[英和辞典] 沸騰した
[英英辞典] ebullient: high-spirited.(Dictionary.com)
[例文]Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C’s and ebullient showmanship made him one of the most beloved tenors, has died. For both serious opera fans and lay persons, the superstar singer was the ideal interpreter of the Italian lyric repertory.
[英和辞典] （人が）器用な，創造性（想像力）がある
[英英辞典] (adjective) showing cleverness and originality.(Yahoo! Education)
[例文]My friends and I have revived an old college holiday tradition of ours–the wassail party, which consists of grilling, making wassail, drinking wassail, drinking everything else in the house, and then, apparently, falling asleep on the Barcalounger. (Quick trivia aside: The Barcolo Manufacturing Company may have been the first […]
[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for December 31, 2007 is:
pogonip • \PAH-guh-nip\ • noun
: a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western United States
Example sentence:
"The white wafer sun sports a halo, and nearby hills are veiled in pogonip." (Bill Croke, The American Spectator, […]
A collaborative Web site that can be edited by anyone.
(Wordsmith.org)
[Example]
(InfoWorld) - Baidu.com, which operatesChina’s most popular Internet search engine, may be the worst violator of Wikipedia copyrights, the chair of the foundation behind popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Sunday, as she asked the company again to give credit where credit is due.
The Wikimedia Foundation […]
[英英辞典] gelid: extremely cold; icy.(Dictionary.com)
[英和辞典] （態度・話し方が）ぶっきらぼうの，無愛想な，荒っぽい
[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for December 30, 2007 is:
brusque • \BRUSK\ • adjective
1 : markedly short and abrupt *2 : blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness
Example sentence:
Her brusque manner, often mistaken by others as unfriendliness, is actually caused by extreme shyness.
Did […]
[英和辞典] 《おどけて》酒好きの，大酒飲みの
[英英辞典] bibulous: of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcohol.(Dictionary.com)
[英和辞典] 『用心深い』，慎重な
[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for December 29, 2007 is:
prudent • \PROO-dunt\ • adjective
*1 : marked by wisdom or judiciousness 2 : shrewd in the management of practical affairs 3 : cautious, discreet 4 : thrifty, frugal
Example sentence:
The lawyer offered several prudent suggestions.
Did you […]
[英和辞典] 不名誉
[英英辞典]
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for December 28, 2007 is:
opprobrium • \uh-PROH-bree-um\ • noun
1 : something that brings disgrace 2 a : public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious*b : contempt, reproach
Example sentence:
The athlete’s admission of using steroids earned her much opprobrium from […]
1. A priest or a medicine man.
2. An important person (usually in the phrase: big kahuna).
(Wordsmith.org)