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浪漫周末◊ the popu/ar
iskmd getaway 〇/Penang 深受人
们喜爱的槟榔屿度假岛
'get-out noun [usually
sing.] {BrE, informal) a way of avoiding sth，especially a
responsibility or duty 囱避 (.或逃避）办法；借口： He
said he’d come byt he’s Poking /or a get-out.他说过俾会来，但眼下他又在找借
口。◊ a get-out
dause fn the contract 合约里的规避条款 get-ting /'getiq/ noun [sing.] IT»TO1 while the
.getting is 'good {
.get-up-and-'go
noun [U] {informal) energy and deter-
mination to get .things done 4•劲；也取心；魄力；胆量
gew-gaw
/'gjuigo:; NAmE also 'gu:-/ noun an object that attracts attention but has
no value or use 华而不实的物
品；徒有其表的东西
gey-ser
/'gi:za(r); NAmE 'gaizar/ noun 1 a natural spring that sometimes sends hot
water or steam up into the air 间歇泉 2 (8r£) a piece of
equipment in a kitchen'or bathroom that heats water, usuaily by.gas (厨房或浴
室的）煤气热水器，热水锅k 3 (S^£) a large
container in which water is stored and heated, usually by electricity, in
order to provide hot water in a building (建筑 物的）电热水器，热水锅炉
ghagra /'gAgra:/ noun a long skirt, worn by women in
gha<rara /gA'raira/ noun loose wide trousers, worn with a kameez and dupatta by women in
ghastly /'gaistli; NAmE 'gaestli/ adj> (ghast-lier, ghastliest) 1 (of an event 事情）very frightening and
unpleasant, because it involves pain, death, etc.(因有 关疼痛、死亡等爾）恐怖的，可怕的，令人毛骨悚然的
PTITl
horrible： a ghastly crime/murder
可怕的罪行 / 谋杀 2 (of an experience or a
situation 经历或
承备）very bad; unpleasant糟透的；令人不快的BEEl terrible: The weather was g/iast〖y.天气糟透了。◊ ft’s aH been a mistake.这是个极知恶劣如错误。
3 (of a person or thing 人或物）that you find
unpleasant and dislike very much
令入恶心的；令人反
感的；讨厌的 SCI
horrible: her ghost/y husband 她 的讨厌的丈夫◊ rhis Zipsticfc
is a cotour.这唇裔
的藏色令人恶心。4 [not usually before
noun] ill/sick or upset 有病;...不适；苦恼 HT1
terrible ： I felt ghastly the next day.我第二天感到身体很不舒服。5 (literary) very pale in
appearance, like a dead person 死人般苍 g
的：His /ace mis ghastiy
white.他的脸色惨白。 ghat /gait/ noun (
small cucumber 小黄瓜
ghetto /'getau; NAmE 'getou/ noun (pi. -os or -oes) 1 an area of a city
where many people of the same race or background live, separately from the rest
of the population. Ghettos are often crowded, with bad
living conditions.(相同种族或背景人的）聚居区；贫民区：a poor fcfd growing up
fn the ghetto在贫民区长矢的穷孩子
0 The south
coast of Spain has become something of a tourist ghetto.西班牙南海岸可以说已经成为旅游者的聚
居区:。2 the
area of a town where Jews were forced to live in the past (昔日城市中的）犹太人居住区：the Warsaw ghetto华沙的犹太人居住区
ghetto
blaster (also
'boom
box especially
in NAm£) noun
[informal) a large radio and CD
or cassette player that
can be carried around, especially to play loud music in public大型手提式收录机（或激光唱机） ghil-lie noun = gillie ghost /gaust; NAmE 9〇ustl noun, verb a noun 1 [C] the spirit of
-a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear.鬼；鬼魂；幽灵：
Do you
believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist)? # 相衡有鬼吗?：◊ the ghost 〇/ her /ather that had come bacfc to haunt
her萦绕在她脑际的女亲的幽灵◊ He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very
fright- ened).他那副样子就像是见到鬼一样。2 [C] the memory of
sth, especially sth bad .(先指可怕事物的丨记每，0 忆：The ghost of anti-Semitism still
haunts
圭义在欧洲阴遥不散。3 [sing.] ~ of sth a very slight amount of sth that is left behind or
that you are not sure really exists隐约的一点点；（某物残留的）一丝， 一点、：TTiere was a ghost 〇/ a
smrte on ftis /ace.他脸上 露 tB
隐隐的一丝微笑。◊ don’t have a
ghost 〇/ a chance (= you have no
chance).你一点儿机令都没肴。
4 [sing] a second image
on a television screen th^t is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault (电视屏幕
上的）重影 DMT
give up the 'ghost 1 to die 2 (hwmoraws) (of a
machine 机器）to stop working 报 废；不能运铃；完蛋：聊 car
jiinaHy gave up the ghost. 我的汽车终于报废了。一 more at former
■
verb 1 = ghostwrite 2 [V +adv./prep.] (literary) to move without making
a sound 无声地行进：They ghosted up the
smooth waters 〇/the river.他们无声地M行在平静尚
河水上。
ghost-ing
/'geustiq;
NAmE 'gou-/ nouri [\J] the appearance of a
faint second image next to an image on a television screen, computer screen,
etc.(屏幕上的.）
重像
ghost.ly
/'gaostli;
NAmE 'goustli/ adj. looking or sounding like a ghost; full of
ghosts 鬼似的；幽灵般 的；鬼魂萦绕的：a ghosrty _/iigure 鬼影◊ ghostZy
/ootsteps 幽灵般的脚步声.◊ the churchyard 鬼云
萦绕的教堂墓地
'ghost story noun a story about ghosts
that is intended to frighten you (用来吓唬人的）鬼故事
'ghost town
noun a town that used to be
busy and have a lot of people living in it, but is now empty (曾
一度繁华的被废弃的城镇
'ghost train noun {BrE) a
small train at a funfair that
goes through a dark tunnel full of frightening things
(游东场$)游鬼城小火车
ghost-write /'gaustrait;
NAmE 'goust-/ (also ghost) verb to write a book, ain
article, etc. for another person who publishes it as their own work代人写作；为人捉刀；代
写：[VN] [often passive] Her memoirs were ghostwritten. 她的同忆^是由别人代写的。[alsoyj ghost-writer /'gaustrait0(r); NAmE 'goust-/ noun a person who writes a
book, etc. for another person, under whose name it is then published 代人写作者；代
笔者；捉刀人
ghoul /gu:l/
noun 1 (in stories) an evil
spirit that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them (.传说中的」
盗墓食尸鬼2(必5<3外?/"0；//>75)3?6吖011评11〇15 1；00丨1^61*- ested
in unpleasant things such as death and disaster 对凶残之事兴趣浓厚的人► ghoul*ish /_gu:liJ7 _‘•： ghouZis/i toughter 狩笑
GHQ
/,d3i:
eitj* 'kju:/ noun [U] the abbreviation
for general headquarters* (the main centre of a military organization)启、司令部，统帅部（,金写为general headquarters
) : ffe was posted to GHQ Cairo.他被派往开罗
总司令部。
GHz
a灿r (in writing) gigahertz 千兆赫；吉赫
Gl /,d3i: 'ai/ noun (pi. GIs) a soldier in the
国兵
giant 〇■» /_d3arant/ now/?，⑽..
noc/n 1 (in stories) a very
large strong person who is often cruel and stupid (故事中常为残酷而愚蠢的）巨人 一 see also giantess 2 an unusually large person, animal or plant巨人；巨兽；巨型植物：He’s a giant 〇少 a man.他是个巨人。3 a very large and
powerful