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Minggantu (sh) and chuck 1, verb (oh)


Minggantu (sh)




Chinese Ming Antu, Mongolian Minganto

born ?
died §ã 1763

Chinese astronomer and mathematician.

A Mongolian of the Plain White Banner (see Banner system), Minggantu first appeared in official Chinese records in 1712 as a student in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. He spent his whole career there, at a time when Jesuit missionaries were in charge of calendar reforms. He took part in the compilation of the imperially commissioned Luli yuanyuan (§ã 1723; "Source of Mathematical Harmonics and Astronomy"), and from 1737 to 1742 he worked with the Jesuits on the revision of its astronomical section. In 1759 he became director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. He left an unfinished mathematical manuscript, the Geyuan milu jiefa ("Quick Methods for the Circle's Division and Precise Ratio"), which his student Chen Jixin completed in 1774.


chuck 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French chuquer 'to knock']
to throw something in a careless or relaxed way
chuck sth on/out of/into etc sth
::Tania chucked her bag down on the sofa.
::I chucked a few things into a suitcase and left.
chuck sb sth
::Chuck me that pen, would you?
to throw something away because you do not want it any more
::I think I might have chucked it by mistake.
also chuck sth ¡û¡ú in
to leave your job
::You haven't chucked your job, have you?
BrE to end a romantic relationship with someone
::Why did Judy chuck him?
chuck it down
to rain very heavily
::It chucked it down all afternoon.
chuck sb under the chin
to gently touch someone under their chin in a friendly way
chuck away [chuck sth ¡û¡ú away] phr v
to throw something away because you do not want it any more
::I chucked all my old clothes away when we moved house.
chuck off [chuck sb off sth] phr v
to make someone leave a place or stop using something
::He'll chuck you off his land if he finds you.
chuck yourself off sth
to jump from somewhere that is very high
::She tried to chuck herself off the bridge twice last week.
chuck out [chuck sb/sth ¡û¡ú out] phr v
to throw something away because you do not want it any more
::It was broken so I chucked it out.
to make someone leave a place or a job
::Their landlord chucked them out when they couldn't pay the rent.
chuck somebody/something ¡û¡ú out of
::They got chucked out of the pub for fighting.
chuck in [chuck sth ¡û¡ú in] phr v
to leave your job
::He had a job as a driver but he chucked it in.
::I decided to chuck it all in and go to Australia.