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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--pandiculation(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年07月14日16:55:22 星期五), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
pandiculation (pan-DIK-yuh-lay-shuhn) noun
The act of stretching oneself.
[Latin pandiculatus past participle of pandiculari to stretch oneself,
derivation of pandere to stretch.]
"His (Awadagin Pratt's) constantly changing answering-machine message
has featured recitations on the pre-sleep state of pandiculation and
sportscast-style accounts of the recent Short-Kasparov chess match."
Peter Goodman, Piano forte, Newsday, Jan 9, 1994.
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