cowl-ing
/'kaulir)/
noun
[technical a
metal cover for an engine, especially on an aircraft 整流罩；（尤指）飞 机引擎罩一picture o page Rii
'cowl neck noun a collar
on
a womans sweater that hangs in several folds (女性套衫的）重褶领 'co-worker noun a person that sb works
with, doing the same kind of job共同工作者；合作者；同事；同僚
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'cow
parsley noun [U]
a European wild plant with a lot of very small white flowers that look like lace
峨参； 饰带花（原产欧洲，开小白花V cow-pat /'kaupaet/ /noun [Br£) a
round flat piece of solid waste from a cow ♦輿团
cow-pea
/'kaupi:/
noun a
type of bean that is white with a black spot and is
grown for food It豆，黑眼豆 (供食用）：-Cowpeas are an important
crop in many countries.黑眼豆是很多非洲国家的重要作物。
cow-poke /'kaupauk;
NAmE -pouk/
noun (NAmE,
old- fashioned or humorous) = cowboy
cow-pox /'kaupDks; NAmE -parks/ noun [U] a disease caused by
a vims, which affects cows and can infect humans. The virus was used in making vaccines
against
smallpox.牛痘（病毒引起的牛疾病，可传染人
类；f痘病毒过去用于制天花疫苗） cow-rie /'kauri/ noun a small shiny shell that
was used as money in the past in parts of Aiirica and
cow-slip /'kauslip/
noun a
small wild plant with yellow flowers with a sweet smell樱草；欧洲楼草；黄备九轮
草；野生报春花
cox /kDks;
NAmE ka:ks/
noun, verb • noun (also cox-swain) the person who controls the direction of a rowing boat while other people are ROWING (划艇的）舵手
■
verb [VN, V] to control the direction of a rowing
boat while
other people are rowing; to act as a cox (为划
艇）掌当（划艇的）舵手
cox-swain
/'koksn;
NAmE 'karksn/
noun 1 the person who is in
charge of a lifeboat and who controls its direction (救生艇的）艇长，舵手2 = cox coy /koi/ adj. 1 shy or pretending to be
shy and innocent，especially about love or sex，and sometimes in
order to make people more interested in you (尤中旨 对爱情或性爱>羞羞答答的，假装害羞无知的，故作忸怩
的：She gave me a coy smi7e•她羞答答地对我矣f笑。
2 〜（about sth)
not willing to give information about sth, or answer questions that tell people
too much about you不愿提供信息的；不肯作答的；含糊其辞的
PHTl
reticent ： She was a little coy about how much her dress cost.她对她那#衣服花了多少钱有点吞輕吐吐。
► coyly adv. coy*ness noun [U]
coy-ote /kai'auti; BrE also koi-; NAmE -'outi; 'kaiout/ (also 'prairie wolf) noun a N American wild animal of the dog family丛林狼，草原狼（犬科动物，分布于
北美）
coy-pu /'koipu:/
noun a
large S American animal, like a beaver, that lives near water 河狸鼠（南美洲动物） cozy {
cp*
(in
writing) compare (书写形式）比较
CPE
/,si:
pi: 'i:/ noun [U]
a British test, set by the University of Cambridge, that measures a person's
ability to speak and write English at a very advanced level (the abbreviation
for ‘Certificate of Proficiency in English’） 熟练英语证书考试，剑桥最高级英语认证（全写为 Certificate of Proficiency in English )
CPI
/,si:
pi: 'ai/ CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 消费物价
指数
CpI
(8r£) (AMmf CpI.) (in writing) Corporal
(.书写
形式）下士
CPR
/,si:
pi: 'ai(r)/ noun [U]
breathing air into the mouth of an unconscious person and pressing on their
chest to keep them alive by sending air around their body (the abbreviation for
‘cardiopulmonary resuscitation’）心月市 复苏 全写为 cardiopulmonary
resuscitation,包括进行人
工呼吸和体外心脏按摩}
| 463 crack
