| 释义 |
Examples:boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)—hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone—chip on which tallies are recording during a drinking game—bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates—percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick—in Daoism, astral wind on which immortals may ride—vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way)—transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)—clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)—the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself—a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent—Prosper Mérimée, French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera—intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)—Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus—the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down—stop-loss point, a point at which you make a small loss limit your losses—writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset—A summer insect (which does not live see winter) cannot talk about ice—Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts women for their companionship and sexual favors—painted board on which make temporary notes with brush pen—traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which holds that a baby is one year old at birth—(Taiwan) religious ceremony in which offerings are made a deity—fig. write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly—war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government—writing style in which the main subject is not introduced initially—house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand—painted skin (which transforms a monster ina beauty)—small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam—a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)—Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty—snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes— |