Stamina

stamina



stamen

[stey-muhn]

stamina

[stam-uh-nuh]



Y



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    精力; 耐力; 韌勁

          2.    【植】雄蕊（stamen 的複數形式）



C



stamen, stamina (nn.) 

 

The regular -s plural for stamen, "the pollen (花粉) -producing part of a flower," is stamen[s]. 



Stam[ina], the Latin plural of stamen, meaning "a thread in the warp of human life spun by the Fates," 

is a singular English noun, meaning "endurance." 



Both words are Standard, from the same etymon. 





　

Such an attitude allows Seagal to guiltlessly pummel (用拳頭打) scores of thugs, dumbfounding the audience with flawlessly executed violence and unfathomable stamina.

see mettle 

puberty 

testosterone









　Breaking, Halle Berry just fainted. According to a tipster at JoBlo, when Robert Englund appeared on Loveline four days ago he mentioned that Billy Bob Thornton is being considered for Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Did any of our readers tune in to hear what was specifically said (about the casting, not candle light stamina)? Thornton is no stranger to playing small town outcasts in long sleeve apparel who commit murder. He won an Oscar, and ten million bad impressions by Southerners, for 1996’s Sling Blade.



tipster

(賽馬行情等的)密報者;預測者;情報販子