cluttered
368 I
(ft A f±o 0 {figurative) Try not to clutter
your head with trivia.
■
noun [U, sing.] (disapproving) a lot of things in an
untidy state, especially things that are not necessary or are not being used; a
state of confusion L(ftXH ( A 1b
X ft ic(ft^cX;#l (ft ) ; EEG3 mess: There’s always so
much clutter on your desk!
(tfkX gf i o There was a clutter of bottles and tubes on
the shelf.
clut tered /'klAtad; NAmE -tard/ adj. ~ (up)
(with sb/sth) covered with, or full of, a lot of things or people, in a way
that is untidy ASL(ft; : a clut
tered room/desk (XI Ajf(ftJ^-|h] / A® 0 (figurative) a cluttered mind (ftj.1® PIUH uncluttered
CM abbr. command module
cm abbr. (pi. cm or cms) centimetre
CND /.si: en 'di:/ abbr. Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament (a British organization whose aim is to persuade countries to get
rid of their nuclear weapons)
ft (>
CNN /.si: en 'en/ abbr. Cable News Network (an
American broadcasting company that sends television news programmes all over
the world) ( JiU
rmim, )
CO /.si: 'au; NAmE 'oo/ abbr. Commanding Officer
(an officer who commands a group of soldiers, sailors, etc.)
2
(in writing 45WSA) county fP; JL 3 and co. (BrE, informal) and other members of
a group of people 2&X M; : Were Jane and co. at the party? M
co- /kau;
NAmE kou/ prefix (used in adjectives,
adverbs, nouns and verbs § is], ®J iaj ,
together with ffl • ■ • —AN; co-produced A
X
4 r W 0 cooperatively 0 co-author # 0
coexist A#
c/o /.si: 'au; NAmE 'ou/
abbr. (used on letters to a
person staying at sb else’s house) care of ( tr® AW
fit'XX ) & • Mr P Brown, c/o Ms M
Jones * M. Ig
coach 0-w /kautX; NAmE koutJV noun, verb
mnoun 1 [C] a person who trains a person or team
in sport ( W S s/j (ft ) &[%£: a
basketball/football/
tennis, etc. coach M ft. A ££ , N M o Italy’s
national coach 2 fC] (BrE) a
person
who gives private lessons
to sb, often to prepare them for an exam :
a maths
coach 3 [C] = life coach 4 [C] (BrE) a
comfortable bus for carrying
passengers over long distances -fej^iAX; They went to
coach tour. #, ifl A # A A A f >J fife Wf 0 0 Travel is
by coach overnight to
o a coach station (= where coaches start
and end their journey) 0 a coach party (=
a group
of people travelling
together on a coach) A^-fei^^X- (ftfife$?IH — picture
o bus 5 [C] (BrE) =
carriage(I): a railway
coach A26 [C] a
large closed vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses, used in the past for
carrying passengers ( IH A 4 X —see
also stagecoach 7 [U] (NAmE) the
cheapest seats in a plane ( ) mm-. to fly coach
^ o
coach fares/passengers/seats "XWMtittibM'ifr / M# / IT»T71 see drive v.
m verb
~
sb (in/for sth) 1 to train sb to play a sport, to do a job better, or to
improve a skill ( , X#|&
&mmi ) mm, : EVN] Her father coached
her for the Olympics.
0 She has coached hundreds of young singers, f&mm j 0
He
coaches basketball
and soccer. 6- [alsp
VN to
inf] 2 [VN]
(especially
BrE) to
give a student extra teaching in a particular subject especially so that they
will pass an exam ) 3 ~ sb (in/on
sth)
to give sb special
instructions for what they should do
or say in a particular
situation fgX; Xf J A
if: [VN] They believed the witnesses had
been coached
on what to say. fMJiA^iiHAMf^^iiEifll^^lAUtfMlSIS
#i.£(ft0 [also VN to inf]
1 coach house noun a building where carriages pulled by horses are or were
kept Sj X& coach ing /'kautjir); NAmE 'koutj'-/ noun [U] 1 the process of
training sb to play a sport, to do a job better or to improve a skill ( # W j£ ftri -.X ft aScS t£(ft ) illl Kk,
f§UI|, a coaching session 2 (especially
BrE) the process of giving a student extra
teaching in a particular subject (
coaching inn noun in the past, an inn along a route used by horses, at
which horses could be changed Mt, P& ( )
coach-load /'kautjlaud; NAmE 'koutj'loud/ noun
(BrE) a group of people travelling together in a coach ( A N j£i£XXfife[M
) NlAfife^: Tourists were arriving
by
the coachload.
coach-man /’kauffman; NAmE ’koutf-/ noun
(pi. -men /-man/) (in the past) a man who drove a coach pulled by horses ( IHfft ) A
coach-work /'kautjw3:k;
MmF 'koutJw3:rk/ noun [U] (BrE) the metal outer part of a road or
railway/railroad vehicle AX ( l£AX- ) X#
co agu late /kau'aegjuleit; kou-/ verb if a liquid
coagulates or sth coagulates it,
it becomes thick and partly solid M N : ^ M. ^ H7?l
congeal : [V] Blood
began to coagulate around
the edges of the wound. ifiL
P . [also VN] ► co agu la tion /kau-
.aegju'leijn; NAmE kou-/ noun
[U]
COal
0*w /kaul;
NAmE koul/ noun 1 [U]
a hard black mineral that is found below the ground and burnt to produce heat :
I put more coal on the fire. Af±AM#jJP T 0
a lump of coal -J&
‘)% 0 a coal fire 0 a coal mine ft 0
the coal industry $|#tXik —picture o fireplace
2 [C] a piece of coal,
especially one that is burning ( ft ta # ffc: A hot coal fell out of
the fire and burnt the
carpet.
fT»T71 carry, take, etc. coals to Newcastle (BrE) to take goods to a
place where there are already plenty of them; to supply sth where it is not
needed lit ^ nhudLh Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
in the north of England, was once an important coal-mining centre.
—more at
HAUL V., RAKE V.
,
coal-' black adj. very
dark in colour H (ft; S H W: coal-black eyes ’AUXliSBS
co alesce /.kaua'les; NAmE ,koua-/ verb [V] ~ (into/with sth) (formal) to come together to
form one larger group, substance, etc. ^A; S£p“; EEC! amalgamate: The puddles had
coalesced into a small stream, jffc ® ± 7jc
?i X M W X X it & T — X M
o ► co ales-cence /,kaua'lesns; NAmE
,koua-/ noun [U] coal-face /'kaulfeis; NAmE 'koul-/ (also face) noun the place deep inside a mine where the
coal is cut out of the rock ( jgifASlft ) H3EJ at the
'coalface
(BrE) where the real work
is done, not just where people talk about it X I fPMM, XXXX? —:A: Many
of the best ideas come from doctors at the coalface.
i nfirflcfenipo
coalfield
/'kaulflild;
NAmE 'koul-/ noun
a large area where there is a lot of coal under the ground jgffl coal- fired adj. using coal as fuel ‘)&M.
(Hi:
a coal-fired power station ffeA
coal
gas noun [u] a mixture of gases
produced from coal, that can be used for electricity and heating A coal-house /'kaulhaus; NAmE 'koul-/ noun
a small building for storing coal, especially in sb’s garden in the past (
iB0^X&Sm(ft ) mm, ' co ali tion /.kaua'lijn; NAmE .koua-/ noun
1 [C+sing./pl. v/.] a government formed by
two or more political parties working together ( W'XAAA: ) KMH! to
form a coalition o a two-party
coalition MAKA
O a coalition government
M.'aHkM 2 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group formed by
people from several different