性感女郎照片的）中间插页2 a person
whose picture is the centrefold of a magazine 中心插页人物 .centre 'forward (also centre) (both 6r£) (NAmE .center 'forward,
cen-ter) noun (in football (soccer) and some other sports足球及其他一些体育运.a player or position in the
middle of the front line of players中备；中锋位置
.centre
'half {Br£) {NAmE .center 'half) noun (in foot- ball (soccer) and some other sports 足球及其他一些体 育运动）a
player or position in the middle of the halfback
line of players 中前卫； 中前卫位置
,centre
of 'gravity noun
{pi. centres of gravity) the point in an object at which
its weight is considered to act (物体的）重心
centre-piece {BrE)
{NAmE cen-ter-piece) /'sentapiis; AMrnf
-tarp-/ nown losing.] the most important item 最 重要的项目（或物品_) :
TTiis treaty is tAe c^itrepiece 〇/ the
government’s/oreign policy.这个条约是政府夕P交政舍 最重要的一环。2a
decoration for the centre of a table 桌子中央的装饰品
.centre
'spread noun the two facing middle
pages of a newspaper or magazine (报纸或杂志的）,,中间跨页 .centre 'stage {Br£) [NArriE .center 'stage) noun [u] an important
position where sb/sth can easily get people’s attention i 要位置；中心；核心：Education is tafcfng
centre stage in the government’s pkms.教育正在成为政
府计划的核心。◊ 77^ region
continues to occupy centre sta客e in world aj^airs.这个地区继续在国际舞台上占主导
地位。► .centre 'stage flc/v/.: The minister said, We are puttingemployment
centre stage.’ 部长说：“我们正
在把充分就业放到首要位置。”
-centric /'sentrik/ suffix 1 having
a particular centre 以…为+心；有…+心•• geocentric以地球为中心
2 (often disapproving) based
on a particular way of thinking基于…思路；以…想法为出发点：£urocentric
欧洲中心主义的◊
ethnocentric种族中心主义的
cen-tri-fu-gal /,sentn'Qu:gl;
sen'triQagl/ adj. {technical 术语）moving or tending to move away
from a centre 离心的
.centri.fugal
'force (also centrifugal force) noun (phys/cs 物）a force that appears to cause an object travelling around a centre to
fly away from the centre and off its circular
path 离心力
cen-tri-fuge
/'sentriQu:d3/
noun a machine with a part that spins around to
separate substances, for example liquids from solids, by forcing the heavier
substance to the outer edge离心机；离心分离机；离心过滤机
cen.tri.pet.al
/sen'tripitl;
.sentri'piitl/ 〇〇[/’•术 语）moving or tending to move towards a centre
向心的 cen-trist /'sentrist/ noun a person with political views that are not
extreme (政治上的）中间派，温和派
moderate ► cen-trist adj.
cen-tur-ion /sen'tjuarian;
NAmE -'tjur-/ noun (in ancient
1 a period of 100 years
MOO 年；百幸 2 (〇/7加.c，cent.) any of the periods of 100 years before or
after the birth of Christ tl：纪：the 20th century (=
AD 1901-2000 or 1900-1999) * 20 世纪◊ eighteenth-century writers * 18 世纪的作家 3
(in
cricket 板球）a score of loo runs by one player (—个运动员所得的(:）100 分.iTilCT see turn n.
CEO /,si: i: '0U； NAmE 'ou/ abbr. chief executive officer (the person with
the highest rank in a business company)总裁；首席执行官
cep /sep/ noun a type of mushroom which many people consider to be one of the best to
eat 牛肝菌（一种可食
用的蘑菇）
ceph-al-ic /si'faelik; BrE also ke'faelik/ adj. {anatomy in or related to the head 头的；（头）颇兩
ceph-alo-pod
/'sefalapDd;
NAmE -paid/ noun {biology 4.) a type of mollusc with a combined head and body, large eyes and eight
or ten tentacles (= long thin
legs). The tentacles have many suckers on them (=round parts that
suck). Octopus and squid are
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cephalopods.头足动物（如章鱼和乌贼）一picture 〇
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cer-am-ic /sa'raemik/ noun 1 [C,
usually pi.] a pot or other object made of clay
that has been made permanently hard by heat 陶瓷制品；陶瓷器：an exhibition of ceramics by Picasso’
宇加索陶瓷作品展 2 ceramics _[U] the art of making
and decorating ceramics 制陶艺米；
陶瓷装潢艺术► ceranvic fl办：cemrnfc tiies瓷砖
cereals谷类植物
cereal
/'siarial;
NAmE 'sir-/
noun 1
[C] one of various types of grass that produce grains that can be eaten or are
used to make flour or bread. Wheat,
barley and rye are
all cereals.谷类植物：cereai crops 谷类作物 2 [U]
the grain produced .by cereal crops 谷物
3 [CV
U] food made from the grain of cereals, often eaten for breakfast with milk (常加牛奶作早餐用的）谷类食物：
breafc/ast
cereais 谷类早餐食物◊ a bovW o/cered
—碗麦 片粥
ce-re-bellum /.sera'belam/ noun {pi. ce-re-bel-lums
or
cere-bella
/-'bela/)
{anatomy the
part of the brain at the back of the head that controls the activity pf the
muscles 小脑
cere-bral /'serabral; NAmE sa'riibral/ adj. 1 relating to the brain 矢脑的；政的：a cerebral haemorrhage 脑出血
2 (formal) relating to the mind rather than the feelings 理智的；智力的 KTfl intellectual： His poetry is very cerebraZ.他^#富涵理性。
.cerebral
'palsy noun [U]
a medical condition usually caused by brain damage before or at birth that
causes the loss of control of movement in the arms and legs 大脑性瘫痪
cere-brum /sa'riibram; 'serabrem/ noun {pi. ce-re-bra /-bra/) {anatomy
M) the front part of the brain, responsible
for thoughts, emotions and personality cere-mo-nial /.seri'maunial; NAmE -'mou-/ adj., noun ■ ad/ relating to or
used in a ceremony 礼设的；礼节
的；用于礼仪的：ceremonfd occasions礼也运合◊ a
ceremoniaZ sword 礼仪佩剑► cere.mo.'ni.al.ly
/-niali/ adv.
m noun [U, C] the system of
rules and traditions that states how things should be done at a ceremony or
formal occasion 礼仪；礼.节：77ie visi’t was
conducted Mth aH due ceremonfaL访问按照一切应有的礼仪进行。、
cere.mo.ni-ous /.sera'maunias; NAmE -'mou-/
adj. (formal) behaving
or performed in an extremely formal way 讲究礼仪的 Pm unceremonious ► cere mo ni- ous-ly adv.
cere*nn〇ny /'seramani; NAmE-mourn/ noun {pi. -ies)
1 [C] a public or
religious occasion that includes a series of formal or 'traditional actions 典礼；an awards/