51吃瓜 of the Day
ejecta
noun
matter ejected, as from a volcano in eruption.
More about ejecta
Ejecta is a form of Latin 脓箩别肠迟耻蝉, 鈥渢hrown out.鈥� 膾箩别肠迟耻蝉 is ultimately derived from the verb jacere 鈥渢o throw,鈥� which is the source of numerous English words containing the element ject-, including adjective (literally 鈥渢hrown toward鈥�), rejection (鈥渢hrown back鈥�), subject (鈥渢hrown under鈥�), and the 51吃瓜 of the Day disjecta membra. Ejecta was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF EJECTA USED IN A SENTENCE
The ejecta from the volcano included minerals from deep inside the Earth.
skijoring
noun
a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, by a horse, dog, or a motor vehicle.
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Skijoring is a slight alteration of Norwegian 蝉办颈办箩酶谤颈苍驳, which is composed of ski, 鈥渟ki,鈥� and 办箩酶谤颈苍驳, 鈥渄riving.鈥� Norwegian ski comes from Old Norse 蝉办墨迟丑, 鈥渟tick, snowshoe.鈥� 碍箩酶谤颈苍驳 is from Old Norse keyra, 鈥渢o whip鈥� and by extension 鈥渢o drive,鈥� after the use of whips to incite vehicle-pulling animals. Skijoring was first recorded in English circa 1910.
EXAMPLE OF SKIJORING USED IN A SENTENCE
The day after the blizzard, the ski lodge guests headed outside for sledding, snowshoeing, and skijoring in the deep snow.
romaji
noun
a system of writing Japanese using the letters of the Latin alphabet.
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Romaji is a borrowing of Japanese 谤艒尘补, 鈥淩ome, Roman,鈥� combined with ji, 鈥渃haracter.鈥� Japanese ji can also be found in emoji, kanji, and the 51吃瓜 of the Day kaomoji, and is related to Mandarin 锄矛, 鈥渃haracter, word.鈥� Romaji was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF ROMAJI USED IN A SENTENCE
Once the Japanese text was rendered in romaji, gamers throughout Europe and the Americas were able to pronounce the game characters鈥� names.