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| 释义 | 〔talent〕A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.塔兰特：使用于古代希腊、罗马和中东的一种可变的重量和货币单位〔Caddoan〕A family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken in the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and presently in North Dakota and Oklahoma.喀多语系：北美印第安语的一支，以前在达科他斯、堪萨斯、内布拉斯加、得克萨斯、俄克拉何马、阿肯色州和路易斯安那这些地方使用，现今使用于达科他斯北部和俄克拉荷马地区〔Adonai〕Lord. Used in Judaism as a spoken substitute for the ineffable name of God.上帝：主。作为神圣的上帝名字的口头替代词使用于犹太教中〔Gatorade〕A trademark used for a thirst-quenching beverage drunk especially by athletes.多加力运动饮料：使用于一种解渴的饮料的一种商标，尤其为运动员饮用〔Dravidian〕A large family of languages spoken especially in southern India and northern Sri Lanka that includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.达罗毗荼语系：使用于印度南部和斯里兰卡北部的一个大语族，包括泰米尔语、泰卢固语、马拉亚兰语和卡纳拉语〔centner〕A unit of weight in Germany and Scandinavia corresponding to the hundredweight and equal to 50 kilograms (110.23 pounds).森特纳：使用于德国和斯堪的纳维亚与英担相当的一种重量单位，等于50公斤（110.23磅）〔cucurbit〕A gourd-shaped flask forming the body of an alembic, formerly used in distillation.葫芦形蒸馏瓶：一种葫芦状的烧瓶，构成蒸馏器的主体，正式使用于蒸馏过程中〔stampede〕The Spanish wordestampida, meaning "explosion, bang, crash, uproar,” seems very fitting to describe a rush of animals, such as buffaloes, horses, or cattle,and was so used first in American Spanish.From this use came our wordstampede (actually from the Spanishestampido, a masculine noun corresponding to the feminine estampida, first recorded in 1828). Thusstampede, now a general English word, is an Americanism, that is, a word or expression that originated in the United States.Later the United States was to see stampedes of miners who rushed westward to find gold.Not surprisingly, an early instance of this word to describe a stampede of human beings is found in theSan Francisco Herald in 1851. 西班牙语estampida 的意思是“爆炸，巨响，击碎，吼叫”， 似乎很适合形容兽群如野牛、马群或牛的惊跑，并且首先被使用于美国西班牙语中。由此就出现了我们的stampede （事实上源于与西班牙语estampida 相对应的 estampido ，于1828年首次被记录下来）。 因此，stampede ，一个目前很普遍的英语词，是一种美国英语， 也就是说来源于美国的一个单词或词组。后来，美国目睹了成千上万向西淘金的人群。1851年在旧金山的先驱 中出现了形容大批人群蜂拥而至的这个字就不足为怪了 〔Bantu〕A group of over 400 closely related languages spoken in central, east-central, and southern Africa, belonging to the South Central subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family and including Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Zulu, and Xhosa.班图语：由400多种密切相关的语言组成的一类语言，使用于非洲中部、中东部和南部，属尼日尔－刚果语系的中南部亚类，包括斯瓦西里语、金亚瓦达语、基隆迪语、祖鲁语及科萨语〔smith〕A metalworker, especially one who works metal when it is hot and malleable. Often used in combination:锻工：炼金属工人，尤指当金属炽热可锻时进行工作的人。常常使用于复合词中：〔unique〕Over the course of the centuryunique has become the paradigmatic example of the class of terms that do not allow comparison or modification by an adverb of degree such as very, somewhat, or quite. Thus, most grammarians believe that it is incorrect to say that something isvery unique or more unique than something else, though phrases such asnearly unique and almost unique are acceptable. In the most recent survey the sentenceHer designs are quite unique in today's fashion scene was unacceptable to 80 percent of the Usage Panel. · Critical objections to the comparison and degree modification of absolute terms date to the 18th centuryand have been applied to a wide group of adjectives includingequal, fatal, omnipotent, parallel, perfect, and unanimous. According to the standard argument, such words denote properties that a thing either does or does not have but cannot have to a qualifiable degree.Thus ifunique is properly used to mean "without equal or equivalent,” something either is unique or it isn't, and phrases such asvery unique and more unique can only betray a weakening of the sense to mean something like "unusual" or "distinctive.” It is true that comparison and modification ofunique are often associated with the style favored by copywriters, as in the advertisement announcing thatOmaha's most unique restaurant is now even more unique or in the claim that a new automobile is So unique, it's patented. But modification ofunique is also found in the