cre-vasse /kra'vaes/
noun a deep open crack, especially in ice, for
example in a glacier ( Ate API
Eft ) M.
m, mm, mm
crev-ice /'krevis/
noun a narrow crack in a rock or wall
(i) mm, mm, mu
crew /kru:/
noun, verb
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noun 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] all the people working
on a ship, plane, etc. ($&*&, Xfll^XffiEft ) £#Xf£AM: None of the
passengers and crew were injured.
o crew
members l#AM —see
alSO AIRCREW, CABIN CREW, FLIGHT CREW 2
[C+sing./pl. V.]
all the people working on a ship, plane etc.
except the officers who are in charge ( 3&IX A^ ± ffi A /illS (Si BMM
W ) £ AISM, : the officers and crew
3 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people with special skills working
together j$A A in 0 PA; A IkUPA: afilm/camera crew Sifljii. 0 an
ambulance crew —
see also ground crew
4 [sing.] (usually disapproving) a group of people — ^ ( M — W , — ) A : The people she invited were a
pretty motley crew (= a strange mix of types of people). ilfW Ai^I^o 5 [C+sing./pl. v.] a team of people who row boats in races ( fffpEft ) $J In PA
in, #]|qPA: a member of the
semester (= joining the rowing team). IA A1$ ®
fTH #
m verb to be part of a crew, especially on a
ship ^ ( X fu IftXEft ) XfpAM: [VN] Normally the boat is crewed by
five people. fflXixXIn
1 crew cut noun a hairstyle
for men in which the hair is cut very short f 1 ( AM ) —picture o hair ► 'crew-cut adj.: crew-cut teenagers EKAAEft WAX crew-man /'kruiman/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) a member of a crew, usually a man > IS M ( il# AH'14 )
,
crew ' neck noun a round neck on a sweater, etc. ( If ) 0^, — picture o page R22
crib /krib/
noun, verb
noun 1 {NAmE) - cot 2 a long open box that
horses and cows can eat from ( Q , X Eft ) fnl $4 fit PH?! manger
3 {BrE) (NAmE creche) a model of the scene of Jesus Christ’s
birth, placed in churches and homes at Christmas ) 4 {informal)
written information such as answers to questions,
often used dishonestly by students in tests ( Eft
)
a crib sheet A^Efti^^ft 5 = cribbage 6 {NAmE, informal) the
house, flat/apartment, etc. where sb lives
m-, &M; m
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verb (-bb-) [V, VN] ~ (sth) (from sb) {old-fashioned) to dishonestly copy work from another
student or from a book (
crib-bag /‘kribid3/ (also crib) noun [U] a card game in which players score
points by collecting different combinations of cards. The score is kept by
putting small pegs in holes in a
board. ( ISXAfT
ffitEAXEftAjSXiEA )
'crib death noun {NAmE) = cot death crick /krik/ {NAmE also kink) noun [usually sing.] a sudden painful stiff
feeling in the muscles of your neck or back ( )
If 140^ ►
crick verb: [VN] I suffered a
cricked neck during a game of tennis. |3s}cttU
cricket /'krikit/
noun 1 [U] a game played on grass by two teams
of ll players. Players score points (called runs)
by hitting the ball with a wooden bat
and running between two sets of vertical wooden sticks, called stumps. ft ft ( jszjfj ) : a cricket
match/team/ club/ball ftfjc tt|?/ is^PA/ ftXfA ft ft — picture o page R30 2 [C] a small brown jumping insect that
makes a loud high sound by rubbing its wings together Srf-; : the chirping of crickets lit Eft WP TOP Ri| A
not cricket {old-fashioned, BrE, informal) unfair; not honourable AIE;
AAIIXA; Alfci; J&A #A
crick e /'krikita(r)/ noun a cricket player ftftjfez^jM
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cricket-ing /'krikitirj/ adj. [only before noun] playing cricket; connected
with cricket ffftft Eft;
Eft:
cricketing nations fj ft^tEft H |oa cricketing jersey
cri de coeur /,kri: da 'k3:(r)/ noun {pi. cris de coeur /,kri: da 'k3i(r)/) (from French) an act
of asking for sth, or protesting, in a way that shows you care deeply about
sth {&&&); Ji*; Mmm
cried pt,
pp of cry crier /'kraia(r)/ noun =
town crier cri-key
/'kraiki/
exclamation
{BrE, old-fashioned, informal) used to show that sb is surprised or
annoyed ( ^
)
RjRf, iMft, Rf: Crikey, is that the time?
