和@Solid-Block面基啦！
Lake桑
2023.3.18
分类： 分享
来自我的分享。
2023，新年快乐。
又是新的一年呢。
我真的很少再写博客了，大部分时间都在自己的wiki，存档计划上。
那么就到这里啦。去年一整年大部分的时间大概都在高考、大学生活、本地化、网站编写、治疗痔疮上。新的一年，虽然我想前途固然没有那么光彩，但也要打起精神来。
就到这里吧。
Lake桑
2023.1.1
很久没发过东西了，所以来说说纯纯写作。
帮纯纯写作翻译了英文文档（好像截至发布还没合并），于是获得了一份免费激活码，可惜已经买过了所以送别人了（笑）。
就特点来说，这是一个专注于纯文本写作，保存策略激进，备份策略激进但不臃肿（亦即“永不丢失”），整体遵循Material Design（包括初代和MD2），额外做了很多写作有关优化功能（比如导出多种格式，导出截图，敏感词高亮，自动章节命名，快捷输入，缩进等）和美观有关的功能（比如段行间距，稿纸与主题等），以及作者后悔加入的Markdown功能的一款Android编辑器应用。
虽然这么多大定语看着头皮发麻，但是开箱即用的体验就很不错。设置里选项不多不少，即使是“少数派选项”，里面有一些不常开关的功能，和应部分用户需求做的小功能（比如行尾逗号变句号），也并没有很零碎，基本上是一步直达和两步到达。
就目前来说，我使用纯纯写作主要是为了方便自己在手机上写残章。离开纸笔之后，要有一个舒服方便的码字环境，便又想起了纯纯写作。体验可以说是“很够用”，除去因为这些文字事实上都是Wikitext从而无法对这些部分做特殊处理以外，体验就是普普通通但来之不易的好。一方面各种各样的在线协作文档，它们的手机端都是用网页技术糊弄的，只要文章大一点，打开的效率就会变得异常低，另一方面我又没有在使用苹果全家桶，所以一些苹果设备上用起来可能也很不错的应用我也无福消受。纯纯写作就是简单的好用，用得少感觉也不错，用得多应该会更依赖一些小功能。
一些争议可能包括涨价。永久会员可以享受其后更新的高级功能，因此早入的人会少花一些钱。但对于一个前微软高级工程师，现辞职在家专心做这些应用的作者爪爪来说，我觉得涨价也算是一种手段，提高了部分用户的用户粘（黏？）性。
说到用户，那么对于纯纯写作的迁出成本……嗯，可能是不高的。就目前来说，纯纯写作的备份文件是自己的格式和后缀名，但是作者说过用用gz压缩，并且无加密，可能如果是技术宅的话可以自行从备份文件里面提取内容。不是技术宅的可以选择“合并成书导出”，会把整本书变成一个txt文件导出。对于要直接提交一整个作品的人来说可能非常方便，而对于想要完整迁移结构的人来说可能就不那么方便了，需要手动复制粘贴。
更新频率比较快，原因上面说过了。但是不更新问题也不大，除非更新动了数据库结构。
总之就挺好的吧，希望越做越好吧，嗯。
Lake桑
2022.9.7
九月十五日开学。
九月十五日开学。
就是这样。
Lake桑
2022.8.31
虎年新年快乐。
忙啊，忙点好啊。
已经多少周年了来着，不记得了。
新年快乐，就这样吧。
Lake桑
2022.2.1
4周年。
各位新年快乐。
那么，Lake桑的存档馆，4周年了。
今年是我应该奋斗的一年，但是似乎一直在脱离轨道。
那么就到这里吧，都过了一天了，一直说要发要发，没发。哎。
就是这样啦。祝各位新年愉快。
Lake桑
2022.1.1
存档计划搬迁域名。
哦对，我生日了。
#03 播客定名与存档计划
主播：湖远星。
- 本次博客以CC BY-SA 4.0发布。
- 很遗憾我未能完成录音，也未能完成稿子的写作。之后我会将这篇做完。
- 播客正式定名为《远星面面谈》。由Lake桑的存档馆与存档计划共同出品。
- 本期的主题是MediaWiki。
- 推广：梗体中文资源包、未名残章。
我们的网址：
- Lake桑的存档馆：https://lakejason0.wordpress.com
- 存档计划：https://files.lakejason0.ml
订阅地址：https://lakejason0.wordpress.com/category/podcast/feed
Lake桑
2021.1.13
3周年。
Wiki的新Logo。
感谢Megabits的Logo。真的特别好看。
Wiki尚未启用，以后可能会有用吧。链接：https://wiki.lakejason0.ml
Lake桑
2020.11.1
好好学习，小计划
- 调整作息
- 加大物理训练量
- 周末补充笔记
- 保持社交
Lake桑
2020.10.13
梗体中文的一点后记。
看到了一个视频，BV1Ky4y1y7wg，本来以为是这个资源包的，结果是另一个毫不相关的苦力怕论坛的资源包，还没有写原帖地址。看到了那个包的内容后，忽然想了想一开始我们做这个的意义。
梗体中文资源包项目并不是一个只玩烂梗的资源包。按照这个包一开始写的描述来说：
这个资源包将一部分译名或其他游戏内字符串替换成了一些知名/不知名的梗或笑话，或将其用诙谐的语言重写了一遍。
本来这个包是为了让我们几个参与1.16的译名讨论的人从译名讨论中暂时解放出来，玩玩梗幽默一下，也没有什么太大的打算。后来，这个包被上传到了 GitHub 上，故事便开始了。
做这个包的时候，本来是以“中文Minecraft Wiki · Unofficial”开头起名的，是 Wiki 编者私下的整活。也因此，这个包的文本限制其实意外地很大。
