| 单词 | 孩童 |
| 释义 | 〔program〕"Working parents rely on the center's after-school latchkey program"(New York Times)“工作的父母都依赖这间中心看管孩童的服务”(纽约时报)〔Morisot〕French impressionist painter most admired for her graceful canvases featuring women and children.摩里森，贝尔特：(1841-1895) 法国印象派画家，主要以其浓厚的妇女和孩童特色的优雅油画而闻名〔bob〕A woman's or child's short haircut.短发：女子或孩童的短发〔perseverance〕"Again and again . . . with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts" (Nathaniel Hawthorne). “一次又一次…凭着孩童对某些本身重要的目标所持有的不屈不挠的顽强，他重新开始了努力” （纳撒尼尔·霍斯隆）〔complected〕"A white-haired and ruddy-complected priest stood on the deck of one of the trawlers"(New York Times)"Fewer still could fit the original job description of a raven-haired, smooth-complected, red-lipped innocent"(Los Angeles Times)“一个白头发、脸色红润的牧师站在一只拖网渔船的甲板上”(纽约时报)“没几个人会仍然相信对当初那个黑头发、光皮肤、红嘴唇的幼稚孩童的描述”(洛杉矶时报)〔changeling〕A child secretly exchanged for another.被偷换下的孩童〔hosey〕Children in New England, especially in the Boston area,use the expressionI hosey when they are choosing sides for a game. TheBoston Globe asked readers about it in late 1987 and received responses from Boston; Belmont, Massachusetts; New Hampshire; and Maine.Its users agree that it is a children's expressionbut are unsure of its origin—some think that it derives from a pronunciation ofchoose with a heavy Irish brogue. Another possible origin of the expression is French-Canadianchoisir, "to choose.” 新英格兰，特别是波士顿地区的孩子们在进行一种游戏时，用我加入 表示选择加入哪一边来分组。 波士顿环球 杂志在1987年后半年时就此用语向其读者进行征询， 得到了波士顿地区、马萨诸塞州贝尔蒙特地区、新罕布什尔州及缅因州的读者的响应。此语使用者同意此语为孩童用语这一说法，但都不能确定其来源。有些读者认为其来自choose 这一词的带有浓重爱尔兰土腔的发音。 另一可能的词源是加拿大法语中choisir 一词“选择” 〔ability〕Even as a child he showed an unusual aptitude for mathematics. 甚至孩童时他就显露出非同一般的数学才能 〔Lessing〕British writer known for her five-volume seriesChildren of Violence (1952-1969) and for The Golden Notebook (1962). 莱辛，多立斯：(生于 1919) 英国作家，因其五部系列小说《暴力孩童》 （1952-1969年）和 《金色的笔记本》 （1962年）而闻名 〔orthopedics〕Greek paideia [child-rearing] from pais paid- [child] * see pau- 希腊语 paideia [抚养儿童] 源自 pais paid- [孩童] * 参见 pau- |
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