (孟楠), 信区: NewYork
标 题: How to Increase Your English Reading Speed?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 26 11:22:10 2011, 美东)
I. Speed reading skills can be widely used in
1.various standardized tests such as the GRE，GMAT，LSAT，SAT,TOEFL…etc.,
in which the time limit is a major concern for the test takers;
2. office work demanding the fast reading of large amount of materials on a
daily basis;
and 3. daily reading assignments of bachelor’s and master’s students.
The speed... 阅读全帖 |
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I********l
发帖数: 8702 | 29 文章标题是 WHAT GOOD IS WALL STREET?
副标题是：Much of what investment bankers do is socially worthless.
作者John Cassidy出版过一本书，书名是How markets fail，也不错，值得一看。
下面是文章的第一段。
A few months ago, I came across an announcement that Citigroup, the parent
company of Citibank, was to be honored, along with its chief executive,
Vikram Pandit, for “Advancing the Field of Asset Building in America.”
This seemed akin to, say, saluting BP for services to the environment or
praising Facebook for its commitment to privacy. Dur... 阅读全帖 |
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s******r
发帖数: 5309 | 30 How good is your Asian whore-dar?
Definitions, definitions. The most fucking exciting part of any discussion,
so fuck you.
I am gonna just copy and paste from Urbandictionary.com because I am not
lazy at all:
"Whoriental
A woman of asian descent who believes in all stereotypes of asians, secretly
despising her own identity as an asian and desperately seeks out foreign
men (usually white) to make herself feel more white and desired."
A synonymous term:
"(N.) CCB - "Cracker Chasing Bitch"An acrony... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********g
发帖数: 24893 | 31 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: StephenKing (金博士), 信区: USANews
标 题: 真正的美国新闻：让美国蒙羞的新闻
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 7 23:51:09 2013, 美东)
From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648
To: America
Subj: Last resort
Regarding CF# 07-004281
I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from
media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and
have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are
saying to yourself that this is completely out of chara... 阅读全帖 |
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s******k
发帖数: 168 | 32 goggle "what is income"
in·come
/ˈinˌkəm/
Noun
Money received, esp. on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
Synonyms
revenue - earnings - proceeds - profit - yield - gainings
gift/donation are not "earned" like income is, so they should not be suject
to income tax. I'm not sure what other taxes might apply to donation though. |
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发帖数: 1302 | 33 Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overused, hackneyed phrase
Synonyms: adage, banality, boiler plate, bromide, buzzword, chestnut,
commonplace, corn, counterword, familiar tune, motto, old story, platitude,
potboiler, prosaism, proverb, rubber stamp, saying, shibboleth, slogan,
stale saying, stereotype, threadbare phrase, trite remark, triteness,
triviality, truism, vapid expression
http://thesaurus.com/browse/cliche |
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t******n
发帖数: 2939 | 34 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
DAG (Monday Night) 于 (Tue Apr 23 15:46:13 2013, 美东) 提到:
形容文章或者歌词很落俗套，用字老套。和cliche同义的一个单词。突然一下想不起来
了。
有人知道吗。
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guantaoshi (Guantao princess) 于 (Tue Apr 23 15:49:45 2013, 美东) 提到:
是 hackneyed吗？
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DAG (Monday Night) 于 (Tue Apr 23 15:51:16 2013, 美东) 提到:
不是， 一个很口语的词
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aixiaoxiaoyu (我爱小小鱼) 于 (Tue Apr 23 15:51:51 2013, 美东) 提到:
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u*****d
发帖数: 1009 | 35 outspoken
SYLLABICATION: out·spo·ken
PRONUNCIATION: out-spkn
VERB: Past participle of outspeak.
ADJECTIVE: 1. Spoken without reserve; candid. 2. Frank and unreserved in
speech. See synonyms at frank1.
OTHER FORMS: out·spoken·ly —ADVERB
out·spoken·ness —NOUN
example,
Kings". |
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G********t
发帖数: 334 | 36
Poeple who drive on Sunday. :-)
It refers to people who seldom drive.
Synonymous to bad driver.