CPU
/,si:
pi: 'ju:/ abbr. {computing if) the abbreviation for 'central
processing unit* (the part of a computer that controls all the other parts of
the system)中央处理器
(全写为 central processing unit:) crab
/kraeb/
noun 1 [C] a sea creature
with a hard shell, eight legs and two pincers (= curved and pointed
arms for catching and holding things). Crabs move side- ways on land•蟹；螃蟹一picture o page R29 — see also hermit crab 2 [U] meat from a crab,
used for food 蟹肉：dressed crab 经加工的榜蟹 3 crabs the
condition
caused by having lice (called crab lice) in the hair around the genitals
阴風寄—病
'crab
apple noun a tree that produces
fruit like small hard sour apples, also called crab apples 酸苹果树；■花
红树；沙果树
crabbed /'kraebid; krasbd/ adj. 1 [literary) (of sb*s writing 笔迹Vsmall and difficult to
read vj、M难辨认的
2 {old-fashioned)
=
crabby
crabby /'kraebi/ adj. {informal) (of people 人）bad- tempered and
unpleasant 脾气乖戾的； 易怒的 crab-grass /'kraebgrais; NAmE -graes/ noun [U] (especially
'crab
stick noun a small pink stick made
from pressed pieces of fish that have been flavoured to taste like CRAB 肉棒，蟹肉条（用鱼肉糜加香料制成）
crab.wise
/'kraabwaiz/
(of a movement 移动）in a sideways direction,
like a crab 向一边地；横向似—蟹地
crack /kraek/ verb, noun,
adj. m verb
►
BREAK 破裂 1
to break without dividing into separate
parts;
to break sth in this way 破裂；裂开；断裂：.[V] TTie i.ce cracked
as J stepped onto it.義一‘乂就▲了。◊ [VN] ffe has
cmcfced a bone fn his arm.他沾幸#%tt 处骨 裂。◊ ffer Zips were dry
and cracfced•化的 裂了。
2 to
break open or into pieces; to break sth in this way 砸开；破开；砸碎；打碎：[V+flfifv./prep.]Achun/co/the
cracfced o#fn a storm.山崖上尚一块石头在暴风
雨中崩塌下来 6 ◊ Ms /ace cracked into a
smiZe.彳也也上会出了微笑。◊ [VN] to crncfc a nut把坚果 砸开◊ She crac/ced an egg into the pan.她往锅里打了广 个鸡蛋。
►
HIT 击中 3
[VN]〜sth/sb (on/against sth)
to hit sth/sb with a short hard blow 重击；猛击：I cracked my head on the 〖ovv
ceiiin^.我的头撞上了低矮的天花板。offe cracfced me on the head
with a ruZer.他用尺子猛击我的
头部。
►
MAKE SOUND 发出声音 4 to make a sharp sound;
to make sth do this (使 > 发出爆裂声，噼啪作响：[V】A shot cracfced across the ridge. —颗炮弹飞过山.脊爆炸了。
0 [VN] [no passive] He cracked his whip and galloped away.他抽响鞭子，策马飞奔而去。
►
OF VOICE 嗓音 5 [V] if your voice cracks, it changes in depth,
volume, etc. suddenly and in a way that you cannot control (突然.）变政哑，.变沙哑：Zn a .vofce cracking
with emotion, he told us of his son's death, flkll 恸失声地告诉我们他儿子去世的消息。
►
UNDER PRESSURE 在压力下 6 [V] to
no longer be able to function normally because of pressure (因压力而）吃 不消，崩溃，瓦解：Things are terrible at work and people are craddng under
the strain.工作情况很糟糕， 人们因过度紧张越来越吃不消了。◊ rh吖questioned
him /or days be/ore Zie cracfced.他彳ii审讯他多日后他就培掉
了。◊ The oZd institutions are cracfcfn^.旧的制食正在
允i?。
►
FIND°SOLUT丨ON 找到解决方法.7 [VN] to find the
solution
to a problem, etc. ; to
find the way to do sth difficult 找到 If 决（难题等侖），方法•： to cradc t/ie enemy’s code 破译敌人的密码◊ (/Vi/o/VTifl/)
A_/ter a year in this job J t/iinfc JTVegot it cracfced/干亍一年后，我觉得我已知道
怎样做好这项工作了。 •
STOP
SB/STH 阻.止 8 [VN]
to find a way of stopping or defeating a criminal or an enemy 阻止，打击，.击败， 战胜（罪犯或敌人）：_Poiice have cracked a major drugs ring.警方破获了一个重大的贩毒集团。