work of reputable writers, where it may lack any connotations of hyperbole.A painting is described asthe most unique of Beckman's self-portraits, and a travel writer states thatChicago is no less unique an American city than New York or San Francisco. The relative acceptability of these usages reflects the semantic subtlety ofunique itself. If we were to useunique only according to the strictest criteria of logic, after all, we might freely apply the term to anything in the worldsince nothing is wholly equivalent to anything else.Clearly, then, when we say that a restaurant or painting is unique,we mean that it is worthy of inclusion in a class by itself according to certain implicit but generally accepted criteria.Thus a legitimately unique painting might be one that realizes an unparalleled aesthetic vision,but not one that is rendered only in pigments whose names begin with the lettero; and a legitimately unique restaurant might be one that serves 18th-century French cuisine according to the original recipes,not one that has been installed in a converted sardine cannery.Given this understanding, it is not inherently impossible to think of uniqueness as a matter of degree,in the sense that one painting or restaurant may be more or less worthy of inclusion in a class by itself than some other. ·What is troubling about the copywriters' use ofunique is not that the word has become a synonym for unusual. Rather, it is the copywriters who are using the word in conformity with strict logic.Uniqueness is claimed for a restaurant in virtue of some trivial properties of its decor or menu,or for a resort hotel that simply happens to have a singularly picturesque view of the bay.Though it may be true that such properties render these thingslogically unique, they do not constitute legitimate grounds for putting the things into a class by themselves according to the criteria ordinarily invoked when things are sorted into classes.In fact, the abuse ofunique can be cloying even when no modification or comparison is involved; when we read an advertisement for a line of sportswear that featuresa unique selection of colors, we may suspect that the distinctive properties of the color selection are not so remarkable as the advertiser would have us believe. But it is not surprising that these uses ofunique should lend themselves to promiscuous modification and comparison; for once it is granted that uniqueness can be claimed for any product or service that is somehow distinctive from all its competitors,it is inevitable that an increase in uniqueness will be seen in every minor innovation.See Usage Note at equal ,infinite ,parallel ,perfect 在本世纪整个过程中unique 已成为不能由程度副词，例 very、somewhat 或 quite， 比较或修饰的一类术语的例证。 因此，多数语法学家认为说某事是very unique 或 more unique than 是不正确的， 虽然短语例如nearly unique 和 almost unique 是可接受的。 在最近的调查中，句子Her designs are quite unique in today's fashion scene （她的设计在现今流行样式的场面中是很独特的） 对用法专题使用小组的百分之八十成员是不可接受的。 对纯粹术语的比较和程度修饰的主要异议可追述到18世纪，并已广泛用到许多形容词中，包括equal, fatal, omnipotent, parallel, perfect 和 unanimous。 根据标准论据，这些单词表示一事有或没有但不能有可修饰的程度的性质。于是如果unique 适当地用于表示“没有相等或相当的”，则某事是唯一的或不是唯一的， 而短语像very unique 和 more unique 仅能表露出说明某事像“不寻常的”或“独特的”的意义的减弱。 的确，unique 的比较和修饰常与撰稿人喜欢的文体相联系， 如在广告中称Omaha's most unique restaurant is now even more unique（奥马哈城的最独特的餐馆现在甚至是更加独特） 或声称新汽车是 So unique, it's patented（如此独特，它取得了专利权）。 但是unique 的修饰也在著名作家的作品中发现， 那里可能缺乏夸张法的任何涵义。描述一张油画为the most unique of Beckman's self-portraits（最独特的贝克曼的自画像）， 一位旅游作家叙述Chicago is no less unique an American city than New York or San Francisco（芝加哥比纽约或旧金山是不逊独特的美国城市）。 这些用法的相对可接受性反映unique 自身语义的巧妙。 如果我们仅按照逻辑的严格标准使用unique ， 则我们终于会自由地把此术语使用于世界上的任何事，因为没有完全等同于另一事的事。于是，显然当我们说餐馆或油画是独特的时，我们意味着根据某种隐含的但可普遍接受的判据它是值得包含在一个等级内的。于是合理独特的油画可能是实现空前未有的审美型的，而不是仅给予名字以字母O开始的颜料； 合理独特的餐馆可能根据原来的食谱提供18世纪法国菜肴的餐馆，而不是配备转换的沙丁鱼罐头食品的餐馆。按这样了解，将独特性视为程度问题不是本来就不可能的，在这个意义上一张油画或一个餐馆或多或少可能是极好的有价值的内涵物而不是其他。关于撰稿人使用unique 的困惑不是此单词已成为 unusual 的同义词。 相反地，正是撰稿人使用此单词与严密的逻辑相一致。对餐馆声称独特性是由于它的布置或菜单的某些不重要的性质，或者对于人们常去的旅馆仅因为有海湾的独一无二地别致的景象。虽然这样的性质使得这些事logically 独特的可能是真实的， 但是当事情进行了分类，根据平常实行的判据把这些事情自身放到一类，他们不组成正常的基础。事实上unique 的滥用会使人发腻，即使在没有涉及修饰或比较的时候； 当我们读运动服装的unique selection of colors（颜色的独特选择） 的一行广告时， 我们会怀疑颜色选择的独特性质并非广告商希望我们所认为的那么明显。