Question of the Day #827

Cannes Film Festival isn’t your run-of-the-mill celebrity gathering.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at The Zoe Report.

  上記の文で、run-of-the-millの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "run-of-the-mill" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔物や人が特別ではなく〕平凡な、ありふれた、普通の、並の、特徴のない、よくある［いる］◆【同】ordinary

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

not outstanding in quality or rarity: AVERAGE, ORDINARY

 

語源

Merriam-Websterによると、

当初run-of-the-millは、等級や品質によって選別されていない製造品のことを言い（19世紀後半）、その後今のように比喩的に使われるようになりました。

 

Etymology

According to Merriam-Webster,

Run-of-the-mill first began as a term for manufactured goods that had not been graded or sorted for quality and later was used in its current figurative sense.

   

Examples

• He gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech.
• I was just a very average run-of-the-mill kind of student.
• For many they clearly represent an alternative to run-of-the-mill estate cars.
• He has that mental toughness which sets him apart from your normal, run-of-the-mill guy. - The Sun (2011)
• This is not a run-of-the-mill account of local politics and the encounter between colonial rulers and their subjects.

   

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Question of the Day #826

Waluigi Proves He's Still The King Of Swagger

From the headline of this article at Kotaku.

  上記の文で、swaggerの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "swagger" mean?

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

[自動詞]
威張って歩く、自慢する

[名詞]
威張ること、威張った態度［歩き方］、自慢、自信たっぷりな態度

名詞の場合、「威張った態度［歩き方］」と「自信たっぷりな態度」ではニュアンスがだいぶ違うが、内容や文脈で読み取るしかありません。
問題文の場合は、「ワルイージ」というキャラクターの話なので「威張った態度［歩き方］」でよろしいのではないでしょうか。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

Intransitive verb

1. to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
   especially: to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence
2. BOAST, BRAG

  Transitive verb

• to force by argument or threat: BULLY

 

1. 1. an arrogantly self-confident way of walking: an act or instance of swaggering
   2. arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior
   3. ostentatious display or bravado
2. bold or brash self-confidence

   

Examples

• They swaggered into the room.
• He walked out of the room with a self-confident swagger.
• "Taxi" opens with an argument over capital punishment between a progressive female teacher and a condescending loudmouth who's all macho swagger. — Sheri Linden
• He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. — Carl Hiaasen, New York Times Book Review, 22 Feb. 2009
• He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. — Matthew Klam, Harper's, February 1999

   

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Question of the Day #825

Player-controlled movement is also a little janky, and mapped to the joystick in a slightly awkward way.

From the 9th paragraph of this article at Cog Connected.

  上記の文で、jankyの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "janky" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〈米俗〉低品質の、粗悪な
2. 〈米俗〉信用できない、疑わしい

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

very bad in quality or condition

 

語源

Dictionary.comによると、

Jankyは、1990年代に黒人のスラングが起源で歌手Ice Cubeの1993年発表の曲Really Doe(“Hard to swallow, janky as Rollo / Count to ten, and don’t try to follow.”)等で使用された。

 

Etymology

According to Dictionary.com,

Janky first emerged in black slang in the 1990s, featured in rap songs as early as Ice Cube’s 1993 “Really Doe”: “Hard to swallow, janky as Rollo / Count to ten, and don’t try to follow.”

   

Examples

• The elevator in the library is so janky.
• Her physical revealed what you might call a "janky elbow."
• When you travel as much as I do, you get used to staying in some pretty janky hotel rooms.
• This old computer of mine has gotten pretty janky over the years, but I can't bring myself to buy a new one.
• I remember being blown away by these graphics when I was a kid, but they look so janky now!

   

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Question of the Day #824

Rochester teacher in temper tantrum video loses job, wasn't certified in NH

From the headline of this article at the Foster's Daily Democrat.

