fashions drive out old ones.
tTo .drive sth^ up/'down
to
make sth such as prices rise or fall quickly )
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noun
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IN/OF VEHICLE 1
[0 a journey in a car or other
vehicle Let’s go for a drive. Pg ffj
/F^A9£l&J><ll,Eo O It’s
a three-hour drive to
four-wheel drive 0 $£ fK if] 'H ^
0 a left-/right-hand
drive car (= a car where the driver and the controls are on the left/right)
£ /
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OUTSIDE HOUSE 3 (also drive-way) [C] a wide
hard path or a private
road that leads from the street to a house ( )
3?. it: There
were two cars parked in/on
the drive. 7it±f^TWffiA Ao — picture
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EFFORT f 4 [C] ~ (for sth) |
~ (to do sth) an organized effort by a group of people to achieve sth (
£
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export/economy drive / 0 a drive
/or
greater efficiency 0 the
government’s drive to reduce
energy consumption $Ufff]
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DESIRE/ENERGY ; |ij5[C,U]a strong desire
or
need in people ( Aftj ) a strong
sexual drive 3g$|-ftjt6 [U] (approving)
a strong desire to do things and achieve sth; great energy ift ; A Sh; If A: He’ll
do very well—he has tremendous drive.
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IN SPORT 7 [C] a long hard hit
or kick M.
Wr. She has a strong
forehand drive (= in tennis).
MJH
A o O He scored with
a brilliant 25-yard drive. \m 25 ll*
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COMPUTING if 8 [C] the part of a
computer that
reads and stores
information on disks or tapes fgzjljff: a 40GB hard drive * 40 0 a
CD drive
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GAMES Wf $ 9 [C] (BrE) a
social occasion when a lot of people compete in a game such as whist or bingo ( M
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ANIMALS/ENEMY if] tl ; tA 10(C) an act of
chasing animals or the enemy and making them go into a smaller area, especially
in order to kill or capture them
TO; ( Xfc ) ffliJt, mn
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ROAD 11 Drive (abbr. Dr) used in the names of
roads
( ) j&, Aifi:
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‘drive bay noun (computing if) a space inside a
computer for a disk drive (
MM )
‘drive-by adj. (NAmE) [only before noun] a
drive-by shooting, etc. is done from a moving car ( ftftj# ) ftj: a drive-by
killing ►
‘drive-by noun
‘drive-in noun a place where you can
watch films/ movies, eat, etc. without leaving your car “ ^ T A- ” We
stopped at a drive-in for a hamburger. “&TA”
0
drive-in movies
drivel /‘drivl/ noun, verb
•
noun [U] (informal,
disapproving) silly nonsense ft if; II? tS; fkiH:
How can you watch that drivel on TV? jft/g
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verb (-
driven /'drivn/ adj. 1 (of a person A)
determined to succeed, and working very hard to do so (ft;
A 1i S ® ftj 2 -driven (in compounds ^ a if)
influenced or caused by a particular thing ^ P|rJ
ftj;
A • • • is ft]: a market-driven economy r[T ^
If ftj o a character-driven movie IAA#J AAftjfl#/ — see also drive, drove, driven v. driver o-w /'drarva(r)/ noun
a person who drives a
vehicle IJJ M ; ft; ^ A
#: a bus/train/ambulance/taxi driver -£•
ft ^ ^ / A
/
tBft^^Jft 0 She climbed into the driver’s seat. 0 (BrE) a learner driver (= one
who has not yet passed a
driving test) $ ftj A 0 (NAmE) a student driver ^ Jf ftj A o The
car comes equipped with a driver’s airbag.
HMo — see also back-seat driver 2 (in golf
A 5>|t) a club with
a wooden head 3 (computing if) software that controls the
sending of data between a computer and a piece of equipment that is attached to
it, such as a printer fgzjlj 4 one of the main things that influence sth or
cause it to make progress if] 0 %:
Housing is a key driver of the economy,
E3U see seat n.
'driver’s
license noun (NAmE) = driving licence 'driver’s test noun (NAmE) = driving test drive-shaft /'draivjaift; NAmE -Jaeft/ noun a long thin part of a
machine that turns round and round and sends power from the engine to another
part of the machine ( f/lM ) #^«|,
'drive-through (also 'drive-thru) noun (NAmE) a restaurant, bank,
etc. where you can be served without having to get out of your car
ft (m )
'drive
time noun [U] a time during the
day when many people are driving their cars, for example to or from work ( ) /F^Rtl'a] ►'drive-time
adj.: a drive-time
radio show |h]7
@ drive-way /'draivwei/ noun
= drive n.(3): There
was a car parked in/on the driveway.
driv ing O-w /'draivm/ noun, adj.
•
noun [U] the way that sb
drives a vehicle; the act of driving ^ it; : dangerous driving
0 driving lessons fT»T71 see seat n.
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adj. [only
before noun] 1 strong and powerful;
having a
strong influence in making
sth happen /f Aj (fJ; A] ft zf]
ff 61); ft if] : Who was the driving force (= the person with the
strongest influence) in the band? if; Je 9k PA M A A ? 2 (of rain, snow, etc. M, M ^) falling very
fast and at an angle W
'driving licence (BrE) (NAmE 'driver’s license) noun an official document
that shows that you are qualified to drive
'driving range noun a place where people
can practise hitting golf balls
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'driving school noun a business that gives
people lessons in how to drive a car, etc.
'driving test (NAmE also 'driver’s test,
'road test) noun a test that must be
passed before you are qualified to drive a car, etc.
.driving under the influence noun [u] (abbr. DUI) (US) (in some states in
the US H S^I^'I) the crime of driving a vehicle after drinking too much
alcohol. It is a less serious crime than ‘driving while
intoxicated’. M fs
)
.driving
while in'toxicated noun [u] (abbr. DWI) (
drizzle /'drizl/ verb, noun
•
verb 1 [V] when it is drizzling, it is raining
lightly f %
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2 [VN] ~ sth (over sth) to pour a small amount of liquid over the
surface of sth (
W ) ?Bi& H771 dribble
•
noun [U, sing.] light fine
rain ► driz-zly /'drizli/
adj.: a dull, drizzly
morning PfiMMM W■ft±
Dr
Mar-tens™ /.dnkta 'maitinz; NAmE .dmktar 'mairtnz/
(also informal Doc Martens, DMs) noun [pi.] a type of
comfortable heavy boot or shoe with laces
S,TH; ^
m < T )
drogue /draog;
NAmE droug/ noun a small parachute, used to pull a larger
one from its bag ( ) droid /droid/ noun 1
= android 2 (computing if) a program which
automatically collects information from other computers that you can connect to
p«[ £& t[fc ^
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