ceiling rose 306 |
'ceiling rose (also rose) noun (technical a round object that is fixed to the ceiling of a room for the wires of
an electric light to go through (天花板或顶棚的）接
线盒 |
cel-an-dine /'selandam/ noun [U, C] a small wild plant with yellow flowers that grows in the spring 燕子草；
小燕子草
celeb /se'leb/ noun {informal) = celebrity(I) cele«brant /'selibrant/ noun 1 a priest who leads a church service, especially the Communion service; a person who attends
a service宗教礼仪主持人；圣事
主持者 2 a person who is celebrating sth, for
example at a party参加聚会（或庆典}的人
cele-brate /-sebbreit/ verb 1 to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth special on it
庆祝；庆贺：[V] Jake’s passeci his exams. V/e’re goi’ng out to ceiebrate•杰克已通过考试， 我们要外出庆祝—下。<> [VN】 We celebrated our 25th weciding
cmm’versd/y in
cele-brated /'selibreitid/ adj. famous for having good qualities著名的；闻名的；驰名的：a ce〖ebratedpainter 著名的画家<
cele-bra-tl〇n 1>W /.seli'breijn/ noun 1 [C] a special event that people organize in order to celebrate sth 庆典；庆说活动：birthday/wedding ceZebrations 生日庆祝；结_庆典 2 [U，C] the act of celebrating sth 庆颂扬：Her triumph was a cause
/or celebration.她的胜剁是庆祝的理由。〇a party in celebration of their fiftieth wedding
anniversary 们金婚纪念的聚会◊ r/ie service was a cetebrarion ii/e (= praised what he had done
in his life).举行的宗
教礼仪颂扬了他的一生6
cele-bra-tory /.sela'breitari; NAmE 'selabratoiri/ adj. celebrating sth or
marking a special occasion 庆也的； 庆典的：a celebratory drin^q/ciinner 喜庆酒 / 宴会
ce-leb-rity /sa'lebrati/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 (also informal celeb) [c] a famous
person 名人；名流：.TVcdebrities 电 视名乂 2 [U] the state of being famous 名望；名誉；著名
fame ： Does he find his
new celebrity intruding on his private h/e?他是否感觉到他最近的成名侵扰了他的私 生活?I
cel.eri.ac /sa'leriaek/ now/i [U] a large white root vegetable
which is a type
of celery and which is eaten raw or cooked块根芹；根芹菜
cel-ery /'selari/ noun iu] a vegetable with long crisp .light green stems that are often eaten raw 序菜：a sticfc o/ceZery —根序菜一picture o page R18 cel-esta /sa'lesta/ (also ce-leste /sa'lest/) noun a small musical instrument with a keyboard, that produces a sound like
bells 钢片琴
ce-les-tial /sa'lestial; NAmE -tjl/ adj. [usually before noun] (/b，7T7fl/ or 丨/terary) of the
sky or of fieaven 天空的；天上 的：ce/estiaZ bodies (= the sun, moon, stars, etc.)天体 (太阳、月亮、星球等）◊cdesti’aUig如/mu^c天4光； 美妙仙乐一compare terrestrial
ce-liac dis-ease (NAmE) = coeliac disease celi-bate /'selibat/ adj., noun
■
adj. 1 not married and
not having sex, especially for religious reasons (尤指因宗教原因）&身的，不结婚
的，没有性生活的：cdibate priests独身的教士 2 not having sex 无性生活的；禁欲的：I've been celibate for
the past six
■
noun (formal) a person who has chosen not to marry; a person who never has sex独身主义者；禁欲者；从禾过
性生活的人
Cell /sel/ noun
1 a room for one or more prisoners in a
prison or
police station 单间牢房；牢房一see also padded cell 2 a small room without
much furniture in which a MONK or NUN lives (修道士或修女住的）小房间3 the smallest unit of
living matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of
cplls.细胞：
blood
cells jfiL flfi o the
nucleus of a cell ^
M ^ — see also stem
cell 4
each
of the small sections that together form a larger structure, for example a honey-
