(例)He's apompousold prig who's totally incapable of taking a joke. He can sometimes sound a bitpompous
知っていましたか?
【前回の単語】 ところで、5月23日の「ornithology」(The lives and habits of eagles and whippoorwills, tanagers and sparrows, hawks and seagulls-all such are the province of theornithologist.)
いかがでしたか?
ornithologyの意味は、鳥類学、 the study of birds という意味です。
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猿語?
Scientists have found that male tree-dwelling, putty-nosed monkeys in Nigeria can combine 2 noises to convey new meaning -a trait that was once thought unique to humans.
Scientists found that the monkeys can combine these alarm calls to generate a 3rd meaning that informs their group to move along.