但不必惊讶于unique 的这些用法应当适用于杂乱的修饰和比较； 就这一次可以承认，独特性能用来指任何产品或服务，它们与所有的竞争者相比较有某种程度的特色，在每一小的创新中可以看到独特性的增加是必然会发生的 参见 equal,infinite,parallel,perfect〔Quechumaran〕A group of languages found mostly in the Andes highlands from southern Colombia to northern Chile and Argentina, composed of the Quechuan and Aymaran languages.奇楚马兰语组：一语言组，多使用于从哥伦比亚南部到智利和阿根廷北部的安第斯高地，由奇楚亚语和艾马拉语组成〔DVD〕A high-density compact disk for storing large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio-visual material.多功能激光视盘：可储存大量数据的高密度光盘，尤使用于高质量影音作品上〔dibranchiate〕A member of the order Dibranchiata, a classification formerly used for the two-gilled cephalopods, which include the octopuses, cuttlefish, and squids.二鳃目：二鳃目的一员（一种正式使用于二鳃的头足纲动物的分类），包括章鱼、乌贼和鱿鱼〔centavo〕A unit of currency in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Phillipines, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe. See table at currency 分：使用于阿根廷、玻利维亚、巴西、佛得角、哥伦比亚、古巴、多米尼加共和国、厄瓜多尔、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、几内亚比绍、洪都拉斯、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜、菲律宾、葡萄牙、圣多美和普林西比等国家的一种货币单位 参见 currency〔calendrical〕Of, relating to, or used in a calendar.日历的，历法的：日历的，与之相关的，或使用于其中的〔argon〕A colorless, odorless, inert gaseous element constituting approximately one percent of Earth's atmosphere, from which it is commercially obtained by fractionation for use in electric light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, and radio vacuum tubes and as an inert gas shield in arc welding. Atomic number 18; atomic weight 39.94; melting point -189.2°C; boiling point -185.7°C. See table at element 氩：无色无味惰性气体元素，构成地球大气约百分之一的部分，它可通过分馏法大量获取，使用于电灯泡，荧光灯及收音机真空管中，并可在电弧焊接中作惰性气体屏蔽物。原子序数18；原子量39.94；熔点-189.2°C；沸点-185.7°C 参见 element〔centimo〕A unit of currency in Andorra, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Spain, and Venezuela. See table at currency 分：使用于安道尔、哥斯达黎加、巴拉圭、西班牙及委内瑞拉的一种货币单位 参见 currency〔gelatin〕A colorless or slightly yellow, transparent, brittle protein formed by boiling the specially prepared skin, bones, and connective tissue of animals and used in foods, drugs, and photographic film.明胶，凝胶：一种无色或浅黄色的透明胶状蛋白，通过水煮特殊加工过的皮、骨和动物韧带形成，使用于食品、药物和摄影胶片中〔feminine〕Female, likemale, categorizes by gender or sex; the term is not limited in application to human beings: Female 同male 一样，由性别或性而归为一类的； 这一词语并不限定只使用于人类： 〔Isis〕The upper Thames River in south-central England in the vicinity of Oxford. The name is used locally and in literature.伊希斯：英格兰中南部的泰晤士河上流，在牛津附近。该名称使用于该地和文学中〔rapier〕A long, slender, two-edged sword with a cuplike hilt, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.双刃长剑：一种长细，两面开刃，剑柄似碗的剑，使用于16和17世纪〔Popsicle〕“[He] likes blue and lavender lighting and finds lots of excuses to use it in the neon Popsicle landscape whose unrealness he celebrates" (Boston Globe)“[他] 喜欢蓝色和淡紫色的灯光，并想尽借口将它们使用于霓虹灯广告牌中，他喜欢这种招牌的不真实性” (波士顿环球)〔dumka〕A song, especially a Slavic folksong, that has alternating happy and sad passages.当卡歌：交替快乐与悲伤叙事的歌曲，尤使用于斯拉夫民谣中〔Cushitic〕A branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, and northern Kenya and including Beja, Orono, and Somali.库希特语族：亚非语族的一个分支，使用于索马里、埃塞俄比亚以及肯尼亚北部地区，包括有贝贾语、奥罗英语和索马里语〔FedEx〕A trademark used for an express shipping service. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase as a noun or verb:联邦快递：使用于快递运送服务的商标，此商标通常以小写字体出现作为名词或是动词：〔culverin〕A long heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.长炮，重炮：一种使用于16和17世纪的长而重的火炮〔Helvetia〕An ancient region of central Europe occupying a plateau between the Alps and the Jura Mountains. It was named by the Romans for its predominantly Celtic inhabitants. Helvetia corresponded roughly to the western part of modern Switzerland, and the name is still used in poetic references and on the country's postage stamps.赫尔维西亚：中欧的一个古老地区，覆盖了位于阿尔卑斯山与侏罗山脉之间的一个高原。是罗马人根据势力强大的凯尔特人起的名字。赫尔维西亚大体上相当于今瑞士的西部，这个名字至今仍被使用于诗歌引文中及印刷于国家的邮票之上〔pragmatics〕The study of language as it is used in a social context and affects the interlocutors and their behavior.语用学：有关语言使用于社会环境和语言对使用者及其行为之影响的研究 |
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