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blouse

1 : a loose overgarment like a shirt or smock, hiplength to calf-length, belted or unbelted, and worn especially by workers, artists, and peasants 2 : the dress and undress uniform coat of the U.S. Army; also : the upper outer garment of any uniform <a postman's gray blouse> 3 : a usually loose-fitting garment covering the body from the neck to the waist or just below, made with or without a collar, sleeves, or belt, and worn over or tucked inside a waistband (as of a skirt) 4 : a bloused draping of cloth (as in a coat or dress) n. 宽松的上衣；女装衬衫 vt. 使...宽松下垂 vi. 宽松下垂

bad

a : failing to come up to or achieve a certain standard : failing to display or attain the worth, quality, shape, or appearance proper or appropriate to its type or species : poor, worthless, blemished <a bad car> <a bad complexion> <a bad book> <a bad repair job> b : unfavorable or derogatory in significance or tendency <made a bad impression on the examiners> <had bad reports about his conduct> <youthful escapades gave him a bad name> : marked by unfavorable or unfortunate events, trends, or occurences <a bad year for Rome — Robert Graves> : contrary to expectations or hopes : inauspicious <the messenger brought bad news> <regard the present as a bad time to buy durable consumer goods — S. H. Slichter> c : decayed, rotten, spoiled <meat has gone bad> d : dilapidated, run-down <a farmhouse in a bad state> 2 a : having an evil, depraved, or vicious character or tendency <a thoroughly bad man, without a trace of feeling or conscience> <a bad book, sowing harmful deluding ideas> immoral <gossip had it that she was a bad girl> b : mischievous, intractable, disobedient <a bad child> 3 a : inadequate or unsuited to its purpose : unsatisfactory <a bad plan> <a bad light to read by> b : unsuccessful or unprofitable especially on account of a lack (as of good judgment or skill <a bad buy> <a bad investment> <a bad shot> : displaying or revealing poor judgment or lack of skill <a wild golf shot caused by bad timing on the down stroke> 4 a (1) : offensive or painful to one's senses : disagreeable, displeasing, unpleasant <a bad smell> <a bad taste> (2) : causing or attended by sensations of discomfort or unease <spent a few bad minutes waiting for the jury's decision> b of language : improper, blasphemous <scolded the boy for using bad language> 5 a : inimical to welfare : injurious, deleterious, harmful <too close reading is often bad for the eyes> <a climate bad for the health> b : severe or distressing especially more so than is usual or customary <a bad cold> <a bad shock> c : disastrous, calamitous <a bad train wreck> <a bad forest fire> d : causing or offering difficulty <as languages go, I'd say Japanese isn't bad — Bernard Bloch> <we went up the Elena Glacier ... and found it as bad as we had feared — D. L. Busk> 6 : incorrect, faulty, substandard <bad grammar> <conduct in the worst taste> 7 a : in pain or discomfort : ill, sick <bad with fever> <the cold made him feel generally bad> b : diseased, unhealthy, deficient <bad teeth> <a bad constitution> 8 a : sorrowful, downcast, dejected <feel bad at the death of a friend> b : sorry, regretful, remorseful <feel bad about slighting a friend> c of a person's character or disposition : irritable, cross, surly <everybody was in a bad humor except the chief — Dashiell Hammett> 9 a : not legally good : invalid, void <a bad claim> b of a debt : not collectible c of a check : issued without sufficient funds in the bank to cover d in games : foul : not counted or counted against a player according to the rules <a bad tennis shot falling several feet outside the baseline> 10 bad·der; bad·dest, slang a : good, great <one of the baddest songwriters to be found anywhere — Black Collegian> b : tough 8 — in a bad way : having serious difficulty <public schools are at the present time in a bad way — M. B. Smith> <the stricken man was in such a bad way he was immediately hospitalized> — not bad : fairly or acceptably good <She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad. A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous. — Karl Taro Greenfeld, Vogue, November 1994> : quite good or impressive <For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie. — New York Times, 21 May 2000> — too bad : regrettable <it is too bad that rewards often do not come to deserving men> adj. 坏的；严重的；劣质的 n. 坏事；坏人 adv. 很，非常；坏地；邪恶地

bath

1 : a washing or soaking of all or part of the body (as in water, steam, mud, or sunshine) <a cool bath refreshed him> <he took sun baths for his health> <a mud bath> 2 a : water or any other medium used for bathing <told her maid to draw her a bath> <baby played in its bath> b : a contained liquid for a special purpose (as for immersion of something to be acted upon in dyeing, metallurgy, or photography) <a mercury bath> <a fixing bath containing a small amount of silver> c : a medium (such as water, air, sand or oil) for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it d food : a liquid in which a food (such as meat or fish) is marinated, basted, cooked, or served <The veal is gently simmered in a marsala bath.> < ... well-flavored goat cheese floating in a light bath of hot cream. — Craig Claiborne, New York Times, 24 Jan. 1982> 3 a : a room where one may bathe : bathroom <went into the bath to take a shower> b (1) : a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing <went twice a week to the public bath> (2) : one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients — usually used in plural <the Roman baths in this quarter were found covered by an old burying ground — Tobias Smollett> c : a place resorted to especially for medical treatment by bathing : spa — usually used in plural <spent the summer at the baths> d : swimming pool <the sound of swimmers diving into baths — William Sansom> 4 : a quantity of liquid, light, etc., that covers or suffuses someone or something <his head all over in a bath of sweat — Bernard Mandeville> < ... they pulled off leaves to expose the grapes to a final bath of sunlight before harvest. — Andrew Maykuth, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2 May 1997> <But now in my shelter of all things impossible, I drift in a warm bath of forgiveness, and it seems pointless to resist. — Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, 1999> < ... a do-it-yourself version of her program, consisting of the same round-the-clock bath of empathy and selflessness she practices at her clinic. — Carolina Knapp, New York Times Book Review, 4 Jan. 1998> 5 a : a receptacle for water in which to bathe : bathtub <cast-iron baths were introduced during the early 19th century — J. E. Gloag> b : a receptacle for holding a liquid preparation in which something is immersed (as in dyeing, metallurgy, or photography) c : a vessel containing a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it and used especially in chemistry 6 : a financial setback : loss <heard that you took a bath on the South African securities — J. K. Galbraith> n. 沐浴；浴室；浴盆 vt. 洗澡 vi. 洗澡

deep

1 : extending far or comparatively far from some level, edge, surface, or area: such as a : extending downward to a considerable degree <a deep well> <deep valleys between the ranges> b : extending well inward from a surface accepted as outer <a deep gash in the side of the mountain> often : not located superficially within the body <deep pressure receptors in muscles and tendons> c : extending well back from a surface accepted as front <a deep recess behind the organ> <fine deep closets in every room> d : extending far laterally from something expressed or implied that is regarded as central : wide and peripheral <a deep shrubbery about the house> <deep borders of ecru lace> e sports : occurring relatively far from the center of activity : located near the outer limits of the playing area <a hit to deep right field> <the safety man took a deep position> f American football : thrown far down the field <Simkin ... showed off his arm with a deep pass to his favorite wide receiver, Marshall ... — Paul A. Jannace, Evening Tribune, 3 Mar. 2013> 2 : having a specified extension in an implied direction usually downward or toward the back — used postpositively <a canyon a mile deep> <a shelf 20 inches deep> or in combination <cars parked three-deep> <knee-deep snow> 3 : marked by complexity, intensity, or a high degree of development of pertinent qualities: such as a : difficult to penetrate or comprehend : recondite <a deep problem> <the deeper questions of the day> often : mysterious, obscure, devious <a deep dark secret> <deep and deadly plots against civilization> b : grave in nature or effect : grievous, serious <a deep wrong> <in deepest disgrace> c : of penetrating intellect : wise, sagacious <a deep thinker> <deep clerks she dumbs — Shakespeare> often : cunning, sly, crafty <ah, but he's a deep one> <they're too deep for me> d : preoccupied with : engrossed, absorbed, involved, entangled — used postpositively and followed by an explanatory in phrase <a man deep in debt> <deep in her book> e : completely developed <deep winter> unmixed, unalloyed, extreme <deep grief> <deep darkness> heavy <deep sleep> f : characterized by close absorption or complete engagement <deep study> <deep thought> g : involving heavy liability or great self-indulgence : carried to excess — archaic except of drinking <unable to resist the deep drinking of his comrades> h of color : high in saturation and low in lightness : vivid and dark <fuchsia is a much deeper color than pink> i of tone : not high or sharp : rich, full, and heavy <the bass of heaven's deep organ — John Milton> specifically : having a low musical pitch or pitch range — used especially of the human voice <a voice deep and strong> 4 a : situated well within the boundaries of <a lodge deep in the forest> often : remote in time or space : hidden away : secluded — used postpositively and followed by in <deep in the heart> <found deep in rural England> b : lying or being covered or protected by or as if by a deep layer of something — used postpositively <lanes deep in snow> <a country deep in peace> c (1) archaic, of roads : covered with uncompacted soil : muddy, sandy, boggy (2) of soils : having a thick covering layer of topsoil <deep sandy loams> d : covered, enclosed, or filled to a specified degree — used postpositively, usually in combination, and with an orienting phrase <cows knee-deep in clover> <a box rim-deep with junk> 5 a : moving over or passing through a considerable distance downward <a deep dive> <a deep drop from a cliff> b (1) : coming from, reaching to, or acting on something (as a part or place) that is far down, back, or within : deep-seated <a deep breath> <a deep strong taproot> <deep therapy> (2) : originating or taking place below the surface of the body <deep pain> <deep reflexes> often : involving or operating on mental levels below the conscious <deep neuroses> 6 now dialectal, England : advanced in time : late 7 : large <deep discounts> <deep cuts in the budget> 8 : having many good players <a football team deep enough to overcome injuries and still win> <a deep bull pen> — in deep water : in difficulty : in distress : in a situation with obscure and menacing possibilities n. 深处；深渊 adj. 深的；低沉的；深奥的 adv. 深入地；深深地；迟

dry

1 : free or relatively free from water or liquid : not wet or moist: such as a obsolete : naturally having no moisture — used in ancient and medieval sciences to describe one of the qualities of the four elements — opposed to moist b of a sign of the zodiac : having a dry complexion 2 : characterized by loss of water or of life-giving moisture: such as a : lacking or comparatively free from precipitation and humidity <the path is dusty on a dry day> <a dry summer> b : lacking freshness : withered c : anhydrous 3 a : not being in or under water : beneficially not having undue moisture or water <dry land> <dry clothes> b : employing no liquid or as little as possible <the dry method of assaying gold> <portland cement may be manufactured by dry process or wet process> —compare wet 8 c : built or constructed without the use of any process that requires water: (1) : using no mortar <dry masonry> <a dry stone wall> (2) : using prefabricated plaster board, composition board, or wood paneling rather than a construction involving plaster or mortar bonding <a dry wall> <dry wall construction> d of breadstuff : served or eaten without butter or milk — now used chiefly of toast without butter e of a foodstuff : having the water removed by evaporation : dehydrated; often : reduced to powder or flakes f of natural gas : containing little or no recoverable gasoline or other liquid hydrocarbon g of a friction clutch : intended to function without lubrication 4 a (1) : harmfully devoid of water or lubricant <the garden is dry from lack of rain> <the machine automatically stops when it runs dry> (2) : thirsty <he felt dry after his walk> b : marked by the absence of or abstention from alcoholic beverages <it was a dry party but the food was good> <a man who had been dry for a dozen years — New York Times Book Review> c (1) : containing no uncombined water — used especially of a paint or pigment (2) : wholly solidified : no longer liquid or sticky — used especially of a coating (as paint) or ink applied to a surface or of the surface so treated — opposed to wet d : exclusive of accessories and operating fluids (as lubricant and coolant) — used of the weight of an engine 5 : characterized by exhaustion of a supply of water or other liquid: such as a of a container or receptacle : depleted of liquid contents : empty <a dry well> <the fountain pen ran dry in the middle of a sentence> b : devoid of running water <a dry ravine> 6 of an animal or its udder : not giving milk : not lactating <a dry cow> 7 a (1) : not shedding tears <hardly a dry eye at the funeral> (2) : not accompanied by tears <a dry sob> b : continent of urine <some children learn to stay dry much earlier than others> c (1) : marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions, effusions, or other forms of moisture <a dry pleurisy> (2) of a cough : not accompanied by the raising of mucus or phlegm 8 a obsolete : free from bloodshed : not causing or accompanied by an effusion of blood <dry war> <dry death> b : designed or executed in practice or planning for the future and lacking some essential (as live ammunition) of the situation being simulated : intended for practice only <dry rehearsal> <dry firing> 9 a : solid as opposed to liquid <dry groceries> <dry provisions> <dry cargo> b : slack 6 10 a : not manifesting or communicating warmth, responsiveness, sympathy, enthusiasm, or tender feeling whether through natural indifference or studied unconcern : impassive, unemotional, matter-of-fact <under that peculiar sort of dry, blunt manner, I know you have the warmest heart — Jane Austen> <she sat there looking dry and indifferent — Lionel Trilling> b fine art : exhibiting a sharp frigid preciseness of execution : lacking delicate contour in form or easy transition in coloring 11 a : not yielding what is expected or desired : not giving satisfaction : barren, sterile, unproductive <a poet who is going through a dry period which he finds frustrating — Rosemary Benét> b obsolete, of a person : stingy c dialectal : reserved, aloof 12 : marked by a matter-of-fact manner of expression that seems unconscious or unintentional but is actually ironic, caustic, keen, shrewd, terse — used especially of humor or the person expressing it <his dry humor which made him say the most amusing things and keep his face so absolutely solemn — Eleanor Roosevelt> 13 : having no personal inclination, bias, or emotional concern : having clear impartial perception or judgment <ought ... to have used the dry light of reason in discussing matters of high morality, politics and religion — Times Literary Supplement> <a certain dry spirit of detachment and analysis — Aldous Huxley> 14 : dull because lacking in inherent interest and adornment : lacking elements that would lend attractiveness and appeal : uninteresting, wearisome, insipid <in the dryest passages of her historical summaries these delightful descriptions come running to the rescue — Robert Payne> <his dry schoolmaster temperament, the hurdy-gurdy monotony of him — William James> 15 a : having nothing superfluous : lacking embellishment : consisting of essentials only : unadorned, plain, bare <dry simplicity> <dry fact> <dry formality> b archaic : paid in actual coin — used of money or fees c of a dog : having the skin close fitting especially about the neck and mouth 16 a (1) of beverages : lacking sweetness (2) of wines and other fermented beverages : having all or most sugar fermented to alcohol : sugarless <dry champagne> <dry sauterne> — see sec b of mixed drinks : containing only ingredients low or lacking in sugar content <a dry martini> c : marked by a harsh, rasping, or jarring tone : lacking smooth or liquid sound qualities <a dry rasping voice> <a chipping sparrow gives a dry, unmusical trill — W. P. Smith> <the dry whisper of winter leaves — Edith Sitwell> <this recording of the piano solo is dry and harsh> 17 : relating to or favoring the prohibition or drastic regulation and limitation of the manufacture or distribution of alcoholic beverages <dry law> <dry agent> <dry sentiment> <a dry state> — not dry behind the ears : immature, naive — dry·ish adjective <a dryish climate> <dryish soils> <a dryish wine> adj. 干的；口渴的；枯燥无味的；禁酒的 vt. 把...弄干 vi. 变干 n. 干涸

beef

1 : the flesh of a steer, cow, or other adult bovine animal when used for food 2 a plural beeves also beefs or beef : an ox, cow, or bull in a full-grown or nearly full-grown state; especially : a steer or cow fattened for food <beeves of quality — P. A. Rollins> <Texan beefs were loaded in the Abilene yards — R. A. Billington> <a herd of beef — E. C. Abbott & Helena Smith> b plural beeves also beefs : the dressed carcass of a beef animal <beeves hanging in the slaughterhouse> c : beef animals <growing beef on the range> 3 a : muscular flesh : brawn, weight : bulky strength <a heavyweight wrestler with a great deal of beef> b : strength and power <an engine with added beef> c : argument, quarrel, brawl, fight 4 plural beefs [from the verb] a slang : protest, objection : grievance or ground for complaint : point at issue <beefs and grumbling by disappointed contestants — Bennett Cerf> b slang : complaint, accusation : criminal charge <parole officer said he was going straight—no beefs anywhere — Thurston Scott> n. 牛肉；肌肉；食用牛；牢骚 vi. 抱怨，告发；发牢骚 vt. 养；加强

cry

1 : to call loudly : call out (as from pain, anger, or in asking for help or mercy) : shout 2 : to express grief, pain, or distress by sobbing and weeping : wail, weep, lament <she could not stop crying and the sobbing had a strangled sound — Carson McCullers> 3 a of an animal : to utter a characteristic sound or call <the blown spume, and the sea gulls crying — John Masefield> b of a hound : to yelp in the chase : give tongue 4 of things : to require or suggest strongly a given disposition or remedy <the occasion crying for a new man — Francis Hackett> — often used with out <a hundred things which cry out for planning — Roger Burlingame> transitive verb 1 : to ask for earnestly or excitedly : beg, beseech — now used chiefly in the phrase cry quarter 2 : to utter loudly : call out : shout <I heard a voice cry "Murder" — Shakespeare> : declare publicly : proclaim <voice ... crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord — Mark 1:3 (Authorized Version)> — often used with out 3 a : to make public proclamation of or about : advertise, publicize <a popular TV performer to cry their wares — Atlantic> b dialectal : to publish the banns of marriage of <be cried in the kirk on Sunday — D. M. Moir> 4 a Scottish : summon b obsolete : demand : call for 5 obsolete : praise, extol — cry halves : to claim an equal share — cry harrow or cry haro : denounce <you may cry haro upon me for a cynic — G. A. Sala> — cry havoc : to sound an alarm : warn of disaster — cry one's eyes out : to weep excessively — cry over spilled milk : to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone : complain uselessly — cry quits : to call matters even (as in a contest) : propose truce : quit : leave off <kept up the applause after the majority had cried quits — New York Times> — cry wolf [so called from the fable of the shepherd boy who gave the alarm of "wolf" in fun] : to give alarm without occasion vt. 叫喊；哭出；大声说 n. 叫喊；叫声；口号；呼叫 vi. 哭；叫；喊

cough

1 : to expel air from the lungs suddenly with an explosive noise usually in a series of efforts 2 : to make a noise like that of coughing: such as a : to fire in a single short burst or series of separate bursts <the machine gun coughed once> b of an engine : to go through an operation cycle without continuous firing <the engine began to cough on the hill> transitive verb 1 : to expel by coughing — used with up or out <cough up mucus> 2 : disclose — used with up or out <cough up all he knows> n. 咳嗽，咳嗽声；咳嗽病 vt. 咳出 vi. 咳嗽

buy

1 : to get possession or ownership of by giving or agreeing to give money in exchange : purchase — opposed to sell 2 : to obtain at a price of sacrifice <buying peace at the sacrifice of sovereignty> <fame is dearly bought at the cost of honor> 3 : to pay the price for so as to free : redeem especially by a ransom — used chiefly in a theological sense <He that bought us with his blood> 4 : to gain the support or obedience of by an inducement : bribe, hire <buy a public official> — often used with over <whether they would go to jail or buy over the jury when the Act began to operate — H. J. Laski> 5 : to be the purchasing equivalent of <$2000 will buy this land> <the dollar buys less than it used to> 6 : to obtain for cash or other consideration the rights to the services of : to take over the contract of <if a baseball club cannot get players in trades it must buy them> 7 card games : to obtain (a specified card or cards) by drawing or from a widow 8 slang : believe <I won't buy any part of that explanation> accept, approve <whether Britain ... would buy that compromise ... remained to be seen — Time> intransitive verb : to perform the act of buying something <the buying public> <the advantages of catalog buying> — buy it also buy a packet slang, British : to get killed : die — buy on a scale : to buy usually on a falling market at intervals in order to average the costs more advantageously than would be possible with a purchase made at the beginning at a single price — buy the farm : to get killed : die — buy time : to delay an imminent action or decision : stall <" ... . Bond, on the table, desperately trying to buy time, says, "Do you expect me to talk?" To which Goldfinger ... blithely responds, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" — Vanity Fair, October 2012> — buy·able \ˈbī-ə-bəl\ adjective <He has written a buyable book, but not a readable book. — Christine Stansell, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2001> vt. 购买；获得；贿赂 vi. 买，采购 n. 购买，买卖；所购的物品

dress

1 : to make or set straight : put in proper position: such as a now dialectal : erect, prick <the cat dressed up her ears at the sound> b : to arrange (troops, equipment, etc.) in a straight line and at proper intervals : align <dress the ranks> c : to place the actors on (a stage) so as to create a pleasing and well-balanced scene 2 archaic : to dress down 3 : to put clothes on : provide with clothing : clothe <she dressed the child in a snowsuit> <she dresses her family on a small budget> 4 : to cover with, array in, or add something that improves the appearance or heightens the effectiveness of : add decorative details or accessories to : embellish <the ruins, which are dressed by the moon in even more compelling mystery — P. E. Deutschman> <then I dress my hair with the little chrysanthemums — Amy Lowell> — often used with up <she dressed up her black dress with rhinestone clips> <cars dressed up with chrome> <needlessly rebinding old manuscripts and incunabula in order to dress up books — Edith Diehl> 5 a : to provide with the suitable furnishings for a particular purpose or occasion : outfit <dressed the table for supper — George Meredith> <besides doubling and tripling as performers, everyone took a turn dressing the ring for the other acts — Bill Ballantine> b (1) : to prepare (food) for cooking or eating especially by adding something that coats or covers the surface <dressed the fish with a light sauce> <a salad dressed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and walnuts> (2) : to cover (the hooped curd) with cloth in cheese making 6 a : to apply dressings, bandages, or therapeutic materials to (as wounds) b (1) : to arrange (the hair) by combing, brushing, curling, etc. (2) : to groom and curry (an animal) c : to make ready or put in order for use or service: such as (1) : to prepare (a fishhook) for fishing; also : to prepare (flies or bait) for use on a hook (2) : to prepare (food animals) for market usually by bleeding and cleaning — often used with out <bleed and dress out the animal so that no meat would be wasted — Frances Judge> (3) : cultivate, tend <dress a crop> <dress a field> specifically : to apply manure or fertilizer to — compare topdress (4) chiefly British : pack <dress the impression cylinder of a printing press> also : to attach the printing surface to (the plate cylinder of a press) d (1) : to free (as grain or ore) of impurities or irregularities; specifically : to sift (flour) so as to remove bran flakes and insure even granulation (2) : to remove worn-out abrasive from (an abrasive wheel) 7 : to put through a finishing operation or process: such as a : to cure (fur skins) by softening, fleshing, oiling, and drumming; sometimes : tan 1 b : to give a smooth or glossy finish to (as leather, textiles, pottery, etc.) c : to make trim and smooth (lumber, stone, a gem, etc.) d : to shape (as a tool) by grinding e : to impart a surface finish to (a racetrack) especially by scraping intransitive verb 1 a : to put on clothing <he dressed quickly> <she dressed warmly for skiing> b : to put on or wear one's best clothes or formal clothes <she is dressing for the opera> — often used with up <he dresses up only when guests are coming> c : to dress elaborately or bizarrely <dressing up for a masquerade ball> d : to wear clothes <she always dresses in good taste> 2 of a food animal : to weigh after being dressed <the chicken dressed four pounds> — often used with out <the steer dressed out to 70 percent of his weight> 3 : to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight — dress one's droddum Scottish : to give a thrashing or beating — dress ship 1 : to ornament a ship while in port by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern by way of the mastheads in honor of a special occasion (as a national holiday) or as a courtesy to a foreign nation or a distinguished person 2 : to ornament a ship in the U.S. Navy by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads, the ship's largest ensign at the flagstaff, and the jack at the jackstaff vt. 给...穿衣 vi. 穿衣 n. 连衣裙；女装

dance

1 : to perform either alone or with others a rhythmic and patterned succession of steps usually to music 2 : to move or seem to move nimbly and quickly up and down or about (as from excitement or emotion) : leap, spring, skip <a blow that made him dance with pain> <danced for joy at the news> <heart dancing with happiness> 3 : to bob up and down (as in the air or on the surface of water) <motes dancing in a beam of light> transitive verb 1 : to perform, execute, or take part in as a dancer <dance a polka> <danced the title role in the ballet> 2 a : to cause to dance : lead in a dance b : to cause to move up and down with a bouncing jerky motion : dandle <dance a baby on his knee> 3 : to bring or accompany into a specified condition or position by dancing <danced himself into the favor of the queen> <danced the new year in> <danced his youth away> — dance attendance : to attend assiduously and obsequiously : be in waiting or at beck and call : court favor — dance on nothing : to be hanged — dance to another tune : to follow a changed course of action especially involuntarily n. 舞蹈；舞会；舞曲 vi. 跳舞；跳跃；飘扬 vt. 跳舞；使跳跃 adj. 舞蹈的；用于跳舞的

climb

1 a (1) : to rise or go upward with gradual or continuous motion <watching the smoke climb> (2) : to gain altitude <the airplane climbed suddenly> b : to increase gradually <stock-market prices climbing a little each day> c : to slope upward : form an upward or rising grade : serve as way or means of going up or higher <the road climbs steadily until ... you are high up on the mountain — Norman Cousins> <a staircase, which climbed, steep and slender, to the upper story — Ellen Glasgow> d : to become situated on a rising grade <pleasant middle-class houses climbing up the hill — R. M. Lovett> 2 a : to go upwards, rise, or raise oneself especially by grasping or clutching with the hands <climbed up a steep hill> <climb aboard a car> <climbed upon her father's knee> b of a plant : to ascend in growth by twining about or scrambling over a support or by the attachment thereto of tendrils or aerial roots 3 : to rise or seek to rise in dignity, rank, or eminence : come to rate more highly or occupy a higher state <from this humble beginning he climbed to a position at the very top — J. M. England> 4 : to go about or down usually by grasping, clinging, or holding with the hands to facilitate progress or ensure safety <climb down a ladder> <climbing around in a haymow> <climb out on a limb> 5 : to get into or out of clothing or an article of dress typically with some haste or effort <the firemen climbed into their clothes> <the diver climbed out of his heavy suit> transitive verb 1 a : to go or proceed upwards upon or along, to the top of, or over : get to the top of or go over typically with some effort <climb a hill> <energy spent climbing stairs> <the car climbed the long hill> b : to reach by climbing <climb the summit of a hill> 2 : to draw or pull oneself up, over, or to the top of by using hands and feet <climb a ladder> <children climbing the tree> 3 : to ascend through or to the higher parts of <the sun climbing the eastern sky> 4 : to grow up or creep up to the top of typically by twisting, twining, or cleaving <ivy climbing the western wall> 5 : to occupy or be situated on the ascending slope of <the battlemented town ... climbs a high hill crowned by the cathedral — Ellery Sedgwick> 6 : to cause (an aircraft) to climb vi. 爬；攀登；上升 vt. 爬；攀登；上升 n. 爬；攀登

