0 2 connected with one day’s work # A
Xft 0 00; 0 00: They charge a daily rate. 1M]gc
0
ran your daily 'bread the basic things that
you need to live, especially food X.if;
( AM ) # 0 00
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adv. every day % 0 ; fijA: The machines are
inspected
twice daily. 0
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noun {pi. -ies) 1 a newspaper published
every day
except Sunday ( &M®! 0 0 00
) 0M.: The
story was in all the
dailies.
&lJ§rSlfJ^EBfW 0 HLt0 2 (also .daily ‘help) (old-fashioned,
BrE) a person employed to
come to sb’s house each day to clean it and do other jobs (
XSlf00 ) #A
dainty /'deinti/ adj. (dain-tier,
dain-ti-est) 1
(of people and things A fP $J)
small and delicate in a way that people find attractive MX 00; MM&J; XA 00
ECT71 delicate : dainty feet M X ff M 00 P 0 a dainty porcelain cup X *5 H 00 % XX 2 (of movements # it) careful, often in a way that suggests
good manners A H00d ttifid; iliW ckttc delicate: She took a dainty
little bite of the apple. ~*/JvQ
►
daintily adv. ■. She blew her nose as
daintily as possible. daintiness noun [U]
dai quiri /'daikiri; 'daek-/ noun an alcoholic drink
made from rum mixed with fruit
juice, sugar, etc. ftSM'M ( iili’Wtt> )
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 XM^r,
2
a company that sells milk, eggs, cheese and other milk products ; IL/mlf 3 {NZE) a small local
shop ( =!§ ife00 ) /hj#j£, /j> Jit lit: I went to buy a paper
at the comer dairy. 00/N£A^7
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adj. [only before noun] 1 made from milk 00; MM
00; ?Lph00: dairyproducts/produce M^f*
tSi 2 connected with the
production of milk rather than meat %
pnH ±
00-; XA ?Lrh00: the dairy industry ?L & ik 0 dairy cattle/farmers %X\ IL+ii 0 a dairy cow/
farm flX; %XM
dairy-maid /'dearimeid; NAmE 'deri-/ noun {old-
fashioned) a woman who works in a
dairy(l)
?L«£X
dairy-man /'deariman; NAmE 'deri-/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) 1 a man who
works in a dairy(l) #F#5XA; ?L X^XA 2 a man who owns or
manages a dairy(2) and sells the products flX^jX; ILpr^ dais /'dens/ noun a stage, especially at
one end of a room, on which people stand to make speeches to an audience ( AMjM— 2fl500 ) if & daisy /'deizi/ noun {pi. -ies) a small wild flower
with white petals around a yellow
centre; a taller plant with similar but larger flowers ?£ ) ;1 ( A1K0I
M , ffi jt 18 A 00 ) M X4 if $ — see also Michaelmas daisy ran see push v.
'daisy chain noun a string of daisies
tied together to wear around the neck, etc.
'daisy cutter noun 1 (in cricket or baseball fjfc) a ball hit or thrown to roll or bounce low along the ground If ifefjc; i&if ijc; 2 a
very powerful
bomb dropped from an
aircraft that explodes close to the ground and causes a lot of destruction over
a large area ( A19iffiA00£»# ) ; mmmft
'daisy wheel noun a small disc, used in
some printers and typewriters,
with metal letters around the edge which print onto paper ( fjXp #1 ^ XT X #100
) fif a daisy wheel printer 3il$X3&XT£PiJl daks /daeks/ noun [pi.] {AustralE,
NZE, informal) trousers/ pants WX dal = DHAL
dala-dala /'daela daela/ noun (in
dale /deil/ noun
{literary or dialect) a valley, especially
in northern
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 i£fiJ#A,
) ■. the
Dalits’ struggle for social and economic rights
^wmrnmx^-
dal liance /'daelians/ noun [U, C] {old-fashioned or humorous) 1 the behaviour of sb
who is dallying with sb/sth £H/Sc; $;#: It turned out to be
his last dalliance with the education system. ftJfX ffeXfffcWftfrJi!:
If
00%#° 2 a sexual relationship that is not serious if
'If;
dally /'daeli/ verb (dal-lies, dallying,
dal lied, dal lied) [V] (iold-fashioned) to do sth too slowly;
to take too much time making a decision S! S£ ( BX A )
; M If
imnw 'dally with sb/sth (old-fashioned) to treat sb/sth in a
way that is not serious enough HXitfeXX#; 5c#; $;#— see also dilly-dally Dal-ma-tian
/dsel'meifn/
noun a large dog that has
short white hair with black spots M00£l&MXA*&J ) dam /daem/ noun, verb
m noun 1 a barrier that is
built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing, used especially
to make a reservoir (= a lake for storing water) or to produce
electricity /Jcijjl; 2 {technical A if) the mother of
some animals, especially
horses ( Ata ) ,
—compare
sire n.(l) B = dental dam(1) h verb (-mm-) [VN] ~ sth (up) to build a dam
across a river, especially in order to make an artificial lake for use as a
water supply, etc. ( ) %LM
dam-age Or* /'daemid3/ noun, verb u noun 1 [U] ~ (to sth) physical harm caused to
sth which makes it less attractive, useful or valuable ( W^W ) M X: serious/severe/extensive/perman-
ent/minor damage Jr A 00 / fS00 / A?£H 00 / AA14 00 / 35$S[00©fX 0 brain/liver
etc. damage ffFWi
0
fire/smoke/bomb/storm damage A AM A; 10 O The earthquake caused
damage to property estimated at $6 million, j&fllii JfiA £0 600 7j
A 00
M
A M A o
O The storm didn’t do
much damage. AAitA/“£MAo o Let’s take a look
at the damage, it f] If 1f M A 'If #?. BE 0
0 I insist on paying for
the damage. ^I^^IcPr^M Ac 0 Make sure you insure
your camera against loss or damage. - A W mmA^MfXo 2u ~ (to sb/sth) harmful
effects on sb/sth M # ; # : emotional
damage resulting from
divorce f
W 51 M 00 ^ 'If ffi IS 0 damage to a person’s
reputation
>tAAX#00MX 0 This could cause serious damage to the country’s
economy, j/ Of tt/X@X00^'^fif 0
I’m
going—I’ve done
enough damage here already. tfiT
jfi00MXB^^ATo
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 < A^^X00 ■)': He was ordered to pay
damages totalling £30 000.A 3 Jj 0 They intend to sue for
damages,
fife f]MAo
0 Ann
was awarded £6 000 (in) damages. ^M^JX6OOO^^00M#lffi^t)
ITim what’s the 'damage? {informal) a way of asking how
much sth costs
m verb [VN]
to harm or spoil sth/sb MS; 195S; ^fX;
Jf:
The
fire badly damaged the town hall. A A1^ X ® if if O
Several
vehicles were damaged in the
crash. Hf Jl XMfX To 0 Smoking
seriously damages your health. ^la/^MMSIi^c 0 The allegations are
likely to damage his political career. j£'® ts ^ # nf tl ^ R 1tfe 00 $C $ A H o o emotionally damaged
children
li'lf ±^:^S00^A .damage limi tation (also damage con trol especially in NAmE) noun [U] the process of
trying to limit the amount of damage that is caused by sth M S
m\
dam-aging /'daemid3ir)/ adj. ~ (to sb/sth) causing damage; having a bad
effect on sb/sth If A® XX 00; -XT || 00; M A 00: damaging
consequences/effects IKXX'14
00
If A / i/ffRl o Lead is potentially damaging to children’s health. ftXtJL*09«*JWr»fcMiF.