单词 | 普利 |
释义 | 〔anthropology〕"changing the church's anthropology to include more positive images of women"(Priscilla Hart)“改变教会的人类学来增加正面色彩的妇女形象”(普利西拉·哈特)〔Styr〕A river, about 436 km (271 mi) long, of western European U.S.S.R. flowing northward to the Pripet River.斯蒂尔河:苏联西欧部分的一条河流,流程约为436公里(即271英里),向北注入普利佩特河〔Plimsoll〕British merchant and shipping reformer. He introduced the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, establishing safe load limits for cargo ships.普利姆索尔,塞缪尔:(1824-1898) 英国商人和货运改革家,他提出了1876年的商船法案,从此建立了货船的安全载重限量〔wallflower〕TheCheiranthus cheiri, with its sweet-smelling yellow, red, or brown flowers, came to be called the wallflower because it was noted for growing on surfaces such as old walls, rocks, and quarries. This plant name is first recorded in 1578.It is not known who first observed a likeness between this delicate, fragrant flower and the unpartnered women sitting along the wall at a dance, but the figurative sense is first found in an 1820 work by Mrs. Campbell Praed entitledCounty Ball. The word, although originally used only to describe women, has become unisex,and of course one can be a wallflower without having a wall in the vicinity.具有芳香的黄、红或棕色花的桂竹香 之所以后来被称为 wallflower 是因为它以生活于物体表面(如旧墙面、岩石成或矿井面)而闻名。 该植物名称首载于1578年。没有人知道谁最先发现了这种雅致、芳香的花与在舞会上单独坐在墙边的女子的关系,但是这种比喻义最早发现于埃贝尔·普利德夫人1820年名为郡办舞会 的作品中。 虽然该词起初只用来描绘女子,后来却男女都适用。而且,一个人即使周围没有墙也能成为一个离群之人〔Rainey〕American singer considered the first great blues vocalist.雷尼,格特鲁德·普利奇特:(1886-1939) 美国歌手,被认为是第一位出色的蓝调流行歌手〔primero〕A gambling card game, popular in Elizabethan England.普利麦罗纸牌戏:伊丽莎白时期在英格兰流行的赌博牌戏〔juggernaut〕[Senses 1 and 2, from the fact that worshipers have thrown themselves under the wheels of a huge car or wagon on which the idol of Krishna was drawn in an annual procession at Puri in east-central India] [词意1和2,取典于克利须那在印度东部普利进行的一年一度的游行中,克利须那的神像被载于巨车或大型马车上,善男信女甘愿投身死于其轮下] |
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