to punish sb physically $ £?} HT71 beat ► chas-tise- ment /tjae'staizmant;
'tjaestizmant/ noun [U] chas tity /‘tjaestati/ noun [U] the state of not
having sex with anyone or only having sex with the person you are married to;
being chaste ( 'l4|H]j§l±W
) jvows of chastity {= those taken by some
priests)
(nx®)
‘chastity belt noun a device worn by some
women in the past to prevent them from being able to have sex
(
chas uble /'tjaezjubl/ noun a piece of clothing
with no sleeves, worn by a priest over his/her other clothes 7
)
chat 0"w /tjaet/ verb, noun
» verb (-tt-) [V] 1 ~ (away)
(to/with sb) | ~ (about sth/sb) to
talk in a friendly
informal way to sb ftj HP: 4J ; HP A: My kids spend hours chatting on the phone
to their friends, ftWJ17&7£7i£±M£HPA-HPM/17 7 R o 0 Within minutes of being introduced
they were chatting away like old friends, ffe i\] & A A iR, 7 Jl 7
,
i%—E i& 1& HP7 & % o 0 What were you chatting about? 7 4Hf 7 ? 2 to
exchange messages with
other people on the
Internet, especially in a chat ROOM ( Aj££l*I±HPA7 ) mm, HPA, He’S
been on the computer all morning, chatting with his friends. {M7±7^£±l«iJl£HP A0
1311111 ,chat sb~'up (BrE, informal) to talk in a friendly
way to sb you are sexually attracted to ( ffil
)
$,
Ai % A
ill]: She went straight over and tried to
chat him up. |WJ«iilJo
■
noun 1 [C] (especially BrE) a friendly informal
conversation 4JHP; 4Ji7 IIP/:: I just called in for a chat. & R JHAHPHPAo 0 I had a long chat with her. f^fHMNUPT
A o o note at discussion 2
[U] talking, especially informal conversation ( A Ih# IE AW ) i^ig,
That’s
enough chat from me—on with the music! A7S ^i#7, .o note at discussion
cha-teau (also
cha-teau) /'Jaetau; NAmE Jae'tou/ noun {pi. cha-teaux or cha-teaus /-tauz; NAmE -'touz/) (from French) a castle or large
country house in France ( H W )
M, —
picture o page Ri3
chat-line /'tjaetlain/ noun 1 a telephone service
which allows a number of people who call in separately to have a conversation,
especially for fun ( ^3ftt4W )
2
a telephone service which people can call to talk to sb about sex in order to
feel sexually excited
chat room noun an area on the
Internet where people can communicate with each other, usually about one
particular topic ( Sf$;l>«J±W ) HPA^
'chat
show (BrE) (also 'talk show NAmE, BrE) noun a television or radio
programme in which famous people are asked questions and talk in an informal
way about their work and opinions on various topics ( feMlScfe o W ) § : a chat-show host @ ± j# A
chattel /'tjaetl/
noun [C, U] (law # or old-fashioned) something that belongs
to you f.fAW ) 'W?6. Fhf* — see also goods
and chattels chat-ter /'tjaeta(r)/ verb, noun
m verb [V]
1 ~ (away/on) (to sb) (about sth) to talk quickly and continuously,
especially about things that are not important They chattered away
happily for a while, ffe i\l i§i A
2
(of teeth A A) to knock together
continuously because you are cold or frightened ( ) flM
3
(of birds or monkeys ^ ^
^) to make a series of short high sounds m); n$ m; ; ngp mp pq;
# i& plJ
ITMI the 'chattering classes (BrE) the people in society
who like to give their opinions on political or social issues
• noun [U] 1 continuous
rapid talk about things that are not important B5J W Jane’s
constant
chatter was beginning to annoy him. EW^^A
in (<£ life 7 M o 0 idle chatter A HP W ^ 50 2 a
series of quick short high sounds that some animals make 04 R of A; ^^0^: the chatter of monkeys 7 W
pt|
^ 3 a series of short sounds made by things knocking together H R& r ; tl M P : the
chatter of teeth
chatter box /'tfaetaboks; NAmE 'tjaetarbaiks/ noun (informal) a person who talks a
lot, especially a child
iSK7
( )
chatty /'tjaeti/ adj. (chat-tier,
chat-ti-est) (informal, especially BrE) 1 talking a lot in a
friendly way ^
j*l HP You’re very chatty today,
%T, 2 having a friendly informal style
WHP^;^): a chatty letter — £tHP 'chat-up noun [C, U] an occasion
when a person is talking to sb in a way that shows they are interested in them
sexually M Vfc
W
$; ill]: Is that your best
chat-up line?
