hervil
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chervil /'tj3:vil; NAmE 'tX3irvil/ noun [U] a plant with leaves that are used in cooking as a
herb
m&- ()
Cheshire /'tjej'a(r); -Jie(r);
N/4m£ -Jir/ (also .Cheshire
'cheese) noun [U] a type of pale
cheese chess /tjes/ noun [u] a game for two people played on a
board marked with black and white squares on which each playing piece
(representing a king, queen, castle, etc.) is moved according to special rules.
The aim is to put the other player’s king in a position from which it cannot
escape (= to checkmate it). —picture
on previous page
chess-board /'tjesba:d; NAmE-bo:rd/ noun a board with 64 black and white squares that chess
is played on HI— picture o chess chess-man /'tjesmaen/ noun (pi -men /-men/) any of the 32
pieces used in the game of chess p ^ ^
— picture o chess
Chest On/tjest/ noun
1
the top part of the front of the body,
between the
neck and the stomach
Hlnfft; Hi At: The bullet hit him in the chest.
T 7 fife nP o 0 She
gasped for
breath, her chest heaving. iifeRfHf'H,
HlnPA'f^iffel§X£c 0 a chest infection Hi 1$ ^ ^ 0 chest pains H
nP *£ o a hairy chest — picture o
body 2 -chested
(in
adjectives ® W ja]) having the type of chest mentioned
W • • • Hi ; W3P--W: flat-chested HJlMT- o broad-chested HIrP^IS^ 3 a large strong box, usually
made of wood, used for storing things in and/or moving them from one place to
another ( # f} A ft]
)
A ft 7: a medicine chest Kjfg o
a treasure chest
MS
ft — see also hope chest, tea chest,
war chest IfiTOI .get sth off your 'chest to talk about sth that
has been worrying you for a long time so that you feel less anxious It; —
RtAft — more
at card n.
ches-ter-field /'tjestafkld; NAmE 'tjestarf-/ noun 1 a type of sofa
that has arms and a back that are all the same height K*J)*
2
(CanE) any type of sofa
‘chest
freezer noun a large freezer which has a lid rather than a
door chest-nut/'tfesnAt/ noun, adj.
mnoun 1 (also 'chestnut tree) [C] a large tree with spreading branches,
that produces smooth brown nuts inside cases which are covered with spikes. There are several types of
chestnut tree. —see also horse
chestnut 2 [C] a smooth brown nut of a chestnut tree, some types of
which can be eaten roast
chestnuts $ ® H — picture o nut — see also water chestnut —compare conker(I) 3 [U] a deep
reddish-brown colour 4 [C] a horse of a
reddish-brown colour 5 old chestnut [C]
(informal) an old joke or story that has been told
so many times that it is no longer amusing or interesting
u adj. reddish-brown in
colour IjlfefHJ;
.chest of 'drawers noun (pi chests of drawers) (NAmE also bureau, dresser) a piece of furniture with drawers for
keeping clothes in )
MM
chesty /'tjesti/ adj. (informal, especially
BrE) suffering from or showing signs of chest disease ^Hl^P^^lW;
chev-ron /'fevran/ noun 1 a line or pattern in the shape of a V * V Vfg^2a
piece of cloth in
the shape of a V which
soldiers and police officers wear on their uniforms to show their rank (%K, If
v mm
chew (Hr /tju:/ verb, noun
mverb 1 ~ (at/on/through
sth) | ~ sth (up) to bite food into small pieces in your mouth with your teeth
to make it easier to swallow Rg. nj§ ; : [V] After the
operation you may find it
difficult to chew and swallow.
O
[VN] teeth designed for chewing meat jfj 7 RI Pi [£j # 7 0
He is always
chewing gum. ftfe&H&i#
P :##!„ 2 ~ (on sth) to bite sth continuously, for example
because you are nervous or to taste it ( @
it ) [V]
at the floor.'o The dog was
chewing on a bone. i'7$!jilfeIfft#Ao o [VN]
to chew your nails utta ¥ IT»TO1 .chew the 'fat (informal) to have a long
friendly talk with sb about sth ( 7 M |h]
) SI, fclSt — more at bite v. f3TT:Vi .chew sth- 'over to think about or
discuss sth slowly and carefully
mmm-, MMt; mmt#;
mnoun 1 an act of chewing sth i|2a type of sweet/ candy that you chew pf | 3 a piece of tobacco that you chew
'chewing gum (also gum) noun [u] a sweet/candy that you chew but do not
swallow p 'chewing-stick
noun a stick made from the
stem or root of particular
plants that you chew at one end and then use to clean your teeth (used in some
parts of Africa and Asia) ( If
k, )
chewy /'tjuii/ adj.
(of food 7#/) needing to be chewed a lot before it can be swallowed ff 1? £ I#
itt; mm®
Chey-enne/Jai'en/ noun (pi. Chey-enneor
Chey-ennes) a member of a Native American people, many of whom now
live in the
mmx ( mm)
chez /Jei/ prep,
(from French) at the home of fE ■■ M:
I spent a pleasant evening chez the Stewarts. $£/E$rlil7
chi /kai/ noun the 22nd letter of
the Greek alphabet (X, x)
22 77#
Chi-anti /ki'aenti/ noun [U, C] a dry red
wine from the region of
)
chiaro scuro /ki.aire'skuarau; NAmE
-'skurou/ noun [u] (art H X) the way
light and shade are shown; the contrast between light and shade Bfj It ; Rg Rr/I tb chi as mus /kai'aezmas; NAmE
ki'aez-/ noun [u, C] (pi chi-as-mi /kai'aezmi; ki'aez-/) (technical
^i§) a technique used in writing or in speeches, in which words, ideas, etc.
are repeated in reverse order 3c!h
jSE/iJ ( Ztis], S
chic /J*i:k/ adj. very fashionable and
elegant it
5ft(ft; ftSStfiiJ H33stylish: She is always so chic, so elegant. M & Ji
ffi ^ it It „ 0 a
chic new
restaurant St S W Sr # tt ► chic noun [U]: a perfectly
dressed woman with an air of
chic that was unmistakably French
chi-ca /'tj'iika/ noun (US, from Spanish,
informal) a girl or young woman /JnM;
MM
Chi-cana /tji’kama; Ji-; -’kern-; NAmE
tJYkama; fi-/ noun (especially US, from Spanish) a girl or woman
living in the US whose family came from Mexico Zc A ( H ) — compare Chicano, Latino chi-cane /Ji'kein/ noun
(BrE) a sharp double bend, either on a track where cars race, or on an
ordinary road to stop vehicles from going too fast (
chi can ery /XI'keinari/ noun
[U] (formal) the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to
trick people ^
Chi cano /tji'kainau; Ji-;
-'kein-; NAmE tXi'kainou; Ji-/ noun (pi -os) (especially US, from Spanish)
a person living in the
chick /tfik/ noun 1
a baby bird, especially a baby chicken ^ % ; ( 1tfu ) , /JnX^2 (old-fashioned,
sometimes offensive) a
way of referring to a young woman 'Xic,