首先，我们并不能加入大量的烂梗。一些梗只是单纯的粗俗，而另一些则涉及较为严重的人身攻击/歧视/争议。因此有一部分梗并不是我们忘了，而是单纯的只能避险。一些梗曾经存在又被替换，也许就是这个原因。
其次，虽然有一些梗很好玩，但是并不适合塞进游戏文本。如果你觉得有一个地方很适合，请去 GitHub 提交，我们会视情况喜爱程度合并。
然后就是一致性（Inconsistency）的问题。我们尝试在这个资源包中保持尽可能的一致性，比如改生物的名字的时候同时更改字幕和刷怪蛋名称。但是有一些，很遗憾，并不适合简单的查找替换。虽然查找替换是这个资源包的常规操作，但是不意味着滥用。
以及，基岩版的问题。梗体中文的基岩版早就有了，FAQ 里面就有，但是一直也很冷清。除了进度时常跟不上以外，这个包的完成度也已经很高了，还是希望大家去试一试，发点评论。
最后则是，我们真的很用心的做了这个资源包。我们花了大量的精力去维护这个包的自动构建和脚本系统，花了大量的时间讨论到底哪一个文本更好，花了大量的时间反复更改同一个地方。改动过的文本都是我们经过一定讨论的，让这个资源包变成原版游戏的一点配菜，而不只是打搅游玩的整人资源包。大量的烂梗重复刺激我们的大脑，一段时间后便不再有任何价值了。我们不希望这只是一个让人们一笑而过的东西（虽然这基本上是事实），我们更希望这是一个让我们能获得一种长期的快乐的用心之作。
因此，虽然看上去塞大量的烂梗一下子看上去会更生草，但是我们没这么做。至少，我认为，这个包的生草程度正好处在那个中间的位置，既不无趣，也不只是一种打扰。我希望使用它的人能够一直得到其生草的体验，至少，能够留下一点，除了草以外的回忆。
写的可能比较乱，抱歉啦。
Lake桑
发布于2020.9.12于MCBBS
每日一词：crabwise（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 23, 2020 is:
crabwise • \KRAB-wyze\ • adverb
1 : sideways
2 : in a sidling or cautiously indirect manner
Examples:
“Covered in river scum, hair hanging down his forehead like oily kelp, he found his way to the hold, clambering on hands and knees, inching crabwise over rough-hewn wooden boards, and picking his way past intriguing crates of explorer supplies to find the out-of-view spot he’d settled on during his reconnaissance mission nine days before.” — Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Outside, 24 Jan. 2018
“It’s true that Tito’s actions aren’t really interrogated, and neither are the consequences of raising boys the way Lydia did—and does, with her grandson Alex. That’s a conflict the show is sidling up to crabwise, and I really do wonder what will happen if and when it finally confronts machismo head-on.” — Lili Loofbourow, Slate, 14 Feb. 2019
Did you know?
There’s no reason to be indirect when explaining the etymology of crabwise—we’ll get right to the point. As you might guess, the meaning of the word is directly related to that sidling sea creature, the crab. If you have visited a beach near the sea, you have probably seen crabs scuttling along, often moving sideways. Though the behavior is surely above reproach to the crabs themselves, English speakers tend to be suspicious of what comes at them from the side, and the modern meanings of crabwise reflect this suspicion of the crab’s lateral approach. The word crept into English in the early 19th century and has been sidling into our sentences ever since.
