dizzying  ssej

from dizzy spells (= short periods when I am dizzy). A 2 making you feel dizzy; making you feel that a situation is changing very fast  ;

SE1 giddy: the

dizzy descent from the summit T 0 the dizzy pace of life in Hong Kong #814“ A @ l£

X ?i§ T # 3 (informal, especially NAmE) silly or stupid liW; ^H171 giddy: a dizzy blonde ^%.^ ffl ► dizzily adv. dizzi-ness noun [U] ITiTOI the dizzy 'heights (of sth) (informal) an important or impressive

position  SIWS

dizzy ing /'diziiq/ adj. making you feel dizzy {■£ AB£#~ (ft; {£ AX iHI#: W: The car drove past at a dizzying speed.

0} /'di: d3ei/ noun, verb

mnoun 1 the abbreviation for ‘disc jockey5 (   XfM

6.       disc jockey )

2 (BrE) the abbreviation for ‘dinner jacket’ ( JBA )

IS, AM^LIS (     dinner jacket)

■                 verb (DJ’s, DJ’ing, DJ’d, DJ’d) [v] to perform as a disc

jockey, especially in a club @ ±}#A ( jttg&

)

djib-bah (also djib-ba) /‘d3ib0/ noun = jibba

djinn /d3in/ noun (in Arabian stories) a spirit with magic powers (          HEEIgenie

D-lock noun a metal device for locking a bicycle or motorcycle, shaped like a U with a bar across it * D M — picture o bicycle

DMA /,di: em ’ei/ noun [U] a system that allows a device attached to a computer to take data from the com­puter’s memory without using the central proces­sing unit (the abbreviation for ‘direct memory access’)

direct

memory access,        3U8r )

DMs /,di: 'emz/ noun = Dr Martens

DNA /.di: en 'ei/ noun [U] (chemistry it) deoxyribonucleic acid (the chemical in the cells of animals and plants that carries genetic information and is a type of nucleic acid)

) : a DNA test * DNA iJPM

,DNA 'fingerprinting noun [u] = genetic finger­printing

'D notice noun [BrE) a government notice sent to newspapers telling them that they must not publish particular information about sth, for reasons of national security Sgfrtil

do1 Ow /da; du; strong form du:/ verb, auxiliary verb, noun

£> IRREGULAR VERBS O PAGE R39 — See also DO2

■                 verb

►                 ACTION if >j 1 [VN] used to refer to actions that you do not mention by name or do not know about ]$, T,

) : What are you doing this evening?

A? 0 We will do what we can to help, A{p£- J5L A WEfo o 0 Are you doing anything tomorrow evening?

0 The company ought to do something about the poor service.      „

o What have you done to your hair?    £Til

f!Kl ? 0 There’s nothing to do (= no means of passing the time in an enjoyable way) in this place. j&i&A&ft* StDX 0 There’s nothing we can do about it (= we can’t change the situation), If AO^XASo o

What can I do for you (= how can I help)? A is

►                 BEHAVE AiJS, 2 [V +adv./prep.] ~ (as ... ) to act or behave in the way mentioned ( ldX#XA ) 1$; trsfr;

Do as you’re told! m[X ;aiftfe.A &ikl o They are free to do as they please.      o You

would do well to (= I advise you to) consider all the options before buying.

-To

►                 SUCCEED/PROGRESS       MM 3 [V +adv./prep.] used

to ask or talk about the success or progress of sb/sth

(       ) XU, Xfr: How is the business

doing? XU#?®r? o She did well out of (= made a big profit from) the deal. 0 He’s

doing very well at school (= his work is good),

M ^ ^ ?S T Ib „ 0 Both mother and baby are doing well (= after the birth of the baby). -fifTTAo <> (infor­mal) How are you doing (= how are you)? ffc#?BRr?

