dainty

发票按日签发 2 connected with one day^s work 每个 工办曰的;曰的iTiey charge a darate.他们诿曰 ,收费fTi!7!l your daily 'bread the basic things that you need to live, especially food 生计;(尤指每日的

食物

                  fldv. every day 每日;每天The machines are inspected twice daiy.机器每日检査巧次。

                  noun (pi. -ies) 1 a newspaper published every day except Sunday (除星期日外每日发行的)日报The story in aH thedaiifes这则新闻刊登在所有日报上。

2 (also ,da\\y 'heip) {oldfashioned, 6r£) a person employed to come to sb's house each day to clean it and do other jobs (不寄宿的)仆人

dainty /'demti/ adj. (dam-tier, dain-ti-est) 1 (of people and things 人和杨)small and delicate .in a way tfiat people find attractive娇小的;娇美的;精致的;小巧的 cm delicate dainty /eet 娇小可爱的脚◊ a dainty porceiain cup 小巧玲珠命瓷林 2 (of movements ..) careful, often in a way that suggests good manners X 雅的!优雅的;高雅的BEE1 delicate : She took a dainty "trie bite /the appk.她文雅地咬了-^小 fl 苹果。

► dain-tily adv. She blew her nose as daintily as possible. M尽量文雅地擤了擤鼻涕。dain.ti.ness /?ot/A7 [U] dai-quiri /'daikiri; 'daek-/ noun an alcoholic drink made from rum mixed with fruit juice, sugar, etc.代基里酒 (由朗姆酒%果汁、糖等掺和而成) dairy /'deari; NAmE 'deri/ noun, adj. m noun (pi ^ies) 1 a place on a farm where milk is kept and where butter and cheese are made 牛奶场;乳品场 2 a company that sells milk, eggs, cheese and other milk products 乳品公司•乳品店 3 (yZE): a small local shop (逢地的)/j商店,小店li: J went to buy a paper at the corner dairy.我到街角的小店去寒了f分报纸。

                  a[only before noun] 1 made from milk 牛奶的;奶制 的;乳品的daf/yproducts/jproduce M品;奶类 品 2 connected with the production of milk rather than meat乳品业的.生产乳品的the dai/y industry乳品业 ◊ dairy catrte/farmers 乳半;乳牛场圭 '_ a dairy cow/ /arm乳牛;乳牛场

dairy-maid /'dearimeid; NAmE 'deri-/ noun [old- fashioned) a woman who works in a dairy(l)

乳牛场女工

dairy-man /'dearirnan;   ’deri-/ /?ow/7 (p/. -men

/■man/) 1 a man who works in a dairy(l)挤奶工.人;乳 牛场工人 2 a man who owns or manages a dairy(2) and ells the products乳牛场—;:乳品商 dais /'dens/ noun a stage, especially at one end of a room, on which people stand to make speeches to an audience (尤指房间一端的}讲台,高台 daisy I'dsizi/ noun {pi. -ies) a small wild flower with

white petals around a yellow centre; a taller plant with similar but larger flowers 雏菊 '(念类似雏 菊,但花稍太的)菊科植物see also Michaelmas daisy ITiTiffl see push v.

'daisy chain noun a string of daisies tied together to wear around the neck, +etc..维菊花环

■daisy cutter noun 1 '(in cricket or baseball 板球或棒 球)a ball hit or thrown to roll or bounce low. along the ground擦地球;地滚球;滚地球2a very powerful bomb dropped from an aircraft that explodes close to the ground and causes a lot of destruction over a large area菊使者杀拓面大的空投炸弹h滚地球炸弹

'daisy wheel noun a small disc, used in some printers and typewriters, with metal letters around the edge which print onto paper (打印机或打字机的菊瓣字 轮:a daisy wheeZ printer菊瓣宇轮打印机 daks /daeks/ noun [pi.] {AustralE, NZE, informal) trousers/ pants裤于 dal = DHAL

dala-dala /'daela daela/ noun (in Tanzania) a small bus used as a taxi (坦桑尼亚)tti租面每车/於巴计程车dale /deil/ nouft {literary or dialect) a valley, especially in northern England (尤指英格兰北部的Llj谷,略:the .VorfcshireDaies约克郡山谷

