cigar 342 |
the juice of apples
that does not contain alcohol ^ 3 [C] a glass of cider t )
— compare perry
cigar /si’gai(r)/ noun
a roll of dried tobacco leaves
that people smoke, like a cigarette but bigger and without paper around it If :
cigar smoke if 10 M- see
close2
adj.
Cigarette /,siga'ret; NAmE 'sigaret/ noun
a thin tube of
paper filled with tobacco, for
smoking MM', #j®: a packet/pack of cigarettes — 11#
® 0 to light a cigarette
cigarette end (BrE) (also cigarette butt NAmE,
BrE) noun the part of a cigarette that is left when sb has
finished smoking it IfjIgA;
ciga'
rette holder noun a narrow tube for holding a cigarette in
while you are smoking ciga'rette lighter noun = lighter(I) ciga'rette paper noun a thin
piece of paper in which people roll tobacco
to make their own cigarettes pMM
cig ar illo /(siga‘rilau; NAmE -lou/ noun
{pi. -os) a small
CIGAR /Mf^p
c>ggy /'sigi/ noun
{pi. -ies) {informaf) a
cigarette ci lan tro /si'laentrau; NAmE -trou/ noun
[U] {NAmE) the leaves of the coriander
plant, used in cooking as a herb
^nt, it () cil iary muscle /'siliari
mAsl/ noun {anatomy $?) a muscle in the eye that controls how much the lens curves 11« ( )
cim
ba lom (also cym-ba-lom) /'simbalam/ noun
a large musical instrument that consists of a board or box over which strings
of different lengths are stretched, that you play with your fingers or with two
small hammers
C-in-C. /,si: m 'si:/ abbr. Commander-in-Chief cinch /smtJV noun,
verb
nnoun [sing.] {informal)
1 something that is very easy fg# ^ ; ;\\% H7T1 doddle : The first question is a
cinch. % A |h] M H A 2 {especially NAmE) a
thing that is certain
to happen; a person who is certain to do sth He’sacinchto
win the race.
■ verb [VN] 1
{especially NAmE) to fasten sth tightly around your waist; to be
fastened around sb’s waist 2 {NAmE)
to fasten a girth around a horse M ( ±b ) .^ hit#? 3 {NAmE, informal) to make sth
certain
mm-, mu
cin
der /’smd0(r)/ noun
[usually pi.] a small piece
of ash or partly burnt coal,
wood, etc. that is no longer burning but may still be hot fkWf:
a cinder track
(*= a track for runners made with finely
crushed cinders) see burn v.
‘cinder block noun {NAmE) = breeze block Cinderella /.sinda'rela/
noun [usually sing.] a person or thing that has been ignored and deserves
to receive more attention M
& ; A % f >J ML W ft M 64 A ( ^
) : For years radio has been the
Cinderella of the
media world.
£ A A A &
M f A - M A %
fi. Ill c frMdlifri From the European fairy tale about a beautiful
girl, Cinderella, who was treated in a cruel way by her two ugly sisters.
She had to do all the work and received no reward or thanks until she met and
married Prince Charming. M
i M M it, 3i m 64 M$M ( Cinderella ) til® 64Mlt ft,
Mil
it, rm-:rq
cine /'sini/ adj. [only before noun] {BrE) connected
with films/movies and the film/movie industry i|f/64; fi ik 64: a cine camera/film/photographer i|
f/jf 1;
mi mm mm
cine-aste (also cine-ast) /’siniaest/ noun
(from French) a person who knows a lot about films/movies and is very
enthusiastic about them fiiB
Cin-ema
O-w/'smema/
noun
1 {BrE) {NAmE 'movie theater, theater) [c] a
building in which films/movies are shown i| Wt $i : the local
cinema 4§i&64 2 the cinema [sing.]
{BrE) {NAmE
the movies [pi.]) when you go to the cinema or to the movies, you go to a
cinema/movie theater to see a film/movie‘ ( A )
# AS: / used to go to the
cinema every
week. E&1A 3 [U, sing.]
{especially BrE) {NAmE
usually the movies [pi.]) films/
movies as an art or an industry k:
one of the great
successes of British cinema ^0 fl/S^AA
64KA/«£-
cinema-goer noun {BrE) = film-goer
Cinema-Scope™
/'sinamaskaup; NAmE -skoup/ noun a method of showing films/movies
which makes the picture on the screen very wide fi S 44W jfe H14
&A ■
cine mat ic /.sina'maetik/ od/‘. {technical Aiifj connected
with films/movies and how they are made f| 64; 4i f/rfr]f|64:
cinematic effects/techniques Af/ifciJ fA /
#A
cine ma tog raphy /.sinama'tngrafi; /N/Amf -'ta:g-/ noun [U]
{technical A iff) the art or process of making films/ movies & Si M
rft A; & M fl ^ ►
cine-ma-tog- raph-er /.smama'tngrafa^); NAmE -‘ta:g-/ noun
cine-ma- tog-raph-ic /.sinamata'graefik/ adj.
cinema-verite /.sinama'veritei/ (also cine-v^rite /.smi'veritei/)
noun [U] (from French) a style of making films/movies which are
about real life or are very realistic M&f&B
cine-phile /'sinifail/ noun a person who is very interested
in films/movies ^ M #F#; WE&
cinna bar /'sinaba:(r)/ noun [u] 1 a bright red
mineral that is sometimes used to give colour to things M 0, A£4 ( ) 2 the bright red
colour of cinnabar
mm
cin
na mon /’smarnan/ noun [U] the inner bark of a SE Asian tree, used in
cooking as a spice, especially to give flavour to sweet foods ^^#44 ( A #
ci pher (also cy-pher) /'saifa(r)/ noun
1 [U, C] a secret
way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to
represent others H771
code: a
message in cipher see
also decipher
2 [C] {formal, disapproving) a person or thing
of no importance 3 (BrE) the
first letters of sb’s
name combined in a design and used to mark things (
circa /'S3:ka; NAmE 'S3:rka/ prep, (from Latin)
{abbr. c) (used with dates -^r 0 ^ ^ ffi) about A : born circa
150 BC 150
A
cir ca dian /s3:'keidian; NAmE S3ir'k-/ adj. [only
before noun] {technical Ain) connected with the changes in the bodies of
people or animals over each period of 24 hours {a
circle
tangent W ik
segment
circle /*s3ikl; NAmE 'S3:rkl/ noun, verb ■
noun 1 a completely round flat shape 0; MM: Cut
out two circles of
paper. $ fi} ^ A 0 M I o — see also semicircle 2 the line that forms the
edge of a circle 01W]; 0 d: Draw a circle, pj - - A 0 H „ o She
walked the horse round in a circle. %
Bj % Hi -f 0 — see also
Antarctic Circle, Arctic
Circle,