age and etfmic办.许多因素都很重要，如阶级、性别、年
龄及民族。
.ethnic
minority noun a group of people
from a particular culture or of a particular race living in a country where the
main group is of a different culture or race少数民族
ethno-cen-tric /,e0nau'sentrik; NAmE ,e0nou-/ adj. based on the ideas
and beliefs of one particular culture and using these to. judge
other cultures 种族（或民族）
中心主义的；种族（或民族）优越感的:£1州如咚6仂^0- centric
school curriculum以|白:种人为屮心的学校课程
►
ethno-cen-trism
noun [U]
eth-nog-raph-er /e0'nDgrafa(r); NAmE -'na:g-/ noun a person who studies
different races and cultures 人种志
(或人种论）研究者
eth-nog-raphy /eB'nDgrafi; NAmE -'na:g-/ noun [U] the
scientific description of different races and cultures X 种志；人种论►
ethno.graph.ic /,e0n9'graefik/ ad；/.: et/mogmphfc
research 人种志扭究
eth-no.logy
/e0丨nDl9d3i;. -_na:l-/ «ow/7 [U] the scien
tific study and comparison
of human races 民族学； 社 会（或 i
化）人 A
学► ethno.丨ogic.al /.e0n9’h)d3ikl; NAmE -'la:d37 adj. eth-nolo-gist /e0'nDlad3ist; NAmE -'nail-/ noun
ethos /'i:0DS； NAmE 'i:0a:s/ noun [sing.] {formal) the moral ideas and attitudes that belong to a
particular group or society (某团体或社会的}道德思想，道德观：an ethos o/pub〖ic service公益服务的意识
ethyl /'e0il; 'i:0ail/ adj. [only before noun] (chemistry ffc) containing the
group of atoms C2H5, formed from ethane含乙基的：acetate乙酸乙酿 .ethyl 'alcohol noun [\J]{chemistry it) = ethanol ethyl-ene /'e0ili:n/ (also
eth-ene/'eGiin/) noun [U] [symb C2H4)
[chemistry a gas which is
present in coal, CRUDE OIL, and NATURAL .GAS 乙嫌 eth-yne /'i:0ain; NAmE 'e0-/ noun [U] (symb C2H2)
the
chemical name for acetylene 乙炔 eti.ol.ated /'i:ti9leitid/ flt/y.
1 (fc/o/ogy 生）if a plant is
etiolated it is pale because it does not receive enough light (植物因棱收光线不足而 >
黄化的2 (fomw/) lacking
force and energy无力的；虚弱的
eti.ology (AMmfj = aetiology
eti-quette
/'etiket;
-kat/ noun [u] the formal rules
of correct or polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular
profession (社会或行业中的）
礼节，礼仪，M矩：advice on etiquette在礼令方®的忠
告◊
medfcal/iegal/pro/essiona丨 etiquette
医学界的 / 法 律界的/行业规矩一see also NETIQUETTE Eton-ian /ii'taunian; NAmE -'tou-/ noun a person who is or
was a student at the English private school Eton College (英格兰）伊顿公学学生，伊顿公学校友
-ette (in nouns 构成名词）1 small 小：kitchenette 小厨房2 female女性:usherette女引座皮 etude /'eitjuid; NAmE also -tu:d/ noun (music (from French, especially NAmE) = study n.(8)
ol-ogy /.eti'moladsi;
NAmE -'mail-/ noun {pi. -ies) the study of the
origin and history of words and their meanings 词源学 2 [C] the origin and
history of a particular word 摘源► etymo.logic.al /，etim3_lDd3ikl; NAmE -'la:d3-/
adj. ： an e^ymoZogicaZ (Actionary 词源词典 ety-mon I'etimxm; NAmE -main/ noun {pi. ety-mons or ety-ma /-ma/) {linguistics a word or part of a
word from which another word comes 词源；词的原形；字的
原形
EU [,i: 'ju:/ abbr. European Union eu-ca-lyp-tus /juika'liptas/ noun [C, u] {pi. eucalyp- tuses or eu-ca-lyp-ti /-tai/) (also euca lyptus tree, gum
tree) a
tall straight tree with leaves that produce an oil with a strong smell, that is
used in medicine. There are several types of eucalyptus and they grow
especially in
Eu-char-ist
/'juikanst/
noun [sing.] a ceremony
