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“diaphanous”
a. 투명한, 비물질의
= transparent, sheer, insubstantial
“dilatory”
a. (일이나 움직임) 쳐지는
= “remiss”
alacritous
: slow, tending to delay or move slowly
“diatribe”
n. 장광설, 감정이 격하게 비난!
= “harangue”, “(tirade)”
: a bitter, abusive denunciation
dicey
a. 위험한
= risky, dangerous, hazardous, perilous
“dichotomy”
n. 양분화하다
= bifurcation
[a. “dichotomous”]
: a separation onto two division
“dilapidated”
a. 황폐한
restored
: having fallen onto a state of deterioration
(dilate)
v. 확장하다(신체기관)
= distend
constricted
[a. “dilatant”]
: become or cause circumference wider or larger
“dilettante”
n. 아마추어
= amateur, “layman”, “laypeople”
: “dabbler” in art or knowledge
“dilute”
v. 희석하다
[n. dilution]
: make thinner, make less concentrated
“dim”
v, a. 희미하게 하다
= faint, indistinct
: lacking in brightness
cf) ref. din-noise
dingy
a. 칙칙한
= drab
: dirty or faded, shabby, darkened or discolored
“dire”
a. 재앙의, 큰일난
= circumstances, ‘calamitous’
‘auspicious’, trivial
: characterized by severe, serious or desperate
(dirge)
n. 슬픈노래, 장송곡
: funeral hymn, mournful music
cf) ref. dirge-music, elegy-poem
“disabuse”
v. 오해로부터 벗어나게하다
mislead, delude
: free from a falsehood or misconception
“disaffected”
a. 정부에 불만을 품은
= dissatisfied, discontented
cf) ref. affected, unaffected
disclaim
v. 부정하다, 부인하다
= (disavow)
: deny’ that you know about something
discombobulate
v. 불편, 심란하게 하다, 멘붕
: make somebody feel confused, uneasy or embarrassed
“discomfit”
v. 마음을 불편하게 하다
= “discompose”
: make unsettled or confused, make somebody lose his or her composure
discommode
v. 불편하게 하다
[n. “discommodity” (=”inconvenience”)]
: cause problems or inconvenience to somebody
discourse
n. 강의
: serious speech or piece of writing, serious conversation
“discrepancy”
n. (당연히 맞을 것이)불일치
: a distinct difference between two things that should match or correspond
disembarass
v. 장애물을 제거하다
: free somebody from something embarrassing, unpleasant, or burdensome
disgorge
v. 토하다
= vomit, excrete(excretion)
: pour substances out
“disgruntled”
a. 불만을 품은(대중, 노동자가 사회에 불만같은)
= anger, irritation, discontented
content
: in a state of resentful dissatisfaction
‘disinter’
v. 발굴하다
= excavate’, ‘dredge’, ‘exhume’, unearth
inter, bury
: dig up, expose something that was hidden