bell

1 a : a cup-shaped, saucer-shaped, or hollow spherical metallic device that vibrates and gives forth a ringing sound when struck by a clapper or hammer or by a loose ball inside — see chime, gong, sleigh bell b : doorbell <the bell began to chime more frequently — A. R. Foff> 2 : the ringing or sound of a bell as a signal <school bell> or summons <dinner bell> or warning <fire bell> 3 a : a bell (as of a clock) rung to tell the hour b : the stroke of such a bell especially on shipboard — often used in plural c : the time so indicated d nautical : a half hour — compare watch e : a signal to a ship's engine room given originally by striking a bell f : the gong sounded at the beginning and end of a round in boxing 4 : a mark of superiority or merit : award, prize — used in such phrases as to bear the bell, to carry away the bell 5 : something having the form of a bell: such as a : the cup or corolla of a flower <in a cowslip's bell I lie — Shakespeare> b : a hollow inverted vessel (such as a diving bell or bell jar) c : a bell-shaped organ or part (such as the umbrella of a jellyfish or the nectocalyx of a siphonophore) d : a small pouch of hairy skin that hangs from the neck of a deer e : the part of the capital of a column between the abacus and neck molding; especially : the nearly bell-shaped naked core assumed to exist within the leafage of a Corinthian capital f : a flaring mouth (as of a trumpet or other musical wind instrument or of an old firearm) g : a bell-shaped cover of metal or glass placed over food in cooking or serving — called also cloche h : the cone-shaped part in a bell and hopper i : the enlarged end of a section of pipe that receives the spigot end of the adjoining section j : the cup-shaped endpiece of a stethoscope that is placed against a body area (such as the chest) k : the open mouth of a nozzle (such as of the exhaust of a jet engine) <The heating was so intense, however ... that the gas went rushing out the tail of the engine at 30,000 feet per second, or twice the speed at which exhaust leaves the bell of a conventional engine. — Jeffrey Kluger, Discover, July 1992> 6 a : a musical percussion instrument consisting of a number of metal bars or tubes of various graded lengths that when struck with a hammer give out tones resembling those of different-sized bells — usually used in plural — called also chimes b : glockenspiel 7 bells plural : heel clicks performed in the air in tap dancing — get/have one's bell rung US & Canada, informal, sports : to be hit on the head : to suffer a concussion <He had his bell rung on a blitz, and a short time later he was taken to Divine Providence Hospital. — Ralph Wiley, Sports Illustrated, 10 Sept. 1984> — give (someone) a bell British, informal : to make a telephone call to (someone) <Maybe Cowell can give him a bell towards the end of his marathon broadcast—that would certainly wake him up. — Mark Jefferies, Daily Mirror, 16 Mar. 2011> — with bells on adverb : in full party dress and spirits : with readiness and zeal : in full force : with clear superiority — bell-like adjective <bell-like flowers> <a high bell-like tone/sound> n. 铃，钟；钟声，铃声；钟状物 vt. 装钟于，系铃于 vi. 鸣钟；成钟状鼓起

bus

1 a : a large motor-driven vehicle designed to carry passengers usually according to a schedule along a fixed route but sometimes under charter for a special trip (as by a social group or an athletic team) <sightseeing bus> <bus station> <the bus is usually on time> b : any vehicle either publicly owned or privately owned and operated for compensation used for transporting children to or from school c : any of various conveyances resembling a bus (as in carrying passengers or traveling a fixed route according to a schedule) <up the Grand Canal by water bus — Nigel Balchin> <a horse bus> <a milk bus> d slang : automobile <not a bad old bus — A. J. Cronin> e : a hand-pushed usually 4-wheeled vehicle used typically for carrying dishes in a restaurant 2 : busboy 3 a or bus bar : an assembly of conductors usually bare but supported on insulators for collecting electric currents from sources and distributing them to outgoing feeders b : a set of parallel conductors in a computer or computer system that forms a main data transmission path 4 : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (such as probes or warheads) . 公共汽车 乘公共汽车

belt

1 a : a strip of flexible material (such as leather, plastic, cloth) used in a circular form with or without a buckle or other closing and for wear generally around the waist (such as a support for trousers, a decoration for dresses, or a means of carrying weapons, tools, or ornaments) <sword belt> b : a similar article worn as a corset or as a protection for the body (such as a medical bandage or support) or for safety (as by airplane passengers or telephone linemen) c : a mark or symbol of distinction in the form of a belt <the championship belt of heavyweight boxing> 2 : a continuous band of tough flexible material (such as leather, rubber, fabric, wire) for transmitting motion and power from one pulley to another or for conveying materials 3 a : an area distinctively characterized by its species or forms of life <a pine belt> <a forest belt> b : an elongated area characterized by some particular geologic feature or ocurrence and generally not so extensive as a zone <mountain belt> <belt of volcanoes> <coal belt> <oil belt> c : a region marked by the prevalence of some type of inhabitant or noteworthy condition <the goiter belt> <the vacationland belt> d : asteroid belt <The population of asteroids with a diameter range of 10 to 100 m is thought to number ∼107 in Earth-crossing orbits and ∼109 in the main belt ... — Steven J. Ostro, Science, 23 July 1999> 4 : a horizontal band of brick or stone running across a face of a masonry wall or pier 5 [Danish bælt: akin to Middle High German Beltemeer Baltic sea] : a strait leading to the Baltic Sea 6 : one of several roads or routes arranged concentrically : belt highway — below the belt adverb 1 : in the area below the waistline <a boxer disqualified for hitting below the belt> 2 : in an unfair or cowardly manner <most of the criticism hit below the belt> — tighten one's belt : to begin practicing stricter economy : to make changes that are intended to save money <It takes more than optimism, after all, to perform economic miracles. Mexicans must be willing to end the terrible inefficiency and corruption, and they must be willing to tighten their belts a lot more. — Juan R. Palomo, Houston Post, 16 Sept. 1984> <He says that the paper is tightening its belt, with a recent across-the-board 5 percent pay cut and an indefinite hiring freeze due to declining ad revenues and the rising cost of newsprint. — Emily Rubin, Editor & Publisher, 23 Apr. 2001> — see also belt-tightening — under one's belt 1 : in one's stomach <a couple of drinks under his belt> 2 : in one's possession <with four flourishing papers under their belts — Newsweek> : as part of one's past or experience <she now had three great classic roles under her belt — Agnes de Mille> — belt·less \ˈbelt-ləs\ (audio pronunciation) adjective < ... the faded uniform of too tight, beltless, high-water bluejeans and an old Navy denim work shirt ... — Theodore Weesner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 1971> <Take the beltless trenchcoat, for example, that was featured on a recent episode of Seinfeld ... — Chris Howard, Globe and Mail (Canada), 4 Oct. 1994> < ... the hip-hop fashions so popular among young urban black males today—the baggy, beltless pants, oversize shirts, elaborate cornrow hairstyles, and disdainful expressions ... — Tom Brokaw, Boom!: Voices of the Sixties, 2007> n. 带；腰带；地带 vt. 用带子系住；用皮带抽打 vi. 猛击

brown

1 a : dark, dusky b : gloomy <brown years in boarding houses — Sinclair Lewis> 2 : of the color brown <brown as the oak leaves> : such as a of a person (1) : having skin of the color brown <brown people with glossy black hair and dark eyes — Bebe Moore Campbell> (2) : of dark complexion : tanned b of a kind of animal : distinguished from related kinds by brown coloration <brown bears> <the gamy brown trout> 3 : unbleached — used of linen, cotton cloth, or paper 4 usually capitalized [so called from the color of the Storm Troopers' uniform] : nazi <the madness of Brown Bolshevism — Forum> adj. 棕色的，褐色的；太阳晒黑的 vi. 变成褐色 n. 褐色，棕色 vt. 使变成褐色

cold

1 a : having a temperature notably below an accustomed norm, often notably below that of the human body or below that compatible with human comfort : notably lacking in warmth : having a low temperature <quite cold weather> <it was cold yesterday> <the rain was very cold now, almost frigid, and they shuddered — Norman Mailer> <a cold and drafty hallway> <cold arctic seas> <have trouble starting with a cold motor> — distinguished from cool b : likely to lose heat quickly : likely to feel cool <a cold metallic substance> c : receptive to the sensation of coldness : stimulated by cold <a cold spot is the typical cold receptor in higher vertebrates> 2 a : naturally without heat — used in ancient and medieval sciences to describe one of the qualities of the four elements b of a sign of the zodiac : having a cold complexion 3 a : marked by lack of warm feeling : without ardor, zeal, or sympathy : distant <he's a pretty cold one — Ernest Hemingway> <the cold, correct, regular, narrow poetry of Pope — A. L. Kroeber> <this novel leaves the reader cold> b : free from emotion or passion, especially sexual passion : frigid, inhibited <one of the cold kisses that he disliked so much — Archibald Marshall> c : lacking cordiality, heartiness, friendliness, or affability : unfriendly : forbiddingly reserved : aloof <his cold, mean, selfish policy toward those whom he liked to segregate and hate as his enemies — W. A. White> <the court becomes a cold place for the self-exiled queen — H. O. Taylor> d : lacking feeling : emotionless, detached, indifferent, apathetic, cold-blooded <the cold neutrality of an impartial judge — Edmund Burke> <cold, sullen, unreliable, brusque, unconventional, grasping, a man of iron will — C. L. Jones> e : feeling or showing no interest, excitement, or sympathy : unenthusiastic <the discouragement of playing to a cold audience> <the mawkish appeal left him cold> <to his astonishment, he finds the people of his village cold to this noble and time-honored sentiment — Arthur Knight> f : marked by deliberate intent or plan : not shaped or influenced by passion or strong feeling : activated or executed deliberately <a cold calculated punishing punch in the mouth — John Steinbeck> <that a goodly part of the illegal drug supply is grown and processed in China; that it is spread with cold deliberation to other countries — Meyer Berger> g : unemotionally calculated or calculating : marked by analysis and calculation uninfluenced by warmer feelings : unfeeling <how cold economic considerations and calculations prevail in all matters of international importance — H. W. Van Loon> <the cold argument and unhurried process of trial in the courts of law — W. C. Dickinson> 4 a : previously cooked but served or eaten cold <a cold collation> <cold boiled ham> b : not hot enough : heated insufficiently or permitted to cool <the soup was cold> c : not heated <stored in a cold cellar> d : made cold : cooled, iced <cold soft drinks> e : unheated while being worked <drive rivets cold> <a cold-bent iron pipe> <cold-forged steel> 5 a : inducing discouragement : depressing, cheerless, dispiriting, gloomy <a cold correctness in the way he put his bicycle in its place that made her heart sink — D. H. Lawrence> <the cold respectability of a Pharisee's dining room — W. L. Sullivan> b : producing a sensation of cold <I hold a key in my hand and it is cold — Muriel Rukeyser> <cold blank walls> c of a color : cool; especially : having a cool hue and low value 6 a : dead <lay cold in his coffin — Margaret A. Barnes> b : unconscious typically from a blow or shock or from complete intoxication : insensible <knocked out cold> <pass out cold> c : completely at one's mercy : without hope of escape : defenseless <you're as good as found guilty because they never crack down unless they have you cold — Polly Adler> d : marked by complete knowledge or errorless familiarity : certain, sure <the actors had their lines cold a week before the opening night> e slang : sure to be fulfilled — used of a contract in a card game 7 a of a soil : retentive of moisture, often compact and clayey, and responding only slowly to atmospheric temperature changes b of a manure : decaying slowly with little evolution of heat <cold pig manure> 8 : feeling cold : made uncomfortable by cold — usually used postpositively <the children came back in when they were cold> 9 obsolete, of foods : bland, mild : not strong, hot, or pungent <cold plants> 10 : lacking power to influence, incite, animate, inspire, impassion, or affect in other ways <the Roman copy is almost inevitably colder, less alive, less emotional, and (above all) less expressive than the Greek — Hunter Mead> <a cold traffic of minds and ideas and, for all the melodrama, not a clash of living people — J. R. Newman> a : faint : not strong; usually : old and being obscured <dogs trying to follow the cold scent> : retaining only faint scents, traces, or clues <the trail had become cold> b : stale, uninteresting; often : having undergone loss of timeliness <the story is now too cold to be newsworthy> c : old and showing lack of power to communicate <a stenographer trying to transcribe cold notes> d : not illegal or involved in a crime : not suspect <trading the hot car for a cold one> e : allowing little or no possibility of contact with radioactivity — used especially of area in a plant or laboratory — opposed to hot 11 : presented or regarded in a straightforward, blunt, or matter-of-fact way : not influenced or relieved by emotional presentation or persuasive appeal : impersonal <competing on a basis of sheer cold efficiency — T. W. Arnold> <the cold facts of the case> <presenting cold statistics> 12 a : far from finding, discovering, or solving b : marked by poor or unlucky performance <an erratic bowler, sometimes hot, sometimes cold> <hot and cold periods even fall ... upon writers — C. B. Davis> c : not in operation : idle <a cold munitions plant in peace times> d slang, of dice : not producing many passes or results that win for the shooter 13 a : marked by lack of preparation, rehearsal, preliminary performance, preliminary exercise or operation, introduction, or knowledge and familiarity <instead of opening cold in New York, all the productions have had a week of preliminary performing in Hartford — Brooks Atkinson> <they came here cold, years ago, not knowing many people — J. P. Marquand> <a substitute entering the game cold> b in radio & television : without music or embellishments <a program that comes on cold> <cold drama> <the salesman had to approach the prospective customer cold> <cold selling> 14 : certain to be as indicated : assured <a cold five thousand dollars> 15 : lacking in thoroughbred blood <a cold cross> 16 : designed for use in cutting cold metal 17 : living in or characteristic of a cold environment <the cold fauna of glacial epochs> 18 a : intense and barely controlled <a cold fury> <a cold irritation> b : checked short of sustained overt violence (such as military action) but marked by deep antagonism and conducted with all available economic, political, or social means <cold revolution> 19 a : intended for use without being heated <a cold glue> b : using or produced by cold type <cold composition> 20 : low in energy and thus having low velocity <cold neutrons> — in cold blood adverb : with premeditation : deliberately — used of an action generally avoided or condemned <kill a man in cold blood> adj. 寒冷的；冷淡的，不热情的；失去知觉的 n. 寒冷；感冒 adv. 完全地

cute

1 a : marked by acuteness and shrewdness : ingenious, clever, sharp <a most particular cute lawyer — T. C. Haliburton> <the apprehension of the cute practical man — Francis Hackett> b : clever or shrewd often in an underhanded manner c : impertinent, smart-alecky <don't get cute with me> 2 : attractive, pretty — a generalized expression of approval sometimes suggesting daintiness, fine features, deftness, or delicacy <a cute kid with pigtails bound in red ribbons — W. A. White> <young, dark and small, with pretty features as regular as if they had been cut by a die. "He's cute," I said — Dashiell Hammett> <a cute little bungalow> <a cute wristwatch> 3 : obviously straining for effect : mawkish through affected archness, prettiness, or contrivance : artificial, mannered <cute, self-conscious, and elaborate in its use of trick devices — C. M. Smith> <a bad book, shallow, corny, and unmercifully cute — L. A. Fiedler> — cute·ly adverb 可爱的；漂亮的；聪明的，伶俐的

black

1 a : of the color black : having the color of soot or coal <black cloth> <black as ebony> b : very dark in color <his face black with rage — T. B. Costain> c of written or printed letters : characterized by thickness of form and consequent intense contrast with the white of a page <a heavy black type> d : covered or darkened with numerous dark objects close together <the ... ceiling was ... black with flies — Ann Bridge> <the boxcars going north would be black with harvesters sitting on the top — Meridel Le Sueur> 2 a of human beings (1) : having darkly pigmented skin, hair, and eyes : dark-complexioned : brunet <whether the writer ... be a black or a fair man — Joseph Addison> (2) : dark in comparison to the average complexion of a group : swarthy <a black Irishman> b or Black (1) : of or relating to any of various population groups having dark pigmentation of the skin <black Americans> (2) : of or relating to the African-American people or their culture <black literature> <a black college> <black pride> <black studies> (3) : typical or representative of the most readily perceived characteristics of black culture <trying to sound black> <played blacker jazz> c : advocating more rights for African-Americans — used especially in reference to the slavery controversy of the 19th century in the U.S. <black abolitionists> <black Republicans> 3 a : characterized by wearing black clothes or black armor <the black knight> b : of, belonging to, or being a member of a group characterized or formerly characterized by wearing black: such as (1) : clerical in politics (2) : fascist <the red and black totalitarians — Mark Starr> — see blackshirt 4 : soiled with dirt : dirty <how black your hands are> <the pot calls the kettle black> 5 a : characterized by the absence of light or the presence of very little light <a black night> : reflecting or transmitting little or no light <black water> <black glass> b of coffee : served without cream or milk and sometimes also without sugar 6 a : outrageously wicked : deserving unmitigated condemnation <a black deed> <a black heart> <a black villain> <a moralist to whom everything is either black or white> sometimes : dishonorable, discreditable b : expressing or indicating disgrace, dishonor, discredit, or guilt sometimes through symbolic use of an object that is black in color <a black mark for tardiness> <with evidence so black against him — Charlotte Armstrong> 7 : connected with some baneful aspect of the supernatural, especially the devil <a black curse> <black magic> <the black art> 8 a (1) : unrelievedly sad, gloomy, or calamitous <black despair> <things are looking black> <the autumn of 1776 was a black season for the Continental Army — J. D. Hart> (2) sometimes capitalized, of a day : marked by the occurrence of a disaster <on September 24, 1869, when Jay Gould, James Fisk, Jr., and their associates effected the partial corner in gold that ended so disastrously in the panic of black Friday — S. A. Nelson> b : characterized by black humor <that black, bitterly funny book, full of pain — Edmund Morris> 9 : expressing or characterized by menace or angry discontent : sullen, hostile <he gave me a black look> <black resentment filled his heart — Miriam James> 10 : being such to the greatest possible extent : extreme, unqualified, utter <it was a black born fool I had for a son — J. M. Synge> <they were all black strangers to me — Mary Deasy> 11 : constituting, committing, or connected with a violation of an official quota, price ceiling, rationing restriction, or other public regulation : illicit, illegal <the black market> <black gasoline> 12 [short for 1blackleg] chiefly British : subject to boycott by trade-union members as employing or favoring nonunion workers or as operated, conducted, or made under conditions considered unfair by trade-union members <a black ship> <declare a pub black> 13 : marked by or as if by a black section on a map or chart as being affected by some undesirable condition (such as infection or a high rate of unemployment) <the polio situation is improving but there are still some black areas> 14 : covered with a dark scale of oxide : not galvanized <black iron pipe> 15 a of propaganda : conducted so as to appear to originate within an enemy country and designed to weaken enemy morale b : characterized by or connected with the use of black propaganda <black psychological warfare> <black radio> 16 a : of or relating to covert intelligence operations b : employed in covert intelligence operations adj. 黑色的；黑人的；邪恶的 n. 黑色；黑人；黑颜料 vt. 使变黑；把鞋油等涂在...上；把（眼眶）打成青肿 vi. 变黑

blue

1 a : of the color blue <blue violets> <as blue as a sapphire> b : having the color of the clear sky or the deep sea <the blue firmament> <the blue ocean> 2 a : tinged with blue : bluish <the blue haze of tobacco smoke> <blue as a vein> <the blue mountains> <the milk was blue> <the candle burned blue> <blue lightning> b of the skin : livid especially with cold or from a blow <a face blue from the damp — T. B. Costain> c of the coat of an animal : bluish gray <a short-haired blue cat> 3 a : low in spirits : melancholy, depressed <she was blue and lonesome and half sick — J. B. Benefield> b : productive of low spirits : unpromising, depressing <things looked blue for them> 4 a : wearing blue <the painting is called "The Blue Boy"> b : having blue as a distinguishing color <the blue team defeated the red team> c : of or relating to a blue lodge of Freemasons <blue Masonry> 5 of a woman : really or affectedly learned : intellectual <the ladies were very blue and well-informed — W. M. Thackeray> 6 : characterized by or derived from rigid morals : puritanical <a blue Sunday city by local option — James Street> 7 a : characterized by indecency or obscenity : off-color, risqué <the same joke each time—and a bit bluer than anything Charlie had ever heard before in mixed company — J. B. Priestley> b : characterized by or filled with cursing and swearing : profane <blue language> <shop owners turned the air blue at a mass meeting — Time> 8 : extreme, complete — used as an intensive <the very name ... put her in a blue fear — R. L. Stevenson> 9 : relating to, suggesting, or suited to blues singing or playing <blue-voiced> <a blue song> 10 US : tending to support Democratic candidates or policies <As has become increasingly clear over the past few general elections, with their red states and blue states, an American Presidential campaign is no longer truly national. — Hendrik Hertzberg, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2006> <We have a blue governor, a blue senator and a fading red legislature. — Joe Blundo, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, 23 Nov. 2006> <What's certain is that the blogs are flexing their political muscle just as a ballooning number of voters in Connecticut have come to the conclusion that their very blue state now needs a very blue senator. — David Segal, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2006> —compare red 9 — blue in the face : in a state of extreme anger or exasperation <argued until he was blue in the face> n. 蓝色；[复数]（美国海、陆、空三军穿的）蓝色制服；蓝颜料；[the blue(s)][用作单数或复数]布鲁斯（歌曲）（一种伤感的美国黑人民歌 adj. 蓝色的；沮丧的，忧郁的；下流的 vt. 把...染成蓝色；使成蓝色；给...用上蓝剂；用上蓝剂于 vi. 变成蓝色，呈蓝色

bush

1 a : shrub; especially : a low densely branched shrub suggesting a single plant <a blueberry bush> b : a close thicket of shrubs <bushes suitable for a hedge> c dialectal, England : thorn 2 a (1) : common uncultivated usually undesirable bushes <a field overgrown with bush> (2) : the mixed plant growth typical of an uncleared or uncultivated area especially when other than grass or trees <part of the land once cultivated has been abandoned, to the sea, to flood waters, or to bush — W. A. Lewis> (3) : forest, woods, jungle <in the dense bush ... creepers of many kinds and of every size, from huge cables to thin cords, loop from tree to tree, pushing up to the sunlight and knotting the undergrowth into impenetrable thickets — C. D. Forde> b : a large uncleared or uncultivated area usually scrub-covered or heavily forested : wilderness <all this property ... was bush where last year nothing thrived but zebra and impala, wildebeest and bad snakes — Basil Davidson> c : a usually vast sparsely settled area : backcountry <bush doctor> <bush flying> <bush airline> — usually used with the when not attributive <in the lonely bush — Henry Lawson> <boys from the bush — Esther Warner> ; specifically : any of certain vast and sparsely settled geographical areas especially in New Zealand, Australia, Africa, and Canada 3 a (1) archaic : a bunch or branch of ivy formerly hung outside a tavern to indicate wine for sale (2) obsolete : tavern b : advertising — used especially with need <good wine needs no bush — Shakespeare> <good essays need no bush — Yale Review> 4 : something resembling or felt to resemble a bush <the ermine bush of feathers that formed the crest — W. H. St.John Hope> <bushes of black smoke — Barrett McGurn> <a bush of hair — Roger Senhouse> 5 : sugar bush 6 [by shortening] : bush league — usually used in plural <finally decided to ship him back to the bushes — Scholastic Coach> n. 灌木；矮树丛 vt. 以灌木装饰；使...精疲力竭 vi. 丛生；浓密地生长 adj. 如灌木般长得低矮的；粗野的

drink

1 a : swallow, imbibe <drink liquid> <don't sip it ... but drink it like the divine draught it is — Margery Allingham> <other animals and birds stand by to drink its blood — Interpreter's Bible> <not a drop left. Who drank it up> <hurry, child, drink it down so that we can start> <ordered a Scotch and drank if off — Polly Adler> b : to take in or suck up : absorb <drink up moisture> <the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge> broadly : to take in (something intangible) or cause to vanish in a way suggestive of a liquid being swallowed <drinking the thin sharp air> <atmospheric pressure then pushes air in, and your lungs can drink their fill — A. C. Fisher> <drank in eagerly the latest version of the news> c obsolete : smoke <drink tobacco> 2 : to salute and wish health and honor to (a person) or success to (some prospect or wish) or to give or join in (a toast) or give a toast to (another's health) by raising and then drinking from a vessel <will you drink our good luck> 3 a : to spend in or expend or waste on consumption of alcoholic beverages — often used with away <they drank the hours away> <a son-in-law who'd hit her and take her pension off her and drink it to the last penny — Ruth Park> b : to bring to a specified state by taking drink <don't drink that fountain dry> <had drunk himself into the poorhouse or the grave — Ellen Glasgow> <how we love the unexpected turn, like drinking the devil under the table — Coulton Waugh> 4 : to take into one's mind or consciousness pleasurably through one or more of the senses — usually used with in <I just wanted to drink in all those monumental buildings, dynamic streets full of hurrying people — Dong Kingman> <while his ears drank in the wonderful story of the great mare — Gerald Beaumont> <young men passed his door, drank the enchantments of his conversation — Van Wyck Brooks> <as I walked along the river drinking in its beauty my soul expanded — Alexander MacDonald> 5 archaic : to accommodate with drink by way of refreshment intransitive verb 1 a : to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing <we saw baby elephants drinking from their mothers — Stuart Cloete> b : to receive into one's mind or consciousness a portion of something refreshing or pleasurable <a desire to seek this inspiration at its source and drink from the living waters — V. L. Parrington> <Ben Franklin who drank deep from the stream in Europe and then democratized his knowledge — Roger Burlingame> <students can hardly be blamed for drinking deep of the culture which surrounds them — L. R. Ward> 2 : to partake of alcoholic beverages especially habitually <he drinks but does not smoke> specifically : to indulge in alcoholic beverages with disagreeable effect <to say that a man drinks means that he drinks too much — Joyce Cary> <began to drink in childhood and was an alcoholic by the time he was 18 — Times Literary Supplement> <obvious that he had been drinking — Louis Auchincloss> 3 : to make or join in a toast <drink to the prosperity of the newest state> 4 obsolete : taste — drink the Kool-Aid [after a 1978 mass suicide in Guyana brought about when members of the Peoples Temple cult were ordered to consume a flavored drink mixed with cyanide] : to comply unquestioningly with the demands or policies of a particular leader, ideology, or organization <"They want people to express their opinions. You're not coming here to drink the Kool-Aid. You're coming here to serve the president." — Tony Snow, quoted in Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2006> Origin of DRINK Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan; akin to Old High German trinkan to drink, Old Norse drekka, Gothic drinkan vt. 喝，饮；吸收；举杯庆贺 vi. 喝酒；饮水；干杯 n. 酒，饮料；喝酒

