aptonym (plural aptonyms)
A proper name that aptly describes the occupation or character of the person, especially by coincidence.

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: We check in with the American Dialect Society for some notable words from the past year, including the one that the group considers least likely to succeed. RS: But we start with

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IN THE NEWS - Captain Blamed for Italys Costa Concordia Disaster 新闻报道 - 歌诗达-协和号邮轮触礁 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia

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The American television series Seinfeld was famous for its unusual and often strange conversations. These conversations often took place in a diner - a kind of small, informal restaurant. In one program, the character George is sad about where he is

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歌曲 : Candy paint 艺人 : Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 音乐星级 : ★★★★ 所属专辑 : Strength Loyalty 发行年代 : 2007 风格 : Rap 介绍: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony的首张专辑《E.1999 Eternal》,仅仅在美国本土就取得了500万张以上的 惊人销售记录,冠军单曲Tha Cr

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Daily Life - This Is Your Captain Speaking (C0058) A: And the next thing you know, were running towards the... Oh...did you feel that? B: Yeah, dont worry about it; were just going through a bit of turbulence. C: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your ca

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 June 2007 Indonesian police have arrested one of the country's most-wanted Islamic terrorists, Abu Dujana, the alleged head of the military wing of the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah. VOA's Nancy

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学英语单词
accumulation accounts
acroasphyxia
ACTEONOIDEA
acusticus
aeroplane accident
aglaiol
alpha geek
alternation of slope and terrace
auto-manual mechanobalance
autoclubs
baenopod
basal cyst
beehive oven
beneath someone's dignity
boheme
Brilyakovo
bursarius
butterwoman
car-retarder
cervanthropy
chloroxiphite
colocolostomy
cremone bolt
cuspidaria elephantina
definite minimum time-limit relay
diddly squat
differential white cell count
discrete-file crossrelation function
dynamic test for cargo gear
effort rating
false work
figbird
film author
fire worship
flaxtons
float charging
free-versifier
gadolinium alloy
Gangkoupo
gruelings
hung up
hypoplastie heart
intramode
joseph's
k-emission spectra
kit man
knowledge acquisition
Lamioside
lamprites
left elevation
liminary
lithium soap base grease
Mabinda
main drift
marine-originated salt water lake
Merche
metaphore
Mindel glaciation
miskel
motamed
Northern Territory
nozzle area control system
numerical control filament winder
outcode
palladium(ii) hydroxide
parallel data driven processor
patenas
penultimate segment
PHOLIDOPHOROIDEA
pickpocketer
plagusia squamosa
plantigenous
posterior ramus
precious metal
rapparees
recamby
reversing furnace
rice-paper plant pith
running-board
salt residual
set ... house in order
sherberts
signal replacement training center
soundproof coefficient
spirage
structural thermal protection test
surreptitious edition
survival-of-the-fittest
swap cost
Tabernaemontana divaricate
taize
take someone up sharp
transient ischemia attack
transvesting
unitary taxation
upshifter
UX2
Veberöd
verbene
wikiholic
willenborg