comb (大结构中的）小隔室（如蜂房巢室）5 a device for
producing an electric current, for example by the action of chemicals or light 电池：a photoelectric cell % 电池 6 a small group of
people who work as part of a political organization, especially secretly (尤指 )政治小组，基层组织：a terrorist ceH恐怖分子 小组 7 one
of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in
which you enter a single piece of data (计會机电子表格的）单元格8 (/n/om7fl/，
ceMar /'sel9(r)/ noun 1 an underground room often used for storing
things 地窖；地下室：a
coa? ceHar 贮煤
地窖 2 = WINE CELLAR —
See also SALT CELLAR cell-ist /'tjelist/
noun a person who plays the cello
大提琴手•，大提琴演奏者
cell-mate /'selmeit/
noun a prisoner with whom
another prisoner shares a cell 同牵难友
cello /'tjelau; NAmE-lou/ (also/ormo/vio-lon-cello) noun {pi. -os) a musical instrument
with strings, shaped like a large violin. The player sits down
and holds the cello between his or her knees.大提琴一picture o page R8 Cel-l〇-phane™
/'selafem/ noun [U] a thin transparent
plastic material used for wrapping things 赛骑扮（用于 包装的玻璃纸）
Cell-ph〇ne /'selfaun; NAmE -foun/ (also .cellular ’phone).noun (especially
=mobile
phone ： ceHphone users 移动电话用户■ ◊ 了 taWced
to her on my ceHphone.我用 _■机▲艮她通亍.话
0 The use of cellular phones is not
permitted on most aircra凡大多数飞机上不许使用手机。
cel-lu-lar
/'selj0la(r)/ adj. 1 connected with or
consisting of the cells of plants or animals 细胞的；由细胞组成的： ceZZuZar structure/processes 细也结_ /全化过程
2 connected with a telephone system that
works by radio instead of wires (无线电诘）蜂窝状的：a ceHuZar network蜂窝式网络系统◊ radio蜂窝式无线传输
系统 3 (8句（of doth ■布料）loosely woven for extra warmth _状的；网眼的：ceHuZarbZcmfcets网眼毯 cel-lu-lite /'seljulait/ noun [U] a type of fat that
some people get below their skin, which stops the surface of the skin looking
smooth 皮T脂肪'团 cel-lu-loid /'seljuloid/ noun [U] 1 a thin transparent
plastic material made in sheets, used in the past for cinemafilm (旧时摄影用的）胶片，赛璐珞片2(〇敁
fashioned) used as a way of
referring to films/movies 电影
cel-lu-lose
/'seljulaus;
NAmE -lous/ noun [u] 1 a natural
substance that forms the cell walls of all plants and trees and is used in
making plastics, paper, etc.纤维素 2 any compound of cellulose used in
making paint, LACQUER, etc.(用于制作涂料、漆等的）纤维素化合物
Cel-sius
/'selsias/
(also centi«grade)
adj. [obbr. C) of 〇r using a scale of temperature in which water freezes
at 0° and boils at l〇〇° 摄氏的：wfiZ be a mfW nig/if,
around nine degrees Cekius.晚间天气温和，温度约九摄
氏度。◊ the Cekius Sca〖e 摄芪温标► Ce丨.sius rjow/7 [U]: temperatures
in Celsius and Fahrenheit Celt /kelt/ noun 1 a member of a race of
people from western Europe who settled in ancient Britain before the Romans
came凯尔特人（在罗马人之前定居不列颠
的西欧人 > 2 a person whose ancestors
were
Celts, especially one from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall or Brittany (尤指来自爱尔兰、威尔士、苏格兰、康沃尔
或布列塔尼的）凯尔特人后裔
CELTA
/'selta/
noun [U] a British
qualification from the University of Cambridge for teachers with little or no
experience of teaching English as a foreign language (the abbreviation for
‘Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults’）成人英语教学证书（全写为Certificate in
English Language Teaching to Adults, 英 国剑桥