gallantry
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on alone. o He bowed and
gallantly kissed my hand. #7—13, I£ ®J
«noun /ge'laent; 'gaelant/ (old-fashioned) a fashionable young
man, especially one who gives polite attention to women ( At^£7l£i!)ft ) gal lant ry /'gaelantri/ noun [U] {formal) 1 courage, especially in
a battle ( AtaAiKMA ) Hit, a
medal for gallantry 2 polite attention given by
men to women ( f§7*fA7ft )
'gall bladder noun an organ attached to
the liver in which bile is stored IJIH
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gal-ier-ied /'gaelarid/
adj. (of a building W$$yf) having a gallery(3)
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gallery /'gaelari/
noun
{pi. -ies) 1 a room or building for
showing works of art, especially to the public ( "2;
A# tPaft ) Wi&iM;
M$5: an art/a
picture gallery
ItAtt; <> the National Gallery SltHAtf
—
see also art gallery 2 a small private shop/store where you can
see and buy works of art 3 an
upstairs area at the back or
sides of a large hall where people can sit ( Aff I# ) Relatives
of the victim watched from the public
gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.
— see
also press
gallery 4 the highest level in a theatre where the
cheapest seats are ( JgdS&^SH/Hftfflsft ) 5 a
long narrow room, especially
one used for a particular purpose JSp ; A ; £ flip — see also shooting gallery 6 a level passage under
the ground in a mine or CAVE ( A'fft^cPAAft ) A-7#it IEIB1 play to the 'gallery to behave in an
exaggerated way to attract people’s attention TiAIIAiiS
galley
/'gaeli/
noun 1 a long flat ship with
sails, usually rowed by slaves
or
criminals, especially one used by the ancient Greeks or Romans in war ( #ft$^|£|A]3E «ft ) (
A#JMA^3>ft ) t&M 2 the
kitchen on a ship or plane (
fl&j^l&flJt'ft ) Mfe galli ard /'gaslicud; NAmE -a:rd/ noun (in the past) a lively
and complicated dance; a piece of music for this dance MMHH ( ) ; MM
m$m-, R&n (ft)
Gallic
/'gaelik/
adj. connected with or
considered typical of France or its people ABft; ftBAW; iH^ft; rti A Aft: Gallic charm A®AftMA Gallicism /'gaelisizam/ noun a French word or phrase
that is used in another language (
galling /'go:lir)/
adj. [not usually before noun] (of a situation or fact making you angry because it is
unfair 4>At&&; {£Aii$jii#: It was
galling to have to apologize to a man she hated. 4 Aft>5
gallium /'gaeliam/
noun [u] {symb Ga) a chemical element.
Gallium is a soft silver-white metal. & galli vant /'gaehvaent/ verb [V] (usually
used in the progressive tenses ii # H 7 fj ft-) ~
(about/around) {old-fashioned, informal) to go from place to place enjoying
yourself BEE] gad : You’re
too old to go gallivanting around
gallon 0-w /'gaelan/ noun {abbr. gal.) a unit for measuring
liquid. In the
m verb [usually +adv./prep.]
1 [V] when a horse or similar animal gallops, it moves very fast and each stride includes a stage when all four
feet are off the ground together ( ) 4^, — compare canter
to ride a horse very fast,
usually at a gallop §& ; {>£ ( ^ ) 4 A
: [V] Jo galloped across the field
towards him. 0 [VN] He
galloped his horse home. fife
Mitels #017 —compare canter 3 [V] {informal) (of a person A) to run
very quickly 4 EST71 charge
She
came galloping
down the street. $fe?6-;[ii4#Ifif Ao u noun 1 [sing.] the fastest
speed at which a horse can run, with a stage in which all four feet are off the
ground together ( Sjft ) 4#, He rode
off at a gallop, 7/^91 MAo' 0 My horse suddenly broke into
a gallop. 4#^2Ao 2 [C] a ride
on a horse at its fastest
speed to go for a
gallop A91 41 3 [sing.] an unusually
fast speed
A'lA;
gallop ing /'gaelapirj/ adj. [only before noun]
increasing or spreading rapidly jfliligjJO ( )
ft: galloping
inflation &g0|
gallows /'gaelauz;
NAmE -louz/ noun {pi. gal-lows) a structure on which
people, for example criminals, are killed by hanging ; tp: to send a man to the
gallows (= to send him to his
death by hanging) JE—&
.gallows
'humour (BrE) {NAmE .gallows humor) noun [U] jokes about
unpleasant things like death ft
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gallstone /'goilstaun;
NAmE-stoun/ noun a hard painful mass that can form in the gall bladder |0 (
Gallup
poll™ /'gaelap
paul; NAmE pool/
noun a way of finding out
public opinion by asking a typical group of people questions g M jf]ij&
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Gallup, who invented it. M (
galore /ga‘lo:(r)/ adj. [after
noun] {informal) in large quantities A#; ISA: There will be games and prizes galore. B^n°Oo
galoshes /ga'lnjiz;
NAmE -'la:J*-/ noun [pi.] rubber shoes (no
longer very common) that are worn over normal shoes in wet weather ( W
±, ^EA#IE) : a pair of galoshes galumph /ga'lAmf/ verb [V +adv./prep.] {informal) to move in an awkward,
careless or noisy way A 1ft
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gal van ic /gael'vaemk/ adj. 1 {technical Ain) producing an electric
current by the action of a chemical on metal ( i
ffeUft 2 {formal) making people
react in a sudden and
dramatic way A!^ft; 4^AMI^
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galvan ize {BrE also -ise) /'gaelvanaiz/ verb [VN] 1 ~ sb (into sth/into doing
sth) to
make sb take action by shocking them or by making them excited
MM; The urgency of his voice galvanized
them into action, fife M it ft r
# M M M ill ff$J ^ A o 2 {technical A io) to cover metal with zinc in order to protect it from rust F&H; £p(^fi)t£#: a galvanized bucket o galvanized steel
gam-bit
/'gaembit/
noun 1 a thing that sb does, or
sth that sb says at the beginning of a situation or conversation, that is
intended to give them some advantage Jf
ft: an opening gambit (= the first
thing you say) ft 2 a move or moves made at the beginning of a game of chess in order to gain an advantage
later ( A^ft )
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gam ble 0"W /’gaembl/ verb, noun m verb 1 ~ (sth) (on sth) to
risk money on a card game, horse race, etc. ( )
j$f$, frith M to
gamble at cards o to gamble on the horses %5j
0 [VN] I gambled all my winnings on the last
race. Tft^^H*iUs-*®«sf±To 2 ~
(sth) (on sth) to risk losing sth in the hope of being successffil
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111 ■ • • Afltti: [VN] He’s gambling his
reputation on this deal, jfe 6 ft
# I M A I# i± 0
0
[V] It was
wrong to gamble with our children’s future. «AClftAA»l^jt*1H3fto ► gam-bler /'gaembla(r)/ noun : He was a compulsive
gambler (=
found it difficult to stop). IJiliM .gamble sth-^a'way
to lose sth such as money,
possessions, etc. by