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is living in cloud cuckoo land, you mean that they do not understand what a situation is really like, but think it is much better than it is幻想世界；也离现实的

幻境 .,

cloud-less /'klaudlas/ adj. clear; with no clouds Bf 的;无云沾：a cioudfess s/cy晴朗的天空 | cloudy /'klaodi/ oc/y. 1 (of.the sky or the weather 天空 或天气).covered wit;h. clouds; with a lot of clouds 被、云 "        遮住的；阴云密布的;‘阴天的;多:云的EQ3CLEAR: a

grey, doudy day 灰暗多云的禾突.2 (of liquids 液体)not clear or transparent不清撤的；芣透_的；浑浊的 ► cloudi-ness noun [U] clout /klaut/ noun, verb

■                  now/? 1 [U] power and influence 影■晌力-;势 ij : poh’ticai/月nancfaZ dout 政治/ 经济势另◊ J fcnew his opinion carried a lot of clout with them.

遍他们很有影响力。2 [C，usually sing.]       a blow

with the hand or a hard object (用手或硬物的）击,打 m verb [\fH] {informal) to hit sb hard, especially with your hand (尤指用手）猛击，重打 clove /klauv; NAmE klouv/ noun 1 [C, U] the dried flower of a tropical tree, used in cooking as a spice, especially to give flavour to sweet foods. Cloves look like small nails. 了香（热带树木的干花，形似小钉子，用作调味 品，尤用作甜長的香料）2 W a garlic〜丨a〜of garlic one of the small separate sections of a bulb (= the round underground part) of garlic .蒜.瓣一picture c> page Ri8 — see also cleave v.

,cloven 'hoof noun the foot of an animal such as a cow, a sheep, or a goat, that is divided into two parts ,(车、羊等的）偶蹄，分趾蹄

do-ver /'kl9uv0(r); NAmE 'klou-/ noun [U] a small wild plant that usually has three leaves on each stem and purple, pink or white flowers that are shaped like balls 三沾草；车轴草：a /our-iea/ ciover (= one with four leaves instead of three, thought to bring good luck)四 叶车轴草（一般为三叶，故被认为可带来好运）_ be/ live in clo\er {informal) to have enough money to be able to live a very comfortable life 过舒适优裕的生活 doverleaf /'klauvaliif; N/4mf 'klouvar-/ noun {NAm£) a place where a number of main roads meet at different levels, with curved sections that form the pattern of a four-leaf clover四叶苜猜叶形立交路口 clown /klaun/ noun, verb

m noun 1 an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh 丑角；-小丑：（^gwrcrt/W) Robert was aZways the class clown (= he did silly things to make the other students laugh)•那时候罗伯特总是班里的活宝。2(而叩- proving) a person that you disapprove of because they act in a stupid way 蠢食；笨蛋：What do those clowns in the government they are doing?政府里的那些蠢 货自以为他们在做什么呢？

• verb [V] ~ (around) (often disapproving) to behave in a silly way, especially in order to make other people laugh _(尤指为逗入笑而故意）作出蠢相 clown.ish /'klaumJV <?办 like a down; silly 小丑似的；

滑稽的；愚蠢的；傻的

cloy /kbi/ verb (of sth pleasant or sweet 美好事物或 香甜的东西）to stap to become slightly disgusting or annoying, because there is too much of it.(过量而.）让 人腻烦：A_/ifer a vvhiie, the rich sauce begins to doy.过 了一i会儿，浓味沙司开始显得油腻 doy-ing /'klonrj/ adj. (formal) 1 (of food, a smell, etc. 食物、气味等）so sweet that it is unpleasant甜得发腻 的；隹人腻烦南 2 using emotion in a very obvious way, so that the result is unpleasant (感情过每外露而）.令又 腻烦的：the doying senrimentaiify 〇/ her novek 她的小 说中令人厌烦的感伤情调►doylnglyfldv. cloze test /'klauz test; NAmE 'klooz/ noun a type of test in which you have to put suitable words in spaces in a text where words have been left out 填空测验 dilb t>» /klAb/ noun, verb

