2015年7月13日 星期一

tear down, burst, microburst, tear up, allotment, mushy, gushy, gushing indicator

"Serena Williams now holds all four grand slam titles simultaneously, an achievement so rare it became eponymously associated with her – the “Serena Slam” – when she first managed it more than 12 years ago. Yet she remains the ultimate outsider, hardly less today than when she burst on the scene as a braided teenager nearly two decades ago: a black female Jehovah’s Witness from Compton re-writing the record book of a sport predominantly owned, played and watched by affluent white people.
"This is the ultimate American folk tale – and it’s still being written in real time."
Racism and sexism are for real, but Serena has overcome this double...
THEGUARDIAN.COM|由 BRYAN ARMEN GRAHAM 上傳

CITY | Illegal riders tear down Elm Street
"It was seemingly endless and packed with five or six guys [spanning the width of] the street. They were doing wheelies and it was kind of like a parade.”
Bystanders stood shocked on Elm Street last Monday as crowds of illegal dirt bikers and ATV riders tore down the road.
YALEDAILYNEWS.COM

Beautiful happy dream

Introducing the gushing index, a statistical tool for measuring how actors speak
WHEN Daniel Day-Lewis became the first person to win the Oscar for best actor three times, for his performance in "Lincoln", he gave an atypically witty, humble speech. Looking back at previous acceptance speeches for best leading actor and actress, The Economist has devised a “gushing index”—which expresses the share of words such as beautiful, dream and love in Oscar acceptance speeches as a share of the whole text. Two French actors have delivered the most gushing speeches on this metric; Jean Dujardin in 2011 for "The Artist" and Marion Cotillard in 2007 for "La Vie en Rose". Halle Berry’s 2001 speech is notable for both its actorly vocabulary and its length. Overall the index does not support the thesis that America is becoming more and more treacly. It does, however, suggest that actors have begun to gush more than actresses.

A Swing State Sprint in the Last Hours Before Voting
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR 12:38 PM ET
WASHINGTON — The presidential candidates and their supporters are offering one last burst of activity in a handful of states that will determine the occupant of the Oval Office next year.


 Phnom Penh's Monument Books -- Cambodia's only outlet for the book -- expected its allotment of 224 copies to sell out within hours. -- Associated Press, July 20



Mitt's Mushy Moment

He got religion. He teared up. But the election won't hinge on Mitt Romney's humanity.
tear

always followed by an adverb or preposition[no object] : to go or move very quickly

tear someone/thing down


1Demolish something, especially a building:they tore down an old barn for lumber

2US informal Criticize or punish someone severely:they tear a man down and threaten him and then they give him another chance


gush
[動](自)1 〈液体・言葉などが〉(…から)勢いよく流れ出る, わき出る, ほとばしる, 噴出する((out, forth, up/from, out of ...));(涙・血などを)流す,...
    1. tear up

      Verb

      to tear up
    2. English
    3. (transitive) To tear into pieces.
      The student tore up his test after he found out his mark of 20%.
    4. (transitive, idiomatic) To damage.
      The lacrosse practice really tore up the field.
    5. (transitive, idiomatic) To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against.
      In his first year, his hitting tore up the league's opposing pitchers.
       [quotations ▼]
    6. (intransitive) To shed tears.
    7. (transitive) To wrench out of the ground.
      We tore up the weeds from the allotment.

    Anagrams

  1. uprate, uptear



allotment[al・lot・ment]

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[əlɑ'tmənt | əlɔ't-]

[名]
1 [U]割り当て, 分配;[C]割当額, 取り分.
2 [U](米軍の)控除給料:給料の中から本人の希望で家族などに直接渡される分.
3 ((英))(市などが貸与する)市民菜園.
4 [U]運命.


