► THROW 投掷 7 [V.N] to throw or aim sth 投掷；把…瞄 准；用…对准：ffe deMvered the Wow (= hit sb hardj with aH his/orce.他打这一下使出了全身的力气。

► RESCUE 解# 8 [VN] ~ sb (from sth) (o/t/ wse) to rescue sb from sth bad解救;拯救；使摆脱SCI save

see goods, sign v.

de-liver-able /di'lrvarabl/ noun [usually pi.] a product that a company promises to have ready for a customer 应交付的产品：computer sq/tware ddiverabZes应交付的

计f机软件

de-liv-er-ance /di'livarens/ noun [U] ~ (from sth) (forma/) the state of being rescued from danger, evil or pain 解

救；拯救；解脱

delivery O-w /di'livari/ noun {pi. -ies)

1 [U, C] the act of taking goods, letters, etc. to the people they have been sent to 传.送；递送；■交付： a delivery van 厢式送货车◊ pay /or goods on

delivery (= when you receive them)•请食到付款_。o AHow 2S days/or deZivery.请留出 ²⁸ 天送货和•间,。◊ Is there a postai/mafl deifvery on Saturdays?星無六，送邮 件吗？ ◊ When can you tafce deZfve/y 〇/ (= be

available to receive)' the car?作何时能提取那辆汽_?. ◊ (figurative) the delivery of public services 务 2 [C, U] the process of giving birth to a baby 奋娩： an easy/diJ^cuZt delivery 顺 / 难产◊ a deifvery room/ ward (= in a hospital, etc.)产■产科病房 3 [sing.] the way in which sb speaks, sings a song, etc. in public 演 讲if 式;‘表演风格：抑e poetry was ruined by

her poor ddivery.这优美的诗被她拙劣的朗诵给糟蹋了。

4 [C] a ball that is thrown, especially in cricket or baseball投球（尤指板球或棒球）.：a/ast ddivery 一个快投球 see CASH n.

dell /del/ noun [literary) a small valley with trees growing in or around it (•里命或周围有树的）小山谷 de-louse /,di:'laus/ verb [VN] to remove lice (= small insects) from sb’s hair or from an animal’s coat 除去

(头发I或动物皮毛）上的虱子

Del-phic /'delfik/ adj. 1 relating to the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi (= the place where people went to ask tlie gods for advice or information about the future) 德尔斐神谕的 2 (often delphic) (/bmjfl/) with a meaning that is deliberately hidden or difficult to understand 隐晦的；难以理解的：a de〖phic utterance令人费解的语 del-phinlum /derfiniem/ noun a tall garden plant with blue or .white, flowers growing up its stem 翠雀，飞燕 草属（髙株园艺植物，开蓝花或白花）

DELTA /'delta/ nourt [\J] a British qualification from the University of Cambridge for experienced teachers of English as a foreign language (the abbreviation for ‘Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults’）成人 英语教学文凭（全写为Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults,英国剑桥大学为有经验的、英语作为 外语的教师颁发的资格证书）

delta /'delta/ noun 1 the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (A，S)希腊字母表的第4个宇母2 an area of land, shaped like a triangle, where a river has split into several smaller rivers before entering the sea 三角洲： the M〖e Ddta尼罗河三角洲

■delta rays /low/? [pi.] (ph)/5/c5 物）rays of slow-moving particles which have been forced out of atoms by RADIATION (原子通过辐射释放的）$射线 ■delta rhythm /7〇w/7 [C，U] (fc/o/ogy 生）the normal electrical activity of your brain when you are asleep (显示 大脑活动>的）S节律

'delta wing noun a single wing in the shape of a triangle on some aircraft, especially on military planes

(尤$军用飞机的）三角翼

deltoids /'deltoidz/ (also informal delts /delts/) noun [pi.] (fl/iofomy 解）the thick triangle-shaped muscles that cover the shoulder joints 三角肌（覆M于肩关节） de-lude /di'luid/ verb ~ sb/yourself (into doing sth) to

make sb believe sth that is not true 欺骗；哄骗 Hn deceive ： [VN] Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out 〇/ danger yet.不要误以为我们已脱离危险。◊ y〇u poor deluded creature.你这上了 当的可怜虫。0 He’s deluding himself if he thinks it^rs going to be easy.

