' date rape noun [u] the crime of raping
sb, committed by a person he or she has gone out with on
a date
1 )
'dating
agency (also
dating
service) noun a business or an
organization that arranges meetings between single people who want to begin a
romantic relationship He met his
wife through a computer
dating agency. ffcXiiM „
dative
/'deitiv/
noun (grammar igA) (in some
languages I M ^ W) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it
is the indirect object of
a verb or is connected with the indirect
object ft; is]
fHfst1
: In the sentence, T sent her a postcard’, the word ‘her’ is in the
dative. fE I sent her a postcard cf V her f
°
—
compare ablative, accusative,
genitive, locative, nominative, vocative ► dat-ive adj. datum /'deitam/ noun (pi. data) (technical Ain) a fact or piece of
information $£#§; — see also data
daub
/do:b/
verb, noun
m verb [VN +adv./prep.] ~ A on, etc. B | ~ B with
A to spread a substance such as paint, mud, etc. thickly and/or carelessly onto
sth (
W, . j§L ?&, $L1j : The walls of the building were daubed
with red paint.:mimm%±mnm^M£m®o
■ noun 1
[U]
a mixture of clay, etc. that was
used in the past for making walls ( |B J] fill ) flXM: walls made of
wattle and daub 2 [C] a
small amount of a substance such as paint that has
been spread carelessly ( £U&£LSifii ) it 14:
a daub of lipstick MW 3 [C] a badly painted
picture flti^fiiJii
daugK-ter
0-w /'da:ta_(r)/
noun 1 a person’s female child itJl: We have two sorts and a
daughter. ft Cl ff M JL — it 0 0 They have three
grown-up daughters. #,#]WHAlt ¥ fii itJ
L0 o She’s the daughter of an
it: one of the town’s most famous daughters
fin
daugh
terboard /'doitaboid;
NAmE -tarboird/ noun (computing if) a small circuit board that attaches to a
larger one T1S# ( HjfiA&AfiifeiM ) 'daughter-in-law noun (pi. daughters-in-law) the wife of your son
JU!£3 — compare son-in-law daunt /doint/ verb [VN] [usually passive] to make sb feel
nervous and less confident about doing sth f£j}§i£; .ff> 1£AAffMi' H*i?l intimidate: She was a brave woman but she felt daunted
by the task ahead. Mil—-A fSmfiU&A, ►daunt
ing
adj. PHTl intimidating : She has the daunting task of cooking
for 20 people every day. 20 A
AftlltR, ^ pfW
filJff o Starting a new job can
be a daunting prospect, if Jgfrlff fTHAitAMM daunting-ly adv. ITST^l nothing daunted (BrE, formal) confident about sth
difficult you have to do A #f H1fl; M A H : Nothing daunted,
the people set about rebuilding their homes. X if Jr
mmm.
dauntless /‘do:ntlas/ adj. (literary) not easily frightened
or stopped from doing sth difficult in#f H:'[itfii; tff ■A#J fill;
Hikfii BOH
resolute
dau
phin /'daufse;
-faen; NAmE 'dou-/ noun (old use) the oldest son of the king of
France ( AS ) I AX, Aft David and Goliath /.dervid and ga'laiaO/
adj. used to describe a situation in which a small or weak person or
organization tries to defeat another much larger or stronger opponent ® §f $c; The match
looks like being a David and Goliath contest.
fitJ&JL
fSHHI?! From the Bible story
in which Goliath, a giant, is killed by the boy David
with a stone. MS tm,
Davy
Jones’s locker /.dervi ,d3aonziz 'lnka(r); NAmE ,d30onziz; 'lark-/ noun [sing.] (informal) the bottom of the
sea, where people who drown at
sea are said to go
507
m-, From
Davy Jones, a name
used
by sailors in the 18 th century for the evil spirit of the sea. M&Hfcil • ( Davy Jones ) , 18 #£36$$$©
'
Davy lamp noun a type of lamp, used
in the past by miners, in which
the flame was surrounded by a sheet of wire to prevent explosions ( |B IfM fit)
)
dawdle
/'do:dl/
verb [V, usually +adv./prep.]
