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bath
seems that it may disappear
堡全；捍卫者：a bastion of maie privilege 大男子主义的堡垄◊ a bastion
o//ireedom
■捍卫.自由 W 堡全 2 a place that military
forces are defending (军事）堡全；防御工事
bat /baet/ noun, verb
m
noun 1 a piece of
wood with a handle, made in various shapes and sizes, and used for hitting the
ball in games such as BASEBALL，CRICKET and TABLE TENNIS 球棒；球 拍；球板：£1&〇56&<11]/«*(<知^[)0^棒球球棒；砬$球® —compare
racket(3) —picture o page R30 2 an animal
like a mouse with wings, that flies and feeds at night (= it is nocturnal). There are many types of
bat.蝙蝠一see also fruit bat, old bat, vampire bat —picture o page R28 ITSTJ1 tike a bat out
of hell (/V»/ow7fl/) very fast 疾速地；迅速地 off
yoyr own 'bat
(BrE,
informal)
if you do sth off your own bat, it is your own idea and you do it
without help or encouragement from anyone else 自觉地；主动地一more at blind adj.,
right adv.
m verb (-tt-) to hit a ball with a
bat, especially in a game Of CRICKET Or BASEBALL用球板击球，用球‘击球（尤指 板球或棒球运动）：[V] He bats very 擅苌击球。
◊
Who’s batting 月rst /or the Orioies?i 谁代表金鸾队
第一个出场击邊？〖also VN] nTTOl bat your eyes/
'eyelashes to open and close your eyes quickly, in a way that is
supposed to be attractive 眉目传情；挤 眉弄眼 bat
a ’thousand to be very
successful 非常成功；大获全胜 go
to ’bat for sb (AMmf， to give sb help and
support 帮助（或支，持）某
人 not bat an 'eyelid (阶£) not.bat an ’eye)
[informal) to show no surprise
or embarrassment when sth unusual happens不涵声色；面不改色；眼睛都不
眨一_下：She dfdn’t bat an
eyeKd when J toW her my news.我把我最近的事告诉她时,她一点也不为所动。 filiTiW ,bat
sth-^a'round {informal) to discuss whether an
idea or a plan is good or not, before deciding what to do详细讨论（想法、计划等）的可行性：cm idea we’ve
beerrbatting around•这只不过是我们一直在讨
论的一种想法。
batch /baetj/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 a number of people or
things that are dealt with as a group -一批：Each summer a new batch of students tries toworfc.每年夏天都有一批新的学生瘧
找工作。◊ We. de〖iver
the goods in batches.我们奋批交
i寸货2 an amount of food,
medicine, etc. produced at one time (食物、药物等）一批生产的量：a batch 0/ coofcies —批曲％饼 3 (cowpwf/ng 计）a set of jobs, that
are processed together on a computer M ： to process a batch job处理一批作业〇a batch月ie/program批处理 文件/程序
a verb to put things into
groups in order to deal with them 分批处理：[VN] 77ie service wiH
be i/nproved by batching and sorting enquiries.分批、分类处理查询将会
提高服务质量。[also
V]
batch-mate /'baetj'meit/ noun {
周年级同学（或同窗)t
;同批同学（或同窗），
.batch ’processing /low/? [U] (com/7i/f//7g 计）a way of running a
group of programs at the same time, usually automatically (•自动)、批处理
bated /'beitid/ adj. IBT71 with bated breath (formal) feeling very anxious
or excited 焦.虑；■兴奋：We waftej with bated breath for the
winner to be announced.
屏住呼吸等待宣布冠军是谁。
bath CHw /ba:0; NAmEbsed/
noun, verb mnoun
{pi. baths /ba:5z; NAmE baedz/)
1 [C] (6r£) (also bath-tub, informal tub NAmE, Brt) a large, long
container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body 浴缸；..浴盆一see also bird bath 2 [C] (6r£) the water in a bath/BATHTUB, ready to use 洗澡 士： a Zong soafc in a hot
bath '—次长时间命热
水浴◊ run
a bath /or me (= fill the bath with
water).请给我把浴缸放满水。3 [C]
an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water 洗澡；洗
浴：了 think have a bath and
go to bed.我想洗个澡， 然后睡觉。◊
(es/?ed<3//y to tafce a bath 洗澡一see
also bubble bath 4 baths [pi.] {old-fashioned, Br^) a