TTI crafty 2 (of things or actions ^ si fj ifa) designed or done in a
clever way J(j (ft ; Vj (ft ► a rt f u My /-fali/ adv.
'art gallery (also gal-lery) noun a building where
paintings and other works of art are shown to the public
,art 'history noun [U] the study of the
history of painting, sculpture, etc.
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'art-house adj. art-house films/movies are
usually made by small companies and are not usually seen by a wide audience (
arth ri tic /a:'0ritik; NAmE a:r'0-/ adj. suffering from or
caused by arthritis B £ft ^ & (ft :
arthritic hands/pain
arth ritis /a:'0raitis; NAmE a:r'0-/ noun [U] a disease that
causes pain and swelling in one or more joints of the body —see also osteoarthritis,
rheumatoid
ARTHRITIS
arthro pod /'a:0rapDd; NAmE 'a:r0rapa:d/ noun (biology £) an invertebrate animal such as an insect,
spider, or crab, that has its skeleton on the outside of its body and
has joints on its legs
Ar thurian /a:'0juarian; NAmE a:r'0ur-/ adj. connected with the
stories about Arthur, a king of ancient Britain, his Knights of the Round Table
and court at Camelot iE Hi I ( ± fa #] E ) Arthurian legends
arti choke /'aititjauk; NAmE 'airtitfouk/ noun [C, U] 1 (also .globe 'artichoke) a round vegetable with
a lot of thick green leaves. The bottom part of the leaves and the inside of
the artichoke can be eaten when cooked.
oj # ) — picture o page R18 2 (BrE) =
artichoke
art ide /'aitikl; NAmE 'a:rt-/ noun
1 ~ (on/about sth) a
piece of writing about a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine ( JR fij ± (ft ) 'X M, jfil: Have you seen that
article about young
fashion designers? iff jJL |ij 77 7 $£ Hf if ift UP H X M # ? — see also leading article 2 (law a separate item in an
agreement or a contract ( ,
$£^j(ft ) & Article 10 of the European Conven
tion guarantees free
speech.
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„ 3 (formal) a particular item or
separate thing, especially one of a set ( X^(ft—# )
S3U item: articles of clothing
fsfty] 0 toilet articles such
as soap and shampoo itft 0 The articles found in the
car helped the police to identify the body. £MG8h?W1r®ik
JHjK
4 (grammar i#f&) the words a and an (the indefinite
article) or the (the definite
article) Sis| ( a fa
an^^MisI, theism
art icled /'artikld; NAmE 'a:rt-/ adj. (BrE) employed by a group of
lawyers, architects or accountants while training to become
qualified it W,
an articled clerk (= sb who is training
to be a solicitor) 0 She was articled
to a firm of solicitors. M -% W !fa ¥ & 7 % J& ^
.article of 'faith noun (pi. articles of faith) something you believe
very strongly, as if it were a religious belief
articulate verb, adj.
* verb /cu'tikjuleit; NAmE
arr't-/ 1 [VN] (formal) to express or explain your
thoughts or feelings clearly in words BJ] h. iSlffl : She struggled to articulate her
thoughts, jafe $§ fj HJj fob (ft jf, 0 2 to speak, pronounce
or play sth in a clear way in Btfut ( ¥ ) ; in
MfCM. ( fy ) : [V] He was too drunk to
articulate properly.
o [VN] Every note was
carefully articulated. U 7 W $P »B # fli iA M
, fll'tfc &» [also V speech] 3 [V] ~ (with sth) (formal) to be related to sth
so that together the two parts form a whole % •• • 7 $ : [V] These courses are
designed to articulate with university degrees. ® © -ft ^ iC
& ^ 0
4 (technical ^i^) ~ (with sth) to
be joined to sth else by a joint, so that movement is possible; to join sth in
this way M 7 & &; : [V] bones that
articulate