词源趣谈 | buttonhole 强迫听或谈
buttonhole someone 指强留他人听自己说话。
buttonhole someone 指强留他人听自己说话。
I did not hear the maiden's name; but in my thought I have ever since called her "Gentle Hand." What a magic lay in her touch! It was wonderful.
Jazlyn 是一个源自美式英语的女性名字,它的意思是“上帝的恩赐”。
butterfly 指蝴蝶,它们身形细瘦,却有着一对大而闪亮的翅膀。人们普遍认为,为了对这种扇动翅膀(fluttering by)的昆虫有所指称,遂产生了该词。
经济数据
economic data
There is a hotel on Broadway that has escaped discovery by the summer-resort promoters.
gate + way → gateway
Jayne 这个英文名并没有特定的寓意或者象征意义。它是一个比较常见的女性名字,通常被看作是 Jane 的变体。
个人养老金制度
private pension scheme
butter wouldn’t melt in someone’s mouth 常用以指看似纯真无瑕,实则满腹坏水的小孩。
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!--tear up the planks!--here, here!--it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
Jaya 是一个印度名字,源自梵语。在梵文中,“Jaya”有胜利、成功、荣耀的意思。
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