The word phubbing and its related derivations first appeared in 2012, formed from a blend of the noun phone and verb snub meaning 'to insult someone by ignoring them'.

The noun nods to Old English scitte, meaning "purging3, diarrhea." And just the basic form of excrement4 stems from Old English scytel.

名词来自古英语scitte，意为“净化、腹泻。”只不过是从古英语scitte起源的基本排泄物形式。

Definition: ( noun) a short discussion intended to motivate someone The coach gave the players a pep talk during halftime.

Pep Talk鼓励的话定义：（名词）旨在激励某人的简短讨论。中场休息时，教练给队员们讲了一些鼓舞士气的话。

The MPs argue that the gender inclusive nouns make learning proper French more difficult and could even endanger the entire language.

议员们主张说，中性词汇会加大学习正规法语的难度，甚至可能威胁到整门语言。

Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.

可数名词有单数和复数之分。

Currently, a French grammar rule taught in schools dictates of nouns 'always wins'.

目前在学校教授的法语语法规则指出，法语中表示名词复数时，阳性单词“总是胜出”。

What kind of noun is this?

这是哪类名词？

Definition: ( noun) expert on television

Talking Head发言�定义：（名词）电视节目上的专家

Definition: ( noun) a discussion that is completely honest, often discussing difficult issues

Straight Talk直言不讳定义：（名词）完全诚实的讨论，经常讨论难题。

It can be used as a noun, and also can be used as an adjective.

它既可作为名词，又可作为形容词。

Definition: ( noun) something stated that is obviously not true

定义：（名词）明显不真实的东西

In "the black cat" the adjective "black" modifies the noun "cat".

在“the black cat”这一词组中，形容词“black”修饰名词“cat”。

The noun "oxen" is plural in number.

oxen这个名词是复数。

The word "person" is a countable noun.

person这个词是个可数名词。

a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb, for example travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone.

动名词

Meanwhile, all the optimum and potential distributing regions of Larix gmelinii, Spruce fir forest and Pinus koraiensis have the tendency of moving northwards.

同时，分布于大兴安岭的兴安落叶松、小兴安岭及东部山地的云冷杉和红松等树种的可能分布范围和最适分布范围均发生了北移。

If so, that has implications for other Nordic economies-and raises doubts about whether other European countries are wise to look northwards for a model.

如果真是这样，这就涉及到其他的北欧经济，并且增加了对其他欧洲国家向北寻求模型是否明智的质疑。

Junkers were ordered northwards to help a German merchantman which were under attack by a Norwegian destroyer.

容受命飞助正遭受挪威驱逐舰袭击德运输船。

European merchants coming northwards via the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea, particularly the Portuguese and British, traded extensively through Guangzhou.

欧洲商人，特别是葡萄牙和英国的商人跋山涉水，经过马六甲海峡、南中国海，到达广州进行贸易。

Mange is tropical fruit tree. From low latitude to high latitude northwards, affected by unfavourable climate, Mango's yield is not stable.

芒果是热带果树，由低纬度向较高纬度北移后，由于受不利气候影响，产量很不稳定。

And at the fourth watch, again he could see the colorful shadow cast by the moon through the hole, which pointed northwards at a big rock.

到四更时分，月亮透过峭壁洞孔，又将那彩色缤纷的剑影映到小石壁上。