51吃瓜 of the Day
isobar
noun
a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
Why Stephanie Abrams chose isobar
"Isobars are lines of constant pressure, and believe it or not, when you look at a bunch of them together, they can tell you a lot about the weather." 鈥擲tephanie Abrams
More about isobar
You may see an isobar on your TV screen or hear the word on your local weather channel and already know or deduce that an isobar is “a line drawn on a weather map connecting points where the barometric pressure is the same.” The prefix iso– is from the Greek combining form iso– 鈥渆qual,鈥� from the adjective 铆蝉辞蝉 鈥渆qual (in number, size, weight, stature, etc.).鈥� It is used mostly in technical terms, as in another meteorological term isotherm聽鈥渁 line on a weather map connecting points having equal temperature,鈥� or in the geometric term isosceles, 鈥�(of a triangle) having two sides equal.鈥� The suffix –bar is interesting: it is a derivative of the Greek noun 产谩谤辞蝉, 鈥渨eight, heavy weight, heaviness, oppressiveness.鈥� 叠谩谤辞蝉 is related to the adjective 产补谤媒蝉 鈥渉eavy (in weight), low (in tone),鈥� as in English baritone. Isobar entered English in the 19th century.
how is isobar used?
These are lines of equal pressure known as isobars, which reveal wind speed and direction and allow forecasters to spot features such as highs, lows, troughs and ridges that are associated with particular types of weather.
The isobars (lines of equal pressure) of a weather chart are much like the contour lines of a topo map.
辞耻迟谤茅
adjective
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
More about 辞耻迟谤茅
翱耻迟谤茅 may bring smiles of recognition to fans of the American writer of horror stories H.P. Lovecraft (1890鈥�1937), it and nefandous being particular favorites of his. The very French-looking 辞耻迟谤茅, 鈥渆xcessive, extreme, exaggerated,鈥� is indeed a past participle of the French verb outrer 鈥渢o push or go beyond the limits.鈥� Outrer is a derivative of Old French oultre, ultimately from the Latin preposition and adverb 耻濒迟谤腻 鈥渙n the far side of, beyond.鈥� 翱耻迟谤茅 is also the root of Old French and English outrage, 鈥渁n act of wanton cruelty.鈥� Students of modern European history will be familiar with the phrase attaque 脿 outrance 鈥渁n attack to the bitter end, to death,鈥� the ruinous, catastrophic French military policy of World War I. 翱耻迟谤茅 entered English in the 18th century.
how is 辞耻迟谤茅 used?
A kind of growing horror, of 辞耻迟谤茅 and morbid cast, seemed to possess him.
Since the dawn of the millennium, the 辞耻迟谤茅 has become ordinary in opera.
gossamer
noun
a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
More about gossamer
The etymology of English gossamer is a little clearer in the alternative Middle English spellings gossomer, gosesomer, gossummer 鈥済oose summer,鈥� that is, a late, mild fall when roast goose was a favorite dish (German has the noun 骋盲苍蝉别尘辞苍补迟 鈥淣ovember,鈥� literally 鈥済oose month鈥�). But the etymology of gossamer does not fit its meaning, 鈥渁 fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in the fall.鈥� It may be that the cobwebs resembled goose down, or that the cobwebs appeared in 鈥済oose summer,鈥� and the name of the season was transferred to the spider webs. Gossamer entered English in the 14th century.
how is gossamer used?
Small, viewless aeronaut, that by the line / Of Gossamer suspended, in mid air / Float’st on a sun beam …
When the early聽morning sun glints off droplets of dew on the gossamer strands of a spider web, it creates a visual masterpiece.