0 a blackmailer’s
charter MWfeW
<£lT 5 [U] the hiring of a plane,
boat, etc. (
63 ) : a yacht available for
charter oj 63
Mil®
a verb [VN] 1 to hire/rent a plane, boat, etc.
for your own use 'feUL ( X#L ) : a chartered plane isf/l 2 to state officially
that a new organization, town or university has been established and has
special rights i£
chartered /'tjaitad;
NAmE 'tjairtard/ adj. [only before noun] 1 (BrE) qualified according to the rules of a
professional organization that has a royal charter ( #
#iX63: a
chartered
accountant/surveyor/engineer, etc. £• i+jjip, iiJ MW, X©!l(p^ 2 (of an aircraft, a ship or a boat
XHl^cjSS) hired for a particular purpose iilf&63;
63: a
chartered plane
•%#].
.chartered ac countant (BrE) {
ac'countant)
noun a fully trained and
qualified
ACCOUNTANT W
'charter
flight noun a flight in an
aircraft in which all the seats are paid for by a travel company and then sold
to their customers, usually at a lower cost than that Of a SCHEDULED FLIGHT
.charter
'member noun {NAmE) = founder member chartreuse /Jai'traz; NAmE Ja:r'tru:z/
noun [U] 1 a green or yellow liqueur (= a strong sweet alcoholic
drink) ^q±±M,
) 2 a pale yellow or pale green colour €l;
'chart-topping adj. [only before noun] (of a record, singer,
etc. P| Jt, X #) having reached the highest position in the popular music charts £
his latest chart-topping hit &
► 'chart-topper noun
charwoman /'tja:woman;
NAmE 'tjair-/ noun {pi. -women /-wimin/) (also char, char-lady) (both BrE, old-fashioned) a woman whose job is to clean a house, an
office building, etc. £}#joX chary
/'tfeari;
NAmE 'fieri/ adj. ~ of sth/of doing sth not willing to risk doing sth;
fearing possible problems if you do sth TJSI MM; /h^il«63;
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chase o-w /tjeis/ verb,
noun m
verb
►
RUN/DRIVE AFTER jft££; ilil 1
[VN] ~ (after)
sb/sth to run, drive, etc. after sb/sth in order
to catch them ii
iiil;
iijf: [VN] My
dog likes chasing rabbits. f£63
Iklr o 0 The kids chased each
other around the kitchen table.
o
[V] He
chased after the burglar but couldn’t catch him.
►
MONEY/WORK/SUCCESS $ ; X
jf ; ht tJ 2 [VN] to try tp
obtain
or achieve sth, for example money, work or success H J] $ % ; #- 3k i# f !j: Too many people are
chasing too few jobs
nowadays.
^SAJL63X/ff
IRi&o 0 The team is chasing its
first win in five games.
m\0
►
MAN/WOMAN 9j k 3 ~ (after) sb {informal) to try to persuade sb to have a sexual
relationship with you iH 3X 3s M: [V] Kevin’s been chasing
after Jan for months.
0 [VN] Girls are always
chasing him.
►
REMIND SB lq£ H 4 [VN]
{informal) to
persuade sb to do sth that they should have done already jilE: / need to chase him
about organizing the meeting.
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►
RUSH M fit 5 [V -i-adv./prep]
{informal) to rush or hurry
somewhere H#; ft iik X: I’ve been chasing
around town all morning
looking for a present for
►
METAL X
IM 6 [VN] {technical X
i§) to cut patterns or designs
on metal ;
MM: chased silver
IRTil chase your (own) 'tail {informal) to be
very busy but in fact achieve very little ft rS ; $r ft
EHIfEPl .chase sb/sth*-*a'way, off,
out, etc. to force
sb/sth to run away W. M ; S .chase sb<-‘up to contact sb in order to
remind them to do sth that they should have done already : We need to chase up
all members who have not
yet paid. f£f]
.chase
sth<-'up (BrE) {NAmE.chase sth— down) to find sth that is needed; to
deal with sth that has been forgotten $-f- ( l3fff63XM
) ; it A: My
job was to chase up late replies.
m noun
►
RUNNING/DRIVING AFTER i| jg ; i§
jl 1 [C] (often used
with
the the J£^j) an act of running or driving after
sb/sth in order to catch them itjf;
ilil: The
thieves were caught by police
after a short chase. ^ jl® Witffi, O
a
high-speed car chase —Tk
p
We lost
him in the narrow streets and had to give up the chase {= stop chasing him).
xwxmjfmmmh o to take
up the chase {= start chasing sb)
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►
FOR SUCCESS/MONEY/WORK $ Xfj ; ; X ff: 2 [sing.] a
process of trying hard to get sth ^ fj ; #• 3k: Three teams are
involved in the chase for the championship.
►
IN SPORT {£ rl isi/j 3 the chase [sing.] hunting animals as a sport ffjft 4 [C]
= steeplechase —see also wild
GOOSE CHASE
iron cut to the 'chase (informal) to stop wasting time and start talking
about the most important thing
JfflJ®til: Right, let’s cut to
the chase. How much is it going to cost? , P§d JFl'lUlU BE0 give'chase to begin to run after sb/
sth
in order to catch them ( Jflfe ) iig, iili,
We gave chase along the footpath. &n)ftdNl$:iJl0o
chaser /'tjeisa(r)/
noun 1 a drink that you have after another of a
different kind, for example a stronger alcoholic drink after a weak one ( ) $114
M: a beer with a whisky
chaser Hi fa^ ng 0,
2 a horse
for steeplechase racing (== in which horses must jump over
a series of fences) (
Chas-id-ism /'xaesidizam/ noun [U] = Hasidism chasm /'kaezam/ noun 1 [C] {literary) a deep crack or
opening in the ground ( ) If §1P , M.W.,
2 [sing.] - (between
A and B) {formal) a very big difference between two people
or groups, for example because they have different attitudes (
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chasse /'Jaesei/
noun a dance step made by sliding one foot to
the place where your other foot is ( )
j§.9fc ► chasse verb (chas-ses, chas-se-ing, chas-sed, chas-
sed) [V]
chasseur /Jae's3:(r)/
noun [U] (from French) chasseur sauce is made with wine and mushrooms and served with meat ft )
chas sis /'Jaesi/
noun {pi. chas-sis /-siz/) the frame that a vehicle is built
on (
chaste /tfeist/ adj. 1 {old-fashioned) not having sex with anyone; only having
sex with the person that you are married to 63: to remain chaste jo
2 (formal) not expressing sexual feelings XIX W M ^ 63; jo
63: a
chaste kiss on the cheek $ ± jo 63
—*1^1 3 {formal) simple and plain in style; not decorated ( Mte ) Mfr63, fh£63; X^tfp63: the cool, chaste
interior of the hall jff^fr^63AJTPliI rP
► chaste-ly adv.: He kissed her
chastely on the cheek. jtk:&M63^±®XT —X^fejn63^Jo
chas ten /'tjeisn/ verb [VN] [often passive] {formal) to make sb feel sorry for sth
they have done ^ ^® fHt$:
He felt suitably chastened and apologized, ftk JSZ 3\ ^ X: ffl< M o 0 She gave them a chastening
lecture. i e63^MfiJ
63 'M#1 o 0 It
was a chastening experience. AX'
Aift«63®J®.
chas tise /tjae'staiz/
verb [VN] 1 ~ sb (for sth/for doing sth) {formal) to criticize sb for doing sth wrong if; la
vt; in ifir: He chastised the team for their lack of
commitment. 2 {old-fashioned)