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the
plight of the refugees. & & iA |nj {£ {£ ± R $£ & E it0 2 ~ (sth) (on sb/sth) (of your eyes, a camera,
etc. II If, Hi^Jl^f) to adapt or be adjusted so that things
can be seen clearly; to adjust sth so that you can see things clearly ( 1? M fih : [V] Let your eyes focus on
objects that are further away from
you. If
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his blue eyes on her. fife
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quickly focused the camera on the
children.
3 [VN] ~ sth (on sth) (technical Ai«) to aim light onto a particular point using
a lens
■ noun {pi. focuses or foci /'fausai; NAmE 'fou-/) 1 [U, C, usually sing.] ~ (for/on sth) the thing or person that
people are most interested in; the act of paying special attention to sth and
making people interested in it ‘&M ( jg ) : It was the main focus of attention at the meeting. 0 His
comments provided a focus for
debate. M
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today’s lecture the focus will be on tax structures within the European Union. A A i# (Hj M M H M 0 fP M $ M
$ o 0 The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp
focus.
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M A MM jS] M o O We shall maintain our focus on the needs
of the customer. if ] # ,4 A
0 What
we need now is a change of focus (= to look at things in a different way). >lc(HJ
2
[U] a point or distance at
which the outline of an object is clearly seen by the eye or through a lens ( Hllf^^^cW ) MM, iSMfc: The children’s faces are
badly out of focus (= not clearly shown) in the photograph. =>
0 The binoculars were not
in focus (= were not showing things clearly). §1
// M ^ Si ft 7 A o 3 (also
focal
point) [c] {physics
$}) a point at which waves of
light, sound, etc. meet after reflection or refraction; the point from which waves of light,
sound, etc. seem to come ( ft. A*# &(J ) MM, M 4 [C] {geology
itfc) the point at which an earthquake starts to happen ( MJRlft)mm
fo cused (also fo-cussed) /'faukast; NAmE ‘fou-/ adj. with your attention directed to what you want to do; with very clear
aims She should
do well in her studies this
year—she’s
very focused. AM
mi
'focus group noun a small group of people, specially chosen to represent different social
classes, etc., who are asked to discuss and give their opinions about a
particular subject. The information obtained is used by people doing market research, for example about new products or for a
political party. {| #
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'focus puller noun an assistant to a cameraman
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fod der /'fDda(r); NAmE 'fa:d-/ noun [U] 1 food for horses and farm animals ( ^ IF Eft ) iff] ^ 2 {disap
proving) (often after a noun f If ^^IJg) people or things that are considered to
have only one use ( AM )
RtfrJ!•••($$•: Without education, these children will end up as factory
fodder (= only able to work in a factory). o
This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.
——see also
CANNON fodder
foe /fau; NAmE fou/ noun {old-fashioned or formal) an enemy ®cA; i)L$C
foehn = fohn
foe tal (BrE) (also fetal NAmE, BrE) /‘firtl/ adj. [only before noun] connected with a foetus;
typical of a foetus Up JL£ft;
Ip Eft: foetal
abnormalities IqJL## 0 She
lay curled up in a foetal position. M^Lflrjj
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foetid = fetid
foe-tus
(BrE) (also fetus NAmE, BrE) /'fiitas/ noun a young human or animal
before it is born, especially a human more than eight weeks after fertilization
jj&JL;
jfc fog /fog; NAmE fo:g; fa:g/ noun, verb m noun [U, C] 1 a thick
cloud of very small drops of water in the air close to the land or sea, that is
very difficult to see through Dense/thickfog is affecting roads in the north
and visibility is poor. ,
JAL ® II {ft 0 0 freezing fog o Patches of fog will clear by mid-morning.
o We get heavy fogs on this coast in winter.
iZ'MMMA ^ A H o 0 The town was covered in a thick blanket of fog. A^MWT iiAMliu o The fog finally lifted (= disappeared). <, —compare mist 2 a
state of confusion, in which things are not
clear ;
® li: He went through the day with his mind in a fog.
« verb (-gg-) 1 [V, VN] ~ (sth) (up) if a glass surface fogs or is fogged up,
it becomes covered in steam or small drops of water so that you cannot see
through ( {<£ ) M- H % 2 [VN] to make sb/sth confused
or less clear
{iiiffl; I tried to clear the confu
sion that was fogging my brain.
o The government was trying to fog the real issues before the election.
fog-bound /'fogbaund; NAmE 'fo:g-; 'fa:g-/ adj. unable to operate because of fog; unable to travel or to leave a place
because of fog a
fogbound airport o fogbound passengers
0#3£lfi She spent hours fogbound in
fogey (also fogy)
/'faugi;
NAmE 'fougi/ noun {pi. fogeys or fo-gies) a person with old-fashioned
ideas that he or she is unwilling to change 45 SB iS ; T IB ^ A : He sounds like such an old fogey!
f°ggy /'fugi; NAmE 'foigi; 'fargi/ adj. (fog-gier, fog-gi-est) not clear because of fog
^ #
$}; M- ft ft $): foggy conditions ^ ^ $£ o a foggy road # fE W it %k
IT»T?71 not have the foggiest (idea) {informal) to not know anything at
all about sth ;
: ‘Do
you know where she is?’ ‘Sorry, I haven’t the foggiest.’ M
fog-horn /'foghorn; NAmE 'foighorrn; 'fa:g-/ noun an instrument that makes a loud noise to warn ships of danger in fog
#*pA (
l&UrtWJterKa^ ) : He’s got a voice like a foghorn {= a loud unpleasant voice).
'fog lamp {BrE) (also 'fog light NAmE, BrE) noun a very bright light on the
front or back of a car to help the driver to see or be seen in fog
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fohn (also foehn)
/f3in/
noun (usually the fohn) [sing.] a hot wind that
blows in the
/J\^,4 idiosyncrasy:
We have to
tolerate each
other’s little foibles.
,foie 'gras noun [u] opate de foie gras foil /foil/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 {BrE also .silver 'foil) [u] metal made into very thin
sheets that is used for covering or wrapping things, especially food ( ) 1®: {BrE)
aluminium foil ifo {NAmE)
aluminum foil #5fg — see also tinfoil 2 [U] paper that is covered in very thin
sheets of metal ) : The chocolates are
individually wrapped in gold foil. MM
3 [C]
~ (for sb/sth) a person or thing that contrasts with, and therefore
emphasizes, the qualities of another person or thing pg##; pg-M%: The pale walls provide a perfect
foil for the furniture. ^ H
4 [C] a long thin light sword used in the sport of fencing
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