cowl
ing /'kaulir)/
noun (technical Aio) a metal cover for an engine,
especially on an aircraft UMljjt; ( Xfu ) #13 | ^ H — picture o page Rii cowl neck noun a collar on a woman’s sweater that
hangs in several folds ( fci&M 'co-worker noun a person that sb works
with, doing the same kind of job l^; |WJ ^
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'cow parsley noun [u] a European wild plant with
a lot of very small white flowers that look like lace il$#;
(w^mw, k^uvl )
cow-pat /'kaupaet/ /noun [BrE) a round flat piece of solid waste from a cow XU @3
cow-pea
/'kaupi:/
noun a type of bean that is white with a black spot
and is grown for food la, HHs ( ) :
Cowpeas
are an important crop in many
African countries.
cow-poke /'kaupauk;
NAmE -pouk/ noun [NAmE, old- fashioned or humorous) = cowboy
cow-pox /'kaupDks; NAmE -parks/ noun [U] a disease caused by a virus, which
affects cows and can infect humans. The virus was used in making vaccines against smallpox. oJ#^A
cow-rie /'kauri/
noun a small shiny shell that was used as money
in the past in parts of
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cow-shed /'kaujed/ noun (BrE) a farm building in which cows are kept XU; X#
cow-slip /'kauslip/
noun a small wild plant with yellow flowers
with a sweet smell jfg^
cox /knks;
NAmE kaiks/ noun, verb m noun (also cox-swain) the person who controls the
direction of a rowing boat while
other people are
ROWING ( MW )
m verb [VN, V] to control the direction of a rowing
boat while other people are rowing;
to act as a cox ( f] $J
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cox-swain /‘knksn; NAmE ’karksn/ noun 1 the person who is in charge of a lifeboat and who controls its direction
( ) $£47 USX 2 = cox
coy /koi/ adj. 1 shy or pretending to be shy and innocent,
especially about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more
interested in you ( X5b
&>):
She
gave me a coy smile. %o
2 ~ (about
sth) not willing to give information about sth, or answer questions that
tell people too much
about you
HT71 reticent : She was a little coy
about how much her dress cost.
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coyly adv. coy-ness noun [U] coy-ote /kai'auti; BrE also koi-; NAmE -'outi; 'kaiout/ (also 'prairie wolf) noun a N American wild animal of the dog family ( jtftihVQ, ftf&T
im)
coy-pu /'koipu:/
noun a large S American animal, like a beaver, that lives near water M®
HI, ( )
cozy [NAmE)
= cosy
cp.
abbr. (in writing) compare (
X'7'l^A )
CPE
/.si:
pi: 'i:/ noun [U] a British test, set by the University
of Cambridge, that measures a person’s ability to speak and write English at a
very advanced level (the abbreviation for ‘Certificate of Proficiency in
English’)
»&£.i§iE45#iit,
Certificate
of Proficiency in English )
CPI
I,si: pi: 'ai/ abbr. consumer price
index ft iff
CpI
[BrE) [NAmE CpI.) abbr. (in writing) Corporal ( 4$^
)
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CPR
/.si:
pi: 'a:(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’) 7
( X7/X cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hilSiSiTr A
463
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) 41 A&LSfl ( dkWA 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 sideways on land. g; $£ g — picture o page R29 — see
also hermit crab 2 [u] meat from a crab, used
for food M [£]: dressed crab 3 crabs (informal) the
condition caused by having lice (called crab lice) in the hair around the genitals
'crab apple noun a tree that produces fruit like small hard
sour apples, also called crab apples HXX4X Vi
HW;
crabbed /‘kraebid; kraebd/ adj. 1 [literary) (of sb’s writing ^M) small and difficult to
read X M I# iA (ft 2 [old-fashioned) = crabby
crabby /'kraebi/ adj. [informaf) (of
people A) bad- tempered and unpleasant ^ S[e
^ 6X crab-grass /'kraebgra:s; NAmE -graes/ noun [u] [especially NAmE) a type
of grass that grows where it is not wanted, spreads quickly and is hard to get
rid of
mg, )
'crab stick noun a small pink stick made from pressed
pieces of fish that have been flavoured to taste like
CRAB
g|*!f$, g^& ( )
crab-wise /‘kraebwaiz/ adv. (of a movement ^Eff) in a sideways direction,
like a crab ft—liftXl^gitfc crack Ot*
/kraek/
verb, noun,
adj.
• verb
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BREAK l£ 1 to break without dividing into separate
parts; to break sth in this way 5£:§7 Skff ; [V]
The ice cracked as I stepped onto it. 0
[VN] He
has cracked a bone in his arm. fife (ft X If &h#
^0
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2 to break open or into
pieces; to break sth in this way 5®X; fi£JF; 115?;
4T5? : [V +adv./prep.] A chunk of the cliff had
cracked off in a storm. lJLlii±&9—i&TfAlElIM
0 [figurative)
His face cracked into a smile. 70 [VN] to crack a nut
H4F 0 She cracked an egg into the pan.
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HIT 3i X 3 [VN] ~ sth/sb (on/against sth) to hit
sth/sb
with a short hard blow Jr X; $£X: I cracked
my head on the low ceiling. AHA 7 ft 0 He
cracked me on the head with a ruler. flkfrlRXMXf'sft
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MAKE SOUND A X X s 4 to make a sharp sound; to
make sth do this ( ) AXUillX if B|r1 : [V] A
shot cracked across the ridge. —MIS#AMlil#'^)$7o 0 [VN] [no passive] He cracked his whip and galloped
away. ltettn|R]|f-7,
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OF VOICE ^ 5 [V] if your voice cracks, it changes in
depth, volume, etc. suddenly and in a way that
you cannot control ( ^ ^ ffi, & i®: In a
voice
cracking with emotion, he told us of his son’s
death. fteUS
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UNDER PRESSURE £f£4jT 6 [V] to no longer be able
to function normally because of pressure ( 0BE AM )
7 $1,
^ , KM: Things are terrible at
work and
people are cracking under the strain. /ft til If $£,
All ] 0ilif 'J# &ttA@A 7 o 0 They questioned him for
days before he cracked. B
T o 0 The old institutions are cracking. IB
KM.
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FIND SOLUTION 7 [VN] to find the solution
to a problem, etc. ; to find the way to do
sth difficult
fI] i# A ( to
crack the enemy’s code
5£i#i&Al$$!59
0 [informal) After a year in this job I think I’ve got it cracked!
m\mmix#70 t
►
STOP SB/STH S it 8 [VN] to find a way of
stopping or
defeating a criminal or an enemy HE it, 4f 37 ® ,
( PS^ti&A ) : Police have cracked a
major drugs ring. WA«7-4vSA^f«Hao