mentality, folk, asserted, etiology, waist

mentality /menˈtæləti/ DJ /mɛn'tælətɪ/ KK


1.the particular attitude or way of thinking of a person or group 心態；思想狀況；思想方法 noun usually singular

I cannot understand the mentality of football hooligans. 我無法理解足球流氓的心態。

a criminal/ghetto mentality 犯罪心態；種族聚居區的思想意識

See also: siege mentality

Irregular: -ies plural



folk /fəʊk/ DJ /foʊk/ DJ US /fok/ KK US


noun

1.people in general 人們 plural informal

ordinary working-class folk 普通勞動大眾

I'd like a job working with old folk or kids. 我喜歡與老人或小孩打交道的工作。

the folks back home(= from the place where you come from) 家鄉的鄉親父老

Variant: folks

2.a friendly way of addressing more than one person 各位；大夥兒 plural informal

Well, folks, what are we going to do today? 喂，夥計們，我們今天要幹什麼？

Alternate: folks

3.the members of your family, especially your parents 親屬；家屬；（尤指）爹媽 plural informal especially American English

How are your folks? 你爸媽好嗎？

Alternate: folks

4.people from a particular country or region, or who have a particular way of life （某國、某地區或某生活方式的）普通百姓 plural

country folk 鄉下人

townsfolk 城裏人

farming folk 農民

5.music in the traditional style of a country or community 民間音樂 uncountable

a folk festival/concert 民間音樂節／會

Variant: folk music

adjective

1.of art, culture, etc. 藝術、文化等 traditional and typical of the ordinary people of a country or community 傳統民間的；民俗的 only before noun

folk art 民間藝術

a folk museum 民俗博物館

2.based on the beliefs of ordinary people 流傳民間的；普通百姓的 only before noun




asserted [əˈsəːtid] DJ [əˈsɝtɪd] KK


adjective

1.聲稱的
 
as·sert


1.State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

2.Cause others to recognize (one's authority or a right) by confident and forceful behavior

3.Behave or speak in a confident and forceful manner



aetiology /ˌiːtiˈɒlədʒi/ DJ /-ˈɑːl-/ DJ US /ˈitɪ'ɑlədʒɪ/ KK US


1.the scientific study of the causes of disease 病原學；病因學 British English noun uncountable

Variant: etiology American English




waist /weɪst/ DJ /west/ KK


noun

1.the area around the middle of the body between the ribs and the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below 腰；腰部；腰圍

He put his arm around her waist. 他摟住了她的腰。

She was paralysed from the waist down(= in the area below her waist). 她從腰部以下都癱瘓了。

The workmen were stripped to the waist(= wearing no clothes on the top half of their bodies). 工人們光着上身。

See also: body

2.the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist （衣服的）腰部，腰

It's much too tight at the waist. 這衣服腰部太瘦。

3.having the type of waist mentioned 有…腰身的；腰身…的

a high-waisted dress 高腰連衣裙

Alternate: -waisted
 
 
 
 
hip /hɪp/ DJ /hɪp/ KK


noun

1.the area at either side of the body between the top of the leg and the waist; the joint at the top of the leg 臀部；髖

She stood with her hands on her hips. 她雙手叉腰站着。

These jeans are too tight around the hips. 這條牛仔褲的臀部太窄。

a hip replacement operation 髖部復位手術

the hip bone 髖骨

She broke her hip in the fall. 她摔倒時折斷了髖骨。

See also: body

2.having hips of the size or shape mentioned 臀部…的

large-hipped 臀部大的

slim-hipped 臀部窄的

Alternate: -hipped

3.the red fruit that grows on some types of wild rose bush 野薔薇果

Variant: rose hip

See also: shoot from the hip

adjective

Irregular: hipper; hippest

1.following or knowing what is fashionable in clothes, music, etc. （衣服、音樂等方面）時髦的，趕時髦的 informal

exclamation

Idiom: hip, hip, hooray!

1.used by a group of people to show their approval of somebody. One person in the group says hip, hip and the others then shout hooray or hurrah. （歡呼聲。其中一人說 hip，hip，其他人喊 hooray 或 hurrah）

‘Three cheers for the bride and groom : Hip, hip…’ ‘Hooray!’ “向新娘和新郎歡呼三聲：嘿嘿…”“好哪！”

Variant: hip, hip, hurrah/hurray! less frequent