| 单词 | thesaurus |
| 例句 | I grabbed a thesaurus off the shelf, because there were only so many ways I knew to say “I’m sorry” without help. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They searched for a name in a thesaurus, where they found hers, the last in a chain of luminous words. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I have looked in the thesaurus for the right word and it is ‘gleeful’. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s some sort of mechanized humanoid, made up of spare computer parts, all the leafy green vegetables that no one ever eats and thesaurus pages. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Friend was a strong word, but now wasn’t the time to get a thesaurus. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z In the air around her, Jack laughed, Jack hooted, Jack cackled, Jack snickered, Jack was a whole thesaurus entry of glee, and Hazel could only let the waves batter her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z After a few weeks of what she called "endless pestering" and what I called "repeated badgering," my mother bought me a pocket thesaurus, which provided me with s-free alternatives to just about everything. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Were you using a thesaurus when you wrote this?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A thesaurus is a commodious tool for any reporter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You want to come inside and check out our reference section? Maybe borrow a thesaurus?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z That’s the case for Sam Curtain’s “Beaten to Death,” a mercilessly violent new movie that has critics dog-earing their thesauruses for superlatives to describe its savagery. How They Got ‘Beaten to Death’ Onscreen 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Really, though, the album is florid, literate songwriting all the way, with music that demands several listens and lyrics that require, if not a thesaurus, then an iPad so you can Google the references. New band of the day ? No 921: Seefieldroad 2010-12-01T17:01:00Z Use a thesaurus and dictionary to find word alternatives. Take the time to write a love letter 2011-01-31T16:50:04Z It’s clear that she’s careful not to repeat words too many times, that she’s either possessed of a capacious vocabulary or not afraid to use a thesaurus. In defense of Katie Roiphe 2012-09-04T19:52:00Z In one town scene, for instance, the roofs are made of thesaurus pages. How Roget came to make his famous reference book: A primer for kids Stomach-turning, sick-making, rancid, repugnant, repellent, squalid, odious, fetid, disgusting — there is a thesaurus full of terms to describe the contents of Bruce Wagner’s willfully offensive new novel, “Dead Stars.” Book Of The Times: Book Review: ‘Dead Stars,’ by Bruce Wagner 2012-08-10T06:30:09Z If you’re stumped for ideas, Mr. Shelley recommends grabbing a thesaurus and jotting down words that sound like either person’s first or last names. Tips for Creating the Perfect Wedding Hashtag 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Some of her song titles include Cool Down Rewind, Scares Me and Sweet Ole Love, so as you can probably tell, you can safely leave your thesaurus and Derrida primer at the door. New band of the day ? No 773: Kirsty Almeida 2010-04-26T14:43:00Z The inventory sounds a lot like a thesaurus run wild. Seeking Pandemic Theater? Your Call Will Be Answered Shortly 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Critics and their worn-out thesauruses eventually do a number on almost every musical instrument, but the harp is perhaps the most routinely maligned by adjectives: ethereal, celestial, ghostly, spectral, delicate, feminine, angelic, soft. The Seismic Emotion of Mary Lattimore’s Harp Music 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The idea for the act under the floor arose linguistically, after he turned to a thesaurus to find synonyms for the word “foundation” and was struck by the poetry of “seedbed.” Vito Acconci, an Artist as Influential as He Is Eccentric 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Even his advocates exhausted the thesaurus entry for reliability, if not mediocrity. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Some assignments are more coveted than others: Josine Schrickx, an editor, said she would like to write the entry for the word “thesaurus.” Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting) 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z I tried to read them all—the thesaurus has always been one of my favorite books—but eventually I abandoned the effort and just took pleasure in their softly lurid glow. An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z I had just found out what a thesaurus was, and I could already tell that this was going to be more interesting. Terry McMillan remembers the book that spoke to her one summer 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “The Official Preppy Handbook,” with its slang thesaurus for upchucking thin lager, here has the status of a trustworthy reference text. Brett Kavanaugh’s Ignominious Place in the Long Tradition of Ivy League Carousing 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z My thesaurus has nearly 40 synonyms and slang variants listed under the entry for laugh. Laugh ? review 2011-01-28T18:36:56Z More important: Knowing why “gubernatorial” conceals its “softer, silkier, cousin, ‘govern,’” means that you, fretful thesaurus user, will deploy these and other words with more lively precision from now on. For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z She often arrived before dawn — dictionary, thesaurus and bottle of dry sherry in tow — and wrote longhand on yellow legal pads. Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86 After school, I pored over that thesaurus, learning words to replace the dreaded vowel words. