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我挑了幾個常見/重要的縮寫全文，但其實還有 更多 ，在台灣最常見應該就屬廣告傳單了吧： D irect M ail 直郵廣告信 Advertising mail, also known as direct mail , junk mail, or admail, is the delivery of advertising material to recipients of postal mail. D iabetes M ellitus 糖尿病 Diabetes mellitus , or simply diabetes , is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger). blood sugar: 血糖 insulin: 胰島素 polyuria: 多尿 polydipsia: 多飲 polyphagia: 多食 D eci m ete 公寸 A decimetre (American spelling: decimeter, symbol dm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one tenth of a metre, (or ten centimetres) the SI base unit of length. SI: 萬國公制 (法文 Système International d'Unités) 需注意，公寸跟英寸是不一樣的 英吋 = 2.54 cm 公寸 = 10 cm ...

saturate to make something or someone completely wet, or to make a place completely full of something ( cambridge: saturate ) (Pic CC BY by  Horia Varlan ) 好像沒有太多可以講解的，所以我找了幾種不同東西的「飽和」，可以順便看一下他們的英解： 溶液濃度飽和 In physical chemistry, saturation is the point at which a solution of a substance can dissolve no more of that substance and additional amounts of it will appear as a separate phase ( wikipedia: Saturation ) * solution : 溶液 * dissolve : 溶解 色彩飽和 colorfulness, chroma, and saturation are related but distinct concepts referring to the perceived intensity of a specific color. ( wikipedia: Colorfulness ) 市場飽和 When the amount of product provided in a market has been maximized in the current state of the marketplace. ( investopedia: market saturation ) 最後，別忘了對應句子選擇適合的型 動詞 saturate 形容詞 saturated 名詞 saturation

FWIW 是 For What It's Worth 的縮寫。 通常會翻成：不論好壞、不管有沒有用、無論如何...等等。 但它的意思很難直接套用一個中文的詞，所以下面會用英解跟例句來說明它的意思： 解釋 said when you are giving someone a piece of information and you are not certain if that information is useful or important ( cambridge ) considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you ( wiktionary ) Used to soften the presentation of unsolicited advice or information that may not be relevant ( wiktionary ) 1跟2解釋差不多，提供一個不知道有沒有用、重不重要、可能沒什麼用的資訊時說的，類似「 不知道講出來有沒有幫助 ，但就我所知是那樣那樣...」 例句 And that's my opinion, for what it's worth. They are, for what it's worth, the single most successful eastern arts group in the West. 3適用在含有歉意的情境，例如「雖然對你很抱歉， 但先不論好壞 ，他的處置是正確的」或「 我說什麼都沒用了 ，但對不起...我把事情搞砸了」 例句 For what it's worth, I'm sorry that I messed up your work. FWIAW 則是 For What It's All Worth 的縮寫。跟FWIW一樣的意思，但FWIW比較常用。 語源 有興趣也可以讀一下wiktionary的語源部分： "For what it's worth" is useful to emphasi...

Aluminium foil, Pic CC-BY by  wstryder Aluminium foil is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves, with a thickness less than 0.2 millimetres, thinner gauges down to 6 µm are also commonly used. ( wikipedia: Aluminium_foil ) Aluminium foil剛好可以拆成鋁、箔兩個字來看： Aluminium  (鋁) Aluminium (or aluminum) is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13. ( wikipedia: aluminium ) a light, silver-colored metal used esp. for making containers, cooking equipment, and aircraft parts ( cambridge: aluminium ) foil (箔) a very thin sheet of metal, used esp. for wrapping food. ( cambridge: foil ) 那為什麼會有錫箔紙的俗稱呢？ 因為早期的確是用錫做的（錫箔 Tin foil ），但因為錫味會留在食物上的缺點，現在市面上應該都是鋁製的了。

YOLO = You Only Live Once (你只能活一次/人生只有一次) YOLO is an acronym for "you only live once". Similar to carpe diem, it implies that one should enjoy life , even if that entails taking risks. ( wikipedia ) 看到這個字是因為：很惡搞的短片Charlie the Unicorn隔了好幾年終於出了 第4集 ，片尾的海星大喊～"YOLO"，這當然是有原因的，請從第3集開始看...XD 另外有一個反過來的字 OLOY = Only Losers Obey Yolo (失敗者才奉行YOLO)

公共電話最常見的用法是： Payphone Payphone (Pic CC-BY-NC-ND by  HeyNix ) 照慣例的英解先： a public phone that is operated using coins or a card ( cambridge: payphone ) A payphone (alternative spelling: pay phone) is a public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or a privacy hood, with pre-payment by inserting money (usually coins), a credit or debit card, or a telephone card. ( wikipedia: Payphone ) 然後既然兩則應解都直接用 public telephone ，你當然也可以直接用。 附帶一提，Pop Rock團體 Maroon 5 (官方翻譯：魔力紅) 有一首歌就叫  Payphone ，雖然MV劇情還蠻硬凹的... 在Wikipedia上看到一些其他的字，但意思有點不一樣，以下說明： telephone booth (美國、加拿大) telephone box (英國、澳洲) =電話亭 telephone booth (Pic CC-BY-NC by  el dubb ) Red telephone box 由Giles Gilbert Scott爵士所設計的公共電話亭，應該算蠻知名的英國特色。台灣也有設立仿製的電話亭喔！ Red telephone box (Pic CC-BY-NC-SA by  Click-track Heart ) 以下雖然也是公共使用的電話，但不是投幣或插卡的電話，而是比較偏向專線直播的公共用電話。 Callbox  (點進去是wiki，有照片，下同) 這個我查到在美國是指專線用途的電話，例如緊急電話、職員或客戶直播的電話。 但在英國等於telephone box。 Police box 英國的警察公共電話亭，跟一般的公共電話...

翹孤輪/翹前輪：Wheelie Wheelie (Pic CC BY-NC-ND by  Two Big Paws ) In vehicle acrobatics(特技表演), a wheelie is a vehicle maneuver(花招) in which the front wheel or wheels come off the ground due to extreme torque(力矩) being applied to the rear wheel or wheels. ( wikipedia: Wheelie ) 煞車翹後輪：Stoppie Stoppie (Pic CC-BY-ND by  LeeLilly ) The stoppie (also known as Endo), is a motorcycle and bicycle trick in which the back wheel is lifted and the bike is ridden on the front wheel by carefully applying brake(煞車) pressure. It is also sometimes called a front wheelie. ( wikipedia: Stoppie ) 所以我們知道至少知道有三種可用： stoppie endo front wheelie 但很多人似乎以為front wheelie是翹前輪（用front wheelie搜尋的話，會發現很多照片是翹前輪的），所以要講翹後輪的話，stoppie還是最明確的用法。 有前(front)輪當然也就有後(rear)輪，雖然也有查到有人在用rear wheelie，但似乎不多，總之翹前輪=wheelie，翹後輪=stoppie。 另外還有一種翹後輪，不是透過煞車，而是靠著動力倒車（例如沙灘車、特技腳踏車），這種可以用backward wheelie。 對方聽不懂wheelie或stoppie的話怎麼辦呢？其實回歸原始，翹孤輪就是 front/rear wheel(s) come off the ground (如果你是指汽車翹前輪的話，wheel要加s) 有興趣...