Category: English

  • 구두점

    ! Exclamation Point (익스클레메이션 포인트) ” Quotation Mark (쿼테이션 마크) # Crosshatch (크로스해치) $ Dollar Sign (달러사인) % Percent Sign (퍼센트사인) @ At Sign (엣 사인, 혹은 엣) & Ampersand (앰퍼센드) ‘ Aposterophe (어퍼스트로피) * Asterisk (아스테리스크) – Hyphen (하이픈) . Period (피리어드) / Slash (슬래시) \ Back Slash (백슬래시) (원래 원 표시지만 한글자판에서 \를…

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  • luscious

    luscious \LUH-shuss\ (adjective) *1 : having a pleasingly sweet taste or smell 2 : sensually appealing 1 달콤한, 맛있는, 향기가 좋은 ~ peaches 달콤한 복숭아 2 (감각적으로) 기분이 좋은, 쾌적한 3 감미로운; 지나치게 꾸민, 화려한 4 뇌쇄적인, 육감적인, 관능적인, 요염한, 현란한, 야한 Example sentence: The luscious aroma of freshly baked apple pies drifted from the…

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  • callithump

    callithump \KAL-uh-thump\ noun : a noisy boisterous band or parade 《미구어》 소란스럽게 거리를 지나가는 퍼레이드; = SHIVAREE Example sentence: We were eager to get to the annual callithump on New Year’s Day, so we bundled up the kids, filled thermoses with hot chocolate, and set off for the parade route.

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  • obstinate

    obstinate \AHB-stuh-nut\ (adjective) *1 : perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion 2 : not easily subdued, remedied, or removed 1 완고한, 고집센, 집요한( stubborn ) 2 완강한 ~ resistance to ···에 대한 완강한 저항 3 제어[정복]하기 힘든; 난치의, 고치기 힘든 Example sentence: I argued with Morton…

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  • roorback

    roorback \ROOR-back\ (noun) : a defamatory falsehood published for political effect 《미》 (선거 전의 정적(政敵)에의) 중상, 모략적 선전 Example sentence: “The attacks on my character are nothing but roorbacks drummed up by my opponent,” insisted the candidate.

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  • stoic

    stoic \STOH-ik\ (noun) 1 capitalized : a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 B.C. *2 : one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain a. 1 스토아 철학(파)의 2 [s~] 극기의, 금욕의; 냉정한(impassive) n. 1 스토아 철학자 2 [s~] 극기[금욕]주의자 Example sentence: Prairie living was far from…

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