catch

1 a : to capture or seize especially after pursuit or attempts to capture <catch a thief> b : trap, ensnare, entangle <catch fish in a net> <caught in a tangle of confusion — F. V. W. Mason> c : deceive <he could at times be caught by the second-rate — F. A. Swinnerton> d : to discover unexpectedly or by surprise : find, detect <catches his wife out, or so he thinks — Howard M. Jones> <catch a man in the act of stealing> e : to check (oneself) suddenly especially in the act of speaking <he started to say the wrong thing but quickly caught himself> f : to get in marriage especially after pursuit <there is nobody so likely to catch me at last as yourself — Fanny Burney> g : to take or come on unprepared : to overtake unexpectedly <They got caught in a terrible rain storm.> h : to become suddenly aware of : notice unexpectedly or suddenly <you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain types of ideas — A. N. Whitehead> <sometimes I would catch her looking at Dorothea — Lloyd Alexander> 2 : to take hold of especially suddenly or forcibly : grasp: a : to clasp suddenly : seize <tentacles to catch and pass the food to the mouth — W. E. Swinton> <the mother caught her child to her> b : to affect especially as if by grasping suddenly — used of an affliction or an emotion <the disease caught the youth before he was twenty> <sorrow caught the bereaved mother> <fear caught the victim's throat> c : snatch, intercept <catch a forward pass> <catch a high fly to center field> <an instrument to catch cosmic rays> d : to avail oneself of (as an opportunity) : take <catch the first chance of a ride to town> e : to obtain especially through active effort : get <catch a ride> f of fire : to fasten upon : spread to <the flames caught the wooden shingles of the roof> g : to get (as a coattail or a heel) suddenly and accidentally held, hooked, snagged, impeded, or entangled <catch her coat in a door> <catch a foot on the top step and fall headlong> <catch a sleeve on a projecting nail> 3 : to be affected by: a : take, contract <catch the measles> <catch pneumonia> <catch trouble> b : to become imbued with by sympathetic reaction <catch the enthusiasm of the group> <catch the spirit of an occasion> c : to take or get the impact of (as a blow) : be struck by <caught a piece of shrapnel in his right leg — Gilbert Millstein> <the flag above the grandstand caught the last of the sun — Maurice Duggan> <outside the breakwater the squadron caught the full sweep of a rising southeast wind — Joseph Millard> d : to get or suffer from (as a punishment for misdoing) <catch a spanking> <catch hell> 4 a : to seize and hold; especially : to take in and retain <a barrel to catch rain water> b : to grip or hold against one's will; especially : to make immovable or vulnerable by placing between equally undesirable alternatives <the branches caught the deer's antlers> <a ship caught between fire from shore batteries and sea attack> c : to cause to be seized and held : fasten <catch down a loose edge of a dress> <catch back a curtain> 5 : to take or get usually momentarily, quickly, or for a brief intervening period <catch a glimpse of a friend> <catch a nap> <catching a cup of coffee between trains> 6 a obsolete : gain, attain <torment myself to catch the English crown — Shakespeare> b : to come up with : overtake <catch the man before he had a chance to go a mile> c : to meet and get aboard (as a train or plane) : get to in time <catch a plane> <catch the last bus home> d : to be in time for <catch an early show with minutes to spare> 7 : to attract and hold : arrest <the idea of cooperation did not catch general attention — W. C. Allee> <one of the guests who caught his fancy — Abram Kardiner> 8 a : strike <his fist shot out and caught the small man directly on the mouth — Sherwood Anderson> b : to make contact with <a searchlight ... caught and held them in its glare — Nevil Shute> <her high notes catch the microphone — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor> 9 a : to grasp or apprehend with the senses or the mind <his ears open to catch all the night noises — W. F. Davis> <from their pages we catch something of the philosophy of the men and women — C. R. Woodward> b : to apprehend and fix by artistic means <catch a person's likeness> <the writer catches the atmosphere of the 17th century court> 10 a : to catch out in cricket b : to serve as catcher for in baseball <caught both ends of the doubleheader> <caught the lefthander> 11 : to deal with in some fitting fashion (as by picking, tapping, or slaughtering) <the cowslips are good caught early — Meridel Le Sueur> <the pig had been caught early before it lost flesh — Pearl Buck> <they caught the maple trees too early in the season> 12 : to see or listen to (as a play or sports event) <catch the first part of the evening's performance> 13 : to meet with <I might catch them in the evenings at a local motel — Bryan Di Salvatore> — often used as an informal farewell at parting <catch you later> intransitive verb 1 of fire : to take hold <the flame caught in the chimney> 2 : to grasp by a hasty motion or make a hasty motion to grasp or as if to grasp — used with at <catch at someone's coat as he passes> <catch at the first opportunity that comes up> 3 a : to become held or impeded especially by entanglement or an obstruction <the kite caught in the tree branches> <the boy's foot caught on the edge of the step> b of the breath : to become involuntarily drawn in in a quick gasp <make your breath catch with suspense — Bernard DeVoto> 4 : to take and retain hold <the hook does not catch> 5 of a sail or sailing boat : to catch the wind 6 a : to catch fire b of a gasoline engine : to begin to function by the regular igniting and exploding of gasoline vapor in the cylinders 7 dialectal, of water : to freeze slightly — usually used with over 8 of a domestic mammal : conceive 9 of a plant : to sprout and become established <the clover caught well at the first sowing> 10 : to play the position of catcher on a baseball team 11 slang : catch on 2 12 : to begin to burn and stick to the pan <the water boiled away and the potatoes caught> 13 of an engine : to begin to fire : kick over <the engine finally caught> — catch a crab 1 : to fail to raise the oar clear of the water on the recovery 2 : to miss the water completely when making a stroke with an oar — catch fire 1 : to become ignited <the barn roof is thought to have caught fire from flying sparks from a passing locomotive> 2 : to become fired with enthusiasm <the poet caught fire from the philosopher's talk> 3 : to increase greatly in scope, interest, or effectiveness <the movie really catches fire — Time> <his imagination caught fire — Dorothy C. Fisher> — catch it slang : to get a scolding or a punishment — catch one's breath 1 : to take in a short involuntary gasp of air <make you catch your breath in excitement — H. J. Laski> 2 : to rest long enough to restore normal breathing <they let the horses catch their breath at the top of the long hill> — catch the wind : to fill with wind (as of a sail) — catch·able \ˈka-chə-bəl, ˈke-\ (audio pronunciation) adjective <a catchable fly ball> <In the rookie scrimmage ..., Humphrey caught one pass for 38 yards. He also dropped a catchable pass. — William C. Rhoden, New York Times, 25 July 1984> < ... he realized that albacore were most catchable on small flies rather than on the large ones he had been using. — Peter Kaminsky, New York Times, 5 Dec. 1999> vt. 赶上；抓住；感染；了解 vi. 赶上；抓住 n. 捕捉；捕获物；窗钩

chop

1 a : to cut into or especially through with or as if with a heavy implement (as an ax or cleaver) usually by a forceful slanting blow <chop off a length of rope> or by a series of such blows <chop down a tree> b : to mince, dice, or cut into small pieces <chopped vegetables> — often used with up <chop the meat up> 2 : to work at or labor over with a heavy cleaving or hewing implement <chop wood> specifically : to weed and thin out (young cotton) usually with a hoe 3 a obsolete : to thrust quickly and forcibly : stick, dart b : to hit or strike (as a ball in tennis, baseball, or cricket) especially with a short quick downward glancing blow —compare drive 10 4 : to cut metal from the corner posts of (an automobile) to lower the body profile <chop a top> <chop a sedan> : cut metal from (part of an automobile) to reduce weight <chop a flywheel> —compare 2channel 1c 5 a : to reduce the power, influence, or extent of — usually used with down 6 : to subject to the action of a chopper (see 1chopper 4) <chop a beam of light> b : to retard or close (an airplane throttle) with a sudden motion : diminish or shut off the flow of fuel to (an airplane engine) intransitive verb 1 : to strike with or as if with a heavy implement (as an ax or cleaver) using a forceful slanting blow or a series of such blows <he was chopping at an old stump> 2 archaic : to go, come, or make some movement suddenly or violently : swoop, pounce <the hawk chops upon its prey> : intervene or interpose : interrupt — used with in or into <chop into a conversation> 3 now dialectal : to break open in fissures : chap 4 : to strike something (as a ball in tennis, baseball, or cricket or an opponent in boxing) with a chopping blow 5 of a hound : to bay in chops n. 砍；排骨；商标；削球 vt. 剁碎；砍

count

1 a : to indicate, name, or separate (units out of a body of units) one by one or group after group to find the total number of units involved or concerned : number, tally, reckon <count the pages of a manuscript> — sometimes used with up or over <count up the money in the register> b : to tell over or name the numbers in regular order up to and including (a specified number) <count ten before answering> c : to include in a tallying and reckoning <counting the hosts, there were 20 people present at the dinner party> d : to compute or tally mechanically and record a total <a machine that counts cars crossing the bridge> e : to call aloud (beats or time units) especially in the practicing of a musical composition <count eighth notes> f (1) : to recollect or keep track of the number of cards that have been played in (a specified suit) <count trumps> (2) : to estimate or mentally reconstruct the distribution of cards in (another player's hand) (3) : to count the points in (a hand of cards) — compare point count 2 a : consider, account, regard, judge <count oneself lucky> <the true dignity of man ... is counted folly — W. E. Channing> b : estimate, esteem <he counted it nothing that his follower had sacrificed his life> c : to record as of a particular opinion or persuasion <count me as uncommitted> <stand and be counted> d dialectal : suppose, guess, reckon <I count there's three of them coming> 3 : to amount to : have a total of <they counted 30 — Lord Byron> intransitive verb 1 archaic : to think much of something : care about something : take account <no man counts of her beauty — Shakespeare> 2 a : to recite or indicate the numbers in order <a little child who could not count> <count by fives> : count the units in a group <interrupted while he was counting> b : to mark the time by counting aloud the beats in a musical composition 3 a : to rely or depend on someone or something in plans or calculations — used with on or upon <the man they counted on in this crisis — Stuart Cloete> : look forward to, expect, or plan on something with assured confidence <count on clear weather> <counting on his car to get him there on time> b : to expect, predict, or take something into consideration — usually used with on <they count on winning> <he had not counted on paying and had brought no money> 4 English law, obsolete : to plead in court : state a complaint in court 5 : to add up : amount in number : total — sometimes used with up <it counts up to a sizable sum> 6 a : to have value, meaning, weight, significance, or importance <landscape counts in the character of a place, but people count more — H. L. Davis> : merit consideration : be of consequence or account <these are the men who really count> b : to be of account : have status or rank : become classed or regarded <achievements such as the TVA have counted for far more ... than our military power — M. W. Straight> <the things that counted so much with us when we were young — Louis Bromfield> 7 : to make a score <counted twice in the third inning> — count coup of an American Indian : to make a coup; also : to relate the story of one's coups — count heads or count noses : to count the number (as of persons) present vt. 计算；认为 vi. 计数；有价值 n. 计数；计算；伯爵

close

1 a : to move (some part, especially some hinged or sliding part) so as to bar passage through something <close the gate of the plant> <keep this valve closed> b (1) : to block or shut off (a channel, path, or area) against entry or passage <close a street for snow removal> <close a range to settlers> (2) : to stop or deny access to or prohibit use of <close a firing area during target practice> <an attempt to close the mails to communist propaganda periodicals> (3) linguistics : to make (a morphological or syntactic construction) incapable of having an additional constituent of a particular kind (as an adjective or a derivational suffix) <the addition of all before these young men closes the construction> <the addition of -s to normalize closes the construction> c (1) : to block or refuse admission to the inside, interior, or contents of <keep the drawer closed> <continued drought caused the governor to close the woods> <volumes kept on closed shelves> <a seal used in Charlemagne's time to close letters and wills> (2) : to exclude outside blood from (a herd, strain, or breed) d : to block out : screen, exclude <close a view> : form a boundary to <a church closes the vista> e : to make or keep inaccessible, imperceptive, or inscrutable <even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience — F. D. Roosevelt> <magazines closed to inexperienced writers> f (1) : to suspend or stop the services, sessions, or operations of <snow and high wind closed the airport> <close school because of an outbreak of polio> <a theater closed for repairs> (2) : to force to discontinue or end a business enterprise <a manufacturer closed by his creditors> (3) : to exclude the public from <health authorities closed the swimming pools> 2 a archaic : enclose, encompass, contain <leaving the whole establishment to her, closing only himself in invisible bonds — F. M. Ford> b : to arrange (the strands of a wire rope) spirally around a center 3 a : to bring to an end or period : shut off or preclude further continuation of <the Peace of Westphalia ... which closed the Thirty Years' War — Stringfellow Barr> <he closed his military career with an idealized concept — Jeannette P. Nichols> <he closed his business and moved away> b : to serve as last, final, or ultimate in (a series, sequence, or development) <Madame Defarge going first ... Mr. Lorry closing the little procession — Charles Dickens> <the ... duet which closes the first act — Saturday Review> c : to conclude discussion or negotiation about : terminate or bring to agreement, decision, or settlement <questions that have been closed for centuries suddenly yawn wide open — G. B. Shaw> <close a deal or bargain> <close a real estate transfer of title> d : to render (an account) no longer current e : to terminate access to (a computer file or program) 4 a : to bring or bind together the parts or edges of <a closed fist> <cut the sides and back to fit and close them with a slide fastener> <after amputation close the stump for good scar line> <in no hurry to close the wound> <closing the break in the metal bar by welding> b : to fill up (as a hole or opening) with something serving as a sealer, filler, or stopper <first close the cracks with plaster of paris> <close a grave> c : to fill (a gap) so as to attain full continuity or smooth integration <help them to close their dollar gap> <efforts to close the sharp division within the alliance> <tax loopholes that should be closed> d : to complete by way of circling or enveloping or by making circumferentially or circuitously continuous <the centripetal force constraining the planets to move in closed orbits — S. F. Mason> <to connect electric conductors so as to close a circuit> e : to stitch together parts forming the upper of (a shoe) f : to reduce to nil <milers fast closing the distance to the tape> <the ferry closed the last few feet of water between it and the ship> 5 of a ship : to come close to <the minesweeper closed the island under cover of darkness> 6 : to convert (granular soap) into a homogeneous pasty form (as by adding water and boiling) 7 : to alter (a stance in golf or baseball batting) so that the left foot is closer to the line of play than the right intransitive verb 1 : to close itself or become closed: a : to contract, fold, swing, or slide so as to leave no opening <a camera shutter adjusted to close after 1⁄50 second> <the jackknife closed on my finger> also : to admit of being closed <this valve won't close> b : to cease operation <forced the mine to close> : discontinue institutional activities <banks and schools close for the holiday> — often used with down, up c : to suspend business or end the business day <this store closes at 5 p.m.> — often used with down, up; also : to remain closed <barbershops close Mondays> d : to end a theatrical run or tour <the play closed after two weeks> e : to cease to be passable for boats because of an ice cover <the river has the appearance of closing for the winter> 2 a : to come near or approach close <radar showed a plane closing fast> <a ship fast closing with the land> b of a racehorse : to lessen the gap with the lead horse or horses especially near the finish of a race <closing fast in the home stretch> c : to engage in a struggle at close quarters : grapple <forbidding terrain prevented our closing with the enemy> 3 a : to join together : meet, unite <the jaws of the vise imperceptibly closing> also : to tighten in a grasping or crushing motion <a hand closed on my collar> <sullen anger closed down on the community> b : to become filled in <find themselves in a tight place when the gaps begin to close — W. R. Inge> also : diminish <the distance between us rapidly closed> c : to draw together, join, or gather so as to cover, conceal, or confine something <clouds soon close over the sun> <just as the sea closed over the sinking ship> d : to form or approach in a tight or diminishing circle <his comrades closed around him protectively> e : to tighten fingers or jaws in a grasping motion — used often with on <seeing a rope dangling I closed on it> <the clamshell bucket closed on a load of dirt> f dancing : to draw the free foot up to and into contact with the supporting foot 4 : to enter into or complete an agreement : make a contract <before I can close with a new employer> 5 a : to come to an end or period : cease from further continuation <his diplomatic career closed with this incident> <the services closed with a short prayer> b : to bring one's discourse or a debate to a conclusion <I close with this warning> <the senior debater of each team is to close> c : to make an announcement or play in certain card games that ends some phase of the game; especially : to turn the trump card face down in a game of sixty-six in order to stop the draw from the stock and compel players to follow suit 6 civil engineering : to give a closed figure when plotted <this survey of the tract fails to close> — see error of closure 7 a : to become priced in the last recorded sale of the trading day in an exchange <to compensate for stock opened at 126, closed at 128> <hogs closed strong> b : to show an overall price average at the end of a trading period <the market managed to close slightly lower> — close its doors 1 : to bar entrance or refuse admission <keeping its doors closed to immigrants> 2 : to cease operation : go out of business <a school forced by economic considerations to close its doors> — close one's eyes to : to deliberately ignore : decline to acknowledge — close ranks : to unite in a militant attitude and submerge differences especially to meet a challenge — close the books 1 a : to cease accepting subscriptions to a new security offering because orders have been received in excess of the amount offered b : to intermit the use of certain books of account or record of a corporation or business concern (as prior to the payment of a dividend) 2 accounting : to transfer periodically after adjustment to the proprietorship accounts the balances of the income and expense accounts — close the door : to take a determined and uncompromising obstructive position <an action that closes the door on any amicable settlement> adj. 紧密的；亲密的；亲近的 vt. 关；结束；使靠近 vi. 关；结束；关闭 adv. 紧密地 n. 结束

come

1 a : to move toward or away from something : pass from one point toward another nearer or more central : approach <do come to church today> <he came quietly into the room> <when will they come> — distinguished from and sometimes opposed to go — usually used with a preposition (as toward, on, before, behind) or an adverb (as away, down, forth, up) when the point of departure or terminus is expressed <come toward me slowly> b : to move toward or enter a scene of action or into a field of interest whether partly physical or wholly ideal — usually used with an implication of purpose that may be expressed by an infinitive or participle or a coordinate verb introduced by and <she came to see us> <a man came asking after wisdom> <come and help us set the table> or by a prepositional phrase <they'll come to the rescue when they hear> c : to approach or reach a particular station in an expressed or implied series <day is coming> <now we come to the section on health> (1) : to approach in kind or quality — usually used with near <this comes near perfection> (2) : to result in or progress — often used with to <all our good planning came to naught> (3) : to approach or reach a condition through or as if through change <their fury came quickly to a boil> d (1) : to advance toward maturity or a culminating state or stage — often used with on or along <the gray filly is coming nicely> <that corn will come along better if it rains> (2) : to advance in a particular manner <come running when I call> <the referee came between the clinching boxers> (3) : to advance, rise, or improve in rank or condition — often used with up <a general who had come up through the ranks> <the neighborhood, after declining for years, was coming up again> e : fare : come along <how're you coming now?> f (1) : to reach or extend <trousers scarcely coming to his shoe tops> (2) : to extend along or occupy a denoted or understood space or situation <a path comes through the valley> <at high tide water comes over the lower end of the walk> (3) : to reach through the intellect or emotions <this comes very near to me> <the arguments come home forcibly> 2 a (1) : to arrive at a particular place, end, result, or conclusion <he came slowly to his senses> <she came tired to bed each night> <the spirit of true humility comes to those who seek it diligently> (2) : to attain by connected or related stages <come to an understanding> (3) : amount <taxes come to more than the property is worth> (4) : to appear to the mind : become recalled to memory <after much thought the answer came to him> <it came to her that this was where she first met him> (5) : to return in time or space <the good old days never come back> b (1) of an event or condition : happen, befall, occur <no harm will come to you> <good things come to those who wait> (2) : to reach a particular state or condition or to happen as the result of chance or of some process or development <come untied> <how did you come to have such an idea> <the whole plan was coming clearer and clearer — Willa Cather> — compare come upon (3) : to come to pass : take place — used with inverted subject and verb to express the particular time or occasion concerning which a statement is being made and often in the subjunctive mood with the notion of futurity <came Christmas and we had a merry time> <the house burned a year ago come March> <comes the revolution we'll all live, or hang, high> <come the end of the war when costs fall> (4) : to become merited or owed — usually used as a present participle <all the credit that's coming to her> <I've another dollar coming to me> c (1) : to be the product or result : originate, arise, follow <pepper comes from a bush> <most wine comes from grapes> <good crops come from good soil> <they come of sturdy yeoman stock> <do not evil that good may come> <kind deeds come from a kind heart> <after joy comes sadness> <his wealth comes by inheritance> (2) : to be or have been a native or resident — used with from <he comes from Toronto, Canada> <she has been here in the city 20 years but who would doubt that she comes from the backwoods?> d : to enter or assume a given condition, relation, use, or position <at sundown the artillery came into action> <he came to the peerage in 1892> e : to fall within a field of view, an indicated or implied scope, or a range of application <his follies come to mind along with his kindnesses> <this comes within the terms of the treaty> <Connecticut, Rhode Island, then comes Massachusetts> f (1) of an utterance : to become produced : issue forth <a dry sob came from her constricted throat> <some of the noblest thoughts to come from this generation> (2) : to take shape : assume a given or desired form : jell <in spite of her best efforts the picture would not come> (3) of cheese or butter : to be formed by adhesion of particles (4) of a bow : to bend too much in one place when drawn g : to be available <this model comes in several sizes> exist <as good as they come> h often vulgar : to experience orgasm 3 : to fall to a person in a division of property or as an inheritance <several thousand dollars came to him from his uncle> 4 : pay attention : heed — used only in the imperative and often intensified by repetition to imply rebuke, impatience, or encouragement <come, we must hurry> <come, come, that's no way to speak to your mother> 5 : to become moved favorably : relent <he will relent; he's coming; I perceive't — Shakespeare> 6 : to command or require a specified exertion or expenditure : be possible or be obtainable at a specified cost or by a specified effort <it comes hard for me to accept your views> <good clothes come high> <easy come, easy go> 7 : rise — used chiefly in the phrase come to one's feet 8 : to appear to become : become <monsters come alive from a Goya picture — The New Republic> <things will come clear if we are patient> transitive verb 1 : to approach or be near (an age) <a pretty child coming eight years old> 2 a : to act or play the part of <why should he come the dude like that> b : play <come a hand of cards> c British : attain, do <he cannot come that> — come abroad archaic : to appear in public : become public or known — come a cropper 1 : to fall headlong 2 : to fail completely <they'll come a cropper one of these days if they don't balance their budget> — come across 1 : to occur or suggest itself to <the possibility ... came across her — Jane Austen> 2 : to meet, find, or encounter especially unexpectedly or by chance <I came across grandfather's diary in the attic> <perhaps we will come across your sister while we are out> — come again slang : repeat; also : to speak further — come alive : to show signs of life or awareness <Zack and George came alive then, ready to go into the hog business — F. P. Gipson> : appear real <careful lighting made the scene come alive> — come a long way : to make progress : succeed <she's come a long way since she left the boat at Ellis Island> — come apart : to disintegrate physically or mentally <after a good showing in the early rounds the challenger came apart in the ninth> — come at : to accomplish an understanding or mastery of : attain <art is not something to be come at by dint of study — Clive Bell> — come away 1 now dialectal British : come with me : come along <come away, come away, death — Shakespeare> 2 : to depart from something or someone expressed or implied : leave <come away from there before you get dirty> 3 a : to become detached : separate <the rail came away in his hand> b chiefly British, of a plant : to come up : grow — come between : to cause to be estranged <theirs was a happy home until her mother came between them> — come by 1 chiefly Midland : to call at : visit 2 : to get possession of : acquire <many older recordings are hard to come by> <benevolence and selflessness ... are only indirectly come by — C. W. Berenda> sometimes : to get by or as if by inheritance <he comes by his temper naturally> — come clean slang : to tell the whole story : confess <after he comes clean, I'll do the best for you that I can — Erle Stanley Gardner> — come close : to be or arrive near : approximate <this day has come close to perfection> <her quotation came close to our bid> — come compass of a bow : to bend in a true arc when drawn — come down the pike : to appear in the normal course of events <the finest piece of classical music journalism to come down the pike in quite a while — D. R. Martin> — come forward 1 : to present oneself (as for candidacy or to public notice) : volunteer 2 : to attain note or success : advance <light woolens have come forward to enjoy marked fashion prestige> — come home 1 : to come close or press closely; especially : to touch the feelings, interest, or reason <the ideal of equality would come home with special meaning to men bred up ... on the frontier — V. L. Parrington> 2 : to give way under strain (as of an anchor in weighing) — come home to roost : to return by way of retribution — come into : to enter upon or into possession of : acquire especially as an inheritance <he will come into a fortune when his father dies> — come into case or come into order of tobacco : to acquire such moisture content that the leaf is pliable and readily handled without breaking — come into one's own 1 : to achieve one's potential <He had a slow start in the NHL but he's come into his own the past three seasons. — Gina Pierelli, Hockey Digest, December 1994> 2 : to acquire something (such as rights or a position) that rightfully belongs or is felt to belong to one; sometimes : to gain recognition <natural gas has come into its own — Gardiner Symonds> — come into play : to have an effect : play a part <his early training in self-expression came into play in his new situation> — come it : to succeed in doing something : attain one's purpose <I meant to pay them last week but I couldn't come it> — come it over 1 slang : to lord it over : dominate, bully 2 slang : deceive, trick — come it strong slang : overdo, exaggerate — contrasted with draw it mild — come of age : to reach maturity <Your class has come of age at a moment of great consequence for our nation and for the world ... — Barack Obama, speech, 17 May 2009> <Of all organisms born, the majority die before they come of age. — Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, 1995> — come off 1 : to cease to utter (pretentious or foolish talk) — used chiefly in the phrase come off it <come off it, you're being silly> 2 : to return to a regular activity after (a particular condition, experience, or performance) <an injury-prone wide receiver coming off his only good season in five — D. P. Anderson> — come on : to encounter by or as if by chance : near <came on them in the dark> — come one's way also come one's ways : to fall to one's lot — come over 1 : to play or practice (something) upon a person by way of deceiving or taking advantage of him or her <don't come the old soldier over me> 2 : to take advantage of : overreach, trick <you'll not come over me with your innocent looks> 3 : to take possession of : overtake <quiet comes over the market at twilight> — often used of an emotion, idea, or state of mind <what's come over you; you're acting so strangely> — come round : to circumvent by trickery or flattery <you can't come round me that way> — come through : to endure successfully : survive <they came through that hard winter in good health> — come to : to be a question of <when it comes to pitching horseshoes, I'm the champ> — come to a head 1 of a pustule or boil : to become distended with pus : ripen 2 of affairs : to reach a crisis or a point at which some new course, trend, or decision is inevitable and immediately required — come to anchor 1 of a ship : to drop anchor 2 : to come to rest : settle down — come to blows : to carry a disagreement to the point of physical violence — come to grief : to encounter misfortune (such as calamity, defeat, or ruin) especially when deserved or in some degree the result of one's own actions <were he less self-willed he would be less likely to come to grief> — come to grips 1 : to engage wholeheartedly and thoroughly : get down to business <they could come to terms if they came truly to grips instead of scolding at each other over a barrier of misunderstanding — Edward Sapir> — often used with with <last week the way was opened for the West to come to grips with Russia on the atom — The New York Times> 2 : to grapple or deal on the most fundamental level — usually used with with <they failed to come to grips with the underlying evils of the system> — come to hand 1 : to be received <your letter came to hand early yesterday morning> <larger quantities of potatoes came to hand and values declined somewhat — The Farmer's Weekly (South Africa)> 2 : to come to light : be found : appear <new evidence has come to hand on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays> — come to life 1 : to regain consciousness; also : to exhibit vitality or animation <the birds coming to life in song to salute the new day> 2 : to produce an effect of reality : be lifelike <his wife truly comes to life in his portrayal> — come to light : to come forth : be made manifest — come to nature : to become pasty and granular — used of iron at the conclusion of the puddling process — come to nothing also come to naught : to be fruitless : result in failure <all their efforts came to nothing> — come to oneself : to come to : regain self-control — come to pass : happen — used impersonally with it — come to stay : to become a fixture or permanency <the automobile has come to stay> — come to terms : to reach an agreement or a state of comprehension that permits agreement with or adjustment to something <some adaptability is essential if one is to come to terms with modern life> also : submit — usually used with with — come to that : for that matter : so far as that goes <come to that, you still owe for the car> — come to time : to fulfill an obligation — come true 1 : to happen as desired or expected : attain reality <like a dream come true> 2 : to reproduce the characters of the parent — come up nautical : to slacken off gently : ease off <come up a tackle> — come upon 1 : to befall as if descending from above : attack, afflict, affect <doubt came upon her as she waited> 2 archaic : to become dependent on especially financially <he had saved nothing and finally came upon the town> 3 : to meet with : chance upon : encounter <she came upon them suddenly at the bend of the path> <not until 1890 did an English missionary come upon the curiously carved inscription — Tom Marvel> — to come : existing or arriving in the future <in the days to come> <When you hit in the middle of the order, you're expected to come up with big hits. ... I've been doing this a long time. I think there's a lot more to come. — Alex Rodriguez, quoted in USA Today, 14 June 2012> vi. 来；开始；出现；发生；变成；到达 vt. 做；假装；将满（...岁） int. 嗨！

