2019年12月13日 星期五

synoptic, synopsis, synopsize, Commanding Majority, commanding ridge, ridgeline



Conservatives Win Commanding Majority in U.K. Vote: ‘Brexit Will Happen’

  • The strong showing is vindication for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who now has a chance to put his personal stamp on Britain, beginning with Brexit.
  • The results pointed to a radical reconfiguration of the country’s political map.


1953/6/16 胡適給朱文長信中提到基督教學者百年來的好成績
Synoptic Gospels :對觀(照)福音;福音合參:瑪竇、瑪谷和路加三福音的內容、結構及文詞彼此非常相似,並列印在一起,謂之對觀福音(書)。



"I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below." — Daniel Boone

ridge
n.
A long, narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave.
A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains. Also called ridgeline.
A long, narrow elevation on the ocean floor.
Meteorology. An elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure. Also called wedge.
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body: the ridge of the nose.
The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
v., ridged, ridg·ing, ridg·es. v.tr.
To mark with, form into, or provide with ridges.

v.intr.
To form ridges.

[Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg.]

ridge


 
音節
ridge
発音
rídʒ

ridgeの変化形
ridges (複数形) • ridged (過去形) • ridged (過去分詞) • ridging (現在分詞) • ridges (三人称単数現在)
ridgeの慣用句
have been around the ridges, (全1件)
[名]
1 山の背, 尾根;分水嶺[線].
2 (動物の)背, 背すじ
the ridge of an animal's back
動物の背すじ.
3 (物の)(細長い)隆起部
the ridge of a wave
波がしら.
4 (屋根の)大棟(むね).
5 (織物・畑などの)うね.
6 気圧の尾根, リッジ.
have been around the ridges
((豪))経験豊富である.
━━[動](他)
1 〈屋根に〉棟をつける;〈畑に〉うねを立てる.
2 〈織物などに〉うねを作る, …を(うねのように)隆起させる.
━━(自)うねをなす.


synoptic
(sĭ-nŏp'tĭk) pronunciation also syn·op·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.
  1. Of or constituting a synopsis; presenting a summary of the principal parts or a general view of the whole.
    1. Taking the same point of view.
    2. often Synoptic Relating to or being the first three gospels of the New Testament, which share content, style, and order of events and which differ largely from John.
  2. Meteorology. Of or relating to data obtained nearly simultaneously over a large area of the atmosphere.
[Greek sunoptikos, from sunopsis, general view. See synopsis.]
synoptically syn·op'ti·cal·ly adv.

synopsis
(sĭ-nŏp'sĭs) pronunciation
n., pl., -ses (-sēz).
A brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary.

[Late Latin, from Greek sunopsis, general view : sun-, syn- + opsis, view.]
  • [sinɑ'psis | -nɔ'p-]
[名](複 -ses 〔-siz〕)
1 (著述物などの)梗概(こうがい), 概要, 大意((of ...)).
2 要綱, 摘要, 一覧. ⇒SUMMARY[名]


synopsisLine breaks: syn¦op|sis
Pronunciation: /sɪˈnɒpsɪs   /


Definition of synopsis in English:

NOUN (plural synopses /-siːz/)

1brief summary or general survey of something:a synopsis of the insurance cover provided is set outbelow
1.1An outline of the plot of a playfilm, or book.

Origin

early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek, from sun-'together' + opsis 'seeing'.

Derivatives


synopsize

1
(also synopsise) VERB
Thus baldly  synopsized


baldLine breaks: bald
Pronunciation: /bɔːld /Definition of bald in English:

ADJECTIVE

1Having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair:he was starting to go bald
1.1(Of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers:hedgehogs are born bald
1.2(Of a plant or an area of land) not covered by theusual leaves, bark, or vegetation:the bald trunks with their empty branches
1.3(Of a tyre) having the tread worn away:the Nissan had two bald tyres

Origin

Middle English: probably from a base meaning 'white patch', whence the archaic sense 'marked or streaked with white'. Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal, denoting a horse with a white mark on its face.

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