'build-up noun 1 [sing., U] an increase in the amount of sth over a period of time 逐步的增长：a steady bufid-up o/trajpc in the evem'ng^ 晚间逐渐繁忙的交通 2 [C, usually sing.] ~ (to sth) the time before an important event, when people are preparing for it (重要事情的）准备 期，准备程：t/ie bufW-up to the Present’s visft 总统 访问前的，准备工作 3 [C，usually sing.] a very positive and enthusiastic description of sth that is going to happen, that is intended to make people excited about it 宣扬； 鼓吹：The media has given the show a huge build-up. # 媒>为遂次演出大加造势。

built /bilt/ combining form (after adverbs and in com- pound adjectives用于副词后，或构成复合形容词)made in the particular way that is mentioned …逢成的；…造 的：a nevWy budt station 新建的车站◊ American-buiJt cars 美国制造的汽车一see also purpose-built, well built

.built-in (also less frequent ,in-'built) adj. [only before noun] included as part of sth and not separate from it 是…的组成部分的；嵌入式的；内置的： cupboards 壁橱一compare inbuilt ,built-'up adj. [usually before noun] {especially Br£) (of an area of land 地区）covered in buildings, roads, etc.建筑 物密集的：to reduce the speed Zi’mit in buiZt-up areas 在楼房林立的地区释低最高车速限制 bulb /bAlb/ noun 1 (also 'light bulb) the glass part that fits into an electric lamp, etc. to give light when it is switched on 电奵泡：a 60-watt bu出 * 60 瓦的灯泡◊ a room lit by bare bulbs (= with no decorative cover) 只有光秃秃的电灯泡照明的屋子（无灯罩、灯饰） —picture o light 2 the round underground part of some plants, shaped like an onion , that grows into a new plant every year (植物）鱗莲一picture o plant 3 an object shaped like a bulb, for example the end of a THERMOMETER鳞茎状物（如备度计的球知） bulb-ous /'bAlbas/ adj. shaped like a bulb; round and fat in an ugly way鱗莲状尚；圆胖难看的：a buZbous red nose蒜实红鼻字

bul-gar (also bul-gur) /'bAlga(r)/ (also 'bulgar wheat) noun [U} a type of food consisting of grains of wheat that are boiled then dried千小麦，蒸谷麦（将小麦煮后

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bulge /bAld3/ verb, noun

■ verfc [V] 1 〜（with sth) (usually used in the progressive tenses 通常甬于进行分）to be completely full (of sth) 充满，塞满：Hier pocfcets were bu/ging wi‘fh presents•她 的口袋里_满了礼物。◊ a bulging brie/case鼓鼓囊囊的 公文包 2 to stick out from sth in a round shape 凸 tB; 鼓也：fife eyes bulged.他双眼凸出。rCT see seam

■ noun 1 a lump that sticks out from sth in a round

shape 鼓起；凸起：t/ie buZge 〇/a gim fn his poc/cet 他衣 袋里鼓起一把枪的模样 fat on the body that

sticks out in a round shape (身体的）肥胖部位：That skirls too tight. It shows all your bulges.

把你的发胖部位全显出来7。3 a sudden temporary increase in the amount of sth 暂时的激增；暴涨：A_/ler the war there was a bulge in the birth, rate.战后出生率 一度$增。

bulging /'bAld3ir)/ adj. that stick out from sth in a round shape鼓起由；盔起的：bulging eyes凸出的眼睛 bu-limia /bu'limia; bju-; -'liimia/ (also bulimia nervosa /bu.limia n3：'vaosa; NAmE n3：r'vous8/) noun [U] an emotional disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much and then forces him- or herself to vomit 贪食痺丨章欲过盛一compare anorexia ► bu.Hm.ic /bu'limik; bju-; -'liimik/ adj., noun bulk /bAlk/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [sing.] the ~ (of sth) the main part of sth; most of sth 主体；关部分：The buWc 〇/the popuZation lives in dries.关多僉人口居住在城市里。2 [u] the (large) size or quantity of sth (__ 大J 体积；大（量）：Despite its buWc and wdghf, the car is extremely/ast•尽管这辆车大而且 重，速度却非常快。oa bu[fc order (= one for a large number of similar items) —份大批量的订单◊ buffc buying (= buying in large amounts, often at a reduced price)(常指以低价）大量购买◊ Jt’s cheaper to buy m buZfc•大批购买便宜些。3 [sing.] the weight or shape of sb/sth large巨大的体重（或重量、形状、身体等）：She