eturn sth to its owner [El
37; M 0: Could you give me back my pen o Could you give me
my pen back? ft}®^37#^#?®r ? 0 I picked it up and gave it back to
him.
fcftl1s&^737#70 (informal) Give it me back! ! 2 to allow sb to have sth
again jfc % ; {A Jr §r $ : The operation gave him
back the use of his legs. 7A(£fife^M1^S[7?frt£o .give ‘in (to
sb/sth) 1 to admit that you
have been defeated by sb/sth fkHI;
iA; ft #: The rebels
were forced to give in. SSLA7l£iift#7o 2 to agree to do sth
that you do not want to do ; M Ir] M:
The authorities have shown no signs of giving in to the kidnappers’ demands. ^ # (ft A ft % i:kifr
.give
sth in (to sb) (BrE) (also .hand sth<->in
(to sb) BrE, NAmE) to hand over sth to
sb in authority M ±; Jt: Please give your work in before Monday, if
.give
off
sth to
produce sth such as a smell, heat, light, etc. ft ft, jfcft (
HVfc. )
: The flowers
gave off a fragrant perfume. feJLttftftTTlfo ‘give on to/onto sth [no passive] (BrE) to have a view of
sth; to lead directly to sth || ft ; ® ft; 31 ft : The bedroom windows give on to the street. Elh^ A ffift $j3to 0 This door gives onto the hall. 3£if Hliftoff o .give ‘out 1 to come to an end; to
be completely used up Hi?-: After a month their food supplies
gave
out. O Her
patience finally gave out. MW 0 2 to stop
working fflhisfr; ffltiiff: One of the plane’s engines gave
out in mid-Atlantic. A ft A f0 A ffi# 7 fP ft’~'7ft3tlftA:j^.7o 0 Her legs gave out and she collapsed. M M — 3A #J 7 T A 0 ,give sth~‘out to give
sth to a lot of people
#ft; tfcft: The
teacher gave out the exam papers. :^!JiF7ft7i^#0 .give ‘out sth 1 to produce sth such as
heat, light, etc. ft it}, ft (
)
: The radiator gives out a lot of
heat. ft
A it ftl 2 [often passive] (especially BrE) to tell people about sth or broadcast sth
A#; ilfp; MM .give over (BrE, informal) used to tell sb to
stop doing sth £lj # • ■ • 7 ; U lit A lh BE ; ft 7: Give over, Chris! You’re hurting
me. ft 7, 3£M$t! foft!>$t^MT o O [+ -ing] Give over complaining! £l]ftl£S7
! .give
yourself over to sth (also .give yourself up to
sth) to
spend all your time doing sth or thinking about sth; to allow sth to completely
control your life gtA7; $l$§7 .give sth<-»'over
to sth [usually
passive] to use sth for one particular purpose ft} • •• ft ft ( M # ffl & ) : The gallery is given over to
British art. lit !i[ ft H ft 7 # M ^S^n°R0
.give
'up to
stop trying to do sthft#; iA3i; Mff: They gave up without a fight, fife fH 7 M M # 0 o She doesn’t give up easily. MA7HI§iA$7 o I give up—tell me the answer. $tMffT', ft}^^ftilfficHEo
.give
sb 'up 1
(also .give
'up on sb especially
in NAmE) to believe that sb is
never going to arrive, get better, be found, etc. mmmm)
ft # §!: There you are at last! We’d given
you up. fo 7A7l o We hadn’t heard
from him for so long, we’d given him up for dead. f£CI
®U*'^flfe^7o 2
to stop having a relationship with sb AHJr^feA^; 7#-% SAftift: Why don’t you give him up? fo A/ ft fife
—7JM®TbJS? .give sth->'up 1 [no passive] to stop
doing or having sth 7 it; Mft: She didn’t give
up work when she had the baby.
