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Monthly Archives: 7月 2007

null

29-7月-07

[英和辞典] (法律上)無効の,効力のない

[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for July 29, 2007 is:

null • \NULL\  • adjective
*1 : having no legal or binding force : invalid 2 : having no value : insignificant 3 : of, being, or relating to zero

Example sentence:
The entertainer’s contract will be rendered null and […]

matutinal

28-7月-07

[英和辞典] 朝の,早朝の

[英英辞典] matutinal: relating to or occurring in the morning.(Dictionary.com)

mutable

28-7月-07

[英和辞典] 変わりやすい,不定の

[英英辞典] (adjective) likely to change.(Yahoo! Education)

quisling

28-7月-07

[英和辞典] 売国奴(ど)[1940年ノルウェーのQuisling少佐がナチスに内通したことから]

[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for July 28, 2007 is:

quisling • \KWIZ-ling\  • noun
: one who commits treason : collaborator

Example sentence:
The country is ruled by a puppet government composed of quislings.

Did you know?
Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian army officer who in 1933 founded Norway’s fascist party. In December 1939, he met with […]

coruscate

27-7月-07

[英和辞典] 輝く,きらめく

[英英辞典] coruscate: to give off or reflect bright beams or flashes of light.(Dictionary.com)

refurbish

27-7月-07

[英和辞典] 〈古びた物〉‘を’ぴかぴかにみがき直す

[英英辞典] (verb) to fix up.(Yahoo! Education)

untenable

27-7月-07

[英和辞典] 擁護(支持)できない;維持できない

[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for July 27, 2007 is:

untenable • \un-TEN-uh-bul\  • adjective
*1 : not able to be defended 2 : not able to be occupied

Example sentence:
The contractor made the untenable demand that all work be paid for up front, at which point we decided to take […]

supramundane

27-7月-07

Above or beyond this world.
(Wordsmith.org)

serendipity

26-7月-07

[英和辞典] 思わぬ良い物を見つけ出すこと,掘出し物じょうず

[英英辞典] serendipity: the faculty or phenomenon of making fortunate accidental discoveries.(Dictionary.com)

concise

26-7月-07

[英和辞典] (話・文章などが)簡潔な

[英英辞典] (adjective) expressed briefly and simply; succinct.(Yahoo! Education)
[例文]An exhibition at the Louvre shows that Corot as a draftsman was as abruptly concise as Corot the painter was dreamily poetic.