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16. zip        
  1      zip   zips
     A zip or zip fastener is a device used to open and close parts of clothes and bags. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth which separate or fasten together as you pull a small tag along them. (mainly BRIT; in AM usually use zipper)
        He pulled the zip of his leather jacket down slightly.
     N-COUNT
     
  2      zip   zips   zipping   zipped
     When you zip something, you fasten it using a zip.
        She zipped her jeans.
        I slowly zipped and locked the heavy black nylon bags.
     VB
     
  3      zip   zips   zipping   zipped
     If you say that something or someone zips somewhere, you mean that they move there very quickly. (INFORMAL)
        My craft zipped across the bay.
        Max zips back and forth across the living room.
     VB
     
  4      zip
     If you say that someone or something has zip, you mean that they show a lot of energy and enthusiasm. (INFORMAL)
        Share options will play a bigger role in future, putting zip into the performance of middle managers.
        Tommy Tune gives the choreography his usual class and zip.
     N-UNCOUNT
     = verve
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17. code        
  1      code   codes
     A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
        ...Article 159 of the Turkish penal code.
        ...local building codes.
     N-COUNT: oft n N, N of n
     
  2      code   codes
     A code is a system of replacing the words in a message with other words or symbols, so that nobody can understand it unless they know the system.
        They used elaborate secret codes, as when the names of trees stood for letters.
        If you can't remember your number, write it in code in a diary.
     N-COUNT: also in N
     
  3      code   codes
     A code is a group of numbers or letters which is used to identify something, such as a postal address or part of a telephone system.
        Callers dialing the wrong area code will not get through.
     N-COUNT
     
  4      code   codes
     A code is any system of signs or symbols that has a meaning.
        It will need other chips to reconvert the digital code back into normal TV signals.
     N-COUNT
     
  5      code   codes
     The genetic code of a person, animal or plant is the information contained in DNA which determines the structure and function of cells, and the inherited characteristics of all living things.
        Scientists provided the key to understanding the genetic code that determines every bodily feature.
     N-COUNT: with supp
     
  6      code   codes   coding   coded
     To code something means to give it a code or to mark it with its code.
        He devised a way of coding every statement uniquely.
        The machines were coded so we could tell them apart.
     VB
     
  7      code
     Computer code is a system or language for expressing information and instructions in a form which can be understood by a computer. (COMPUTING)
     N-UNCOUNT
     
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brother        
  1      brother   brothers
     Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you.
        Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother.
        Have you got any brothers and sisters?
     N-COUNT: oft poss N
     
        See also half-brother, stepbrother.
  2      brother   brothers
     You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you.
        He told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers.
        ...the Cardinal and his brother bishops.
     N-COUNT: usu poss N The old-fashioned form brethren is still sometimes used as the plural
     
  3      brother
     Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery.
        ...Brother Otto.
        ...the Christian Brothers community which owns the castle.
     N-TITLE; N-COUNT; N-VOC The old-fashioned form brethren is still sometimes used as the plural
     
  4      brother
     Brothers is used in the names of some companies and shops.
       
        ...the film company Warner Brothers...
        I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.
     N-IN-NAMES
     
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lawyer        
       lawyer   lawyers
     A lawyer is a person who is qualified to advise people about the law and represent them in court.
        Prosecution and defense lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week.
     N-COUNT
     
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19. quarter        
  1      quarter
     A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
        A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
        I've got to go and collect my son in about a quarter of an hour.
        Prices have fallen by a quarter since January.
        Cut the peppers into quarters.
     FRACTION
     
  +      quarter
     Also a predeterminer.
        The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
     PREDET
     
  +      quarter
     Also an adjective.
        ...the past quarter century...
        He closed his door and started the quarter-mile walk down the hill.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  2      quarter   quarters
     A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
        The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
     N-COUNT: usu sing
     
  3      quarter
     When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.
        It was a quarter to six.
        See you about quarter to nine.
        I got a call at quarter of seven one night.
        Nobody else turned up till a quarter past ten.
        The time was recorded at a quarter after five.
     N-UNCOUNT: also a N
     
  4      quarter   quarters   quartering   quartered
     If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.
        Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
     VB
     
  5      quarter   quarters   quartering   quartered
     If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
        The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
     VB: usu passive
     
  6      quarter   quarters
     A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
        I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
     N-COUNT
     
  7      quarter   quarters
     A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
        We wandered through the Chinese quarter.
     N-COUNT: supp N
     
  8      quarter   quarters
     To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter.
        Help came from an unexpected quarter.
        There are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own.
     N-COUNT: usu supp N
     
  9      quarter   quarters
     The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters.
        Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
     N-PLURAL: poss N
     
  10      quarter   quarters   quartering   quartered
     If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home.
        Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
     VB: usu passive
     
  11      quarter
     If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
        You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.
     PHR: PHR after v, v-link PHR
     
  12      quarter
     If you say that someone was given no quarter, you mean that they were not treated kindly by someone who had power or control over them.
        This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.
     PHR: PHR with v
     
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20.lawyer        
       lawyer   lawyers
     A lawyer is a person who is qualified to advise people about the law and represent them in court.
        Prosecution and defense lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week.
     N-COUNT
     
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21.state        
  1      state   states
     You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics.
        Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
        ...students who have participated in exchanges with other member states of the European Community.
     N-COUNT
     
  2      state   states
     Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states.
        Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.
     N-COUNT
     