Lake桑
September 23, 2020 at 01:00PM
IFTTT Pro。
由于IFTTT Pro不支持我目前所有的支付手段，仅以下服务会被保留。
- WordPress->Telegram
- Twitter->Telegram
- WordPress->Discord
*注：WordPress->Twitter将被以WordPress.com的自有服务形式而保留。
包括以下服务将被停用：
- WordPress->Blogger
- 所有的定时服务
- 所有的RSS订阅
感谢你的理解。
Lake桑
2020.9.23
每日一词：operose（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 22, 2020 is:
operose • \AH-puh-rohss\ • adjective
Examples:
“Reading this biography reminded me that Lawrence’s prose, though old-fashioned and a bit operose, is full of beautiful things.” — Matthew Walther, The Spectator, 11 Oct. 2014
“After several operose months of the tear-out and build-up process, Brandon Stupka, the one who has been working on the remodel project…, has finally opened his doors for business….” — The McPherson (Kansas) Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2013
Did you know?
Operose comes from the Latin operōsus, which has the meaning of “diligent,” “painstaking” or “laborious.” That word combines opera, meaning “activity,” “effort,” or “work,” with -ōsus—the Latin equivalent of the English -ose and -ous suffixes, meaning “full of” or “abounding in.” In its earliest uses, in the mid-16th century, the word was used to describe people who are industrious or painstaking in their efforts. About a century later, the word was being applied as it more commonly is today: as an adjective describing tasks and undertakings requiring much time and effort.
Lake桑
September 22, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：juncture（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 21, 2020 is:
juncture • \JUNK-cher\ • noun
1 : a point of time; especially : one made critical by a concurrence of circumstances
2 : joint, connection
3 : an instance of joining : junction
Examples:
“At this juncture in the editing process,” said Philip, “it is important that all facts have been double-checked and sources verified.”
“‘Palm Springs’ further cements [Andy] Samberg as one of the funniest talents in comedy today. From cult-classics such as ‘Hot Rod’ and ‘Popstar’ to the hit sitcom, ‘Brooklyn-Nine-Nine,’ his comedic chops are hall-of-fame-level at this juncture.” — Austin Ellis, The Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa), 17 July 2020
Did you know?
Juncture has many relatives—both obvious and obscure—in English. Juncture derives from the Latin verb jungere (“to join”), which gave us not only join and junction but also conjugal (“relating to marriage”) and junta (“a group of persons controlling a government”). Jungere also has distant etymological connections to joust, jugular, juxtapose, yoga, and yoke. The use of juncture in English dates back to the 14th century. Originally, the word meant “a place where two or more things are joined,” but by the 17th century it could also be used of an important point in time or of a stage in a process or activity.
Lake桑
September 21, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：ubiquitous（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 20, 2020 is:
ubiquitous • \yoo-BIK-wuh-tuss\ • adjective
: existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread
Examples:
“Within China, WeChat is ubiquitous, serving as an all-in-one app that’s important for making payments and even for displaying someone’s coronavirus test results.” — David Ingram, NBCNews.com, 7 Aug. 2020
“Without companies that developed front-facing smartphone cameras for luxury smartphones, we never would have had the now ubiquitous selfie camera.” — Shira Ovide, The New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020
Did you know?
Ubiquitous comes to us from the noun ubiquity, meaning “presence everywhere or in many places simultaneously.” Both words are ultimately derived from the Latin word for “everywhere,” which is ubique. Ubiquitous, which has often been used with a touch of exaggeration to describe those things that it seems like you can’t go a day without encountering, has become a more widespread and popular word than ubiquity. It may not quite be ubiquitous, but if you keep your eyes and ears open, you’re apt to encounter the word ubiquitous quite a bit.
Lake桑
September 20, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：fountainhead（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 19, 2020 is:
fountainhead • \FOUN-tun-hed\ • noun
1 : a spring that is the source of a stream
2 : principal source : origin
Examples:
“For all that Paradise Valley represents as a fountainhead of visual awe, the living is not easy for those who steward its most coveted, valuable and threatened asset—its open space, [Whitney Tilt] asserts.” — Todd Wilkinson, The Mountain Journal (Bozeman, Montana), 30 July 2020
“With the advancements in technology, there is an unprecedented demand for electronic products that are portable or more compact. This trend has been a fountainhead for most of the ‘smart’ devices that we see today, such as fit bands, smart bulbs, and smart watches.” — Business Wire, 10 June 2020
Did you know?
