2005-12-18
2005-12-11
cuticle
1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; epidermis.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
If you are chic to the cuticles, then make a beeline for Harvey Nichols, just a block away.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
If you are chic to the cuticles, then make a beeline for Harvey Nichols, just a block away.
2005-12-08
puberty
思春期, 成熟期
reach the age of puberty 婚姻年齢に達する
見返した日: 2006-05-20, 2007-01-16
1. The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.
2. The approach to maturity: "Mankind will not reach puberty for another hundred thousand years"(Rene Dubos).
adolescence
1. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.
2. A transitional period of development between youth and maturity: the adolescence of a nation.
reach the age of puberty 婚姻年齢に達する
見返した日: 2006-05-20, 2007-01-16
1. The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.
2. The approach to maturity: "Mankind will not reach puberty for another hundred thousand years"(Rene Dubos).
adolescence
1. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.
2. A transitional period of development between youth and maturity: the adolescence of a nation.
PVC
polyvinyl chloride
塩化ビニール
From MAKE's Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide 2005
塩化ビニール
Is there anything PVC *can't* do? I know at first it sounds like a bum gift, but there are sooo many cool projects you can make with with PVC pipe.
From MAKE's Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide 2005
2005-12-07
2005-12-01
unbeknownst
[adjective]
Unbeknown.
[adverb]
Without the knowledge of a specified party. Used with to: Our cousin had been ill for years, unbeknownst to the family.
Unbeknown.
[adverb]
Without the knowledge of a specified party. Used with to: Our cousin had been ill for years, unbeknownst to the family.
strangulate
(腸・血管などを)縛る, 絞殺する
At a North Carolina strangulation-murder trial this month, prosecutors announced an unusual piece of evidence: Google searches allegedly done by the defendant that included the words "neck" and "snap."
At a North Carolina strangulation-murder trial this month, prosecutors announced an unusual piece of evidence: Google searches allegedly done by the defendant that included the words "neck" and "snap."
2005-11-30
2005-11-29
envizage
…を心に描く, …をもくろむ
Solution 2 is envisaged as a heavy weight solution providing all the necessary ‘bells and whistles’.
Solution 2 is envisaged as a heavy weight solution providing all the necessary ‘bells and whistles’.
2005-11-28
2005-11-27
luscious
おいしい, 甘美な
diners line up to ingest "luscious crispy pork" accompanied by rice, miso soup and cabbage side dishes.
from Zagat Survey 2005 New York City Restaurants
diners line up to ingest "luscious crispy pork" accompanied by rice, miso soup and cabbage side dishes.
from Zagat Survey 2005 New York City Restaurants
mesmerize
To spellbind; enthrall: He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence. (Justin Kaplan).
2005-11-25
換骨奪胎
［冷斎夜話1］(骨を取り換え、胎を取って使う意) 詩文を作る際に、古人の作品の趣意は変えず語句だけを換え、または古人の作品の趣意に沿いながら新しいものを加えて表現すること。俗に、「焼き直し」の意に誤用。
（広辞苑第五版より）
（骨を取りかえ、胎（子の宿る所）を自分のものとする意）先人の詩文などの、発想や表現法などを取り入れて、しかも、独自の作品を作りあげる技法。誤用されて、他の作品の焼き直しの意にいうことがある。換骨。
（小学館国語大辞典（新装版）より）
（広辞苑第五版より）
（骨を取りかえ、胎（子の宿る所）を自分のものとする意）先人の詩文などの、発想や表現法などを取り入れて、しかも、独自の作品を作りあげる技法。誤用されて、他の作品の焼き直しの意にいうことがある。換骨。
（小学館国語大辞典（新装版）より）
2005-11-24
emblazon
(盾・旗を)(紋章で飾る
It's too bad Postel's free-spirited image isn't emblazoned as a reminder on the front of the conference programs.
It's too bad Postel's free-spirited image isn't emblazoned as a reminder on the front of the conference programs.
indecision
優柔不断, 不決断
There's a push for a new international organization, perhaps the United Nations, to take over — a sure recipe for stifling bureaucracy and indecision.
There's a push for a new international organization, perhaps the United Nations, to take over — a sure recipe for stifling bureaucracy and indecision.
imam
(イスラム教)導師
The Internet should be the creative, fast-evolving sum of millions of computer users. From Silicon Valley geeks to French wine salesmen to Middle Eastern imams.
from U.N. control of Internet? An idea for the 'delete' file
The Internet should be the creative, fast-evolving sum of millions of computer users. From Silicon Valley geeks to French wine salesmen to Middle Eastern imams.
from U.N. control of Internet? An idea for the 'delete' file
2005-11-23
numerate
計算能力がある
Don't you envy a country where even the novelists are numerate?
from Tolstoy's measure of a man
Don't you envy a country where even the novelists are numerate?
from Tolstoy's measure of a man
2005-11-22
indemnity
免責
I wonder when we'll find the TCP/IP of patent indemnity offerings, something that everyone can use, join, and benefit from.