in the Christian Church during which people eat bread and drink wine in memory
of the last meal that Christ had with his disciples;
the bread and wine taken at this
681
euro
ceremony (基督教}圣祭礼，圣餐，圣体血一see also COMMUNION,
MaSS(1)
Eu-did-ean
geom-etry /jur.klidian
d3i'Dm0tri; NAmE -'aim-/ noun [U] the system of geometry based on the work of
Euclid欧几里得几何
eu-gen-ics
/ju:'d3emks/ noun [U] the study of
methods to improve the mental and physical characteristics of the human race by
choosing who may become parents 优生学；人种改良学>611名6111<：<7〇!/.611戈611也17扣:-
'd3i：mst/ (also eu-geni-cist) /ju:'d3emsist/ noun eu*lo*gize {BrE also -ise) /'ju:lad3aiz/ verd [VN] ~ sb/sth (as sth) (/ormfl/) to praise
sb/sth very highly 称赞；■颂
扬；赞颂：He was eulogized 〇5 a
hero..他.被赞誉为.英
雄。►eu.lo.gis.t'ic/ju:l9’d3istik/flc//. eu.logy /’juiladsi/ [c，u]㈣-ies).1 〜（of/to sb/sth) a speech or piece of
writing praising sb/sth very much 颂
il;颂文：.a euZogy to marriage
婚礼颂词 2 〜（for/tosb) {especially NAm£] a speech given at a
funeral praising the person who has died (颂扬死者的 >
悼词，文
eU.nuch /'juinak/ noun 1 a man who has been castrated, especially one who
guarded women in some Asian countries in the past 阉人；太监；宦官 2 (/brnifl/) a perspn
without power or influence 无权力
(或影响）的人：apoifticateunuch政治“阉人” eu.phem.ism
/.ju:famizam/
now/7 〜（for sth) an indirect word or
phrase that people often use to refer to sth embarrassing or unpleasant,
sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is 委婉语；’委婉说
法：‘Pass away’ is a euphemism /or ‘die’. “去世”是
“‘死”的委婉语。◊ ‘User fees，is just a
politician’s euphemism /or tores•“用户不过是政治家对“税
款”的委婉说法。► eu.phem.is.t^ /ju:fc_mistik/ : euphemistic kmguage 委婉的语言 eu.phem.is.tic.al.ly /juifa'mistikli/ adv. ： The prison camps were euphem- isti’caiiy caHed ‘retraining centres’.战■俘营被委婉也称作
“再训练中心”。
eu-pho-ni-ous /jui'faunias; NAmE -'fou-/ adj. (formal) (of
a sound, word, etc•声1 音、词等）pleasant to listen to
悦 耳的；动听的；和谐eu.pho.ny /'ju:fani/ now/? [U] eu-pho-nium /jui'fauniam; NAmE -'fou-/ noun a large brass musical instrument like a tuba 尤风宁号 eu-phoria /jui'forria/ noun [U] an extremely
strong feeling of happiness and excitement that usually lasts only a short time
(通常指持续时间较短的）极度愉快的
心 # ,极度兴奋的情绪► eu-phor.ic /jWfbrik;
-'fo:r-; -'fair-/ adj. ： My euphoric mood could
not last. ^ 兴奋的心情_久不了。o note at excited Eurasian /ju'rei3n; -'reijn/ adj., noun
■
tw/y. 1. of or connected
with both
■
noun a person with one Asian parent and one parent who is
white or from
eur-eka /ju'riika/
exclamation used to show
pleasure at having found sth, especially the answer to a problem (因找到某物，尤指问题的答案而高兴）我发现了，我找
到了
eu-rhyth-mics {BrE) {NAmE eu-ryth-mics) /ju'ridmiks/ noun [U] a form of
exercise which combines physical movement with music and speech 韵律（体）操
Euro /'juarau; NAmE 'jurou/ adj. (informal) (used especially in
newspapers) connected with
eur〇 /'juarao; NAmE 'jurou/ noun {symb €) (pi. euros or euro)
the unit of money of
some countries of the European Union欧元（欧盟中某些琴家的货币夸位）：—r/ieprice is given in doHars or euros.价格用美元!欧元标出。◊ J pafd _/?ve euros /or it.买这我花了 五欧元 9 0 10 million euro * 1 000 万欧元 '◊ a 30-mfHion-euro_deaZ * 3 000 万 欧元的交易◊ the vaZue 〇/the euro against the doMar 欧
元对美元的比值