■                 TASK/ACTIVITY jfX; fS d) 4 [VN] to work at or perform

an activity or a task ( X# ) ; XX (        ) ; #tX

(       ) : Tm doing some research on the subject. A IE

MS:—if IHXX    0 I have a number of things to do

today. A # X # # ^ ♦ ti J? ° 0 I do aerobics once a week.      o Let’s do (= meet

for) lunch. Bg f] —     P£ ftj! T DE <, 0 (informal) Sorry. I

don’t do funny (= I can’t be funny).    A rTTJIJF

5l^0 5 [VN] used with nouns to talk about tasks such as cleaning, washing, arranging, etc. (  , A

tjXT jA    IS^ ) : to do (= wash) the dishes 'ift

o to do (= arrange) the flowers WVc 01 like the way you’ve done your hair.  Ao 6 [VN] ~ the

ironing, cooking, shopping, etc. | ~ some, a little, etc. acting, writing, etc. to perform the activity or task

mentioned JAm ( MM. MM, JfefcL JKXJL

# ) : I like listening to the radio when I’m doing the ironing. A#$Ci£l£AW#l0 0 She did a lot of acting when she was at college.

■                 JOB IRA 7 [VN] (usually used in questions

^b]) to work at sth as a job JA^- ( |R A ) : What do you do (= what is your job)? #Tff£,Xfp? 0 What does she want to do when she leaves school? MRP A Is SIT fp^? o What did she do for a living? MMAT$P—ff M? 0 What’s Tom doing these days?

ftX?

■                 STUDY Wf 8 [VN] to learn or study sth X<1; A: Tm doing physics, biology and chemistry. A PE X JS.

jt ¥ o 0 Have you done any (= studied anything by) Keats?

■                 SOLVE H A 9 [VN] to find the answer to sth; to solve sth ft?#; ft?A: I can’t do this sum.

o Are you good at doing crosswords? jfc jf T: ^ Qkffli ^

%m?

■                 MAKE rjfi] if 10 ~ sth (for sb) | ~ (sb) sth to produce or

make sth ; $!] fp: [VN] to do a drawing/painting/ sketch jf fH ; ^ H ; H ^ Jf o Does this pub do (= provide) lunches?      o Who’s

doing (= organizing and preparing) the food for the wedding reception? MMlS? 0 [VN, VNN] I’ll

do a copy for you.      0 I’ll do you a

copy. ‘fms.M-mtfao

■                 PERFORM 11 [VN] to perform or produce a play, an

OPERA, etc. ffiiil,      ( A®. Wf# ) : The local

dramatic society is doing Hamlet’ next month.

■                 COPY SB 12 [VN] to copy sb’s behaviour or the way

sb speaks, sings, etc., especially in order to make people laugh He does a great Elvis

Presley.    • tnmmmifinm&m n. o

Can you do a Welsh accent?      >%?

■                 FINISH A A 13 have/be done | get sth done to finish sth A A; : [V] Sit there and wait till I’ve done,

0 [V -ing] Z’ve done talking—let’s get started. A W      7 -— n@f] JF M BE 0 o [VN] Did you get

your article done in time?

■                 TRAVEL Mfi 14 [VN] to travel a particular distance X

j$:, MfiH ( —    ) : How many miles did you do

during your tour?       MW Ifcli ? 0 My car does

40 miles to the gallon (= uses one gallon of petrol/gas to travel 40 miles).      jJP'fe-fvttl Riff it 40 $£

M0 15 [VN] to complete a joumey/trip X^, ( M

W ) : We did the round trip in two hours. AflWTfldtT TT3P0O

■                 SPEED lilS 16 [VN] to travel at or reach a particular

speed RJl ••■liltfjjffi; lil'J •••iiH:: The car was doing 90 miles an hour. 90

■                 VISIT 17 [VN] (informal) to visit a place as a tourist

#$L; $?)!£;        : We did Tokyo in three days. A

■                 SPEND TIME M 18 [VN] to spend a period of time doing sth ( — SBtls] ) : She did a year at college, but then dropped out.

#To o He did six years (= in prison) for armed robbery