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ba'nana skin noun {BrE, informal) something that could cause difficulty or embarrassment, especially to sb in a public position造成麻烦(或使人当^出丑)

事物

ba.nana 'split noun a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) made from a banana that is cut in half along its length and filled with ice cream, nuts, etc.香蕉圣代,香蕉船

(将香蕉纵向剖开,加进冰激凌、果仁等做成的甜食 冷盘)

band <>T»/bsend/ noun, verb noun

                 GROUP OF MUSICIANS 乐队 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers 流行音乐乐队a rock/jazz band 摇滚 / 士乐队◊ She’s a singer with a band. 她是一个系队的歌手。一 see also BOY BANDGIRL BAND 2 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments 管乐队;鼓号乐队:a military band — see also brass band, marching

BAND, ONE-MAN BAND

                 GROUP OF PEOPLE 人群 3 [C+sing./pl. V.] a group of people who do stir together or who have the same ideas —伙 人;一帮人a band /outlaws 帮歹徒◊ ffe persuaded a smaH band o/voiimteers to heip.他服了 一小批志愿

者来帮忙。

                 STRP OF MATERIAL/COLOUR 带子;颜色带 4 [C] a thin flat strip or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to make them stronger 带;箍:She always ties her hair back in a band.她总是用一条带子把头发扎在后面◊ AH babies in the hospita have name bands on their wrists.医院里所 有新生儿手腕上都套着写有名字的手箍◊She wore a simple band of gold on her finger.

指。picture o hat — see also armband, hairband,

HATBAND, RUBBER BAND, SWEATBAND, WAISTBAND

5 [C] a strip of colour or material on sth that is different from what is around it 条纹;条饰:a white plate with a Wue band around the ec^ge 带的白盘子

                 OF RADIO WAVES 无线电波 6 (also wave.band) [C] a range of radio waves 频带;也段:Short-wave mdfo uses the 20-50 metre band.短波收音机用的波段是20-50米。

                 RANGE 7     3 range of numbers, age^, prices, etc.

within which people or things are counted or measured

(数目、年龄、价格等的)范围,段the 25-35 age band * 25-35岁的年龄段◊ tax bands税收等级

                  verb [VN] [usually passive]

                 WITH COLOUR/MATERIAL 色彩:材料 1 to put a band of a different colour or material around stli n 彩条(或 嵌条等[VN-ADj] Many fnsects are banded bZadc and yeHow.很多昆虫有黑色和黄色的条纹[also VN]

                 PUT INTO RANGE 分范围 2 (8r£) to be organized into bands of price, incomeetc.(将价格、收入等)划分档 次,分等故rax is banded according to income. M税是 按收乂划公等级的.band to'gether to form a group in order to achieve sth .合;携手:Local people banded together to fight the drug dealers. ^

力打击毒品贩子。

ban.dage i*/_baendid3/ nowr?ver/?

                  noun a strip of cloth used for tying around a part of the body that has been hurt in order to protect or support it 绷带picture page R25

                  verfc [VNsth (up) to wrap a bandage around a part of the body in order to protect it because it is injured 用绷带包扎

'Band-Aid™ noun [especially NAm£) 1 = plaster n.(3) 2 {disapproving) a temporary solution to a problem that does not really solve it at all 权宜之计 ban-danna /baen'daena/ noun a piece of brightly coloured clotii worn around the neck or head 色彩鲜_ 的围巾(或头巾)

B and B (also B & B, b and b, b & b) /,bi: en 'bi:/ abbr.

{informal, especially Br£) bed and breakfast 'band council noun {CanE) a local form of Aboriginal government in Canada, consisting of an elected chief and councillors社议会(加拿大土著的地方政府,由 一名酋长和数名社议员组成