lso courthouse, courtroom c> note at SCHOOL 2 the court [sing.] the people in a court, especially
those who make the decisions, such as the judge and JURY^&ihEAM; ( Xta ) Please
tell
the
court what happened, if ft J& l$s ML ft 1f W ££ M 0 — see
also contempt of court, county court, Crown Court, High Court, juvenile
court, Supreme Court
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FOR SPORT j®. If is zf 3 [C] a place where games such as
tennis are
played ( S ^ [ft ) ^
: a tennis/
squash/badminton court !«]££/ M / 7] 7 o He
won after only 52 minutes on court. iikX^iX 52 jf&Wt J| j# 7 fJ o — picture o page R30 — see also clay
COURT,
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KINGS/QUEENS S X ; \k X 4 [C, U] the official place
where kings and queens live X ; Hfjg; the
court of Queen Victoria ^l^f'JMAXlftlliM 5 the court [sing.] the king or queen, their family,
and the people who work for them and/or give advice to them X iE A M; XKA£
►
BUILDINGS n 6 [C] = courtyard 7 (abbr. Ct) [C]
used in the names of blocks of flats or
apartment buildings, or of some short streets; (in
£f#r;
(ASfBXJySAM
8 [C] a large open section
of a building, often with a glass roof ffcfr
( #
) ; XfT’, ft: the food court at the shopping mall A»t!*4>lftJr&&
lismi hold court (with sb) to entertain people by
telling them interesting or funny things ( A %
) if
AftA, ilAA rule/throw
sth out of 'court to
say that sth is completely wrong or not worth
considering, especially in a trial ( AlalEi&JitlX ) ft ft The charges were
thrown out of court. O Well that’s
my theory ruled out of court.
Eo — more at ball n., laugh v., pay v.
■
verb
►
TRY TO PLEASE lit HI 3/ 1 [VN] to try to please sb in
order to get sth you want, especially the
support of a person, an organization, etc. ( XiaM-MXffi
TO )
TStm^ift, H771 CULTIVATE: Both
candidates have spent the last month courting the media.
►
TRY TO GET ut@H##iJ 2 [VN] (formal) to try to obtain sth
Iff#: He has never courted popularity. fifeM.
XiiA£M0
►
INVITE STH BAD 3 [VN] (formal) to do sth that
might result in sth unpleasant happening gc ,
||
J5fc , # gC (■ A 1ft ft W : to court danger/death/
disaster 0 As a politician he has
often courted controversy. i&Atl)
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HAVE RELATIONSHIP 4 [VN] (old-fashioned) if a
man courts a woman, he spends time
with her and tries to make her love him, so that they can get married
( ft#A ) AM, A$l 5 [V] be courting (old-fashionecf) (of a man and a woman |§ X) to have a romantic relationship
before getting married ,&|g: At that time they had been
courting for several years. Zj TOftMH tLf£i&7 £jF — see also courtship
WHICH
WORD? isligUMft-
court ♦ law court . court
of law
All
these words can be used to refer to a place where legal trials take place.
Court and (formal) court of law usually refer
to the actual room where cases are judged. Courtroom is also used for this. Law
court (BrE) is more often used to refer to the
building. !AJt court fq ( ) court of
law courtroom law
court ( The prison is
opposite the law court. llS^ffel&^XtTOo
Courthouse is used for this in NAmE. :jtit At##] courthouse0
'court
card (BrE) (also 'face card NAmE, BrE) noun a playing
card with a picture of a king, queen or jack on it A-A#, (
tm#l K, Q ft J ) —picture o
PLAYING CARD
'court costs noun [pi.] (NAmE) = cost n.(4) cour te ous /'k3:tias; NAmE ‘k3:rt-/ adj. polite, especially in a way that shows
respect ^ f 14ft Ift; ); ( X
ft ) a courteous young man MM L
[ft7$£A o The hotel staff are friendly and courteous. M ttlR^AMA&TOIffllfto
H22 discourteous ► cour- te ous ly adv.
courtesan /.koiti'zaen; NAmE 'kairtizn/ noun (in the past) a prostitute, especially one with rich customers
.(mx%im®MM) nm&x
courtesy
/'k3:t9si;
NAmE 'k3:rt-/ noun, adj. a noun (pi. -ies) 1 [U]
polite behaviour that shows respect for other people f L-4ft ; it ^ ; MM^%L
ET77I politeness
: I
was treated with the utmost courtesy by the Staff, n%m 7Xf
A£M.ll4fti&fl#o 0 It’s only common courtesy to tell the neighbours that
we’ll be having a party (= the sort of behaviour that people would
expect). &>t&53fftfL
4ft 0 2 [C, usually pi.] (formal) a polite thing that you say or do when you
meet people in formal situations ( Xi^^ETOTOftJ ) %Ht%, IL4ft: an exchange of courtesies before
the meeting £ ff jtfr "TO 5 gt ft {(£ fTTfll courtesy of
sb/sth 1 (also by courtesy of sb/sth) with the official permission of sb/sth and as a favour
MW. ■■■
ftTrf- ( ) :
The pictures have been
reproduced by courtesy of the
provided free by a person or an organization W ■■■
E;
ItH: Win a weekend in
Fiat.
3 as the result of a particular thing or situation if X ■■ ■ A: Viewers can see the stadium from the
air, courtesy of a camera fastened to the plane. ^7
AfJl-hfS
do sb the
courtesy of doing sth to be polite by doing the
thing that is mentioned ( f jlSWf ) XtAsfe$L4ft:
Please
do me the courtesy of listening to what I’m saying. if fit 7' H/f rrUffTc 0 have the courtesy to do sth to
know when you should do sth in order to be
polite ftHtTOTOiM---
( I^AlUft ) : You think he’d at least have the courtesy to call to say he’d
be late. it.|$7E#
a adj. [only before noun] (of a bus, car, etc.
7^f)
provided free, at no cost to the person using it E A courtesy bus operates between the hotel
and the town centre.
SfettfU
Tf A 7'A|b] o 0 The
dealer will provide you with a courtesy car while your vehicle is being
repaired.
imm,
’courtesy
call noun 1 (also 'courtesy visit) a formal or official visit, usually by one
important person to another, just to be polite, not to discuss important business
(jEi£ig5t,@'A#] ) II714# if 2a
telephone call from a company to one of its customers, for example to see if
they are satisfied with the company’s service
’courtesy light noun a small light inside a car which is
automatically switched on when sb opens the door
(nmm
‘courtesy title noun a title that sb is allowed to use but
which has no legal status ( XfkW)
MM court-house /'koithaus; NAmE 'korrt-/ noun 1 (especially NAmE) a building containing courts of law t
o note at court
2 (in the
court-ly /'koitli; NAmE 'ko:rt-/ adj. (formal or literary) extremely polite and full of respect,
especially in an old-fashioned way (■%%%&
) MA