今天竟然遇到一個John Donne "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" 裡面有的字
是單字90號 "trepidation" 而我竟然沒有認出它。

反過來說,感覺今天的單字都好抽像
找不到甚麼圖像化的方法...

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單字日記 2/1

81.
anomaly n. 反常,異常
OED: Irregularity, deviation from the common order, exceptional condition or circumstance.
Ex: It takes only one anomaly to ruin an experiment--or make new discoveries.

82.
lucid adj. 易懂的;表達清楚的
OED: Marked by clearness of reasoning, expression, or arrangement; easily intelligible.
Ex: The knight could decipher the lady's fear through her lucid expression.

83.
homogeneous adj. 同種類的;相似的
OED: Of one thing in respect of another, or of various things in respect of each other: Of the same kind, nature, or character; alike, similar, congruous.
Ex: All chairs have homogeneous finctions despite their different appearrance.

84.
zenith n. 極點;頂端
OED: Highest point or state, culmination, climax, acme.
Ex: Wordsworth reached the zenith of his poetry career when becoming the poet laureate.

85.
desideratum n. 必需品;非常需要或想要的
OED: Something for which a desire or longing is felt; something wanting and required or desired.
Ex: Once in a while the writer would have a driving desideratum to compose a poem.

86.
despicable adj. 可恨的;厭惡的;卑劣的
OED: To be looked down upon or despised; vile, base, contemptible.
Ex: The methods he used to force the company to bankrupt were dispicable.

87.
destitution n. 窮困
OED: The condition of being abandoned or left helpless, of being deprived or bereft (of anything).
Ex: No country should let the old and weary be left in destitution.

88.
desuetude n. 廢止
OED: The condition or state into which anything falls when one ceases to use or practise it; the state of disuse.
Ex: Customs of the good old times are often left in desuetude with the passing of time.

89.
parochialism n. 狹小;局限於某一群體的
OED: Confinement of one's interests to the local sphere; lack of global perspective; narrowness of view; petty provincialism.
Ex: Faustus cannot stand the parochialism in scope of the church's doctrine.

90.
trepidation n. 顫抖;恐懼
OED: Tremulous agitation; confused hurry or alarm; confusion; flurry; perturbation.
Ex: Moving of th' earth brings harmes and feares, Men reckon what it did and meant, But trepidation of the spheares, Though greater farre, is innocent. (John Donne 1631 A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning)
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