51吃瓜 of the Day
jarabe 迟补辫补迟铆辞
noun
a dance of Mexican origin, performed by a couple and consisting of nine figures and melodies, in which the partners often dance facing each other but not touching.
More about jarabe 迟补辫补迟铆辞
Jarabe means 鈥渟yrup鈥� in Spanish, while 迟补辫补迟铆辞 refers to a person or thing from Guadalajara, a city in Jalisco, Mexico. Spanish jarabe and English syrup both come from Arabic 蝉丑补谤腻产, 鈥渁 drink,鈥� which is related to sherbet and sorbet. 罢补辫补迟铆辞 derives from the Nahuatl word tlapatiotl, 鈥減rice, value,鈥� after the Guadalajara area鈥檚 notable use of cacao beans as currency. Jarabe 迟补辫补迟铆辞 was first recorded in English in the mid-1870s.
EXAMPLE OF JARABE TAPAT脥O USED IN A SENTENCE
The dancer dropped his sombrero to the floor as a signal to his partner to begin their jarabe 迟补辫补迟铆辞.
More about kvetch
Kvetch is adapted from Yiddish kvetshn, meaning 鈥渢o squeeze, pinch,鈥� which is closely related to German quetschen, also meaning 鈥渢o squeeze.鈥� One possibility is that kvetch ultimately comes from Latin 辩耻补蝉蝉腻谤别 or quatere, 鈥渢o shake,鈥� which is the source of English concussion and squash. Kvetch was first recorded in English in the early 1960s.
EXAMPLE OF KVETCH USED IN A SENTENCE
The couple refused to buy an air conditioner, preferring instead to kvetch constantly about the heat in the summer.
Heiligenschein
noun
a bright ring, caused by diffraction of light rays, that appears around the shadow cast by a person鈥檚 head on wet grass.
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More about Heiligenschein
Heiligenschein (plural Heiligenscheine) is from German, in which it means 鈥渉alo鈥� or, literally, 鈥渟aint鈥檚 shine.鈥� Heiligen- is a form of Heiliger, 鈥渟aint,鈥� which is related to English hallow and Halloween. Schein means the same thing as its English relative shine. Heiligenschein was first recorded in English in the early 1910s.
EXAMPLE OF HEILIGENSCHEIN USED IN A SENTENCE
The skydivers saw Heiligenscheine around their shadows as they landed in the dewy field.
