[English Words] December 12 - December 18(lasagne/trainer/hang back/threshold/decompose/civilization/advanced/befriend/week-long)

1. lasagne 라자냐

 

2. trainer 운동화

   a pair of trainers

미국에서는 sneakers라고 하고, 왜 이름이 sneakers인지에 대해 유래가 있는데, 영국에서 운동화를 주로 왜 trainer라고 부르는지는 찾지 못했어요. 

 

3. 쭈뼛거리다 - hang back, hesitate, waver

    He keeps hanging back.

 

4. 역시

1) (또한) also, too, as well, (부정문에서) either

    That's what I think, too.

2) (예상했던 대로) as expected, as one expected

    It's just as I expected.

3) (예전과 마찬가지로) 

    As usual(always), I left home around seven o'clock. 

 

5. threshold

1) 문지방

    She stood hesitating on the threshold.

2) 한계점

    He has a low boredom threshold.

3) 비유적인 의미의 문턱

    She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.

 

6. decompose

1) 자연스런 화학 작용에 의해 분해(부패)되다.

    As the waste materials decompose, they produce methane gas.

2) 더 작은 부분들로 분해하다

 

7. civilization

1) 문명

    the technology of modern civilization

2) 문명사회

   the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome

3) 전 세계 사람들

   Environmental damage threatens the whole of civilization.

 

8. advanced 

1) 선진의

    advanced technology

2) 고급, 상급의

    There were only three of us on the advanced course.

3) 발달 단계상 후기의 

    the advanced stages of the disease

 

9. befriend - 특히 도움이 필요한 사람에게 친구가 되어주다.

   Shortly after my arrival at the school, I was friended by an older girl.

 

10. week-long - 일주일간의

    a week-long visit to Rome