D
/di:/
noun,
abbr., symbol
a noun (also d) [C, U] {pi, Ds, D’s, d’s /di:z/) 1 the fourth
letter of the English alphabet 4 77#:
‘Dog’
begins with (a) D/‘D’. * dog — VI 7# d#FA»
2 D (music If) the second note in the scale of C major * D # ( C 2 )
3 D
the
fourth highest
mark/grade that a student can get
for a piece of work, showing that it is not very good ( 7ik, M: He got (a) D/‘D’ in/for Geography. %
D0
— see also D-Day
m abbr. (also D. especially in NAmE) (in politics in the
%&)
m symbol the number 500 in Roman numerals (
7 ) 500
d. abbr. 1 (in writing) died ( ) AM, ifiM:
Emily
Clifton, d. 1865 77
1865
2 d (in the system of money
used in the past in
-d
suffix O -ED
DA
{BrE) (L/S D.A.) /,di: *ei/ abbr. District Attorney dab /daeb/ verb, noun
mverb (-bb-) 1 ~ (at) sth to touch sth lightly,
usually several times 35IA 45^ (
/IT I ; (VN]
She dabbed her eyes and blew her nose. M45$5H£7/IT BUBf, ^ f O [V] He dabbed at the cut
with his
handkerchief, fiff} 2[VN +adv./
prep.] to
put sth on a surface with quick light movements 35W3517 She dabbed a little
perfume behind her ears. ^#7jc0
«noun 1 a small amount of a
liquid, cream or powder that is put on a surface in a quick gentle movement
*, (35$T3tffiMm
nmmittkmw) ■.
She
put a dab of perfume behind her ears.
,£#7jcD 2 an act of gently
touching or pressing sth
without rubbing 35 151$ ( {07 IS If ) : He gave the
cut a quick dab with a towel, life %ij jfe % rfj H J H ft P 0 3 a small flat fish
JtMif ( /Mb g & ) 4 {Welsh E) a person or thing A; 7 ffl: He’s in hospital again. Poor dab. l£7,
dab ble /’dsebl/ verb 1 [V] ~ (in/with sth) to take part in a sport,
an activity, etc. but not very seriously /£.; $5 H: He dabbles in local politics, ftfc ff M ifo A
®
Ik o 2 [VN] ~ sth (in sth) to move your hands,
feet, etc. around in water ®c7jC; MtK: She dabbled her toes in the stream. MlEWM^:lt/7^S4l7k0 ,dab ‘hand noun (BrE, informal) a person who is very
good at doing sth or using sth fg 7; jfljT: He’s a dab
hand at cooking spaghetti, A7J®fr$J r^To 0
She’s
a dab hand with a paintbrush. M/l^lSliiaTo da capo /,da: ka:pau; -poo/ adv. {music If) (from Italian) (used as an
instruction fH 7 ill) repeat from the beginning i )
dacha /'daetja/ noun a Russian country house
( f$jH
mmm
dachshund /'daeksnd; NAmE 'dcukshund/ (also BrE informal 'sausage dog) noun a small dog with a long
body, long ears and very short legs ft 3® $J, H jgfj ffij ( #37 MM, 5&A )
dac olt /da'koit/ noun (IndE) a member of a group of armed thieves
dac tyl /'daektil/ noun {technical Ain) a unit of sound in
poetry consisting of one strong or long syllable followed by two weak or short
syllables ( ) %%
dad <H» /daed/ noun {informal)
(often used as a name father
That's
my dad over there. iP’M /47c ^ o 0 Do you
live with your mum or your dad?
fE—42? 0 Is it OK if I borrow the car, Dad? , flfff]
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499
Dada
/'da:da:/
noun [U] an early 20th
century movement in art, literature, music and film which made fun of social
and artistic conventions M M T A ( 20
► Dada-ism /'daidcuizam/ noun
[U] Dada-ist
/'daidaiist/
noun
daddy /'daedi/
noun
{pi. -ies) used especially by and
to young children, and often as a name, to mean ‘father’ ( A#
J Lit )7§;1§;: What does your daddy look like?
A# ? O Daddy, where are you?/&%,
W)l? O Come to Daddy.
.daddy-1
long-legs noun {pi. daddy-long-legs) {informal) 1 = crane fly 2 (NAmE) a small creature like a
spider with very long legs
dae mon /'dirmon/
noun a creature in stories
from ancient
ms )A#AAffin
daffo-dii /'daefadil/
noun a tall yellow spring
flower shaped like a trumpet. It is a national symbol
of waies. utMiij (
daffy /'daefi/
adj. (daf-fier, daf-fi-est) {informal) silly
^
daft /da:ft;
NAmE daeft/ adj. (daft-er, daft est) {BrE, informal) silly, often in a way
that is amusing A W ;
Don’t be so daft! 0
She’s not as daft as she looks. AIP AHL 0
What a daft thing to say! i&MMiXB.M7! ► daftness noun [U] H»171 ,daft as a brush {BrE, informal) very silly MSig®
dag /daeg/
noun
{informal) 1
{AustralE,
NZE) a
person who is strange or different in an amusing way 'ISA; ?#?§($ A 2 {AustralE) a person who is not
fashionable 7AW fiiJA; ±f3,7 3 (AustralE, NZE) a dirty piece of wool
that hangs down from a sheep’s bottom ( AfEJS:Tffil$ ) 14 €;
dagga /’daexa/
noun [U] {SAfrE) = marijuana : She was arrested for
smoking dagga.
dag-ger /'deego{r)/ noun a short pointed knife
that is used as a weapon bf ; M <*!l — picture sword —
see
also cloak-and-dagger ITTT^I at daggers 'drawn {BrE) if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with
each other M ^ ^ 7 M7
look 'daggers at sb to look at sb in a very
angry way
mm ABSiM
daggy /'daegi/
adj.
{AustralE,
informal) 1
not fashionable 7W; MW; ±M6^1: a daggy restaurant ±M± 2 untidy or dirty EJKW
dago /'deigau;
A/4mf -gou/ noun {pi. -os or -oes) {taboo, slang) a very offensive word
for a person from
7AWE^)
daguerreotype (also daguerrotype) /da'gerataip/ noun a photograph taken
using an early process that used a silver plate and mercury gas ( -^#367) j£ii7
mm/r
dah lia /'deilia; NAmE 'dselia/ noun a large brightly
coloured garden flower, often shaped like a ball A M
m
dai kon /'daikon; NAmE-ka:nl noun [U, C] = mooli the
Dail /doil/
noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] one of the parts of the
parliament of the
daily 0“«r /'deili/ adj.,
adv., noun
madj. [only before noun] 1 happening, done or
produced every day | H W; B # M : a daily routine/visit/ newspaper B # ♦ #; M B — 1A (ft W l'n]; B 3ft 0 events affecting the
daily lives of millions of people ^P|n] ffclfTj A B O Invoices are signed on
a daily basis.