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hippo-pot-amus /.hipa'pDtamas; NAmE -'parta-/ (also informal hippo) noun {pi. hippo-pot-amuses /-masiz/ or hip-po-pot-ami /-mai/) a large heavy African
animal with thick dark skin and short legs, that lives in rivers and lakes 河马 hippy = hippie
hip-sters /'hipstaz;
NAmE -starz/ (fir£) {NAmE 'hip- huggers) noun [pi.] trousers/pants
that cover the hips but not the waist低腰长裤（备腰低及臀部）：a pair 〇/ hipsters —条低腰长裤►hip.steracf/. [only
before.noun]: hipster jeans 祛腰车# 裤
hira-gana /.hira'garna/
noun [U] (from Japanese) a set of symbols used in
Japanese writing ( i 语中的广平假名
—compare
katakana hire ^ /'hai0(r)/ verb, noun
m
verb 1 [VN] (especially Br£) to pay money to borrow
sth for a short time 租用；租借：to hire a
car/room/video 租汽车 / 房间 / 录像袷 〇 note at rent 2 (es/?ec/fl//y to give sb a job 福用；录用；雇用：[VN] She was hired three
years ago.地是三年前录用的。◊ [V] He does the hiring and_/Yrin^ in our
company.地在我fll公司负责员 工的聘用和辞退。3 [VN] to employ sb for a short time to do a
particular job 临时雇用：to hire a toyyer 聘请 律师◊ TTiey hired
a/irm 〇/consultants to design
the new system.他们请了一家咨询公司来设计新的系统。
BTHI3
.hire
sth^'out to
let sb use sth for a short time, in return for payment 出租某物，hire yourself 'out (to sb) to arrange to work for
sb A (某A )工_;受聘于；
受雇于：He hired himself out
to whoever needed his services.他以前从事临叫•服#业。
■
noun 1 [U] (especially Br^) the act of paying to
use sth for
a short time 租借；租用；租赁：bi‘cydes/br /lire, £2 an hour自行车出租，每小时2矣镑◊ a hire car供租用的汽 车◊ a car hfre^rm 汽车出租公司◊ The price
indudes the hi’re 〇/ the haH.费角包括礼堂®金。◊ The costumes are on hire介om t/ie iocaZ theatre.戏我可向本地剧院租
用。c> note at rent』2 [C] W/Amf) a person
who has recently been given
a job by a company 新雇
员；新员IDDSElseePLYv/.
.hired
'hand noun (
hire-ling /'haialii]； NAmE 'haiarlir)/ noun [disapproving) a person who is
willing to do anything or work for anyone as long as they are paid给钱就什么都慼干的
人；有奶就叫娘的人
.hire
'purchase noun [u] (6r£) {abbr. hp) {NAmE installment plan [U, C]) a method of
buying an article by making regular payments for it over several months or
years. The article only belongs to the person who is buying it when all the
payments have been made.分期 付款购买：a hire purchase agreement分期付款协议◊ WeVe buying a new cooker on
hire purchase.
