asep tic /.ei'septik/ adj.
(medical E£E) free from harmful bacteria ft ( ) llfr5 1323 septic
asexual /.ei'sekjual/ adj.
1 (technical Ain) not involving sex; not having sexual organs ft 14 (ft ; ft 14 #1§f :
asexual reproduction ft 14 41 2 not having sexual
qualities; not interested in sex 14 ; 14f$i^1Hf:
the tendency to see old
people as asexual
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ASH
/aej/
abbr. Action on Smoking and Health (an organization in the
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ash
/aej/
noun 1 [U] the grey or black powder that is left after sth,
especially tobacco, wood
or coal, has burnt M; MM: cigarette ash MM 0
black volcanic ash & A lJj M
2 ashes [pi.] what is left after sth has been
destroyed by burning M ^ M : The town was
reduced to ashes in the
fighting. A
MM,* 0 the glowing ashes of the campfire 'If A#TF&7Fj IF A IF o (figurative) The party had risen,
like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster. —HF
+ 3 ashes [pi.] the powder
that is left after a dead
person’s body has been cremated (= burned) #$c: She wanted her ashes
to be scattered at sea. M # M i B $J # M # ft A 7$ „ 4 [C, U]
(also 'ash
tree) a
forest tree with grey bark $!; ft itM — see also mountain ash 5 [U] the hard pale
wood of the ash tree ^^6 (technical Ain) the letter as, used in
Old English, and as a phonetic symbol
to represent the vowel sound in cat * as ( 4f ^ i# (ft — 7 7. #,
A Hr cat —) IT»T71 see sackcloth
ashamed O-w /a'jeimd/ adj.
[not before noun]
1 ~ (of sth/sb/yourself) | ~ (that ...
) I ~ (to be sth)
feeling shame or
embarrassment about sb/sth or because of sth you have done ; 3|i&: She
was deeply ashamed of her
behaviour at the party. MFt i B £ b A ± Fr A If lii M 'It o 0 His daughter looked
such a mess that he was ashamed of her. ItkA&JLtftjSiH O You should be ashamed
of yourself for telling such lies, jfc £t & ^ if W. H f>J IS 51 „ 0 / feel almost ashamed
that I’ve been so lucky.
IS, ficA^isTo 0 The football riots
made me ashamed to be English. AtFIft
|§0 o Mental illness is
nothing to be ashamed of. fjf 1$AFTlIi&o 2 ~ to do sth unwilling to
do sth because of shame or embarrassment [SUSt'IUM
A'IW JS; 0 j® jdfc M M 3$; JlA: I’m ashamed to say
that I lied to her. 3®SiftfeftMllfc7iio.
0 I
cried at the end
and I’m not ashamed to
admit it. T
WHICH WORD?
ashamed♦embarrassed
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You feel ashamed when you feel guilty
because of something wrong that you have deliberately done.
0
iJHISIJSfi ashamed: You should be ashamed of
treating your daughter like that.
g Do
not use
ashamed when you are talking about
something that is not very serious or important.
ashamed: / am sorry that
1
forgot to buy the milk. f&&714Do o
I am ashamed that I forgot to buy the milk.
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You feel embarrassed when you have made a
mistake or done something stupid or feel awkward in front of other people. 3E7FT&WUSE'flfe
embarrassed: / was embarrassed about
forgetting his name.
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