dashiki
506
emphasize sth or to show they
are annoyed (
) wm, wkm
dash iki /‘darjiki/ noun a loose shirt or longer piece of clothing
worn by men in
dash ing /‘daejirj/ adj. (old-fashioned) 1 (usually of a man attractive, confident
and elegant Jxl®£M 64; Sfs64; it?H64: a dashing young officer 64A33^'I' 0
his dashing good looks 2 (of a thing fyjfih) attractive and
fashionable 04H64; Mfffo: his dashing red waistcoat das tard ly /'daestadli; NAmE -tard-/ adj. (old-fashioned) evil and cruel UP M.
H 1$ : My first part was Captain O’Hagarty, a dastardly villain in a
children's play. M 64fg-Af!£Jir^JLAJgiJ*643I4Io DAT /daet/ abbr. digital audiotape tfcAia #cff#
data 0^ /■ derta; BrE also 'daita; NAmE also 'daeta/ noun (used as a plural noun in technical
English, when the singular is datum datum)
1 [U, pi.] facts or
information, especially when examined and used to find out things or to make
decisions WlW>\ $tU4;
4414: This data was collected from 69 countries. 69 A5HCI&HA640 0 the
analysis/interpretation of the data WiMfrfE / 0 raw
data (= that has not been
analysed) ® #p ^ 14 0 demographical/historical/personal data A P
f/tif?£t44; A$4; AX ^44 0 (technical Ai«) These data
show that most cancers are detected as a result of clinical follow-up.
2[UJ
information that is stored by a computer (
64
) jg} U4 : data retrieval (= ways of storing or finding information on a
computer) WiWxWM data-bank /'dertabaerjk; NAmE also 'daeta-/ noun a large amount of data on a particular
subject that is stored in a computer (fjt#&it^4JlA^—114464 ) data-base /'deitabeis; NAmE also 'daeta-/ noun an organized set of data that is stored
in a computer and can be looked at and used in various ways ( fitif#4/1A
.database management system noun (abbr. DBMS) (computing if) a system for organizing and managing
a large amount of data
dat-able /'deitabl/ adj. that can be dated
to a particular time of $'J ^ 0 $1 64 ; rT
S A ft 64 : pottery that is datable to the second century RTfil AAA 'data capture noun [u] the action or
process of collecting data, especially using computers ( A4b AJ
datacomms (also data-coms) /'deitakomz; NAmE -ka:mz; 'daeta-/ noun [pi.] (computing if) data communications
(the transfer of data between computers) ( if
w-4p:ieiift) wm
'data
mining noun [U] (computing if) looking at large amounts of
information that has been collected on a computer and using it to provide new
information
.data 'processing noun [U] (computing if) a series of actions that a computer
performs on data to produce an output 3Bt$j}&hJI
.data projection noun [U] legal restrictions that keep
information stored on computers private and that control who can read it or use
it WiMUff3 'data set noun (computing if) a collection of data
which is treated as a single unit by a computer ffc jJ§H 'data terminal noun a computer which allows you to get into a system in
order to get or add information
'data
type noun (computing it) a particular type
of data
'data
warehouse noun a large amount of
data which comes from different parts of a business and which is
stored together ( 0^1k#flPrM&&64Ait
ft£)
date 0-w /deit/ noun, verb m noun
►
PARTICULAR DAY 0 M 1 [C] a particular day
of the
month, sometimes in a
particular year, given in numbers and words 0 $] ; H ‘What’s the date
today?’‘The 10th.’ " “ 10 Ac ” o Write
today’s date at the top of
the page.
64
0 Ho b We need to fix a date for the next
meeting.
0 0 They
haven’t set a date for
the wedding yet. Mi ft Afil A AfiWl 64
0 M „ <> I can’t come on that date. |PABA4tAA7o 0 Please
give your name, address and date of birth, ,
Ufeiihitl
JhA. 0 O (especially NAmE) name, address
and birth date & £, J&:tii:
DATE, CLOSING DATE, SELL-BY DATE
►
PAST TIME/FUTURE M A ; # A 2 [sing., U] a time
in the past or future that is not a particular day Aft; 04 $1;
4
: The details can be added at a later
date. £0 A R1
il®04f^;S;4t'4E)SAo
o The work will be carried out at a future date. 0 a building of late
Roman date ^4B4ft/5$642tm
►
ARRANGEMENT TO MEET 3 [C] (BrE) an arrangement to meet sb at a particular
time H§ 04 fal; £4 JfLM |b] : Call me next week and we’ll try and make a
date. F-MI41
►
ROMANTIC MEETING #}& 4 [C] a meeting that
you have arranged with a boyfriend or girlfriend or with sb who might become a
boyfriend or girlfriend £4 £;
I’ve got a date with Lucy tomorrow night. BJ A8&± 0 Paul’s
not coming. He’s got a hot date (= an exciting one). {£p AA T c —AIAS & 64 & £ o — see also blind
date, double date
5
[C] (especially NAmE) a boyfriend or
girlfriend with whom you have arranged a date £4 AU4IA My date is meeting me
at seven. f£64U4IH;;&#^fiici&ffio
►
FRUIT [C] a sweet sticky
brown fruit that grows
on a tree called a date palm, common in
1771771 to 'date until now 3\ @ f[Alt;
:
To date, we have received over 200 replies. 3\ g fj A It, #Cl
B'iftf'J 200 o o The exhibition
contains some of his best work
to date.
A A it—64Appo — see also out of date, up to
DATE
■ verb
►
WRITE DATE 0H 1 [VN] to write or
print the date on
sth&Bj]B$]; ^±0ffi: Thank you for your letter dated 24th March.
# 3 A 24 0 iltttc
►
FIND AGE ae Aft 2 [VN] to say when sth
old existed or
was made ae- A ft: The skeleton has been
dated at about 2000 BC. 64^Aft
A^TLfj 2000 AS^o
►
OF CLOTHES/WORDS M t# 3 [V] to become old-
fashioned 04 ; A #rL fr : She
designs classic clothes which do not date. Miiit&4A4K^4tM^A^51fl4o
►
PERSON K 4 [VN] if sth dates
you, it shows that you are fairly old or older than the people you are with f£
M ; & lB ••• 64 A # A : I was at the
►
HAVE RELATIONSHIP 5 (especially
NAmE) to
have a romantic
relationship with sb A ( ^ A ) $
6
H : [VN] She’s been
dating Ron for several months.
[also v]
iJsiitfi date back (to ..: )
|
date
from ... to
have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time
mentioned i!,$4f!|; ; I ■■■$4':
The college dates back to medieval times.
<>
The custom dates back hundreds of years.
b a law dating from the 17th century g 17 '64.
date-book /'deitbuk/ noun (NAmE) = diary(I) dated /‘deitid/ adj. old-fashioned; belonging to a time in
the past 410464; ^ 10 64 — compare undated
'date-line /'deitlam/ noun = International Date Line