Its meaning in the application context is reduced to a vague bridge metaphor referring to the function of a portal.

在该程序的上下文中，我们勉强可以理解到这张图片的意义是想用一张模糊的桥的照片来表示这个门户系统的功能。

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As the word came down to English in the 16th century through Latin it narrowed its meaning from including things like garlic to mostly referring to Onions.

16世纪时，这个词经由拉丁语传入英语中，它的词义范围由泛指大蒜等植物的鳞茎缩小到仅表示洋葱。

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Editors have defined the term as both a trademarked noun referring to "a popular social networking website", and as a verb, meaning "to search for (a person's profile) on the Facebook website".

编辑们给这个词定义了两种词义。 一是作为名词的商标名字，意思是“一个流行的社交网站”；另一个是作为动词，意为“在Facebook网站搜索（个人资料）”。

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Well, in fact this is a very purposeful, planned and clever strategy on the part of the anti-fracking industry to try and control the discussion by controlling the meaning of the primary term used in referring to the topic.

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