Mil'S
T ±io 0 He hitched himself
onto the bar stool fife 4 [VN] ~ sth (to sth) to fix
sth to sth else with a
rope, a hook, etc. fife; S?fife; fife: She hitched the pony
to the gate.
±o
rnSWl get 'hitched (informal) to get married h noun 1 a problem or difficulty
that causes a short delay mm: Theceremony went off without a hitch, fiiC #fe fir E# ES M f'J <> o a technical hitch 1^ 2 a type of knot ( a
clove hitch #££
hitch-hike
/'hitjhaik/
verb [V] to travel by asking
for free rides in other people’s cars, by standing at the side of the road and
trying to get passing cars to stop
EgHtMA:
They
hitchhiked around
hiker (also hitch-er /'hrtj'a(r)/) noun -. He picked up
two hitchhikers on the road to
,
hi-tech = HIGH-TECH
hither /'hi6a(r)/ adv. (old use) to this place
fijjtfc&t; fftilt fife IRifl .hither and thither
|
.hither
and yon (especially
literary) in many different
directions hith -er-to
/,hi&a'tu:;
NAmE .hiQar'tu:/ adv. (formal) until now; until the
particular time you are talking about jt 4“; M I'J H: a hitherto unknown
species of moth it
'hit list noun (informal) a list of people,
organizations, etc. against whom some unpleasant action is being planned fj ^ Xfi % £ :
Which
services are on the
government’s hit list? QP S
nP H M A 7
Iff ^ (ft 0 She was at the top
of the terrorists’ hit list for over two years. M^^mftftA
' hit man noun (informal) a criminal who is
paid to kill sb
.hit-or-miss ad/. = hit-and-miss 'hit-out noun (in Australian Rules football St^tfltfjSl#) a hit of the ball
towards a player from your team after it has been bounced by the umpire (
ft $4 fife ft#
) ft**
the
'hit parade noun (old-fashioned) a list published
every week that shows which pop records have sold the most copies ( #jg| ) EfB
'hit squad noun a group of criminals
who are paid to kill a person
hit ter /'hita(r)/ noun (often in compounds is])
1 (in sports ftWis^tl) a person who hits the
ball in the way mentioned ft : a big/long/hard hitter fit# ift/
#ftKETlft/ ETftft®(ftft5*ft 2 (in politics or business a person who is powerful ;
A?: the heavy hitters of Japanese industry 0 ft (ft I
ikgft
HIV
/,eitJ ai 'vi:/ noun [U] the virus that
can cause AIDS (abbreviation for ‘human immunodeficiency virus’)
xmmmm ( human
immunodeficiency virus ) : to be infected with
HIV ^
± 0 to be
HIV-positive/-negative (= to have had a medical test which shows
that you are/are not infected with HIV) /
l&ftftAZ
hive /haiv/
noun,
verb
mnoun 1 (also bee-hive) [C] a structure made for bees to live in 2 [C] the bees living in a hive —
# ; 3 [C,
usually
sing.] a ~ of activity/industry a
place full of people who
are busy it fit (ft ^ Iff; Hr It: (ft fife ft 4 hives [U] = urticaria • verb .hive sth<-*'off (to/into sth) [often passive]
(especially BrE) to separate one part
of a group from the rest; to sell part of a business
61)—pP ft: The IT department is
being hived off into a new company. f
hiya /'haija/ exclamation used to say hello to
sb in an informal way ( Wltf
hi abbr. hectolitre(s)
Wft
HM (BrE) (also
hm abbr. hectometre(s)
Wft
HMG
abbr. (BrE) Her Majesty’s Government
ft ft IS ft Wt
hmm (also hm, h’m) /m; hm/ exclamation used in writing to show
the sound that you make to express doubt or when you are hesitating (
) m, W, Hf, »?
HMO
/.eitfi
em 'ao; NAmE 'oo/ abbr. health maintenance
organization (in the
— compare PPO
HMS
/.eitj em 'es/ abbr. Her/His Majesty’s Ship
(used before the name of a ship in the British navy)
M,M ( ) : HMS Apollo
HNC
/.eitj
en 'si:/ noun the abbreviation for ‘Higher
National Certificate’ (a British university or college qualification,
especially in a technical or scientific subject) MMMtkvE# ( ft'K A Higher
National Certificate, AJ§3£iI A#f4ft^f4(ft ) : to do an HNC in
electrical engineering
HND
/.eitj
en 'di:/ noun the abbreviation for ‘Higher
National Diploma’ (a British university or college qualification, especially
in a technical or scientific subject) H ( ft'it ft Higher
National Diploma, AtaAS A^£]ftfe^$-(ft ) ;
to
do an HND in fashion design
nm TstTfrmmw&xn
hoagie /'haugi;
'hou-/ noun (NAmE) 1 a long piece of bread
filled with meat, cheese and salad ( ftftr^ffi^
2 a piece of
bread used to make a hoagie (
ft Hi (ft )
hoard /ho:d;
NAmE hoird/ noun, verb
mnoun ~ (of sth) a collection of money,
food, valuable objects, etc., especially one that sb keeps in a secret place so
that other people will not find or steal it
( irtf SU8; ( AEt)
mm
■
verb [V, VN] to collect and
keep large amounts of food, money, etc., especially secretly SIR; (Alt)
mm ► hoard-er noun
hoard-ing
/'ho:diq;
NAmE 'hoird-/ noun 1 [C] (BrE) (also bill-board NAmE, BrE) a large board on the
outside of a building or at the side of the road, used for putting
advertisements on A H ft o' # 2 [C]
(BrE) a temporary fence made
of boards that is placed around an area of land until a building has been built
( ItlfrlfifeftftjS SB (ft ) lK5 Rfi- H ^
3 [U]
the act of hoarding things
#;
mm-, (A*g) mm
hoar
frost /'ho:
frast; NAmE 'ho:r froist/ noun [U] a layer of small
pieces of ice that look like white needles and that form on surfaces outside
when temperatures are very low ft; ftft
hoarse /ho:s;
NAmE ho:rs/ adj. (of a person or voice
A^^HI) sounding rough and unpleasant, especially because of a sore throat (®ff® Eft; '/ft® Eft: He shouted himself
hoarse, fife
IE# ft 9$ ® To o a hoarse cough/cry/ scream
jfiffi(ft ngm; ifr®2/ AnHft ►
hoarse
ly adv. hoarse-ness noun [U]
hoary /'hoiri/
adj. [usually before noun] 1 (old-fashioned) very old and well
known and therefore no longer interesting (ft; fa IB W: Cl hoary old joke ig
2 (literary) (especially of
hair A Eh Aft) grey or white
because a person is old ( ) M6(ft, Vc
hoax /hauks;
NAmE houks/ noun, verb
mnoun an act intended to make
sb believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant : a bomb
hoax 0 hoax calls
m verb [VN] to trick sb by
making them believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant WMk ► hoax-er noun
hob /hDb;
NAmE ha:b/ noun 1 (BrE) the top part of a cooker
where food is cooked in pans; a similar surface that is built into a kitchen
unit and is separate from the oven 'ft#; an electric/a gas hob feft /