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M o — see also sickbay 3
[C] a curved area of a room or building that sticks out from the rest of the
building ( ) 3lft^16j 4 [C] a horse
of a dark
brown colour : He was riding a big bay.
— 5 [C] a deep noise, especially the
noise made by dogs when
hunting ( X ts I0
A If © N" Eft ) 6 (also 'sweet bay) [C] = bay tree 7 [U]
a
herb used to give flavour to food, made of the
leaves of the bay tree ft H ( ) ITTfll at 'bay when an
animal that is being hunted
is at bay, it
must turn and face the dogs and hunters because
it is impossible to escape from them ( 3£gr)
hold/keep sb/sth at 'bay to prevent an enemy
from coming close or a problem from having a bad effect 7f
it ( ScA ) Sift; Kr ih;(- ) SOUwardoff:
I’m trying to keep my creditors at bay. fjj§£ fr \vl
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s verb [V] 1 (of a dog or wolf ^ <fH) to make a long deep sound, especially
while hunting ( Ataffi'ftN’ ) “fit ft fit
pH EEd howl : a pack of baying
hounds 2 ~ (for sth)
(usually used in the progressive tenses to demand sth in a
loud and angry way M P 1?
: The referee’s decision left the crowd baying for blood (=
threatening violence towards him). ®
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■
adj. (of a horse S,) dark
brown in colour ^l^-fe^ft; Jfc ^Ifelft: a bay mare
—E^Ifelft^^
'bay leaf noun the dried leaf of the bay tree that is used in cooking as a herb f] ( TOf ###14 ) bay-onet noun, verb
m noun /'beianat/ a long,
sharp knife that is fastened onto the end of a rifle and used as a weapon in battle
mi, mu
f» verb /'beianat; .beia'net/
[VN] to push a bayonet into sb in order to kill them ffiMTSM bayou /'barn:/ noun a branch of a river in
the southern US that moves very slowly and has many plants growing in it (g7k$&)
) MflbfcSE ' bay tree (also bay) noun a small tree with dark green leaves with a
sweet smell that are used in cooking ££ M; ® ( n+A ) — see also bay leaf
,bay 'window noun a large window,
usually with glass on three sides, that sticks out from the outside wall of a
house (0]®' — picture o page R23 ba zaar /ba'za:(r)/ noun 1 (in some Eastern
countries) a street or an area of a town where there are many small shops ( ^ &
fsi A B M Eft ) It ft 2
(in Britain, the US, etc.) a sale of goods, often items made by hand, to raise
money for a charity or for people who need help ( ^
mm ft) km
ba zooka /ba'zuika/ noun a long gun, shaped
like a tube, which is held on the shoulder and used to fire rockets at military vehicles (
ix.Jg.jTL ) ba zoom /ba'zuim/ noun [usually pi.] (informal, especially NAmT) a woman’s breast (
;&Alft ) lift-,
BBC /,bi:
bi: 'si:/ abbr. British
Broadcasting Corporation. The BBC is a national organization which broadcasts
television and radio programmes and which is paid for by the public and not by
advertising. ^ B ft If A ft: The news is on BBC One at 6. §rlft 6 t&#|ift|tll|ft$iAft
*m-^^fto
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5 a
the ,BBC World 'Service noun [sing.] a department
of the BBC which broadcasts programmes, including news programmes, in English
and many other languages to other countries ISSftJf&fti*J*ftit8P BBQ abbr. barbecue
BBS /,bi:
,bi: *es/ noun [C,
U] (computing if)
bulletin board system (a system which allows a group of people to leave
messages which the others in the group can read and reply to)
BC (BrE) [