释义 |
Examples:euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)—mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight)—without borders (used for organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières)—otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games—classifier for written items (such as an official statement)—classifier for long objects such as guns—jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)—dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap)—(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)—a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)—classifier for recurring events, often annual, such as conferences, class years in school—classifier for couples; objects in pairs, such as wedding rings, earrings—classifier for heavy objects, such as machines, TVs, computers; theater performances—classifier for objects in rows such as words—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—classifier for food in bowls such as soup, rice, congee, wonton—classifier for small objects, such as a grain of rice—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for objects in a small package or pouch, such as cookies, cigarettes—classifier for bagfuls of things, such as flour or cement—classifier for gusts or bursts; for events of short duration such as lightning, storms, wind—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages—classifier for cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—classifier for wheeled vehicles; such as cars, bicycles—classifier for flat things, such as paper, tables, faces, bows, paintings, tickets, constellations, blankets, bedsheets—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—classifier for objects in a small box or case, such as cigarettes, chocolates, mooncakes, cassettes, CDs—noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian— |