■                  noun

► FOR ACTIVITY/SPORT 活动 V 体育运动 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] (especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词）a group of

people who meet together regularly, for a particular activity, sport, etc.俱乐部；社团；备：a golf/tennis, etc. club高尔夫球、网球等俱乐部oa chess/^rn/ movie, etc. dub国际象棋、电影等倶乐部◊ to join/ beZong to a c〖ub加入俱乐缔；属于知俱系部◊ ITie dub has/have voted to admit 50 new members.俱乐部通过故 票_章接纳 50 名新成员。一 see also FAN CLUB, YOUTH club 2 [C] the building or rooms that a particular club uses    部使用的）建筑设施，活动室：We hacHunch

at the go〖/dub.我们在高尔夫球俱乐部吃的午饭。◊ the cZub bar 搞乐部酒吧一see also country club, health club 3 [C+sing./pl. v.] (6r£) a professional sports organ­ization that includes the players, managers, owners and members 职业运动俱乐細：Manchester United Foot- baH aub曼联职业足球倶乐部

■                  MUSIC/DANCING 丨皆乐；舞蹈 4 [C] a place where people, especially young people, go and listen to music, dance, etc.(尤指年轻人听音乐、跳舞等的）俱乐部，夜总会： a jazz dub 爵士乐夜总会◊ (he dub scene in iVewcastie 纽 卡斯尔的夜启、会场鲁一see also clubbing, nightclub,

STRIP CLUB

■                  SOCIAL 年5 [C+sing./pl. v.] (especially in Britain) an organization and a place where people, usually men only，can meet together socially or stay (尤指英国）男 性_乐部：He’s a member o/severaZ London dubs.他是

伦敦几个男性倶乐部的会员。

■                  SELLING B00KS/CDS 销售朽/# 序唱片 6 [C]an organiza­tion that sells books, CDs， etc. cheaply to its members

(以优惠价出售图书、激光唱片等给成员的）读者俱乐 部，听众俱乐部，…会：a music dub音乐听众俱乐部 一 see also book club

■                  WEAPON 武器 7 [C] a heavy stick with one end thicker than the other, that is used as a weapon 击棍（一头粗

头细）一see also billy club

■                  IN GOLF 高尔夫球 8 [C] = GOLF CLUB(l)

■                  IN CARD GAMES 纸牌游戏 9 clubs [pi.，U] one of the four sets of cards (called suits) in a pack/deck of cards. The clubs have a black design shaped like three black leaves on a short stem.梅花：tie _/iive/queea/cice 〇/ dubs 梅花五/ Q/ A — picture o playing card 10 [C] one card from the suit called clubs 梅花牌：I played a dub.我出梅花。

IRJ1 be in the .club (8rf，"7/omjfl/) to be pregnant 怀 孕；肚子大了 _ more at join v.

■ verb (-bb-) 1 [VN] to hit a person or an animal with a heavy stick or similar object用棍棒（或类似棍棒之物） 打：rfte victim was dubbed to death wit/i a basebaZZ bat.受害者被用棒球球棒殴打致死。2 [V] go clubbing {BrE, informal) to spend time dancing and drinking in nightclubs ■泡夜总会        ,dub to gether (fir£) if

two or more people club together, they each give an amount of money and the total is used to pay for sth 凑份子：分担费 ji: We clubbed together to buy them a new tepvi5wn.我们凑钱给他们买了一台新电视机。 club-bing /'kLvbirj/ noun [U] the activity of going to nightclubs regularly 泡夜总..会：They go clubbing most weekends•他们关美数為末都去泡夜总会。► club­ber /7〇w/7: The venue was packed with 3 000 clubbers.

会场被3 _名俱乐部会员挤得满满的。

'dub car noun (NAm^) a coach/car on a train with comfortable chairs and tables, where you can buy sth to eat or drink (火车的）休闲车厢（设有舒适桌椅，并 出售食品、饮料>

'club class noun [u]   = business class

,club .foot /iow/1 [C，U] a foot that has been deformed (=badly shaped丨 since birth.(.先天性的）畸形足 ► ,club-'footed adj.

club-house /'klAbhaus/ noun the building used by a club, especially a sports club (尤指体育）俱乐部会所 club-land /'klAblaend/ noun [U] (6r£) popular night­clubs in general and the people who go to them; an area of a town where there are a lot of nightclubs 受欢迎的夜总会及其顾客；夜总会区：modern dubtond 现代夜总会区◊ London’s duWand伦敦的夜总会区 ^lub 'sandwich noun a sandwich consisting of three slices of bread with two layers of food between them 总会三明治（.三片面包，两层夹馅)，