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z “Treasure-house” is an apt translation of the Latin word “thesaurus,” so it’s fitting that this picture-book biography of the most famous thesaurus-maker would itself be a treasure house — full of well-chosen anecdotes and inventive illustrations. How Roget came to make his famous reference book: A primer for kids The words historical thesaurus may send children running to the hills, for fear they’re likely to be bored to death by some fellow with a monocle. Quiz: Can You Figure Out the Meaning of Centuries-Old Slang? 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z “The irony is that the timelessness of the thesaurus,” he said, lay “in its inability to finish itself.” Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting) 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z An English dictionary and thesaurus, as well as a topical blog, are provided by Macmillan Dictionary online, along with the crowdsourced "open dictionary". Macmillan Dictionary to go digital after publisher announces final print editions 2012-11-07T09:04:36Z There are sage and agile talks delivered to writing students at N.Y.U., crisp essays for magazines and even a lovely thesaurus entry. For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Over the years, Bochner’s interest in words, lists, and synonyms developed into a set of iconic works, often called thesaurus paintings. Words, Words, Words: Mel Bochner's Thesaurus Paintings 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z I wanted this middle ranking to be "watchable" or "passable," but couldn't find a workable synonym for those words that started with the letter I in any online thesaurus. Straight to DVD: Beware "Neowolf"! 2010-04-24T13:01:00Z I encourage pupils to use dictionaries and thesauruses so pupils compile their own word banks. Teaching Shakespearean insults helps my students decode the Bard's language 2013-04-24T14:52:17Z She used “A Florence Diary” to describe every inch of the Italian city as happily as a tween with a thesaurus. Lena Dunham Pays Homage to Her Late Literary Hero Diana Athill 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Even by the standards of the legal profession, he can seem like a walking, talking thesaurus, with an affection for words like “charlatanic,” “obeisantly” and “annihilative.” A conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z But far be it from me to come between a reviewer and his thesaurus. Letters to the Editor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z In the car, he kept an English-Arabic dictionary, a thesaurus, a few reference books, some American fiction, and a favorite edition of the work of Kahlil Gibran. No Longer Driving a Cab, a Syrian Writer in America Focusses on His Fiction 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Aunt Elizabeth’s gifts used to bore us Till she told us we’d get a thesaurus. Style Invitational Week 1348: Same Difference 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z This latter view of nostalgia has gained acceptance, as a brief look in any thesaurus will illustrate. The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong 2014-03-16T20:00:00Z "I guess that ends up with it being more honest, because you're not censoring yourself or putting it through this pop thesaurus to gloss it." Deptford Goth: defo not a goth, and graduating beyond the bedroom 2013-03-15T14:00:00Z But break out the thesaurus, because even I could not deny that I felt something holy, sacred, ethereal all around me that morning. In Indonesia, Many Islands and Many Faces 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z There are plenty of thesaurus apps with a tremendous number of alternatives. Dear Hillary and Bernie, please start a podcast: Some holiday wishes for the people and their leaders at the end of a painful year 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word,” Stephen King has written. 'It ain't over till it's over' and other lessons from Chairman Yogi Berra 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I pored over that thesaurus, learning words to replace the dreaded vowel words. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Amongst those currently writing, Simon Schama stands out as the Dickens of modern historiography: bewilderingly erudite and prolific, passionate in his enthusiasms and armed with the complete contents of the thesaurus. Niall Ferguson: By the Book 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z But his fascination with colour, somewhat aloof in the past, has also produced the thesaurus paintings of the past decade. Richard Hamilton: The Late Work; Mel Bochner: If the Colour Changes – review 2012-10-13T23:06:10Z Ms Ain said that experts are also looking to create a legal thesaurus in Indian sign language that would help the deaf lawyers and litigants. Sarah Sunny: How India's first deaf lawyer made history in Supreme Court 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source. Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z A charge against you isn't merely false, it's totally false or completely bogus, or some such, from the liar's well-thumbed thesaurus. Why are Republicans so bad at lying? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Give me a thesaurus and there’s no stopping me. Randy Rainbow on his viral Trump indictment parody video: 'No choice but to really go for it' 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z She speaks in perfectly formed paragraphs and deploys what feels like a thesaurus’s worth of synonyms. Esther Perel’s Business Is Your Business 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Another year passed before I could write an intelligible essay, yet teachers always marked my work with “awkward” because I so loved the thesaurus. Perspective | Finding words after wartime: Thanhhà Lai on discovering her voice 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z A deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is so close that the negotiating teams have been consulting the thesaurus to help pick a name, in scenes reminiscent of the '80s political comedy, "Yes Minister". Sunak deal with EU is all about leadership now - Kuenssberg 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z He brought a dictionary and thesaurus, studied their work and began writing three or four drafts of a story before turning it in. Perspective | ‘Surviving Deep Waters’: A Black TV reporter takes a long dive into D.C. news 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z So, Commanders it is, at least until — one lives in hope — there’s a new owner, with a new broom and a new thesaurus. Perspective | The Washington Commanders: Pretty ‘meh,’ if you ask me 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z To find a rhyme for “personable,” it takes, to start, random access to an inventory of English sounds so vast that it beggars any thesaurus. The Essential Musical Dramatist Who Taught Us to Hear 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Over-the-top rhetoric that sounds as if someone locked Kiley in a room with a thesaurus, but doesn’t really conform to what even Newsom’s critics think of his performance. Column: Will the recall loss jolt the California GOP out of its death spiral? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z “How concerned am I? If you pick up a thesaurus, whatever’s the word for ‘most concerned,’” said Jarod Martin, superintendent of schools in the hard-hit Lafourche Parish, southwest of New Orleans. Ida deals new blow to Louisiana schools struggling to reopen 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z “If you were scanning a thesaurus for a single word to describe the decision,” she wrote, “you would stop when you came to ‘watershed.’” Ban on Non-Unanimous Verdicts Is Not Retroactive, Supreme Court Rules 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z “You’d exhaust the thesaurus of misery. It’s an appalling and tragic loss of life.” Britain Passes a Grim Milestone of 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z It's as if he "opened the thesaurus and picked some words that would spell the name, when in fact it should be misuse of 911 or racial misuse of 911," she said. San Francisco officials to vote on 'CAREN' law to stop 911 calls against Black people not committing crime 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s as if he “opened the thesaurus and picked some words that would spell the name, when in fact it should be misuse of 911 or racial misuse of 911,” she said. San Francisco to vote on proposal about racist 911 calls 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z That led Dr. Markel to propose — after consulting a dictionary and thesaurus — what he called “protective sequestration,” like keeping military personnel in mass isolation on docked ships. The Untold Story of the Birth of Social Distancing 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z I need a new thesaurus to describe President Trump’s continued retaliation against and firing of patriotic Americans. Opinion | Blaming the victim during a time of vulnerability 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The headlines were fierce then and funny now, a thesaurus throwing up “embarrassing”, “shameful”, “disgraceful”, “ridiculed”. Zidane swaps sparkle for steel to win the Madrid derby that matters | Sid Lowe 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s time to use a thesaurus; report, not inflame; and choose not to perpetuate gender bias to report on actions of women. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Don’t dress down the first lady 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z One MP, quoted by the New York Times, said: "It's as if he goes to bed every night, reads a thesaurus, inwardly digests it and then spews it out the next day." Last Orderrrrs! Speaker John Bercow in numbers 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z But generally, my brother and I developed a sort of thesaurus for ourselves. ‘It was a learning curve’: the tech experiments of The Lighthouse 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z As I said, I need a new thesaurus. Opinion | Blaming the victim during a time of vulnerability 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z You can take something very seriously without using a thesaurus. Movies, Twitter, basketball, bulldogs (and other things) with NY Times best-selling author Shea Serrano 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z “You keep pulling from that thesaurus. There’s a whole bunch of words you can use to describe the way he plays and the amount of energy he plays with.” NFL Today, Week 5 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z “I now know ‘inquiry’ is a special word in the impeachment thesaurus,” he said wryly, “which I’m still looking for on Amazon, but I haven’t found.” These Republicans May Not Endorse an Impeachment Inquiry. But They Aren’t Saying No. 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Other Republicans, even as they broke with Trump and criticized his comments, ransacked the thesaurus to avoid it. Trump’s Overt Racism Is Uniting Democrats and Unnerving Some Republicans 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z They are also in desperate need of a thesaurus, believing idiocy and imposing are synonymous. Are New York golf fans really that rowdy? - Golf Digest 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z “Sir, I’ve got a thesaurus and I’m not afraid to use it!” closed the host. Seth Meyers on Trump: 'Like a guy that got locked in a sauna overnight' 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z A sitting lawmaker told The New York Times in 2013, “It’s as if he goes to bed every night, reads a thesaurus, inwardly digests it and then spews it out the next day.” ‘Order! Order!’: Parliament Speaker Is Brexit’s Surprise Star and Villain 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Emily Wilson, in her recent translation of the Odyssey, seems to have ransacked the thesaurus for Athena: she gives her “twinkling eyes,” “glowing eyes,” “shining eyes,” “glinting eyes,” “sparkling eyes.” Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The whole thing is not just an exercise in social media mastery for LaValle, who seems to be a walking thesaurus of synonyms for “fat.” America’s fattest bear has now been crowned 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Every writer reaches that moment when they know the thesaurus and lexicon will fail them. Louder than bombs: my journey in war and music 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z We all sat around a large table full of etymological dictionaries and thesauruses, and the children were discussing a line about being born in Mexico. Opinion | The Littlest Don Quixotes Versus the World 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Kidd was particularly excited to show me his key apparatus — the homemade thesaurus where he keeps a running crosscheck on the entirety of the English language. The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The real question in analyzing the May jobs numbers released Friday is whether there are enough synonyms for “good” in an online thesaurus to describe them adequately. We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z They want a picture of him poring over a thesaurus, looking for a synonym for “Doesn’t she look lovely?” The red tops' obsession with Meghan Markle’s father is a warning of the abuse to come | Zoe Williams 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Having said that, a friend has just sent me an article about my cat in a Danish newspaper, so I’m off to buy a thesaurus to help me through the moments ahead. What happened when my partner became prime minister? For starters, no curry | Clarke Gayford 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z As for Wells, grab a thesaurus or go online, because we have run out of adjectives to describe his tenacity and talent. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In the early days that meant lugging a copy of Who’s Who and the World Almanac, some of Hadden's own books, a dictionary, a thesaurus and a Bible, along with relevant newspaper clippings. The Story Behind the First-Ever Fact-Checkers 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z If anything, some of the thesaurus offerings don’t really do these numbers justice. We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Take a good look as they don 10-ounce thesauruses packed full of slander. Mayweather-McGregor will display one aspect of excellence: self-promotion 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z If nothing else, Pyongyang’s propaganda czars know how to exploit the bounty of a thesaurus. North Korea’s Consistently Apocalyptic Propagandists 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Back to the thesaurus we will - gladly - have to go. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The unique upshot: the English writer’s beloved thesaurus, a volume we now take for granted as the indispensable companion to any dictionary; an extraordinary and remarkable invention whose author was first and foremost a scientist. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 65 – Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852) 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Then there are other thesaurus synonyms for “good” that we don’t normally use in reference to employment numbers, but which are apropos this month. We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “Fancy language, senator. I will duel you at dawn you charlatan, you mountebank, you mendacious flimflamming dissembler. Bring a pistol and a thesaurus,” he quipped. Late-night hosts on Jared Kushner: 'If anyone could drive Isis crazy, it’s a New York landlord' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z A thesaurus may list the two words as synonyms, but Day does not consider them interchangeable. Top Golfers Decline to Speed Up Play, Despite Shrinking Attention Spans 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “Dig into a thesaurus,” Ms. Donahue advised a man dismayed by online dating. ‘Book Doctors’ Say What You Need Is a Good Read 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z He saw his thesaurus as the building block in a grander project, the construction of a universal language, for the realisation of “a golden age of union and harmony” among nations. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 65 – Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852) 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Not all of the thesaurus words for “good” work quite so well in describing the May jobs numbers. We Ran Out of Words to Describe How Good the Jobs Numbers Are 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Rather than mint new words, however, the Germans need only look to history for a nationalist thesaurus. In Germany, the language of Nazism is no longer buried in the past 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The January session yielded no action, but did exhaust the thesauruses of dozens of lawmakers who struggled to creatively convey just how much they disliked the real estate tycoon. Across Europe, revulsion at Trump but little idea of what to do about him 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z In the spring, she was widely mocked in the national media — and sent many scurrying for a dictionary or a thesaurus — when she insisted that while she would “support” Trump, she would not “endorse” him. How Trump ‘absolutely’ corrupts the GOP 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The episode where Joey composed a 'smart' sounding recommendation letter for Monica and Chandler, and replaced each word with a more pretentious equivalent from a thesaurus. Verbose tweet inspires linguistic laughter from Indians - BBC News 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z The election is going so badly that I have had to buy a whole thesaurus full of synonyms for “garbage fire.” Yay, Olympics — but also ewwwww! 