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English Scraps Archive — 2026-w34

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overwhelmed

  • type: word
  • date: 2026-08-17
  • source: 数据可视化教程（https://handsondataviz.org/choose.html）
  • status: learning
  • tags: [adjective]
  • 发音: /ˌəʊvəˈwelmd/
  • 含义: 被压垮的；不知所措的；应接不暇的
  • 英义: feeling that you have too much to deal with; buried or drowned beneath a huge mass of something (literal or figurative)
  • 记忆: over-（过多）+ whelm（古英语 hwelman「淹没、覆盖」）→ 被大量事物淹没；同根 whelm 覆没（少见）
  • 语境: 面对太多数字工具感到不知所措
  • 原句: If you feel overwhelmed by the avalanche of digital tools available today
  • 造句: I was overwhelmed by the amount of work that piled up during my vacation.
  • 同义/反义: swamped, inundated / calm, unbothered

avalanche

  • type: word
  • date: 2026-08-17
  • source: 数据可视化教程（https://handsondataviz.org/choose.html）
  • status: learning
  • tags: [noun]
  • 发音: /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
  • 含义: 雪崩；（比喻）大量涌来的事物
  • 英义: a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside; a sudden arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities
  • 记忆: 法语 avalanche，源自罗曼什语 lavina，来自拉丁 labina「滑坡」（labi「滑落」）
  • 语境: 用雪崩比喻蜂拥而至的数字工具——an avalanche of digital tools
  • 原句: If you feel overwhelmed by the avalanche of digital tools available today
  • 造句: The company received an avalanche of complaints after the price hike.
  • 同义/反义: deluge, flood / trickle

rotated

  • type: word
  • date: 2026-08-19
  • source: 未知来源（自记：API 凭证轮换）
  • status: learning
  • tags: [technical, verb]
  • 发音: /rəʊˈteɪtɪd/
  • 含义: 轮换；定期更换（凭证/密钥/密码）
  • 英义: (v) to turn or cause to turn around an axis or center; (in security/IT) to regularly replace credentials, keys, or secrets with new ones as a security practice
  • 记忆: 拉丁 rota「轮子」→ rotate → 凭证像轮子一样定期转一圈换成新的；rotated 比 updated 更准确（updated 只强调更新，rotated 强调定期轮换的安全实践）
  • 语境: API 密钥定期轮换，避免长期使用同一密钥的安全风险；以前习惯用 updated，现在知道 rotated 更地道
  • 原句: API credentials have been rotated.
  • 造句: We rotate our database passwords every 90 days.
  • 同义/反义: cycle, refresh / keep, retain

hype

  • type: word
  • date: 2026-08-21
  • source: 未知来源（对话：加密货币聊天）
  • status: learning
  • tags: [informal, noun, verb]
  • 发音: /haɪp/
  • 含义: (n) 炒作；大肆宣传；热潮；(v) 大肆宣传；炒作
  • 英义: (n) extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion, often exaggerating the importance or benefits of something; (v) to promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits
  • 记忆: 缩写自 hyperbole（夸张法）→ hype；hype up = 让人兴奋起来
  • 语境: 加密货币市场氛围——牛市来了的兴奋感
  • 原句: Anyone seen 牛来? Feeling the hype from over here…
  • 造句: Don't believe the hype — the product isn't as revolutionary as they claim.
  • 同义/反义: buzz, frenzy / understatement