put into the cloth at the
back, so that the knees are usually covered. (
dhow /dau/ noun an Arab ship with one
large sail in the shape of a triangle PUft
dhurrie (also durrie) /'dm/ noun a heavy cotton rug (= small carpet) from
m)
Dl
/,di: *ai/ abbr. Detective Inspector (a
British police officer of middle rank) ) :
DI
Ross
di- /dai/ combining form
{chemistry it) (in nouns that are names of chemical compounds J$i it W £ ial) containing two atoms or groups of
the type mentioned
WWWAJKA#]; ■••tfMW: carbon dioxide
r.mtm
dia
betes /.daia’birtiiz/
noun [U] a medical condition
caused by a lack of insulin, which makes the patient
produce a lot of urine and feel very thirsty ^
dia bet ic /.daia'betik/ adj., noun
s adj. 1 having or connected with
diabetes M
W.MW: she’s diabetic. o a diabetic
patient 0 diabetic complications
Se 2 suitable for or used by
sb who has diabetes iliWIi a diabetic diet
et noun a person who suffers
from diabetes dia bol ical /.daia'bolikl; NAmE -'bail-/ odf). 1 (informal, especially BrE) extremely bad or
annoying JftitiiW (ft; MAW; iltKIHl BEED terrible: The traffic was diabolical 2 (also less frequent diabolic
/.daia'bolik;
NAmE -'bail-/) morally bad
and evil; like a DEVIL mmim ► diabolically
/-kli/ adv.
dia chron ic /.daia'kromk; A//\/r?£ -'krain-/ ad/'. {technical Ain) relating to the way
sth, especially a language, has developed over time ( A
fa ig W W W )
—
compare synchronic
dia
crit ic /.daia'kritik/
noun
{linguistics iH gf) a mark such as an accent, placed
over, under or through a letter in some languages, to show that the letter
should be pronounced in a different way from the same letter
without a market#, IMWW ( *^¥#±A. A A
W/A£WA|WJ, MWWW) ► diacritical /-'kritikl/ adj.: diacritical marks # dia dem /'daiadem/ noun a crown, worn
especially as a sign of royal power AM; H
di aer-esis (fi/£) (L/S dier-esis) /dai'erasis/ {pi. diaereses, diereses /-si:z/) noun {technical A in) the mark placed over a vowel
to show that it is pronounced separately, as in naive AWW
diagnose /'daiagnauz; -'nauz; NAmE .daiag'nous/ verb ~ sb (as/with) (sth) | ~
sth (as sth) to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a
problem is i#$r ( ) ;
AJ®r ( |h]ISWIE0 ) : [VN] The test is used to
diagnose a variety of diseases. 0 The
illness was diagnosed as
cancer,
i# A Iff- o 0 He has recently been diagnosed with angina, ffe ft jfi i# ®t
0 [VN-N] He
was diagnosed (as) a diabetic when he was 64. fife
64 [also V,
VN-ADJ]
diag no sis /.daiag'naosis; /Mm£ -'nou-/ noun [C, U] {pi. diagnoses /-si:z/) ~ (of sth) the act of discovering
or identifying the exact cause of an illness or a problem i# ®r; ( ) WJ®r: diagnosis of lung
cancer
IM
W
i# ®t
0 They are waiting for the
doctor’s diagnosis. itbfljE^E##E4.Wi#Bfr£nifco o An accurate diagnosis was
made after a series of tests. ,^?|J
diag nos tic /.daiag'nnstik; NAmE -'na:s-/ ad/., noun madj. [usually
before noun] {technical Ain) connected with identifying
sth, especially an illness i# Iff W; A] fljlr W: to carry out
diagnostic assessments/tests j® if i# jA 0 specific conditions
which are diagnostic of
aids
m noun (computing if) 1 (also , diag nostic program) [C] a program used for identifying
a computer fault ij> Ptfrfi ( i#®H+#fJlWiBi£ ) 2 [C] a message on a
computer
dialog box
screen giving information
about a fault i#&r$IA ( it 3 diagnostics [U] the practice or
methods of diagnosis (= finding out what is wrong with a person
who is ill/sick) i#®r;
di ag onal /dai'aeganl/ adj., noun
m adj. (of a straight line i g|) at an angle; joining two
opposite sides of sth at an angle 14^ W ; ^
W:
diagonal stripes —picture o line ►
diagonally
/-nali/
adv.: Walk diagonally
across the field to the far comer and then turn left. $
o
■
noun a straight line that
joins two opposite sides of sth at an angle; a straight line that is at an
angle
m
diagram 0-pr /'daiagraem/ noun a
simple drawing using lines to explain where sth is, how sth works, etc. fg} ®;
fUflS; !H^; AH®: a diagram of the wiring
system ^
{& %. ® 0 The results
are shown in diagram 2 ^^1/^43 2 1, ► dia- grammatic /.daiagra'maetik/ adj. dia-gram-mat-ic-ally
/-kli/
adv.
dial /'daial/
noun, verb
m noun 1 the face of a clock or
watch, or a similar control on a machine, piece of equipment or vehicle that
shows a measurement of time, amount, speed, temperature, etc. an alarm clock
with a luminous dial o Check the tyre pressure
on the dial. — see also
sundial 2 the round control on a
radio, cooker/stove, etc. that you turn in order to adjust sth, for example to
choose a particular station or to choose a particular temperature ( i&eHJI, ]$$![#
3
the round part on some older telephones, with holes for the fingers, that you
move around to call a particular number ('
m verb (-II-, NAmE -I) to use a telephone
by pushing buttons or turning the dial to call a number ££ (
53 ) : [VN] He dialled the number
and waited.
& % f M iS o o Dial 0033 for
dia-lect
/'daialekt/
noun [C, U] the form of a
language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may
be different from other forms of the same language A ig ; ± ig ; AW: the Yorkshire dialect ^WUPAW —compare accent, idiolect ► dia lect al /.daia'lektl/ adj.
dia-lect-ic /.daia'lektik/
noun [sing.] (also less frequent dia-lect-ics [U]) 1 {philosophy W) a method of discovering
the truth of ideas by discussion and logical argument and by considering ideas
that are opposed to each other iift 2 (formal) the way in which two
aspects of a situation affect each other MW ( —At##?.
) ► dia lect ic al / kl/ adj.
dialectical
ma'terialism noun [U] {philosophy W) the Marxist theory
that all change results from opposing social forces, which come into conflict
because of material needs iAAM1
)
dia lect ology /.daialek'tDladsi; NAmE -'tail-/ noun [U] {linguistics i§W) the study of
dialects AW^; A WWW ► dia lect olo gist noun
dialler (BrE) {NAmE dialer) /'daial0(r)/ noun a computer program or
piece of equipment which calls telephone numbers automatically
'dialling code (also code) noun {BrE) the numbers that are used
for a particular town, area or country, in front of an individual telephone
number ( fr ig [ft ) K W: international dialling codes H E W — compare area CODE
'dialling tone {BrE) {NAmE 'dial tone) noun the sound that you hear when
you pick up a telephone that means you can make a call ( frigid )
'dialog box {BrE also 'dialogue box) noun a box that appears on a
computer screen asking the user to