dog-leg noun a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a
GOLF COURSE ( HIM )
Jfct,
dogma /'dogma;
WAmf 'doigma/ noun [U, C] (often disapproving) a belief or set of
beliefs held by a group or organization, which others are expected to accept
without argument tfrX; IStSl; f@^r; political/
religious/party dogma one of
the central dogmas of the Church
dog mat ic /dog'maetik; NAmE dorg-/ ody. (disapproving) being certain that
your beliefs are right and that others should accept them, without paying
attention to evidence or other opinions i
61) : a dogmatic approach Bjfr A 0 There is a danger
of becoming too dogmatic about teaching methods.
► dog mat ic al ly /-kli/ adv.
dog ma tism /'dDgmatizam; NAmE'doig-l noun [U] (disapproving) behaviour and
attitudes that are dogmatic
do- gooder noun (informal, disapproving) a person who tries to
help other people but who does it in a way that is annoying flHSHtWA; A
'dog-paddle
(also
'doggy-paddle) noun [U] a simple swimming
stroke, with short quick movements like those of a dog in the water )
dogs body /'dogzbDdi; NAmE 'do:gzba:di/ noun (pi -ies) (,BrE, informal) a person who does all
the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do, and who is treated as being less
important than other people Uj^I; ftjA
dog-sled /'dngsled;
NAmE 'da:g-/ noun (NAmE) a sledge (= a vehicle that slides
over snow) pulled by dogs, used especially in
mm) mmm
'dog tag noun (NAmE, slang) a small piece of
metal that US soldiers wear round their necks with their name and number on it
(
,dog- tired adj. [not usually before noun] (informal) very tired WMJ 0Od exhausted
'dog warden (NAmE also dog-catch-er) noun a person whose job is to catch dogs
and cats that are walking freely in the streets and do not seem to have a home
)
dog-wood /'dogwud;
NAmE 'do:g-/ noun [U, C] a bush or
small tree with red or pink berries and
red stems, that grows in
northern regions; the hard wood of this tree
tfcA; WA^Afa
DoH abbr. (in
doh (also do) /dau; NAmE dou/ noun (music #) the 1st and 8th
note of a major scale A 1 W #1^
8#
DOI /,di:
00 'ai; NAmE ou/ abbr. 1 (computing if) digital object
identifier (a series of numbers and letters that identifies a particular text
or document published in electronic form on the Internet) R #!]$%> Wft
mmvsft (
2 Department of the
Interior (the
mm ft)
doily /'daili/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 (BrE) a small circle of paper or cloth with a pattern of
very small holes in it, that you put on a plate under a cake or sandwiches (
& ± M m , n BK & H 2 (NAmE) a small
decorative mat that you put on top of a piece of
furniture () mi
doing /’du:ir)/
noun [C, usually pi., U] a thing done or caused by sb I’ve been
hearing a lot about your
doings recently. A^frfrf1]
Ao
0 I promise you this was none of my doing (= I didn’t do it).
IT»!?1 take some 'doing | take a lot of doing to be
hard work; to be difficult ft
# ffl Xt : Getting it
| 591 dollop
finished by tomorrow will take
some doing. H BE A %
,do-it-your self noun [u] (especially BrE) = DIY: The
materials you need are available from any good do-it-yourself store. i
ferni.
Dolby™ /'dDlbi; 'daulbi; NAmE 'dorlbi; 'doulbi/ noun [U] a system for
reducing background noise in sound recordings
dolce /'dnltjei;
NAmE 'doul-/ adv., adj. (music #) (from Italian) (used as an instruction jt Ain) in a sweet, soft
way3tH*m(ftt)
dol drums /'doldramz; NAmE 'doul-/ noun [pi.] (usually the doldrums) 1 the state of feeling
sad or depressed
tt HP ; um ;
MU; & fit tX A : He’s been in the
doldrums ever since she left him.
“ SIS til ffio 2 a lack of
activity or improvement A A *% ; #
; If ft : The bond market normally revives
after the summer doldrums.
iiflnlilo 0 Despite these
measures, the economy remains in the doldrums.
Uo
rsmm From the place in the
ocean near the equator where there are sudden periods of calm. A sailing ship
caught in this area can be stuck there because of a lack of wind. g lE^PJUt^N-SAMMA&l/L^Tc dole /doul; NAmE doul/ noun, verb mnoun
[sing.]
(usually the dole) (BrE,
informal)
money paid by the state to unemployed people A ik iSr/ft A: He’s been on the
dole (= without a job) for a year,
E—A
T „ 0 The government is changing the rules
for claiming dole.
MaEo 0 lengthening dole queues ]#PA^$tAik$C$f^A (ft A $r ft ^ 0
We could all be in the dole queue on Monday (= have lost our jobs).
•
verb ijsum .dole sth<->'out (to sb) to give out an amount
of food, money, etc. to a number of people in a group && (m)-,
dole ful /'daulfl; NAmE 'doulfl/ adj. very sad tft % ;
0QC1
mournful : a doleful
expression/face/ song tttPlttAlt; i^lftJt;
^AfJWto a doleful looking man J&lAJ1!
A ► dole-ful-ly /-fali/ adv. doll /dDl; NAmE da:l/ noun,
verb
•
noun 1 a child’s toy in
the shape of a person, especially
a baby or a child 5c{H; a rag doll (= one
made out of cloth) |li 2
(old-fashioned, informal, especially NAmE) a word used to
describe a pretty or attractive woman, now often considered offensive m,
iijL, HAJL ( MgikhftWMM ) : She’s quite a dolL
•
verb
IJtlAb .doll sb/yourself
'up (informal) to make
sb/yourself look
attractive for a party, etc., with fashionable clothes (*»- ) immtfcmm, mmmm% %:
Are you getting dolled up for the party? g
dol lar O-w /'dnla(r); NAmE 'da:l-/ noun 1 [C] (symb $) the unit of money in the
3 the dollar [sing.] (finance M) the value of the US dollar compared with the
value of the money of other countries II tc
( fp {S ) : The dollar closed two cents down. IE1B1 see bet v., million
dol-lar-ize (BrE also -Ise) /'dnlaraiz; NAmE 'dail-/ verb [VN, V] (of a country
S M) to start using the US dollar as its own currency ( ) H jcit ► dol lar iza
tion,
-isa-tion /.dDlarai'zeiJ'n; NAmE ,da:l-/ noun [U] doll-house /'dDlhaus; NAmE *da:l-/ noun (NAmE) = doll’s house
dol-lop /‘dDlap; NAmE ’dailap/ noun (informal) 1 a lump of soft food, often dropped from
a spoon — 0 , -- ifc