| 释义 |
Examples:(often with negatives: impossible mention X in the same breath as Y)—satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others—percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick—be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)—otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games—overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)—lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure do well.—mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)—smear one's lips with the blood of a sacrifice as a means of pledging allegiance (old)—Gestalt psychology (concerned with treating a subject as a coherent whole)—Mach number, multiples of speed of sound used as unit in aeronautics, with 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr—banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive—sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice—beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)—whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)—lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit—snuffle (as in nose with a cold)—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—lit. draw a dipper with a gourd as a model [idiom.]—used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima—You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. [idiom.]—stay with sb. as a guest—emerge as a new force to be reckoned with [idiom.]— |