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il : ft f| it!l Ira ]7 : She was unfairly caricatured as a
dumb blonde.
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caries /'keariiz; NAmE 'ker-/ noun [U] (medical \K) decay in teeth or
bones jjfitij; fHH; #fa: dental caries M;
Mils
caril lon /ka'riljan; NAmE 'kaeralain/ noun 1 a set of bells on
which tunes can be played, sometimes using a keyboard !§.#; 2 a tune played on bells
ft;
caring /'kearir); /V/VmE
'ker-/ ad/', [usually before noun] kind, helpful and showing that you care
about other people 5&7B&A6A A7'ftkA6A 1MA&A He’s a very caring person, life H 77 # $ Jtt A
(ft A 0 o Children need a caring environment. 0
(BrE)
a caring
profession f= a job that involves
looking after or helping other people) cari ous /'kearias; NAmE 'ker-/ adj. (medical E) (of bones or teeth
#^l£3ft§) decayed ffiW; mm carjack ing /'kct:d3aekir); NAmE 'ka:rd3-/ noun [u, C] the crime of forcing
the driver of a car to take you somewhere or give you their car, using threats
and violence ( p )•; p ) —compare hijacking
at
hijack ►
car-jack verb [VN] car-jack er noun car-load /'karlaud; NAmE 'karrloud/ noun the number of people
or things that a car is carrying or is able to carry
carmine /'kaimain; NAmE 'ka:rm-/ adj. (formal) dark red in colour
f^I'felft; Bf fef'fefft ► car-mine noun [U] carn age /'ka:md3; NAmE 'ka:rn-/ noun [u] the violent killing of
a large number of people A M
7 Em
slaughter: a scene of carnage A carnal /'ka:nl; NAmE 'ka:rnl/ adj. [usually before
noun]
(formal or law W) connected with the
body or with sex f£]##J; !*]$;&A ##;fft: carnal desires/appetites ft / ► car nal ly /'kainali; NAmE 'ka:rn-/ adv. carnal ‘knowledge noun [u] (old-fashioned or law #)
= SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
car-na-tion /kai'neijn; NAmE ka:r'n-/ noun a white, pink or red
flower, often worn as a decoration on formal occasions ( 7 ) # ^ ft; He was wearing
a carnation in his buttonhole, it f£ ||J BH M It 7 —- ^
car-ne-lian
/ka:'ni:lian;
NAmE ka:r'n-/ (also cor-nel-ian /ko:'ni:lian; NAmE ko:r‘n-/) noun [C, U] a red, brown or
white stone, used in jewellery ( S7i )
carni
val /'karnivl;
NAmE 'ka:rn-/ noun 1 [C, U] a public festival,
usually one that happens at a regular time each year, that involves music and
dancing in the streets, for which people wear brightly coloured clothes fEJk fi; M 7 7: There is a local carnival every
year. Mj
* 0 the carnival in
7
o a carnival
atmosphere
$£ 1/ 7 (ft H M 2 [C] (NAmE) = fair n.( 1) 3 [C] (NAmE) = fete(1) 4 [sing.] ~ of sth (formal) an exciting or
brightly coloured mixture of things ^^athis summer’s carnival of sport ^^Jl^PEft'&WSl^ carni vore /‘ka:mvo:(r); NAmE ‘ka:rn-/ noun any animal that eats
meat # ft ijj W —compare herbivore,
insectivore, omnivore ► car-ni-vor-ous /kai'mvaras; NAmE ka:r'n-/ adj. : a carnivorous diet £ ft (ft % #
—
compare omnivorous(I): carno-saur /'ka:naso:(r); NAmE 'ka:rn-/ noun a large dinosaur
with
very short front legs I A
MSA, wMM )
carob /'kserab/ (also 'carob tree) noun a southern European
tree with dark brown fruit that can be made into a powder that tastes like
chocolate fh aW (7=71^®:,
rAAim. mnim&f] >
carol /'kaeral/
noun, verb
unoun (also .Christmas 'carol) a Christian religious
song sung at Christmas
mverb (-II-, NAmE -I-) [V, VN, V speech] to
sing sth in a cheerful way