burst
v., burst, burst·ing, bursts. v.intr.
    1. To come open or fly apart suddenly or violently, especially from internal pressure.
    2. To explode.
  1. To be or seem to be full to the point of breaking open: The sacks were bursting with grain.
  2. To emerge, come forth, or arrive suddenly: burst out of the door.
  3. To come apart or seem to come apart because of overwhelming emotion: thought his heart would burst with happiness.
  4. To give sudden utterance or expression: burst out laughing; burst into tears.
v.tr.
  1. To cause to burst: burst the balloon. See synonyms at break.
  2. To exert strong pressure in order to force (something) open.
  3. To separate (a continuous form or printout) into individual sheets.
n.
  1. A sudden outbreak or outburst; an explosion.
  2. The result of bursting, especially the explosion of a projectile or bomb on impact or in the air.
    1. The number of bullets fired from an automatic weapon by one pull of the trigger.
    2. A volley of bullets fired from an automatic weapon: The machine gunner fired a quick burst.
  3. An abrupt, intense increase; a rush: a burst of speed; fitful bursts of wind.
  4. A period of intense activity: "I write in very short bursts-10 or 15 minutes" (Zoe Heller).
[Middle English bursten, from Old English berstan.]

burst[burst]
 

  • レベル:大学入試程度
  • 発音記号[bə'ːrst]

[動](burst)(自)
1I([副])]〈爆弾などが〉破裂する, 爆発する
burst into fragments
破裂して粉々になる
The balloon burst.
風船が破裂した.
2I([副])/II[形]]はち切れる;〈つぼみが〉ほころびる;〈戸などが〉ぱっと開く
a heart ready to burst with grief
悲しみで今にもはりさけそうな胸の内
The buds are bursting.
つぼみがほころびかけている
Chestnuts burst out.
クリの実がはじけた
The door burst open.
ドアがぱっと開いた.
3I[副]]勢いよく出る, 急に現れる
burst out of a room
部屋から飛び出す
He burst upon the theatrical scene in 1945.
彼は1945年に演劇界におどり出た.

[WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] Move suddenly and violently:he burst into the room without knockingfigurative she burst on to the British art scene in 1985

