quickly and easily that it
seems to have been done by magic «, m ( ) :
You
just press the button and, hey presto, a perfect cup of coffee! «,
2 something that people say just before
they finish a magic trick ft ()
HFC
/,eitj ef'si:/ noun [C, U] a type of gas used
especially in aerosols (=
types of container that release liquid in the form of a spray). HFCs are not
harmful to the layer of the gas ozone
in the earth’s atmosphere, (abbreviation for‘hydrofluorocarbon’)
hydrofluorocarbon,
fUIAW)
hg abbr. hectogram(s) W%
HGV
/.eitj
d3i: ‘vi:/ abbr. {BrE) heavy
goods vehicle (a large vehicle such as a lorry/truck) Jr §4177; AMInS 77: You need an HGV licence for this
job. I
HHS
/.eitj*
eitj 'es/ abbr. Department of Health
and Human Services (the
hi 0-w /hai/ exclamation (informal) used to say hello ( fft 7 flft of ) Pg, Pi: Hi guys! Pi, mm! 0 Hi, there! How’re you doing? Pfi ftjft hiatus /hai'eitas/ noun [sing.] {formal) 1 a pause in activity
when nothing happens |h] 0Kt ; 2
a space,
especially in a piece of writing
or in a speech, where sth is missing xi^cifti^ftW ) if
f,
hi atus 'hernia noun (medical EE) a condition in which an
organ, especially the stomach, sticks out through an opening in the diaphragm
hi ber nate /'haibaneit; NAmE -barn-/ verb [V] . (of animals $$]) to
spend the winter in a state like deep sleep 7 IK ; H {£ ► hi-ber-na-tion /.haiba'neiXn; NAmE -bar'n-/ noun [U]
hi biscus /hi'biskas; hai-/ noun [U, C] {pi. hibiscus) a tropical plant or
bush with large brightly coloured flowers AM
hic cup (also hiccough) /'hikAp/ noun, verb n noun 1 [C] a sharp, usually repeated,
sound made in the throat, that is caused by a sudden movement of the diaphragm and that you cannot control Pg; PJail: She gave a loud
hiccup. M
fTT-2 (the) hiccups [pi.] a series of
hiccups -^377 (ft fT Hi: I ate too quickly and got hiccups. IfcPAftAffe, ^qi^®TifetTPio 0 He had the hiccups. j&ftlTXXHio
3 [C] {informal) a small problem or
temporary delay |n] ® ; W H14 St ffl : There was a slight
hiccup in the timetable. NX^ftl#i:/±57,&7fftlSo
* verb [V] to have hiccups or a
single hiccup JJPi ; fTPJa hick /hik/ noun (informal, especially
NAmE) a
person from the country who is considered to be stupid and to have little
experience of life ^ (B %; ± M ± H (ft A: I was just a hick from
£ft±Xil7o
► hick adj.: a hick town hickey /‘hiki/ noun {NAmE) = love bite hick-ory /’hikari/ noun [u] the hard wood of
the N American hickory tree (T'TXfcJt
)
HICP
/.eitj
ai si: ’pi:/ abbr. harmonized index of consumer
prices (a list of the prices of some ordinary goods and services which shows
how much these prices change each month. It is used by the European Central
Bank and began to be used in the
£S7 )
.hidden
a genda noun
{disapproving) the
secret intention behind what sb says or does ( ®(ft )
M SI , 1 ^
@ W : There are
fears of a hidden agenda behind this new proposal. AfnifiT';&^flT$li$C(ft
hide /haid/ verb, noun
u verb (hid /hid/, hid-den /’hidn/) 1 [VN] to put
or keep
sb/sth in a place where
they/it cannot be seen or found $?; HE] conceal: He hid the letter in a
drawer.