I wonder when we'll find the TCP/IP of patent indemnity offerings, something that everyone can use, join, and benefit from.
orifice
開口部, 穴
you form an interesting picture of Google creating a nationwide developer-friendly mobile wireless platform, bypassing the "orifices" (to use Steve Jobs's phrase) of the carriers.
from I For One Welcome Our New Google Overlords
you form an interesting picture of Google creating a nationwide developer-friendly mobile wireless platform, bypassing the "orifices" (to use Steve Jobs's phrase) of the carriers.
from I For One Welcome Our New Google Overlords
2005-11-18
2005-11-14
2005-11-13
2005-11-12
band together
集まる, 団結する
an amazing example of an industry that has banded together to protect its business
an amazing example of an industry that has banded together to protect its business
bemuse
困惑させる, 心を奪う
how much of the innovation in online business models is really happening in that industry first and bemused by people's reticence to give them the credit or even talk about the subject.
how much of the innovation in online business models is really happening in that industry first and bemused by people's reticence to give them the credit or even talk about the subject.
dab
軽くたたく, とんとん打つ, 軽くペタペタ塗る
There are also many adult sites that dabbled in the affiliate marketing concept before Amazon.com picked it up.
There are also many adult sites that dabbled in the affiliate marketing concept before Amazon.com picked it up.
impetus
勢い, はずみ, 刺激
This was the impetus for creating the "first on the Web" Amazon.com Associates Program.
This was the impetus for creating the "first on the Web" Amazon.com Associates Program.
ponder
じっくり考える, 熟考する
After that exchange, Bezos pondered the idea and thought about having the woman link her site to Amazon.com and receive a commission on the book sales.
from History of Affiliate Marketing
After that exchange, Bezos pondered the idea and thought about having the woman link her site to Amazon.com and receive a commission on the book sales.
from History of Affiliate Marketing
2005-11-08
parochial
小教区(教会区，聖堂区)の
The reports satisfactorily answer their questions, however, they are parochial in nature.
The reports satisfactorily answer their questions, however, they are parochial in nature.
2005-11-07
2005-11-06
feat
偉業
At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years.
- Arthur C. Clarke
At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years.
- Arthur C. Clarke
2005-11-05
2005-11-04
2005-11-03
factoid
公にされたため根拠なしに事実として受け入れられている擬似事実
One of the presentations was on the state of the overall book market, and had this factoid: 93% of all ISBN's sold fewer than 1,000 units and accounted for 13% of all sales.
One of the presentations was on the state of the overall book market, and had this factoid: 93% of all ISBN's sold fewer than 1,000 units and accounted for 13% of all sales.
2005-11-02
segue
（次の楽章・楽曲などへ）切れ目なく続く
We segue to a demo of Xbox 360 Live by "executive producer" Jeff Henshaw, with attention paid to integration of messaging to recruit other users for head-to-head play, as well as now familiar community features such as user ratings, feedback, and user-contributed content.
Live Softwareより
We segue to a demo of Xbox 360 Live by "executive producer" Jeff Henshaw, with attention paid to integration of messaging to recruit other users for head-to-head play, as well as now familiar community features such as user ratings, feedback, and user-contributed content.
Live Softwareより
dossier
ある問題に関する書類一式
It says it has not connected the vast dossier of interests and behavior to specific users by name. But that could change as Google offers more personal services - like e-mail messages and social networking - and works more tightly with partners who already have such personal information.
It says it has not connected the vast dossier of interests and behavior to specific users by name. But that could change as Google offers more personal services - like e-mail messages and social networking - and works more tightly with partners who already have such personal information.
prowess
勇気, 力量
Google was willing to make that bid only because of its confidence in its advertising sales prowess.
Google was willing to make that bid only because of its confidence in its advertising sales prowess.
amiable
感じのよい, 親切な, 社交的な
Larry Page and Sergey Brin were exceedingly ambitious from the day they started Google, but the job of finding some source of revenue fell to Omid Kordestani, an amiable former Netscape sales executive who was brought to the company in 1999 by K. Ram Shriram, another Netscape alumnus and an early Google investor.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin were exceedingly ambitious from the day they started Google, but the job of finding some source of revenue fell to Omid Kordestani, an amiable former Netscape sales executive who was brought to the company in 1999 by K. Ram Shriram, another Netscape alumnus and an early Google investor.
utilitarian
実用的な, 功利主義の
few outside of the engineering Ph.D.'s at Google think that television ads should simply be utilitarian, rather than entertaining, provocative or annoyingly repetitive - the models that have worked so far.
few outside of the engineering Ph.D.'s at Google think that television ads should simply be utilitarian, rather than entertaining, provocative or annoyingly repetitive - the models that have worked so far.
huckster
行商人, 宣伝屋
Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, explains the company's astounding success in advertising - and reconciles it with the founders' distrust of hucksterism - by suggesting that advertising should be interesting, relevant and useful to users.
