[每日] panache (n) 誇耀
Word of the Day (Sunday September 28, 2008)
panache \puh-NASH; -NAHSH\, noun:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/154PW
1. Dash or flamboyance in manner or style.
2. A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the
helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
Dessert included a marvelous bread pudding and a fair bananas
Foster, the old-time New Orleans dish, which was prepared with
great panache tableside, complete with a flambé moment.
-- Eric Asimov, "New Orleans, a City of Serious Eaters.", New
York Times, July 4, 1999
It is ... an inevitable hit, a galvanizing eruption of energy,
panache and arrogantly sure-footed stagecraft that comes at a
time when theatrical dance is in the doldrums.
-- Terry Teachout and William Tynan, "Seamy and Steamy.", Time,
January 25, 1999
Although Black didn't have many friends and was not among the
school's leaders, he was likeable, had panache, and his
contemptuous tirades were rarely taken at face value.
-- Richard Siklos, Shades of Black: Conrad Black and the World's
Fastest Growing Press Empire
Panache is from the French, from Medieval French pennache, from
Italian pinnacchio, feather, from Late Latin pinnaculum,
diminutive of penna, feather. It is related to pen, a writing
instrument, originally a feather or quill used for writing.
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