  3      state
     The USA is sometimes referred to as the States. (INFORMAL)
     N-PROPER: the N
     
  4      state
     You can refer to the government of a country as the state.
        The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure.
        Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
     N-SING: the N
     
  5      state
     State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
        ...reform of the state social-security system.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
        See state school.
  6      state
     A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
        The president of Czechoslovakia is in Washington on a state visit.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  7      state   states
     When you talk about the state of someone or something, you are referring to the condition they are in or what they are like at a particular time.
        For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression.
        When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state.
        Look at the state of my car!
     N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp
     
  8      state   states   stating   stated
     If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
        Clearly state your address and telephone number.
        The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife.
        `Our relationship is totally platonic,' she stated.
        Buyers who do not apply within the stated period can lose their deposits.
     VB
     = declare
  9      state
     If you say that someone is not in a fit state to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it.
        When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive.
     PHR: V inflects, PHR to-inf
     
  10      state
     If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something.
        I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness.
        People will work themselves up into a state about anything.
     PHR: v-link PHR
     
  11      state
     If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
     PHR: V inflects
     
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第八课单词英语字典
1.behind 1 preposition and adverb uses        
        In addition to the uses shown below, behind is also used in a few phrasal verbs, such as `fall behind' and `lie behind'.
  1      behind
     If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
        I put one of the cushions behind his head.
        They were parked behind the truck.
        The moon disappeared behind a cloud.
     PREP
     * in front of
  +      behind
     Also an adverb.
        Rising into the hills behind are 800 acres of parkland.
        She was attacked from behind.
     ADV: usu n ADV, from ADV
     
  2      behind
     If you are walking or travelling behind someone or something, you are following them.
        Keith wandered along behind him.
        Myra and Sam and the children were driving behind them.
     PREP
     * in front of
  +      behind
     Also an adverb.
        The troopers followed behind, every muscle tensed for the sudden gunfire.
     ADV: ADV after v
     
  3      behind
     If someone is behind a desk, counter, or bar, they are on the other side of it from where you are.
        The colonel was sitting behind a cheap wooden desk.
        He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
     PREP
     * in front of
  4      behind
     When you shut a door or gate behind you, you shut it after you have gone through it.
        I walked out and closed the door behind me.
        He slammed the gate shut behind him.
     PREP: PREP pron
     
  5      behind
     The people, reason, or events behind a situation are the causes of it or are responsible for it.
        It is still not clear who was behind the killing.
        He is embarrassed about the motives behind his decision.
     PREP
     
  6      behind
     If something or someone is behind you, they support you and help you.
        He had the state's judicial power behind him.
     PREP: PREP pron
     
  7      behind
     If you refer to what is behind someone's outside appearance, you are referring to a characteristic which you cannot immediately see or is not obvious, but which you think is there.
        What lay behind his anger was really the hurt he felt at Grace's refusal.
        Behind the smiling eyes lurks the evil that led her to murder the two babies in her care.
     PREP
     
  8      behind
     If you are behind someone, you are less successful than them, or have done less or advanced less.
        She finished second behind the American, Ann Cody, in the 800 metres.
        Food production has already fallen behind the population growth.
     PREP
     * ahead of
  +      behind
     Also an adverb.
        The rapid development of technology means that she is now far behind, and will need retraining.
        The accounts are more than three months behind.
     ADV-GRADED: be ADV, ADV after v
     
  9      behind
     If an experience is behind you, it happened in your past and will not happen again, or no longer affects you.
        Maureen put the nightmare behind her.
        He will attempt to put behind him the misery of failing to win a medal in his individual event.
     PREP: PREP pron
     
  10      behind
     If you have a particular achievement behind you, you have managed to reach this achievement, and other people consider it to be important or valuable.
        He has 20 years of loyal service to Barclays Bank behind him.
        Birgit was a popular actress with half a decade of filmmaking behind her.
     PREP: have/with n PREP pron
     
  11      behind
     If something is behind schedule, it is not as far advanced as people had planned. If someone is behind schedule, they are not progressing as quickly at something as they had planned.
        The work is 22 weeks behind schedule.
        We were two months behind schedule, and already over budget.
     PREP: oft n PREP n
     * ahead of
  12      behind
     If you stay behind, you remain in a place after other people have gone.
        As women were not permitted in the war zone, Eleanor would have to stay behind.
        About 1,200 personnel will remain behind to take care of the air base.
     ADV: ADV after v
     
  13      behind
     If you leave something or someone behind, you do not take them with you when you go.
        The rebels fled into the mountains, leaving behind their weapons and supplies.
        He came to Saudi Arabia, leaving behind his wife and their three children.
     ADV: ADV after v
     
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building        
       building   buildings
     A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
        They were on the upper floor of the building.
        Crowds gathered around the Parliament building.
     N-COUNT
     
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3.hotel        
       hotel   hotels
     A hotel is a building where people stay, for example on holiday, paying for their rooms and meals.
     N-COUNT
     
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4.movie        
  1      movie   movies
     A movie is a film. (AM; ALSO BRIT, INFORMAL)
        In the first movie Tony Curtis ever made he played a grocery clerk.
        ...a horror movie.
     N-COUNT
     = film
  2      movie   movies
     You can talk about the movies when you are talking about seeing a movie in a movie theater. (mainly AM; in BRIT usually use the cinema)
        He took her to the movies.
     N-PLURAL: the N
     
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