rT Hiatt 0
0 an endless
list of things to do HAAHlc'fi&tft $ 0 We
don’t have an
endless supply of money, you
know. Mm® ii, $ a m w & £ * ^ &
$ & .
2 continuing for a long time and seeming to
have no end7XA(ft; 7®r(ft; A'Alh^ft: an endless round of parties and
visits 0 The
journey seemed endless. A0
0 I’ve had
enough of their endless arguing. 4£ Q/t 7 f] A
fA it (ft #-0A\ 3 (technical A-©) (of a
adv.: She talks endlessly about her
problems. M ® nf A i4i&i&ifelfSB(ftlRliL
0 an
endlessly repeated pattern
end-note /’endnaut;
NAmE -nout/ noun a note
printed at the end of a book or section of a book ( 45A
ift )Mtt
endo-crine /'endaukrin;
-krain; NAmE 'endakrin/
adj. {biology 4)
connected with glands that
put hormones and other
products directly into the blood $ jf H
(ft ; A ft M ift : the endocrine system A ft ffi %. fk
—
compare exocrine
endo-crin-ology /,endaukri'm)lad3i; NAmE .endoukra-
'na:l-/ noun [U] (medical E) the
part of medicine concerning the endocrine system and hormones A ft ► endo crin olo gist /-d3ist/ noun en dogamy /en'dngami;
NAmE -'da:g-/
noun [u] (technical 7 i§j
the custom of marrying only people from your local community ^ A W,
A£f 111 ( KA ) —compare exogamy
en-dogen-ous /en'dnd3anas; NAmE -’da:d3-/
adj. {medical E) (of
a disease or symptom E ^ |e W having no obvious cause ft Wj '14 (ft;
A A(ft — compare
EXOGENOUS
endo-glos-sic /.endau'glnsik;
NAmE .endou'gloisik;
-'gla:s-/ adj. (linguistics i§W)
(of a language i§W) used as a first language in a particular country or
community and not as a foreign or second language ( ifeE.) Aj^lft;
AElft—compare exoglossic endomorph /'endeomoif;
NAmE 'endoumoirf/
noun {biology 4) a
person whose natural body shape is round, with a lot of fat ( fi [ft 7 0M )
—
compare ectomorph,
mesomorph endo-nor-ma-tive /.endau'noimativ;
NAmE ,endou-
'noirm-/ adj. {linguistics if
"If) based on the way a country’s second language is used by local
speakers, rather than the way it is used in the country where it came from
originally If E17
HltHlft; Al&Mlft; AMi^Wlft —compare
EXONORMATIVE
endo plasm
/'endeuplaezam; NAmE 'endou-/ noun [U] {biology 4) {old-fashioned) the
more liquid inner layer of the jelly-like substance inside cells ( j$\ H ) A ff:
—
compare ectoplasm(I)
en dor phin /en'dorfin;
NAmE -'do:rf-/
noun {biology £)
a hormone produced in the brain
that reduces the feeling of pain A»#J!fc ( A#MI7 ) '
en dorse /in'dois; NAmE in'doirs/ verb [VN] 1 to say
publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action ( A-fF )
$?|W], tArT: I wholeheartedly
endorse his remarks. 4£JtMi&®!^#lftii*ro
o Members of
all parties endorsed a ban on land mines.
2 to say
in an advertisement that you use and like a particular product so that other
people
will want to buy it ( ) it#, ftW ( ^^7*
Si ) 3 to write your
name on the back of a cheque so that it can be paid into a bank account ( 4E )
, #45 4 [usually passive] (£?/-£) to write details of a driving
offence on sb’s driving licence ( fE
% M #1 M ± ■) iB ^ M ^ : You risk having your licence
endorsed.
en-dorse-ment /in'doismant;
NAmE
-'doirs-/ noun [c, U]
1 a public statement or action showing that you support sb/sth (
A-ffift ) H|f|, 37#, iA«T: The election victory is a clear endorsement of their policies. f&Aj & ^ ji: M fife tfl Wi M fill A t# o 0 a letter of endorsement iA Rf vE 45 2 a statement made
in an advertisement, usually by sb famous or important, saying that they use
659
and like a particular
product ( # A 45 A/E7 A- A H
^ ^ 7* m5 (ft ) jIl ft, ft; W 3 (fir£) details of a
driving offence written on sb’s driving
licence (
(ft ) iBiPc
en-do-scope /'endaskaup; NAmE -skoup/ noun an instrument
used in medical operations which consists of a very small camera on a long thin
tube which can be put into a person’s body so that the parts inside can be seen
A^; AKIM; AJ©M en-dos-co-py /en’dDskapi;
NAmE -'da:sk-/
noun [c, U]
{pi. -ies)
{medical E) a
medical operation in which an endoscope is put into a person’s body so that the
parts inside can be seen AM®2; A KIM® 4 endo-skel-eton /'endauskelitn;
NAmE 'endou-/
noun {anatomy $?)
the bones inside the body of an animal that give it shape and support A#fl&
( A^JAlf
) — compare exoskeleton
endo-sperm /'endausp3:m;
NAmE'endousp3:rm/
noun [u] {biology the
part of the plant seed that provides food for the embryo Hf f L
endo-ther-mic /.endau'Bsimik;
NAmE ,endou'03:rmik/
adj.
{chemistry ft) (of a chemical reaction ft #
endow /in'dau/
verb [VN]
to give a large sum of money to a school, a college or another institution to
provide it with an income ( ) jiM, jilt,
be en dowed with sth to naturally have a particular feature,
quality, etc. ^
) : She was endowed with intelligence and wit. M fz ^ M o — see also well endowed en'dow sb/sth with sth 1 to
believe or imagine that sb/sth has a particular quality iA 43 • • M S # on M : She had endowed Marcus with the
qualities she wanted him to possess. MiA A) s, M M iS M „
2 (formal) to give sth to sb/sth tn7; Ist7: to endow sb with a responsibility
en dow ment /in'daumant/
noun 1 [C,
U] money that is given to a school, a college or another institution to provide
it with an income; the act of giving this money HrA; jiKt; 2 [C, usually pi.] (formal) a quality or an ability that you are
bom with ;AM; 7it
en dowment
mortgage noun {BrE) a
type of mortgage (= money
borrowed to buy property) in which money is regularly paid into an endowment
policy. At the end of a particular period of time this money is then used to
pay back the money that was borrowed.
-compare
REPAYMENT MORTGAGE
en dowment policy noun {Br£) a type of life
insurance in which a person regularly pays money to an insurance company, and
receives a sum of money from them at the end of a particular period of time AE$]A/r
ft®,
ft®£)
end-paper /'endpeip8(r)/
noun
{technical A in) a blank or decorated page stuck inside the
front or back cover of a book If 15
'end product noun something that
is produced by a particular activity or process fij^np ,end
re'sult noun [usually sing.] the
final result of a particular activity or process
'end run noun (in American football an
attempt by the person carrying the ball to run around
the end of the line of defending players en durance /in'djuarans;
NAmE -'dur-/
noun [u] the
ability to continue doing sth painful or difficult for a long period of time
without complaining W\if A; HA A : He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness, 4E
&7 4 ^ M |b] ^ # 4L
$J U H A o
o They
were humiliated beyond endurance. A
Rf&lfti&i^o 0 This event tests both physical and
mental endurance. tM @ KJi*M£AA %
o powers of
endurance HA o The party turned out to be more of an endurance
test than
a pleasure. jjaiXM