以为那事很容易，那就是自己欺骗自己。◊[VNthat]She

had been deiuding hersd/ that he Zoved her•她一直欺骗 自己相信他爱着她。一see also delusion(2) del-uge /'delju:d3/ noun, verb 一

► noun [usually sing.] 1 a sudden very heavy fall of rain 暴雨；.大雨;■洪水 HIT! flood 2 a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time 涌现的事 物；蜂拥而至南事物：a dduge 〇/caHs/compkiints/ Zetters接连不断的电话；没完没了的投诉；纷至沓来的 信件

► verfc[VN] 1 〜sb/sth (with sth) [usually passive] to send or give sb/sth a large number of things at the same time 使涌来；使充满 EBCI flood, inundate: We have been JeZuged with apph’carions /or the job.申请这个工作的求 职信使我们应接不暇。2 [often passive] (/o/777fl/) to flood a place with water 泛滥；淹没：The campsite was

月ood.露营地被突发的洪水淹没。 de*lu«sion /di'lu：3n/ noun 1 [C] a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation 错觉；谬见,；妄想：the deZusions o/t/ie mentaHy 出精神病患#的妄运◊ Don’t go getting delusions of grandeur (= a belief that you are more important than you actually are)，不要变得妄自 尊大。2 [U] the act of believing or making yourself believe sth that is not true 欺骗；哄骗 de-lu-sive /di'luisrv/ (also de-lu-sory /di'luisari; -zari/) (forma/) not real or true 不真实的；虚假 A HCI DECEPTIVE

de luxe /,d0 ^lAks; 'luks/ adj. [usually before noun] of a higher quality and .more expensive than usual.高级的； 豪华的 luxury： a de hare hotei 豪华宾馆 delve /delv/ verb [V +adv./prep.] to search for sth inside a bag, container, etc.(在争容器等中）翻找 BQZ1 dig： She de〖ved in her handbag/or a pen.她在手提包 里翻找钢笔。.delve 'into sth to try hard to find out more information about sth 探索；探究；査考：She had started to ddve into her/ather’s distant past.她开始 探究她父亲久已逝去的岁月。

Dem* abbr. (in politics in the US) Democrat; Demo- CRATIC (美国）民主党人；民主党的 dema-gogue /'demagog; NAmE -ga：9/ noun {disapproving) a political leader who tries to win support by using arguments based on emotion rather.than reason 盘惑 民心的政客► dema.gog.ic /,dema'gi)gik; iNMwf -_ga:g-/ adj. dema-gogy /'demagDgi; NAmE -ga:gij noun [U] de-mand /dl'maind; NAmE di'maend/ noun, verb m noun 1 [C] ~ (for sth/that...) a very firm request for sth; sth that sb needs (坚决'的）要求；所需之物：a demand/or higher pay 增加工资的奏求◊ demands t/iat the law on gun ownership should be changed 械持有法的.呼声◊月nm attempting to meet/satis办■ their customers' demands {= to give them what they are asking for)尽力满足客户要求的商行2 demands [pi.] ~ (of sth) | 〜（on sb) things that sb/sth,makes you do, especially things that are difficult, make you tired, worried, etc•(尤指困难、使人劳累、令人烦恼等的）要 求：the demands 〇/ dhi7dren/worfc 孩子烦人的事；工 作中累人的事◊ ikying mafces enormous demands on piZofs.驾驶飞机对飞疗员要求很髙。3 [U, C]〜(for sth/sb) the desire or need of customers for goods or services which they want to buy or use (顾客的）需求，需要： to meet the demcmd/〇r a product病足々某产品的需未◊ There's an increased, demand for organic produce these days.目前对有机农产品有更大的需求。◊Demand is exceeding suppZy.供不应求。IHTOI by popular de- _mand because a lot of people have asked for sth 由'于 许多人的要求；由于普遍要表：By popular demand, the play wfH run/or another weefc.與广大观众要求，这出戏 将加演一周。〗ⁿ de_mand wanted by a lot of people 需 求夫：Goo) secretaries are aZways fn demand.优秀的秘 % 总是很抢手。on de'mand done or happening when- ever sb asks —经要求：feed the baby on demand•宝宝 需要就喂食。◊ on-demand printing o}⁷ books书籍承索即 £p — see also supply and demand

verb 1 to ask for sth very firmly 强烈要求：[VN] She demanded cm immediate expZcmation•她强烈要_立艮P作 出解释。◊ [V that] 77ie MV has demanded aii troops be withdrawn.联合国已要求撤出所有部队。◊⑻•£ also) They are demanding that all troops should be withdrawn