到目前为止,研究表明,在睡觉的时候学习一门语言的语调和发音,甚至是单词的意思是可能的,尽管这比白天无意识学习的效果要差。
So far, research suggests it may be possible to learn about the tone and pronunciation of a language or even the meaning of words while sleeping, although it is to a weaker level than what we do during the day without noticing.
宽扎是一个基斯瓦希里语单词,意思是“最先收获的果实”。
Kwanzaa is a Kiswahili word meaning "the first fruits of the harvest".
有一些语言最令人叹为观止的特色之一,是能够创造出某些长得无法一口气读完的单词,由此用一个单词就能表达英语需要用一整个句子才能说出来的意思。
One of the showiest stunts that some languages can pull off is an ability to build up words of breath-breaking length, and thus express in one word what English takes a whole sentence to say.
他把两个希腊单词合在了一起:oikos,意思是“房子”,和logie,意思是“什么的研究”。
He joined two Greek words: oikos, meaning "house", and logie, meaning "the study of".
“courage”这个词来源于拉丁文“cor”这个单词,是心脏的意思。
The word 'courage' stems from the Latin word 'cor' - which means heart.
如果我们从中文上转换一下,“天天用牛奶洗脸是浪费的。”跟上句话意思是一样的。“浪费的”这个单词wasteful高中生是非常熟悉的。
我的意思是说,如果你和一个说话很多的人在一起,你会不会被那些逐字显示的单词搞晕?
I mean, if you are with someone who is talking to much, would you literally be blinded by words?
出于这个原因,从事顾问称之为“改善”的方法是个好主意——这是一个日语单词,意思是持续改进。
For that reason, it's a good idea to engage in what the consultants call "kaizen" - a Japanese word for continuous improvement.
五分之一的人(占总数19%)不知道法语中表示“你好”的单词的意思,但这个单词是世界上最有名的外国问候语之一。
One fifth (19 per cent) did not know the meaning of the French word for hello, one of the most recognisable foreign greetings in the world.
这个“大众分类法”是一个融合了单词“分类”和“大众”,意思就是大众创造的概念结构。
The word “folksonomy” is a blend of the words “taxonomy” and “folk”, and stands for conceptual structures created by the people.
这个“大众分类法”是一个融合了单词“分类”和“大众”,意思就是大众创造的概念结构。
The word "folksonomy" is a blend of the words "taxonomy" and "folk", and stands for conceptual structures created by the people.
有时,你没有学过某个单词,不懂得它的意思,但手语的意思却很容易令人明白。因为,肢体语言往往是一种“世界通用”的语言,很多手语是很直接的,一目了然的。
Sometimes if they didn't know the meaning of a word, but knew the sign for that word then it would be very easy to deduce the meaning of the word, since most signs had very obvious meanings.
只能是特定的、理解你的语言的人,能够知道你的单词的意思。
And only certain people, namely those who understand your language, who graspthe meanings of your words.
他让学生们举出另外一些英语单词来代替原诗里那些没有意思、让人摸不着头脑的单词,“然后这就让句子稍微有了一点意思,尽管可能是很愚蠢的,”他说。
He asks students to substitute English words for the nonsense words "which will then in combination make a certain kind of sense even if the sense is silly" he explains.
他让学生们举出另外一些英语单词来代替原诗里那些没有意思、让人摸不着头脑的单词,“然后这就让句子稍微有了一点意思,尽管可能是很愚蠢的,”他说。
He asks students to substitute English words for the nonsense words, "which will then in combination make a certain kind of sense, even if the sense is silly," he explains.
古泰米尔语中表示鱼的单词是min,但是min还有“星星,行星”的意思。
The Old Tamil word for fish is min. But minhas another meaning too - "star" or "planet".
Timbromania 的意思是“邮票狂”,这一单词所包含的集邮者形象,当然不如“免税爱好者”那样充满魅力。
Timbromania means “stamp madness” and it certainly lends a less attractive image to its practitioners than does “lover of tax freedom.”
“洛可可”一词来源于法国的单词“Rocaille”,意思是用石子和贝壳做的装饰。从1730年到1780年洛可可风格风靡一时。
These were called 'Rococo', a taste that sprang from the French word 'Rocaille' which literally meant rocky or shell encrusted and which flourished between 1730 and 1780.
他们又学了拉丁词根later(意思是“边”),并且组成了英语单词bilateral(双边的)和quadrilateral(四边的)。
They learn the Latin root later, or side, and construct such English words as bilateral and quadrilateral.
罗马人采用这个名字来命名地中海以外的广阔的水域,因为他们的另一个意思为大水域的单词是mare,而实际上他们称范围更大的水域为mareoceanus。
The Romans adopted this name for the great body of water beyond the Mediterranean and since their other word for a big body of water was mare they in fact called the outer one the mare oceanus.
在孟加拉国,单词“grameen”的意思是乡村的。
医院发言人谭庆鼎表示:“他们是通过电话传递信息的,医生对误解该英文单词的意思负有责任。”
Tang Qingding, hospital spokesman, said, "They delivered the message over the phone, and the doctors responsible misunderstood the meaning of the English words."
该词根或许也包含在之后的古希腊语单词nemein中,它的意思同样是分配,分发。
This may have shown up later in an Ancient Greek word nemein with a similar meaning of “deal out” or “distribute.”
gymnastics这个单词的本身起源于希腊语gymnos,意思是对运动员来说无群摆设计的装束在那个年代是最低限度,也就是说最少。
The word itself derives from the Greek word gymnos, meaning naked - dress requirements for athletes in those days were minimal, to say the least.
Poesy的意思是诗歌,所以你可以很容易发现作者对于文中单词,符号和隐喻的偏好。
Poesy is a poem so you can tell right away that the author is keen on the power of words, symbolism and metaphor.
在拉丁语中有一个单词plicare,它与意思是“折叠”的类似希腊单词相关。
In Latin there is a word plicare which is related to a similar Greek word and which means "to fold."
在拉丁语中有一个单词plicare,它与意思是“折叠”的类似希腊单词相关。
In Latin there is a word plicare which is related to a similar Greek word and which means "to fold."
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