2016年8月19日 星期五

yew, hardy, (love ) setting, archery bows


"I told you I lost my way after passing that old farmhouse
with the yew-trees, because I can never bear to ask;
but I have not told you that, with my usual luck--for I
never do wrong without gaining by it--I found myself in due
time in the very place which I had a curiosity to see.


hardy, (love ) setting
Safer; hardier; less resource-intensive: why robots could be preferable to both humans and drones as plane pilots

今晨翻 Edwardian Architecture
發現有一家具love setting
馬上想到你說的 love seat (雙人座沙發) love seat 2人掛けのソファー.
不過這可坐3人 主要特徵是座上下面都可以有櫃子或簾幕等等
一般辭典setting無此義 Shorter O.E.D.有 我找GOOGLE圖前四五頁都沒有
pronunciation The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun. — Henry Ward Beecher



hardy
ˈhɑːdi/
adjective
comparative adjective: hardier
  1. capable of enduring difficult conditions; robust.
    "a hardy breed of cattle"

【劇】装置, 背景, 環境;
Setting
The time, place, and culture in which the action of a narrative takes place. The elements of setting may include geographic location, characters' physical and mental environments, prevailing cultural attitudes, or the historical time in which the action takes place. Examples of settings include the romanticized Scotland in Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley" novels, the French provincial setting in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, the fictional Wessex country of Thomas Hardy's novels, and the small towns of southern Ontario in Alice Munro's short stories.











yew
n. - 紫杉, 紅豆杉, 紫杉木
.這經常種植在慕墓旁
  1. Any of several poisonous evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, having scarlet cup-shaped arils and flat needles that are dark green above and yellowish below.
  2. The wood of any of these trees, especially the durable, fine-grained wood of the Old World species Taxus baccata, used in cabinetmaking and for archery bows.
[Middle English, from Old English īw.]
yew
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yew
Thomas Hardy - "Transformations"
Portion of this yew
Is a man my grandsire knew,
Bosomed here at this foot:
This branch may be his wife,

A ruddy human life

Now turned to a green shoot.
These grasses must be made
Of her who often prayed,

Last century, for repose;

And the fair girl long ago
Whom I often tried to know
May be entering this rose.
So they are not underground
But as nerves and veins abound
In the growths of upper air,
And they feel the sun and rain,
And the energy again
That made them what they "were"!
李光耀 Lee Kuan Yew sees perils for the city-state’s future in China’s rise, the world economy and climate change.
横河・ヒューレット・パッカード株式会社(YHP)は、横河電機(YEW)とヒューレット・

archer
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noun [C]
a person who shoots arrows from a bow for sport or, in the past, as a weapon

archery Show phonetics
noun [U]
the art or sport of shooting arrows

Compound Bows Recalled by BowTech Archery; Bow Can Unexpectedly Break Apart

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: “The General” Compound Bows
Units: About 8,000
Manufacturer: BowTech Archery, of Eugene, Ore.
Hazard: The ends of the bow’s limbs can unexpectedly break during use and send fragments of the bow in the direction of the user or bystanders, posing a risk of injury.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received 255 reports of the bow’s limbs breaking, including 11 reports of lacerations, abrasions, or contusions when pieces from the breaking bow struck the user.
Description: This recall involves the “The General” compound bows hunting and target models with draw weights of 60 and 70 pounds that do not have a collet (see illustration below) in the limb. The bows measure about 31 inches long and have draw lengths of 26-30 inches. Hunting models were sold in real tree and mossy oak camouflage patterns. Target models were sold in gray, black, and wood-grain. The bows have laminated wood grips engraved with the word “BowTech” and a label with “The General” on the center pivot point of the bottom limb.
Sold at: Authorized BowTech Dealers nationwide from September 2007 through July 2008 for about $800.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bows and contact their dealer to schedule a free repair.
Consumer Contact: For more information, contact BowTech Archery at (888) 689-1289 anytime or visit the company’s Web site at www.bowtecharchery.com



Picture of Recalled Compound Bow

Picture with a collet (not included in recall) and without a collet (included in recall)

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