When it first entered English in the late 16th century, fountainhead was used only in a literal sense—to refer to the source of a stream. By the 17th century, however, it was already beginning to be used figuratively in reference to any original or primary source. In his 1854 work Walden, Henry David Thoreau used the word in its figurative sense, while paying full homage to its literal meaning as well: “Morning air! If men will not drink of this at the fountainhead of the day, why, then, we must even bottle up some and sell it in the shops, for the benefit of those who have lost their subscription ticket to morning time in this world.”
Lake桑
September 19, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：delve（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 18, 2020 is:
delve • \DELV\ • verb
1 : to dig or labor with or as if with a spade
2 a : to make a careful or detailed search for information
b : to examine a subject in detail
Examples:
“‘My brother and I,’ said he, ‘were, as you may imagine, much excited as to the treasure which my father had spoken of. For weeks and for months we dug and delved in every part of the garden, without discovering its whereabouts.'” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, 1890
“They’ll soon release a second short, Climate Crisis, and Why We Should Panic. It will be voiced by Kiera Knightley, and delves into the cause of climate change and why governments must enter crisis mode to handle the issue.” — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2020
Did you know?
We must dig deep into the English language’s past to find the origins of delve. The verb traces to the early Old English word delfan and is related to the Old High German word telban, meaning “to dig.” For centuries, there was only delving—no digging—because dig didn’t exist until much later; it appears in early Middle English. Is the phrase “dig and delve” (as in the line “eleven, twelve, dig and delve,” from the nursery rhyme that begins “one, two, buckle my shoe”) redundant? Not necessarily. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, in some local uses, dig was the term for working with a mattock (a tool similar to an adze or a pick), while delve was reserved for work done using a spade.
Lake桑
September 18, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：limpid（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 17, 2020 is:
limpid • \LIM-pid\ • adjective
1 a : marked by transparency : pellucid
b : clear and simple in style
2 : absolutely serene and untroubled
Examples:
“She leaned toward him, entreaty in her eyes, and as he looked at her delicate face and into her pure, limpid eyes, as of old he was struck with his own unworthiness.” — Jack London, Martin Eden, 1909
“Last summer, the edges of the Greenland ice sheet experienced up to three extra months of melting weather. Limpid blue pools formed on its surface; floods of melt gushed off the edge of the continent….” — Madeleine Stone, National Geographic, 7 July 2020
Did you know?
Since around 1600, limpid has been used in English to describe things that have the soft clearness of pure water. The aquatic connection is not incidental; language scholars believe that limpid probably traces to lympha, a Latin word meaning “water.” That same Latin root is also the source of the word lymph, the English name for the pale liquid that helps maintain the body’s fluid balance and that removes bacteria from tissues.
Lake桑
September 17, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：cronyism（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 16, 2020 is:
cronyism • \KROH-nee-iz-um\ • noun
: partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications
Examples:
“From the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the New Deal, America’s national parties retained their incoherence because most of the important political power was at the state and local level…. Some states and cities were better governed than others, and there was plenty of cronyism and corruption throughout the country, but the stakes of national elections were lower than today.” — Lee Drutman, The Cato Policy Report (The Cato Institute), July/August 2020
“Civil service regulations attempted to eliminate cronyism by setting strict rules governing hiring, firing and promotions within professional government services…. Under the system used in Idaho Falls, promotions rely heavily on scores from written, oral and other tests.” — Bryan Clark, The Idaho Falls Post Register, 4 Apr. 2017
Did you know?
“Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him” (Ecclesiasticus 9:10). Practitioners of cronyism would probably agree. The word cronyism evolved in the 19th century as a spin-off of crony, meaning “friend” or “pal.” Crony originated in England in the 17th century, perhaps as a play on the Greek word chronios, meaning “long-lasting,” from chronos, meaning “time.” Nineteenth-century cronyism was simply friendship, or the ability to make friends. The word didn’t turn bad until the next century, when Americans starting using cronyism to refer to the act of playing political favorites.