You can do a word for word translation
to German, Sontag Fahrer. It was acctually the German
version remaids me of the English phrase. |
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n****n
发帖数: 492 | 37 Definition: be extremely bored
Idiomatic Synonyms - be bored stiff; be bored to tears
fencer: How was the movie?
popsy : The movie was three hours long and I was bored to death.
fencer: Then why didn't you leave?
popsy : 'Cause my wife seemed to enjoy it. |
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n****n
发帖数: 492 | 38 Definition :(be so embarrassed that you want to)disappear so no one will
see you
Synonym :blend into the woodwork |
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b*********a
发帖数: 110 | 39 en, like "he's got me head over heels" or "i fell head over heels in love with
him". a synonym of that is "he swept me off my feet" |
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w********c
发帖数: 2632 | 40 That confuses me. I thought ppl were trying to use these two words
synonymously. I believe what they intend to mean is peer-reviewed since some
one also classifies his publications under non-referred journals category. So
maybe the word "Refereed" is more appropriate. Pointing out that a journal is
not only self-referred does not make a lot of senses to me. |
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s**s
发帖数: 404 | 41 http://www.synonym.com/definition/persona
Overview of noun persona
The noun persona has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. character, role, theatrical role, part, persona -- (an actor's portrayal
of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona")
2. persona, image -- ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade one presents to
the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty")
I think "persona" is something more like "角色"/"人格风貌", rather tha |
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s**s
发帖数: 404 | 42 are they synonyms? I never used "perplexed". I cannot tell the difference.
From the dictionary, "perplexed" seems more often used in the situation of a
dilemma; while "puzzled" is frequently used in a puzzle :P
then what part of "confused" differs from "puzzled"?? |
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G***G
发帖数: 16778 | 44 I nearly tried all the dictionary you guys pointed out.
they are not the one I am looking for.
www.w-m.com is not dictionary, it is abridged.
london english is not my favour.
webster has a lot of version? which version do you mean?
the dictionary I am looking for is
the one with
1) more examples
2) accurate annotation
3) synonym/antonym for each annotation |
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v******s
发帖数: 6949 | 45 My second article contains more vitriolic vituperations against Asian
parenthood and some disgraceful characters in the Asian camp.
As mentioned in the previous critique, traditional Asian parents are
fucking up our generation. I have arrived at the conclusion that these
parents have no idea what they're trying to do but want to force their
philosophies down our throats anyway. Allow me to provide you with some
puzzling paradoxes:
1. Asian parents try to assimilate into the mainstream society bu... 阅读全帖 |
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q**x
发帖数: 1636 | 46 Material Safety Data Sheet
Sulfuric Acid
ACC# 22350
Section 1 - Chemical Product and Company Identification
MSDS Name: Sulfuric Acid
Catalog Numbers: S71211SC, S71826, S79200, S80213, S80213-1, A298 212,
A298212, A300 212, A300 225LB, A300 500, A300 612GAL, A300 700LB, A300212,
A300225LB, A300500, A300612GAL, A300700LB, A300C 212, A300C212, A300C212001,
A300C212002, A300C212003, A300C212004, A300C212005, A300C212006,
A300C212007, A300C212008, A300C212009, A300C212010, A300C212LC, A300FP 500,
A30... 阅读全帖 |
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q**x
发帖数: 1636 | 47 Material Safety Data Sheet
Sulfuric Acid
ACC# 22350
Section 1 - Chemical Product and Company Identification
MSDS Name: Sulfuric Acid
Catalog Numbers: S71211SC, S71826, S79200, S80213, S80213-1, A298 212,
A298212, A300 212, A300 225LB, A300 500, A300 612GAL, A300 700LB, A300212,
A300225LB, A300500, A300612GAL, A300700LB, A300C 212, A300C212, A300C212001,
A300C212002, A300C212003, A300C212004, A300C212005, A300C212006,
A300C212007, A300C212008, A300C212009, A300C212010, A300C212LC, A300FP 500,
A30... 阅读全帖 |
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M*****e
发帖数: 11621 | 48 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wet%20fart
1. wet fart
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330 up, 162 down
SYNONYM: Juicy Fart
A special kind of fart which actually carries anal juices with it upon exit,
thus causing greater casualties from the resulting linger. May cause your
ass cheeks to slip and slide as you run for the tiolet paper, and will
surely leave a mark in your underwear.
Fags get this a lot.
Can also be used to express your feelings
"Go suck a wet... 阅读全帖 |
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