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farming
noun [U]
.factory
'floor noun (often the factory floor) [sing] the part of a
factory where the goods are actually produced |h] : Jobs
are at risk, not just on the
factory floor (= among the workers, rather
than the managers) but throughout the business. Att
#2£|b]IA«, ko
'factory
ship noun a large ship used for
catching fish, that has equipment for cleaning and freezing the fish on board
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'factory shop (6r£) (also factory store, 'factory
outlet NAmE, 6r£) noun a shop/store in which
goods are sold directly by the company that produces them at a cheaper price
than normal ; Xj~Hit
fac to
tum /faek'tautam;
NAmE -'tou-/ noun {formal or humorous) a person employed to do
a wide variety of jobs for sbij^X;
'fact sheet noun a piece of paper
giving information about a subject, especially (in
1jsmmisw) mm
fac
tual /'faektjual/
adj. based on or containing
facts fit a factual account of
events if# 0 factual information o The
essay contains a number of
factual errors.
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fact-uaMy /-tjuali/ adv. :
factually correct
fac
ulty /'faeklti/
noun (pi. -ies) 1 [C, usually pi.] any of
the physical or mental abilities that a person is born with Htb; AM: the
faculty of sight o She retained her
mental faculties (= the ability to
think and understand) until the day she died.
3®
H is A o 0 to be in full possession of your
faculties (= be able to speak, hear, see, understand, etc.)
mtm (m4n, ba 3®$^) 2 [sing.] ~ of/for (doing) sth (formaI) a particular ability
for doing sth if fb; fii fj: the faculty of
understanding complex issues o He had a faculty for
seeing his own mistakes. ftkHWM § . 3
[c] a
department or group of related
departments in a college or university ( 1® K ft W ) ^ , K : the Faculty
of Law ^ 0 the Arts Faculty
~X # Etc
4 [C+sing./pl. v.] all the teachers in a faculty of a college or
university ( the
WWiW&iX o faculty members 5 [C, U] (often
the faculty) (NAmE) all the teachers of a
particular university or college ( # $q ft W ) fek-lfrW :
faculty members
fad /faed/ noun
something that people are interested in for only a short period of time — ; IfWCi
HT7I craze : the latest/current fad ftlfr / A MW ® o a fad for physical
fitness — |A $t .# $E $1 0 Rap music proved to be more
than just a passing fad. ,
ift
pi
faddy /'faedi/ adj. (BrE, informal,
disapproving) liking some things and
not others, especially food, in a way that other people think is unreasonable P
(£»
)ft*W, a faddy eater ft A
► fad di ness noun [U]
fade /feid/ verb 1 to become or to make
sth become paler or less bright ( , $
Bf: [V] All colour
had faded from the sky. AXtftM'fe^ilATo 0 The curtains had faded in the sun. o
[VN]
The
sun had faded the curtains. APBffiW ^ BSil T •fe
o 0 He was wearing faded blue jeans, jfe % If ii
(ft M A7P
o
2
[V] ~
(away)
to
disappear gradually M M M; 31MMA: Her
smile faded. 0
Hopes of reaching an agreement seem to be fading away.
o His voice faded to a
whisper (= gradually became quieter).
/Js,
^ T iff o o The laughter faded
away. % p M M M M o <> All
other issues fade into insignificance compared with the struggle for survival.
A # 4L A # ft it, o 3 if a sports player,
team, actor, etc. fades,
they stop playing or performing as well as they did before (
feT$.i&, f£il, Black faded on the
final bend.
liMpg-tfiftiisTB, urn see woodwork .fade a way (of a person A) to
become
very weak or ill/sick and
die ft : In the
last weeks of her life she
simply faded away, itbfEfeffrtf) .fade in/out to
become clearer or louder /
less clear or quieter ( m
m ) mm/mm-,
pm. )
George saw the monitor black out and then a few words
faded in. .fade
sth in/'out to make a picture or a
sound clearer or louder / less clear or quieter f^( H® ) $£A / ^
Ma /MU; ft ( r*# ) M3S / Mfi:
Fade
out the music at the end of the scene. £&A3i/:i:#JAMJeWA$^o
'fade-in noun [U, Cj (in cinema,
broadcasting, etc. MIX rif) the
process of making a sound or an image gradually appear; an occasion when this
happens ( ft a$J ) M®; ( ) MA, MS
'fade-out noun [U, C] (in cinema,
broadcasting, etc. fe fX rmm the process of making a
sound or an image gradually disappear; an occasion when this happens
( Witt)MU; (mm® Mil fader /'feida(r)/ noun (technical A iff) a piece of equipment
used to make sounds or images gradually appear or disappear
'fade-up noun [U, C] (in cinema,
broadcasting, etc. fe TWiW) the process of making a
sound or an image gradually clearer; an occasion when this happens ( p
) MitM, mm, mm, m®
faeces (BrE) (NAmE feces) /'fi:si:z/ noun [pi.] (formal) solid waste material
that leaves the body through the anus Hft FT3T1 EXCREMENT ► faecal (BrE) (NAmE fecal) /'fukl/ adj. [only before noun] faff /faef/ verb, noun (BrE,
informal) m verb iJliM .faff a'bout/a'round to spend time doing
things in a way that is not well organized and that does not achieve much : Stop faffing about and
get
onwithitimmmfvT, xx*i
a noun [U, sing.] a lot of
activity that is not well organized and that may cause problems or be annoying
ft : There
was the usual faff of finding somewhere to park the car.
fag /faeg/ noun 1 [C] (BrE, informal) = cigarette 2 (also fag-got) [c] (NAmE, taboo, slang) an offensive word for a
male homosexual ( MfS ) 3 [sing.] (BrE,
informal) something that is
boring and tiring to do ^ X; ^ It #: It’s too much of a fag
to go out. ft jg zft JlN
A^X/^c 4 [C]
(BrE) (especially in the
past) a boy at a public school who has to do jobs for
an older
boy (xmmn)
,fag
'end noun
(BrE, informal) 1 [C] the last part of a
cigarette that is left after it has been smoked ^
10 A 2 [sing.] the ~ of sth the last part of sth, especially
when it is less important or interesting (
) £qM, AM: I only caught the fag
end of their conversation.
fagged /faegd/ (also .fagged 'out) adj. [not before noun] (BrE, informal) very tired St fj ^ ; H ic HT71 exhausted ITilTTI I can’t be fagged (to
do sth) used
to say that you are too tired or bored to do sth (
fag-got /'fsegot/ noun 1 (BrE) a ball of finely
chopped meat mixed with bread, baked or fried and eaten hot 1# $] A; j^^lL2 (NAmE) = fag(2) 3 a bunch of sticks tied together, used for burning on
a fire 'fag hag noun (slang,
offensive) a
woman who likes to spend time with homosexual men |W|
fah (also fa) /fa:/ noun (music #) the fourth note of a
MAJOR
SCALE AW MU 4 W 'fah-fee
noun [U] (SAfrE) an illegal game in
which you risk money on a particular number being chosen M
7, ffx (-mvxmfeMwmmm®)
Fahr en
heit /'faerenhait/
adj. (abbr. F) of or using a scale of
temperature in which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° ^R^(A^A32^,
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