sounds old-fashioned. TTAift
historic h HU®
ffl an a, TJfl&n/r^fcjlNTo
his torical 0-w /hi'storikl; NAmE -'stoir-; -'stair-/ adj. [usually before noun]
1 connected with the past ( ) A
AW: the histor
ical background to the war
&lX.i!i!c#,-WAA#JS: 0 You must place these
events in their historical context. 00
2 connected
with the study of history W XAASTTl W; B A# W: historical
documents/records/research A ¥ X M H ^ / ST % o The
building is of historical importance.
$3i^WMW:J®ASf Atfr{io 3 (of a book, Film/ movie,
etc. A> ft, A about people and events in the past B A M II
W : a historical novel B A ^ isiau Some speakers do not
pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of historical and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’
before it. This now sounds old-fashioned. ^ A ift historical h TT, an a, fJSAnjT^XM
B’tTo
►
his-tor-ic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.: The book is historically
inaccurate. A:£71f o 0 Historically, there
has always been a great
deal of rivalry between the two families.
historicism /hi'stDrisizam;
NAmE-'sto:r-; -'stair-/ noun [U] the theory that
cultural and social events and situations can be explained by history BAAaEt£;
BA±X
the historic 'present noun [sing.] {grammar ilrA) the simple present tense
used to describe events in the past in order to make the description more
powerful B A
mm)
historiography /hi.sturi'ugrafi; NAmE -.stoiri'aig-;
-.stair-/ noun [U] the study of
writing about history ^ A; Hi A; ► historiograph
ical /hi.stDria-
'graefikl; NAmE -.stair-; -.stair-/ adj.
his-tory 0-w /'histri/ noun {pi. -ies)
1 [U] all the events that
happened in the past B A (
Ib iiAHAWM^^ti): a turning point in
human history A A A W —■ Alt #r o one of the worst
disasters in recent history i£ftA±ftAWA)5i^“*Oa people with no sense
of history —■A'&WA
A]^ W 0
Many people throughout history have dreamt of a world
without war. 0
The area was inhabited long before the dawn of recorded
history (= before people wrote about events). mfe'HB AiEliitMA&^ifeES^A^ftTo
0 These events changed the course of
history. i£®7T4i&3£7MAW]ffi H0 2 [sing., U] the
past events concerned in the development of a particular place, subject, etc.
( TfAXAitil A, ±®^W )
m 7—■£ A A5® o 5 [sing.] — (of sth) a record of sth
happening frequently in the past life of a person, family or place; the set of
facts that are known about sb’s past life ( SAW ) MB, £B; ^^A; ( SIW ) ® m: He has a
history of violent crime. TEW HA IE 31 Wlu 0 There is a history of heart disease
in my family. It S^S^7'J®^Ao o
a patient’s medical history A W^IA —see also case history, life history ITOMl be 'history
(informal) to be dead or no longer
important %
E&A7; J&AAA: Another mistake
like that and you’re
history.
0 We won’t talk
about that—that’s
history. It Til 7
toiPfNSw 0 That’s past history
now.
SP H \cl
HU W
7« the
' history books the record of great achievements in history J® A ± J£
A W iB It: She
has earned her place in the history books.
if A. history re'peats itself used to say that things often happen later in the same
way as before MAN"# Hill make 'history | go
down in 'history to be or do
sth so important that it will be recorded in history it A
Afllh f AS^; 6'J ia A A : a discovery that made
medical history fcAE7AflftW—— more
at rest n.
his-tri-on-ic /.histri'nmk; NAmE -'aimk/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal, disapproving) histrionic behaviour is very emotional and is intended to attract
attention in a way that does not seem sincere jffliifA W;
^ W ► his-tri-on-ic-al-ly /-kli/ adv. his-tri-on-ics noun [pi.]: She was used to her
mother’s histrionics. jt&53fS;7
hit 0-w /hit/
verb, noun
m verb (hit-ting, hit, hit)
►
TOUCH SB/STH WITH FORCE IT 1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (with
sth) to
bring your hand, or an object you are holding, against
sb/sth quickly and with force ( A7tlM- )A, IT: My parents never used
to hit me.
He 0 0 He hit the nail
squarely on the head with the
hammer. Tffefgfi7lE2l#£r7il£“FAo o She hit him on the
head with her umbrella. MAM^lTTlkWAo 2 [VN] to come against sth/sb with force, especially causing
damage or injury lift; HA ( if J&HA ) : The bus hit the
bridge. 7
#f±o o I
was hit by a falling
stone. 3 [VN] ~ sth
(on/against sth) to knock a part of your body against sth m. ( #ftSP<v ) ) : He hit his head on the
low ceiling, m W A tit 7 m W Att«» 4 [VN] [often
passive] (of a bullet, bomb, etc. or a person using them 71#, M^P#) to reach and touch a
person or thing suddenly and with force A A; # A: The town was hit by
bombs again last night. jkAflAW
^Cilf!] 7lt o He was hit by a sniper,
AAA Ao
►
BALL it 5 [VN] to bring a bat, etc. against a ball
and push it away with
force A ( ) : She hit the ball
too hard and it went out
of the court. Mlfill, IE
IT A 7 ^ /T o o We’ve hit our ball over the
fence! A Til TE A M MS. ^ 7 ! 6 [VN] {sport ft) to score points
by hitting a ball A$M# A': to hit a home run IT A A £IT
►
HAVE BAD EFFECT ±T B PT>] 7 to have a bad effect
on sb/sth A A A & b|rI ; IT A ; MW: [VN] The tax increases will
certainly hit the poor.
WIaI Ho 0 His death didn’t really hit me at first. TtfeW lE a® H A
£ J£ B|rI o o Rural areas have been
worst hit by the strike. WlTASj/L
Jr 0 o Spain was one of the
hardest hit countries. M S£ 31iiiI^:lTA*:A*WH^A-'o o [V] A tornado hit on
Tuesday night. M^X^±HA7-lAlg#Mo
►
ATTACK IjtA 8 to attack sb/sth
TfcA; iHA: [VN] We hit the enemy when
they least expected it. ^cTlIASiC A
[aisov]
►
REACH M A 9 [VN] to reach a place 3\ ii ( ifo ) :
Follow this footpath and you’ll eventually hit the
road. A M ^ A & M , £& H A ± A ^» 0 The President hits
town tomorrow. &Aft7 A^o 10 [VN] to reach a particular level j£5!j
( ^7X7-) : Temperatures hit 40 ° yesterday. PfAAimtfiiii 40 o The euro hit a record low in trading
today. 7
AAST&
7X7o
►
PROBLEM/DIFFICULTY
JrJ ^ 11 [VN] {informal) to
experience sth difficult or
unpleasant iSfiJ®)®; Tii'AW^'lf: We seem to have hit a
problem. ISTrH!i[7ii
3\ 7(Rlio 0 Everything was going
well but then we hit trouble.
mm0
►
SUDDENLY REALIZE iRfiJ 12 [VN] (informal) to come
suddenly into your mind $1 ^ II ^ : I couldn’t remember
where I’d seen him before, and then it suddenly hit me.
A7o
PRESS BUTTON ^ M 13 [VN] {informal) to press sth such as a button to operate a machine, etc. , ft ( j$ fE # ) : Hit the brakes!