0
She wanted to write a successful novel, but it was not to
be (= it turned out never to
happen), mg mm—m®&**gjgo
9 if sb/it were to do sth ... | were sb/it to do sth ...
(formal) used to express a condition '( ) : If
we were to offer you
more money, would you stay?
He Cl i$W1X\ h, fa M M §? T ®r
? 0 Were we to offer you more money, would you stay? , fa(S.
be- /bi-/ prefix 1 (in
verbs JE& gfr t^J) to make or treat sb/sth as $> ••• ; IE Ej fT : Don’t belittle his
achievements (= say they are not
important).
0 An older girl
befriended me.
% o 2 (in adjectives ending
in -ed |£jA \cX
-ed ZnMtfJf&WT*}) wearing or covered with If H; fi If; MM:
heavily bejewelled fingers He'$[ 1%.Ib o bespattered with mud ifS
'/it fr 'M 3 (in verbs and adjectives ending in -ed Hgj&W -ed
to cause sth to be figj&A: The
ship was becalmed.
kfrjA-, W ]|& if <, 0 The rebels besieged the fort.
.7^1„
4 used to turn intransitive verbs
(= without an object) into transitive verbs
(= with an object) ( T5l ) : she is
always bemoaning her lot. beach Oi* /bi:tX/ noun, verb
at noun an
area of sand, or small stones (called shingle),
beside the sea or a
Wff- 0 a sandy/pebble/shingle beach M f> / WM / MM
o a beach bar o note at coast
a verb to come or bring sth
out of the water and onto the beach ( $* ) ± ;
IE • ■ ■
boat and lifted the boy
onto the shore. ftklEd^lfeJb^, IE HI l& £!] ± <> o a
beached whale (= one that has become stuck on land and cannot get back into
the water) [also V]
'beach bah noun a large, light,
coloured plastic ball that people play games with on the beach beach buggy (also dune buggy) noun a small car used for
driving on sand '&Wfr beach comb-er /'bi:tXk9uma(r); NAmE -koum-/ noun a
person who walks along beaches collecting interesting or valuable things,
either for pleasure or to sell $|$tln
MM ( ar#1?:WA )
beach-head /'biitfhed/ noun a strong position
on a beach from which an army that has just landed prepares to go forward and
attack ( ) WjkM,
AlHitfe
— see also bridgehead .beach 'volleyball noun [u] a form of volleyball played on sand by teams of
two players beach-wear /’bi:tjwe0(r);
NAmE -wer/ noun [U] (used especially in
shops/stores X flj 7
itl /£) clothes for wearing on the beach
bea con /'biikan/ noun 1 a light that is
placed somewhere to guide vehicles and warn them of danger ( Hr . ) ITItf, ITfg; fatB: a. navigation beacon M
fo; IT 0 (figurative) He
was a beacon of hope for the younger generation, life I! fr % — ft GiJ # H £ IT 0 — see also Belisha beacon 2 a radio station whose
signal helps ships and aircraft to find their position ( j Xfk a
3 (in the past) a fire lit on top of a hill as a signal ( .# 0 ) HA
.Beacon 'Hill noun an old, fashionable
area of
'beacon school noun (BrT) a school that is
officially recognized as being of a very high standard and a good example for
other schools to follow $£, IT H 7
$ ( .
bead /bi:d/ noun 1 [C] a small piece of glass, wood, etc.
with a hole through it, that can be put on a string with others of the same
type and worn as jewellery, etc.
( W?L($ ) H TF: a necklace of wooden beads —jfcX
H
IK H 0 A bead curtain separated the two rooms.
— H 7 IE W fr l% |sl ft
TF o — see also worry beads —
picture o jewellery 2 beads [pi.] a rosary ( 3&