Lake桑
September 16, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：Sisyphean（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 15, 2020 is:
Sisyphean • \sis-uh-FEE-un\ • adjective
: of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus; specifically : requiring continual and often ineffective effort
Examples:
“I felt stuck in a Sisyphean loop, writing the same press release over and over. Even more, I was tired of promoting other people’s creations instead of creating something myself.” — Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni, 2013
“In Beirut, balconies are the only spaces in public view that residents can … make theirs. Furniture is displayed; a birdcage is suspended; plants are meticulously arranged and watered—and everything is kept clean, in a Sisyphean battle against the dust.” — Bernardo Zacka, The New York Times, 9 May 2020
Did you know?
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who annoyed the gods with his trickery. As a consequence, he was condemned for eternity to roll a huge rock up a long, steep hill in the underworld, only to watch it roll back down. The story of Sisyphus is often told in conjunction with that of Tantalus, who was condemned to stand beneath fruit-laden boughs, up to his chin in water. Whenever he bent his head to drink, the water receded, and whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches moved beyond his grasp. Thus to tantalize is to tease or torment by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach—and something Sisyphean (or Sisyphian, pronounced \sih-SIFF-ee-un\) demands unending, thankless, and ultimately unsuccessful efforts.
Lake桑
September 15, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：purport（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 14, 2020 is:
purport • \per-PORT\ • verb
1 : to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred); also : claim
Examples:
“One study at M.I.T. purported to show that the subway was a superspreader early in the pandemic, but its methodology was widely disputed.” — Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times, 2 Aug. 2020
“To support his applications, Hayford provided lenders with fraudulent payroll documentation purporting to establish payroll expenses that were, in fact, nonexistent.” — editorial, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 7 Aug. 2020
Did you know?
The verb purport may be more familiar nowadays, but purport exists as a noun that passed into English from Anglo-French in the 15th century as a synonym of gist. Sir Walter Scott provides us with an example from his 19th-century novel Rob Roy: “I was a good deal mortified at the purport of this letter.” Anglo-French also has the verb purporter (meaning both “to carry” and “to mean”), which combines the prefix pur- (“thoroughly”) and the verb porter (“to carry”). In its original English use, the verb purport meant “to signify”; the “to profess or claim” sense familiar to modern English speakers didn’t appear until the 17th century.
Lake桑
September 14, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：verbiage（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 13, 2020 is:
verbiage • \VER-bee-ij\ • noun
1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : diction
Examples:
“One resident … said during a virtual focus group that a lot of his community was concerned reading the changes of verbiage from ‘flood control task force’ to ‘infrastructure resilience.'” — Paul Wedding, The Houston Chronicle, 31 Jul. 2020
“It was always G-rated trash talk—he is a devout Catholic, after all, and the strongest epithet he ever seemed to let loose was ‘Shoot’…. And his verbiage was often misunderstood. To opposing fans he was a mouthy loose cannon. To those who knew and understood him, it was just his joy and exuberance spilling over.” — Jim Alexander, The Daily News of Los Angeles, 10 Feb. 2020
Did you know?
Verbiage descends from French verbier, meaning “to trill” or “to warble.” The usual sense of the word implies an overabundance of possibly unnecessary words, much like the word wordiness. In other words, a writer with a fondness for verbiage might be accused of “wordiness.” Some people think the phrase “excess verbiage” is redundant, but that’s not necessarily true. Verbiage has a second sense meaning, simply, “wording,” with no suggestion of excess. This second definition has sometimes been treated as an error by people who insist that verbiage must always imply excessiveness, but that sense is well-established and can be considered standard.
Lake桑
September 13, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：foment（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 12, 2020 is:
foment • \FOH-ment\ • verb
: to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite
Examples:
Rumors that the will was a fake fomented a lot of bitterness between the two families.
“Last year, the country leaked personal information of an American official in Hong Kong, accusing her of fomenting unrest….” — Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post, 22 May 2020
Did you know?
If you had sore muscles in the 1600s, your doctor might have advised you to foment the injury, perhaps with heated lotions or warm wax. Does this sound like an odd prescription? Not if you know that foment traces to the Latin verb fovēre, which means “to heat or warm” or “to soothe.” The earliest documented English uses of foment appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat. In time, the idea of applying heat became a metaphor for stimulating or rousing to action. Foment then started being used in political contexts to mean “to stir up” or “to call to action.”
