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| Processed by: | richwarm (2013-11-12 07:23:37 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 50057 >> dictionaries generally don't include phrasings like "by extension, ..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: You should write to those knuckleheads over at the Oxford English Dictionary and set them straight. anticlimax 1. (Rhetoric) The opposite of climax: the addition of a particular which, instead of heightening the effect, suddenly lowers it or makes it ludicrous. 2. By extension: A descent or fall in contrast to a previous rise. apocalypse 1. The ‘revelation’ of the future granted to St. John in the isle of Patmos. 2. By extension: Any revelation or disclosure. ballot Originally: a small coloured ball placed in a container to register a secret vote; (hence, by extension) a ticket, paper, etc., so used. bin colloq. To put in a waste-bin; to throw away; hence, by extension, to discard. |
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# - 迎新 迎新 [ying2 xin1] /to see in the New Year/to welcome new guests/by extension, to receive new students/ # + 迎新 迎新 [ying2 xin1] /to see in the New Year/to welcome new guests/to receive new students/ |