C /si:/ noun, abbr., symbol

m noun (also c) [C, U] {pi. Cs, Cs, c’s /si:z/) 1 the third letter of the English alphabet ^ ill ^ # It H 3 -f- ^ # : ‘Cat’ begins with (a) C/‘C’. * cat — iH4U -fif c ff A 0

2                  c (music If) the first note in the scale of C major *

Cf(C XmMm 1  ) —see also middle C

3                  C the third highest mark/grade that a student can get

for a piece of work (    ) % H#, d3: She got

(a) C/‘C’ in/for Physics. d3 0

■                  abbr. 1 c. Cape ft]; ill?: C. Horn {= for example, on

a map) £ JS % ( ${ #q J& ®   ^ .) 2 Celsius, Centi­grade Sft®:       Water freezes at 0°C. A fE #4 R It! Bf

3 (also ©) {NAmE also C.) copyright :      © Oxford University Press 2005 Wl FJt W,

3*iUJK*t 2005 — see also C. of E., C & W

■                  symbol 1 (also c) the number 100 in Roman numerals

(         ) 100 2 the symbol for the chemical element

CARBON (

c {BrE) (also c. NAmE, BrE) abbr. 1 (in writing) cent(s) (

) ft ( ff5 ) 2 (also C) (in writing) century ( “k ) mZ: in the 19th c £ 19 1ft£ O (/Mm£) a C19th church —H? 19    —see also cent. 3 (also ca)

(especially before dates) about; approximately (from Latin circa) A gj,          ( ft HfRffi , M & & T it

circa ) : cl890 WfE 1890 ^ 4 (NAmE) (in cooking) cup (        ) If: add 2c. flour jjpAWMfft

Caaba = Kaaba

cab /kaeb/ noun 1 a taxi  W± 2 the

place where the driver sits in a bus, train or lorry/truck ( — picture o truck

cabal /ka'bael; NAmE also -‘bail/ noun {formal, usually disapproving) a small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power J&jnlSdiSybltBI Cabala = Kabbalah

caba-ret /'kaebarei; NAmE .kaeba'rei/ noun 1 [C, U] enter­tainment with singing and dancing that is performed in restaurants or clubs in the evenings A E A ( # iff & A ^ leJ H $ W      ^ M ) : a cabaret act/singer/

band  2 [C] a restaurant or club

where cabaret entertainment is performed ( If H ^ MW ) AE^tf, £&£

cab bage /'kaebid3/ noun 1 [U, C] a round vegetable with large green, purplish-red or white leaves that can be eaten raw or cooked M: Do you

like cabbage ? #: 11 II 4 ? O two cabbages W 4 # M <> white/red cabbage S & W / Ml fe W # S H — see also Chinese cabbage, pak choi — picture o page Ri8 2 [C] (BrE) = VEGETABLE^)

cab bal istic /.kaeba'listik/ adj. relating to secret or mystical beliefs IWfaWW; cabby (also cabbie) /'kaebi/ noun {pi. -ies) {informal) a person who drives a taxi i+IS^^JIfl

caber /'keiba(r)/ noun a long heavy wooden pole that is thrown into the air as a test of strength in the trad­itional Scottish sport of tossing the caber (

) -KMSWAff,

cabin /'kaebin/ noun 1 a small room on a ship in which you live or sleep (        ) Ufa] 2 one of

the areas for passengers to sit in a plane ( "flflW ) ® )|& —picture o page Rii 3 a small house or shelter, usually made of wood ( ) dsM, d'WM:

a log cabin J$. Ad^M — picture o page R13 'cabin boy noun a boy or young man who works as a servant on a ship ( $S±W ) J§M#M 'cabin crew noun [C+sing./pl. v.] the people whose job is to take care of passengers on a plane (

'cabin cruiser noun = cruiser(2) cab inet On /’kaebinat/ noun 1 (usually the Cabinet) [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of chosen