| 231

aHowfng him back into the Zioiise.她恬不知耻地承认了让 他回到屋里的事brazeivness now/? [U]

                  verb  , brazen it out to behave as if you are not ashamed or embarrassed about sth even though you should be 厚着脸皮Now that eve/yone knew the truth, the oniy thing to do was to'brazen it out.既然大家都知 道真f 了,只好硬着头皮撑过去。

bra-zier /'breizia(r)/ noun a large metal container that holds a fire and is used to keep people warm when they are outside (金属.火盆' bra-zil /bra'zil/ (also bra'zil nut) noun the curved nut of a large S American tree. It has a hard shell with three sides.巴西坚果picture o nut Bra-zil-ian /bra'zilian/ adj., noun

                 from or connected with Brazil 巴西的

                 noun a person from Brazil 巴西人

Brazilian 'wax noun a style of removing a woman's pubic hair using wax, in which almost all the hair is removed with only a very small central strip remaining 巴西蜜蜡脱毛(一种女子阴部脱毛方式) breach /briitX/ noun, verb

                 noi/n 1 [C, U]of sth a failure to do sth that must be done by law (对法规等的违背,违犯a breach / contract/copyrig/it/wammfy 违犯合同;侵犯版权; 反保证◊ 7?iey are in breach o/Arride 2J9•彳也们逢犯了第 11.9 ◊ (8/f) (a) breach /the jpeace (= the crime of behaving in a noisy or violent way in public)扰乱治安 2 [CU]of sth an action that breaks an agreement to behave in a particular way 破坏;辜负:a breach of con/itience/trust 泄密;背 a breach / security (=when sth that is normally protected is no longer secure)破环安全 3 [C] a break in a relationship between people or countries (关系的)中断,终止:a breach in franco-German reZatioas 法德关系的破裂 4 [Can opening that is created during a military attack or by strong winds or seas 突破口;缺口;窟窿:They escaped through a breach in the wire fence.

网上的一个缺口逃走了。IT»mi see step v.

                 verb [VN] 1 to not keep to an agreement or not keep a promise 违反;违背 HT?1 breakThe government is accuseci /breaching the terms /the treaty.政府被控违 反条约中的规定。21011131^3111€113'^311£61«^61(. so that sb/sth can go through it 上打开缺口: rhe dam had been breached.大坝决口了。

bread (Hr /bred/ noun [U]

1 a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked 命包a loaf/slice/ piece /bread / 一片/ 一块面包ivhit€/i)rown/ wholemeal bread / / 全麦命包see also crisp- bread French bread, gingerbread 2 (oW-/fls/?/’on 沒/, s/fl/?g) money ITOI take the bread out of sb’s ‘mouth to take away sb’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough money to live 剥夺棄人的.生计;砸 某人的饭碗more at daily adj., half del, know v.,

SLICED BREAD

.bread and 'butter noun [u] 1 slices of bread that have been spread with butter 黄油面包片:a piece of bread cmd butter —块黄油面包 2 (/’n/o/7rjfl/) a person or company*s main source of income (某人或公司的)主

要收入来源

,bread-and-'butter adj. [only before noun] basic; very important 基本的;很重要的Employment and taxation are the bread-and-butter issues o/poZirics.就业和征税是

很重要的政治问题。

.bread-and-butter pudding noun [u, c] a dessert (=sweet dish) consisting of layers of bread with butter on, cooked with dried fruit in a mixture of eggs and milk面包黄油布丁,面包奶油布丁黄油面包层加干果在 鸡蛋牛奶中烘焙而成

bread-bas-ket /'bredbaiskit; NAmE -baes-/ noun [sing.] {especially NAm£) the part of a country or region that produces large amounts of food, especially grain, for the rest of the country or region 粮仓(指一国或地区的 粮食生产基地,尤指谷物生产基地

'bread bin (fir£) {NAmE bread-box /'bredbDks; NAmE -barks/) noun a wooden, metal or plastic container for