2024年1月25日 星期四

blowout, slat, slate, close in on, onboard, one-possession


Breaking news: Military plane crashes in Russia, killing all onboard, Moscow says


The actor recently reached a divorce settlement with his estranged wife.


Russel Crowe recently reached a divorce settlement with his estranged wife and is auctioning off a number of his prized possessions.
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Crimson Stops Penn on Final Drive to Stay Alive in Ivy Race

Harvard football coach Tim Murphy thought his Crimson had put Penn away.
Up 38-0 midway through the third quarter, Murphy pulled several of his starters, thinking ahead to The Game next week.
The Quakers proceeded to tally 30 points in 15 minutes, turning what looked like a blowout into a one-possession game with 4:30 left.

Budget and blowout guide to Rome


When in Rome, eat as Romans do


Chasing the Higgs
At the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, two armies of scientists struggled to close in on physics’ most elusive particle.

Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said the crew and a number of passengers onboard flight AC033 to Sydney from Vancouver spotted the boat and advised authorities of its location.
加拿大航空發言人彼得.費茲派崔克說,這架編號AC003、從溫哥華飛往雪梨的班機的機組人員與許多乘客發現這艘船,並通知當局該船的所在位置。



Rolls-Royce Group PLC said Monday thatit is closing in on understanding why one of its engines on a Qantas Airways Ltd. Airbus A380 jetliner blew apart last week, and the British engine maker is making fixes that will allow the Australian carrier to return its superjumbo jets to service.



Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce said the carrier's engineers found oil leaks in engines on three of its six A380s. The fleet of double-decker planes—which are made by Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.—has been grounded since Thursday, after the fiery blowout of a turbine that forced a flight with 466 passengers and crew onboard to make an emergency landing in Singapore soon after taking off.




US STOCKS-Google lifts Wall St in otherwise rough week
Reuters
By Ashley Lau NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - Google's blowout quarter led the Nasdaq higher on Friday but mounting uncertainty about the government's ability to reach a debt-reduction deal may keep investors at bay in the coming week. ...



The ‘Celebration Vacation’: The New Way Friends Are Marking Milestone Birthdays 


More people are choosing to celebrate their big birthdays and anniversaries far from home, inviting all their friends along for a blowout trip. Here’s how to plan your own celebration vacation



Mr. Pleasant was one of the supervisors responsible for the blowout preventer.

Germany's Federation of Expellees has announced it will not nominate its president, Erika Steinbach, for a seat on the board of a public museum commemorating the millions of ethnic Germans who fled Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The federation said it had accepted an offer from Steinbach to forego nomination and leave the post unfilled instead. Steinbach, who is also a conservative MP with the Christian Democratic Union, was slated for nomination in mid-February.



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The purpose of a green slat was to indicate that the ratio of seawater to refined sugar was below 3.5. A red slat indicated the opposite. ...


The videogame sector capped a strong year with a blowout month helped by a slate of popular titles and continued demand for Nintendo's Wii console.


slat
noun [C]
a thin narrow piece of wood, plastic or metal used to make floors, furniture, window coverings, etc:
The base of the bed was made of slats.

slatted
slatted floors/doors/windows

 slat



  
━━ n., vt. (-tt-) (木・金属の)細い薄板(を張る).
 slat・ted ━━ a. 細長い薄板で作られた.

cap (COVER)
noun [C]
1 a small usually protective lid or cover:
The camera has a lens cap to protect the lens surface.

2 an artificial protective covering on a tooth

cap
verb [T] -pp-
The mountain was capped with (= The top of it was covered by) snow.
have your teeth capped (= protected with an artificial covering)

-capped 
suffix
with a top covered in the way mentioned:
a snow-capped mountain



slate (CHOOSE) Show phonetics
verb [T] US
to be expected to happen in the future or to be expected to be or do something in the future:
[+ to infinitive] Geoff is slated to be the next captain of the football team.
The election is slated for (= the chosen day is) next Thursday.

slate Show phonetics
noun [C] US
the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take part in an election:
The senator has not got a full slate of delegates in New York.

 slate1



 
-->  ━━ n., vt. 粘板岩; スレート(でふく); 石板; 予定表; 〔米〕 予定する ((for; to do)); 石板色 ((青灰色)); 〔米〕 候補者名簿(に登録する) ((for; to be)).
 clean the slate / wipe the slate clean (公約・義務などを)一切ご破算にする, 過去を水に流す.
 put … on the slate 〔話〕 貸しとして記入する.
 slate club 〔英話〕 貯蓄組合.
 slate pencil 石筆.
 slat・er ━━ n. スレートふき職人.
 clean slate 立派な記録[経歴].

blow・out


(空気・水の)奔出, 破裂(孔), パンク; (ヒューズが)飛ぶこと; 〔俗〕 どんちゃん騒ぎ.


close in

1. Surround, enclose, envelop, as in The fog closed in and we couldn't see two yards in front of us, or She felt the room was closing in. [c. 1400]
2. Also, close in on or upon. Draw in, approach, as in The police closed in on the suspect. [Early 1800s]blow·out (blō'out') pronunciation
n.
    1. A sudden rupture or bursting, as of an automobile tire.
    2. The hole made by such a rupture.
  1. A sudden escape of a confined gas or liquid, as from a well.
  2. Slang. A large party or other social affair: "Lunch was a billion-calorie blowout beside the pool" (Vanity Fair).
  3. Informal. A lopsided victory or thorough defeat.



onboard


 
音節
ón • bóard
[形](ロケット・人工衛星などに)搭載された, 内蔵された, 船[艦]上の, 機[車]上の.



 possession
 (in soccer, rugby, and other ball games) temporary control of the ball by a player or team:the ball hit a defender and Brown’s quick reaction put him in possession

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