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Exhibit a

the most important piece of evidence relating to a matter in question. From legal usage, denoting the first exhibit submitted as evidence in a trial.


weigh in

Be weighed; also, be of a particular weight. For example, Because it was such a small plane, the passengers and their luggage had to weigh in before takeoff, or The fish weighed in at 18 pounds. [Late 1800s]

weigh in

• 1(of a boxer or jockey) be officially weighed before or after a contest: Mason weighed in at 17st 10 lb

2 informal make a forceful contribution to a competition or argument:the dispute turned nastier when Steward weighed in the paper’s editor weighed in with criticism of the president

rocketing

Definition of rocket

noun

• 1a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.
• (also rocket engine or rocket motor) an engine that operates by the combustion of its contents, providing thrust as in a jet engine but without depending on the intake of air for combustion.
• an elongated rocket-propelled missile or spacecraft: [as modifier]:a rocket launcher
• used to refer to a person or thing that moves very fast or to an action that is done with great force:she shot out of her chair like a rocket

• 2 [in singular] British informal a severe reprimand: he got a rocket from the Director

verb (rockets, rocketing, rocketed)

• 1 [no object] (of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly:sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing (as adjective rocketing)rocketing prices
• [with adverbial of direction] move very rapidly: [no object]:he rocketed to national stardom [with object]:she showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semi-finals last year

• 2 [with object] attack with rocket-propelled missiles:the city was rocketed and bombed from the air

Phrases

rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)

rise suddenly and dramatically (and subsequently fall in a similar manner): the firm worries that, after rising like a rocket, exports could drop like the stick

Origin:

early 17th century: from French roquette, from Italian rocchetto, diminutive of rocca 'distaff (for spinning)', with reference to its cylindrical shape

skyrocket

[名]

1 ロケット花火, のろし.

2 集団声援.

3 《植物》ヒメハナシノブ.

━━[動](自)(他)((略式))〈物価・名声などが［を］〉急上昇する［させる］.

exhibit

Pronunciation: /ɪgˈzɪbɪt, ɛg-/

Definition of exhibit

verb

[with object]

• 1publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair:only one sculpture was exhibited in the artist’s lifetime
• [no object] (of an artist) display one’s work to the public in an art gallery or museum:she was invited to exhibit at several French museums
• publicly display the work of (an artist) in an art gallery or museum:no foreign painters were exhibited

• 2manifest clearly (a quality or a type of behaviour):he could exhibit a saintlike submissiveness
• show as a sign or symptom:patients with alcoholic liver disease exhibit many biochemical abnormalities

noun

• an object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair:the museum is rich in exhibits
• North American an exhibition: people flocked to the exhibit in record-breaking numbers
• Law a document or other object produced in a court as evidence: many exhibits, including the cockpit voice recordings, will be produced in court

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'submit for consideration', also 'present a document as evidence in court'): from Latin exhibit- 'held out', from the verb exhibere, from ex- 'out' + habere 'hold'

distaff

Syllabification: (dis·taff)

Pronunciation: /ˈdistaf/

Definition of distaff

noun

• a stick or spindle onto which wool or flax is wound for spinning.
• [as modifier] of or concerning women.

Origin:

Old English distæf: the first element is apparently related to Middle Low German dise, disene 'distaff, bunch of flax'; the second is staff¹. The extended sense arose because spinning was traditionally done by women

distaff

【形容詞】

1

女性に特徴的な、または、女性に特有である
(characteristic of or peculiar to a woman)

【名詞】

1

羊毛やリンネルを紡ぐ前に巻き取るもの
(the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning)

2

女性による仕事の範囲
(the sphere of work by women)