and probably illegal or
dishonest MMftJ; ^?&ftj; AM ^ftj: I suspect there may be
something funny going on.
o If there has been
any funny business, we’ll
soon find out.
►
WITHOUT RESPECT f|f4 (BrE) humorous in a way that shows a lack of
respect for sb i|||£=^|tftj; j&itft) H771 cheeky: Don’t you get funny with me! jft A3IXf
►
ILL/SICK ff frj ; A if 5 (informal)
slightly ill/sick A^ ft]; M ftl; 18 AAilftl: I feel a bit funny
today— I don’t think I’ll go to work. A A$ PJ AA§f IK, A
*§±£EA„
►
CRAZY 6 [BrE, informal) slightly crazy; not
like other people it -I® ft); A iE ft) H5dstrange, peculiar: That Dave’s a funny chap, isn’t he?
-I® 3® ftj, ;H A H ? 0 She went a bit funny
after her husband died. XXKfeMmMGmXmT o
►
MACHINE #l#§ 7 (informal) not working as it should
ttj
ftj: My computer keeps going
funny,
ftjit
ITSTTTi .funny ha-'ha (informal) used to show that ‘funny’
is being used with the meaning of ‘amusing’ if- $| rT % .funny pe culiar (BrE) [US .funny
weird/'strange) (informal) used to show that ‘funny’ is being used
with the meaning of ‘strange’ #
'funny bone noun [usually sing.] (informal) the part of the elbow
containing a very sensitive nerve that is painful if you hit it against sth JfiMftjR#^
'funny farm noun (informal, offensive) a hospital for people
who are mentally ill If .funny 'money noun [u] (informal, disapproving) 1 a currency (= the money used in one
country) which is not worth much and whose value can Change quickly Fp d {& ( A ji ) iftJ^rfi 2 money that has been forged (= is not real) or
stolen or that has come from illegal activities Mffi; AITA^ftm; MU 'fun run noun (especially BrE) an event in which people
run a long distance, for fun, and to collect money for charity ^d£M-fei® fur 0-w /f3:(r)/ noun
1
[U] the soft thick mass of hair that grows
on the body of some animals ( ^fj^j&jlpftj ) 2 [U] the skin of
an animal with the fur
still on it, used especially for making clothes ( a fur coat %&AA 0
the fur trade ^Mloa fur farm (= where animals are
bred and killed for their fur) 0 The
animal is hunted for its
fur. TtkMM
0 fur-lined gloves A# 3 [U] an artificial
material that looks and feels
like fur
5
(BrE) = scale n.(9) 6 [U] a greyish-white layer that
forms on a person’s tongue, especially when they are ill/sick — see also furred furi-ous /'fjuarias; NAmE 'fjur-/ adj. 1 ~ (with sb) | - (at sth/sb) | ~ (that ... ) very
angry ffi-SftJ; She
was absolutely furious at
having been deceived, ftfe M T 3ii, ^A^IiHo 0 He was furious with
himself for letting things get so out of control. f&A.
g £ ft) n,,
1#
m j# #P jJt A Rf i|jt fo o 0 Em furious that I
wasn’t told about it. 2
with great
energy,
speed or anger #£<lftj; M$ift); i^i il
ftj; H IK ftj: a furious debate £!l ft) 3# it o She drove off at a
furious pace, —see also fury ►
furi
ously adv.: furiously angry
XfcISM o
‘Damn!’
he said furiously. “M^EftJ! ” 0 They worked
furiously all weekend, trying
to get it finished on time. $|P
HSU see
fast adj.
