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science
graduate
If±oa graduate of Yale/a
Yale graduate IP # A ^ X
ik £ 0 a graduate student/
course ®F'2££; WfltkWfl 2 (Mm£) a person who has
completed their school studies ^ik£: a high school graduate AXXIkX o note at student
■ verb
/‘graed3ueit/
1 [V] ~ (in sth) | ~ (from ... ) to get a degree,
especially your first degree, from a university or college ( AHfXX ) ; AXXIk: Only
thirty students graduated in
Chinese last year.
H XXXXmf'iXiO She graduated from Harvard
this year.
MAXXIkX^flfcAXo 0 He graduated from
complete a course in
education, especially at high school X ik ( X fn A X ) : Martha graduated from
high school two years ago. i^ffcMXfyiiSXXiko
3 [VN] ~
sb
(from sth) {NAmE) to give a degree, diploma, etc. to sb ^X ( A ) Xte ( ) : The college
graduated 50 students last
year. 50 £X
lkA0 4 [V] ~ (from sth) to sth to start doing sth
more difficult or important than what you were doing before litl ( iSH. ±X )
: She
recently gradu
ated from being a dancer
to having a small role in a movie.
gradu ated /‘graed3ueitid/ adj. 1 divided into groups or
levels on a scale J; M #Uft: graduated
lessons/tests X 18. i§. / # ist 2 (of a container or
measure § fl ^ M J8) marked
with lines to show measurements jftW^'JJtifft EKd calibrated: a graduated jar
.Graduate .Management Ad'missions Test o
GMAT
'graduate school (also informal 'grad school) (both NAmE) noun a part of a college or
university where you can study for a second or further degree ERfL'XXii
graduation /,graed3u'eijn/ noun 1 [U] the act of
successfully completing a university degree, or studies at an
Graeco- (NAmE usually Greco-) /'griikau-; NAmE -kou/ combining form (in adjectives fej is]) Greek # jjt
ift; #jHAlft; «H£lft
Graeco-Roman wrestling (NAmE usually .Greco- Roman 'wrestling)
noun [U] a form of wrestling in which those taking part
are not allowed to hold each other below the waist 'Sr&sS&lS! ( #
graffiti /gra'fnti/ noun [U, pi.] drawings or
writing on a wall, etc. in a public place ( )
&
#7 j^L ili: The subway was covered
in graffiti, ji U
graft /graift; NAmE graeft/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [C] a piece cut
from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, so that it grows
there; the process or result of doing this SH; MW 2 [C] a piece of skin,
bone, etc. removed from a living body and placed in another part of the body
which has been damaged; the process or result of doing this SH (ftj£ fife ( )'; &«: a skin graft
mmJ&fc 3
[U]
(iBrE, informal) hard work ^H^fftXX: Their success was the
result of years of hard graft. Ml
4 [U] (especially NAmE) the use of illegal or
unfair methods, especially bribery,
to gain advantage in business, politics, etc.; money obtained in this way
nm-, mm %m-,
mverb 1 [VN] - sth (onto/to/into sth) |
~ sth (on) (from sth) to take a piece of skin, bone, etc. from
one part of the body and attach it to a damaged part ( ffcjjfc,
) : newly grafted tissue o New skin
had to be grafted on from
his back. flr,Aflk(ft#nPI£li§r
| 887
0 2
[VN] ~ sth (onto sth) to cut a piece from a
living plant and attach it to another plant MW 3 [VN] ~ sth (onto sth) to make one idea, system,
etc. become part of another one ( &JS, AJ/f i ) J&A ( IP
ft ) ; |t |&: Old values are being
grafted onto a new social class. 10 4
[v]
{BrE, informal) to work hard
graham cracker /'greiam kraeka(r)/ noun {NAmE) a slightly sweet rectangular biscuit/cookie made with WHOLEMEAL flour ( l&flf/Ejlt ) A
grail /greil/ (also the .Holy 'Grail) noun 1 [sing.] the cup or bowl
believed to have been used by Jesus Christ before he died, that became a holy
thing that people wanted to find ) 2 [C] a
thing that you try very hard to find or
achieve, but never will ^AilAflTK^X
j&M)
grain 0-w /grein/ noun
1 [U, C]
the
small hard seeds of food plants such as wheat,
rice, etc.; a single seed of such a plant
:
grains of rice Jl A X—see also wholegrain — picture o cereal
2 [C] a
small hard piece of particular substances fjji ; £0 : a grain of salt/
sand/sugar — 3 [C] (used especially in
negative sentences A^X^^Al) a very small amount Ait;
ft, X ) 5 [U] the natural direction of
lines in wood, cloth, etc. or of layers of
rock; the pattern of lines that you can see (A. Xn^P&TTA^f (ft ) ‘X M : to cut a piece
of wood along/across the
grain i&#AA; AA£®#cWt
6 [U,
C] how rough or smooth a surface feels ( ^ffi£ft ) MUfe; M : wood of
coarse/fine grain M IS / Iffl (ft A A ITTlTTn be/go against the
'grain to be
or do sth different from what is normal or natural j§|x.X3; X X#; It really goes against
the grain to have to work
on a Sunday. 11 $1 iftlX'S-'t'lfo
grained /greind/ adj. (of wood, stone, etc. A, X
^) 1 having noticeable lines or a pattern on the surface (ft 2 -grained having a texture of the type mentioned j^lte -lft: fine-grained stone jjtftyffl^ft^A grainy /'greini/ adj. 1 (especially of
photographs AIhM It) not having
completely clear images because they look as if they are made of a lot of small
dots and marks WHi&W; The film is shot in
grainy black and white.
ft 0 2 having a rough surface or
containing small bits, seeds, etc. ^ffiffl.)|5a(ft; ^ffi(ft: grainy texture ffi
Mil!!
gram ^ /graem/ noun
1 {BrE also gramme) {abbr. g, gm) a unit for measuring weight. There are 1
000 grams in one kilogram. % ( Jr !!#-{£, 1 £-jf A 1 000 % ) 2 -gram a thing that is written or
drawn ^
( ^1[ ) (ftXM: telegram O hologram
gram-mar o-w /'graema(r)/ noun
1
[U] the rules in a language for changing the
form of words and joining them into sentences ; XU:: the basic rules of
grammar 31A ill M M 0 English grammar ^ ig- iH ^ — see also generative grammar
2
[U] a person’s knowledge and use of a language ( A
His grammar is appalling, ilk
0 bad grammar
ffiisA 3 [C] a book containing a description of the
rules of a language : a French grammar gram mar ian /gra'mearian; NAmE -'mer-/ noun a person who is an expert
in the study of grammar
'grammar school noun 1 (in