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Speaking offered a sense of community, the rare chance to crowdsource my personal thesaurus. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Let’s say it together, folks: These campaigns need a thesaurus. 9 Times Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Seemed to Have the Same Speechwriter 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z And in the flavor thesaurus, there's a chart that includes basic ingredients, and which flavors and base alcohols to use with them. Everything you need to know about throwing a successful cocktail party is in this new book 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Heck, the thesaurus shows synonyms for busy include overloaded, buried and swamped. Atlanta airport eases off the ‘b’ word in tagline 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z In fact, the Republican frontrunner’s rivals are in need of a thesaurus after nearly running out of attacks. So long as party loyalty reigns, 'Never Trump' is just noise 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z This is not.... bear with me... using online thesaurus..... 'Guardians of the Galaxy' cast members reveal behind-the-scenes photos from the sequel 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z One ninth grader who was reading and writing below grade level recently downloaded an app for a thesaurus to expand his vocabulary for songwriting. Bronx School Embraces a New Tool in Counseling: Hip-Hop 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It was like he was being held at knifepoint by a band of drunk thesauruses. Sean Penn meets God 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z If a Democratic President is in office, there is often talk of new frontiers, new challenges, new covenants, or another synonym for “new deal” that White House speechwriters have wrung from their thesauruses. Obama’s Darkly Optimistic State of the Union Address 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z I read every classic novel I could get my hands on—plus the thesaurus and dictionary. Drew Barrymore, Child Star of ‘E.T.,’ Finds Her Way Home 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z I just used an online thesaurus for these words. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' cast members reveal behind-the-scenes photos from the sequel 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Louis van Gaal is clearly angling for a thesaurus as a Christmas present. Manchester United lose again as Alex Tettey seals win for Norwich City 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Pundits and politicians exhausted the thesaurus for a word awful enough to apply to terrorists. WESLEY PRUDEN: Paris outrage recede 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z At a certain point, my thesaurus is simply exhausted, and all of the available adjectives that could be applied to Carson’s unusual worldview have been used, repeatedly. Carson connects addictions and 'political correctness' 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Grab a thesaurus and shout out every complimentary word that applies. The Redskins turn a game to forget into a day to remember 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The New York Times might want to invest in a thesaurus for Charles Blow. The 1980s Called Again 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The compilers of the thesaurus want readers to send in their own words to add to the list, and hope the book may encourage the return of some forgotten terms. Scots have 421 words for snow – more than Inuits 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The first two categories featured in the thesaurus concentrate on Scots words for weather and sport - with marbles taking the crown ahead of football at 369 words. Scots 'have 421 words' for snow - BBC News 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Bejar is an advocate for stylistic breadth, a walking thesaurus, a wine-sipping raconteur; the only constant in his work is change. Beach House and Destroyer grapple with the past on two new records 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Producing quality content involves giving your thesaurus a break and concentrating on thoughtful ideas, truly helpful suggestions, and straightforward communication. 7 Ways to Provide Relevant and Personalized Content 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z A little bit star-struck, not entirely familiar with the text or thematic structures and likely to use words such as ‘good’ instead of consulting a pocket thesaurus. The Night Benedict Cumberbatch Killed The Critic 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The first sections of the thesaurus, covering weather and sports, are published online Wednesday. Scots have 421 words for snow – more than Inuits 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z So, if you’re guilty of overusing any of these tech terms, it might be time to invest in a thesaurus. 