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climbing mountains or by soldiers 临时露营，军事野营

(无帐篷）

■ verb (-ck-) [V] to spend the night in a bivouac 临时露

营；野营

■                  (p/_ biv.vies) a tent or temporary shelter 味篷；临 时遮蔽处

■                  verb (biv-vies, bivvy-ing, biv-vled) [V] to sleep in a tent or temporary shelter睡帐篷；睡在临^•遮蔽处

’bi-wiring noim [U]  术语）the use of two wires

instead of one between an amplifier and a speaker to improve the sound quality双线分音（用两条线连接扩音 器和扬声器以提高音质）

the biz /biz/ noun [sing.) (informal) a particular type of business, especially one connected with entertainment 生意；（尤备)娱乐业：peopZe in the music biz音乐圈 的人 IHTai be the 'biz (/n/owjfl/) to be very good 非常棒 bi.zarre /bi'za:(r)/ very strange or unusual 极:其怪 诞的；异乎寻常的 pnmi WEIRD： a bizarre situation/ incident/story ■古怪的局势 / 事件 / 故事◊_ bizarre behaviour 古怪的行 ► bi-zarre.ly flrfv. :          bizarrely

dressed穿着奇装异服

blab /blaeb/ verb (-bb-) ~ (to sb) (about sth) {informal) to tell sb information that should be kept secret (南某 人）透露秘密，告密：[V】Someone must have WaW>ed to t/iePo〖ice.—定有人向警方告密了。[alsoVN】 biab.ber /‘Waeb3(r)/ ve呔[V]〜（on) (about sth) to talk in a way that other people think is silly and annoying 说蠢话；胡扯；瞎说：What w〇5 she biabbering on about this rime?—这会儿又在瞎扯些什么？ blab-ber-mouth /'blaebamaue； NAmE -berm-/ noun (informal, disapproving) a person who tells secrets because they talk too much爹嘴多舌的人；碎嘴子 black /blaek/ adj., noun, verb m adj. (black-er, b!ack-est)

►                  COLOUR 颜色 1 having the very dark€*T colour, like night or coal黑的；黑色的：a shiny Wacfc car发堯的黑 汽车◊ Wacfc storm ciouds带来暴风雨的乌云

►                  WITH NO L丨GHT 无光线 2 without light; completely dark 黑暗的；漆黑的：a Wacfc night漆黑的夜晚

►                  PEOPLE 人 3 (also Black) belonging to a race of people who have dark skin; connected with black people 黑色 人种的；黑人的：（3 Wacfcj^丨an writer —位黑入女在家

◊                  biacfc cuZture 黑人文化 l!NHJ Black is the word most widely used and generally accepted in Britain. In the US the currently accepted term is African American. * black在英国广为使用和接受。在美国目前为人所接受的 词是 African American。

►                  TEA/COFFEE 茶；咖啡 4 without milk 不加牛奶的： Two biacfc cojQfees, ptease.请来两杯不加牛妞b。 一 compare white adj. {4)

►                  DIRTY ^[脏 5 very dirty; covered with dirt 很脏的；布满 污垢的：chimntys Wacfc with smofce满布也尘的烟® ◊ Go and wash your hands: they’re absduteiy Wacfc/ 洗洗

手去，你的手脏极了！

►                  ANGRY 愤怒 6 full of anger or hatred 愤怒的；仇恨的： S/ie’s been in a reaKy Wacfc mood aZZ day.她一M天都心 情很环。◊ Rory ■shot her a Wacfc Zoofc.罗里愤怒地瞪j■她

一眼。

►                  DEPRESSING 今人沮丧 7 without hope; very depressing

无希望的；令人沮秦的：The_Aiture丨oofcs pretty Wacfc. 前;i:看#很暗淡。.◊         been ar參her WacK day/or t/ie

north-east with the announcement of further job losses. 东北部又经历了一个黑色的日子，当地公布的失业人数再 度上升。

►                  EVIL 邪恶 8 (//fera/y) evil or immoral 邪恶的；不道德的： Wacfc deeds/Hes邪恶行为；昧良心的谎言

►                  HUMOUR 幽默 9 dealing with unpleasant or terrible things, such as murder, in a humorous way 黑色的（以 幽默的方式对待讨厌的或可怕的事物，如凶杀> :‘Good place to bury the bodies/ she joked with black humour.

“真是个掩埋尸体的风水宝地。”她以黑色幽默打趣道。

◊                  77ie pZay is a Wacfc comedy.那是个黑色喜剧。

► biack-ness noun [U, sing.] ： She peered out into the blackness 〇/ the night.她逢视着外面黑沉沉的夜色。 IT»T^1 (beat sb) black and 'blue (to hit sb until they are) covered with bruises {= blue, brown or purple marks