dive

1 a : to plunge into water headfirst : thrust the body under or deeply into water or other fluid; specifically : to execute a dive b : submerge <the submarine dived> 2 a : to descend or fall precipitously <the mercury dived to eight below zero> b : to plunge one's hand into something <dived into her pocketbook> c of a plane : to descend in a dive — compare glide 3 a : to plunge into or explore some matter or subject <dive into the heart of the matter> b : to throw oneself into some activity : make a vigorous start <dived into his food> <dive boldly into a strange new profession> c : to plunge or dash (as for shelter) into some place or across some space <bystanders dived for cover> : lunge especially with the intent of seizing something <dived for his legs> transitive verb 1 a archaic : to plunge (a person or thing) into water b : to thrust (as the hand or anything held) into something <dive his hand into the earth — Mollie Panter-Downes> 2 : to cause (as an airplane or submarine) to descend <dived his plane through the sonic barrier> 3 archaic : to penetrate or explore by or as if by diving <he dives the hollow, climbs the steeps — R. W. Emerson> 潜水；跳水；俯冲；急剧下降 n. 潜水；跳水；俯冲；扑

call

1 a : to speak in a loud distinct voice so as to be heard at a distance especially in order to attract the attention of, summon, or make a request of another : cry, shout <call for help> b : to make a request, appeal, or demand <call upon all nations to keep the peace> <he called for an investigation of the facts> c of an animal : to utter a characteristic note or cry <the thrush calls> d : to communicate with or try to get into communication with a person by telephone — often used with up e card games (1) : to make a demand (as by requesting or signaling for a particular card or suit to be played) (2) bridge : to make a declaration (see declaration 4) (3) poker : to make one's total bet equal to that of the last preceding bettor f : to give the calls for a square dance — often used with off 2 Scottish : to become driven : drive — usually used in the form ca' — compare ca' canny 3 : to make a brief stop or visit at a place <call to pay your respects> <only one ship a year calls at the island> — often used with on <a salesman calling on his customers> transitive verb 1 a (1) : to utter in a loud distinct voice : shout, cry — often used with out <call out a number> (2) : to announce or read out loudly or authoritatively <call the roll> <call a halt> — often used with off <call off a row of figures> (3) : to announce the play-by-play of (a sporting event) <Durkin, who has called all 77 Breeders Cup races for television, had become Belmont's track announcer two months earlier. — Joseph Durso, New York Times, 22 Oct. 1995> <call a football game> b (1) : to command or request (as by an utterance) to come or be present <I can call spirits from the vasty deep — Shakespeare> summon <called to testify in court> <call off the dogs> (2) : to cause to come : bring <call a new principle into operation> <call to mind the words of his brother> c (1) : to summon to a particular activity, employment, or office <called to the presidency of the university> <called to active duty in the army> (2) : to move or impel (as by divine influence) to a particular condition or activity <America is called to greatness — A. E. Stevenson, born 1900> (3) : to summon (a Jewish male) to read a benediction or a set portion of the Torah before the congregation at public worship in the synagogue d : to invite or command (a group) to meet : convoke <call a meeting> e : to rouse from sleep or summon to get up by a call f (1) : to give the order for : bring into action <call a case in court> <call a strike> (2) : to manage (as a team's strategy during a game) by giving the signals or orders <the coach calls every play from the sidelines> g (1) bridge : to make a demand for (a particular card or suit to be played) (2) poker : to make one's total bet equal to (the preceding bet) or equal to the bet of (the preceding bettor) (3) : to challenge (a person) to make good on a statement <if he is not telling the truth someone should call him> (4) : to charge with or censure for an offense — often used with on <they called him on his sloppy dress> h : to decoy (game) by imitating the characteristic cry i : to halt (a baseball game or other public event) because of unsuitable conditions (as rain or darkness) j (1) : to rule on the status of (as a played ball or a player's action) <call a tennis serve out> <call a base runner safe> (2) : to indicate and keep track of balls and strikes in (a baseball game) <an umpire who has called a good game> k : to give the calls for (a square dance or a square-dance figure) — often used with off l (1) : to communicate with or try to get in communication with (a person) by telephone — sometimes used with up <call me up tomorrow> (2) : to deliver (a message) by telephone (3) : to make a signal to (someone or something) to indicate the desire to transmit a message — often used with up <call up the flagship> — compare cq (4) : to generate signals for (a telephone number) in order to reach the party to whom the number is assigned <If you have an emergency, call 911 immediately.> m : to suspend (playing time) <time was called while the field was cleared> n cricket (1) : to inform (one's fellow batsman) that it is safe to run (2) : to inform (a bowler) that a delivery is unfair — used of an umpire o (1) : to demand payment of especially by formal notice <directors called an assessment of 10 percent> (2) : to demand presentation of (an issue of bonds) for redemption and payment <the bonds could be called 10 years after issue> 2 a : to speak of or address by a specified name <they call her Kitty> : give a name to : name <forces ... which Empedocles calls love and hate — Arnold Toynbee> b (1) : to give a descriptive name to <the actual price at which any commodity is commonly sold is called its market price — Adam Smith> : regard as or characterize as of a certain kind : describe as : consider <you don't call this keeping what belongs to you — Lillian Hellman> <a world where nothing can be called unknowable — W. R. Inge> (2) : estimate : reckon to be <how far would you call it to town> : consider for purposes of an estimate or for convenience <99 cents, call it an even dollar> c dialectal, England : scold, revile d dialectal : to announce or publish as an official notice of intention <when our names have been called in church we can be married> e South & Midland : mention, speak <called the loved name> <carefully refrained from calling his name — Ellen Glasgow> f : to describe correctly in advance of or without knowledge of the event <he called the upward trend of the market in February> : name or describe in advance : predict, guess <call the toss of a coin wrongly> 3 usually ca' \ˈkȯ, ˈkä\ (audio pronunciation) chiefly Scottish a : drive <call an animal to market> b : to drive into place : knock, hammer c : propel, run <call some machinery> use <call an instrument> 4 : to pay a brief visit to <I'll call you at your house — Shakespeare> 5 : to temporarily transfer control of computer processing to (as a subroutine or procedure) — call a spade a spade : to give a thing its plain name even if considered offensive : speak plainly or bluntly without elaboration or euphemism — call cousin : to claim relationship <call cousin with the mayor> — call for 1 : to call (as at one's house) to get <I'll call for you at 8 o'clock> 2 : to require as necessary or appropriate <lifting the box called for all her strength> : make necessary <more business calls for more judges — S. D. Bailey> 3 : to give an order for : direct <legislation calling for the establishment of two new schools> : provide for <the design calls for three windows> — call in question or call in doubt 1 : to cast doubt upon : challenge the soundness of : impugn <standards of value which are never called in question — F. R. Leavis> 2 obsolete : to make inquiry into — call it a day : to stop at least for the present whatever one has been doing — call it quits 1 : call it a day 2 : to cease efforts (as of both parties of a rivalry, strife, or competition) <neither side having a clear advantage, they decided to call it quits> — call names : to address or speak of a person or thing with contemptuous or offensive names — call on 1 : to call upon 2 : to solicit a response (as an answer or comment) from <the teacher always called on her first> — call one's bluff : to challenge and expose an empty pretense or threat — call one's shot : to declare from a knowledge of the alignment of sights at the instant of firing a rifle or pistol the spot which a bullet should strike on the target; also : to predict in any game or sport the result of a shot — call the shots also call the tune : to be in charge or control : determine policy or procedure <her assistant called the shots all through the meeting> — call the turn 1 in faro : to name the order in which the last three cards in the dealing box will appear on the last turn of the deal 2 : call transitive sense 2f 3 : to be in charge or control : to call the tune — call time : to ask for or grant a time-out <Finally, Boston pitcher Luis Tiant called time, stepped off the mound and yelled, "Frank, Billy said he wants the suicide squeeze." — Peter Gammons, Sports Illustrated, 15 Apr. 1991> <While Mares kept his punches up most of the night, the referee called time twice, to give Moreno his five minutes to get himself together. — Paula Duffy, Examiner.com, 11 Nov. 2012> — call to account : to hold responsible : reprimand <called to account for violation of the rules> — call to order : to request to come to order: such as a : to open (a meeting) for business b : to warn or restrain (a person transgressing the rules of debate) — call to the bar : to admit as a barrister — call to the colors : to summon for active military duty — call upon : require, oblige <may be called upon to do several jobs> : make a demand upon : depend on <universities are called upon to prepare students for the workforce> — call within the bar : to appoint as king's or queen's counsel vi. 呼叫；拜访；叫牌 vt. 呼叫；称呼；召集 n. 电话；呼叫；要求；访问

big

1 a obsolete : of great physical strength : powerful in body <Sir Launcelot was big and strong again — Thomas Malory> b : of great force or vehemence : violent <farewell the big wars that make ambition virtue — Shakespeare> — now used only of natural phenomena <the night of the big blow> 2 : large 4a: a : large in physical dimensions, bulk, or mass <a big bag of potatoes> <the big white house on the hill> b : of great extent <a big tract of open country> c : large in magnitude <a big change from our simple country life> also : large in quantity, number, or amount <a big fleet> d : formed or conducted on a large scale <big government> <a big merchandising combine> e : having the largeness of — used chiefly in the comparative <a little fish scarcely bigger than a mosquito larva> f of a letter : of or conforming to the series A, B, C, etc., rather than a, b, c, etc. : capital <The two types of letter appear also on the illustrated charts. Next the printed letter is shown, with the request: "Give me the big letter that goes with it." — Maria Montessori, The Advanced Montessori Method, 1917> 3 : full: a : pregnant; especially : nearly ready to give birth — usually used with with <a white heifer big with calf> b : full to bursting : filled, brimming, swelling, teeming — usually used with with <eyes big with tears> <big with rage> <no period bigger with opportunity for a bold entrepreneur> c of the voice : full and resonant 4 : conspicuous or noteworthy in some respect: a : chief, leading, preeminent <the big issue of this campaign> <the big shopping center is on 10th Avenue> b : notorious, bad — used especially in the superlative <the biggest rascal on two feet> c : outstanding, prominent <a big banker> especially : outstandingly worthy or able <a truly big man> <the bigger they are the harder they fall> d : of importance, moment, or significance : impressive <the big moment of his life> <a big piece of news> e : imposing, high-sounding, pretentious <such big words to put abroad such petty thoughts> often : boastful, pompous, threatening <his big words were never backed by deeds> f : having or showing greatness of spirit : magnanimous, generous <a heart big enough to hold no grudges> <he can be trusted to do the big thing> 5 informal : more advanced in age : older <my big brother> <Three years earlier, Sean Junior, like his big sister Collins, had been more than happy to take Michael in. — Michael Lewis, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, 2009> : more mature <His teachers all told me he was excited about riding the bus, feeling like a big boy now. — Laurie Frey et al., Unbeatable: The Whole Story, 2008> — see also big brother, big sister 6 a : filled with or characterized by enthusiasm and interest <I'm a big fan of soy foods but urge you to choose them wisely. — Andrew Weil, Self Healing, July 2007> : active and enthusiastic <Stu was a big golfer and would appreciate the story. — Jason Starr, Panic Attack, 2009> <I'm not a big shopper, so for me to actually like a store is really saying something. — Matt Cameron, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2009> b : expressed in an enthusiastic or unrestrained way : hearty <He even began saying hello to me with a big smile, so I kind of liked him too. — Andrew A. Rooney, And More by Andy Rooney, 1982> <Steven Tyler came up to me the first time I ever met him, gave me a big hug and said, "You are just fabulous." — Melissa Etheridge, Rolling Stone, 2 June 1994> <There'll be more of these genomes, right? Big yes to that one. — Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2000> 7 : commonly liked : enjoyed by many people : popular <Every place that his pictures played, we played. Our pictures were very big in Italy, they were big in England, they were very big in Germany, and France. — A. C. Lyles, quoted in The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers, 2009> 8 of wine or beer : full-bodied and flavorful < ... several samples tasted recently indicated a fairly big wine with good acid balance and a pronounced oak taste. — Frank J. Prial, New York Times, 28 July 1976> <Not a big wine, but it has style and finishes gracefully. — Wine Spectator, 15 May 1997> < ... a truly big beer with a sweet, warming alcohol finish ... — John Staradumsky, Yankee Brew News, February/March 1999> — big on 1 : strongly favoring or liking (something or someone) <Adults, especially ballplayers and newspaper people, she's not so big on, but she is nuts for animals and children. — Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated, 20 May 1996> <She was big on pastels and had a weakness for matching culottes and blouses ... — Tom Perrotta, Joe College, 2000> <Dee was never one for letting go of her kids, never big on sleepovers. — Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Nov. 2003> 2 : having a lot of (something) <Perhaps the most comfortable beanbag chair money can buy, these ... seats are big on head, neck, and back support as well as style. — Down East, December 2006> <It's food that's big on personality and easy to share, so large groups are a natural fit ... — Marcia Gagliardi, The Tablehopper's Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco, 2010> — too big for one's breeches also too big for one's pants or too big for one's boots : exhibiting self-approval not justified by circumstances : above oneself adj. 大的；重要的；量大的 adv. 大量地；顺利；夸大地

can

1 obsolete : know, understand <most of the inhabitants can no word of Cornish — Richard Carew> 2 : to be able to do, make, or accomplish <the will of Him who all things can — John Milton> intransitive verb archaic : to have knowledge or skill — used with following of <thou canst well of woodcraft — Sir Walter Scott> verbal auxiliary 1 a : know how to : have the skill to <he can read> <she can play the piano> b : be physically or mentally able to <he can lift 200 pounds> <I can tell red from green> c — used to indicate possibility <do you think he can still be alive?> <those things can happen> <it could be true> ; sometimes used interchangeably with may d : have the necessary courage or resolution to <he can accept defeat without complaining> e : be permitted by conscience or feeling to <can hardly blame him> <I can forgive anything but that> f : be made possible or probable by circumstances to <he can hardly have meant that> <I could cry for shame> g : be inherently able or designed to <everything that money can buy> <this car can hold five persons> h : be logically or axiologically able to <2 + 2 can also be written 3 + 1> <we can reasonably conclude from this that such is the case> i : be enabled by law, agreement, or custom to : have a right to <only the House can originate financial measures> j : have permission to — used interchangeably with may <you can go now if you like> — see could 2 dialectal : be able to — used as an infinitive <I may can go> <he'll can tell us — Alexander Wardrop> — no can do informal + humorous — used to say that something that has been requested cannot be done <Reddy ... comes up with a proposition: "Do one thing for me. Go to the gym, start working out, and let's see if you can get into some kind of condition. Then we'll talk." Billy says no can do. He says there's no way he can work out. — Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated, 27 Dec. 1999> Can and may are most frequently interchangeable in uses denoting possibility; because the possibility of one's doing something may depend on another's acquiescence, they have also become interchangeable in the sense denoting permission. The use of can to ask or grant permission has been common since the 19th century and is well established, although some commentators feel may is more appropriate in formal contexts. This sense of may is relatively rare in negative constructions (mayn't is not common), although we suspect that teachers still use it to deny permission daily. Pedagogy notwithstanding, cannot and can't are usual in such contexts. plural cans 1 : a receptacle (as for holding liquids) usually cylindrical in shape: a : a vessel for holding or carrying water, wine, beer, or other liquids <I have brought thee in this can fresh water from the brook — William Wordsworth> specifically : a drinking vessel <in his hand did bear a boozing can — Edmund Spenser> — compare cannikin b : a cylindrical metal receptacle usually with an open top, often with a removable cover, and sometimes with a spout or side handles (as for holding milk, oil, coffee, tobacco, ashes, or garbage) c : a single-trip tinplate container in which perishable foods or other products are hermetically sealed for preservation until use — called also tin d : a glass or earthenware jar with an airtight cover used for packing or preserving fruit or vegetables in the home <we put up a dozen cans of tomatoes last fall> e : a small usually cylindrical container made of paper or paper compound — compare composite can, fiber can f : a recessed lighting fixture <Augment natural light with recessed cans in the ceiling, sconces on side walls, or a table lamp on a shelf ... — Jill Connors, This Old House, September 2012> 2 a : a steam-heated hollow metal cylinder over which cloth is passed to be dried b : a hollow cylindrical combustion chamber of an airplane engine c : an air cleaner for a carburetor 3 slang : jail 4 : toilet 5 — not often in formal use 5 slang : buttocks, seat 6 : depth charge 7 : destroyer 2 8 slang : an ounce of marijuana 9 informal : headphone — usually plural <You don't realize just how noisy it is inside a plane until you put on a good pair of noise-cancelling headphones ... . I generally leave the noise-cancelling cans on even when I'm not listening to anything at all—the relative quiet makes a long trip less stressful. — Steven Morgenstern, Cigar Aficionado, September/October 2011> — in the can of a motion picture : filmed, edited, and ready for release 将...装入密封罐中保存 aux. 能； 能够； 可以； 可能 n. 罐头； （用金属或塑料制作的）容器； （马口铁或其他金属制作的）食品罐头

bear

1 or plural bear a : an animal of the family Ursidae (order Carnivora) of large heavy mammals having long shaggy hair, rudimentary tail, and plantigrade feet, feeding largely on fruit and insects as well as on flesh, and though ordinarily slow and clumsy moving very fast for short distances especially on rough or steep ground — see grizzly bear, polar bear b Australia : koala c : the fur or pelt of any bear 2 a : a person felt to resemble a bear especially in surly irascibility, coarse uncouthness, or shambling burliness <bad-tempered and demanding, he was a perfect bear all morning> <a lumbering good-natured bear of a man> b : a person having a special aptitude, excellence, or enthusiasm <a bear at mathematics> : one showing resolution or ruggedness in enduring <a bear for punishment> 3 [probably from bear as used in the proverb about selling the bearskin before catching the bear] a obsolete : a stock or commodity sold short b : one that sells short : one interested in price decline : one who wishes or expects a fall in stock prices — compare bull 4 : a mat or matting-covered block especially for scouring decks; sometimes : holy stone 5 : an animal (such as an antbear or woolly bear) felt to resemble a bear 6 : a nearly neutral slightly brownish dark gray — called also Chaetura drab 7 : a cub scout of the third rank who is at least nine years old 8 US, informal : something that is difficult to do or deal with <an oven that's a bear to clean> <Traffic in Knoxville, Tennessee, can be a bear anytime, but in late spring the slowdowns on Neyland Drive are often caused by Canada geese. — Joelle Anthony, Audubon, November 2004> <Although gravity seems like an obvious fact of life to the layperson, to the theoretical physicist it is deeply aggravating ... . To appreciate why gravity is such a bear requires going a bit further into the labyrinth. — Leon Lederman, Newsweek, 15 Sept. 2008> vt. 结果实，开花（正式） vt. 忍受；承受；具有；支撑 n. 熊

ant

: an insect of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera) all having a complex social organization, living in colonies with various castes performing special duties, usually burrowing in the ground or in wood and making chambers and passages in which they store their food and raise their young, the adult males being winged and short-lived, the fertile females usually temporarily winged, and the remainder of the colony made up of wingless sterile females called workers — compare caste, queen; termite, velvet ant — ants in one's pants : a usually obvious and excessive eagerness for action : restlessness, impatience 蚂蚁

eight

: being one more than seven in number <eight years> — see number table num. 八；八个；第八 adj. 八的 n. 八字形

east

: to, toward, or in the east : eastward n. 东方；东风；东方国家 adj. 东方的；向东的；从东方来的 adv. 向东方，在东方

card

inflected form(s): -ed/-ing/-s 1 : to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (as animal or vegetable fibers) by the use of a card preparatory to spinning, the process being used to prepare fibers of relatively short length —compare comb vt 1b 2 obsolete : to stir together and mix as if by combing together with a card 3 : to torture by drawing a wool card or similar instrument over the bare back or other part of the body n. 卡片；纸牌；明信片 vt. 记于卡片上

cheap

inflected form(s): -ed/-ing/-s 1 obsolete : to ask the price of : price 2 obsolete : to bargain or bid for Origin of CHEAP Middle English chepen, from Old English cēapian to buy; akin to Old High German koufōn, Old Norse kaupa, Gothic kaupōn adj. 便宜的；小气的；不值钱的 adv. 便宜地

egg

inflected form(s): -ed/-ing/-s : to provoke or goad to action : incite, tempt, encourage — usually used with on <his vanity egged him on — O. S. J. Gogarty> <egg their governments on to spend hundreds of millions — G. B. Shaw> 蛋；卵子；家伙；鸡蛋 vt. 煽动；怂恿

dear

inflected form(s): -er/-est : severe, sore <our dearest need> <his dearest enemies> adj. 亲爱的；尊敬的；昂贵的 adv. 高价地；疼爱地 int. 哎呀 n. 亲爱的人

brush

plural -es 1 : brushwood 2 a : scrub vegetation b : land covered with scrub vegetation : brushland — often used with the <helped work cattle in the Florida brush — F. B. Gipson> 3 chiefly Australia : a dense growth of forest and undergrowth n. 刷子；画笔；毛笔；争吵；与某人有效冲突；灌木丛地带；矮树丛；狐狸尾巴 vt. 刷；画； vi. 刷；擦过；掠过；（经过时）轻触

class

plural -es 1 a : one group of a usually society-wide grouping of people according to social status, political or economic similarities, or interests or ways of life in common <the ruling class> <the upper and lower classes> <the entrepreneurial class> <these occupational classes are admittedly not internally homogeneous in respect to such class criteria as "income", "prestige" or "social equality" — Louis Schneider> <class-conscious behavior> — see caste b : social rank; especially : high social rank <a feeling of class> c : an economic or social rank above that of the proletariat <the classes as opposed to the masses> — usually used in plural d : high quality or outstanding ability : mettle <the actors were adequate but without real class> e slang : elegance in appearance or outward behavior : ostentation — usually used to express naīve admiration <this hotel certainly has class> or ironic appraisal — see classy 2 a : a course of instruction especially considered apart from other courses <education can no longer be separated into courses or classes in half a dozen main subjects> b : a body of students meeting regularly to study the same subject under the guidance of an instructor, to listen to lectures, or to engage in guided discussions or in recitations <a Spanish class> <a Bible class> c : the period during which such a body meets or the meeting itself d at British universities : the final rating achieved by a student reading for Honours <a First-Class Honours degree> — distinguished from pass e : a body of alumni who have graduated or of students who expect to graduate in the same year from the same institution : a body of students having similar academic standing <donated by the class of 1925> f : a church group consisting of approximately 12 members under the direction of a class leader formed for religious study and instruction in early Methodism and continued in some Methodist bodies today 3 : a group, set, or kind marked by common attributes or a common attribute <any class or description of persons — R. B. Taney> <such contraptions are symbolic of a whole class of labor-saving devices — F. L. Allen> : such as a : a major category in biological taxonomy ranking above the order, in modern taxonomy falling below the phylum or division and in the Linnaean system being the highest category <the class Musci includes all the mosses> b : set 44b c : a group of adjacent and discrete or continuous values of a random variable d : a mathematical set; especially : a collection of all the sets having a particular property <the class of groups includes all possible mathematical groups> — see category e : a property of a geometric curve that is equal to the number of tangents that can be drawn to it through any point not on the curve <A curve is said to be of the nth degree or order when any right line meets it in n points and of the nth class when n tangents can be drawn to it through any assumed point. — George Salmon, A Treatise on the Higher Plane Curves, 1852> 4 : a group, division, distinction, or rating based on quality, degree of competence, or condition <a class of travel accommodation> <a class A movie> <a class B tuberculosis patient> 5 : one of the genders usually not associated with sex and often greatly exceeding three in number into which nouns are divided in the Bantu languages and some others 6 : the best of its kind <a team that's the class of the league> 7 : a data type in object-oriented programming that consists of a group of programming objects with the same properties and behaviors and that is arranged in a hierarchy with other such data types — compare object n. 阶级；班级；种类；班；等级 vt. 分类；把...分等级；把...归入某等级，把...看作（或分类、归类）；把...编入某一班级 adj. 极好的；很好的，优秀的，出色的 vi. 属于...类（或等级），被列为某类（或某级）

