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| 释义 | 〔curmudgeon〕The etymology of the wordcurmudgeon has eluded us for at least two centuries, although some lexicographers have thought the solution was at hand, one to his embarrassment.When Samuel Johnson stated in his famous dictionary of 1755 thatcurmugeon "is a vicious manner of pronouncing c÷ur méchant, Fr. an unknown correspondent,” he was giving credit to an anonymous writer for the statement thatcurmudgeon came from French c÷ur, "heart,” and méchant, "evil.” Another lexicographer, John Ash, following in Johnson's tracks though none too carefully,gave the etymology a bit differently in his dictionary of 1775:"from the Frenchc÷ur unknown, and mechant a correspondent"; thus misinterpreting Johnson's attribution as a gloss for the French.Although its origin is unknown,curmudgeon has been around for some time, being first recorded in a work published in 1577. 单词curmudgeon 的词源已经使我们困惑了至少有两个世纪， 虽然有些词典的编辑者已经认为快找到解决方式了，但仍使某些人局促不安。当塞缪尔·约翰逊在他的举世闻名的1755年词典中指出Curmugeon “是对 cour mechant 这一法语词语的错误发音方式（它意指不知名的通讯记者）”时， 他认同一位不署名作家认为curmudgeon 一词来自法语 cour “心”和 mechant “罪恶”的陈述是正确的。 另一个名叫约翰·艾什的词典编辑者承袭了约翰逊的思路，但他也并非很严格地遵循，在他的1775年词典中对该词源作了稍有差别的解释： “从法语cour （不知名的）和 mechant （一名通讯记者）而来”； 由此他误解了约翰逊对于法语的译注。虽然该词词源未知，curmudgeon 已有了一定的历史，它首次被记录于1577年出版的一部作品中 〔beyond〕"Sputnik, the first satellite to enter the great beyond of space"(Dale Russakoff)“苏联人造地球卫星是进入未知空间的第一颗人造卫星”(戴尔·鲁萨考夫)〔potentiometer〕An instrument for measuring an unknown voltage by comparison to a standard voltage.电势计，电位计：通过与标准电压相比较而来测定未知电压的仪器〔gazebo〕[Origin unknown] [起源未知] 〔spurt〕[Origin unknown] [未知起源] 〔cushaw〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔literal〕A letter or symbol that represents a particular constant or number, known or unknown, and is not programmer-defined.文字：代表一特定常量或数字的可知或未知的字母或符号，由非编程者所规定〔honewort〕hone- [of unknown meaning] hone- [未知词义的] 〔highfalutin〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔body〕"Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown"(Shakespeare)“想象让这些未知事物形状具体”(莎士比亚)〔unknown〕Not known; unfamiliar:未知的：未被人知晓的；不熟悉的：〔cuff〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔unbeknown〕Occurring or existing without the knowledge of; unknown:未知的，不为人知的：〔incognito〕from Latin incognitus [unknown] 源自 拉丁语 incognitus [未知的] 〔vancomycin〕vanco- [of unknown origin] vanco- [来源未知的] 〔cub〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔problematic〕a problematic future.茫然未知的前途〔beyond〕That which is past or to a degree greater than knowledge or experience; the unknown:未知的事物：超过或达到高于知识或经验之外的东西；未知之事：〔dogie〕In the language of the American West,a motherless calf is known as adogie. InWestern Words Ramon F. Adams gives one possible etymology for dogie, whose origin is unknown.During the 1880's,when a series of harsh winters left large numbers of orphaned calves,the little calves, weaned too early, were unable to digest coarse range grass,and their swollen bellies "very much resembled a batch of sourdough carried in a sack.”Such a calf was referred to asdough-guts. The term, altered todogie according to Adams, "has been used ever since throughout cattleland to refer to a pot-gutted orphan calf.” Another possibility is thatdogie is an alteration of Spanish dogal, "lariat.” 在美国西部英语中，无母犊牛被称为dogie 。 莱蒙·F·亚当斯为dogie 在 西部语汇 中找到一个词源， 但该词源的出处也是未知的。19世纪80年代，连年酷寒的冬季造成了大量孤犊，尚不能消化粗糙的牧草小牛犊过早断奶，肚子鼓胀“就象装在袋子里的发酵面团”。这样的小牛被称作dongh-guts 。 据亚当斯称，该称呼后来变作dogie ，“整个牧牛区从此用来称呼大肚子的孤犊。” 另外一种可能性是dogie 为西班牙语 dogal 的变体，意即“套索” 〔sprain〕[Origin unknown] [起源未知] 〔cardiomyopathy〕A disease or disorder of the heart muscle, especially of unknown or obscure cause.心肌病：一种心肌疾病，尤指病因未知或难解的心肌疾病〔somewhere〕An unknown or unspecified place:某处：一个未知或不特定的地方：〔kludge〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔precarious〕Subject to chance or unknown conditions:不确定的，视情况而定的：倾向于不确定的或未知的状况：〔vertiginous〕"my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown"(Diana Cooper)“我的狭隘思想局限在人类世俗之中，不会在令人眩晕的空间和未知成份中迷失方向”(戴安娜·库珀)〔rickets〕[Origin unknown] [语源未知] 〔crystallite〕Any of numerous minute rudimentary, crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rocks.雏晶：任一种在玻璃状火成岩中发现的未知微粒晶体矿物〔obscurity〕One that is unknown.未知的人或事物〔problematic〕Not settled; unresolved or dubious:未知的；未解决或含糊的：〔bet〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔cuddy〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔sennet〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔Sverdrup〕Norwegian explorer who led many expeditions to the Arctic and observed a number of previously unknown islands.斯维尔德鲁普，奥托·诺伊曼：(1855-1930) 挪威探险家，曾率领几次北极探险并发现一些以前未知的岛屿〔titration〕The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in solution by adding to it a standard reagent of known concentration in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed, as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement, and then calculating the unknown concentration.滴定：一种测定溶液中一种物质浓度的过程、操作或方法，在该溶液中以经过仔细测量的剂量加入一种已知浓度的标准试剂，直到一个已知比例确定的反应结束为止，如通过颜色变化或测量所显示，然后再计算未知的浓度〔hike〕[Origin unknown] [词源未知] 〔balance〕A weighing device, especially one consisting of a rigid beam horizontally suspended by a low-friction support at its center, with identical weighing pans hung at either end, one of which holds an unknown weight while the effective weight in the other is increased by known amounts until the beam is level and motionless.天平，秤：一种称重量的器具，特别指那种中间有一个低摩擦支撑物水平悬吊在一根坚硬横杆上的秤，两个重量完全相等的秤盘挂在两头，一头盛未知的重物，另一头放有效砝码，用已知的数量抬高，直到横杆呈水平状态并且停止运动〔cheese〕[Origin unknown] [起源未知] 〔zit〕[Origin unknown] [起源未知] 〔taw〕[Origin unknown] [来源未知] 〔triangulation〕The location of an unknown point, as in navigation, by the formation of a triangle having the unknown point and two known points as the vertices.三角测量：通过以分别作（顶点）的两个已知点和一个未知点形成一个三角形，来求出或定位该未知点，如在航海中 |
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