chauf
feur /'Jeuf9(r);
NAmE JouTair/ noun, verb a noun a person whose job is
to drive a car, especially for sb rich or important ( AtagA^^AW ) 4]ifL b verb [VN] to drive sb in a
car, usually as your job A ( ^ A ) JF3A ‘ i - fjtfl: He was chaujfeured to all his
meetings,
ffe & #1 ff M A # J&P fft if tf) ^ iSC« 0 a
chaujfeured limousine
chau vin ism /‘Jauvimzam; NAmE 'Sou-/ noun [U] (disapproving) 1 an aggressive and
unreasonable belief that your own country is better than all others £!> fC ± X 2 = MALE CHAUVINISM
chau-vin-ist /‘Jauvimst; NAmE 'Sou-/ noun 1 = male chauvinist 2 a person who has an aggressive and
unreasonable belief that their own country is better than all others ► chau-vin-is-tic
/JauvI’mstik;
NAmE Jou-/ (also less frequent chau-vin-ist) adj. chau-
vin-is-tic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.
chav /tjaev/ noun {BrE, slang) a young person, often
without a high level of education, who follows a particular fashion
££N'illW¥$£A ChB
/.si:
eitj” 'bi:/ abbr.
{BrE) Bachelor of Surgery
£hf4E§
cheap tHf /tji:p/ oof/, adv. m adj. (cheap-er, cheap
est)
►
LOW PRICE jft 1 costing little money
or less money
than you expected
7"(ft; H33
inexpensive : cheap fares ® W it ^ 0 Personal
computers are cheap and getting cheaper. 7 A SP, /E
0 Cycling is a cheap way to get
around. g 0
The
printer isn’t exactly cheap at £200. A
200 0 immigrant workers, used as a
source of cheap labour {= workers who are paid very little,
especially unfairly) fRA
— see also dirt
cheap FTJ3 expensive 2 charging low prices
I& ^ 0 W : a cheap restaurant/hotel ^
o {BrE) We found a cheap and
cheerful cafe (= one that is simple and charges low prices but
is pleasant). HcClticfiJ7—0 PIU3 EXPENSIVE
►
POOR QUALITY AM3 (disapproving) low in price and
quality ffSc ^ A (ft : cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
/ 547
/ ® 0 (BrE) a cheap
and nasty bottle
of wine
►
UNKIND 4 unpleasant or unkind
and rather
obvious 7 A RAW; 7fn#W:
I was
tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
►
LOW STATUS fv. j® T 5 {disapproving) having a low
status and therefore not
deserving respect ^ W ; # Pfe W ; R iP W : He’s just a cheap crook, it if M. X
7 %- SP W 7 o 0 His treatment of her made her feel
cheap
(= ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself).
►
NOT GENEROUS AAA 6 (NAmE) {BrE mean) {informal, disapproving) not liking to spend
money 77W; MHJL W: Don’t be so cheap! ^134477/
► cheap-ness noun [U] FiTTl cheap at the ‘price
(also
cheap
at twice the price) {BrE also cheap at 'half the
price) so
good or useful that the cost does not seem too much {0 357^ on the 'cheap spending less