上記の文で、temper tantrumの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "temper tantrum" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

かんしゃく

下記、英語の定義にあるように、ただのtantrumの別の言い方です。

Answer

According to the Collins Dictionary:

another name for tantrum

   

Examples

• He had a temper tantrum and banged his fist on the ground.
• “When I was a kid I used to have temper tantrums on the basketball court,” he says. DEAN BAQUET, THE NYT’S EXECUTIVE EDITOR, ON JILL ABRAMSON, RACE, SURVIVING CANCER—AND TMZ ENVY|LLOYD GROVE|SEPTEMBER 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
• You're adults, not children, and throwing a temper tantrum every time something doesn't go your way is not the way to address things.
• Experiments featured in the series also reveal how to diffuse a temper tantrum - distraction techniques work best. Times, Sunday Times (2018)
• But her smug expression dissolved into tears as details of her vicious hour-long temper tantrum were revealed. The Sun (2008)

   

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Question of the Day #823

In Iceland, traditionally a land of cat lovers, bans and curfews are redefining the human relationship with domestic cats.

From the lede of this article at Hakai Magazine.

  上記の文で、domestic catの意味は？
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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

家猫、飼い猫

とありますが、もっと簡単に言えばいわゆる「猫」です。  

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

domestic cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis

 

Examples

• It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.
• A domestic cat by the sheer definition of the word is supposed to be a cat the resides in a domicile—however, not all domestic cats are house cats.
• Domestic cats or domesticated cats came to be thousands of years ago through selective breeding.
• cat, (Felis catus), also called house cat or domestic cat, domesticated member of the family Felidae, order Carnivora, and the smallest member of that family.
• Like all felids, domestic cats are characterized by supple low-slung bodies, finely molded heads, long tails that aid in balance, and specialized teeth and claws that adapt them admirably to a life of active hunting.

   

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Question of the Day #822

The police reform efforts of 2021 are a great first step to try and alter this dynamic and weed out those officers who do not treat people fairly and equitably.

From the answer to the 6th question of this article at the Baltimore Sun.

  上記の文で、weed outの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "weed out" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔雑草を〕引き抜く
2. 〔好ましくないものを〕取り除く、除去［削除］する

問題文の解答は、当然2番の訳です。
ところで、1番の訳は間違いではないかもしれないが、まずこの意味で使うことはありません。「〔雑草を〕引き抜く 」の意味の単語は、動詞として使用できるWeedそのものです。だから「庭の雑草を引き抜く」場合、Weed out the yard.ではなく、Weed the yard.だけで十分です。

Answer

According to :

(tr, adverb) to separate out, remove, or eliminate (anything unwanted): to weed out troublesome students.

 

Examples

• They will review the applications to weed out the less qualified candidates.
• The administration plans to weed out failed programs.
• He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds.
• A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible.
• And having to weed out delinquents of all ages and sizes from the Saturday night hop was the straw that broke the camel's back. -Richard Francis; PROSPECT HILL (2003)

 

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Question of the Day #821

As you would expect for a game of just incredible magnitude, there will be mouthwatering matchups across the field when Liverpool take on Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final.

From the headline of this article at the Sporting News.

  上記の文で、mouthwateringの意味は？
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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

よだれの出そうな、食欲をそそる、おいしそうな、喉から手が出るほど欲しい、誘うような

問題文は、食べ物とは関係ないので、最後の「誘うような」が一番適切です。  

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

arousing the appetite: tantalizingly delicious or appealing

 

Examples

• The world’s most mouthwatering cider doughnuts still come from Bartlett’s Orchard in Richmond. — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
• Look at those mouthwatering desserts.
• The air filled suddenly with a mouthwatering aroma of cooked meats. -- Erskine, Barbara, MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
• It is a mouthwatering list of exemptions from taxation.
• The prospect of what the Dynamic HDR Enhancer might be able to do with the VW1025ES’s 2,200 lumens of peak brightness (versus 2,000 on the already spectacular VW915ES) is pretty mouthwatering. — John Archer, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021

 

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