( ) : a dollop of whipped cream — gj
M ff iM V) ® 2 an amount of sth Ait; ® ft; — &J L:
A dollop of romance now and then is good for
everybody.
J ft£h0
'doll’s house (BrE) (NAmE doll-house) noun a toy house with small
furniture and sometimes dolls in
it for children to play with ( Jl&tXUi&W)
) txMcA'M, M MM
dolly /'dDli; NAmE
'darli;
'do:li/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 a child’s word for a doll
( JLift ) 11, fit 2
(especially NAmE) a low platform on wheels for moving heavy objects (
'dolly
bird noun {old-fashioned, BrE, informal) a way of referring to a young woman who is considered
attractive but not very intelligent {SUM
dol men /'dolmen; NAmE
'dool-/
noun a pair of group of vertical stones with a large flat
stone on top, built in ancient times to mark a place where sb was buried
mmm ()
dol orous /'dnlaras; NAmE
'dool-/
adj. [usually before noun] (literary) feeling
or showing great sadness jfE M
tf); ,«lft
shark MLA
dol phin /'dolfin; NAmE
'da:l-/
noun a sea animal (a mammal) that looks like a large fish
with a pointed mouth. Dolphins are very intelligent and often friendly towards
humans. There are several types of dolphin. M
a
school of dolphins — If — compare porpoise
dol-phin-arium /.dDlfi'neariam; NAmE .dcrifi'neriam/
noun {pi. dol-phin-ariums or dol-phin-aria /-ria/) a building with a pool where
people can go to see dolphins, especially ones who have been trained to do
tricks MW ( AM ) tt
dolt /dault; NAmE doolt/
noun (disapproving) a stupid person ; {g/R H771 idiot ► dol tish adj.
-dom suffix (in
nouns A A4S®) 1 the condition or state
of ( ) : freedom
i ^ o martyrdom ^
2 the rank of; an area ruled by (
) : kingdom IS
3 the group of ( H
ft ) : officialdom
If M
do-main /da’mein; dao-; NAmE dou-/
noun 1 an area of knowledge
or activity; especially one that sb is responsible for ( -ftliR, The care
of older people is being
placed firmly within the domain of the family. o
Physics used, to be very much a male domain. ®A^SJf±J=:l!A^®i$o —
see also public domain 2 lands owned or
ruled by a particular person, government, etc., especially in the past ( A la
IB ®AA, MM
The Spice
Islands were within the Spanish domains. ^ HH
® gift 3 {computing if) a set of websites on the
internet which end with the
same group of letters, for example ‘.com’, ‘.org’ fjf ah 4 (mathematics the range of possible
values of a particular variable K
do'main name noun {computing if) a name which
identifies a website or group of websites on the
Internet
m; NAmE doom/ noun 1 a
round roof with a circular base
% ® ; ® I ® : the dome of
shaped like a dome 0®A^I; his
bald
dome of a head ®07l§'ffifftA® —
picture o geodesic dome 3 {NAmE) (in names A 45 f^) a
sports stadium whose roof
is shaped like a dome ® ® ft ft Jgj: the
domed /daumd;
NAmE doumd/ adj. [usually before noun] having or shaped like
a dome ft 0® (ft; 0® Afft; A a domed forehead/ceiling MMM
do mes tic 0-wr
/da'mestik/
adj., noun a adj. 1 [usually before noun] of or inside a
particular country; not foreign or international A 111 #J; S A (ft: domestic affairs/politics,
@A A A / 2% ft 0 domestic flights (= to and from places
within a country) ® AI/l JEE o Output
consists of both exports and sales on the domestic market. M PM AittMW£Pfta
EH2 foreign 2 [only before noun] used in the home;
connected with the home or family MMM; MM#.I; Mfrtif: domestic appliances MMflil 0 domestic chores M A ® V 0 the growing
problem of domestic violence (= violence between members of the same
family) 0 it f*:ll(ft|CMilftf«]f§!l 0 domestic service (= the work of a
servant in a large house) M IS 0 domestic help (= help with the work
in a house; the person or people who do this work) M&fflBtl; MiM 3 liking home life; enjoying or good at
cooking, cleaning the house, etc.
I’m not a very domestic sort of person.
& f£ M B.
#). A * 4 (of animals if} tyj) kept on farms or as
pets; not wild §l|#fft; IB4W>do-
mes-tic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.: domestically produced goods A
■
noun 1 (also .domestic 'help, .domestic worker) a
servant who works in sb’s
house, doing the cleaning and other jobs M fffl ; Iff] A 2 {BrE, informal) a fight
between two members of the same family M M il\ tfr ; MM3EI$:
The police were called to sort out a domestic.
a
do-mes-ti-cate
/da’mestikeit/
verb [VN] 1 to make a wild
animal used to living with or working for humans if A ,
ill| it ( if} fn ) 2 to grow plants or
crops for human use §1 lit-:, W ( ) CWTl culti
vate 3 {often humorous) to make sb good at
cooking, caring for a house, etc.; to make sb enjoy home life Alt#; : Some men
are very hard to
domesticate. W & #§ A flt # Ifr M # f£» ► do-mes-ti- cated adj.: domesticated animals 0
They’ve
become a lot more
domesticated since they got married. ®
jnMM&MgT o
do-mes-ti-ca-tion /da.mesti'keifn/ noun [U]: the
domestication of cattle A ^ll|# do-mes-ti-city /.daume'stisati;
,dnm-; NAmE,dou-; ,da:m-/ noun [U] home or family
life MM A®: an atmosphere
of happy domesticity
do.mestic 'science noun {old-fashioned, BrE) = home
ECONOMICS
'dome
tent noun a tent which forms the
shape of a dome 0 ® Wfc H — picture o tent — compare frame
TENT, RIDGE TENT
domi-cile /'dmmsail;
NAmE 'da:m-; 'doum-/ noun {formal or law
W) the place where sb
lives, especially when it is stated for official or legal purposes (
AM )ft®,