believe sb 怀疑；不相信；不信任J had no reason to doubt
ton•我没有理由不相信他。>doubt.erA7〇w/i doubt.fui /'dautfl/ a办 1 〜（about sth) I 〜（about doing sth) (of a person 人）not sure; uncertain and feeling doubt拿不定主意；不确定；怀疑Hn dubious； Rose was. doubt_^i about the
whote idea.罗.斯对整个设想持
〇 He was doubtful about
accepting extra worfc.他拿不定主意是否接受额外工作。2〜（if/that/ whether …）unlikely; not probable 未必;.难说;.不大可
能：Jt’s doub的iZ i/ this painting is a
Picawo.这未必就是
¥加索的画。◊ With her injuries it’s
doubt_/iiZ that s/ielZ ever again.她多处受伤，今后能否行走还很难说。◊ Ifs doubtful whether
the car will last another year.
汽^车未必，还能用上一年。◊ He is injured and is doubt^Z /or the game
tomorrow/ (= unlikely to play).他受了侍，
明天杀必能参赛。3 [not usually before noun] (of a tiling 事情）uncertain and likely to
get worse 不明齒；悬而未
定；.可能变糟：At the beginning 〇/ the war things were
Zoofcf ng ve?y doubt/ii〖•战争刚开始时，形势看上去很术明
朗 0 4
[only before noun] of low value; probably
not
genuine or of a quality that
you can rely on 低劣的；未
必是真的；靠不住的HT1 DUBIOUS： This
wine is of doubl^U/ quaHty.这酒的质量有问题。► doubt.fuMy /-fali/ adv.
doubting
Thomas/.dautir)
'tDmas; NAmE'ta:m-l noun [sing.] {old-fashioned) a person who is
unlikely to believe sth until they see proof of it怀疑一切的人；多疑的人；
有证据才相信的人 From
who did not believe that
Jesus Christ had risen from the dead until he saw and touched his wounds•源自 《圣经》中的多马，他直到看见和触摸到基督耶稣的伤口
才相信耶稣已复活。
doubtless /'dautl9s/ adv. (also
/ess 介叫doubtlessly) almost certainly 大概； .几乎 肯定地 CCT71 WITHOUT
doubt ： He would doubtless
disapprove of what Kelly was doi嗯他不会赞同凯利做的事。 douche /du:J/ noun a
method of washing inside a woman’s vagina
using a stream of .water (妇女阴道） 冲洗法，灌洗法► douche verb [V, VN] dough /dau; NAmE dou/
noun 1 [U, sing.] a mixture of flour, water, etc. that is
made into bread and pastry (用¥制面仓和糕点的 >
生面团：Knead the do明/i on a 月oureci suT/ace.在撒了面粉的案板上揉面团。2 [U] {old-fashioned, slang) money
^ dough-nut
(also
donut
especially
in NAm£) /'daunAt;
NAmE 'dou-/
noun a
small cake made of fried dough, usually in the shape of a ring, or round and
filled with jam/jelly, fruit，cream，etc,炸面圈，多纳圈（常含果
酱、水果、奶袖等)
doughty /'dauti/ adj. (old-fashioned) brave
and strong M
敢强悍的
lloula /(du:la/
noun
{NAmB) a woman whose role is to provide emotional
support to a woman who is giving birth〆妇陪护（’给+妇以心理支持）一compare MIDWIFE
dour /'daua(r); 6/-E also du0(r); NAmE also
dur/ adj. 1 (of a person A) giving the impression of
being unfriendly and severe 冷酷的；严厉的 2
(of a thing, a place，or a situation _ 情、地点或情况）not pleasant; with no
features, that make it .lively or interesting 令入不快 的；无生，气的：The city, drab and
dour by day, is trcms/ormed at night.这座;^市白天死气沉沉、单滷乏
味，晚上就完全变了样。◊ 77ie
gameproved to be a dour struggle, with both .men determined to win..这次比赛结
果成为一场恶战，因为两个人都志在必得。►dourly dv. douse (also dowse) /daus/ ve/i? [VN] 1 〜sth (with sth) to stop a fire from