furl /fed; NAmE f3irl/ verb [VN] to roll and fasten
sth such as a sail, a flag or an umbrella i&Jfe
( MM
*)
fur-long /• f3:lnri; NAmE 'f3irb:i]/ noun (especially in horse
racing a unit for measuring
distance,
equal to 220
yards or 201 metres; one eighth of a mile i&<-feJ3MM&,
*0^7 220^, 201 KM H-H-M ) fur-lough /feilao; NAmE 'f3:rlou/ noun [U, C] 1 permission to leave your
duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign
country ( Ats IK&±^ftj)'fr{g(iftp>I) 2 (NAmE) permission for a prisoner to leave
prison for a period of time ( 2BAftJ ) ® 3 (NAmE) a period of time during which
workers
are told not
to come to work, usually because there is not enough money to pay them ( ®^|I]$:Aii]X$rM *tft) ) HHg ► fur-lough verb [VN] fur-nace /’feinis; NAmE ’f3:rms/ noun 1 a space surrounded on all sides by
walls and a roof for heating metal or glass to very high temperatures : It’s like a furnace (= very hot) in here! ! — see
also blast furnace 2 (especially NAmE) = boiler furnish /’f3:niX; NAmE 'f3:rmJ7 verb [VN] 1 to put furniture in a house,
room, etc. M S:MMr. The room was
furnished with antiques. ^|h]M jS^T'S'llo 2 ~ sb/sth with sth | - sth (formal) to supply or provide sb/sth with sth; to
supply sth to sb ffij ( ^A /
$tf*. She furnished him with
the facts surrounding the
furnished /,f3:mj't; NAmE 'f3:rmjt/ adj. (of a house, room, etc. J^JS, J^HsI^f) containing furniture MfeMM
ftj: furnished
accommodation (= to rent complete with furniture) M M lii 0 The house was
simply
furnished,
furnishings /'feinijigz; NAmE 'f3:rn-/ noun [pi.] the furniture, carpets,
curtains, etc. in a room or house M
M : soft furnishings o The
wallpaper should match the
furnishings.
furniture o-w /'f3:mtXa(r); NAmE 'f3:rn-/ noun [U] objects that can be moved,
such as tables, chairs and beds, that are put into a house or an office to make
it suitable for living or working in ( )
MM:
a
piece of furniture -ffMM o garden/office, etc.
furniture , PE&M^fMM o We need to buy some
new furniture. %ff] $S MM» — see also door
FURNITURE,
STREET FURNITURE ITTO1 See PART /?.
'furniture beetle noun an insect that damages wooden
furniture and buildings 'furniture van noun (BrE) = removal
van furore
/fju'roiri;
'fju9ro:(r); NAmE ’Qur-/ (also furor
/'fjuaro/r); NAmE 'fjur-/especially in NAmE) noun [sing.] ~ (about/over sth) great anger or excitement shown by
a number of people, usually caused by a public event Hzjtl; M#J: His novel about Jesus
caused a furore among Christians.
0 the recent furore over the tax increases i£ H33 uproar
furphy /’f3:fi; NAmE ’f3rrfi/ noun (pi. -ies) (AustralE) a piece of information or a story,
that people talk about but that may not be true ftl^; F¥771 rumour
furred /f3id; NAmE f3:rd/ adj. covered with fur or with sth that
looks like fur -fe
a furred tongue -fe^^l^^
furrier /‘fAri0(r)/
noun a person who prepares or sells
clothes made from fur furrow /'fArau; NAmE 'f3irou/ noun, verb u
noun 1 a long narrow cut in the ground,
especially one made by a plough
for planting seeds in 2£$J; y£j;
►
a deep line in the skin of the face ( It ±
IffTCT see plough
v.
m verb 1 [VN] to make a furrow in the earth %: furrowed fields f MWHI 2 [V, VN] (formal) if your brows or eyebrows
furrow or are furrowed, you pull them together, usually because you are
worried, and so produce lines on your face (^)^(li),
H($j]U furry
/'feiri/ adj. 1 covered with furMM3ij£lftJ;
small furry animals 2 like
fur : The moss was soft and
furry to
the touch.
fur ther O-w /'f3:6a(r); NAmE 'f3:rQ-/ adv., adj., verb u
adv. 1 (comparative of far * far ft] (especially BrE)
at or
to a greater distance (’2? |b]gg^ ) i&S, MS