chess

plural -es : a game for two players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a chessboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king 国际象棋，西洋棋

cage

plural -s 1 : a box or enclosure having some openwork (as of wires or bars) especially for confining or carrying birds or animals 2 a : a barred cell for confining prisoners b : a strongly fenced area for prisoners of war 3 : a framework serving as support <the cage of a staircase> <the steel cage of a skyscraper> <the cage of a field gun> 4 : a small enclosing or sheltering structure designed (as by the use of openwork, glass, or windows) to admit air or light or to allow visibility or accessibility from outside <bank teller's cage> : such as a : the car of an elevator b : a chapel or chantry in a church formed by partitioning off a section with a screen of open tracery 5 : a drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim 6 : an enclosing or containing screen or strainer: such as a : a wirework strainer on an intake pipe b : a wire shield enclosing electrical apparatus c : a revolving drum of wire netting for shaking dust out of furs or cotton 7 a : a frame to limit the motion of a loose part (as of a ball valve) b : the frame for holding bearings in place around a shaft journal —see roller bearing illustration 8 : cadge 9 a : a movable screen placed behind home plate to stop baseballs during batting practice b : a goal structure consisting of goalposts or a goal frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey) c : a basketball basket 10 : a large building with unobstructed area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events — compare field house 11 : a sheer one-piece dress that has no waistline, is often gathered at the neck, and is worn over a close-fitting underdress or slip 12 : an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside — cage·like \ˈkāj-ˌlīk\ (audio pronunciation) or cage-like adjective <cagelike enclosures> <a cage-like structure> n. 笼，兽笼；牢房，监狱 vt. 把...关进笼子；把...囚禁起来

bag

plural -s 1 : a container made of paper, cloth, mesh, metal foil, plastic, or other flexible material and usually closed on all sides except for an opening that may be closed (as by folding, pasting, tying, or sewing), being of sizes ranging from small to very large and being specially designed and treated for properly holding, storing, carrying, shipping, or distributing any material or product — compare pouch, sack 2 : a bag for a particular purpose: such as a : a bag to hold money : purse; especially : a woman's pocketbook : handbag b : a bag for carrying game : game bag <several squirrels and a rabbit in his bag> c : a silk pouch used to hold up the back hair (as of a powdered wig) d : mailbag e : traveling bag, valise, suitcase 3 : something felt to resemble a bag (as in form or capaciousness): such as a : a pouched or pendulous bodily part or organ: (1) : a sac or space containing a secretion or other fluid <the poison bag of a snake> <the honey bag of a bee> (2) : udder (3) dialectal, British : belly (4) : a pendulous outpouching of flabby skin <an aging face with bags below the eyes> (5) slang : scrotum b : a puffed out sag or bulge (as of cloth) suggestive of a bag <bags at the knees of trousers> <the bag in the sail of a ship> c bags plural, chiefly British : slacks <dressed with casual undergraduate elegance in sports coat, silk pullover, and flannel bags — Christopher Isherwood> d : a square white canvas container filled with sawdust that is fastened to the ground to mark the position of first, second, or third base in baseball e : punching bag f : sleeping bag g : any of the small upright chimneys inside a ceramic kiln through which the flames pass into the body of the structure h : a cavity filled with water or gas in a mine 4 : something that is bagged: such as a (1) : the amount contained in a bag especially when fixed (as by law) for a particular commodity and used as a unit of weight <25 bags to the ton> broadly : a bag and its contents <don't forget to get a bag of potatoes> (2) : a small packet of a narcotic drug (such as heroin or marijuana) b : a quantity of game taken during a particular hunt or during a particular period usually by one person <the bag included an elephant, and a magnificent male tiger> often : the amount of game permitted (as by law) to be taken by one hunter <he got his bag early and was home before lunch> c : something likened to the bag taken by a hunter or fisherman especially in being won, captured, seized, or otherwise taken by personal effort : trophy, spoils <the flier finished the day with a bag of four enemy planes> sometimes : a group of persons or things : collection, assortment <a mixed bag of bystanders — Ken Purdy> <a large bag of special techniques — Greer Williams> 5 slang a : prostitute b : woman; especially : a slovenly unattractive woman — used chiefly in the phrase old bag 6 : frame or state of mind <when a person acts stupidly, he is "in his stupid bag" — Junius Griffin> 7 : something suited to one's taste : something one likes or does well : specialty <hasn't been my bag so far, but I'm a very dedicated actor — Dick Van Dyke> 8 a : an individual's typical way of life <can't expect people who are in another bag to accept my bag — Jerry Rubin> b : a characteristic manner of expression <more than any other singer in the soul bag — Albert Goldman> 9 : something that frustrates or impedes : hang-up 10 bags plural, British : a large amount or number : lot <fancied a job with bags of variety — Punch> — in the bag 1 : marked by evidence and surrounding circumstances that make the attainment of a given objective a virtual certainty : practically unquestionable : as good as already gained, acquired, or won : assured, certain <his nomination was in the bag> — not often in formal use 2 slang : drunk <was half in the bag and staggering slightly> n. 袋；猎获物；（俚）一瓶啤酒 vt. 猎获；把...装入袋中；占据，私吞；使膨大 vi. 松垂

cap

plural -s 1 : a covering for the head typically fairly tight-fitting, brimless, and relatively simple: such as a : one with a full crown and a ruffled edge gathered on or held by a ribbon band and worn formerly by women b : one of fabric, yarn, rubber, or leather, without brim, with or without visor, chin strap, or earflaps, and with a crown ranging from shallow to deep and soft to stiff c : helmet, headpiece d : a man's or boy's cap typically with a visor of some stiffness e : one without a brim, fitting close to the crown of the head, made usually of fabric, often elaborately trimmed, and worn by women 2 : something that covers naturally : a natural cover or top: such as a : an overlying rock layer or stratum usually hard to penetrate: such as (1) : an impervious layer immediately over the oil-producing or gas-producing formation in an oil pool (2) : dense usually limestone or anhydrite rock immediately above the salt in a salt dome (3) or cap rock : a bed of resistant rock, boulders, or gravel at the summit of a mesa, hill, or cliff b (1) : pileus (2) : calyptra c : kneecap, patella d : whitecap e : polar cap, ice cap f (1) : the whole top of a bird's head from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck (2) : a patch of distinctively colored feathers on the head of many birds g : the wax covering for the individual cell made by bees in sealing up honey or pupae in the comb h Northeast : cornhusk 3 : something that serves as a cover or protection especially for a tip, knob, or end : something designed to cover and to protect, preserve, or close (as over a camera lens, fountain pen, automobile hub, or narrow-mouthed bottle): a : the separate piece of leather commonly attached to the vamp at the toe of a shoe as a covering — called also tip b : a fitting for closing the end of a tube (as a water pipe or electric conduit); especially : an internally threaded cup-shaped part that screws on c : a covering of tarred canvas for the end of a rope d : a readily removable protective cover or plate over a lock (as on a door) or latch e : the part of an electrical attachment plug or cord connector to which a flexible conductor is attached f : a paper covering placed over the gold edges of fine books until they are bound g : a sheet-steel cone placed over the end of a log to facilitate its being skidded especially by steam power h : a layer of new rubber fused onto the worn surface of a pneumatic tire i : a blunt nose that is fitted onto an armor-piercing projectile (as a shell) j British : cervical cap k : an artificial crown for a tooth 4 archaic : a respectful doffing of one's cap <he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks — Thomas Fuller> 5 : a cap as a token or symbol: such as a : a cardinal's biretta b : a cap worn by students and officers of schools, colleges, and universities typically tight-fitting and having a flat projecting square top with a tassel — see mortarboard c British (1) : a cap awarded to an athlete (as a soccer player) in recognition of membership on a national or other representative team <he gained his county cap> (2) : a player awarded a cap <a new cap was brought in to replace the halfback> d : a white cap worn by graduate nurses or by student nurses after a probationary period 6 : an overlaying or covering structure : something that is placed or constructed above <the galleried cap of the old water tower is sometimes open to visitors> a : the uppermost of any assemblage of architectural parts especially of a column, door, or molding (as a capital, lintel, cornice, or coping) b (1) : a horizontal support typically of heavy timber for the roof of a mine working (2) : the narrowing of an ore vein by contraction at its upper part c : capsheaf 7 : a device for joining together masts or spars consisting either of a thick wood block with two large holes or of a metal collar 8 a : a paper or metal container holding an explosive charge : such a device used to detonate another charge b : a firearm primer c : a minute explosive charge sealed between the layers of a paper strip for use in a toy gun d : a BB or CB cap 9 : a blue tip on a safety-lamp flame that shows the presence of firedamp 10 British : the collection taken at a fox hunt especially from nonsubscribers 11 : an upper limit : ceiling <a salary cap> 12 : the symbol ∩ indicating the intersection of two sets —compare cup 12 13 : a cluster of molecules or chemical groups bound to one end or a region of a cell, virus, or molecule <the cell surface receptors were redistributed into caps> — cap in hand : respectfully, submissively, obsequiously n. 盖；帽子 vi. 脱帽致意 vt. 覆盖；胜过；给...戴帽；加盖于

clown

plural -s 1 : a husbandman or farmer : countryman, rustic 2 : a rude, ill-bred person : boor <thou art mated with a clown and the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down — Alfred Tennyson> 3 a : a fool, jester, or comedian in a play or other entertainment; specifically : a comedy performer in a circus grotesquely made up and dressed b : one who frequently or habitually plays the buffoon or engages in comedy : joker <practical jokes by the office clown> 4 : a dancer who performs ridiculous or satirical dances usually in disguise and often for magical or ritualistic purposes n. 小丑；乡下人；粗鲁笨拙的人 vi. 扮小丑；装傻

dew

plural -s 1 : moisture condensed upon the surfaces of cool bodies especially at night <dew glistening in the early morning light> <the dews of night> broadly : small deposits of water that are produced by condensation of water vapor in the free atmosphere, by condensation of vapor directly from the ground, or less often by exudation of water through the leaf pores of a plant particularly at night upon the surfaces of cool bodies and in calm weather under an unclouded sky and more rapidly upon surfaces freely radiating heat and that remain as fluid water or frost according to the temperature 2 : something felt to resemble dew as in purity, freshness, or power to refresh <the golden dew of sleep — Shakespeare> <a lad in the dew of his youth> <the dew of God's grace lay over them> 3 : moisture especially when appearing in minute droplets: such as a : tears b : sweat, perspiration c : a distilled liquor; broadly : an alcoholic beverage — usually used with a qualifying term d : droplets of water produced by a plant in transpiration n. 珠，滴；露水；清新 vt. （露水等）弄湿 vi. 结露水

bank

plural -s 1 : a mound, pile, or ridge raised by natural processes or artificial means above the surrounding level: a now dialectal, England : elevation, hill b obsolete : earthwork c : something piled or accumulated in the form of a mound and often having a broad or long base and flat top <a bank of snow> specifically : a piled-up mass of cloud, fog or mist often extending upward from the horizon d : an underwater elevation of mud, gravel, or sand; specifically : an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf and usually with a broad flat top <the cod banks off Norway — Irwin Shaw> — compare reef, seamount, shoal 2 a : the margin of a watercourse : the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea or forming the edge of a cut or other hollow b obsolete : seacoast 3 a : a steep slope (such as the side of a hill, pile, or mound) : grade b : the lateral inward tilt of a vehicle or other moving object when taking a curve <the bomber crossed the target area in a sharp bank> : the lateral inward tip of a surface (such as a road or track) along a curve <the engineers hadn't given the road enough bank> 4 : a protective or cushioning rim or piece: such as a (1) : the slightly elevated ground surrounding a bowling green on the outer side of the ditch (2) : cushion 3e b : a ramp of earth (such as that leading to the upper story of some bank barns) c : banking pin 5 a British : the place in a bog where peat is dug b (1) : the face of coal being worked (2) : a deposit of ore or coal worked by excavations above water level (3) : the ground at the top of a shaft <the cost of an ore on the bank> n. 银行；岸；浅滩；储库 vt. 将...存入银行；倾斜转弯 vi. 堆积；倾斜转弯

cape

plural -s 1 : a point or extension of land jutting out into water either as a peninsula or as a projecting point — often used in place-names <Cape Cod> <Cape Hatteras> — compare headland, promontory 2 Cape [from Cape of Good Hope] a : a product of the Cape of Good Hope Province or of another part of South Africa <a Cape diamond> b : leather produced from a South African hair sheepskin; broadly : a sheepskin or lambskin glove or garment leather with natural grain retained — compare capeskin c : a triangular postage stamp issued by the Cape of Good Hope Colony from 1853 to 1864 3 or Cape : cape cod cottage <Capes and their neighborhoods are enjoying a renaissance. ... On the emotional side, a Cape tends to be seen as a cozy cottage with a smiling facade, shutters, and smoke tendrils curling out of the chimney ... — Jane Gitlin, Capes, 2003> [地理] 海角，岬；披肩

ball

plural -s 1 : a round or roundish body or mass: such as a : a spherical or ovoid body of any kind for throwing, hitting, or kicking in games or sports <the baseball player knocked the ball down the third-baseline> <kick the ball over the goalposts> b : a celestial body : earth, globe c : any of various spherical, rounded, or conical missiles or projectiles (as for a catapult, cannon, or firearm); also : projectiles used in firearms : bullets <powder and ball> d : a roundish protuberant part of the body: such as (1) : the rounded eminence by which the base of the thumb is continuous with the palm of the hand (2) : the rounded broad part of the sole of the human foot between toes and arch and on which the main weight of the body first rests in normal walking; also : the corresponding part of a shoe or of a last (3) : the padded rounded underside of a human finger or toe near the tip e : eyeball f : a ball-shaped dabber made usually of pelt stuffed with wool and fastened to a handle and formerly used by printers for inking a form g : a mandrel upon which steel piping is welded by concave rolls h : ball bearing i usually vulgar : testis j : a spherical architectural ornament often hollow and of considerable size crowning a cupola or dome k : a small globose fruit or seed pod : seed ball l : the compact mass of earth and roots often tightly bound (as with burlap) and moved with a transplanted tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant m : a solidified mass of iron in the manufacture of wrought iron intimately mixed with siliceous slag and being the result of puddling or of pouring molten refined iron into slag n : a large pill (as one used in veterinary medicine) : bolus o (1) : a ball-shaped mass (as of candy, pastry, vegetable, minced fish, or meat) (2) : a small rounded mass ranging in consistency from soft to hard and formed when sugar is boiled to a certain temperature and then quickly chilled 2 a : a game in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or struck; especially : baseball <play ball for two hours> b : the quality of play in a game played with a ball (such as baseball) <Reiser aside, the rest of the team was playing good ball under Shotton, with Hermanski on a hot streak during which he hit three homers in one game against the Cubs. — Rudy Marzano, The Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, 2005> 3 a : the delivery of the ball (as in baseball) <a fast ball> <a curve ball> b : a pitched baseball not struck at by the batter that fails to pass through the strike zone <a count of three balls and two strikes> c cricket : a fair delivery of the ball by bowling — opposed to no ball — compare wide 4 slang : fellow, character <this narrator ... is an odd ball indeed — Hollis Alpert> 5 balls plural [from plural of ball (testis)] a often vulgar : nonsense — often used interjectionally to express disapproval or annoyance b often vulgar : nerve 3b, c <don't have enough balls to try out their new material in front of a real audience — East Village Other> 6 : main authority over or direction of an enterprise or activity : responsibility <to take the ball away from the incompetent director and give it to a new man> — get the ball rolling or start the ball rolling : to initiate an activity usually to be engaged in by two or more people hesitant to begin <the teacher started the ball rolling by posing a large general question on which all were sure to have an opinion> — keep the ball rolling : to give continued impetus or momentum to an activity already in progress <when the conversation began to lag, the host always kept the ball rolling by introducing a new topic of common interest without seeming to have done it purposely> — on the ball adverb (or adjective) 1 slang : knowledgeable and competent : purposively active : alert <she was no chicken perhaps, but she was on the ball — Theodora Keogh> <when the men know some of the lesson, the instructor really has to stay on the ball — Infantry Journal> 2 slang : of ability : of competence <to have a lot on the ball> <the average man of 40 had appreciably more on the ball than the person of 30 — J. E. Gibson> n. 球；舞会 vi. 成团块 vt. 捏成球形

cot

plural -s 1 : a small house : a cottage or hut 2 : cote 3 3 : a cover or sheath: such as a : the cloth covering of a drawing roller in a spinning frame b : a protective cover for a finger 简易床；小屋；轻便小床

bee

plural -s 1 : a social colonial hymenopterous insect (Apis mellifera) often maintained in a state of domestication for the sake of the honey that it produces and for use as a pollinator : honeybee; broadly : any of numerous membranous-winged noncarnivorous insects constituting a superfamily (Apoidea) of the order Hymenoptera that differ from the closely related wasps in possession of a heavier hairier body and sucking as well as chewing mouthparts, feed on pollen and nectar and store both and often also honey, the fertile females and workers usually having functional stings 2 : an eccentric, fantastic, or delusive notion : whim, fancy <he has a new bee that he'd like to be an actor> 3 [perhaps alteration of English dialect been, bean voluntary help given by neighbors toward the accomplishment of a particular task, probably from Middle English bene boon, prayer, from Old English bēn prayer — more at boon] a : a usually social gathering of people to accomplish cooperatively a specific purpose — often used in combinations <husking bee> <quilting bee> b : party 10a <a square-dancing bee> c : spelling bee 4 : a lump of a yeast (Saccharomyces pyriformis) intermittently rising and releasing bubbles in brew — usually used in plural — bee in one's bonnet : 1bee 2 <he has the presidential bee in his bonnet — O. W. Holmes †1935> — bee·like \ˈbē-ˌlīk\ (audio pronunciation) adjective <The drones, operated by the CIA, fly overhead sometimes four at a time, emitting a beelike hum ... — Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2010> 蜜蜂，蜂；勤劳的人

cup

plural -s 1 : a usually open bowl-shaped drinking vessel often having a handle and a stem and base and sometimes a lid <finely made wine cups> chalice; specifically : a handled vessel of china or glass that is set on a saucer and used for hot liquids (as coffee, tea, or soup) 2 a : the containing part of a drinking vessel that has a stem and a foot b : a drinking vessel and its contents : the beverage or food contained in a cup <a second cup of coffee> c : the consecrated wine of the Communion 3 : something (as an experience or sensation) that is to be enjoyed or endured : something that falls to one's lot : portion <his cup of bitterness is full> 4 cups plural : prolonged or convivial drinking <thence from cups to civil broils — John Milton> 5 sometimes capitalized : an ornamental cup offered as a prize especially when symbolic of a championship <the cup race for large yachts> often : a prize other than or in addition to money 6 : something felt to resemble a cup especially in shape or use: such as a : a socket or recess in which something turns (as the hip bone or the recess in which a capstan spindle turns) b : a metal or earthenware receptacle that is shaped like a flowerpot and that is attached to a tree in turpentine orcharding to collect the resin c (1) : an athletic supporter reinforced usually with plastic to provide extra protection to the wearer in certain strenuous sports (as boxing, hockey, football) (2) : either of the two parts of a brassiere that are shaped like and fit over the breasts d medicine : a small bell-shaped glass formerly used in cupping e : a cap of metal shaped like the femoral head and used in plastic reconstruction of the hip joint f : the metal case inside a hole in golf; also : the hole itself g : an annular trough filled with water at the base of each section of a telescopic gas holder into which fits the grip of the section next outside 7 a : a cup-shaped organ or part of a plant (as an apothecium or peridium, a volva, or in seed plants a cupule, a calyx, or corolla) b : a cup-shaped structure; especially : a cup-shaped external skeleton (as the theca of a coral or the calyx of a crinoid) 8 : a usually iced beverage resembling punch in its ingredients but served from a pitcher rather than a bowl <claret cup> <cider cup> <champagne cup> 9 : a curve across the grain or width of a piece of lumber 10 : cupful 11 : a food served in a cup-shaped usually footed vessel <fruit cup> 12 : the symbol ∪ indicating the union of two sets —compare cap 12 — in one's cups : in a state of intoxication : drunk <blurted out the story while in his cups> n. 杯子；奖杯；酒杯 vt. 使成杯状；为...拔火罐

car

plural -s 1 : a vehicle moving on wheels: a archaic : carriage, cart, wagon b : a chariot of war or of triumph : a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity c : a vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad or street railway and used for carrying passengers and mail, baggage, freight, or other things — in British usage usually applied only to city tramways not railroads — compare carriage, coach, truck, van, wagon d : automobile; especially : a private passenger automobile as distinguished from a bus or truck 2 : the cage of an elevator 3 : the portion of an airship or balloon that is intended to carry the power plant, personnel, cargo, or equipment 4 [by folk etymology from corf] : a large live-box for keeping fish or lobsters alive 汽车；车厢

bride

plural -s 1 : a woman newly married or about to be married 2 : a woman taking vows as a member of a Christian religious order <bride of Christ> <the brides then recited together their pledges of chastity — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News> 新娘；姑娘，女朋友

date

plural -s 1 : the oblong fruit of a palm (Phoenix dactylifera) that constitutes a staple food for the people of northern Africa and western Asia and is also largely imported into other countries 2 or date palm : a tall tree with pinnate leaves and large clusters of dioecious flowers that yields the date and is cultivated especially in many parts of the tropics 3 : washington palm n. 日期；约会；年代；枣椰子 vi. 过时；注明日期；始于（某一历史时期） vt. 确定...年代；和...约会

day

plural -s 1 : the time of light or interval between one night and the next : the time between sunrise and sunset or from dawn to darkness 2 : the period of the earth's rotation on its axis ordinarily divided into 24 hours, measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and taking a specific name from that of the body — see solar day, mean solar day, sidereal day 3 a : civil day b among most modern nations : the mean solar day of 24 hours beginning at mean midnight 4 a : a day set aside for a particular purpose <rent day> <Monday is wash day> b sometimes capitalized (1) : a date on which some notable event occurred or on which the occurrence of a notable event is celebrated <your wedding day> <New Year's Day> (2) : a particular day that is identified by reference to or that is commonly associated with some unique historical event <Pearl Harbor Day> c : the conflict or contention of the day <he was confident he could carry the day> d archaic : one's set day of the week or month for receiving callers e Scottish : today — used with the f sometimes capitalized : a date on which some major event is expected to occur — used with the <socialists of the eighties and nineties who ... yearned for The Day — E. R. Bentley> 5 : daylight <at the break of day> 6 a : the period of the existence or prominence of a person or thing : age — usually used in plural <in the days of sailing ships> b : the term of one's career, activity, or life : lifetime <grandfather's stories about sports in his day> : the time during which one's life continues — used in plural <the general's last days> 7 a : a unit of distance traversed in an ordinary day's travel <a ship two days out of port> b : a unit consisting of the labor or output of one individual in one day 8 obsolete a : a period of grace especially for debtors b : a space of time 9 a : the hours or the daily recurring period established by usage or law for work <an 8-hour day> b : a trading session on an exchange <a 3,000,000-share day> c : a conventional unit for calculating pay of railroad employees based on hours worked and distance run 10 : a division of a window : light 11 : the time required by a celestial body in turning once on its axis <the moon's day is 27 solar days> 12 : the surface of the ground over a mine — back in the day informal : during a happy or memorable time in the past : back in the old days <Back in the day, a hip-hop crew called the Square Roots spent their lazy Saturday afternoons entertaining passers-by on the corner of Fifth and South. — Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer, 10 Mar. 1995> <Sure, far too much of pop culture is revoltingly sordid, but hippies and bra burners heard the same complaints back in the day, and most of them went on to live productive ... lives. — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times Book Review, 28 Aug. 2005> <The neighborhood looked just like it did back in the day.> — day after day : continuously over a period of time measured in days <watching the horizon for a sail day after day> : for an indefinite or seemingly endless number of days — day in, day out : for an indefinite number of successive days without interruption, change, or rest <he does nothing but work day in, day out> — from day to day 1 : in such a way as to be noticeable or measurable each successive day <he improves from day to day> 2 : without looking further than one day ahead : from one day to the next — this day week : the same day a week after or before — without day : sine die n. 一天；时期；白昼 adv. 每天；经常在白天地 adj. 日间的；逐日的

