| 单词 | delivery |
| 释义 | delivery (once / 362 pages) 1n 2n When you make a delivery, you bring something somewhere. A delivery can be in the form of something physical, as when you receive a delivery in the mail, or verbal, as in the delivery of a speech or address. Delivery once could only mean "the action of handing something to another," but it has a long history of being applied in other ways. The idea of childbirth as being a delivery came about in the 1570's, while the term was applied to a punch in the 1580's, and to throwing a ball in 1702. A verbal delivery is the manner in which a speech is presented. As a comedian, you know the importance of a good delivery — timing the punchline just right. WORD FAMILYdelivery: deliveries+/deliver: deliverable, deliverance, delivered, deliverer, delivering, delivers, delivery/deliverable: deliverables/deliverance: deliverances/deliverer: deliverers USAGE EXAMPLESA Pemex spokesman said relatively few gasoline stations were affected, although protesters temporarily blocked storage terminals, delaying the delivery of gasoline to retail points. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Schuette said education “is in many respects on a delivery system from the 1900s.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Paul Plummer is the chief executive of the Rail Delivery Group which represents train operators and Network Rail. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another Syn|Hypo|Hyper legal transfer, livery surrender the delivery of a principal into lawful custody bailmentthe delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee extraditionthe surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying act of transferring property title from one person to another 2n the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) his reluctant delivery of bad news Syn|Hypo|Hyper bringing airdrop delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft consignmentthe delivery of goods for sale or disposal handing over, passagethe act of passing something to another person postthe delivery and collection of letters and packages service, service of process, servingthe act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone relaythe act of passing something along from one person or group to another conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation the act of moving something from one location to another 3n recovery or preservation from loss or danger Syn|Hypo|Hyper deliverance, rescue, saving lifesaving saving the lives of drowning persons redemption, salvation(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil reclamation, reformationrescuing from error and returning to a rightful course salvagethe act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvagethe act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction salvationsaving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation search and rescue missiona rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittalthe act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirtha spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life atonement, expiation, propitiationthe act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) recovery, retrieval the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) 4n the event of giving birth she had a difficult delivery Hyper birth, nascence, nascency, nativity the event of being born 5n the act of delivering a child Syn|Hypo|Hyper obstetrical delivery breech birth, breech delivery, breech presentation delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first C-section, abdominal delivery, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian sectionthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) forceps deliverydelivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries midwiferyassisting women at childbirth frank breech, frank breech deliveryposition of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen 6n (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper pitch balk an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base balla pitch that is not in the strike zone beanball, beanera baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitcha baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball bender, breaking ball, curve, curve balla pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter dustera pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter bullet, fastball, heater, hummer, smoke(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity knuckleball, knucklera baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin overhand pitcha baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder passed balla pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base screwballa pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown sinkera pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate spitball, spitteran illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it strike(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders submarine ball, submarine pitcha pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead wild pitchan errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base slidera fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown throw the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) n your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally Syn|Hypo|Hyper manner of speaking, speech address the manner of speaking to another individual catcha break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) tonguea manner of speaking shibboletha manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people tone, tone of voicethe quality of a person's voice elocutionan expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture inflection, prosodythe patterns of stress and intonation in a language inflection, modulationa manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified sharp tonguea bitter or critical manner of speaking notea tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling rotundity, roundnessthe fullness of a tone of voice undertonea quiet or hushed tone of voice intonation, modulation, pitch contourrise and fall of the voice pitch caesuraa break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line enjambement, enjambmentthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause accent, emphasis, stressthe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) rhythm, speech rhythmthe arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements expressive style, style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
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