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'ceiling
rose (also
rose)
noun (technical Ain) a round object
that is fixed to the ceiling of a room for the wires of an electric light to go
through ( ) Sc
cel an dine /'selandam/ noun [U, C] a small wild
plant with yellow flowers that grows in the spring $6 ;
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celeb /sa'leb/ noun (informal) = celebrity(I)
celebrant /'selibrant/ noun 1 a priest who leads a
church service, especially the Communion service; a person who
attends a service ± I# A; S ♦
2 (NAmE) a person who is celebrating sth, for
example at a party A
cele brate »w /-selibreit/ verb 1 to show that a day or
an event is important by doing sth special on it $5 : [V] Jake’s passed his
exams. We’re going out to
celebrate.
IS Cl H 6 0 [VN] We celebrated our 25th
wedding anniversary in
25 o How do people
celebrate New Year in your
country? M]fflMWA&#£^fr¥?
2 [VN] to perform a religious ceremony, especially the Christian Communion
service ( A#t3=:^ ) 3 [VN] (formal)
to praise sb/sth a movie celebrating
the life and work of
Martin Luther King ^ ^ S, T •
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cele brated /'selibreitid/ adj. famous for having good
qualities 1*9 £ 1$; 3tfe£ (tfJ: a celebrated painter
cele bra tion 0-ir /.seli'breijn/ noun 1 [C] a special event
that people organize in order to celebrate sth ^ (ft zjJj : birthday/wedding
celebrations 0 l£ (ft ; JA H 2 [U,
C] the act of celebrating sth Her triumph was a cause
for celebration. <> Oa party in
celebration of their fiftieth wedding
anniversary .A(ftftfe O The service was a celebration of his
life (=
praised what he had done in his life). (Hi tk
cele bratory /.sela'breitari; NAmE 'selabratoiri/ adj. celebrating sth or
marking a special occasion /A (ft (ft; A$r(ft: a celebratory
drink/dinner U A?® / ce-leb-rity /sa'lebrati/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 (also informal celeb) [c] a famous person ^
A; t: TV celebrities ^
MA2 [U] the state of being famous &M; £ #;
fame : Does he find his new
celebrity intruding on his private life?
celeriac /sa’leriaek/
noun [u] a large white root vegetable
which is a type of celery and
which is eaten raw or cooked Adr;
celery /'selari/ noun [U] a vegetable with
long crisp light green stems that are often eaten
raw jfM: a
stick of celery — jSjrH — picture o page Ri8 cel-esta
/sa'lesta/
(also ce-leste
/sa'lest/)
noun a small musical
instrument with a keyboard, that produces a sound like bells
ce les tial /sa'lestial; NAmE -tjl/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal or literary) of the sky or of heaven A$ (ft;
A_h (ft; celestial bodies (= the sun, moon, stars, etc.) (APB. MEjt# ) 0 celestial light/music
Jifoyt;
Hfcfe fill —
compare terrestrial ce-liac dis ease (NAmE) =
coeliac disease celibate
/'selibat/ adj., noun
■
adj. 1 not married and not having sex,
especially for religious reasons ( AlfS^tUIS )
(ft, (ft : celibate priests <01 # (ft Ifc ± 2
not
having sex Att (ft; ^ 6A I’ve been celibate for
the past six months. ► celibacy
/’selibasi/ noun [U]: a vow of celibacy
■
noun (formal) a person who has
chosen not to marry; a
person who never has sex A#;
cell
Oit /sell noun
1 a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or
police station #. |a] ^J^ — see also padded cell
2 a small room without much furniture in which a MONK or NUN
lives ( (ft ) d^l'w] 3 the
smallest unit of living
matter that can exist on its own. All plants and animals are made up of cells.
IS : blood cells jftUHH 0 the
nucleus of a cell IS (£ — see also stem cell 4 each of the small sections that together
form a larger structure, for example a honeycomb ( A^J^W ) $®j|[ ( inIf ) 5 a device
for producing an electric current, for example by the action of
chemicals or light E&ftfe: a photoelectric cell
ft % fife 6 a small group of people who work as part of a larger political
organization, especially secretly ( A fn
%a terrorist cell /Jn £§. 7 one of the small squares in a spreadsheet computer program in which you enter a
single piece of data ( i+AfllfW8 (informal, especially
NAmE) = CELLPHONE
cellar /'sela(r)/
noun 1 an underground room
often used for storing things jffeU; iffe“F : a coal cellar jjf^ item
2 = WINE CELLAR — See also SALT CELLAR cellist /'tjelist/ noun a
person who plays the cello
AH¥¥; A*¥»£#
cellmate /'selmeit/ noun a prisoner with
whom another prisoner shares a cell [W]2£*|£ cello /'tjelau; NAmE -loo/ (also formal vio-loncello) 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. A£l^ — picture o page R8 Cello-phane™ /'selafem/ noun [u] a thin transparent
plastic material used for wrapping things ( il A
)
Cellphone O-w /'selfaun; /V/4/nE -foun/ (also .cellular
'phone) noun (especially NAmE)
= mobile phone : cellphone users # zft ffe i§ B o
■
talked to her on my
cellphone. TiAo
0 The
use of cellular phones is not permitted on most aircraft.
cellu lar /'seljala(r)/ adj. 1 connected with or consisting of the cells of plants or animals ffl IS JJ& IHJ:
cellular structure/processes fffl Ifi ^ Ik M ^
■
connected with a telephone system that
works by
radio instead of wires
( a cellular
network If
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(8r£) (of cloth A ^N-) loosely woven
for extra warmth NB&W: cellular blankets
cellu
lite /'seljulait/
noun [U] a
type of fat that some people get below their skin, which stops the surface of
the skin looking smooth j£“F Ilf Eft® cellu loid /'seljuloid/ noun [U]
1 a thin transparent
plastic material made in sheets, used in the past for cinema film ( IB2 (old- fashioned) used
as a way of referring to films/movies
cellu
lose /'seljulaus; NAmE -loos/ noun [U] 1 a natural substance that forms the cell walls of all plants and trees
and is used in making plastics, paper, etc.
2 any compound of cellulose used in making paint, LACQUER, etc. ( fflArlilfA&fA Celsius /'selsias/ (also centigrade) adj. (abbr. C) of or using a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and
boils at 100° H : It will be a mild night, around nine
degrees Celsius. Bfc la] A H M A It
O the
Celsius Scale ► Celsius noun [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 0l^#A ( &&
(ft MEfc A ) 2 a person whose ancestors were Celts, especially one from
) swmAieft
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’) $ Certifi
cate in English
Language Teaching to Adults , ^ H