—付款方式购买一座新炉具。一 compare credit(I) hi-res (also high-res) /,hai 'rez/ adj. [informal) = high- resolution
hirsute /'h3：sju:t; NAmE 'h3：rsu:t/ adj: {literary or humorous) (especially of a man having a lot of
hair on the face or body满脸彘如的；体毛多的
HAIRY
his CHt /hiz/
■
rfef. (the possessive form of he * he 的斯有格形式）1 of or belonging to a
man or boy who has already been mentioned or is easily identified 他的：James has soZci his car.詹姆斯把他的车卖了。◊
■卿n. of
or belonging to him 他的；属于他的：He took my hand m his.他握住我的手。◊ TTie choice was his.选 择由他作出。◊ a _/Wend 〇> his他的一位朋友o note at
GENDER
His-pan-ic /hi'spaemk/ adj., noun uadj. of or connected with
Spain or Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America 西il牙的； 西班牙语国家（尤指拉丁美洲）的
mnoun a person whose first
language is Spanish, especially one from a Latin American countiy living in
the
S
or Canada母语为西班牙语的人 <
尤指住在美国或加
f大的拉丁美洲人）
His-pan-o-
/hi'spaenau;
NAmE -nou/ combining form (in notlns and
adjectives _成名词和疮容词）Spanish西班牙
的：the Hisptmo-French border 西班法国‘边境◊ Mspanophde亲西班牙的
hiss /his/ verb, noun
■
verb 1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) to
make a sound like a long ‘s’ 发
嘶嘶声:：77ie steam escaped with
a 〖oud hissing noise.蒸 A夫声地嘶嘶冒了出来。◊ The snafce明:ed its head and hissed•蛇离.起头发出_噺声。2 to make a sound like a long ‘s’ to show disapproval
of sb/sth, especially an actor or a speaker发卩金声（表示不满，克指对演员或演
讲人）：[VN] ffe was booed and hissed 〇片 the stage.j也 在一片倒彩声和嘘声中被轰下台。[also V] 3〜（at sb) to say
sth in a quiet angry voice带怒气地低声也出（某
事）：[V] He hissed at them to be
quiet.他生气地低声要
他们安静点。◊ [V speech] ieave me aZone/’ she
hissed. “别烦我！ ”她生气地低声说。
mnoun a sound like a long 4s*; this
sound used to show disapproval of sb 嘶嘶声；n虚声：the hiss of the air bmfces气闸的嘶嘶声◊ the snake’s hiss蛇发出的嘶嘶声◊ The performance
was met with boos and hisses.演出换来 片倒彩声和嘘声。
hissy fit noun [C, usually sing.] (informal) a state of being
bad-tempered and unreasonable 坏細气.HT1 tantrum： She threw a hissy
fit because her dressing room wasn’t painted Wue.她发脾气是因为她的梳妆室没有漆成
芦色。♦
his.ta.mine
/_histemi:n/ now/7 [u] (/nefy/ca/ 医)a chemical substance
that is given out in the body in response to an injury or an allergy组（织）胺（遇组织受伤或过敏
时释故）_ see also antihistamine
histo.gram /’histagraBm/ '/7〇tm (fedm/ra/ 术语）=bar
CHART
his.tolo.gy
/hi'stDladsi;
AMmf -_sta:l-/ /7〇w/i [U] the scientific
study of the extremely small structures that form living tissue 组织学► his.to丨o.gist /hi'stDlad3ist; AMmf -'stall-/ noun
histo-path-ology /,hist0up0'0Dl0d3i; NAmE .histoupa- '0a:l-/ noun [U] the study of changes in
cells where disease is present 组织病通学
his-torian /hi'stoirian/
noun a person who studies or
writes about history;’an expert in history 史学工作者； 历史学家 ki骂，a Some speakers do not
pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of historian and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’
before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.有人说 historian时不音，前面用an而不用a，现在听起来过
时了。■
WHICH WORP?词语辨析 historic ♦ historical
Historic is usually used to
describe something that is so important that it is likely to be remembered,
^historic通常用以表示具有重要历史意义：To也y/sfl ■/j/stor/c
oaos/on/or m/r coi/nf/y.今天是我国具有运史，
意义知 fl
杏。，Historical usually describes
something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or
something that really happened in the past.
* historical通常涉及历史、史学、过去的事实： fcee/7 do/zigsome 力/stor/cfl/ researc/?.我一直在进行史学
研究。◊ Was Robin Hood
a historical figure?罗‘汉表 ‘历史人物吗?
his-tor-ic /hi'stDrik;
NAmE -'stoir-; -'stair-/ adj. {usually before noun] 1 important
in history; likely to be thought of as important at some time in the future 历史上著名 (或重的；可名垂青史的：a historic
bufWing/ monument有历史意义的建筑/纪念碑◊ 77ie area is 〇/ ^ecia〖 historic interest.这个地区有特另ij历史意义。◊ a historic
occasfon/dedsiori/day/visiJ/WctoTy.历史 _ 的时 刻/决定/日子H方问/胜利2 of a period during
which history was recorded 有史时期的：in historic rimes 在有史时期一compare prehistoric Some
speakers do not pronounce the 4hJ
at the beginning of historic and use ‘an，instead of ‘a’ before it. This now