So 0 I keep my private
papers hidden. f£$£^7Xic(ftfAA;Aft0
0 They hid me from the police in their attic.
2 to go somewhere where you hope you will
not be seen or found M; E: [V] Quick, hide! ft,
7l
0 I hid
under the bed. o (figurative)
He hid behind a false identity. ft
fit M 0 0 [VN] She
hides herself away in her
office all day. Mft AI&ftA A flo 3 [VN] to cover sth so
that it cannot be seen ii ft; HT71 conceal: He hid his face in his hands.
ftSS-ifft.A^cy 0 The house was hidden
by trees. %ff\ J^-7^W^iift7o 0 No amount of
make-up could hide her age. 4
[VN] to
keep sth secret, especially your
feelings ftjH, RfiSi ( A ja JSIf ) HTfl conceal -. She struggled to hide her disappointment. iW^lo 0 / have never
tried to hide the truth
about my past. liiflific
(ft lift „ ❖ They claim that they
have nothing to hide (= there was nothing wrong or illegal
about what they did), ft r # ft 111 ifcft A S' It fii W) „ 0 She
felt sure the letter had some hidden meaning. Mil ft ft ft m ft ZMo iTSTOl hide your light under a bushel (BrE) to not let people know
that you are good at sth 7 & M ft tb; — more at head n., multitude
■
noun 1 [C] (BrE) a place from which
people can watch wild animals or birds, without being seen by them ( % ) Btffcfch, 2 [C, U] an animal’s skin,
especially when it is bought or sold
or used for leather ( Aft ) ft,
Tift: boots
made from
buffalo hide S 7]C 7 ft Kk 7 3
[sing.] {informal,
especially NAmE) used to refer to sb’s life or safety when
they are in a difficult situation ( Hlift (ft ) AH
ft A:: All he’s worried about
is his own hide (= himsell). ftBJfffi'll'WK#ft g fifftft^pft^o 0 She’d do anything to
save her own hide. M g
B
iTSTWl have/tan sb’s ’hide {old-fashioned,
informal
or humorous) to punish sb severely hMM A not see hide nor ’hair of sb/sth (informal) not to see sb/sth for
some time ( -mnm ) 7JE«A ( /
haven’t
seen hide nor hair of her
for a month.
MTo
hide-and-seek
/,haid
n ’si:k/ noun [U] a children’s game in
which one player covers his or her eyes while the other players hide, and then
tries to find them Ugft
hide-away
/’haidawei/
noun a place where you can go
to hide or to be alone jHH&b.; iiBtft hide-bound /’haidbaund/ adj. (disapproving) having old-fashioned
ideas, rather than accepting new ways of thinking ft|0(ft;
j±Htfft B33
narrow-minded hid eous /’hidias/ adj. very ugly or unpleasant -fjfRM
(ft
; 7A .7 H (ft Pfin revolting : a hideous face/ building/dress o Their new
colour scheme is hideous! ft/Hiff^J! 0 a hideous crime ^AD/f 0 The whole experience
had been like some
hideous nightmare. $ R ffj Wt ^ H ftl (ft IIo ► hid-eous-ly adv.: His face was
hideously deformed. ft(ftlft:71lft}iA hide-out /’haidaot/ noun a place where sb goes
when they do not want anyone to find them HtH&i:; WlMF)f hidey-hole (also hidy-hole) /’haidi haul; NAmE -houl/ noun {informal) a place where sb hides,
especially in order to avoid being with other people i£ ^ ft;
Sft-m
hid ing /’haidiq/ noun 1 [U] the state of being
hidden lit M', After the trial, she had to go into hiding
for
several weeks. ilAMWo 0 He
only came out of hiding
ten years after the war was over. ift#-^^;7ftA./p
ftA^ffio 0 We spent months in hiding. /17H „ 2 [C, usually sing.] {informal,
especially BrE) a physical punishment,
usually involving being hit hard many times ftK7TI beating- to give sb/get a (good) hiding i/f%K / jf fij—® ( ® ) ft 0
figurative)
The team got a hiding in their last game. M
102a on a
.hiding
to nothing {BrE,
informal) having no chance of success, or not
getting much advantage even if you do