Google Wants to Dominate Madison Avenue, Tooより
Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, explains the company's astounding success in advertising - and reconciles it with the founders' distrust of hucksterism - by suggesting that advertising should be interesting, relevant and useful to users.
Google Wants to Dominate Madison Avenue, Tooより
2005-11-01
gregarious
社交的な
Taking these factors into account simultaneously results in a searching algorithm that gets messages to the target by passing it to gregarious individuals who are most like the target.
"Six Degrees of Separation" Theory Explained in New Algorithm by UMass Amherst Researchersより
Taking these factors into account simultaneously results in a searching algorithm that gets messages to the target by passing it to gregarious individuals who are most like the target.
"Six Degrees of Separation" Theory Explained in New Algorithm by UMass Amherst Researchersより
2005-10-27
Beltway
米国Washington, D.C.とMaryland, Virginia両州を囲む首都環状高速道路
inside the B～ ワシントン政界で.
The conventional wisdom inside the Beltway and beyond is that, this week, at least one and possibly two senior White House officials will be indicted for crimes related to the Valerie Plame affair.
"SELF ANALYSIS" より
inside the B～ ワシントン政界で.
The conventional wisdom inside the Beltway and beyond is that, this week, at least one and possibly two senior White House officials will be indicted for crimes related to the Valerie Plame affair.
"SELF ANALYSIS" より
2005-10-26
rudimentary
根本の, 基本の
Scatter enough nodes on rooftops citywide, and then if the phone system collapses, there will probably be a surviving mesh strong enough to serve as a rudimentary backup.
Scatter enough nodes on rooftops citywide, and then if the phone system collapses, there will probably be a surviving mesh strong enough to serve as a rudimentary backup.
pandemonium
大混乱
Everyone else staggered around in blind ignorance -- which helped produce horrifying pandemonium.
Everyone else staggered around in blind ignorance -- which helped produce horrifying pandemonium.
ensue
続いて起こる
Katrina had disrupted the city's communications grid, and residents and emergency responders were grappling with the chaos that ensued.
Talking in the Darkより
Katrina had disrupted the city's communications grid, and residents and emergency responders were grappling with the chaos that ensued.
Talking in the Darkより
molder
（徐々に）朽ちる
they've fallen down on the job, with the vast majority of works that they claim to be seeking to protect their rights in actually left to molder in the trash heaps of memory.
they've fallen down on the job, with the vast majority of works that they claim to be seeking to protect their rights in actually left to molder in the trash heaps of memory.
prerogative
特権, 大権的権能
I believe they're just jealous of their prerogatives as gatekeepers of content.
It seems to be working for Jesusより
I believe they're just jealous of their prerogatives as gatekeepers of content.
It seems to be working for Jesusより
deluge
殺到する
I've been deluged with pitches for what will at best be features of next generation products.
VC Pitches in the Web 2.0 eraより
I've been deluged with pitches for what will at best be features of next generation products.
VC Pitches in the Web 2.0 eraより
2005-10-25
2005-10-21
lupus
狼瘡（ろうそう）:皮膚結核の一種
2006-08-26追記：
Any of several diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, that principally affect the skin and joints but often also involve other systems of the body.
2006-08-26追記：
Any of several diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, that principally affect the skin and joints but often also involve other systems of the body.
2005-10-18
2005-10-17
invigilate
《英》試験監督をする(《米》proctor)
I need to invigilate a mid-term exam in school next Monday morning.
I need to invigilate a mid-term exam in school next Monday morning.
Debussy
ドビュッシーなんだけど、聞いたときは全然分からなかった。最後の音節にアクセントがあったから。フランス人の名前だから当然なのだけれど。
Debussy's 'La Mer' Marks 100th Birthday
Debussy's 'La Mer' Marks 100th Birthday
2005-10-15
putative
推定上の, 架空の
This incident seems to combine elements of two putative crises in the Linux world: the SCO lawsuits and the BitKeeper incident.
This incident seems to combine elements of two putative crises in the Linux world: the SCO lawsuits and the BitKeeper incident.
platitude
陳腐な言葉,ありきたりの発言.
MySQL declares "business as usual" and various other platitudes.
from Your Money or Your MySQL
MySQL declares "business as usual" and various other platitudes.
from Your Money or Your MySQL
2005-10-10
2005-10-09
2005-10-07
adverse, finicky
adverse: (効果などが)マイナスの
finicky: (食べ物・服装などに)やかましい,凝り性の
The Ad-Averse: Finicky and Opinionated
finicky: (食べ物・服装などに)やかましい,凝り性の
The Ad-Averse: Finicky and Opinionated
2005-10-02
eponym
A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something, such as a city, country, or era. For example, Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
O'Reilly himself has operated for years under the radar. Most nontechies, if they know him at all, know him by the eponymous name of his publishing company.from Slashdot.
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