arm

plural -s 1 a (1) : a human upper limb (2) : the part of an arm between the shoulder and the wrist; sometimes : the part of an arm above the elbow b : the corresponding part of any other vertebrate c : humerus <a broken arm> 2 a : a limb or a locomotive or prehensile organ of an invertebrate animal: such as (1) : a ray of a starfish or brittle star (2) : a brachium of a brachiopod or crinoid b : either of the two portions of a chromosome that lie lateral to the centromere 3 a : an inlet of water from the sea or from some other body of water : an often long and relatively narrow bay in the shoreline of a body of water b : a tributary or branch of a river or stream 4 a : a narrow extension of a larger area, mass or group <Baja California, the long, narrow arm of western Mexico — Marion Wilhelm> <the spiral arms of the Milky Way — George Gamow> <an arm of the population> b : a ridge or elevation extending from a mountain : spur <two enormous parallel arms with a high plateau between — Forrest Morgan> c : an extension of a building or of a group of buildings : wing <a cruciform church with three equilateral arms> 5 a : power, might <the arm of the law> b : strength, support <the governor relied on diplomacy and his own capable arm> 6 a : branch <the sheltering arms of the great birches and maples — John Burroughs> b : a lateral shoot (as of the grape, hop, or other plants); specifically : a main division of the trunk of a grapevine 7 : a support for the elbow and forearm <his elbow resting on the left arm of the chair> 8 : a projecting part of a machine or mechanical appliance that often moves up and down or rotates <the arms of a windmill> <a long derrick arm — E. S. Gardner> 9 a : a lateral and usually horizontally extended attachment or device <a metal arm to support a wall rack> b : one of two or more lateral and usually horizontally extended parts <the arms of a candelabrum> <the arms of a pair of eyeglasses> c (1) : the end of a yard (as of a ship) (2) : the part of an anchor from the crown to the fluke —see anchor illustration 10 : sleeve <both arms of the shirt were torn> 11 a baseball : ability to throw or pitch <to lose one's arm> b : a player who has such an ability; especially : 2pitcher 1a <De Vries, 27, knows he is auditioning for a chance at the 2013 roster, and the Twins are in no position to turn down a young, productive arm; not when only one pitcher, Nick Blackburn, remains from this season's projected Opening Day rotation. — John Shipley, St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press, 4 Aug. 2012> 12 a : an extension, division, or supplement of a specified group or activity especially when viewed as accomplishing a functional and operative aim of the group or activity <the logistical arm of the air force> <because it is an arm of merchandising, the sales finance company is under a special incentive to promote consumer goodwill — C. W. Phelps> <making literature serve utilitarian and ulterior ends as an arm of propaganda — C. I. Glicksberg> b : a group of subjects provided a particular treatment in a clinical trial <Since this trial did not include a radiation-only treatment arm, it has been questioned whether radiation therapy alone might be as effective as sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy in preserving the larynx. — Everett E. Vokes et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 21 Jan. 1993> 13 : tone arm <use of a properly adjusted professional-type pickup arm with diamond styli — R. D. Darrell> 14 : a shoulder cut of meat containing a small round bone and cross sections of three to five ribs —see beef illustration, veal illustration — arm in arm : with arms linked together <they walked down the street arm in arm> — in arms : extremely young and unable to walk independently : requiring to be carried <still a babe in arms> — in the arms of Morpheus : asleep — on one's arm : as a companion at one's side <And it has been a while since he appeared on the gossip pages with a flashy woman on his arm. — Mark Hosenball et al., Newsweek, 28 May 2001> — arm·like \ˈärm-ˌlīk\ (audio pronunciation) adjective <armlike appendages> <The storied Antarctic Peninsula is an armlike mass of land, channels, ice, islands and inlets that appears to swirl northward from the otherwise spherical ice continent. — Mike Korologos, Deseret Morning News, 26 Mar. 2006> n. 手臂；武器；袖子；装备；部门 vi. 武装起来 vt. 武装；备战

drop

plural -s 1 a (1) : the quantity of fluid which falls in one spherical or spheroidal mass : a liquid globule (2) drops plural : a medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; specifically : a solution (as of atropine) for dilating the pupil of the eye b (1) : a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible <wrings the last drop of meaning from the word> <has not a drop of kindness in him> (2) obsolete : an old Scottish unit of weight equal to 1⁄16 oz. (3) : a small quantity or portion of drink especially of an alcoholic beverage <obviously had had a drop too much> (4) : the smallest practical unit of liquid measure varying in size according to the specific gravity and viscosity of the liquid and to the conditions under which the drop is formed — compare minim (5) : a minute quantity of some nonliquid substance <a mere drop of animated jelly — Encyclopedia Americana> c : something that hangs like or resembles a liquid drop: such as (1) : a pendent jewel or ornament attached to a piece of jewelry or jeweled decoration; also : an earring with such a pendant (2) : gutta (3) : pendant r 2a(3) (4) : a small candy approximately globular in form <chocolate drops> (5) : a small pear-shaped figure occasionally borne as a heraldic charge but more often borne bestrewed in an indefinite number over the field — called also goutte — see guttée 2 [2drop] a (1) : the act or an instance of dropping : a fall or descent in space <the slow drop of the idle tears> (2) : a decline in quantity <a relatively mild drop in farm prices> or quality <his reputation took a sudden drop> (3) : a curve in which a baseball breaks down and usually away from a right-handed batter (4) [by shortening] : dropkick (5) : the act of giving birth to young; also : the young so born <the entire drop of lambs for the year> (6) : a descent by parachute; also : the people or equipment dropped by parachute — compare airdrop (7) : a central point or depository to which something is brought for distribution or transmission; specifically, slang : a place used for the deposit and distribution of stolen goods b (1) : the distance from a higher to a lower level <a drop of 2000 feet from mountain to sea> : the distance through which something drops <made a drop of 15 feet> : a slope or incline often steep or precipitous <a steep drop of 300 feet on the mountain face> (2) : the depth of a course measured at mid-spread from headrope to foot — compare hoist (3) : the fall in pressure of the steam in a compound steam engine between the high-pressure cylinder and the receiver, or between receiver and low-pressure cylinder (4) : a fall of electric potential due to resistance of the circuit or other causes (5) : the distance of the axis of a shaft in a mechanical device below the base of a hanger (6) : the space through which an unrestrained escape wheel moves while disengaged from the pallets (7) : the distance of the comb of the butt of a rifle or shotgun below the line of the top of the barrel (8) music : a fall or reduction in pitch <the octave drops are conspicuous> c : a slot or other opening into which something is to be dropped <mail drop> also : the receptacle into which the dropped object falls 3 [2drop] : something that drops, hangs, or falls: such as a : a movable plate serving to cover the keyhole of a lock b : an unframed piece of cloth scenery in a theater; also : drop curtain c : a hinged platform or trapdoor on a gallows on which a condemned person stands; also : the gallows itself d : an immature usually unfertilized or diseased fallen fruit; also : a fallen but normal ripe fruit <a peach drop> e : a drop hammer or punch press f : a shutter in an electric annunciator that drops when the circuit is closed g : the group of wires used to extend a power circuit or telephone circuit from a pole to a building <a telephone drop> h : a structure built in an open drainage channel having excess grade that permits the water to go abruptly from one level to a lower level without injury to the channel 4 : a destructive wilt and stem rot of various garden vegetables (as lettuce) caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) or a closely related fungus 5 : the advantage of having an opponent covered with a firearm; also : any kind of advantage or superiority over an opponent — usually used in the phrase get the drop on <kept my eyes open for fear he'd get the drop on me> or have the drop on <the nation enjoying industrial supremacy has the drop on all the others> 6 American football : a move back from the line of scrimmage (as in preparation for making a forward pass) <a quarterback with a quick drop> <a five-step drop> — at the drop of a hat : as soon as the slightest occasion is given : readily or promptly <he would blush at the drop of a hat> — a drop in the bucket (US) or chiefly British a drop in the ocean informal : an amount that is so small that it does not make an important difference or have much effect <This season DeBartolo raised ticket prices, but the extra revenue is only a drop in the bucket. — Jay Greenberg, Sports Illustrated, 28 Oct. 1991> <The government has claimed the 2,000 or so applications shows there is good demand for this scheme, but the £365million lent is just a drop in the ocean when the Treasury has pledged £130billion to the scheme. — Bristol Evening Post, 14 Nov. 2013> vt. 滴；使降低；使终止；随口漏出 vi. 下降；终止 n. 滴；落下；空投；微量；滴剂

cat

plural -s 1 a : a long-domesticated carnivorous mammal that is usually regarded as a distinct species (Felis catus synonym F. domestica) though probably ultimately derived by selection from among the hybrid progeny of several small Old World wildcats (as the African wildcat and the European wildcat), that occurs in several varieties distinguished chiefly by length of coat, body form, and presence or absence of tail, and that makes a pet valuable in controlling rodents and other small vermin but tends to revert to a feral state if not housed and cared for — see abyssinian cat, angora cat, manx cat, persian cat, siamese cat b : a member of the family Felidae (as a lion, leopard, jaguar, or wildcat) c : an animal that in appearance or behavior resembles any member of the family Felidae — usually used with a qualifying term <bear cat> <toddy cat> <polecat> <native cat> d : the fur or pelt of the domestic cat 2 : a malicious woman; especially : one given to making catty remarks about other women 3 : a low movable defensive structure used in medieval warfare as a means of approaching fortifications 4 a : the tapered peg used in tipcat b [by shortening] : tipcat 5 : a strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship 6 a : a seagoing ship with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist formerly used in England in the coal and timber trade b : an old-fashioned 3-masted Deal lugger c [by shortening] : catboat d : catamaran 7 [by shortening] : cat-o'-nine-tails 8 [by shortening] : catfish 1 — usually used with a qualifying term <channel cat> <blue cat> <mud cat> 9 : a double tripod that rests on three of its legs however it is set down and is usually used as a stand near or over an open fireplace 10 : one old cat 11 slang a : skat b : 3kitty 2c 12 : the part of the first coat of plaster going between laths 13 a : big cat b : little cat 14 slang a : a player or a devotee of hot jazz : hepcat b : guy, person, character <some young Indian cat asked me to go drinking with him — Jack Kerouac> 15 : the heraldic representation of a European wildcat or a domestic cat — Cat got your tongue? informal — used to ask why a person remains silent <"Cat got your tongue?" she asks. "Why are you being so antisocial?" — Pat Conroy, South of Broad, 2009> — let the cat out of the bag : to reveal a secret < ... a props master came up and said, "I have to measure your ring finger," before we did the read. I said, "Why?" and she said, "Because you're getting married in the first episode!" So she kind of let the cat out of the bag. — Kevin McKidd, quoted at TVGuide.com, 31 Aug. 2012> — like something the cat dragged in also like something the cat brought in or like something the cat drug in informal : very dirty, untidy, or bedraggled <And you don't want to go there looking like something the cat dragged in. For this one night, you want to look perfect. — Patti Martin, Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, 23 Mar. 1999> — like the cat that ate/got/swallowed the canary (US) or British like the cat that got the cream : like someone very proud, pleased, or self-satisfied <I would see him walk through the newsroom from time to time looking smug, like the cat that swallowed the canary ... — Stella Foster, Chicago Sun-Times, 7 Sept. 2004> 猫，猫科动物

boy

plural -s 1 a : a male child from birth to puberty <boy baby> b : son : male offspring <this is my little boy> c : a male person not fully matured or not felt to be mature : lad, youth <a job that separates the men from the boys> <boy scientist> <boy wonder> d : sweetheart, beau : young social partner <she is never seen with a boy> favorite <the fair-haired boy of the department> e : pupil, student <college boys> <day boy> 2 a : one native to or originally belonging to a given place <a country boy at heart> <a local boy who made good in the big city> b : a member of a group, gang, or any kind of association of equals <wait till the boys back home hear this> <the boys at the office> conformist — usually used in plural <trying to be just one of the boys> c slang : one classed or identified with a particular profession or specialty <what the science boys have discovered> <the boys in the drafting room> or doctrine <the hard-money boys> <the happiness boys> or faction <controlled by the big-business boys> — usually used with some degree of ridicule, hostility, or contempt — usually used in plural 3 obsolete : rascal, knave, varlet 4 a often offensive : a male servant <house boy> <stable boy> b sometimes offensive : one who does light work especially in the service fields <I'll send a boy over with it> — usually used in combinations <delivery boy> c offensive : a male member of a race felt to be inferior <hiring boys for a safari> 5 a : man, fellow — used in affection or admiration or familiarity <a nice old boy> <the boss is quite a boy> <cheer up, old boy> b — used interjectionally to express intensity of feeling <Boy, what a game!> — boys will be boys — used to say that a certain amount of energetic, rough, or improper behavior by men or boys is typical and not surprising <When I think of everything my friends and I used to pull, I realized that most of it was completely crazy. Yet it bound us together for a lifetime. Boys will be boys, even long after they've become grown men. We were lucky that almost no harm came from our adventures, just lots of good stories. — Jeff Foxworthy, No Shirt. No Shoes. No Problem!, 1996> 男孩；男人

cone

plural -s 1 a : a mass of ovule-bearing or pollen-bearing scales or bracts in trees of the pine family and in cycads arranged usually on a somewhat elongated axis : a carpellate or staminate strobilus; especially : the carpellate strobilus of pine and related trees — see coniferales b : any of several flower or fruit clusters suggesting a cone (as of the hop or certain magnolias) 2 a : a solid generated by the rotation of a right triangle about one of its legs as axis, the length of this leg being the altitude of the cone and the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle its slant height — called also right circular cone b : a solid bounded by a circular or other closed plane base and the surface formed by line segments joining every point of the boundary of the base to a common vertex c : a conical surface : any surface traced by a moving straight line passing through a fixed vertex 3 : an object, part, or structure felt to resemble a geometric cone: such as a : a natural formation built up around the crater of a volcano or the outlet of a geyser <basalt cone> <spatter cone> b : a steep alluvial or detrital fan <talus cone> <gravity cone> c : one of the short sensory end organs of the vertebrate retina that are the sole receptors present in the fovea and are scattered among the rods over most of the rest of the retina and that function chiefly or wholly in the light-adapted eye and are usually regarded as the only visual receptors concerned in color vision d : any of numerous somewhat conical tropical gastropod mollusks constituting the family Conidae — see conus e : any of certain conical or conoidal parts: such as (1) : cone pulley (2) : an inner race for ball bearings (3) : the portion of the bore of a shotgun that lies immediately forward of the chamber (4) : a bobbin upon which yarn is wound preparatory to weaving or knitting it into a fabric; also : the entire package of yarn and bobbin f : pyrometric cone; often : the temperature or refractory range indicated by a particular combination of pyrometric cones g : an unblocked hat h : a cusp of a tooth especially of the upper jaw i : ice-cream cone j : cone speaker k : the cone-shaped part of a gas flame that is immediately adjacent to the source of gas l : a cone-shaped area of illumination (as from a searchlight) n. 圆锥体，圆锥形；[植] 球果 vt. 使成锥形

door

plural -s 1 a : a movable piece of firm material or a structure supported usually along one side and swinging on pivots or hinges, sliding along a groove, rolling up and down, revolving as one of four leaves, or folding like an accordion by means of which an opening may be closed or kept open for passage into or out of a building, room, or other covered enclosure or a car, airplane, elevator, or other vehicle — see kalamein door, panel door b : a similar part by which access is prevented or allowed to the contents of a repository, cabinet, vault, or refrigeration or combustion chamber 2 a : an opening in a wall of a building, room, or a side or rear of a vehicle by which to go in or out : doorway b : one of two openings 31⁄2 ft. wide in the wall of a court-tennis court between the first and second gallery 3 a : a means of access, admittance, participation, or enjoyment <the opening of our doors to all the distressed peoples of Asia — M. R. Cohen> <leaving the door open for a settlement> <opening with the magic of storytelling the doors to the world's great treasure-house of literature — Nancy K. Hosking> b : an opening or route that suggests or resembles a door in giving physical access, entrance, or exit <this pass was the door through which the invaders poured into the doomed country> <slipped into Switzerland by almost the last remaining door out of France — Robert Payne> 4 a : one of the entranceways to buildings in a row; especially : one facing on a street <he resides three doors beyond the church> <living next door to you> b : one's home and immediate family or one's personal knowledge and experience <striving to keep scandal from his door> <this fact was not left to Japanese research to discover: it was brought to their door — A. M. Young> 5 : a gateway at the threshold of some supernatural realm or giving escape from the normal human state <the old statesman lingered for several weeks at death's door> 6 : otter board — a foot in the door : an assurance of a continuing chance of eventual accomplishment of one's purpose <those connections ... would at best enable him only to get his foot in the door — Hamilton Basso> — at door or at doors obsolete : at the door — at one's door 1 : very close and accessible to one or to one's place of residence or business : in closest proximity 2 : as a charge against one as being accountable : to one's responsibility <it is hard to consider it aright and know at whose door to lay it — John Locke> <errors as well as omissions in it, which, however, he lays mainly at the door of the Constantinopolitan excerpter — Benjamin Farrington> — in doors : inside, within, or into the house or any covered building : indoors — open the doors 1 : to accept enrollments 2 : to initiate business operations; especially : to begin to make sales — out of doors 1 : outside or out of the house or any covered building : in or into the open air : outdoors 2 obsolete : out of consideration : beside the point — within doors : indoors — without doors : outdoors 门；家，户；门口；通道

drum

plural -s 1 a : a musical instrument of percussion usually consisting of a hollow cylinder with a skin head stretched over each end which is beaten with a stick or pair of sticks in playing; broadly : a hollow instrument or device of any nonmetallic material beaten in any manner to produce a deep-toned rumbling or booming sound b : drummer 1 2 a : tympanum 1a(1) b : the timbal of a sound-producing insect 3 a : the sound of a drum b : a repetitious action similar to the beating of a drum <woodpeckers' drums> also : the sound made by such an action <heard the swooping drum of the racer's hooves — Eve Langley> 4 : something resembling a drum in shape: such as a (1) : one of the cylindrical or nearly cylindrical blocks of which the shaft of a column is composed (2) : a vertical wall that is circular or polygonal and carries a cupola or dome b : a revolving cylinder in which hides are tumbled during processing into leather (as for washing, pickling, tanning, dyeing) or in which furs are cleaned (by tumbling with fine sawdust) c : a hollow revolving cylinder for containing something to be acted upon: such as (1) : a cask in which the colors of fabrics are fixed by steaming (2) : a drum washer in paper making (3) : a perforated cylinder for sorting ore (4) also drum barker : a long open-ended cylinder in which logs are tumbled in water to loosen and remove the bark d : a hollow or solid revolving cylinder or barrel that acts or is acted upon by something exterior to itself: such as (1) : the winding part of a capstan or hoisting machine (2) : a doffer in a carding machine (3) : the roller for an autographic record (4) : a long pulley for several belts (5) : brake drum e : the barrel of a clock upon which the weight cord is wound f : the circular housing of a banjo-clock movement g : a straight-sided cylindrical shipping container of metal, plywood, or paperboard with flat or slightly bowed ends one of which may be removable; specifically : a metal container for liquids having a capacity between 12 and 110 gallons or a fiber container with a capacity up to 10 cubic feet h : a small paper tube with a paper or transparent film covering one end <face-powder drum> i : a cylindrical or rounded attachment for hot water, steam, or gases (as for a radiator or a reservoir) j : any of several disk-shaped magazines for feeding ammunition to automatic arms 5 : any of various fishes of the family Sciaenidae that are capable of making a drumming noise —compare croaker 2 — see black drum, channel bass, freshwater drum 6 Australia : a bundle of personal possessions carried by a swagman vt. 击鼓；大力争取 vi. 击鼓；大力争取 n. 鼓；鼓声

dream

plural -s 1 a : a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep : a semblance of reality or events occurring to one asleep b psychoanalysis : condensed, elaborated, symbolized, or otherwise distorted images of memories or of unconscious impulses experienced especially during sleep but also during other lapses in attention the meaning of which is concealed from the ego; also : the verbal or written report of such images or experiences 2 : an experience of waking life having the characteristics of a dream: such as a : a visionary creation of the imagination : daydream <the dreams of youth> b : a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from the sense of reality : reverie <lives in a dream, oblivious of all practical concerns> c : an object seen in a dreamlike state : vision <if you be what I think you, some sweet dream — Alfred Tennyson> 3 : something that is notable for its beauty, excellence, or enjoyable quality <she wore a dream of a dress> <it was a dream of a trip> <the food is marvelous ... and the setting is an absolute dream — T. H. Fielding> 4 : a major aim, goal, or purpose the attainment of which is ardently desired or longed for : ideal <the shore thou foundest verifies thy dream — Walt Whitman> <the dream of ... an empire stretching to the Pacific — R. W. Van Alstyne> <achieved her dream of becoming a professional writer — Current Biography> vi. 梦想；做梦，梦见；想到 n. 梦想，愿望；梦 vt. 梦想；做梦；想到 adj. 梦的；理想的；不切实际的

dog

plural -s 1 a : a small- to medium-sized carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris synonym Canis lupus familiaris) of the family Canidae that has been domesticated since prehistoric times, is closely related to the gray wolf, occurs in a variety of sizes, colors, and coat types as a pure or mixed breed, is typically kept as a pet, and includes some used in hunting and herding or as guard animals; broadly : any animal of the family Canidae b : a male dog — opposed to bitch; also : a male usually carnivorous mammal 2 a : a mean worthless fellow : cur, wretch, rascal <dog of an unbeliever — Sir Walter Scott> b : a sportive or roguish fellow : bird, chap <a sly old dog> c : fellow — used with a qualifying adjective <a lazy dog> <a very sad dog> 3 : any of various usually simple mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something: such as a : any of various devices consisting essentially of a spike, rod, or bar of metal with a ring, hook, claw, or lug at the end used in various ways (as by driving or embedding in an object or hooking to an object) b : either of the hooks of a pair of sling dogs c : an iron for holding wood in a fireplace : firedog, andiron d : a clamp in a lathe for gripping the piece of work and for communicating motion to it from the faceplate e : stop, detent, click f : a drag for the wheel of a vehicle g : a short heavy sharp-pointed steel hook with a ring at one end h : a steel projection on a log carriage or on an endless chain that conveys logs into a sawmill i : the hammer in a gunlock 4 a (1) : dogfish (2) : chum salmon (3) : prairie dog b (1) : sun dog (2) : water dog 4 (3) : fogbow c (1) : dogshore (2) : dogwatch d : hot dog 5 : ostentatious display : affected stylishness or dignity <there was a lot of dog about the affair> often : dress and behavior not characteristic of or suited to one's station — used especially in the phrase put on the dog 6 : either of the constellations Canis Major or Canis Minor 7 : dogskin used as fur 8 dogs plural, slang : feet 9 : something inferior of its kind <you call your agent but the only scripts available are real dogs — Paul Newman> 10 dogs plural : ruination, destruction — used with the <it's enough to drive anyone to the dogs> <everything is going to the dogs around here> 11 : promissory note 12 a : a poor investment; usually : a stock or bond not worth its price b : a domestic animal of inferior quality or performance c : a sluggish horse or a racehorse that does not do well in competition d : a low-grade beef animal e : a slow-moving or undesirable piece of merchandise — compare runner f : a poor-quality motor vehicle : lemon; especially : a badly worn used car g : an unattractive person; especially : a girl or woman inferior in looks h slang : a theatrical or musical flop : a poor, hackneyed, or outmoded presentation 13 usually capitalized, usually offensive : any of certain American Indian peoples: such as a : cheyenne b : fox 14 dogs plural : dog racing 15 : one of the wooden sawhorses placed on a racetrack near the rail when the track is soft to keep horses out of the mud during workouts 狗；丑女人；卑鄙的人；(俚)朋友 vt. 跟踪；尾随

doll

plural -s 1 a : a small-scale figure of a human being (as of a baby or child) used especially as a child's plaything <busy dressing and undressing her dolls> <doll clothes> b : puppet 1a c : a small carved or molded figure serving as a cult object or representing a nursery-story or cartoon character <carrying a Mickey Mouse doll for good luck> 2 a : a young woman with pretty babyish face and often frilly clothes that is sometimes featherbrained, frivolous, or giddy <the most stuck-up doll in the world — Willa Cather> b slang : woman <a realm where men are guys, women are dolls, and gambling ... is a profession — John Mason Brown> c slang : paramour d slang : a male who is an object of female admiration <he is tall, handsome, and muscular. In short, he's a doll — Ethel Merman> e : a sweet kind good-natured woman 洋娃娃；玩偶；无头脑的美丽女人 vt. 把...打扮得花枝招展

desk

plural -s 1 a : a table, frame, or case that has a sloping or horizontal surface especially for writing and reading and is often provided with drawers, compartments, and pigeonholes b obsolete : bookcase, bookshelf c : a reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read that differs from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached d : a table, counter, stand, or booth at which a person (such as an editor, a police sergeant, or a clerk) performs duties <speeding—at least for first offenders—can be settled for a set fine at the violations desk — J. C. Ingraham> <leave your key at the desk when you are out of the hotel> e : a music stand 2 a Scottish : a pew or seat in a church b : a seating position according to rank in an orchestra <a first-desk violinist> 3 a : a division of a complex organization that specializes in and is responsible for a particular phase of that organization's activity <the city desk of a metropolitan newspaper> <the head of the State Department's Northeast Asian desk> b : a person officiating at or heading such a desk Origin of DESK Middle English deske, from Medieval Latin desca, modification of Italian desco board, table, from Latin discus dish, disk, quoit — more at dish 办公桌；服务台；编辑部；（美）讲道台；乐谱架 adj. 书桌的；桌上用的；伏案做的

chair

plural -s 1 a : a usually movable seat that is designed to accommodate one person and typically has four legs and a back and often has arms b : something used to serve as such a seat or to support in the manner of such a seat <lower a rope chair over the side of the ship to bring up the captain's wife> <made a chair of their clasped hands to carry the lame hiker> c : electric chair d : a glassworker's bench with two extended arms on which the blowpipe is rolled back and forth while the glass is being fashioned e : one of the suspended seats on a chair lift 2 a : an official seat or a seat of authority, state, or dignity (as of a chief magistrate, a judge, a professor, or a bishop) b : an office or position of authority or dignity (as of a bishop, a mayor of an English corporate town, a professor, or one who presides on a committee or at a meeting) <the gubernatorial chair> <the chair of comparative literature at the university> c obsolete : pulpit d : chairman <it is polite to address the chair in a large meeting> See Usage Discussion at 1chairman 3 a : sedan chair b : a formerly popular light one-horse carriage (as a chaise or gig) 4 a : an office in a society (as a fraternal organization) b : a position of employment usually of one occupying a chair or desk <a chair as editorial writer> specifically : the position of a player in an orchestra or band <the first viola chair> <auditioning for the drum chair> 5 : one of a number of devices that hold up or support: such as a : a support or carriage of a railroad rail; specifically : an iron or steel block or plate forming a kind of socket or clutch supporting a rail or securing it to a sleeper or tie b : a supporting block or socket for a pipe where it passes over a wall or pier c : a support for holding reinforcing bars in position while concrete is being placed, the supports and bars becoming part of the permanent structure 6 : a team of three or more glassworkers who make glass by hand — see footmaker, gaffer, servitor 7 : chair form n. 椅子；讲座；（会议的）主席位；大学教授的职位 vt. 担任（会议的）主席；使...入座；使就任要职

