常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

asphyxia

衝撃的なニュースです。本当にdead poetになってしまいました。ご冥福をお祈りします。asphyxiaは「呼吸停止、窒息、仮死」ですが,"a"は否定接頭辞,sphyxiaは"heartbeat"を意味します。(GP)

Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63

The actor Robin Williams died on Monday morning, his publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement.
Mr. Williams, 63, had been battling severe depression recently, the statement said.

Mr. Williams was found unconscious at his home in Tiburon, Calif., around noon on Monday, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. His death appeared to be a suicide due to asphyxia, the statement said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/movies/robin-williams-oscar-winning-comedian-dies-at-63.html?emc=edit_na_20140811