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2011/05/24 (Tue)
1. gripe verb
原句: And as in every year, many of them will gripe.
意思: to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way
字源: Old English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope. The current usage, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.
例句: He's always griping about the people at work.
2. surly adjective
原句: Whether it's fees, crowded planes, no food or surly service, people will complain about the current state of air travel.
意思: bad-tempered and rude
字源: mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lordly, haughty, arrogant’): alteration of obsolete sirly (see sir, -ly).
例句: What a surly man!
3. wistfully adverb
原句: They'll talk wistfully about the good old days of flying, of a bygone era when a glamorous stewardess delivered white-glove service with a smile.
意思: thinking sadly about sth that you would like to have, especially sth in the past that you can no longer have
例句: She sighed wistfully.
4. bygone adjective
原句: They'll talk wistfully about the good old days of flying, of a bygone era when a glamorous stewardess delivered white-glove service with a smile.
意思: happening or existing a long time ago
例句: The family story was that, in bygone days, he had been a rich farmer in Australia.
5. glamorous adjective
原句: They'll talk wistfully about the good old days of flying, of a bygone era when a glamorous stewardess delivered white-glove service with a smile.
意思: especially attractive and exciting, and different from ordinary things or people
例句: Canoeing is not seen as glamorous in the way that skiing is.
原句: And as in every year, many of them will gripe.
意思: to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way
字源: Old English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope. The current usage, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.
例句: He's always griping about the people at work.
2. surly adjective
原句: Whether it's fees, crowded planes, no food or surly service, people will complain about the current state of air travel.
意思: bad-tempered and rude
字源: mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lordly, haughty, arrogant’): alteration of obsolete sirly (see sir, -ly).
例句: What a surly man!
3. wistfully adverb
原句: They'll talk wistfully about the good old days of flying, of a bygone era when a glamorous stewardess delivered white-glove service with a smile.
意思: thinking sadly about sth that you would like to have, especially sth in the past that you can no longer have
例句: She sighed wistfully.
4. bygone adjective
原句: They'll talk wistfully about the good old days of flying, of a bygone era when a glamorous stewardess delivered white-glove service with a smile.
意思: happening or existing a long time ago
例句: The family story was that, in bygone days, he had been a rich farmer in Australia.
5. glamorous adjective
原句: They'll talk wistfully about the good old days of flying, of a bygone era when a glamorous stewardess delivered white-glove service with a smile.
意思: especially attractive and exciting, and different from ordinary things or people
例句: Canoeing is not seen as glamorous in the way that skiing is.
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