cloud

plural -s 1 a : a visible assemblage of particles of water or ice in the form of fog, mist, or haze formed by the condensation of vapor in the air and suspended in the air generally at a considerable height — see cirrus, cumulus, nimbus, stratus b : the material of which such a mass is composed c : a light filmy, puffy, or billowy mass seeming to float in the air <a clipper ship under a cloud of sail> <a girl with a lustrous cloud of long golden hair> 2 a : a usually visible assemblage of minute particles of a substance suspended in the surrounding air or in a gas <enveloped in a cloud of steam> <when the wind drops, the sand cloud disappears with it — R. A. Bagnold> <the mushroom cloud arising from an atomic blast> <the flower smell came up in a heavy invisible cloud from the bed — Paul Bowles> b : one of the aggregations of obscuring matter in space that reveal themselves as dark areas against the background of more distant bright objects or by stationary lines in stellar spectra <fine yellow dust forming the clouds of the morning star> c : a group of microscopic waves or electrically charged particles <a cloud of electrons exists in the space surrounding the cathode — A. V. Eastman> 3 a : a flying swarm (as of birds, insects, or airplanes) b : a great crowd or multitude <a host of individual geniuses and a cloud of admirable painters notwithstanding — Clive Bell> <in a mystifying cloud of words> 4 a : something that has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect <the clouds of World War II began to loom over the horizon> b : something that temporarily overshadows or depresses <occasionally a cloud darkens my reflections — P. E. More> 5 a : something that obscures or disrupts <tried to veil his testimony in a cloud of sanctity — L. P. Stryker> b : something that impairs, detracts, subjects to suspicion or controversy : blemish <justice demands removal of the cloud on the title to this land> <a cloud rests over the transaction> <emerging from under the cloud of international disapprobation> 6 a : a dark or opaque vein or spot on a lighter or transparent material (as in marble) b : a similar spot of any shade or color against a different ground <precipitated as a reddish cloud in the bottle> specifically : a patch of color marking <a blackish cloud on the mare's forehead> 7 : a large lightweight loosely knitted head scarf 8 : the computers and connections that support cloud computing <Your data is stored in the cloud, so it's accessible from anywhere. — Dan Moren, Macworld, February 2010> <From 2000 to 2005, the aggregate electricity use by data centers doubled. The cloud, he calculates, consumes 1 to 2 percent of the world's electricity. — Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times Magazine, 14 June 2009> — in the clouds : given over to or in a state of impractical fancy; specifically : rapt in abstruse cogitation, nebulous theorizing, or aesthetic transport — under a cloud 1 : in disfavor or disgrace 2 : subject to a stigma or to suspicion as not fully cleared of a damaging charge 3 : suffering repression or derangement n. 云；阴云；云状物；一大群；黑斑 vt. 使混乱；以云遮敝；使忧郁；玷污 vi. 阴沉；乌云密布

coat

plural -s 1 a : an outer garment (as a raincoat) usually with long sleeves, a collar, and a single-breasted or double-breasted front opening made of fabric, fur, or plastic and varying in length and style according to fashion and use b (1) now dialectal : petticoat, skirt — usually used in plural (2) South : dress 3 c archaic : habit or clothing indicating the order, class, profession, or office : cloth, profession <men of his coat should be minding their prayers — Jonathan Swift> d : something resembling a coat in covering <a coat of tan> or pervading <a thick coat of gloom enveloped the prairies — J. H. Gray> or serving as an article of dress <if malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy — R. W. Emerson> 2 : coats of arms 3 : the external growth on animals like a garment (as of fur, skin, wool, or feathers) <the horses' coats were sleek> 4 : a layer of any substance covering another: such as a : a cover or lining especially of an animal organ : membrane, husk, bark <the coat of the eyeball> <the coats of an onion> b : a layer of a protective or ornamental substance (as paint or plaster) laid on in a single application <three coats of paint on the wall> 5 obsolete : coat money 6 obsolete : face card 7 nautical : a piece of tarred or painted canvas to keep out water fastened about the mast, bowsprit, or pumps where they pass through the deck or about the rudder casing n. 外套 vt. 覆盖...的表面

cake

plural -s 1 a : any of a variety of breads usually small in size and typically round and flat in shape: such as (1) : a flat mass of dough, sometimes unleavened, shaped round or oval by hand, and baked with a crust on both sides (2) Scottish : a thin hard-baked bread of oatmeal (3) : a thin flat bread (as a griddlecake) made from batter fried on a griddle or other utensil (4) : biscuit dough enriched with shortening and eggs and baked and served hot with fruit or meat (as shortcake) b : any of a variety of fancy sweetened breads: such as (1) : a loaf baked in a variety of forms and sizes, made from a sweet dough or batter of flour and other ingredients, and often coated with an icing (2) : a usually small mass of firm dough variously shaped, leavened with yeast or baking powder, and cooked in deep fat (as a friedcake) c : a flattened usually round mass of food (as potato, hashed meat, fish) baked or fried 2 a : a block of compacted or congealed matter <a cake of soap> <an ice cake> b : a hard or brittle layer or deposit : crust <the cake formed in a pipe> c : a hollow cylinder of yarn produced by the spinning process for viscose rayon 3 : oil cake, filter cake 4 US, informal : something easily done <In juggling, difficulty increases exponentially as you add objects. Three is cake. Five is tricky. Seven approaches physical impossibility. — Jason Fagone, New York Times Sports Magazine, June 2008> — have one's cake and eat it (too) : to have everything one wants in a given situation : to enjoy the benefits or advantages of a situation without any negatives or disadvantages <Businessmen, like most people, normally prefer to have their cake and eat it. But in times like these it is reasonable to believe ... that responsible business leaders, recognizing the public interest, will agree ... to some orderly sacrifice. — Richard America, The Center Magazine, November/December 1971> n. 蛋糕；块状物；利益总额 vt. 使结块 vi. 结成块状

broom

plural -s 1 a : any of various leguminous shrubs chiefly of the genera Cytisus and Genista with long slender branches, upright growth, small leaves, and usually showy yellow flowers b : broom tree 1 c : heather 1a 2 : a bundle of firm stiff plant shoots or twigs (as of the tops of broomcorn or of birch spray) or of natural or artificial fibers bound tightly together usually on a long handle and used for sweeping and brushing — compare 1brush 3 : the tops of a common broom (Cytisus scoparius) formerly used in medicine as a diuretic 4 : witches'-broom 5 : woodwaxen Origin of BROOM Middle English, from Old English brōm; akin to Old High German brāmo bramble, Middle High German brem edge — more at brim n. 扫帚；金雀花 vt. 扫除 vi. 桩顶开花或开裂

chick

plural -s 1 a : chicken; especially : one newly hatched or still downy b : the young of any bird 2 : child — often used as a term of endearment 3 slang : girl, woman Origin of CHICK Middle English chike, chiken — more at chicken n. 小鸡；小鸟；少妇 adj. 胆小的；懦弱的

bone

plural -s 1 a : one of the hard parts of the skeleton of a vertebrate <shoulder bone> <the bones of the arm> — compare cartilage b : any of various hard animal substances or structures akin to or resembling bone (such as baleen, ivory, the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish) c : the hard tissue of which the adult skeleton of most vertebrates is largely composed, being a dense form of connective tissue, hard and rigid from its inorganic matter of chiefly calcium phosphate, and being externally of compact tissue covered except on the articular surfaces with a fibrous coat of vascular connective tissue and internally porous and containing cavities of various sizes — see bone cell, canaliculus, haversian canal, lamella, ossification, periosteum 2 a : essence, core <chilled to the bone> <lying was in his very bones> <cut expenses to the bone> b : the most deeply ingrained part of someone : heart — usually plural <knew in his bones that it was wrong> <But Presidents, like actors, live and die by the public's favor. Ronald Reagan, who has practiced both crafts, understands this in his bones. — Donald T. Regan, Time, 16 May 1988> 3 bones plural a (1) : the skeleton <reduced to skin and bones by hunger> or other framework resembling a skeleton <vessels lost on the lakes, many of whose bones are still ... along the shores — American Guide Series: Michigan> (2) : body <running as fast as his old bones would carry him> (3) : the more enduring parts of a dead body : mortal remains <inter a person's bones> b : the essential design or framework (as of a story, novel, picture, or other work of art) 4 : matter, subject <a bone of contention> 5 : something originally or usually made of bone: such as a bones plural : thin bars of bone, ivory, or wood held in pairs between the fingers and used to produce musical rhythms : clappers, knackers b : a strip of whalebone, steel, featherbone, or plastic inserted into a casing to stiffen a garment (such as a corset or dress) c bones plural : dice d : domino 6 : the bow wave of a ship when under way or especially when traveling at good speed — usually used with the phrase in her teeth <the ship all sails set, was roaring along with a bone in her teeth> 7 bones plural but singular in construction, often capitalized : an end man in a minstrel show who often performs on the bones — compare tambo 8 a : a layer or fragments of shale, slate, or other rock in a coal seam or in coal b or bone coal : slaty coal often of such a high ash content that it cannot be used in the ordinary ways : carboniferous shale — called also bony, slate 9 slang : dollar 10 : a light beige 11 : a particular disposition of mind or character : inclination <They soon found out that Lewis hadn't a political bone in his body ... — John Hersey, New York Times Book Review, 10 May 1987> 12 informal : something usually of small value or importance that is given, done, or conceded as a way to placate someone — usually used with throw <Back in September, during the early days of the heated GOP primary, Mitt Romney threw a bone to the hard right of the party by saying he'd fire Bernanke. — The Business Insider, 23 Aug. 2012> — bone to pick : a point of contention : a cause for complaint : a matter to argue or complain about <a bone to pick with the sales manager over defective merchandise> n. 骨；骨骼 vt. 剔去...的骨；施骨肥于 vi. 苦学；专心致志

cook

plural -s 1 a : one who prepares food for the table (as in a private home, public eating place, or institution) b : one who prepares a particular kind of food <a pastry cook> 2 a : one who cooks meats, fruits, fish, vegetables, or other foods for commercial canning b : a packing-house worker who cooks meats to prepare them for smoking, molding, or packing 3 a : an often technical or industrial process comparable to cooking food <a 20-minute cook> specifically : the cooking of cellulosic raw materials in papermaking b : substance or material so treated : a product thus obtained c : one who conducts such a cook 4 a : a previously unrecognized or unrecorded series of moves in a chess or checkers game prepared as a surprise for an opponent especially in tournament play b : a solution to a chess or checkers problem unforeseen by the composer vt. 烹调，煮 vi. 烹调，做菜 n. 厨师，厨子

ear

plural -s 1 a : the characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ear separated by a membranous drum from a sound-transmitting middle ear which in turn is separated from a sensory inner ear by membranous fenestrae, the whole being variously simplified in lower vertebrates in which the outer ear is frequently absent, the middle often modified or absent, and the inner in some cases reduced to the structures concerned with equilibrium b : any of various organs (such as an otocyst or a chordotonal organ) capable of detecting vibratory motion especially of frequencies higher than several vibrations per second that is taking place in the surrounding medium whether this detection takes the form of hearing as commonly understood or not — compare hearing, labyrinthine sense, organ of corti 2 : the external ear of man and most mammals 3 a : the sense or act of hearing <a keen ear> : perception of sound b : refinement or acuity of the sense of hearing <a nice ear for pitch> c : the ability to catch and retain or reproduce music by hearing it <to play by ear> often : the ability to imagine aurally a tone or group of tones with correct relative pitch <a violinist must have a good ear> d : sensitivity to nuances of language especially as revealed in the command of verbal melody and rhythm or in the ability to render a spoken idiom accurately <a writer with a good ear for dialogue> 4 : something resembling in shape or position a mammalian ear: such as a : a projecting part (such as a lug, plate, or handle) or either of a pair of such parts that is suitable for lifting, transporting, adjusting, or fixing in position the object of which it is a part (such as the handle of a pitcher or platter or tub, the cannon of a bell, or the leather pull for tightening the cord of a drum) b (1) : a process on an animal body : auricle (2) : either of a pair of tufts of lengthened feathers on the head of certain birds (3) : the tuft of specialized feathers associated with the ear opening in some birds c : crossette 1 d : either of the lateral scrolled ends of the cresting of a Chippendale chair or mirror e : a projecting tag inadvertently formed during deep-drawing of sheet metal f : a device usually in the form of a grooved bronze casting for supporting a trolley wire g : a projection on certain printed letters (such as the right-hand projection of the upper part of g) h : the projecting part of a typesetter's composing rule — called also neb i : either of two right-angled projections at the uppermost edge of a linotype matrix j : one of the boxes or spaces in the upper corners of the front page of a newspaper usually containing advertising of the paper itself or a weather forecast 5 a : hearing, audience; especially : compassionate and favorable attention <give ear to my plea> <I seek the merciful ear of our Lord> b : awareness, attention <when her kindness came to the ear of her enemies, they were bowed with shame> <it has come to my ear that you have missed several classes> 6 : the stiff reflexed end of an oriental composite bow — all ears : eagerly listening <If anybody spoke of that grisly matter, I was all ears in a moment, and alert to hear what might be said ... — Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1883> — by the ears adverb : in or into discord <set the whole neighborhood by the ears> — in one ear and out the other or in at one ear and out at the other : through the mind without making an impression <everything you say to him goes in one ear and out the other> — on one's ear 1 slang : into a state of irritation or rage <his insults really put me on my ear> 2 : head over heels : unceremoniously <if you ever made that mistake you went out on your ear — Nicholas Monsarrat> — to the ears adverb : to the limit of capacity <drunk to the ears> — up to the ears or up to one's ears : heavily or deeply involved : implicated or concerned to a greater degree than is safe or proper <up to his ears in the conspiracy> <up to the ears in debt> n. 耳朵；穗；听觉；倾听 vi. （美俚）听见；抽穗

air

plural -s 1 a : the element described by early natural philosophers as having the qualities of moisture and heat b : a mixture of invisible, odorless, tasteless gases that form the atmosphere surrounding the earth ◆Air is composed of 78.09 percent nitrogen, 20.95 percent oxygen, 0.93 percent argon, and 0.03 percent carbon dioxide with a varying amount of water vapor and trace amounts of other gases. It has a pressure at sea level of 0.76 meter of mercury (14.7 pounds per square inch) and a density of 1.225 kilograms per cubic meter at 15° C. c : the portion of the earth's atmosphere that immediately surrounds us and affects the senses <the tang of wood smoke is in the air — Corey Ford> <the open air> <the air was not so stale and sultry in the room as it was downstairs — Carson McCullers> d obsolete : scent given off by exhalation into the atmosphere : odor <the air of rotting vegetation> e : atmosphere 8 <canvases with much light and air and color> f : air in motion : a gentle breeze <we moved onward in light airs to the Narrows and dropped anchor — Kenneth Roberts> g archaic : soft or faint breathing : breath <the least air of suspicion> h archaic : gas <the generation of airs by explosions> i (1) : empty space <needle in air, I stopped what I was making — Eudora Welty> <the victim of the hanging danced on air> (2) : nowhere <the figure of 10 billion dollars ... was a nice round amount taken out of the air — J. P. Warburg> (3) slang : an obvious snub or a sudden severance of relations — usually used with the <I got the air last night — Gwethalyn Graham> <she threatened to give me the air — Robert Graves> j : air as a working fluid (as in ventilation systems, measuring and testing, fuel combustion, and pressure-operated devices) : compressed air <mine air shafts> <air barometer> <air adapters located between the compressor outlets and the combustion chambers> <borings made with an air drill> k (1) : air as a field of operation for aircraft <the battle of the air> also : travel or transportation by aircraft <European editions which reached me by air — Marcia Davenport> <air parcel post> (2) : aircraft <air attack> <air patrol> (3) : aviation <air safety> (4) : air-power <And when Allied air was unleashed against Italian railroad depots, the Germans assembled their trains in Germany and Austria and ran them through the night into Italy. — Geoffrey Perret, Eisenhower, 1999> l (1) : the medium of transmission of radio waves; also : radio, television <advertisers who use the air as a means for selling goods — C. A. Siepmann> — often used in the phrase on the air <he went on the air with the first of a series of Saturday-night broadcasts — Atlantic> (2) : airtime <ten minutes to air> <a sitcom that continues to get a lot of air in syndication> 2 : public utterance usually oral : publicity <he gave air to his opinion> 3 [French, from Old French] a (1) : the look, appearance, or bearing of a person : attitude or action peculiar to or expressive of some personal quality or emotion : demeanor <sat rigidly erect with the air of a man accustomed to brief parleys — L. C. Douglas> (2) : an artificial or affected manner : show of style or vanity : haughtiness <to put on airs> <to give oneself airs> (3) : the artificial motion or carriage of a horse b : outward appearance of a thing : apparent character : manner, style <my work may have an air of fiction — Van Wyck Brooks> <a pioneer town with broad dusty streets, that has not yet acquired an air of permanence — Ivor Jones> c : a surrounding or pervading influence or condition : atmosphere <the controversy which has been troubling the air about us — Victor Riesel> <the place had a little of the air of a college dormitory after the final exams — John Dos Passos> <steps it could take to clear the air considerably and give evidence before the world of its good intentions — New York Times> 4 or ayre [probably translation of Italian aria] a Elizabethan & Jacobean music : an accompanied song or melody in strophic form b : the chief voice part or melody in choral or other part music c : tune, melody d : a separate instrumental composition or one of the optional movements of the classical suite typically of a lyric character 5 [translation of New Greek aēr] : aer 6 : an airmail stamp 7 : a football offense utilizing primarily the forward pass <trailing by 20 points, the team took to the air> 8 : an air-conditioning system <equipped with air> 9 : the height achieved in performing an aerial maneuver <a snowboarder catching big air> <As for a skateboarding halfpipe, riders use the opposing walls to get air and perform tricks as they travel down the fall line of the slope. — Thomas Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book, 2009> also : the maneuver itself <You can grab your board during an air ... or you can perform airs in pools, in skateparks, or from ramps. — Ben Powell, Skateboarding, 2003> — in the air 1 : not protected by some substantial obstacle (such as a river, mountain, or fortification) against flank attacks or turning movements 2 : being felt or expressed by many people : in wide circulation <Or, better, the possibility for change was in the air. — Peter Bakewell, A History of Latin America, 2004> <There was a sense of excitement in the air.> — on air adverb : in a state of elation : buoyantly <walking on air> <treading on air> — up in the air : in a state of confusion, perturbation, or disorder : not yet settled or decided : in suspense <the question was still up in the air> n. 空气，大气；天空；样子；曲调 vt. 使通风，晾干；夸耀 vi. 通风

aunt

plural -s 1 a : the sister of one's father or mother b : the wife of one's uncle — often used as a term of endearment for any woman (such as an older one) who is regarded with benevolent affection 2 obsolete : an old crone or bawd — aunt·hood \ˈant-ˌhu̇d, ˈänt-\ (audio pronunciation) noun <It's simply that I have always known I was more cut out for aunthood than motherhood. — Sue Hutchison, San Jose Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2003> — aunt·like \ˈant-ˌlīk, ˈänt-\ (audio pronunciation) adjective <I have vague memories of some rather imposing female relations of auntlike demeanor at the tea table, but that's about it. — Christopher Andreae, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2004> 阿姨；姑妈；伯母；舅妈

bird

plural -s 1 a archaic : the young of a feathered vertebrate (such as a chick, eaglet, or duckling) : nestling b obsolete : any young animal c obsolete : child, youngster 2 a : a member of the class Aves all differing from the ancestral reptiles in possession of a covering of feathers instead of scales, a completely four-chambered heart served by a single (the right) aortic arch, fully separate systemic and pulmonary circulations, a warm-blooded metabolism, and large eggs with hard calcareous shells, and all recent forms having the forelimbs modified into wings, the jaws without teeth and enclosed in horny sheaths, and usually the breastbone enlarged by a ventral keel for the attachment of the pectoral muscles that control the action of the wings b : an adult of any variety of domestic poultry <a table bird> <a show bird> <housing for 3000 birds and 1000 poults> 3 : game bird; especially : partridge 4 : a saucer (as of pottery) made to be thrown from a spring trap and used in skeet and as a substitute for a live bird in trapshooting : clay pigeon 5 slang a : fellow, chap <a tough old bird> especially : a peculiar or inconsequential one — usually used somewhat patronizingly <a queer bird> b (1) : a notably clever or accomplished person — often used ironically <her grandfather really is a bird> (2) : something admirable of its kind <a bird of a filly> <a bird of a scheme> c British : a girl or young woman <struggling to make it with the bird — Adam Faith> 6 : shuttlecock 1a 7 : a hissing or jeering expressive of disapproval <the crowd gave him the bird> also : dismissal from employment <I've got to get busy if I don't want to get the bird> 8 : a small thin piece of meat rolled up with stuffing and skewered, browned, and braised — see veal bird 9 a : guided missile b : something (such as an aircraft, rocket, or satellite) resembling a bird especially in flying or being aloft 10 : an obscene gesture of contempt made by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers down — usually used with the — called also finger 11 [by shortening from bird lime, rhyming slang for time] British : a term in prison 12 golf, informal : a score of one stroke less than par on a hole : birdie 2 <I just wanted to finish with a bird to indelibly imprint on your frigging head that the Trumpster can play. — Donald Trump, quoted in Vanity Fair, February 1999> < ... he birdied the first two holes, giving him a remarkable run of five straight birds spread across 24 hours. — Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated, 31 Jan. 2005> — bird in the hand [from the proverb "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"] : something assured or definite rather than the merely possible — for the birds informal : worthless, ridiculous, nonsensical <He thought that any kind of nationalism was for the birds, and usually led to struggles with groups different from the favored group ... — Ishmael Reed, Japanese by Spring, 1993> — the birds and (the) bees informal : the facts about sex and reproduction that are told to children <Cruising these hills ... we are in deep discourse on the subject: a father-son dialogue about the birds and bees. — Daniel Asa Rose, New England Monthly, May 1989> <Parents ... no longer have the opportunity to teach their children about the birds and the bees gradually, in a manner they consider appropriate; everything is exposed—so to speak—to kids all at once. — Scott Stossel, Atlantic, May 1997> n. 鸟；家伙；羽毛球 vt. 向...喝倒彩；起哄 vi. 猎鸟；观察研究野鸟

book

plural -s 1 a obsolete : a formal written document; especially : a deed of conveyance of land — see bookland b (1) : a collection of written sheets of skin or tablets of wood or ivory (2) : a continuous roll of parchment or a strip of parchment creased between columns and folded like an accordion c : a collection of written, printed, or blank sheets fastened together along one edge and usually trimmed at the other edges to form a single series of uniform leaves; specifically : a collection of folded sheets bearing printing or writing that have been cut, sewn, and usually bound between covers into a volume d (1) : a stack of sheets of paper interleaved alternately with the material whose finish the paper acquires after it passes through the plater — called also form (2) : the printed but unfolded and uncut sheets for a book e : a long systematic literary composition f : a long written work that can be read on an electronic device : e-book g : a major division of a treatise or literary work <an epic in 12 books> h : any of the records (such as the daybook, cashbook, salesbook, journal, ledger) in which a systematic record of business transactions may be kept — often used in plural <their books show a profit> i in U.S. copyright law : any of various written or printed materials: such as (1) : a bound volume (2) : a private letter (3) : a telephone or trade directory (4) : an article in an encyclopedia j : a magazine or publication in magazine format 2 a capitalized : bible <he swore on the Book that it was so> b often capitalized : any one of the collected writings found in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures that are subdivided into chapters and verses <the book of Daniel> <the Book of 1 Corinthians> 3 a obsolete : learning, study, scholarship b books plural, chiefly Midland : school or the time spent in school <books took up at 8 o'clock — H. E. Giles> 4 a : something felt to be a source of enlightenment or instruction <drew his knowledge from the great book of nature> <her face was an open book> b (1) : a particular set of facts, circumstances, or ideas <his past is an open book> (2) : an area of experience or knowledge <calculus was a closed book to him> c : the total available knowledge and experience that can be brought to bear on a task or problem <tried every trick in the book to win the election> d : the generally accepted knowledge or set of opinions relating to a particular subject or person (such as an athlete) <The book on Dykstra hasn't changed much over the years: When he's motivated he's one of the most charismatic players in the bigs, but he gets bored easily ... — Paul Ladewski and Bob Klapisch, Inside Sports, March 1992> 5 : an official or personal set of standards, rules, or policies <mules did not, according to the book scratch their heads with their hind feet — Herbert Hoover> <the sergeant ran his squad by the book> 6 a : the aggregate charges that can be made or pressed against an accused person — usually used with throw <he thought he'd get off with just a reprimand, but they threw the book at him> b : a position from which one must answer for certain acts : account — usually used with bring or call <our system of bringing the guilty to book — Felix Frankfurter> 7 a : a libretto especially of an opera or musical comedy b : the script of a play c : the repertory of an orchestra or a musician 8 : a packet of commodities bound together for convenient dispensing and usually removed and used one at a time <a book of stamps> <a book of matches> specifically : a bundle of skeins of raw silk often 30 in number 9 a (1) : bookmaker (2) : a bookmaker's business or base of operations b : an event or contingency on which a bookmaker will accept bets together with the odds offered c : the bets registered by a bookmaker <he makes book on dog races> d : a participant or onlooker in a game (such as craps) who accepts bets on its contingencies e : banker 2c f : 3pool 1b 10 a : the number of tricks a cardplayer or side must win in games like whist and bridge before any trick can have scoring value ◆In whist, the book is six tricks. In bridge, the book for the declarer is six tricks while the book for the declarer's opponents is a number that is one less than the number of tricks the opponents need to win to prevent the declarer from fulfilling the contract. b : a set of cards having scoring value (such as all four cards of one kind in authors) c archaic : a deck of cards 11 : the omasum of a ruminant 12 : a thick aggregate of mica usually consisting of a single crystal of considerable dimension in the direction perpendicular to the cleavage 13 : a stack of half leaves of tobacco from which the stems have been cut 14 : flat sections of stage scenery joined by hinges <a book ceiling> 15 : a record of membership especially in a union — hit the books informal : to study or begin studying very intensely <For many college students, the new school year means it's time not only to hit the books but also to start the job search. — Carolyn Bigda, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sept. 2012> — in one's bad books : in disfavor with one — in one's book : in one's own opinion <a trainer of the old school—and in my book, there's no better school — G. F. T. Ryall> — in one's good books : in favor with one — one for the book or one for the books : an act or occurrence worth recording : a notable performance : record <that play is one for the book> — on the books : on the records : enrolled — without book 1 : without authority 2 : from memory or by rote n. 书籍；卷；账簿；名册；工作簿 vt. 预订；登记

