海盆 5 a sheltered area of
water providing a safe harbour for
boats 港池；内港；内湾；船坞：a yacht basi+n停放游艇的内港
basis /'beisis/ noun (pi
bases
/'beisiiz/)
1
[sing ] the reason why people take a
particular action
原因；缘由：She was chosen /or the
job on the basis 〇/ hergudhykations.她因资历适合而获选担任这项工作。◊ Some videos
have been banned on the basis that they are too 有些录像带因暴力镜头过多而被査禁。
2
[sing.] the way
things are organized or arranged ® 准；准则；方第：：on a regular/permanent/part-time/
temporary
basis以定期/永夂/籴职/临时性品方式◊ cm a
daiZy/day-to-day/weeWy basis 芦每天 / 每曰/ .每•周.- 次的被准 3 [C，usually sing.，.U] the important facts, ideas or events
that support sth and that it can develop from 基础；要素；基点：The basis of a good
marriage is trust.美满婚姻的基础是信赖。◊ This arrtcie
iWH /orm the basis /or our ciisaissiVm.这篇文章将作为我们if论的
.基点。：◊ The theory seems to have no basis in/act.这-一 理论似乎没有事实根据。
bask /ba:sk; baesk/ mi? [V]〜（in sth) to enjoy
sitting or lying in the heat
or light of sth, especially the sun 晒太阳；取暖：We sat basking in the
warm sunshine.舍们坐♦拿受温暖的阳光。MJilsiVJ bask in sth
to
enjoy the good feelings that you have when other people praise or admire you,
or when they give you a lot of attention沉浸，沐浴（在赞美、关注等中）：//e had always
basked in his parents, attention, life —
在父母的呵护中。never minded basking
in my wi/e ’s reflected glory (= enjoying the praise, attention, etc. she got).妻子的荣耀惠及于我，我并不觉得有什么不好
意思。
bas*ket /'baiskit; NAmE
'baes-/ noun 1 a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are
made of thin strips of material that bends and twists easily, for example
plastic, wire or wicker•篮；萎；筐：a shop- pfng basfcet 购物篮◊ a picnic basfcet 野套篮子◊ a clothes/laundry
basket (= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed)存放待洗衣服侖洗衣筐◊ d vvfcfcer/vWre basket 柳条 /.氣丝會◊ a cat/dog basket
(=in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried
around) 》苗
/ 狗篮一picture o bag, page Ri2 — see also waste- paper basket 2 the amount contained
in a basket 一篮，一筐，一篓（的量）：a b〇5fceto/_/hzit —筐水果
3
the net and the metal ring it hangs from,
high up at each end of a basketball
court; a point that is scored by throwing the ball through this net (篮球运动的） 篮；投篮得分：to mafce/shoot a basket投球彳卷分/入篮
—picture
o page R30 4 (economics ^:) a
number of different goods or currencies —组，（不.同的物品或
货币.）：the value of the rupee against a basket of currencies卢论，对各种货币的比值ITi!71 see egg n.
bas-ket-ball
/'ba:skitbo:l;
NAmE 'baes-/ noun 1 [U] a game played by two teams of five
players, using a large ball which players try to throw into a high net hanging
from a ring 篮球运动：a basketball
game/coach/team 篮球比赛/教练/球队一口以1!比0?八0£113〇2[(；]1：116
ball
used in this game 篮球
'basket case noun (informal) 1 a country or an
organization whose economic situation is very bad 极差的国家 r或机构）..2 a person who is slightly crazy and who has problems
dealing with situations 精神吳
常的人；无适应能力的人.
basket-work /'baiskitwsik; NAmE'basskitwxrk/
noun [U] 1 material twisted together in the style of a basket 篮状编制物 2 the
craft of making baskets, etc.编篮工
艺；_制工艺
!basking shark noun a large shark that swims close to the surface of the
ocean 晒暖鲎；姥董■
bas-mati /baes'maeti; baez-/
(also bas.mati
'rice) noun [U] a type of rice
with long grains and a delicate flavour
巴斯马_蒂香米；印度香米〃
bas mitzvah /.baes 'mitsva/ noun
= bat mitzvah
Basque
/ba:sk; baesk; NAmEbassk/ noun, adj.
a noun 1 {C] a person who
was bom in the Basque country 巴斯克人，2 [U]
the language of the people living in the Basque country of