ottom feeder noun 1 {NAmE, informal) a person who earns money by taking advantage of bad things that happen
to other people or by using things that other people throw away乘人之危邊利的人；利用他人丢弃物
为生的人；捡荒者 2 a fish that feeds at the bottom of a
river, lake or the sea 底栖鱼
bot-tom-less /'bDtamlas; NAmE 'bait-/ adj. {format) very deep; seeming to have no bottom or limit 福深的；深禾
可测的；深不见底的 r»T7!l a bottomless pit (of sth) a
thing or situation
which seems to have no limits or seems never to end无限度事物；无休止的状况；无
底洞：rhere isn’t a bottomless pit 〇/ money /or puWic spending..公共开支并非用之不尽。◊ the bottomtos pit 〇/ his sorrow拖无尽悲哀
.bottom 'line noun [sing.] 1 the bottom line the most important thing that you have to
consider or accept; the essential point in a discussion, etc.要旨；基本论
点；底线：The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today.底线是，我们今天必须作出决定。2 (fcws/‘- ness 0) the amount of money that is a profit or
a loss after everything has been caiculated 最终贏利（.或亏 损）；损益表底线：rhe bottom Wne }br如供was
a pre-taxpro/it o/£85 miHion. * 2004 年最终获得税前利润
8 500 万英镑。3 the lowest price that sb will accept 可接受的最彳氏价格；底价：rwo thousand—and that’s
my bottom iine/两千块 不能再低尤！
,bottom-1 up (of a plan, project, etc.计划、项目等）
starting
with details and then later moving on to more general principles自下而上的；从点到面的：a bottom- up approach
to tacWing t/ie problem 处理'这个问题的 i自 T 而 i 的方法 _ compare top-down(I) botu-lin /'bDtjulm; NAmE 'baitie-/
noun [U] the
poisonous substance in the bacteria that cause botulism 肉毒杆 菌毒素
botu-lism /'botjulizam; NAmE 'baitja-/ noun [U] a serious illness caused bacteria in
badly preserved food 肉毒 中毒（由加工食品中的杆菌引起） bou-de /'buiklei/ noun [U] wool which has small twists in it which look like knots; cloth made
from this wool 结子绒线；结子绒织物
bou-doir /'bu:dwa:(r)/ noun {old-fashioned) a woman's small private room or bedroom 闺房；女子卧室
bouffant /'bu:f5; NAmE bu:'faint/ adj. (of a person^ hair 头发)in a style tJiat raises it up and back from the head in a high round
shape (往后命）蓬松式的 bou gain-viMea (also bou gain vil laea) /.buigan'vilie/ noun a tropical
climbing plant with red, purple, white or pink flowers叶子花，九重葛（热带攀缘植物，开红、
紫、白或粉色花）
bough /bau/ noun (formal or literary) a large branch of a tree夫树裣 bought pt, pp of BUY
bouil-la-baisse /'buijabeis/ noun [U] (from French)过 spicy fish soup from the south of
汤；法式鱼羹
bouil-lon /'burjDn; -jD； NAmE -ja:n/ noun [U, C] a liquid made by boiling meat or vegetables
in water, used for making clear soups or sauces (用作清汤或调味的）肉
汤，菜汤
boul*der /'bauld0(r); NAmE 'boul-/ noun a very large rock which has been shaped by
water or the weather (受水或$气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾 boul.der.ing /'bauldarirj; NAmE 'boul-/ noun [u] the sport or activity of climbing on large rocks 攀岩（运
)
boule (also boules) /bu:l/ noun [U] a French game in which players take
turns to roll metal balls as near as possible to a small ball法式滚球戏（游戏者依次将金属
球滚至靠近靶球）
boule-vard /'builavaid; NAmE 'bu\9va:rdl noun 1 (firf) a wide city street, often with trees on either side i 市区 的）林淪大道 2 B丨vd.) (AMmf) a wide main road (often used in the name of streets) i 常用作街道名称'') 要道，大街：SimsetBouievard曰逢大ii bounce /bauns/ verb, noun m verb
► MOVE OFF SURFACE 离幵表面 1 if sth bounces or you