51吃瓜 of the Day
carpe diem
seize the day; enjoy the present, as opposed to placing all hope in the future.
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The Latin sentence carpe diem is usually translated 鈥渟eize the day,鈥� which is a concise but inadequate translation. The sentence comes from the 1st-century b.c. Roman poet Horace in the first book of his Odes, published in 23 b.c. Carpe is the 2nd person singular present imperative of the verb carpere 鈥渢o pluck, gather, pull (fruit, flowers, etc.); diem 鈥渄ay,鈥� is the accusative singular of 诲颈脓蝉, and the direct object of carpe. A more accurate but tedious translation is 鈥減luck the fruit of the day (while it is still ripe),鈥� which completely demolishes Horace鈥檚 conciseness. Carpere comes from the very complicated Proto-Indo-European root (s)kerp-, (s)karp– (and other variants) 鈥渢o cut, pluck,鈥� the source also of Greek 办补谤辫贸蝉 鈥�(cut or plucked) fruit.鈥� The Germanic noun harbistaz, from the Proto-Indo-European superlative adjective karp-ist-os 鈥渂est suited for plucking or reaping,鈥� yields 丑忙谤蹿别蝉迟 鈥渁utumn鈥� in Old English (English harvest) and Herbst 鈥渁utumn鈥� in German. 顿颈脓蝉 comes from the very, very widespread Proto-Indo-European root dyeu-, dyu-, diw– 鈥渢o shine,鈥� and by extension 鈥渟ky, heaven, god,鈥� source of Latin Juppiter 鈥淛upiter,鈥� actually an old vocative formula meaning 鈥淔ather Jove,鈥� and the exact equivalent to Greek Ze没 p谩ter 鈥淔ather Zeus,鈥� and Sanskrit 诲测腻虂耻峁颈迟腻虂 鈥淔ather Heaven.鈥� Carpe diem entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is carpe diem used?
I asked the now-66-year-old Valerie Carpenter what she would say to the 18-year-old Valerie Glines. 鈥�Carpe diem,鈥� she said. 鈥淪eize the day. Don鈥檛 mess around. Follow your heart.”
More than anything, the pandemic has shown how quickly things can change if they must. Carpe diem.
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sayonara
interjection, noun
farewell; goodbye.
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Sayonara comes from Japanese 蝉补测艒苍补谤补, a shortening of 蝉补测艒苍补谤补ba, which means literally 鈥渋f it be so (that the time for parting has come).鈥� Sayonara consists of 蝉补测艒 鈥渢hus鈥� and naraba 鈥渋f it be.鈥� Sayonara entered English in the second half of the 19th century.
how is sayonara used?
First of all, Joey is terrible at Nintendo. As little brothers go, he鈥檚 probably the worst. If he gets to play Zelda, you can say sayonara to your rupees.
Turchin published one final monograph … then broke the news to his UConn colleagues that he would be saying a permanent sayonara to the field, although he would continue to draw a salary as a tenured professor in their department.
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产辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别
noun
a box or dish for candies.
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A 产辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别 is a person or store that sells candies, or a box or tray for serving candies. 叠辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别, a French noun, has been in English for more than 200 years, but it is still completely unnaturalized. 叠辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别 is a derivative of the noun bon-bon, literally 鈥済ood-good,鈥� French baby talk for 鈥渃andy鈥� (especially chocolate candy). 叠辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别 entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is 产辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别 used?
He drew from his pocket a marvellous 产辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别, formed out of a single emerald, and closed by a golden lid, which unscrewed and gave passage to a small ball of a greenish colour, and about the size of a pea.
At Sotheby’s the Rivers collection includes a gold and enamel cigarette case with pink rosettes, a carved nephrite gold and enamel 产辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别, whose lid has Cupid riding an eagle on a cloud, and several elephants in bowenite, obsidian and aventurine.
产辞苍产辞苍苍颈猫谤别