*m,
Cri
m bo = Chrimbo
Crime 0*w /kraim/ noun
*
[U] activities that involve breaking the law $E H tS
zjfj; A ff A: an increase in violent
crime H A 3E Ip tS
gfjWfklin 0 the fight against crime 0
Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year. 0petty/
serious crime $£ ffli Eft / A Jr
E$ 2E fP o the connection between drugs and organized crime # Em -ft X IS. IE X X A fsJ Eft ^ 0 He turned to crime when he dropped out of
school. 0 The crime rate is rising.
±|-o 0 crime fiction/novels {= stories
about crime) A X fP- fh Eft A 0 crime figures/ statistics X X X / it Wi A 0 She’s a crime writer (= she writes
stories about crime).
*
[C] ~ (against sb) an illegal act or
activity that can be
punished by law Ip; pjf: to commit a crime {= do sth
illegal) 3E
W o The massacre was a crime against humanity. —see also
war crime 3 a crime [sing.] an act that
you think is immoral or is a big mistake Aillif^f Al; Ip ji: It’s a
crime to waste so much money. ft A A A ^ J1E # file
'crime
wave noun [sing.] a situation in which there
is a sudden increase in the number of crimes that are committed ^ElpjtJif] crim inal O-w /'kriminl/
adj., noun nadj. 1 [usually before noun] connected with or involving
crime XiAEfX /^AAEfPIA criminal offences/
behaviour fp] A X IP ; X P ff A 0 criminal damage (= the crime of damaging
sb’s property deliberately) IPJX® H o criminal negligence (= the illegal act of sb failing to do sth
that they should do, with the result that sb else is harmed) MA2EH 2 [only before noun] connected to the laws that
deal with crime fpj 6$; fpj A Eft: criminal law JfJ'A 0 the criminal justice
system flij A
A M ili'J If 0 a criminal lawyer M A A A W f'P 0 to bring criminal
charges against sb ^ A #135 JPJ A iff — compare civil(3) 3 morally wrong H j§±£pi/IEEX
A if
IS Eft: This is a criminal waste of resources.
noun a person who commits a crime Ip^E: Society does
not know how to deal with hardened criminals {= people who regularly commit
crimes and are not sorry for what they do). A2flM#£t®1Mo o (especially NAmE) a career criminal IRik^ME crim in al ity /.krimi'naelati/ noun [U] the fact of people being
involved in crime; criminal acts ^E H; A IP; IE
fAAi
crim-sn-a«-ize {BrE also ~sse) /'kriminalaiz/
verb [VN]
1 to make sth illegal by passing a new law (
iiMfr EftjA# ) ® A {&#?&: The
use of opium was not criminalized until fairly recently. M 3\ S ifi W 31 it
X M W ^^3 AfA0 2 to treat sb as a
criminal jfi^ ^PIETt# ► crinMn-ai-iza-tion, .-isa-tion /.krimmalai'zeijn; NAmE -la'z-/ noun
[U]
crim-in-ai-ly /'kriminali/ adv. according to the laws that
deal with crime jft ?& ±; IP] A t;
f£ IB H A ffl: criminally insane AX#MIBilEft .critnijnai )r«c 01 d noun =
record n.{5) crivn*ilH>jiogy /.krimi'nnladsi; NAmE -'nail-/ noun [U] the scientific study of
crime and criminals IE ¥ X