Lake桑
September 12, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：ruddy（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 11, 2020 is:
ruddy • \RUDD-ee\ • adjective
1 : having a healthy reddish color
3 British — used as an intensive
Examples:
“There was a stout man with a ruddy complexion, a merchant probably, half asleep.” — Elif Shafak, The Architect’s Apprentice, 2014
“Lichen green and the reds of fired brick exude a splash of ruddy color on the exterior of Manchester State Park’s enclosed picnic area….” — Bob Smith, The Kitsap Daily News, 5 Nov. 2019
Did you know?
In Old English, there were two related words referring to red coloring: rēad and rudu. Rēad evolved into our present-day red. Rudu evolved into rud (a word now encountered only in dialect or archaic usage) and ruddy. Most often, ruddy is applied to the face when it has the red glow of good health or is red from a suffusion of blood from exercise or excitement. It is also used in the names of some birds, such as the American ruddy duck. In British English, ruddy is also used as a colorful euphemism for the sometimes offensive intensive bloody, as 20th-century English writer Sir Kingsley Amis illustrates in The Riverside Villas Murder: “Ruddy marvelous, the way these coppers’ minds work…. I take a swing at Chris Inman in public means I probably done him in.”
Lake桑
September 11, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：encumber（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 10, 2020 is:
encumber • \in-KUM-ber\ • verb
1 : weigh down, burden
2 : to impede or hamper the function or activity of : hinder
3 : to burden with a legal claim (such as a mortgage)
Examples:
“Those who do handle radioactive material must first don protective suits that are inherently cumbersome and are further encumbered by the air hoses needed to allow the wearer to breathe.” — The Economist, 20 June 2019
“‘The water reservoir is absolutely needed in Vernon Hills,’ said David Brown, Vernon Hills’ public works director/village engineer. While supportive, the village thinks there are ‘some other viable locations in town,’ he added. So does the park district, which owns the land but is encumbered by an easement….” — Mick Zawislak, The Chicago Daily Herald, 1 Aug. 2020
Did you know?
In Old French, the noun combre meant a defensive obstacle formed by felled trees with sharpened branches facing the enemy. Later, in Middle French, combre referred to a barrier, similar to a dam or weir, constructed in the bed of a river to hold back fish or protect the banks. That notion of holding back is what informs our verb encumber. One can be physically encumbered (as by a heavy load or severe weather) or figuratively (as by bureaucratic restrictions). Combre also gives us the adjectives cumbersome and cumbrous, both meaning “awkward or difficult to handle.”
Lake桑
September 10, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：bunkum（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 9, 2020 is:
bunkum • \BUNG-kum\ • noun
: insincere or foolish talk : nonsense
Examples:
I hesitated to voice my opinions, fearful that my companions would deride my views as bunkum.
“Out on social media, people are reposting and retweeting and emailing myths, hurling them across the internet with the kind of speed attainable only by pure bunkum.” — Heather Yakin, The Times Herald-Record, 17 Mar. 2020
Did you know?
Some words in the English language have more colorful histories than others, but in the case of bunkum, you could almost say it was an act of Congress that brought the word into being. Back in 1820 Felix Walker, who represented Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the U.S. House of Representatives, was determined that his voice be heard on his constituents’ behalf, even though the matter up for debate was irrelevant to Walker’s district and he had little to contribute. To the exasperation of his colleagues, Walker insisted on delivering a long and wearisome “speech for Buncombe.” His persistent—if insignificant—harangue made buncombe (later respelled bunkum) a synonym for meaningless political claptrap and later for any kind of nonsense.
Lake桑
September 09, 2020 at 01:00PM
每日一词：impregnable（转自 韦氏词典）
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for September 8, 2020 is:
impregnable • \im-PREG-nuh-bul\ • adjective
1 : incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
2 : unassailable; also : impenetrable
Examples:
“The castle was built on the corner of a great rock, so that on three sides it was quite impregnable….” — Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897
“In his first months at Kryptos Logic, Hutchins got inside one massive botnet after another…. Even when his new colleagues at Kryptos believed that a botnet was impregnable, Hutchins would surprise them by coming up with a fresh sample of the bot’s code….” — Andrew Greenberg, Wired, 12 May 2020
Did you know?
Impregnable is one of the many English words that bear a French ancestry, thanks to the Norman conquest of England in 1066. It derives from the Middle French verb prendre, which means “to take or capture.” Combining prendre with various prefixes has given our language many other words, too, including surprise, reprise, and enterprise. Remarkably, impregnable has a different origin from the similar-looking word pregnant; that word comes from a different Latin word, praegnas, meaning “carrying a fetus.”
Lake桑
September 08, 2020 at 01:00PM
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