$£ 5 a sheltered area of water providing a safe
harbour for boats strife; |A]j§;
[A]rf; a yacht
basin
basis /'beisis/ noun {pi.
bases
/’beisiiz/)
1
[sing ] the reason why people take a
particular action
®
®: She was chosen for the job on the basis of her qualifications. O
Some videos have been banned on the basis that they
are too violent. f
2
[sing.] the way
things are organized or arranged H
Jji; fjli£: on a
regular/permanent/part-time/
temporary basis / y%jK / ikUR / 0 on
a daily/day-to-day,/weekly
basis A / ^ 0 / -
3
[C, usually sing., U] the important facts,
ideas or events that support sth and that it can develop from 3S5lti; H %
; M A : The basis of a
good marriage is
trust. 0 This article will form
the basis for our
discussion.
HAo
o The theory seems to have no basis in fact,
j/ -
bask /ba:sk; NAmE baesk/ verb [V]
~ (in sth) to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of sth,
especially the sun BB A ffl ; IX Bf : We
sat basking in the warm
sunshine, 'S'S.BSWPHAto irJIHlW '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 UW:, #?§ ( )
: He
had always basked in his
parents’ attention, ffe—
$j
RPJ ° 0 I never minded basking in my wife’s reflected glory (= enjoying
the praise, attention, etc. she got). t-fc*#
MMo
bas ket /'baiskit; NAmE ‘baes-/ noun
1 a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of thin strips
of material that bends and twists easily, for example plastic, wire or wicker. M; H; ti: a shopping basket
jjfcj M 0 a picnic basket g? M A 0 a clothes/laundry basket
(= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed) # Wt A M A
tt o a wicker/wire basket 0 a cat/dog
basket
(=
in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried around) M l MM. — picture o bag, page Ri2 — see also waste- paper basket 2 the amount
contained in a basket —M, 'M, ( Wi ) : a basket of fruit -WL7
3
the net and the metal ring it hangs from,
high up at
each end of a
M;
©MlfA: to make/shoot a basket /
AM
—
picture o page R30 4 (economics g») a number of
different goods or currencies — ( A IpI ift #1
m
1% Ff5 ) : the value of the rupee against a basket of
currencies A ITiTOl see egg n.
bas
ket ball /'ba:skitbo:l; NAmE
'baes-/ noun 1 [u] a game played by two
teams of five players, using a large ball which players try to throw into a
high net hanging from a ring Mi^iestl: a basketball game/coach/team I — picture o page R30 2 [C] the ball used in
this game MJ$
'basket case noun (informal) 1 a country or an organization whose
economic situation is very bad
)
2 a person who is slightly crazy and who has problems dealing with situations
ft # %
tWA; Ic&foMtlMA
basket-work/'ba:skitw3:k; NAmE
'baeskitw3:rk/ noun [U] 1 material twisted together in the style of a
basket 2 the craft of making baskets, etc. ill
2; mmx-z
basking shark noun a large shark that swims close to the surface
of the ocean BBBfM; MM
bas-mati /baes'maBti; baez-/ (also bas.mati 'rice) noun [U] a type of rice
with long grains and a delicate flavour
bas mitzvah /.baes
'mitsva/ noun = bat mitzvah
Basque /barsk; baesk; NAmEbseskl
noun, adj.
is noun 1 [C] a person who
was bom in the Basque country E$r3£A 2 [u] the language of the
people living in the Basque country of