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crow's-foot
Often crow's-feet . A lasting wrinkle or wrinkles formed at the outer corner of the eye.
日本語では「カラスの足跡」で、ヨーロッパの他の言語でもある種の鳥の足で言い表されることが多いようだ。
日本語では「カラスの足跡」で、ヨーロッパの他の言語でもある種の鳥の足で言い表されることが多いようだ。
limerick
A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba.
spoonerism
A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.
Stendhal's syndrome
Dizziness, panic, paranoia, or madness caused by viewing certain artistic or historical artifacts or by trying to see too many such artifacts in too short a time.
Also called David's syndrome or tourist's syndrome.
Also called David's syndrome or tourist's syndrome.
clicquish
小集団の, 派閥の
A new social system starts, and seems delightfully free of the elitism and cliquishness of the existing systems.
A new social system starts, and seems delightfully free of the elitism and cliquishness of the existing systems.
lucid
わかりやすい, 明快な
With lucid exposition and gorgeous graphics, anthropologist Stephen Lansing exposed the hidden structure and profound health of the traditional Balinese rice growing practices.
With lucid exposition and gorgeous graphics, anthropologist Stephen Lansing exposed the hidden structure and profound health of the traditional Balinese rice growing practices.
hew
切り刻む, かき分けて切り開く, 切り取る, (規則・基準・主義などに)従う
It's interesting how closely the Mix06 web site hews to these observations on current web style: It was *not* like that when it launched.
(最後の意味で使われている例)
It's interesting how closely the Mix06 web site hews to these observations on current web style: It was *not* like that when it launched.
(最後の意味で使われている例)
2006-02-18
an old saying about burden
We are not given the burden we deserve. We are given the burden we can bear.
2006-02-15
metrosexual
An urban male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.
from Word Spy
from Word Spy
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procrastinate
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
To postpone or delay needlessly.
To postpone or delay needlessly.
2006-01-30
decadent
（絶頂期のあとで）衰退していく, 退廃的な
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
- Gore Vidal
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
- Gore Vidal
2006-01-29
富與貴、是人之所欲也、不以其道得之、不處也
論語、里仁第四。富と貴（たっと）きとは、是れ人の欲する所なり。其の道を以てこれを得ざれば、処（お）らざるなり
富と貴い身分とはこれはだれでも欲しがるものだ。しかし、それ相当の方法（正しい勤勉や高潔な人格）で得たのでなければ、そこに安住しない。
富と貴い身分とはこれはだれでも欲しがるものだ。しかし、それ相当の方法（正しい勤勉や高潔な人格）で得たのでなければ、そこに安住しない。
2006-01-22
Asperger Syndrome
アスペルガー症候群
「アスペルガー症候群の子どもの理解：教師のための指針」も参考になる。
Asperger Syndrome or (Asperger's Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder named for a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger, who in 1944 published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development, but who also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills. In spite of the publication of his paper in the 1940's, it wasn't until 1994 that Asperger Syndrome was added to the DSM IV and only in the past few years has AS been recognized by professionals and parents.-- from What Is Asperger Syndrome
「アスペルガー症候群の子どもの理解：教師のための指針」も参考になる。
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wave off
To dismiss or refuse by waving the hand or arm
e.g. waved off his invitation to join the group.
e.g. waved off his invitation to join the group.
leisurely
悠長な
an establishment as renowned for its leisurely service as for its place in San Francisco history
an establishment as renowned for its leisurely service as for its place in San Francisco history
platitude
陳腐な言葉
I personally found his answers uninsightful and lacking in specificity, i.e. sounded more like a politician with a bunch of platitudes.
I personally found his answers uninsightful and lacking in specificity, i.e. sounded more like a politician with a bunch of platitudes.
gratification
満足, 大喜び
I'm an instant gratification kind of person. I like to see who and from where my machine is being accessed, as it occurs.
I'm an instant gratification kind of person. I like to see who and from where my machine is being accessed, as it occurs.
2006-01-19
britches
=breeches
ひざ丈のズボン, ズボン
too big for one's breeches:
身のほどを知らない,うぬぼれた;ごう慢な
Bloglines running and preparing for our move to a new access center (with bigger britches and a very elastic waistline).
ひざ丈のズボン, ズボン
too big for one's breeches:
身のほどを知らない,うぬぼれた;ごう慢な
Bloglines running and preparing for our move to a new access center (with bigger britches and a very elastic waistline).
tenterhook
A hooked nail for securing cloth on a tenter.
on tenterhooks:
In a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety.
tenter:
A framework on which milled cloth is stretched for drying without shrinkage.
on tenterhooks:
In a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety.
tenter:
A framework on which milled cloth is stretched for drying without shrinkage.
2006-01-17
instrumentation
器具の使用, 計器による運転
The administrative mantra is to automate. Scripting can also go a long way. From an engineering point of view, the requirement has to be to build automation and instrumentation into the service from the get-go.
The administrative mantra is to automate. Scripting can also go a long way. From an engineering point of view, the requirement has to be to build automation and instrumentation into the service from the get-go.
agglomerate
かたまりにする(なる)
It executes billions of transactions over hundreds of applications agglomerated over nine years.
It executes billions of transactions over hundreds of applications agglomerated over nine years.
kazoo
A toy instrument with a membrane that produces a sound when a player hums or sings into the mouthpiece.
2006-01-16
keep abreast of
水準に達している, 遅れずにいる
I would like to keep abreast of your plans to ensure the two projects mesh together.
I would like to keep abreast of your plans to ensure the two projects mesh together.
zealot
熱中する人, 狂信者
Whereas in slashdot, the blind anti-MS zealot is the norm, I'd say a hacker is vendor agnostic, preferring the right tool for the right job.
Whereas in slashdot, the blind anti-MS zealot is the norm, I'd say a hacker is vendor agnostic, preferring the right tool for the right job.
chaff
もみ殻
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
- Elbert Hubbard
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
- Elbert Hubbard
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circumstantial
状況の, 付随的, 重要でない, 詳細な, 儀式ばった
lots of "false-positive" and "circumstantial" alerts are usually accompanied along the "problem source" alert.
lots of "false-positive" and "circumstantial" alerts are usually accompanied along the "problem source" alert.
unpalatable
口に合わない, 不快な
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
folly
愚かなこと, 愚行
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
- Helen Rowland
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
- Helen Rowland
2006-01-10
officious
おせっかいな, 私的な, 横柄な
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
- Edward Abbey
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
- Edward Abbey
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double coated tape
両面テープ
double coated adhesive tapeでもよさそうだが、"double coated tape"のGoogleスコアは2万0800に対して"double coated adhesive tape"だと 542なので、double coated tapeがよさそうだ。
double coated adhesive tapeでもよさそうだが、"double coated tape"のGoogleスコアは2万0800に対して"double coated adhesive tape"だと 542なので、double coated tapeがよさそうだ。
2006-01-02
antrostomy
surgical formation of an opening into any antrum. In the sinonasal region, the term is often used to describe the formation of an opening between the maxillary sinus (or 'antrum') and the inferior nasal meatus, as treatment for chronic maxillary sinusitis.
-- from Medcycropedia
antrum: [解]洞
-- from Medcycropedia
antrum: [解]洞
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