elderly ^ A (ft IlL 17 IIJS o health care workers/ professionals SETrlf^AM / AiC 'health centre (BrE) (NAmE 'health .center) noun a building where a group of doctors see their patients and where some local medical services have their offices 7£|&;

'health club noun (also gym) a private club where people go to do physical exercise in order to stay or become healthy and fit       nP

'health farm noun (especially BrE) = health spa 'health food noun [U, C, usually pi.] food that does not contain any artificial substances and is therefore thought to be good for your health health ful /'helGfl/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal) good for your health 7i&73i$i^

health service noun a public service providing medical care     —see also National

Health Service

'health spa (especially BrE 'health farm) noun a place where people can stay for short periods of time in order to try to improve their health by eating special food, doing physical exercise, etc.

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'health visitor noun (in Britain) a trained nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes, for example new parents, and give them advice on some areas of medical care ( US )

healthy 0-m /‘helGi/ adj. (health ier, healthi-est)

1                  having good health and not likely to become ill/sick H (ft ; M >|± (ft : a healthy child/animal/tree |i

(ft 7/ zft '$J/M 0 Keep healthy by eating well and exercising regularly. M M   ^       ft

Jio 022 unhealthy o note at well 2 [usually before noun] good for your health tif HiW: a healthy diet/climate/lifestyle *tf|

HTiia unhealthy 3 [usually before noun] showing that you are in good health  : to have a healthy

appetite 1 P | o a shampoo that keeps hair looking healthy   4 normal and sensible IE#73(ft:

The child showed a healthy curiosity. «7ll' jft

iE'ffi'o 0 She has a healthy respect for her rival’s talents.

0 It’s not healthy the way

she clings to the past. ito#ffiM7MW(ftiSj£7BJ!^o PEP unhealthy 5 successful and working well ^ BI ; A 3* £ft; MfJ&A a healthy economy ^ (ft ^ o Your car doesn’t sound very healthy,

7 fS IE'm' 0        6 [usually before noun] large and showing

success A MIM# #7 (ft ; o]7Kft : a healthy bank balance — A ^ III ft Moa healthy profit ► health ily adv.: to eat healthily healthiness

noun [U]

heap /hi:p/ noun, verb

m noun 1 ~ (of sth) an untidy pile of sth (        :

The building was reduced to a heap of rubble.

7 —    0 a compost heap — J£JIB o His

clothes lay in a heap on the floor. jfe(ftAM$f£;i£i&j£±o

0                  Worn-out car tyres were stacked in heaps, ft 7     $£

InifclfLit&iftSfclro — see also scrap heap, slag heap

2                  [usually pi.] (informal) a lot of sth ; A#: There’s heaps of time before the plane leaves. ^ A 131^2 A 32 7 IS £ WTU o o !’ve got heaps to tell you.

|-$0  3 (informal, humorous) a car that is old and in

bad condition ®£ IB 69    '7 ;    ^ 7 IT»TO1 at the

top/bottom of the ’heap high up/low down in the structure of an organization or a society 7 ( z^(ft ) MM / JSiM: These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap. 3£ ^ 7 A &t. £  M 0

collapse, fall, etc. in a ’heap to fall down heavily and not move ItlritfefSlT ( 7t£sil ) heaps ‘better, 'more, 'older, etc. (BrE, informal) a lot better, etc. jtf (      ,

: Help yourself—there’s heaps more. 'itfijtM 3X    32^   o He looks heaps better than when

1                   last saw him.   A tfcflc±0   7 „

■ verb [VN] 1 ~ sth (up) to put things in an untidy pile fR ( 7M ) ; ff S: Rocks were heaped up on the side of the road.      2 ~ A on B | ~ B with A to

put a lot of sth in a pile on sth     ( 7H ) :

She heaped food on my plate. Mft^c(ftS7M^7

#J0 o She heaped my plate with food. Mliflc(ft^fc7M;A 73 ~ A on B | ~ B with A to give a lot of sth such as praise or criticism to sb ( ^A ) AtP®^ (    ) : He heaped praise on his team.