10 Words To Remove From Your Vocabulary 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z I was a terrific speller and walking thesaurus most of my life, but now routinely resort to an online dictionary and my computer’s ability to second-guess the word I’m trying to spell. As We Age, Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Later, he worked on encyclopedias and thesauruses, becoming one of America’s leading lexicographers. Reflecting as a Run Comes to an End 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Someone buy this man a thesaurus and open up his world! In defense of fancy words 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z A thesaurus, a thesaurus, Europe's currency for a thesaurus. Greece’s game of chicken is starting to get dangerous 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z After all, the erotic romance novel, based on saucy “Twilight” fan-fiction, did great business, despite being a 500-page lesson in how not to use a thesaurus. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie: A better adaptation than the book deserves 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Using non-conversational words doesn’t make you look smart; it makes you look like someone who spends too much time in a thesaurus. 7 Things To Remove From Your Resume Right Now 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Another certainty will also be those who insist that prices must “recover,” to $100 a barrel, if not today than soon, treating it as “inevitable” and “unavoidable” proving their need for a thesaurus. Some Predictions For The 2015 Oil Market 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Maybe USC fans can send him a thesaurus so he can find a way to repeat the same phrases using different words? USC Now mailbag: Steve Sarkisian on his way to more than seven wins? 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z They don't even need a thesaurus for that one. Greece’s game of chicken is starting to get dangerous 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z She behaved in the manner of so many beleaguered bureaucrats before her, pledging reviews, reports, inquiries and assessments — a brimming thesaurus of self-examination — and tried to run out the clock. The Secret Service is serving without protecting 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z CTA riders who use the Wilson Red Line stop soon will need a new thesaurus. CTA to begin work on Wilson Red Line stop this month 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z He explained that English had a certain cachet, but that he suspected that executives made their underlings run slogans through a thesaurus until they looked sophisticated. Paul Ryan's American Idea is Mad Libs with a thesaurus full of conservative lies 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s constant the job ad “buzzwords” that make you want to tear out all the pages of a thesaurus and papier-mâché them in front of the recruiter. Unemployed and applying for 40 jobs a month: if you didn’t laugh, you’d cry 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z When my mother calls I need to put her on hold while I go and get the thesaurus. Readers who lost fluency in their language 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z How is “complex” better than “complicated”? After all, their dictionary definitions are similar and they are listed synonyms in the thesaurus: SAPVoice: Is Complex Better Than Complicated? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z They agreed that a thesaurus has its uses. New York's BookCon: 'Where literature and pop culture collide' 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Hell, it was exigency and necessity and anything else the online thesaurus can find. Wise: 2014 NBA playoffs: Sense of urgency helps Wizards take 3-1 series lead 2014-04-28T00:14:00Z There’s also a basic spell checker, with those familiar red and green lines to warn you of potential mistakes, but no thesaurus. Review: Office for iPad is pretty and functional 2014-04-05T00:45:33Z On his surgically sterile desk was a copy of Roget's thesaurus. What Jews and the Chinese have in common 2014-02-08T20:13:30Z Many features focused on weight, ventilation and aerodynamics, and companies reached deep into the jargon thesaurus to explain them. Designers Carve a Fashion Runway at the Games 2014-02-07T02:57:27Z Andy from Broadstairs, potentially impressed by the heft of , writes: "What does valetudinarians mean Will? have you been at the thesaurus again?" The Loop: Compassion and warmth 2013-11-08T16:53:39Z They roll off his tongue with the practised ease of a human thesaurus: descriptive, suggestive, arbitrary, and fanciful. Is Your Startup Named Right? 2013-10-14T21:14:00Z When maths is involved, the temptation is to open the thesaurus at “complex”. Keep It Simple, Stupid: Math Doesn t Have to Be "Complex" 2013-08-29T19:45:04.440Z “Clairvoyence, insight, prophesy, prediction,” the thesaurus says about my definition of choice. Analyst Craig Burton: On Prescience And Innovation 2013-07-22T19:05:00Z Reading “The Great Deformation” is like being yelled at by a humourless and rather fanatical street-corner preacher brandishing a well-thumbed thesaurus. Capitalism in America: About turn 2013-05-30T15:02:23Z Across the years, sportswriters in search of new synonyms to describe his stately voice would squeeze the thesaurus until it practically screamed in pain. Breaking Bread: On Script and Off, Giving Voice to the Yankees 2013-05-05T21:57:29Z For example, some apps incorporate a thesaurus function alongside the main dictionary; others don’t. App Smart: Dictionary Apps for Smartphones and Tablets 2013-04-24T21:07:50Z It is easy to search by word or phrase and skip around on a tablet, or pull up references such as a dictionary or thesaurus. Is It A Book Or An App? Digital Publishing Combines The Two In A New Medium 2013-04-04T17:47:36Z Educating recreational athletes about the dangers was made more difficult by the "thesaurus of names" that substances and supplements went under, especially in the unlicensed online market, said Arthur. Amateur athletes 'could be taking dangerous fitness supplies' 2013-02-01T17:20:21Z Analysts used a thesaurus’ worth of superlatives to describe this exciting science. For Isis CEO, A Victory After 24 Years Of Battle 2013-01-30T11:40:39Z So: All this for want of a thesaurus. WSU, Pac-12 investigations make it clear — Cougars coach Mike Leach didn't deserve this 2013-01-09T06:12:19Z My thesaurus lists vanity, conceit, self-importance and self-absorption. Viewpoint: In defence of narcissism 2012-10-10T01:34:31Z It's an unusually clever combination of dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, etymology and more. Flying off the eBook shelf 2012-06-18T09:36:34Z I try not to repeat myself; I don’t use a thesaurus much, but I do check the rhyming dictionary. Off the Dribble: This Is a Real Post About Fake Walt Frazier 2012-05-09T19:00:21Z His best texts will long constitute a thesaurus which every psychologist must know. