tap, tape, taper

[ex]
The tape seems never taper off after winding it on the tap for tens of rounds.


//=== tap
 n. 水龍頭 (tap water 就是 自來水)
 v. 輕拍,輕碰 (輕壓平板電腦的螢幕 to tap the screen of the tablet)

Tap, Double Tap, and Press and Hold on a tablet to turn it off.



//=== tape 
n. 膠帶, 錄音帶, 
casette tape recorder 卡帶錄音機

//=== taper
taper 的起源是指 蠟燭 (wax candle) , 蠟燭燃燒漸漸失去光亮 到最後完全變暗;
taper 後來就用來指 逐步消減, 常與副詞 off 連在一起用.

生命的過程大致與蠟燭類似吧, 
It seemed all of a sudden to the public that 
the famous doctor and toxicologist died a few days ago. 
In fact, he got chronical kidney disease and 
kept fighting for decades but finally tapered off. 
However, he did light and enlighten many others' life. 

逐步戒除抗焦慮/抗憂鬱藥物
 to taper off anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drugs

颱風正逐步遠離
 The storm is beginning to taper off. 

"平均來講" 質數間的間隔是越來越大 或者說越來越稀疏 (taper off)
... mathematicians have understood how the primes taper off "on average": Among large numbers, the "expected gap" between prime numbers is approximately 2.3 times the number of digits; so, for example, among 100-digit numbers, the expected gap between primes is about 230 ... 



[ref]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tap
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/features/science-news/unheralded-mathematician-bridges-the-prime-gap/

rabies -- 狂犬病的英文

狂犬病的英文, 直接從字面上來翻就是 mad dog disease.
上網搜尋發現 rabies /r 'e: bi:z/ 這個單字
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies
應該與 rabbit /r 'ae bit/ 無關

狂犬病發生在動物身上叫 rabies,
發生在人身上則叫 hydrophobia (恐水症)
? http://zoonosesonline.org/rabies.html

//=== prophylaxis /pr.f.l 'ae ksis/ 預防性措施/處置/注射/投藥 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prophylaxis

狂犬病是病毒引發的疾病 而且是人畜共通(zoonotic),
病毒侵入後 經過一段時間的潛伏期 incubation period (數天~數年?),
一旦病毒侵入中樞神經系統(central nervous system) 開始發病後
致死率幾乎是百分百 (that's why it's called a fatal disease).

所以 一旦遭遇動物咬襲 或是 傷口沾染帶有病毒的唾液,
就必須立即進行 post-exposure prophylaxis 疫苗(vaccine)注射
而第一線醫護人員也應定期接種疫苗 (pre-exposure?) prophylaxis

[ref]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies
http://zoonosesonline.org/rabies.html
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100827055318AALFqrw
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prophylaxis

NoNo 4

no obsession, no obstacle
無癡無礙

no wonder, no wander
無疑無移

no wander, no wonder
行萬里路勝讀萬卷書

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no seal, no reveal
聖人不死,大盜不止

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no channel, no tunnel
管制引發套利

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no reference, no reverence
人抬人高,水抬船高