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corrupt /ka'rApt/ adj., verb
m adj. 1 (of people A) willing to
use their power to do dishonest or illegal things in return for money or to get
an advantage a
corrupt regime ^
accepting bribes ^$2 (of behaviour tf
A) dishonest or immoral corrupt
practices '$} M
$£ 0 The whole system is
inefficient and corrupt, it# & M '& m TM m M „ 3 (com
puting if) containing changes or
faults, and no longer in the original state B $ © W
corrupt software it Wit# 0 The text on the disk seems
to be corrupt. ± &§’# if fc W If & e
► cor rupt ly adv.
■ verb 1 [VN] to have a bad effect on sb and make them
behave in an immoral or dishonest way © $$ it; {<£ M M: He was
corrupted by power and ambition. if
4j*$» it B. M o 0 the corrupting
effects of great wealth
S AM'ii $J)lf 2 [VN] [often passive] to change the
original form of sth, so that it is damaged or
spoiled in some way fi£ft; ©it: a corrupted form of Buddhism - 3 (computing if) to cause mistakes to
appear in a computer file, etc. with the result
that the information in it is no longer correct 3i|2 (
# W ) It © ; it: [VN] The program has somehow corrupted the
system files. S © /f- M ^ ^
itfe-^ STf Jk i%
A ft illto 0 corrupted data o [V] The disk
will corrupt if it is
overloaded. E M. fl it ^ tblto
cor rupt ible /ka'rAptabl/ adj. that can be corrupted nji|£A£li)
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cor
rup tion /ka'rApjn/ noun 1 [u] dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially
of people in authority }$j !$; ^ ft;
JSfRfr; allegations of bribery
and corruption
X't iff It A'
^jt ft fa © 0 The new district attorney has
promised to fight police corruption. Kr±ft ft ^ ^ Jgj §M 4*o 2 [U] the act or effect of
making sb change from moral to immoral standards
of behaviour {£ A B M fr A; Ji^ : He claimed that sex and violence on
TV led to the corruption of young people. fik #
BWo
3 [C, usually sing.] the form of a word or
phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way ( ^ xa] @ it ) $ ft: The word ‘holiday’ is a corruption
of ‘holy day’, holiday H holy day corsage /ko:’sa:3; NAmE ko:r'sa:3/ noun a small bunch of flowers
that is worn on a woman’s dress, for example at a wedding (
corse-lette (also corse-let) /koisa'let; NAmE ko:rs-; 'kaisalet; 'kairs-/ noun a piece of women’s underwear that combines
a corset and a bra ( A
corset /'ka:sit; NAmE 'kairsit/ noun a piece of women’s underwear, fitting the
body tightly, worn especially in the past to make the waist look smaller ( Ate
IS BtfcH ic
msfw) nmm
cortege (also cor-tege especially in US) /ko:'te3; -'tei3; NAmE ko:r'te3/ noun a line of cars or people moving
along slowly at a funeral it # A PA ( ff ?>J, PA ffi )
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cortex /'kaiteks; NAmE 'karrt-/ noun (pi. cor-ti-ces /'ka:tisi:z; NAmE 'ka:rt-/) (anatomy flj?) the outer layer of an organ in the body,
especially the brain /£ M ; & ©; ( A Ib ) A ® & M: the cerebral/renal cortex
(= around the brain/KiDNEY) A M / 'ff fOI ► cor-tic-al /'kaitikl; NAmE 'korrt-/ adj.
cor-ti-sone /'kortizaun; -soon; NAmE 'karrtasoun; -zoun/ noun [U] (medical IS) a hormone used in the treatment of diseases such as arthritis, to reduce swelling of «) cor un dum /ka’rAndam/ noun [U] an extremely hard form of alumina found in rubies and sapphires. Corundum is used as an abrasive. RiJ3L ( )
corus-cate /'kDraskeit; NAmE 'korr-; 'karr-/ verb [V] (literary) 1 (of light A) to flash iXjjtf; |X]^ 2 (of a person A) to be full of life, enthusiasm
or humour fj;
► cor-us-cat-ing/'knraskeitir); NAmE ’korr-; 'karr-/ adj.: coruscating wit © ft) cor-us- cat-ing-ly adv.: coruscatingly brilliant j® ti corvette /kor'vet; NAmE korr'vet/ noun a small fast ship
used in war to protect other ships from attack
m
cos1
(also ’cos) /kDz; NAmE kaz/ conj.
(BrE, informal) because ® A : 1 can’t see her at all, cos it’s too dark.
A AM,
cos2
abbr. (in writing) cosine (
COSATU
/kau'sartur;
NAmE 'kou-/ abbr. the Congress of South African Trade Unions
(- a political organization in
mm-,
cosh /KdJ; NAmEkaifl noun, verb
• noun (especially BrE) a short thick heavy stick,
for example a piece of metal or solid rubber, that is used as a weapon ( £'L'W.foW
fT»T71 under the 'cosh (BrE, informal) experiencing a lot of
pressure JEE tlMH.: Our side was under the cosh for most of the second half. .AnPrft WlulM#.
m verb [VN] (especially BrE)
to hit sb hard with a cosh or sth similar
,
co-' signatory noun one of two or more people
who sign a formal document ( IE ^ X # if- A :
co-signatories of/to the treaty co-sine /'kausain; NAmE ‘koo-/ noun (abbr. cos) (mathematics 3&) the ratio of the length of the side next to an acute angle in a right-angled triangle to the length of
the longest side (= the hypotenuse)
<1£ — compare sine, tangent
cos
lettuce /,kns 'letis; ,kDz; NAmE ,ka:s; ,ko:s/ (BrE) (NAmE ro-maine) noun [C, U] a type of lettuce with long crisp leaves ;
cos-met-ic /kDz'metik; NAmE ka:z-/ noun, adj. m noun [usually pi ] a substance that you
put on your face or body to make it more attractive it %. pp ; A W np : the cosmetics industry it'fkm'U^L
o a cosmetic company \t%.pp 0 cosmetic products it'fk
A pfi
■ adj. 1 improving only the outside appearance
of sth and not its basic character H ^
® : These
reforms are not merely cosmetic. jX # AfJUX ^ A H ffi o <> She dismissed the
plan as a cosmetic exercise to win votes.
2 connected with medical treatment that is intended to improve a
person’s appearance cosmetic surgery M #[ o cosmetic
dental work os-met-ic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.
COS-mic
/'knzmik;
NAmE 'ka:z-/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 connected with the whole
universe : Do you
believe in a cosmic plan? 2 very
great and important hAfilf This was disaster
on a cosmic scale. iiHii AA#L .cosmic 'dust noun [U] (astronomy A) very small pieces of matter floating in
space
.cosmic
'rays noun [pi ] rays that reach the earth from outer
space