2012年8月10日 · For cenatory use, a linen or cotton cloth is preferred and is known as a napkin, but when made of paper it is a paper napkin. Because of its other uses, tissue would risk being misunderstood if used in this context. A serviette is the same thing, but the word is used only by the aspirational middle class.

2013年4月6日 · In this case, I get the feeling that either side of the napkin refers to the steakhouse employees (who work on one "side of the napkin") and the customers (who dine on the other). In the article, the steakhouse owner chimed in with one theory; in subsequent paragraphs, some politicians offered explanations as well.

2015年2月3日 · Napkin is the correct term: what about that waiter who carries a napkin draped over one arm? In part, it’s practicality. It’s readily available to mop up any accidental spills or other messes at your table. But the practice dates back a couple of hundred years in France; that was how waiters carried the napkins they would distribute to diners.

2016年2月24日 · You might go with sundries. Various items not important enough to be mentioned individually ()While this meaning is a bit broader than what you describe, there is a convention of using sundries for exactly the types of items you list (toiletries, etc.).

[Making a] Zeroth-order approximation [Wikipedia]. In science, engineering, and other quantitative disciplines, orders of approximation refer to formal or informal terms for how precise an approximation is, and to indicate progressively more refined approximations: in increasing order of precision, a zeroth-order approximation, a first-order approximation, a second-order …

2011年6月8日 · Inside the USA, in business contexts, "(310) 555-1212" is fairly standard. However, it's not very computer-friendly; also, due to area code overlays in a growing number of areas of the US, you must often dial a 1 before the area code in any case, so "1-310-555-1212" is becoming fairly common (on the business cards of people who are more practical than formal, …

2013年2月24日 · It's a because the first sound of user is not a vowel, but the consonant /j/. ‘Vowel’ and ‘consonant’ describe letters that represent vowel and consonant sounds, but they also describe the sounds themselves.

2015年2月16日 · An example is Goldberg's "Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin", which was later reprinted in a few book collections, including the postcard book Rube Goldberg's Inventions! and the hardcover Rube Goldberg: Inventions, both compiled by Maynard Frank Wolfe from the Rube Goldberg Archives.[3]

2015年6月13日 · The article(a/an) that precedes a word is largely dependent on the way the first syllable of that word is pronounced, though many people follow the rule that words beginning with vowels must be preceded by 'an' and words beginning with consonants must be preceded by 'a'.

here's one definition of peng. Adj. 1. The best, great, excellent, often heard with reference to drugs. E.g."This weed is peng!"