earth

plural -s 1 a : the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe : soil, ground <give him a little earth for charity — Shakespeare> — usually distinguished from bedrock b : soil for cultivating <good earth in a sheltered valley> <a clayey earth difficult to drain> c : one of the four elements of the alchemists 2 : the sphere of mortal life comprising the world with its lands and seas as distinguished from spheres of spirit life — compare heaven, hell 3 a : areas of land uncovered by water b : the solid footing formed of earth <good to feel the earth under his feet again> c : the solid materials that make up the physical globe 4 archaic : a particular region of the world : country, land <would I had never trod this English earth — Shakespeare> 5 often capitalized : the planet upon which we live and which being about 93 million miles from the sun is the third in order of distance from the sun and which having a diameter at the equator of 7927 miles is the fifth in size among the planets — see planet table 6 a : the people of the planet earth b : the mortal body of man — distinguished from soul, spirit c : the pursuits, interests, and allurements of earthly life : worldly as distinguished from spiritual concerns 7 : the burrow of a burrowing animal 8 a : a difficultly reducible metallic oxide (such as alumina, zirconium oxide, or yttrium oxide) formerly classed as an element — see alkaline earth, rare earth b : earth color <red earth> c : a clay or substance resembling clay used chiefly as an adsorbent <active earths> — see bleaching clay, fuller's earth 9 chiefly British : 1ground 7 10 : an excessive amount of money <real suede, which costs the earth to clean — Joanne Winship> — on earth : among numberless possibilities : ever — used as an intensive <where on earth can he be?> <I can't imagine who on earth would do such a thing> <what on earth shall we do?> n. 地球；地表，陆地；土地，土壤；尘事，俗事；兽穴 vt. 把（电线）[电] 接地；盖（土）；追赶入洞穴 vi. 躲进地洞

art

plural -s 1 a : the power of performing certain actions especially as acquired by experience, study, or observation : skill, dexterity <there's an art to tightrope walking> b (1) : skill in the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of human life : human contrivance or ingenuity <are these chipped stones the product of art> (2) obsolete : technical skill often as though aided by magic 2 : a branch of learning: a : one of the humanities traditionally including history, philosophy, literature, languages, and the fine arts <the College of Arts and Sciences> b arts plural : the liberal arts <bachelor of arts> c archaic : learning, scholarship 3 a : an occupation or business requiring knowledge or skill : craft b : an organization of people practicing a craft or trade <the art of Wool, that is, ... the corporation of the dealers in wool — C. E. Norton> c : the general principles of any branch of learning or of any developed craft : a system of rules or of organized modes of operation serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions <the art of building> <the art of engraving> <the art of navigation> d : systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result 4 a : application of skill and taste to production according to aesthetic principles : the conscious use of skill, taste, and creative imagination in the practical definition or production of beauty b : the product of skill and taste applied according to aesthetic principles : expression of beauty : works of art <an art gallery> 5 a archaic : a skillful plan or device <employed every art to soothe the discontented — T. B. Macaulay> b : cunning, artifice <I swear I use no art at all — Shakespeare> <she owes her wavy hair to art rather than to nature> c : artificial and studied behavior <arts that allure, the magic nod and wink — Robert Browning> 6 a : the craft of the artist; specifically : the technical devices used by a painter regarded especially as a subject of study b : a method or device that produces an artistic effect or is used for decorative purposes <art needlework> 7 a : fine arts b : one of the fine arts c : a plastic art d : a graphic art e : painting 8 : decorative or illustrative elements in printed matter as distinguished from the text or other parts printed from standard alphabetic types; especially : the illustrative material of a newspaper or periodical n. （包括雕塑、绘画、音乐等的） 艺术，美术；美术（作）品；艺品（作）品；（表演）艺术；技术，技巧； adj. 艺术的；艺术品的；具有艺术性的 v. be的现在式单数第二人称形式，过时用法

cheer

plural -s 1 a obsolete : face b archaic : facial expression <meek and mild of cheer — Edmund Spenser> 2 : state of mind or heart : feeling, spirit <be of good cheer — Matthew 9:2 (Authorized Version)> 3 : lightness of mind and feeling : gaiety <the wives of the officers came to the camp, and these brave women gave of their cheer to its dreary life — H. E. Scudder> 4 : hospitable entertainment : welcome 5 : something that is provided for entertainment especially at table : food and drink prepared for a feast : fare <the fewer the better cheer> 6 : something that gladdens <words of cheer> 7 a : a shout or acclamation expressing enthusiasm, applause, favor, encouragement <cheers from the audience> b : a set form of words for this purpose <the college cheer> c US : the activity of organized cheerleading <With autumn approaching, evenings at Stringham Pitcher Park are again alive with the sounds of football and cheer. — Laura McCusker, Desert Dispatch (Barston, California), 2 Aug. 2013> <The children will learn different aspects of cheer and practice a routine they will perform at halftime of the East boys varsity basketball game. — Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne), 12 Feb. 2013> vt. 欢呼；使高兴；为...加油 n. 欢呼；愉快；心情；令人愉快的事 vi. 欢呼；感到高兴

down

plural -s 1 archaic : hill; often : a hillock of sand thrown up by the wind on or near a shore : dune 2 a : an undulating generally treeless upland with sparse soil — usually used in plural b downs or Downs plural : treeless chalk uplands along the south and southeast coast of England 3 or Down : a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England typically being of good mutton conformation and producing moderately fine wool of medium length — compare southdown adv. 向下，下去；在下面 adj. 向下的 n. 软毛，绒毛；[地质] 开阔的高地 prep. 沿着，往下 vt. 打倒，击败 vi. 下降；下去

bike

plural -s 1 chiefly Scottish : a nest of wild bees, wasps, or hornets 2 chiefly Scottish : a crowd or swarm of people <the busy bike of the city — R. L. Stevenson> n. 自行车；脚踏车 vi. 骑自行车（或摩托车）

coke

plural -s 1 dialectal, England : the core especially of a fruit 2 a : the infusible cellular coherent residue from carbonized coal that consists mainly of carbon, is hard, porous, and gray with a submetallic luster, and is used as a fuel (as in blast furnaces and domestic furnaces) b : a similar residue from various other carbonized substances (as petroleum, shale oil, or copal) c : a piece of coke <put a coke on the fire> Origin of COKE Middle English coke, colke; akin to Swedish kälk pith, Greek gelgis bulb of garlic, Sanskrit gṛñjana garlic, Latin galla gall on a plant — more at gall n. 焦炭；可卡因；可口可乐（Coca-Cola） vi. 焦化 vt. 变成焦炭；用麻药使...麻醉

duck

plural -s 1 or plural duck a : any of various swimming birds of the family Anatidae which have the neck and legs short, the body more or less depressed, the bill often broad and flat, the tarsi scutellate in front, and the sexes almost always differing from each other in plumage and which are distinguished by these characteristics and by their comparatively small size from the swans and geese b : the flesh of any of these birds used as food 2 : a female duck as distinguished from a male — compare drake 3 British a or ducks plural but singular in construction : pet, darling — often used as a term of address b : something or someone attractive or charming <a duck of a car — Everybody's Magazine> <he was a nice old duck, and very fond of her — Margery Sharp> 4 : one that cannot act effectively because of disablement or other cause — compare dead duck, lame duck, sitting duck 5 : duck on a rock; also : one of the player's stones 6 slang a : a person with peculiar mental or physical characteristics <a little old duck with waxed mustache, you say, and a cane? — Frank King> <he's a queer duck> b : rascal 7 British : a score of nothing : goose egg <the batsman was bowled first ball for a duck> 8 : mig 9 [so called from its shape] slang : urinal n. 鸭子；鸭肉；（英）宝贝儿；零分 vi. 闪避；没入水中 vt. 躲避；猛按...入水

dad

plural -s : father 爸爸；爹爹

bun

plural -s dialectal, England : a hollow stem or stalk : stubble n. 小圆面包 屁股 圆髻

bed

plural beds 1 a : a piece of furniture on or in which one may lie down and sleep often including bedstead, legs or supports, spring, mattress, and bedding b (1) : a place of sex relations (2) : marital relationship <dishonoring her bed with a lover> c : any improvised place or arrangement for sleeping <hikers making their beds under the trees> d (1) : a place of procreation (2) : marital union <the eldest son of his second bed — Edward Hyde> (3) : progeny e : situation or fact of being in bed : sleep, sleeping : time for sleeping <taking a walk before bed> f : place of repose : repose <the bugle calling them from their beds> g : a flat sack or mattress filled with some soft material in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed <a feather bed> also : a mattress and bedclothes h : bedstead i : lodging for the night with accommodations for sleeping <getting a bed at the inn> j : a measure of the equipment and services needed in a hospital to care for one hospitalized patient or in a hotel to care for one guest <a new wing of 200 beds> 2 : a flat or level surface: such as a (1) : a plot in a garden or lawn often a little raised above the adjoining ground : the plants grown in such plot; also : hotbed (2) : an area in a greenhouse or conservatory in which plants are grown (3) : a cluster or concentration of plants <a bed of ferns> b : the bottom of a watercourse or of any other body of water; especially : an area of sea bottom supporting a heavy growth of a particular kind of organism <a kelp bed> <an oyster bed> c : the surface of a bowling alley along which the ball is bowled d : the surface on which the cloth of a billiard table is fastened e : the canvas surface of a trampoline upon which a gymnast performs 3 : a grave as a place of last sleep <digging out his narrow bed> 4 : support, rest: a : the supporting part of a gun carriage b (1) : an extended base : matrix (2) : a layer of specialized or altered tissue; often : such a layer or zone separating dissimilar structures <a bed of vigorous granulation tissue is essential for a satisfactory skin graft> — see vascular bed c : a framework or support on or in which a piece of machining or carpentry work rests d : the cradle of a ship on the stocks e : a foundation for a machine or apparatus <the bed of an engine> : the rigid part of a machine serving to support or secure f : the superficial earthwork that supports the ballast and track of a railroad g : the body, box, or supporting frame of a vehicle (such as a wagon, truck, or trailer); sometimes : the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer h : the inclined piece of a carpenter's plane against which the plane iron bears i : the lower die of a punching machine j : the surface on which the printing form is locked on a flatbed press k or bed ladder : the lower section of an aerial ladder l : a drawer or layer supporting a typewriter in an office desk m : the base of a bellows camera usually including the focusing guide rails 5 : a nest of small animals crowded together <a bed of snakes> 6 : a layer especially if placed with something above <salad served on a bed of lettuce> : such as a : a rock stratum; especially : a bedding plane of stratified rock b (1) : a horizontal surface of a brick or stone in position <in the upper bed> (2) : a course of stone or brick in a wall (3) : the place or material in which a block or brick is laid (4) : the lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile (5) : bed joint c : a layer containing a concentration of paleontological or anthropological evidence (such as bones) d : filter bed e : fire bed 7 : the place where an animal sleeps; especially : a place arranged or covered for a domestic or farm animal to sleep 8 a : a mass or heap felt to resemble a bed <a bed of ashes> <the judging tent floor was a deep bed of sawdust — Christopher Rand> b : a mass of solid catalyst or solid chemical reactant that may be either in a fixed state or in a moving fluidized state c : a stack of raw hides or skins spread flat and salted for curing and preserving 9 a : a water solution of gum tragacanth used as a couch in the process of marbling book edges b : the impression base used by bookbinders in stamping, graining, or embossing covers or materials 10 a : an instrumental or vocal track that is combined with other tracks to produce a musical composition <There is a slight guitar figure, a background bed of bass and drum machines, really just a little wisp of a record. — Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2001> < ... this new mix, which pares the classic track down to little more than its vocal bed, may be one of the most poignant tributes of all. — Allison Stewart, Washington Post, 20 June 2009> <Turner gives the track an air of familiarity with his lead vocal, which sits atop an instrumental bed dominated by an infectious, sweeping string section. — Music Week, 19 Apr. 2008> b : a musical soundtrack to a motion picture, television show, etc. <As a video tribute ... played on a projector screen, with a music bed complementing a montage of pictures from different stages of the players' lives, a mom admitted to having tears in her eyes. — Joe Aguilar, Chicago Daily Herald, 20 Jan. 2010> < ... the featured artist's music can be heard in promo spots and as part of the music bed during wrestling matches. — Michael Paoletta, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2005> — go to bed with : to have sex with (someone) <She had gone to bed with a man she loved and had suffered the ultimate humiliation—rejection ... — Evelyn Anthony, The Defector, 1981> — in/into bed with informal : in/into an improperly close relationship with (someone) < ... he found himself in bed with those he used to see as the wrong kind of people ... — Ronald, Radosh, National Review, 5 July 2010> <The administration had gotten into bed with an obscure guerrilla army with which it had, in truth, few sympathies. — Mark Dennis et al., Newsweek, 12 Apr. 1999> — make one's bed and lie in it — used to say that people are responsible for dealing with the problems that result from their own bad decisions and behavior <She stood up and essentially said, he made his bed, let him lie in it. I'll work on the marriage, I believe in marriage. But I didn't do anything wrong. It's his issue. — Jennifer Valoppi, Miami Herald, 3 July 2009> <Why should taxpayers have to cover for the foolish investments and risky deals financial fat cats made? Wall Street made its bed, the thinking goes, and now those executives should lie in it. — Dallas Morning Star, 2 Oct. 2008> n. 床；基础；河底， 海底 vt. 使睡觉；安置，嵌入；栽种 vi. 上床；分层

boat

plural boats 1 : a small vessel with or without a deck propelled by oars or paddles or by sail or power — see canoe, cruiser, dinghy, sloop 2 a : ship <packet boat> <came from England in the last boat> b : submarine 3 : a utensil or device shaped like a boat: such as a : gravy boat b : an ecclesiastical vessel for incense c : an open long narrow usually small receptacle (as of porcelain or nickel) for holding a substance to be heated or burned especially in chemical analysis by combustion 4 : a wooden device used in weaving to obtain a strong selvage 5 : boat form 6 informal : a large car <Rebuilding old American boats ... has taken on as much or more cachet than buying outrageously expensive new cars. — Douglas Century, New York Times Magazine, 29 Sept. 2002> <A lot of people still think Cadillac makes big floaty boats. — Mark LaNeve, Business Week, 24 Nov. 2003> — fresh/just off the boat informal, sometimes disparaging : newly arrived in a country often as an immigrant <He knew in 1904, fresh off the boat from Switzerland, that he was not yet in fact ready to build great bridges ... — Henry Petroski, Engineers of Dreams, 1995> <We understood in those days that English was the key to success and acceptance. Kids like us embraced it to the exclusion of any language or custom that made us look as if we were just off the boat. — Leonard Kniffel, American Libraries, November 2007> — in the same boat : in the same situation or predicament — boat·like or boat-like \ˈbōt-ˌlīk\ (audio pronunciation) adjective <She drove the boatlike, expensive cars of Hilton guests, despite the fact that she did not, at first, have a drivers' license. — Matt Andazola, Albuquerque Journal, 3 Mar. 2012> n. 小船；轮船 vi. 划船

bread

plural breads 1 a : a food made of a dough of flour or meal from grain with added liquid, shortening, and a leavening agent, the dough being kneaded, shaped, allowed to rise, and baked b : bread made from flours other than those of cereals <potato bread> c : a loaf, biscuit, or cake of sweetened bread dough enriched with eggs and fruit <holiday bread> <Easter bread> 2 : a loaf, roll, or portion of bread <an altar bread> <the breads for the communicants> 3 a : food <give us this day our daily bread — Matthew 6:11 (Authorized Version)> b : livelihood; especially : simple necessities without extras <earning his bread as a laborer> c (1) : a sustaining element <the price of the bread of health — Mary B. Spahr> (2) : something that is received or accepted in a way felt to resemble accepting or eating food d slang : money — bread upon the waters : resources risked or charitable deeds performed without expectation of return — know which side one's bread is buttered on informal : to know what to do and what not to do and who to treat well in order to protect and enhance one's position and interests <a politician who knows which side his bread is buttered on> <Shakespeare's history plays register the anxieties of his politically paranoid age, but they tend to shy away from direct commentary of ongoing royal strife. A working artist, he knew which side his bread was buttered on and had an uncanny ability to make conservatives and revolutionaries alike feel as though he were on their side. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2012> — bready \ˈbre-dē\ (audio pronunciation) adjective <a bready aroma> n. 面包；生计 vt. 在...上洒面包屑

cane

plural canes or cane 1 : a hollow or pithy jointed stem that is usually slender and more or less flexible 2 obsolete : pipe, tube; especially : a slender glass tube 3 a : a slender jointed stem used as a walking stick b : a short staff used as an aid in walking : walking stick c : a rod or stick used for flogging 4 : a slender rod or cylinder (as of solid glass or sulfur) 5 a : rattan; especially : split rattan used in chair seats and wicker articles b (1) : the stem of any one of various bamboolike grasses especially of the genus Arundinaria (2) : any plant of this genus c (1) : sugarcane (2) : the stems of sugarcane d : sorghum; especially : sorgo 6 : one of the stems of certain plants; especially : a shoot directly from the base (as in the raspberry, grape, or rose) 7 : a warp in handweaving n. 手杖；藤条；细长的茎 vt. 以杖击；以藤编制

cave

plural caves 1 : a hollowed-out chamber in the earth or in the side of a cliff or hill : cavern; especially : a natural underground chamber (as one produced in limestone by running water) with an opening to the surface 2 a : an underground chamber or recess for storage or safety; especially : an outdoor cellar dug or natural <if she had bacon in the cave — Willa Cather> b : a cached supply <selling the caves of wine> 3 British a : the act of secession from a political party b : a group of persons seceding from a political party — compare adullamite 4 : a tunnel under a glass furnace used for raking the fire, removing ashes, or regulating heat 5 : a heavily shielded enclosure for radioactive experiments controlled and observed from outside 6 : a place providing privacy or seclusion from others <When a friend dragged her out of her cave to go salsa dancing for the first time, the rhythms ... stepped into her soul ... — Leslie Guttman, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 1998> <What she has to understand is that he has a different way of coping with a hard day. He doesn't want to talk about it; he comes home and wants to go into his cave. — John Gray, quoted in Psychology Today, May/June 1997> — see also man cave vt. 使凹陷，使塌落；在...挖洞穴 vi. 凹陷，塌落；投降 n. 洞穴，窑洞

clock

plural clocks 1 a : a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time chiefly consisting of a train of wheels actuated by various devices (as falling weights, a tensed spring, changes in temperature, or electrical impulses), regulated through an escapement in various ways (as by a pendulum, dripping water, a synchronized electrical motor, or the vibrations of atoms), and indicating time most commonly by means of hands moving on a dial often with accompanying bells made to strike at regular intervals (as once each hour) — see electric clock, program clock, sidereal clock, turret clock, watchman's clock, water clock — compare chronometer, hour glass, watch b obsolete : watch; especially : one that strikes c : the downy fruiting head of the common dandelion d : a form of solitaire in which packets of cards are laid out in a circle to resemble the dial of a clock 2 obsolete a : a stroke of a clock sounding the hour b : the hour indicated by strokes of a clock 3 : a registering device with a dial and indicator attached to a mechanism to measure or gauge its functioning or to record its output <a pick clock on a loom> <a hank clock on a roving frame> specifically a : taximeter b : speedometer : odometer 4 : time clock <punched the clock at 8:45> 5 : an inflexible time schedule or timing plan <uranium and thorium are also wasting assets, but to a much slower clock — Stuart Chase> <he threw the whole weight of his genius into an effort to stop the clock of history — J. T. Farrell> 6 slang, British : the human face 7 : a synchronizing device (as in a computer) that produces pulses at regular intervals 8 : biological clock — against the clock 1 : with or within a time constraint <The group spent weeks in late May and throughout the first half of June trying feverishly to come up with a solid estimate of the Macondo [well] flow. ... They were up against the clock, doing accelerated science of an inherently imprecise nature. — Joel Achenbach, A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Stop the BP Oil Gusher, 2011> 2 : with clocked speed rather than the order of finish as the criterion for placement <Time trial training will help you to maximize your steady-state speed on flat to rolling terrain and prepare you for time trial race efforts, or races against the clock. — Dede Demet Barry et al., Fitness Cycling, 2006> — around the clock 1 : continuously for 24 hours : day and night without cessation 2 : without relaxation and heedless of time — hold the clock on : to time (as a racer in a workout) with a stopwatch — kill the clock or run out the clock : to use up as much as possible of the playing time remaining in a game (such as football) while retaining possession of the ball or puck especially to protect a lead — turn back the clock : to revert to a condition existing well in the past — usually with an implication of surrendering progress or improvement <would not such a "Balkanization of the United States" be a clear turning back of the clock — E. N. Griswold> n. 时钟；计时器 vt. 记录；记时 vi. 打卡；记录时间

cow

plural cows or archaic kine \ˈkīn\ (audio pronunciation) 1 a : the mature female of wild or domestic cattle of the genus Bos or of any of the various animals the male of which is called bull (as the moose, certain seals, or the alligator) — see heifer b : a domestic bovine animal regardless of its sex or age <bring home the cows> 2 : a person clumsy, obese, coarse, or otherwise unpleasant; sometimes : prostitute 3 slang, Australia : a troublesome or unpleasant person or thing <shot by some silly cow with a gun> — compare fair cow 4 slang : milk n. 奶牛，母牛；母兽 vt. 威胁，恐吓

clue

plural clues 1 : something that guides through an intricate procedure or maze of difficulties; specifically : a piece of evidence that leads one toward the solution of a problem : an indication that when properly interpreted may lead to full understanding of something or to the discovery of something unknown or hidden < ... the flight of birds might furnish a valuable clue to the problem of blind flying ... — Harry G. Armstrong, Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine, 1939> <Local police had no clues, no suspects, no apparent motive—no place to start their investigation. — David Fisher, Hard Evidence, 1995> 2 informal : an understanding of something : idea, notion — usually used in negative constructions <had no clue what he meant> <Physicists call this point a singularity and tend not to talk about it because they have no clue as to what happens to matter at these densities. — Ann K. Finkbeiner, Air & Space, August/September 1993> — get a clue informal : to stop being bewildered, unaware, or foolish : to stop being clueless <My computer screeched at me. I guess I had inadvertently closed the lid without turning the program off. Get a clue, lady it seemed to be saying. — Cheryl Rogers, Hip Mama, 3rd Quarter, 1996> <Fortyish fashionistas have a message for the retail industry: Get a clue. — Wall Street Journal, 17 May 2002> n. 线索；（故事等的）情节 vt. 为...提供线索；为...提供情况

coin

plural coins 1 a archaic : corner, cornerstone, quoin b archaic : a wedge used for blocking, securing, or tightening c : a small corner cupboard especially of the 18th century 2 obsolete : the stamped device or impress on coined money 3 a : a usually flat piece of metal or rarely of some other material (such as leather or porcelain) that is certified by a mark or marks upon it as being of a specific intrinsic or exchange value; specifically : such a piece issued by governmental authority to circulate as lawful money — see minor coin, standard coin, subsidiary coin, token, token coin b : something resembling a coin especially in shape <A plate of sliced house-made pork sausage is garnished with sprigs of anise-flavored Thai basil that a server tells us to use for bundling the spicy coins of meat. — The Washington Post, 17 Sept. 2012> <The first step was to transform a head of broccoli into pieces that would cook evenly—trimming the florets into small pieces and the stalks into oblong coins. — Sandra Wu, Cooks Illustrated, March/April 2006> 4 : something accepted as having value or validity <perhaps wisecracks ... are respectable literary coin in the U.S. — The Times Literary Supplement (London)> : something given or offered in an exchange <too much softened ... to answer his obstinacy in like coin — J. C. Powys> specifically : a unit (as an expression or idea) of intellectual or social exchange <they exchanged a few small coins of country talk — Mollie Panter-Downes> 5 : something having two different and usually opposing sides <Of course, the spirit of hard work is part of what has made America great. But there is another side to that coin. Americans ... shackle themselves to their jobs, in the process giving up the most basic of human rights: time to be who they are. — Diana Reynolds Roome, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2000> <What this means is that chimps and bonobos may really be different sides of the same ancient coin and that the ape in us ... may be both bonobo and chimp. — Helen Epstein, Lingua Franca, October 2000> <Are liberals and conservatives basically two sides of the same coin? — Tina Dupuy, The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee), 13 Jan. 2013> < ... Greensburg Central Catholic sometimes benefits from transfers joining the school and team, but this season it is dealing with the other side of that coin, transfers leaving the school and the team. — Nicholas Tolomeo, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 27 Dec. 2012> 6 informal : money < ... I'm in it for the coin. — Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, 1922> < ... why shouldn't artists get some coin when Webcasters play their music? — Steven Levy, Newsweek, 15 July 2002> vt. 铸造（货币）；杜撰，创造 n. 硬币，钱币

comb

plural combs 1 a : an instrument consisting of a thin strip (as of plastic, metal, or bone) with a row of teeth on one or both edges or sides that is used for adjusting, cleaning, or confining the hair or for adornment b : any of several toothed devices used in handling or ordering textile fibers: (1) : a toothed instrument for separating, ordering, and cleansing fibers (as of wool, flax, or hair); also : the machine of which it is the basic part (2) : the serrated vibratory device used to strip fiber from the doffer of a carding machine (3) : a reed of a loom and especially of a hand loom c : a toothed instrument for currying hairy animals or cleansing and smoothing their coats : currycomb d : the collector of an electrostatic machine e (1) : a toothed instrument used to form patterns on a painted surface that typically resemble grained wood or marbled paper (2) : a pattern so formed f : a tool having teeth similar to those on a saw and used in finishing stone 2 : the fleshy crest or caruncle on the head of the domestic fowl and certain other gallinaceous birds usually best developed in the male — see pea comb, rose comb, single comb, strawberry comb 3 : something resembling or suggesting the comb of a cock: such as a : the crest of a helmet; especially : the upright blade on a morion b dialectal : the crest or ridge of a mountain or hill c : the ridge of a roof d : a ridge or crest of hair e : the upper edge of the buttstock of a shoulder firearm against which the firer's cheek rests during firing f : the curling crest of a wave g : a hook on which bacon slabs are hung for smoking 4 : a structure resembling a comb (see sense 1a above) : such as a : the pecten of a scorpion b : the pecten of a bird's eye c : one of the ciliated swimming plates of a ctenophore d : strigil 2 e : ctenidium 2 5 a : honeycomb; also : one of the somewhat similar masses of cells built by social wasps b : an aggregate of crystals resembling a honeycomb that have grown outward from the walls of a vein or cavity so that their closely set points or ends project — comblike or comb-like adjective <Mysticetes, or baleen whales, use comblike plates hanging from the roofs of their mouths to strain food from seawater. — Douglas H. Chadwick, National Geographic, November 2001> Origin of COMB Middle English, from Old English camb; akin to Old High German kamb, Old Norse kambr comb, Greek gomphos tooth, peg, Sanskrit jambha molar, fang n. 梳子；蜂巢；鸡冠 vt. 梳头发；梳毛