chough /tjAf/ noun a bird of the crow family, with blue-black
feathers and red legs lijfl choux pastry /.Ju: 'peistri/ noun
[U] a type of very light pastry made
with eggs ® chow /tjau/ noun 1 [u] {slang) food i£® 2 (also
‘chow
chow) [C]
a dog with long thick hair, a curled tail and a blue-black tongue, originally
from China UIM fi]
(mm®,
chow der /'tjauda(r)/ noun
[u] a thick soup made with
fish and vegetables ( Pd&huMM
U ) : dam
chowder
chowk /tjauk/ noun {IndE) an open area
with a market at a place where two roads meet in a city ( MrU3cXji& n&LW
) HTUr^: Chandni Chowk IflfBliTlJ chow mein /.tjau 'mein/ noun
[U] a Chinese-style dish of fried noodles
served with small pieces of meat and vegetables ( AB ) chicken chow mein ft) j&M
Chrimbo (also Crimbo) /'krimbau; NAmE
-bou/ noun [u] (BrE, informal) Christmas AMA Chris-sake/'kraiseik/
(also
Chris-sakes/-seiks/) noun
[U] {taboo, informal) fliTiH for Chrissake a swear word that many
people find offensive, used to show that you are angry, annoyed or surprised ( |K£XiA>J'ftlH[LiS, H tkAU,. ) X9P, ±36f: For Chrissake, listen!
ASP, n/r!
Christ /kraist/ (also Jesus, Jesus ‘Christ)
noun,
exclamation
m noun the man that Christians believe is the
son of God and on whose teachings the Christian religion is based
*U; nmmu-
u exclamation {taboo, informal) a swear word that
many people find offensive, used to show that you are angry, annoyed or
surprised ) A0P:
Christ! Look at the time—I’m late! A HP
■ If #04 fs],
mm
chris-ten /‘krisn/ verb 1
to give a name to a baby at his or her baptism to welcome him or her into
the Christian Church ( ) A ( HA) in ( H A ) £&
[VN-N] The child was
christened Mary.
®iio
0 [VN] Did you have your children
christened? ifcf f7? 2 to give a name to sb/sth in
-- ( ^cl3p ^ ) : [VN-N]
This area has been christened
‘
fi'jTJtff’'
0 0 They christened the boat ‘
Christen dom /‘krisndam/ noun
[U] {old-fashioned) all the Christian people and countries of the world ( Arttt;
m) hum,
chris ten ing /‘krismrj/ noun
a Christian ceremony in which a baby is officially named and welcomed into the
Christian Church ( H Hf # — compare
BAPTISM
Chris-tian /‘kristjan/ adj.,
noun
■
adj. 1 based on or believing the teachings of
Jesus Christ 310 (ft; fa 0 HU # (ft: the Christian Ch urch/ faith/religion
H U # £; £U»M#W; m*dfl0She had a Christian upbringing. 0 a
Christian country fg H U # M B M.
2 connected with Christians HUffclt(Hj: the
Christian sector of the city M rfifftHUficl^E 3 (also Christian) showing the qualities
that are thought of as typical of a Christian; good and
kindWHUMAnim Mift; t-WM; )
a noun a person who believes in the teachings of Jesus
Christ or has been baptized in
a Christian church HU It; HU #li: Only
10% of the population are now
practising Christians. 10% $jAnH:J^M$lHU
the ‘Christian era noun [sing.] the period of
time that begins with the birth of Christ HU^Ste;
Ujg Chris
tian ity /.kristi'aenati/
noun [U] the religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and
the belief that he was the son of God HU#
'Christian name noun (BrE) (in Western countries)
a name given to sb when they are born or when they are christened; a personal name, not a
family name ( M AfAW ) #-£, L45: We’re
all on Christian
name terms here.
Christian 'Science noun [u] the beliefs of a
religious group called the Church of Christ Scientist, which include the
belief that the physical world is not real and that you can cure illness only
by prayer HU #14^
)
►.Christian Scientist noun Christ-mas
/'krismas/
noun [U, C] 1 (also .Christmas Day) 25 December, the day when Christians
celebrate the birth of Christ ( 12 A 25 0 ) : Christmas
dinner/presents 11^1 / — see also Boxing
Day 2 (also Christ-mas-time) the period that
includes Christmas Day and the days close to it :
the
Christmas holidays/vacation o Are you
spending Christmas with your family? #4n|CA
HiSSM 4? fit 0 ?
0 Happy Christmas! 0 Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year! !
—
see also white Christmas 'Christmas box noun {BrE, old-fashioned) a small gift, usually of money, given at
Christmas to sb who provides a service during the year, for example a postman (
'Christmas cake noun [C, U] a fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, traditionally eaten in
).
'Christmas card noun a card with a picture on it that you send
to friends and relatives at Christmas with your good wishes
.Christmas carol noun = carol .Christmas 'cracker noun = cracker(2)
.Christmas 'Eve noun [U, c] the day before
Christmas Day, 24 December; the evening of this day BU“
X(l2J!24H); ( 12 U 24 UHfc)
.Christmas 'pudding noun [c, u] a hot pudding (- a sweet dish) like a
dark fruit cake, traditionally eaten in
.Christmas 'stocking (also stocking) noun a long sock which children leave out when they go to
bed on Christmas Eve so that it can be filled with presents
ism (\
Christ-massy /'krismasi/ adj.
{informal)
typical of Christmas AU'liEflA We put up the decorations
and the tree and started
to feel Christmassy at last. ffclH
Christ-mas-time /'krismastaim/ noun [U, C] = Christmas^)
'Christmas tree noun an evergreen
tree, or an artificial tree that looks similar, that people cover
with decorations and coloured lights and have in their homes or outside at
Christmas A MW chroma /'krauma; NAmE ‘krouma/ noun [U] {technical A iff) the degree to
which a colour is pure or strong, or the fact that it is pure or strong fejg ;
feqqtMlJt: chroma-key /'kraumaki:; NAmE 'krou-/ noun [u] {technical Ain) a method for
adding images over the images on a piece of film ( m
% ) ► chroma-key verb [VN]
chro-mat-ic /kra'maetik/ adj. {music U) of the chromatic scale, a series of musical
notes that rise and fall in semitones/half
tones 4 f ( [5fr ) —compare
DIATONIC
chro-ma-tog-raphy /.krauma'tngrafi; NAmE .krouma- 'ta:g-/ noun [U] {chemistry ft) the separation of a mixture by
passing it through a material through which some parts of the mixture travel
further than others feiH
M # rfd U A1W if fk() ► chro-ma-to-graph-ic
/krau.maBta'graefik; NAmE ,krou-/ adj. chrome /kraom; NAmE kroum/ noun [u] a hard shiny metal
used especially as a covering which protects another metal; chromium or an alloy of chromium and other metals 4#-,