responsibility for doing sth wrong
or for sth bad that has happened JHi; piA The investigation will try to find
out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
jiJjJflEo ► guilt-less adj. 11*1771
a guilt trip {informal) things you say to sb
in order to make them feel guilty about sth A 1*1 ^ |§- : Don’t lay a guilt
trip on your child about schoolwork. o
guilty tHw/'gilti/
adj. (guilt ier,
guilti-est)
1
~ (about sth) feeling ashamed because you have done sth
that you know is wrong or have not done sth that you should have done /ifij
|*]0C(HJ; /iiJUrtM: I felt guilty about not visiting my parents more often.
@
o John had a guilty
look on his face. liJ&±&
iij Wr'IA W^ 1f 0 o I had a guilty
conscience and could not sleep.
2
- (of sth) having done sth illegal; being responsible for sth bad
that has happened 7 P; W ; W P
(ft : The jury found the defendant not guilty of the
offence. (SgifTil^i&MIrAPo 0 He pleaded guilty to murder, ffe ^ iA 3E A i£ P 0 0 the guilty party (= the
person responsible for sth bad happening) A P — ~f} Ao We’ve all been guilty of selfishness at some time
in our lives. f£CI#^A-~£ I %
ECH
innocent ► guilt-ily /-ili/ adv. ITiTTl a guilty secret a secret that sb feels
ashamed about HA# A Blit'S?
guinea /’gini/ noun an old British gold
coin or unit of money worth 21
shillings (= now £1.05). Prices are sometimes still given in
guineas, for example when buying or selling horses. JUS ( fa,
tfHt 21 3te^, M1M. 1.05 ®0
m, mjifcit»)
guinea-fowl /'gmifaul/ noun [C, U] {pi. guinea-fowl) a bird of the pheasant family, that has dark grey
feathers with white spots, and is often used for food; the meat of this bird |*]: roast
guineafowl
guinea pig noun 1 a small animal with
short ears and no tail, often kept as a pet MU
( fafaJcM, Ht
fa- % ^ tS| # ) 2 a person
used in medical or other experiments Students
in fifty schools are to
act as guinea pigs for
these new teaching methods. A A
Guin-ness™ /'gims/ noun
[U, C] a type of very dark brown beer, with a white head (= top) on it
mm()
guiro /'gwiarau; NAmE 'wiirou; 'gwirou/ noun
{pi. -os)
a
musical instrument consisting of a tube of wood with a rough surface, played by
passing a stick over it in a repeated rhythm £ij$ ( A
)
guise /gaiz/ noun a way in which sb/sth
appears, often in a way that is different from usual or that hides the truth
about them/it His
speech presented racist
ideas under the guise of nationalism. o
The story appears in different guises in different
cultures.
gui tar /gi'tai(r)/ noun a musical
instrument that usually has six strings, that you play with your fingers or
with a plectrum Altk: an
acoustic/an electric/a classical, etc. guitar jg ft Afife, . A HWflk# b a
guitar
player Aftk##A o Do you
play the guitar?
(§?
o She plays guitar in a band. MAAlAJI##
"nftko 0 As he sang, he strummed his guitar, ftfc Pi ffli Ir
A itfeo — picture o page Rio —
see also air guitar, bass1
n. {4)
gui tar ist /gi'tairist/ noun
a person who plays the guitar Aftk###; Afik^
Gu-ja-rati (also Gu-je-rati) /,gu:d3a'ra:ti/
noun 1 [C] a person from the state of
gulch /gAltJ7 noun {especially NAmE) a narrow valley
with steep sides, that was formed by a fast stream flowing through it (
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gulf /gAlf/ noun 1 [C] a large area of sea that is partly
surrounded by land : the
3
the Gulf [sing.] the
between the
between rich and poor is
enormous. ikmlikWso 4 [C] a wide deep
crack in the ground ( Hk®l$ ) M P, Ufa*,
ITiTTl see bridge v.
the '
gull /qaI/ (also sea-gull) noun a bird with long wings and usually white
and grey or black feathers that lives near the sea. There are several types of
gull. 'M g| — picture A page R28 — see also herring gull Gul-lah
/'gAla/
noun [U]
a language spoken by black people living on the coast of South Carolina,
that is a combination of English and various W African languages Aik
gul let /'gAlit/ noun the tube through which
food passes from the mouth to the stomach # H ; A jt H771 oesophagus — picture c> body
gul-lible
/'gAlabl/
adj. too
willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and therefore easily
tricked EHEnaive ► gullibility
/.gAla'bilati/ noun [U]
gully (also gul-ley) /'gAli/ noun {pi. gul-lies,
gul-leys) 1 a small, narrow
channel, usually formed by a stream orbyrain?^£r; 2 a deep ditch gulp /gAlp/ verb, noun
• verb 1 - sth (down) to swallow large amounts of food or drink
quickly ^#^00; AP#i; [VN]
He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. iiklE^J
— [also V] 2 to swallow, but
without eating or drinking
anything, especially because of a strong emotion such as fear or surprise (
)
WWH: She gulped nervously before trying to answer. [also V speech]
4
~ (for sth) | ~ sth (in) to breathe quickly and
deeply,
because you need more airifnf®; ApAp
Ak tyi H: [V] She
came up gulping for air. M >7 of Ak A±HU Ao O [VN] He leant against the car, gulping in the cold
air. ftk ft * H $ A P A P ifk Bf ft
^ $ H « IJIkM .gulp sth— back to stop yourself
showing your emotions by swallowing hard U0T ••• ( lM§Aih^'ff
M ) : She gulped back
her tears and forced a smile. M
noun 1 ~ (of sth) an amount of sth that
you swallow or drink quickly # tfc 6k # ; —• A P : He took a gulp of
coffee, fik “i 7—A P <®II BjA 2 an act of breathing in or of
swallowing sth # H0 ; ng A : ‘Can you start on Monday?’ Amy gave a gulp.
‘Of course, ’ she said. “ fa
M
m®,? ” m*w.T-nHo u$M*r&L, ” m
i^0 0 He drank the glass of whisky in one gulp. fik#lt
gum
/gAm/
noun, verb
mnoun 1 [C, usually pi.]
either of the firm areas of flesh in the mouth to which the teeth are attached
AM; A M;
A: gum disease AM^ — picture o body
2 [u] a sticky substance produced by some types of tree JK; It j3h 3 [U]
a type of glue used for sticking light things together, such as paper JKMtf (
A
ffi , #n # ) 4 [U] =
chewing GUM 5 [C] a firm transparent fruit-flavoured sweet/candy
that you chew it BJ1 ^ It: fruit gums 7jc ^ H fTTITTi by gum! {old- fashioned, BrE, informal) used
to show surprise (
in aw, mm
mverb (-mm-) [VN, usually +adv./prep.] ~ A to B | - sth (down) (rather old-fashioned) to spread glue on the surface of sth; to stick two
things together with glue £ ••• ± JK ; A large address label was
gummed to the package. J — A^^kkh^
0 gummed labels (= with glue on
one side)