Dalit /'dAlit/ noun (in the traditional Indian caste system) a member of the caste that is considered the

lowest and that has the fewest advantages 达利特人,

贱民(传统印度种姓制度中地位最低、最弱势的人):the DaHts’ struggle/or sociaZ and economic rights 贱民争取社

会和经济权利的斗争

dal.li.ance /'daelians/ noun [U, C] [old-fashioned or humorous) 1 the behaviour of sb who is dallying with sb/sth 嬉戏;戏弄ft turned out to be his Zast daMfance wfth the education system.这一次竟成了他对教育体制最 后的嘲弄2 a sexual relationship that is not serious 调 情;调戏

dally I'dseli/ verb (daMies, dally-ing, daMied, dal lied) [V] (old-fashioned) to do sth too slowly; to take too much time making a decision蹉蛇(时光);延误;拖拉 nnTifq 'dally with sb/sth {old-fashioned) to treat sb/sth in a way that is not serious enough 轻率地对待;玩弄; 戏弄see also DILLY-DALLY Dal-ma-tian /dael'meiXn/ noun a large dog that has short white hair with black spots 达尔马提亚狗带黑色 斑点的白色短毛大狗dam /daem/ noun, verb

m noun 1 a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing, used especially to make a reservoir (= a lake for storing water) or to produce electricity 坝;拦河坝 2      术语)仕le mother of

some animals, especially horses 母兽i 尤指)母马, 課马compare sire /i.(1) 3 = dental dam(1)

_ verb (-mm-) fvN]sth (up) to build a dam across a river, especially in order to make an artificial lake for use as a water supply, etc.(在河上)筑坝 dam>age /'daemid3/ noun, verb m noun 1 [U] ~ (to sth) physical harm caused to sth which makes it less attractiveuseful or valuable (」有形的 损.坏,破坏,损失:.serious/severe/extensfve/perman- ent/minor damage重大的/严重的/大范围的/永久性 的/轻微的损环◊ bmfn/Kver etc. damage脑损伤、肝损 伤等 o^/ire/smofce/bomb/storm damage 火灾损失;.烟 坏;炸弹毁环;暴风雨破环◊ The eart/iquafce caused damage to property estimated at $6 miHion•地震造成大 约 600 万元的财产损失.◊ rhe storm didn’t ) much damage. #风雨舁未遙戍严重损失《 ◊ iet’s tafce a Zoofc at the damage.让我们看看损失情况吧。o I insist on paying for the damage.          0 Make sure

you insure your camera against loss or damage. — ^ H 给你的照相机投保,以防丢失或损坏2 [U]> (to sb/sth) harmful effects on sb/sth 损害;伤害emotfonaZ damage resulting jh)m divorce离婚引起的感情伤害◊ damage to a person’s reputation 巧个人名誉的损害◊ TTiis could cause serious damage to the country^ economy. 可能对国家的经济造成严重破坏◊ /’m going—JVe done

enough damage here aiready.我要索了      我在这里造

成的损害&经够大了。3 damages [pi.] an amount of money that a court decides should be paid to sb by the person, company, etc. that has caused them harm or injury (法院判备的损害赔偿金:ffe was ordered to pay damages totaHfng £30 000.他被责令支付总额为3万 英镑的损害赔偿金。They intend to sue/or damages.他 枘I丁算起诉,要求赔偿损失。◊ Ann was awarded £6 000 _ damages.安被判予6_英镑的损害赔偿金b whafs the 'damage? {informal) a way of asking h6w much sth costs要花多少無 verb [VN] to harm or spoil sth/sb 损害;伤害;毁坏;.破 环.The ^/iire.bacHy damaged t/ie town haH.火灾使市政 厅遭到严i破坏Several vehides were damaged in the crash.好几龠^车在撞车事故中损环了。 Smofcing seriou5!y damages your hedth.吸烟严重损.害健康The allegations are likely to damage his political career. 这些指控有可_i他的政治生涯emorionaHy damaged cren#上受缶害的孩手。

.damage Hmi'tation (also .damage con trol espe­cially in NAm£) noun [U] the process of trying to limit the amount of damage that is caused by sth 损害 控制

dam>agitig /'daemid3ir)/ adj. ~ (to sb/sth) causing damage; having a bad effect on sb/sth 造成破坏的;有 害的;损害的damaging consequences/eJSTects 破坏性

的后果 / 影响◊ iead is potenriaZiy'dama^ng to chiren’s heaWi.铅对儿童的健康具有潜在损害。