movements in skateboarding, rollerblading and
SNOWBOARDING ( 4*#AtgJ$
i
,
half-' price adj. costing half the usual price : a
half-price ticket 4^® ► ,half-'price adv.: Children aged under
four go half-price, m & UT )IM o .half 'price noun [U]: Many items are at half price. pp
'half-sister noun a person’s half-sister
is a girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them |W]f5:^5£ ( — com
pare STEPSISTER
'half
step noun (NAmE, music If) = semitone .half-'term noun (in British schools) a
short holiday/ vacation in the middle of each term (
41 {&: the half-term
break/holiday #] fg
o What
are you doing at half-term? \A?
. half- timbered adj. [usually before noun]
(of a building &%&$})
having walls that are made from a wooden frame filled with brick, stone, etc.
so that the framework can still
be seen gpj]
.half- time noun [U] a short period between
the two halves of a sports game during which the players rest ( ) tlfrlWl'al: The score
at half-time was two
all. ± 4^ tfc Al -1T- 0 o the half-time score ±4^ ttjf — compare full time 'half-tone
noun 1
(technical A
ill) a print of a black and
white photograph in which the different shades of grey are produced from small
and large black dots p«J g ( Eh ) fc MB.m 2
{NAmE, music1If) = semitone 'half-truth noun a statement that gives
only part of the truth, especially when it is intended to cheat sb A JtA ( Ala A91A )
: The
newspaper reports are a mixture of gossip, lies and half-truths. HH(ftM^flx. it
'half-volley
noun (in
tennis and football (soccer) ffl j£$) a stroke or kick
immediately after the ball has
bounced () -m®, 'mm
halfway /.haifwei; NAmE ,haef-/ adv. 1 at an equal distance
between two points; in the middle of a period of time £ • • • (ft A |hJ ; f£ A ^ ; f!l — ^ : It’s about halfway
between London and Bristol. t:
(ft A10] 0 o He left halfway
through the ceremony. W/WTo ol’m afraid we’re
not even halfway there yet. Sc —■A
W J& IB &
jfiTto 2 ~ to/towards sth | ~
to/towards doing sth part of the way towards doing or achieving sth 1$ jf M ( s$L ii 3\ ) • • • : This only goes halfway to explaining what
really happened.
$0 3 ~ decent (informal) fairly, but not
very, good *£ A ft (ft; Mf# A (ft : Any halfway decent map will give you that
information,
41$ fg 1, „ ► half-way adj.: the halfway
point/stage
/ Rfrg EEMSsee MEET v-
.halfway 'house noun 1 [sing.] {BrE) something that
combines the features of two very different things ( M ) KfA, 3&1& 2
[C] a place where prisoners, mental patients, etc. can stay for a short time
after leaving a prison or hospital, before they start to live on their own
again $jg}±£i/l|^#r , ( A
Affii£ )
'halfway
line noun a line across a sports field at an equal
distance between the ends ( (ft ) A
halfwit /'halfwit; NAmE 'haef-/ noun {informal) a
stupid person fM; EEE3 idiot ► , halfwitted adj. .half-'yearly adj. [only before noun]
happening every six months; happening after the first six months of the year TT-fKft: a half-yearly meeting ff
A T 4^Ti bA (ft A M 0 the half-yearly sales
figures 1:-T ¥ (ft fill IIS ► .half- yearly adv.: Interest will be paid half-yearly in June
and December. JATA
mm
hali but /'haelibat/ noun [c, U] {pi.
hali-but)
a
large flat sea fish that is used for food H 0 ttg H , Alt [4 ( oj
hali tosis /.haeli'tausis; NAmE -'too-/ noun [U] (medical^) a condition in which
the breath smells unpleasant P M
mi BAD BREATH
hall Ow /hail/ noun
1 (also hall-way) {NAmE also entry) a space or passage
inside the entrance or front door of a building f ] ff;
IEHMil: She ran into the hall and up the stairs. MHff, ttiilio — see also entrance
hall 2 {NAmE also hall-way) a passage in a
building with rooms down either side ( All A (ft ) mi corridor. I headed for Scott’s office down the hall. 3$ Ir Ifi M ft
$T # # (ft A A ^ o 3 a building or large room for
public meetings, meals, concerts, etc. Aff: a concert/
banqueting/sports/exhibition, etc. hall ^ A ff, $ £ ff, Jtff^ 0 There are three dining halls on
campus. ^IIlil^HTflffo o The
Royal Albert Hall H M ffi # ff o (8r£) A jumble sale will be held
in the village hall on Saturday.
►
see also city hall, dance hall, guildhall, music
HALL(2), TOWN HALL 4 = HALL OF
RESIDENCE : She’s living in hall(s). 5
{BrE) (often as part
of a name ##£!fft(ft —
oP^E) a large country house :fCJiSiftftP: Haddon Hall
hal-le-lu-jah /.haeli'lurja/ (also al-le-luia) noun a song or shout of
praise to God )
► hal
le lu jah exclamation
hall-mark /'hoilmaik; NAmE -marrk/ noun, verb
h noun 1 a feature or
quality that is typical of sb/sth # H ; # &Police said the explosion bore all the
hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
Ho
2 a mark put on gold, silver and platinum
objects that shows the quality of the metal and gives information about when
and where the object was made H, fd $'J m
±, mi.
a verb [VN] to put a
hallmark on metal goods • • • tlir #!
hallo (Br£) = HELLO
.Hall
of 'Fame noun
{pi. ,Halls of 'Fame) {especially NAmE) 1 a place for people to
visit, like a museum, with things connected with famous people from a
particular sport or activity £ A ^ ft; £ A #: the Country Music Hall of Fame [sing.] the
group of people who have
done a particular activity or sport particularly well (
tttt#
.hall
of 'residence (also
hall)
noun {pi. halls
of residence, halls) (both BrE) {NAmE dor-mi-tory) a building for
university or college students to live in ( ^
hal loo /hae'lu:/ exclamation 1
used to attract sb’s attention ( ) H,
ng 2 used in hunting to tell
the dogs to start chasing
an animal (
) 1, ± ►hal-loo
verb [VN, V]
hal lowed /'haelaud; NAmE -loud/ adj. [only before noun] 1
(especially of old things A Jb
'S' ^ (ft ♦ #j) respected and important ^ ^ PflTl sacred : one o/ the
theatre’s most hallowed traditions j^|
►
2 that has been made holy 3H ) (ft : to
be
buried in hallowed ground E#:?:±itfe± EWTl
SACRED
Hal-low-een
(also
Hal-low-e’en)
/.haelau’iin;
NAmE -lou-/
noun [C,
U] the night of 31st October when it was believed in the past that dead people
appeared from their graves, and which is now celebrated in the US, Canada and
Britain by children who dress as ghosts,
witches, etc. Ti^m# ( 10 £ 31
MAiAAiW ^EA^AfAMSt^dlA, ) —see
also TRICK OR TREAT at
TRICK /?.
hal-lu-cin-ate /ha’luisineit/ verb [V] to see or hear
things that are not really there because of illness or drugs ( &
hal lu cin ation /ha.luisi’neijn/ noun
1 [C, U] the fact of seeming to see or hear sb/sth that is not really there,
especially because of illness or drugs /jojj
( ) : to
have hallucinations
0 High temperatures can cause hallucination. |I% ^ of ^ 2 [C] something that is seen or heard