4 [burst into [out in] .../burst out doing]突然(…)する, 急に(…)し出す. ⇒BURST into ...
burst out laughing
どっと笑い出す(▼この-ing形は動名詞ではなく, 主格補語の現在分詞)
burst out in anger
急に怒り出す.
5 ((通例進行形))(…で)はちきれそう[いっぱい]である, 充満する((with ...))
a bag bursting with gold and silver
金貨銀貨ではちきれそうな袋
He was bursting.
((略式))膀胱(ぼうこう)が破裂しそうだった.
6 〈風景・事件などが〉急に現れる[起こる];〈音が〉急に聞こえる
burst uponintoone's view
急に見えてくる
The war burst out.
戦争が勃発した
Applause burst from the crowd.
群衆からどっと拍手が起こった.
━━(他)(←(自))
1III[名]/V[名][形]]…を破裂させる, 押し破る[開く], 引き裂く, 決壊させる;…を(充満させて)はちきらせる
burst a balloon [a tire
風船[タイヤ]を破裂させる
burst a chain
鎖を引きちぎる
burst a door open
戸をぱっと押し開く
burst a conspiracy
陰謀をくじく
The river burst its banks.
川の堤は決壊した
He got so angry he nearly burst a blood vessel.
彼はひどく怒って血管も破れんばかりだった.
2 〈複写用のとじ込み用紙を〉カーボン紙から離す.
be bursting to do
…したくてたまらない
She was bursting to tell us the news.
彼女はそのニュースを聞かせたくてうずうずしていた.
burst away
(1) 破裂する, 爆発する.
(2) 飛び出す.
burst forth
(1) 突然現れる, 急に飛び出す.
(2) 〈呼び声などが〉どっと起こる.
(3) 〈疫病・火災などが〉突発する;〈血などが〉噴出する;〈葉などが〉にわかに生い茂る.
(4) (…を)突然始める((into ...)).
burst in
(自)
(1) 突然話す.
(2) 〈人が〉飛び込む.
━━(他)
[burst ... in]
〈ドアなどを〉内側に押し開ける.
burst in on [upon] ...
(1) …に乱入する, を襲う.
(2) 〈会話・討論などを〉さえぎる, に割り込む;〈人の〉(仕事などの)じゃまをする
Sorry if we burst in on you.
突然飛び込んできて申し訳ありません.
burst into ...
(1) 〈部屋などに〉飛び込む, なだれこむ.
(2) 突然…をし出す. ⇒(自)4
burst into bloom
ぱっと咲き出す
burst into tears
急に泣き出す
burst into cheeringapplause
どっとかっさいする
burst into a gallop
(馬が)急に駆け出す
burst into view
急に見え始める.
burst on [upon]
(1) ⇒(自)3, 6
(2) 〈真理などを〉突然発見する;〈意味などが〉〈人に〉急にひらめく.
burst out
(1) ⇒(自)2, 3, 4, 6
(2) 〈人が〉(服から)はみ出るほど大きくなる((of ...)).
(3) 突然話す.
burst through
(1) 〈太陽などが〉突然現れる.
(2)
[burst through ...]
…を破って[押し分けて]通る.
burst up
(1) 破裂する, 爆発する.
(2) ((俗))破産する, つぶれる. ▼bust upのほうが一般的. ⇒BUST2
burst upon [on] ...
突然…の前に現れる, 急に…に聞こえてくる;〈物事が〉…に急にわかり始める. ⇒(自)3, 6
A splendid view burst upon us.
眼前にすばらしいながめが展開した
A shriek burst on our ears.
突然悲鳴が聞こえた.
━━[名]
1 破裂, 爆発, 破裂箇所, 裂け目
a tire burst
タイヤの破裂
a burst in the bank
土手の決壊口
a burst in the water pipe
水道管の破裂箇所.
2 (エネルギーなどの)突発, 激発;(感情の)ほとばしり;噴出, 急に起こること(outbreak)
a burst of thunder
急にとどろく雷鳴
a burst of passion
激情の発露
a burst of applause
どっと起こるかっさい
a burst of blood from the wound
傷口からほとばしる血
inwith] a burst of speed
急にスピードを出して
He worked in a sudden burst of energy.
彼は突然, 猛烈な勢いで働き出した.
3 (爆弾・弾丸の)爆発;集中射撃, 一連射
an air burst
(爆弾の)空中炸裂(さくれつ)
a burst of gunfire
連続射撃.
4 突然眼前に現れた光景.
5 《物理学》バースト:宇宙線によって瞬間的に多量のイオンが発生する現象.
at one [a] burst
奮起一番, 一気に
finish one's work at one burst
一気に仕事をかたづける.
[△BUST
Wikipedia:

Microburst



Illustration of a microburst. Note the downward motion of the air until it hits ground level. It then spreads outward in all directions. The wind regime in a microburst is opposite to that of a tornado.

Tree damage from a downburst
A microburst is a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging divergent and straight-line winds at the surface that are similar to but distinguishable from tornadoes which generally have convergent damage. There are two types of microbursts: wet microbursts and dry microbursts. They go through three stages in their life cycle: the downburst, outburst, and cushion stages. The scale and suddenness of a microburst makes it a great danger to aircraft due to the low-level wind shear caused by its gust front, with several fatal crashes having been attributed to the phenomenon over the past several decades.
A microburst often has high winds that can knock over fully grown trees. They usually last for a couple of seconds.



gushy


 
音節
gush • y
発音
gʌ'ʃi
[形](-i・er, -i・est)大げさな物言い[動作]をする;むやみに感情的[感傷的]な.
gush・i・ly
[副]

mushy


 
音節
mush • y
発音
mʌ'ʃi
[形](-i・er, -i・est)
1 かゆ状の, やわらかな.
2 ((略式))〈物語などが〉感傷的すぎる, 〈人が〉涙もろい
Don't be mushy.
甘っちょろいことを言うな.
mush・i・ly
[副]

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