“缘分”和“话痨”

WORD ONE

An English Language Learner's Word of the Day November 21

kismet

Pronounced: click here

Function: noun [noncount]

Meaning:

: a power that is believed to control what happens in the future : fate

Example:

<When we first met each other, we knew it must have been kismet (that brought us together).>

――"缘分"？

WORD TWO

Word of the Day for Thursday, November 22, 2007

deipnosophist \dyp-NOS-uh-fist\, noun:

Someone who is skilled in table talk.

At the age of six his future as a deipnosophist seemed certain. Guzzling filched apples he loved to prattle. Hogging the pie he invariably piped up and rattled on.

-- Ellis Sharp, "The Bloating of Nellcock"

Deipnosophist comes from the title of a work written by the Greek Athenaeus in about 228 AD, Deipnosophistai, in which a number of wise men sit at a dinner table and discuss a wide range of topics. It is derived from deipnon, "dinner" + sophistas, "a clever or wise man."

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for deipnosophist

――"饭泡粥"（"话痨"）？