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to other people and that
they might find offensive
cock-tail /'knkteil;
NAmE ‘ka:k-/ noun 1 [C] a drink usually
made from a mixture of one or more spirits
(= strong alcoholic drinks) and fruit juice. It can also be made
without alcohol. : a cocktail bar/cabinet/
lounge |ftMIfr / ® |'b] 2 [C, U] a dish of
small pieces of food,
usually served cold l&A: a prawn/shrimp cocktail 0 fruit cocktail jf
3
[C] a mixture of different substances, usually ones that do not mix together
well ( cffiW
M a lethal cocktail of drugs ft
—
see also Molotov cocktail
'cocktail dress noun a dress that is
suitable for formal social occasions (
'cocktail party noun a formal social
occasion, usually in the early evening, when people drink cocktails or other alcoholic drinks
'cocktail stick noun (BrE) a small, sharp piece
of wood on which small pieces of food are placed, for guests to eat at parties
(
'cock-teaser
(also
cock-tease, prick-teaser, prick- tease) noun (taboo, slang) an offensive word
used to describe a woman who makes a man think she will have sex with him when
she will not ( 1^0 211
t,
'cock-up noun (BrE, informal) a mistake that spoils people’s
arrangements; sth that has been spoilt because it was badly organized ( 4TSL7W.fcP/Wh&l ) IHb;
( $ ) m, -mm-. There’S been a
bit of a cock-up over the travel arrangements. iiR
Vi V &
cocky /'knki;
NAmE 'ka:ki/ adj. (cock-ier, cocki-est) (informal) too confident about
yourself in a way that annoys other people g cocki
ness noun [U]
cocoa
/'kaukau;
NAmE 'kookou/ noun 1 [U] dark brown powder
made from the crushed seeds (called cocoa beans)
of
a tropical tree bJ 2 [U] a hot drink made
by mixing cocoa powder with milk and/or water and usually sugar oj bJ ( \k 14 ) : a mug of cocoa — A
If
bJ nj 3
[C] a cup of cocoa — If ^ bJ pf
fjc 14
—
compare chocolate(3),
drinking chocolate
'cocoa butter noun [U] fat that is
obtained from cocoa
beans and used in making
chocolate and cosmetics bJ
pm v
co co nut /'kaukanAt; NAmE 'kou-/ noun 1 [C] the large nut of a
tropical tree called a coconut palm. It grows inside a hard
shell and contains a soft white substance that can be eaten and juice that can
be drunk. # ::f
—
picture c> page Ri8 2 [U] the soft white
substance
inside a coconut, used in
cooking ( 7 iff $J ‘) W ?
,
Wff: desiccated coconut #77 o coconut biscuits/ cookies
ffl&WV o coconut oil
'coconut butter noun [U] a solid substance
inside coconuts that is
used to make soap, candles, etc.
w=fm (mm)
.coconut
'matting noun [U] (BrE) a material used to
cover floors that is made from the hair inside the outer shell of coconuts ( fljijl&lfe&fj ) If#
'coconut shy noun (pi. coconut shies) (BrE) an outdoor entertainment in which people try to knock
coconuts off stands by throwing balls at them UfflPT
co-coon /ka'kuin/
noun, verb
mnoun 1 a covering of silk
threads that some insects make to protect themselves before they become adults M 2 a soft
covering that wraps all around a person or thing and forms a protection {£7 Hi; &W- :
(figurative) the cocoon of a caring family
mverb [VN] [usually passive] ~
sb/sth (in sth) to protect sb/sth by
surrounding them or it completely with sth ((#!••• Wewerewarm
and safe, cocooned in our sleeping bags.
’ft.
coco-yam /'kaokaujaem; NAmE 'koukou-/ noun
[C, U] (WAfrE) a plant whose
roots can be cooked and eaten or made into flour V A: roasted cocoyam ^ — see
also FUFU
cod /kDd;
NAmE ka:d/ noun, adj.
m. noun [C, U] (pi.
cod) a large sea fish with white flesh that is used for food Mfk: fishing for cod 0 cod fillets
m adj. [only before noun]
(BrE, informal) not genuine or real f[x$J; $1 ; A % : a cod American accent ^ (ft
ISPh 0 cod psychology
COD
/,si: au *di:; NAmE 00/ abbr. cash on delivery or
(in American English) collect on delivery (payment for goods will be made when
the goods are delivered)
fast; ftmm
coda /'kauda: NAmE 'kooda/ noun
the final passage of a piece of music ( JfcdfrW ) jg#, M7*; :
(figurative) The final two months
were a miserable coda to the President’s first period in office. 1f|§li
cod dle /'kndl; NAmE 'ka:dl/ verb [VN] 1 (often disapproving to treat sb with
too much care and attention MM—compare mollycoddle 2 to cook eggs in
water slightly below boiling point (.&B&fl£7S
) ;t < M )
Code 0-w /kaod; NAmE koud/ noun,
verb mnoun 1 [C, uj
(often in compounds #4^51 W jaJ) a system of words, letters, numbers or symbols
that represent a message or record information secretly or in a shorter form
^5^; tobreaW
crack a code (= to understand
and read the message) 0 It’s written in code. £fto 0 Tap
your code number into
the machine. 4E If #J WiWV-Vti A IJl c O In
the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will
appear. ^ 4JU$ jS AIE #,
Kc h /ft M m ilc ft S3 o — see
also area code, bar code, Morse code,
postcode, zip code, sort code 2 [C] = dialling code: There are two
codes for London. fttMtffeiSKc 3 [U] (computing if)
a system of computer programming instructions H 53 — see also machine code, source code 4 [C] a set of moral
principles or rules of behaviour that are generally accepted by society or a
social group if $g ?£ M; Vi A Mfa: a strict code of
conduct f* fifj V % j/[ij 5 [C] a
system of laws or written
rules that state how people in an institution or a country should behave :
the penal code — see also dress code, Highway
Code
■ verb [VN] 1 to write or print words, letters, numbers, etc. on
sth so that you know what it is, what group it belongs to, etc. J] ■■ ■%| ^: Each order is coded
separately. 2 to
put a message into
code so that it can only
be understood by a few people IS •••##. ?r? ^ 3
(computing if) to write a computer program by putting one system of
numbers, words and symbols into another system Mi @ )f;
; H771
ENCODE
coded /'kaudid; NAmE 'kou-/ adj. 1 [only before
noun] a coded message or coded information is written or sent using a
special system of words, letters, numbers, etc. that can only be understood by
a few other people or by a computer a
coded
warning of a bomb at the
airport
rr 4JIIf 'f! # (l\) 'V; Vh 2
expressed in an indirect way : There
was coded criticism of
the government from some party members. —
co deine /‘kaudiin; NAmE ’kou-/ noun
[U] a drug used to reduce pain )
‘code
name noun a name used for a
person or thing in order to keep the real name secret ► 'code-named adj. [not before noun]: a drug investigation, code-named
Snoopy fcfcftj
.code of 'practice noun (pi. codes of practice) a set of standards
that members of a particular profession agree to follow in their work
frikffiJfl'J; IRikiM'] co depend ency /.kaodi'pendansi; NAmE,kou-/ noun [U] (psychology
V) a situation in which two people have a close relationship in which
they rely too much on