±ft0 0 We’d given
up hope of ever having children. fnek#£^7W#Mo 0 [+
-ing] You ought to
give up smoking. 2 to spend time on a
task that
you would normally spend
on sth else ft} ( ftiH&ftftfe ^WN'Ih]
) H$t7:
I gave up my
weekend to help him paint his apartment. ft
7-''HU IbL
.give
sth^'up (to sb) to hand sth over to sb else ft}---3£ in ( Mit^j ) : We had to give our
passports up to the authorities. ft ff] % ftl ft1 M ft in ^ M „ 0 He gave up his seat to a
pregnant woman (= stood up to allow her to sit down). ftfefEJ^fvihlH7—fv^fio .give yourself/sb
'up (to sb) to
offer yourself/sb to be captured g ft; ft ft#: After a week on the run he gave himself up
to the police, ftfeill®—J§l/s|p]WAi£^ Sf To .give your-
j 861 glacial
self
up to sth = GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO STH give Up on sb 1 to stop hoping or
believing that sb will change, get better, etc. (
i£7#*Bfa ) : His
teachers seem to have given up on him. ftfe
^ flU 7 7 # A fife If# Mo 2 (especially NAmE) = give sb up(1) m noun [U] the ability of sth
to bend or stretch under pressure ; #f4: The shoes may seem tight at first,
but the leather has plenty of give iniL&^MffjfaWHnl
mi give and take 1 willingness in a relationship to accept
what sb else wants and give up some of what you want A iff ft;
1=0Sih7;
give-away /'grvowei/
noun,
adj.
a noun (informal) 1 something that a company gives free,
usually with sth else that is for sale ( ^ ^] fj fi A pp )' Bill n” 2 something that makes
you guess the real truth about sth/sb She
pretended she wasn’t excited but the expression on her face was a dead (= obvious) giveaway.
M fg
^ 7
A #f
m adj. [only before noun] (informal) (of prices fftf§) very
low
give-back
/‘grvbaek/
noun (NAmE) a situation in which workers agree to accept lower wages or
fewer benefits at a particular time, in return for more money or benefits later ( XAIWfit^mWlBl^^^I
0 )
given /'grvn/
adj., prep.,
noun a adj. [usually before noun] 1 already arranged Eft ; H : They were to meet at a given time
and place. 2 that you have
stated and are discussing;
particular #r3£#J;
W:
We can find
out how much money is spent on food in any given period. ^cfH pJIA$HAA#^N'|1
HI be given to
sth/to doing sth (formal) to do sth often or
regularly 57t@7:
He’s
given to going for long walks on his own. ftfe|f$fe §
-lOCTftefcttfltt.-
a prep, when you consider sth
A J® 3\; #7: Given his age, (= considering how old
he is) he’s
remarkably active. sfjtfiJftfeiftAM,
flfeBJiffi^tgEW70 0 Given her interest in children, teaching
seems the right job for her.
►
given that conj. : It was surprising the government was
re-elected, given that they had raised taxes so much.
a noun something that is
accepted as true, for example when you are discussing sth, or planning sth ‘given name noun (especially NAmE) = first name giver /’giva(r)/ noun (often in compounds n"i*I)
a person or an
organization that gives # 7 If ; IIA If; They
are very generous givers to charity.
gizmo (also
gismo)
/'gizmau;
NAmE -mou/ noun (informal) (pi. -os) a general word for a
small piece of equipment, often one that does sth in a new and clever
way /JvgcjiUL;
gizzard
/'gizad;
NAmE -zard/ noun the part of a bird’s
stomach in which food is broken up into smaller pieces before being digested ( J^EHj ) &N8L %, M glace /'glaesei; NAmE glae'sei/ adj. [only before noun] (of fruit 7jc ^)
preserved in sugar H W; 3£ ^ W: glace fruits 0
glace
cherries
gla cial /'gleijl; 'gleisial/ adj. 1 [usually before noun] (geology ftfe) connected with
the Ice Age A
M$lft; the glacial period (= the time when
much
of the northern half of the world was covered by ice) #fc$] 2 (technical AilO caused or made
by glaciers; connected with glaciers #cjl|3aJ$.#J; ^ a glacial landscape
ip:$> 0 glacial deposits/erosion AJHMIR;
3 (formal) very cold; like ice A ; A — (ft H171 icy : glacial
winds/temperatures ifeiJ # W ^ M; Wl (ft ft 4 (formal) (used about people M A) cold and
unfriendly; not showing feelings