believe sb ff®; 7+Blit; 7'fl'ff: I had no reason to doubt him. > doubter noun
doubt-ful /'dautfl/ adj.
1 ~
(about sth) | ~ (about doing sth) (of a person A) not
sure; uncertain and feeling doubt 7fi$£;
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was doubtful about the
whole idea. 3? Sfr 7 #
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work, it £ 7 £ ± jg m & & % m 7 x # 0 2 ~
(if/that/
whether ... ) unlikely; not
probable 7A®
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she’ll ever walk again. o
It’s doubtful whether the car will last another year.
7- A $ Hi
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doubtful
for the game tomorrow (= unlikely
to play). #,517 $7 50 2c 7 lit# If,, 3 [not
usually before noun] (of a thing 7 If) uncertain and likely to get worse 7 50
80; ;i;® A zk; nJfbTif®: At the beginning of
the war things were looking very doubtful, JFN*,
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80 o 4 [only before noun] of low value;
probably not genuine or of a quality that you can rely on I#;
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doubt ing Thomas/.dautuj 'tDmas; NAmE'ta:m-/ noun
[sing.]
(old-fashioned) a
person who is unlikely to believe sth until they see proof of it 717-'£0 ift A;
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doubt-less /'dautlas/ adv. (also
less
frequent doubtlessly) almost certainly A ; JL
7 m
M #
cm without
doubt : He would doubtless
disapprove of what Kelly was doing.
#7£-^|Wj®,fiJ#lft^:c douche /du:J7 noun a method of washing
inside a woman’s vagina using a stream of water ( jtlAPfiil )
► douche verb [V, VN]
dough /dau; NAmE dou/ noun 1 [U, sing.] a mixture of flour, water, etc. that
is made into bread and pastry ( MT#j®ii#l$l.&(ft ) AMIS: Knead the dough on a
floured surface. A ft 7 ffi ift & * ± % ffi
0 . 2 [U]
(iold-fashioned, s/ong) money H dough-nut (also donut especially in NAmE) /'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. 7 M [S
, £ ^ HI ( # ^ ^ «„ )
doughty /'dauti/ ad/. (old-fashioned) brave
and strong J§
m%mi
dou la /'duila/ noun
{NAmE) a
woman whose role is to provide emotional support to a woman who is giving birth
7 Pp ( 4r 7 #3 7 3 A f# ) — compare
MIDWIFE
dour /’daua(r); BrE also dua(r); NAmE also dur/ ad/. 1 (of a person A) giving the
impression of being unfriendly and severe <7 (ft; f* f/j (ft 2 (of a thing,
a place, or a situation ^
'If , # A jA
If E) not
pleasant; with no features that make it lively or interesting 4*
(ft ; : The city, drab and
dour by day, is
transformed at night. Tfr 6
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dour
struggle, with both men
determined to win. j&A
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►dourlyadv. douse (also dowse) /daus/ verb [VN] 1 - sth (with sth) to stop a fire from
burning by pouring water over it; to put out a light ( A ) ; & ( £T ) 2 ~ sb/sth (in/with sth) to pour a lot of
liquid over sb/sth; to soak
sb/sth in liquid ft-±$tA; IE••• : The car was
doused in petrol and set
alight. 7
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dove1 /dAv/ noun 1 a bird of the pigeon family. The white dove is
often used as a symbol of peace. 7
( 66JIS'#AfnT(tfJAfl ) : A dove cooed softly. — K6I 7 $£ ^ N o 0 He wore a dove-grey suit. #^7“
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dove 2 a person, especially a politician, who prefers peace and
discussion to war #|M Ati, iMlMAtf (
)
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dove2 /dauv; NAmE douv/ {NAmE)
pt of dive dove-cote /‘dAvkDt; 'dAvkaut; /VAmf -ka:t; -kout/ (also dove-cot /'dAvknt; NAmE -ka:t/) noun
a small building for doves or pigeons to live in ; Tiff]
dovetail joint
dove-tail /'dAvteil/
verb, noun
■ verb (formal) ~ (sth) (with/into sth) if two things dovetail
or
if one thing dovetails with another, they fit
together well 7 ; [V] My plans dovetailed
nicely
with hers. [also VN]
mnoun (also
,dovetail 'joint) a joint for fixing two
pieces of wood together S A )
dov ish /'dAviJ/ adj. preferring to use peaceful discussion
rather than military action in order to solve a political problem ftiftlMftl-ra hawkish dow-ager /’dauad3a(r)/ noun 1 a
woman of high social rank who has a title from her dead husband (
A
Aft (ft ) the
dowager Duchess of
f§ % ^ li: M 2 {informal) an
impressive, usually rich,
old woman
dowdy /'daudi/ adj. 1 (of a woman A A) not
attractive or fashionable life.2.H A (ft; aWW2(ofa
thing
#jf7) dull or boring and not attractive 7iJ»I(ft; 7 7Jt*$lft HTTIdrab: a dowdy dress
Qifktfijk AM
dow 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 Bf # dowel-ling (BrE) {U$ dowel ing) /'daualiq/ nouh [u] short pieces of wooden, metal or plastic rod that are used for holding parts
of sth together #IT the Dow Jones Index /,dau 'djaunz indeks; NAmE 'd30unz/ (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
down On /daun/ adv., prep.,
verb, adj., noun madv. liidlJ 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 climb
down climb (ftfeLilfzA'isI r|S^K 1 to or at a lower
place or position [ft 7 ; T
; AT®: She jumped down off the
chair. MMTff7o 0 He looked
down at her. ftefSAIf'Irftfeo <> We watched as the sun went down.
0
If ir A PH ® tH o O She bent down to pick up
her glove. ;# Af&T-io O Mary’s not down yet
(= she is still upstairs). o The baby can’t keep
any food down (= in her body).
2
from a standing or vertical position to a sitting or horizontal one ( ^, #7 1$ ) T: Please sit down, if o He had to go
and lie down for a while, ftfe 7 f# 7