to take a long time to do sth or go somewhere ffoli;
%: Stop
dawdling! We’re going to be late! %\\ 0 St 7 , PS ft
'tfe 3\ 7 ! 0 They dawdled along by
the river,
laughing and talking. dawn /do:n/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [U, C] the time of
day when light first appears H $£l& .
dawn. 0 We
arrived in
broke (= as the first light
could be seen). I^BJlBfiiftCl 0 I woke up just before dawn. ftI£FfE#|!f£ BUll^o 0 summer’s early dawns Jt 0 He
works from dawn till dusk (= from
morning till night).
o
— compare dusk 2 [sing.] ~
(of sth) the beginning or first signs of sth 'if ^HA: the dawn of
civilization/time/history X0/! / Hit / MX fi^J if ^ 0 Peace marked a new
dawn in the country’s history, m A^iiAB^fi^JHXfflff 7irfi^-K0 IT»TKI see break n., crack n. m verb [V] 1 (of a day or a
period of time to begin ff ^ : The following morning
dawned bright and warm. % A A PB % ffl 0 o'A
new technological age had dawned. |fr A H ft E ^ ii: Itu 0 2 to become obvious or
easy to understand if in in M: Slowly
the awful truth dawned. H fii^X 11 IMI see light n. I'-lil-m 'dawn on
sb
[no
passive] if sth dawns on you, you begin to realize it for the first time ]£ff
BJ £; ; Hffj&JI
$f : [+ that] Suddenly it
dawned on me that they
couldn’t possibly have met before. S l&i\VV> HU A
pJliJMiL
the
,dawn 'chorus noun [sing.] (BrE) the sound of birds
singing very early in the morning day 0-w /dei/ noun
1 [C]
a period of 24 hours — A; — 0 : I saw Tom three days
ago. ft A-A mf M W%)Mo 0 ‘What day is it today?’ ‘Monday.’ “AAMH/L? ” “l|-0 ” o We’re going away in a
few days/in a few days’ time, ft 111 Mil AM H ^ if T o 0 They left the day before yesterday (= two
days ago). fMf] Itf A M X 7 o 0 We’re
meeting the day after tomorrow (= in
two days), ft HI Jfr A lc JS1 ffi „ 0 New Year’s Day ft 0. O Take the medicine three times a day. % 0 Btf HAAo 0 We can’t go there today. You can go
another day. ftlllAAAtbASPJLo ifovIVXtk A A 0 — see also field day, off day, red-letter day, sports day
2 [U] the time between when it becomes light in the morning and when
it becomes dark in the evening Eifl; £3 A: The sun was shining
all day. £3 A —1l PB it H H o OI could sit and watch
the river all day long. 0 He works at
night and sleeps during the day. #,Ef&±T, S A® !k£ 0 O Nocturnal animals
sleep by day and hunt by night. l£|B]$§HfiiH!$J&3 [C, usually sing.] the
hours of the day when you are awake, working, etc. Iff 0 ; — AfiifiSHB't|b] : a seven-hour working
day I/JsBf Iff 0 0 It’s been a long day (= I’ve
been very busy). ‘It T S A T o 0 Did you have a good
day? ff ? O She didn’t do a full
day’s
work. Mif Afiilff o O I took a half day off
yesterday. Bf Aftff 1SAAc 0 (NAmE) Have a nice day!
A! — see also workday 4 [c, usually pi.] a
particular period of time or history Bf H; Sift: in Queen
days of computers if
fll-P-HHS 0 Most women stayed at home
in those days. fElPXBf it, lE^lo O (informal)
in the old days (= in the past) f
B Mi; Ami —see also glory days,
heyday, nowadays, present day HT3H There are many other