burning by pouring water over it; to put out a light 浇灭（火）；熄（灯）2 ~ sb/sth (in/with sth) to pour a lot of
liquid over sb/sth; to soak
sb/sth in liquid往…上泼水；把…浸在液体里：I7ie car was doused in.petroZ and set aiight.这辆汽车被绕，上汽油点
燃了。
dove1 /dAv/ noun
1 a bird of the pigeon family. The white dove is
often used as a symbol of peace.鹤子
(白鸽常作为和平的象征）：Adovecooeds^rty. —只鸽 ■'子轻柔地咕咕叫。◊ He wore a dove-grey suit他穿了 一
套鹤灰色西装。_see also turtle dove 2 a person, especially
a politician, who prefers peace and discus- sion to war鸽派人物，温和派人物（尤指愿意和平与谈判
而不愿战争的从政者> EBQ hawk dove2 /dauv; NAmE douv/ {
dovetail joint鸠尾榫接头
dove-tail /'dAvteil/
verb, noun
_
verb 〜（sth) (with/into sth) if two things dovetail
or if one thing dovetails with another, they fit together well 吻食；与…吻合：[V] My p〖ans dovetailed nicdy
with Ziers.我的计划与她的计知正碎吻合。[also
VN] mnoun
(also
.dovetail 'joint) a joint for fixing two
pieces of wood together 鸠尾榫（接实）:，. dov-ish /'dAviil adj. preferring
to use peaceful discussion rather than military action in order to solve a
political problem 温和派沾；鹤派的 fiTiI-3
hawkish dow-ager /'dauad3a(r)/ noun 1 a
woman of high social rank who has a title from her dead husband (具■有
夫头衔的）孀居;■妇：■ the dowager
Duchess o/No_^bZfc_ 诺 福卑公爵遗孀 2
(/n/omifl/) an impressive, usually rich, old woman气度不凡的老年贵妇
dowdy /'daudi/ adj. 1 (of a woman A) not
attractive or fashionable缺乏魅力的；不时髦的；过时的2 (of a thing 物件）dull or boring and not
attractive 单调的；不
雅致的；禾美观的HTTIdrab： a dowdy dress i■调的i 衣裙
d〇w-el /'daual/ (also 'dowel rod) noun a small piece of
wood, plastic, etc. in the shape of a cylinder,
used to fix larger pieces of wood, plastic, etc. together 暗榫 dowel-ling (6r£) (l/^ dowel-ing) /'daualiq/ nouh [U] short pieces of
wooden, metal or plastic rod that
are used for holding parts of sth together 榫钉 the Dow Jones Index /,dau 'd30unz indeks; NAmE 'd3〇unz/ (also ,Dow 'Jones average, the 'Dow) noun [sing.] a list of the share
prices of 30 US industrial companies that can be used to compare the prices to
previous levels道琼斯（平均）指数
down
/daun/
adv., prep., verb, adj., noun madv. l!Tn3 For the special uses
of down in phrasal verbs, look
at the entries for the verbs. For example climb
down is
in the phrasal verb section at climb. * down在短语动词中的@殊用法见有关动词词条。如climb down在词未climb的短语或词部芬。1 to or at a lower place
or position 肉下；朝下；在下面：She jumped down ojf
the c/iai'r.她跳下輪子。◊ He Zoofced
down at ■her.他涵头看着她。◊ We watered as
t/ie sun went down. 我们看—夕阳西沉。◊ She bent down
to piefc up her giove.她俯身◊ Mary’s not
down yet (= she is still upistkirs)•运丽还&卞楼呢。◊ The baby amY keep any/ood down (= in her body).这婴儿吃什么吐斤么。
2 from a standing or vertical position to a
sitting or horizontal one (坐、倒、躺）下：JP〖ease sit down.请 坐。◊ ffe had to go and iie down /or a white.他不得不