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- 时间: 2014-7-22 12:41With hands like a spatula, and girth that rivals his height, Mr. Hais struck an imposing figure as he campaigned along the irrigated farms and groves of date palms outside the provincial capital of Ramadi, populated by families that belong to his tribe of Albu Diyab.
Source: New York Times
In this sentence, spatula means:
a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
a bottle with a stopper
a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume
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- 时间: 2014-7-22 12:43spatula
Don’t even think about making pancakes if you don’t have a spatula. What else would you flip them with?
There are two main types of spatulas, both of which are kitchen utensils. One has a wide, flat surface attached to the end of a handle and is ideal for picking up, flipping, or serving hot foods like pancakes and hamburgers. The other has a more flexible end, usually made of rubber or plastic, and is used for mixing batter or spreading icing. Painters also use a type of spatula to mix or spread paint.
DEFINITIONS OF:
spatula
1
n a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
Types:
palette knife
a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints
putty knife
a spatula used to mix or apply putty
slice
a spatula for spreading paint or ink
Type of:
hand tool
a tool used with workers' hands
n a turner with a narrow flexible blade
Type of:
food turner, turner
cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
Add the salt and remaining flour, one cup at a time, folding it in with a spatula or a wooden spoon.
New York TimesJul 20, 2014
When it is chopped and adhering to the sides of the bowl, stop the machine and scrape down the sides with a spatula.
New York TimesJul 20, 2014
Pack into two 4-ounce canning jars or a small freezer container, using a rubber spatula to scrape out.
Washington TimesJul 19, 2014
Using a spatula, turn pancake over and cook for 5 to 10 more seconds, until thoroughly set, then transfer to a plate or cutting board. -
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- 时间: 2014-7-22 15:55visage
Visage is a literary term for referring to someone's face or facial features. You may notice that some face creams use the word visage to try to sound fancier than they are.
A famous use of visage is in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Brutus says: "O conspiracy/Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night,/When evils are most free? O, then by day/Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough/To mask thy monstrous visage?" Now there's a quote that will help you remember the meaning of visage, and even give you nightmares.
DEFINITIONS OF:
visage
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n the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
Synonyms:
countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler
Types:
pudding face, pudding-face
a large fat human face
Type of:
face, human face
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
n the appearance conveyed by a person's face
“a stern visage”
Synonyms:
countenance
Types:
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Type of:
appearance, visual aspect
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Televising her recognizable visage can likewise draw in valuable eyeballs.
Washington Post
Consider that on the door itself was pasted my visage, open-mouthed, above crossed bones.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party
When you get a look at him, his visage is horrifically blank.
New York TimesJul 8, 2014
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- 时间: 2014-7-23 10:20abnegation
When you purposely deny yourself something, especially in favor of the needs of others, you would describe this act as an abnegation. This has to be your choice, not the choice of others — so it's not abnegation when your parents don't let you stay out all night.
The noun abnegation definitely has the sense of self-denial and self-sacrifice. So you wouldn't use abnegation to refer to the fact that you are giving up candy in order to eat more fruit. You might also use the word if you are giving up dessert so that you can donate to charity all the money you saved by not eating them for a month or two. Some religions have fast days and you would definitely use abnegation if you've given up all food or something you like to eat in order to follow the rules and requirements of your beliefs.
DEFINITIONS OF: abnegation
1
n the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
“abnegation of the Holy Trinity”
Type of:
denial
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
n renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Synonyms:
denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation
Type of:
forgoing, forswearing, renunciation
the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
self-sacrifice, selflessness
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- 时间: 2014-7-23 10:20Free markets are the opposite of oppression; they are the abnegation of authority.
Washington TimesJun 14, 2014
Although born into an Abnegation family, she shows equal tendencies towards Dauntless and Erudite as well.
ForbesMar 23, 2014
Dauntless are the warrior class, those in Amity farm the earth, the clever Erudite store knowledge, Candor members enact the law, and selfless Abnegation leads.
SlateMar 21, 2014
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- 时间: 2014-7-23 12:53ambiguity
Something with ambiguity is unclear. Think about the sentence, "Jill saw the man with binoculars." If you are wondering whether Jill or the man had the binoculars, you are noticing the ambiguity, or the double meaning, of this sentence.
Lawyers word contracts to avoid ambiguity, but in doing so prevent anyone who is not a lawyer from understanding what they have written! If you can't choose between two decisions because both seem somehow wrong, you are dealing with moral ambiguity. Imagine if a friend who has helped you out many times asks you to cheat. It's wrong to cheat but it also seems wrong not to help someone who has been there for you.
DEFINITIONS OF: ambiguity
1
n unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Synonyms:
equivocalness
Antonyms:
unambiguity, unequivocalness
clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
Types:
equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication
intentionally vague or ambiguous
lexical ambiguity, polysemy
the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
no man's land, twilight zone
the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
Type of:
unclearness
incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear
n an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
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Type of:
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- 时间: 2014-7-23 12:53But the lawyers concluded that the school system’s expense policies contained “inconsistencies and ambiguities” that contributed to some of the concerns.
Washington Post
Citing an ambiguity in the law’s wording, the court said it would defer to the Obama Administration—which, after all, pushed the law through.
The New YorkerJul 21, 2014
The legal question came up because of ambiguities in the drafting of the Affordable Care Act that made it unclear when tax subsidies should apply.
New York TimesJul 21, 2014
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- 时间: 2014-7-23 13:01A decoy is a fake version of something used to play a trick or lead you into danger, like the cork duck decoys hunters put on the pond to make the real ducks think it's safe to stop by.
Decoy most often refers to bait used for trapping or killing an animal, but it can be any object or plan used to lead someone or something into trouble. Fisherman use worm decoys on their lures to catch fish, just like police use people as undercover decoys to catch criminals. While etymologists aren't positive, they suspect decoy comes from the Dutch kooi, which means “a cage.” So think of luring a mouse into a cage with a big slice of decoy cheese.
DEFINITIONS OF: decoy
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n something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Synonyms:
bait, lure
Types:
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Type of:
device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
n a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
Synonyms:
steerer
Types:
roper
a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
shill
a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
Type of:
accomplice, confederate
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
v lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Type of:
entice, lure, tempt
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- 时间: 2014-7-23 13:14In recent years, D.C. police have deployed extra patrol officers and teams of undercover decoys to respond to robberies.
Washington Post
The Illinois Valley is more well-known as the home to many of the famous duck decoy carvers of the 20th century.
Washington TimesJul 3, 2014
Just Black was laid out as the decoy, and I was going to be the fool.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The decoy was carried into the hospital in the eastern city of Gangneung as photographers snapped pictures.
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