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z They said the same about 2005 and some who have tasted barrel samples of 2010 are combing the thesaurus for even stronger superlatives. Bordeaux’s 2009 ‘Vintage of the Century’ Falls Short of Hype 2011-11-21T03:33:30Z I've hunted my thesaurus through, "The Century" and "Webster," too, But all in vain; 'Tis therefore plain That they who made these books so wise Had never seen her eyes! Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z More than just a thesaurus on a grid, the site offers a lot of features that will please the language obsessed/possessed/preoccupied/haunted among us. Visual Thesaurus 2011-08-26T16:38:02Z It’s the fat that helps give the beef a flavor and mouth melt that sends tasters to the thesaurus in search of adjectives like velvety, scrumptious, silky and savory. Beyond prime: American version of pricey Japanese Kobe beef making inroads 2011-08-09T14:10:26Z But the work is not merely a thesaurus, it is a history in a true sense, and it has an intrinsic value of its own, independent of its quotations from other works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Here is an online, searchable thesaurus called Thsrs that only gives you synonyms shorter than the word you are looking up! The Shorter Word 2011-02-10T21:51:42Z "Just launch it!" is just one of the many synonymous phrases in the coach's thesaurus of panicky, defensive anti-football cries. Get rid! Verbal barbarisms and cliches are a barrier to success for young footballers 2011-01-31T10:00:02Z Especially the Psalter, the prayer and hymn book of Israel, proves a veritable thesaurus of prayer terms and of these he makes a copious use. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z Her tech tip of the week: shortcuts to the thesaurus built into Microsoft Word. | Verizon?s iPhone 2011-01-13T16:18:11Z According to my thesaurus, it is an "illness, sickness, ailment, syndrome, malady, disorder, or complaint" that is "constant, unceasing, unending, continual, persistent, unrelieved, never-ending, ever-present, or lasting." Live well with a chronic disease 2010-09-27T18:40:00Z Here is an online, searchable thesaurus called Thsrs that only gives you synonyms shorter than the word you are looking up! The Shorter Word 2011-02-10T21:51:42Z The shelf at the top of his locker is filled with books, among them a dictionary and a thesaurus. Dickey, Mets? Man of Letters, Lets His Numbers Do the Talking 2010-08-15T00:50:00Z Yes, the cathedral, on Amsterdam Avenue at West 111th Street, is immense, enormous, monumental, colossal, humongous — consult your thesaurus to choose your own adjective to express its magnitude. | Closer to Heaven 2010-08-05T15:33:00Z Mr. Sheppard was more than a man behind a microphone, albeit one graced with a voice that sent sportswriters to the thesaurus in search of adjectives equivalent to sonorous, dignified, mellifluous and stately. Bob Sheppard Was Well Spoken on Art of Speaking 2010-07-13T01:47:00Z Whatever the are — and no doubt, Amar’e Stoudemire is home at night thumbing through his thesaurus — this much is clear through the first two games of the Western Conference finals: there is no stopping them. Lakers 124, Suns 112: Suns? Defense Is No Match for the Lakers 2010-05-20T04:54:00Z His work on the Pre-reformation Literature of Scotland is a perfect thesaurus of precious things, and has attracted the widest attention. John Knox Here in 1836 was issued a magnificent thesaurus of the Armenian language, with the Latin and Greek equivalents of each word. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Every chapter is a thesaurus of startling antithesis, humorous portraitures, acute observation and marvelous sagacity.... Village Life in China A Study in Sociology A thesaurus will brighten up a reporter's adjectival vocabulary. The Style Book of The Detroit News Only in Oliver's pocket edition is this excellent thesaurus of pithy and forcible Scottish apophthegms presented with his other works. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series My invaluable thesaurus is chained to my desk in order that it may not escape, and I frequently have to justify its existence when aliens penetrate my den. Threads of Grey and Gold He saw literature as the accompaniment of self-government, and the dictionary in his eyes was a vast school-book, not a thesaurus of literature. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Perhaps some of your learned readers will express their views as to the value of such a thesaurus, and give suggestions as to the principles which ought to regulate its execution. Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In the sparse thesaurus of his vocabulary he found nothing subtle. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards There were then no short cuts of learning, no comprehensive lexicons, no dictionaries of antiquities, no carefully prepared thesauri of mythology and history. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 An adequate dictionary and thesaurus can be useful. Humanistic Nursing Pliny's Natural History, that wonderful thesaurus of odds and ends, affords no help; the mystic qualities of blood are hardly alluded to there, and the same can be said of Servius' commentary on the Aeneid. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Towards the end of his life he published a similar thesaurus of the witty anecdotes and the striking words or deeds of wisdom of antiquity, the Apophthegmata. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation This extensive work is nearly finished in about 65 volumes, and constitutes a rich thesaurus of information about all British authors, except living ones. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Wisdom, he says, is an infinite treasure infinitus thesaurus, the value of which, in his opinion, was beyond all things; for how, he asks, can the sum be too great which purchases such vast delight. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages The Bibliotaph carried much accurate information in his head, but he never traveled without a thesaurus in his valise. The Bibliotaph and Other People It is a perfect thesaurus of Greek topography, archæology, and art. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The poem is very long—a thesaurus of evangelical thoughts, attitudes, and moods of faith—and also a magazine of hymns. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes It is a mosque as well as a hall of council, and a thesaurus to boot, for unimaginable treasures are buried in its caverns. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government It is still a thesaurus of arguments for the opponents of Buddhism and, let it be added, of Christianity. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 They were industrious investigators of the thesaurus in those days. Fifth Avenue The following day, still having the book with us, we dropped in to see the learned and hospitable Dr. Rosenbach at his new and magnificent thesaurus at 273 Madison Avenue. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned To this thesaurus of the soul, redolent of sentiment and tenderness, and rich in suggestions of crime, I now repaired for hints upon assassination. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales There were then no short cuts to learning, no comprehensive lexicons, no dictionaries of antiquities, no carefully prepared thesauri of mythology and history. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots "Yes, I helped a lady write a thesaurus." Queed It is a thesaurus of pneumatological knowledge, collected with German assiduity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Society in the mines was limited in that day, and we felt that we had found a real thesaurus in this old man of unique mold. California Sketches, Second Series Roget's thesaurus of the English language in dictionary form. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December Roget's international thesaurus of English words and phrases. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 July - December "Perhaps—you could persuade that wealthy old lady—to get out a second edition of her thesaurus!" Queed SEE Roget's international thesaurus of English words and phrases. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1950 January - June By the cultivation of grammar and lexicography as applied to the Biblical thesaurus of words, they resuscitated the Hebrew language, which, ousted by the Aramaic dialect, had already sunk into oblivion. Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history Their picturesqueness of form and their delight of color would beggar any thesaurus of its descriptive reserves, and yet leave their beauty almost unhinted. Roman Holidays, and Others Probably no series of political essays has done so much to mould the opinions of American statesmen as those of "The Federalist,"--a thesaurus of political wisdom, as much admired in Europe as in America. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders "I asked if you knew of any lady here, a wealthy one, who would like to write a thesaurus as a fad." Queed And these writings and speeches are still valued as among the most precious legacies of former generations; they form a thesaurus of political wisdom which statesmen can never exhaust. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen The Paradiso is a thesaurus of Mediaeval theology,--obscure, but lofty, mixed up with all the learning of the age, even of the lives of saints and heroes and kings and prophets. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation He furnished a thesaurus not merely to Bernard and Thomas Aquinas, but even to Calvin and Bossuet and Pascal. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Smith's Dictionary of Antiquities should be consulted, as it is a great thesaurus of important facts. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The library was another thesaurus: rich bindings encased volumes worthy of their garb. The Voice on the Wire By copying them into his note-books Beethoven as much as stored them away in the thesaurus of his thoughts, and so they may well have a place here. Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words You taught me in my callow days, let me pay back the debt now in my old age out of a thesaurus with wisdom smelted from the golden ores of experience. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) I am strongly disposed to linger with him, for I am drawing a portrait as well as a blunt pencil and a tattered thesaurus will allow. Sixes and Sevens Having searched the thesaurus in vain for adjectives, I must, as a substitution, hie me to comparison in the form of a recipe. Strictly business: more stories of the four million The Paradiso is a thesaurus of Mediaeval theology,—obscure, but lofty, mixed up with all the learning of the age, even of the lives of saints and heroes and kings and prophets. Beacon Lights of History |
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