M 7 fife (ft PA o o He heaped his team with praise, Milfji; ®^7MEftlAo — see scorn n.

heap ed /hi:pt/ (especially BrE) (NAmE usually heap-ing) adj. used to describe a spoon, etc. that has as much in it or on it as it can hold $1 $t69 ( — jib ^ ) : a heaped teaspoon of sugar it it — ^     0 heaping plates of

scrambled eggs |£ ft il fit 6ft —        Ik ^  — compare

level adj.( 1)

hear /hia(r); NAmE hir/ verb (heard, heard /h3:d; NAmE h3:rd/)

1 (not used in the progressive tenses 7 R] 7 3ft ft W) to be aware of sounds with your ears fl/f JE ; n/f 7U :     [V]

I can’t hear very well, fSn/r ^7 A£F 0 o [VN] She heard footsteps behind her. itfeqfifo [VN -ing] He could hear a dog barking, #,off ftPJ $) pi] 0 o [VN inf] Did you hear him go out? ifc if III fife iM A T ? 0 [V wh-] Didn’t you hear what I said ? $= if #; & 7 n/f gij (ft if ? 0 [VN to inf] She has been heard to make threats to her former lover. 7An/f JEiM$f^5fc#jft&A0 111513 This pattern is only used in the passive.

3&0 2 (not used in the progressive tenses 7^7^70^) to listen or pay attention to sb/sth n/f; fAito/h Ma/f: [VN] Did you hear that play on the radio last night? B&i&njf 73(5ihr‘ISM!lI%? 0 [VN inf] Be quiet—Ican’thear myself think! (= it is so noisy that I can’t think clearly)

        fiction l!''IA7! 0 [V wh-] We’d better hear

what they have to say. il l II 32 H«/? b/t Mil 17 ft A ^ i&o 01 hear what you’re saying (= I have listened to your opinion), but you’re wrong. B ^ t]ff I1] # (ft .11JAL 7,  7 0 3 (not usually used in the progressive

tenses 3i'l'7ffi73ttffN‘) ~ (about sb/sth) to be told about sth n/f iR ; #          :         [V] Haven’t you heard? She

resigned.   & Off. i# ? itffe SI       J* 0 ‘I’m getting

married. ’ ‘So I’ve heard. ’ “ ffc ^ j# 7 0 ” “ n/f 7 o ” 0 Things are going well from what I hear. /A^ Mn/flUftJA#, ^'tf3ffiM7Ho 0 I was sorry to hear about your accident.        OJVe

heard about people like you. l^njfi^31^^3^^^Ao 0 [VN] We had heard nothing for weeks.

^ % 3\ ii M |g,|70 o [v (that)] I was surprised to hear (that) he was married, q/f ftfc ^ f , 6         „ 0

I hear you’ve been away this weekend. 3%tyfij^3£7il[|7 IhtB 7 o 0 [VN (that)] I’ve heard it said (that) they met in Italy.  AfJttlRftJo [also V wh-] 4 [VN]

to listen to and judge a case in court 7S; o/f 7: The appeal was heard in private. 3£{4:±TjT^7'&/F7J!o 0 Today the jury began to hear the evidence. 7 A Pq 7 03 A ^qDffiiEo IETW1 have you heard the one about ... ? used to ask sb if they have heard a particular joke before j/M/fiftM (      ) n%? .hear! ’hear! used to

show that you agree with or approve of what sb has just said, especially during a speech (       Ajs

) Xtf! M\ hea*' 'tell (of sth) (old-fashioned or formal) to hear people talking about sth n/f 3\ Ai&i£ (    ) ; fri£: I’ve often heard tell of such things.

3                  ^ iJ A ik ki '&■# ♦ d: I’ve heard it all be'fore (informal) used to say that you do not really believe sb’s promises or excuses because they are the same ones you have heard before (

I? ) 3£#off #^ 7 let’s hear it for ... (informal) used to say that sb/sth deserves praise ( A 7 (I M *') "Sra-lfc*; iMCLet’s hear it for the teachers, for a change.        7, 3i®A^Wfl1^^

% 0 not/never hear the end of it to keep being reminded of sth because sb is always talking to you about it tA7i^ gfi,     7: If we don’t get her a

dog we’ll never hear the end of it. f£]nicll7£n A, j£^fft'&7G'$:7o you could hear a pin drop it was extremely quiet 7)Hi AF; Jf : The audience was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. Mf/fz

% 3S # to W P ^ & “ft # M o (do) you ’hear me? (informal) used to tell sb in an angry way to pay atten­tion and obey you ( 7AifegSAo/r A )