2014年7月29日 星期二

lane, tingle, prickle, meridian, zenith, nadir,shipping lane, passing lane


  

Rustle, Tingle, Relax
Rustle, Tingle, Relax
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With environmentguardian.co.uk The prospect of an ice-free Arctic by mid-century had set off a scramble for shipping lanes by Russia and China especially, and for access to oil and other resources.

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By NEIL GENZLINGER
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New Barclays Boss Faces Capital Question 
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Daimler Chief Aims to Get Mercedes Into Passing Lane17









A passing lane is often colloquially referred to as a fast lane because it is often used for extended periods of time for through traffic or fast traffic. In theory, a passing lane should be used only for passing, thus allowing, even on a road with only two lanes in each direction, motorists to travel at their own pace.


tingle1

Line breaks: tin¦gle
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪŋg(ə)l 
  
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VERB

Experience or cause to experience a slight prickling or stinging sensation:[NO OBJECT]: she was tingling with excitement[WITH OBJECT]: a standing ovation that tingled your spine
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NOUN

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A slight prickling or stinging sensation:a tingle of anticipation
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Origin

late Middle English: perhaps a variant of tinkle. The original notion was perhaps 'ring in response to a loud noise', but the term was very early applied to the result of hearing something shocking.

prickle

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音節
prick • le
発音
príkl
prickleの変化形
prickles (複数形) • prickling (現在分詞) • prickles (三人称単数現在)
[名]
1 とがった先.
2 （動植物などの）とげ，いが(pricker).
3 ((the ～))ちくちく刺す感じ［痛み］.
━━[動](他)
1 …をちくりと刺す，…を（突き棒で）軽く突く.
2 〈目などを〉ちくちくさせる.
━━(自)
1 〈皮膚などが〉ちくちく痛む.
2 （とげのように）まっすぐ立つ.

lane

Line breaks: lane
Pronunciation: /leɪn      noun
  • 2A division of a road marked off with painted lines and intended to separate single lines of traffic according to speed or direction: the car moved into the outside lane a bus lane
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  • 2.1Each of a number of parallel strips of track or water for runners, rowers, or swimmers in a race: she went into the final in lane three
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  • 2.2A route prescribed for or regularly followed by ships or aircraft: the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic
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  • 2.3(In tenpin bowling) a long, narrow strip of floor down which the ball is bowled: a maximum of six people can play on a lane at any one time
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  • 2.4 Biochemistry Each of a number of notional parallel strips in the gel of an electrophoresis plate, occupied by a single sample: DNA from various sources is placed in separate lanes on an electrophoretic gel
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  • 2.5 Astronomy A dark streak or band which shows up against a bright background, especially in a spiral galaxy: the innermost dust lane is dense enough to absorb some infrared
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Phrases



it's a long lane that has no turning

• proverb Nothing goes on forever; change is inevitable.

Derivatives



laned

adjective
[in combination]: multi-laned motorways

Origin

Old English, related to Dutch laan; of unknown ultimate origin.

nadir[na・dir]


レベル：大学入試程度
発音記号[néidər | -diə]

[名]

1 ((the 〜))《天文》天底：天頂(zenith)の正反対の点.

2 ((the ［one's］ 〜))（不況・堕落などの）どん底

at the nadir of adversity
逆境のどん底に.

子午線meridian

　子午線
注音一式　ㄗˇ　ㄨˇ　ㄒ｜ㄢˋ
漢語拼音　ｚ 　ｗ 　ｘｉ ｎ 注音二式　ｔ 　ｗ 　ｓｈｉ ｎ
通過南北極端的假想線。子、午在中國各代表方位的正北與正南方，故稱為「子午線」。亦稱為「經線」。

子午线 zǐwǔxiàn：通过一颗行星或卫星自转轴的两极的大圆;地球表面上通过两极和某地的大圆。

meridian
n.
    1. An imaginary great circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South geographic poles. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.
    2. Either half of such a great circle from pole to pole.
  2. Astronomy. A great circle passing through the two poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith of a given observer.
  3. Mathematics.
    1. A curve on a surface of revolution, formed by the intersection of the surface with a plane containing the axis of revolution.
    2. A plane section of a surface of revolution containing the axis of revolution.
  4. Any of the longitudinal lines or pathways on the body along which the acupuncture points are distributed.
  5. Archaic.
    1. The highest point in the sky reached by the sun or another celestial body; a zenith.
    2. Noon.
  6. The highest point or stage of development; peak: "Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives" (John Henry Newman).
  7. Midwestern U.S. See median strip. See Regional Note at neutral ground.
adj.
  1. Of or relating to a meridian; meridional.
  2. Of or at midday: the meridian hour.
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the highest point, as of development or power: the empire in its meridian period.
[Middle English, from Old French, midday, from Latin merīdiānus, of midday, from merīdiēs, midday, from merīdiē, at midday, alteration of earlier *medīdiē, from *mediei diē : *mediei, dative (locative) of medius, middle + diē, dative of diēs, day.]

[名]
1
(1) 子午線；経線
the prime meridian
本初子午線.
(2) （天球の）子午線
the celestial meridian
天体子午線.
2 ((the 〜))((文))（繁栄・発展などの）絶頂, 頂点；最高潮, 全盛期
We have passed the meridian (of life).
（人生の）最盛期を過ぎてしまった.
━━[形]
1 子午線の, 経線の.
2 正午の, 真昼の
the meridian hour
正午.
3 最盛期の, 頂点の.
［ラテン語merīdiānus （medius真中の＋dies日＋-AN＝日の真中の）. mediusの-d-はdの繰り返しを避けて-r-に変わった. ⇒BELFRY］
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