do. ft A*Wtf o 0 {formal) Men died in
their hundreds. A #t A 10 3
the hundreds [pi]
the
numbers from 100 to 999 *
100 gj 999 |b]|$$( @ ; Wfv We’re
talking about a figure in the low hundreds. ft 4 the ... hundreds [pi]
the years of a particular century 6^
ft: the
early
nineteen hundreds (= written ‘early 1900s’) * 20 ££-¥■$!
5 one, two, three, etc. ~ hours used to express
whole hours in the 24-hour system ( 24
) —Au j$j)kv twelve hundred hours
(= 12.00,
cent 1 in every way BlED
completely : I’m
not a hundred per cent sure. ft A W ft Z
H H o o My family supports me one hundred per cent. ft^}^.
AAAXWfto 2 (BrE)
completely fit and healthy A3H>§Jit: I still don’t feel a hundred per
cent. ftj&h.fifc%fy EEAffiWt. a
give a 'hundred (and ten) per
cent to put as much effort into sth as you can fkX fcU &; tih&ikZ:
Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight. „
— more at ninety
.hundreds
and thousands (firf) [NAmE sprinkles)
noun [pi.] extremely
small pieces of coloured sugar, used to decorate cakes, etc. # & A
It ( ^ It &
)
hundredth 0-w /'hAndrad0;
-ate/ ordinal number, noun
m ordinal
number 100th % —If: her hundredth birthday
■
noun each of one
hundred equal parts of sth BftZ—: a/one hundredth of a second
hun
dred weight /'hAndradweit/ noun (pi. hundred- weight)
(abbr. cwt.) a unit for
measuring weight equal to 112 pounds in the UK and 100 pounds in the US. There
are 20 hundredweight in a ton.
112 iff, HS^IOOS^ -me^20^)
hung /hArj/ adj. [only before noun] 1 (of a
parliament or council .tTi^^cTfrljfli^) (BrE) in which no political
party has more elected members than all the other parties added together [i fa
Ilf ^
2
(of a jury l^'^’B)
unable to agree about whether sb is guilty of a crime ^ IE 3M# — Sit IIt JE
ttfJ — see also hang v.
hun ger /'hAr)ga(r)/ noun, verb
* noun 1 [U] the state of
not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death tHim
ETT71 starvation
: Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the
camp. H^it^ AA^J^ XAA^^Eo
0
The organization works to alleviate world
hunger and
disease. & A A M 'A W ft M„
2
[U] the feeling caused by a need to eat in
; #
Sfc; S P : hunger pangs
31 0 -f o' I felt faint with hunger. ft ^ fa it I# A H „ 3 [sing.] ~ (for sth)
(formal) a strong
desire for sth. ( , $§
X : a
hunger for knowledge fa '/l ^ o Nothing
seemed to
satisfy their hunger for truth. AbE
■
verb I'JiliiFl hunger for/after sth/sb (literary) to
have a strong desire or need for sth/sb $1111#
II]; $l#t
'hunger strike noun [C, U]
the act of refusing to eat for a long period of time in order to protest about
sth ( inline ) : to be on /go on hunger strike ► hunger striker noun
hung-over /'hAqaiwfar)/ adj. [not usually before noun] a
person who is hungover is feeling ill/sick because they drank too much
alcohol the night before jf£ — see
also HANGOVER
hun gry 0"w /'hArjgri/ adj. (hun grier, hun gri est)
1
feeling that
you want to eat sth illij[$lfa: I’m really hungry, ft % Jt J 0
o Is anyone getting hungry? # A
0 All this talk of food is making me hungry.
* OI have a
hungry family to feed. Ifc#fg
3
the hungry noun [pi.] people who
do not have
enough food to eat ( £fl & 4 [only before noun]
causing you to feel that
you want to eat sth fa Atfl,i$ #1; 31 $2 ^ :
All this gardening is hungry work.
5 ~ (for sth) having or showing a strong desire for
sth M M % I !j; $i A: Both parties are hungry for power. M %
1$ II H % > O
power-hungry M
AfiLA O The child is simply hungry for affection. T'JR AMUM1#IIM„ o His eyes had
a wild hungry look
in them, ftfe (ft @ M ^ W
?S M # 1f o ►
hun-grily /'hArjgrali/ adv.: They gazed
hungrily at the display of food. fifefntflM$l$SJtfe&TOT^
o He kissed her hungrily, fife#PtflMMilfe
hung
'up adj. [not before noun] - (on/about sth/sb) (informal,
disapproving) very worried about sth/sb; thinking about sth/sb too much You’re
not still hung up on that girl?
’ O He’s
too hung up about fitness. fifeXt®
hunk /hAi]k/ noun 1 a large piece of
sth, especially food, that has been cut or broken from a larger piece ( ),*&, Aft: a hunk of
bread/cheese/meat — A ft ffl 12. / A IS / |£] 2 (informal) a man who is
big, strong and sexually attractive M Iff 14 MM: He’s a real hunk.
hun ker /'hArjka(r)/ verb .hunker ‘down 1 (espe
cially NAmE) to sit
on your heels with your knees bent up in front of you M ^; M T PTfll squat : He hunkered
down beside her. fifef^^MSlTo 2 to prepare
yourself to stay somewhere, keep an opinion, etc. for a long time ) 3 to
refuse to change an
opinion, way of behaving, etc.
)
hun kers /'hAijkaz; NAmE -karz/
noun IT7T771 on your hunkers sitting on your
heels with your knees bent up in front of you gfir;
hunky /'hAqki/ adj. (hunk-ier, hunk-iest) (of a man M A) big, strong and sexually
attractive
hunky-doty /.hArjki 'doiri/ adj. [not before noun] (informal)
if you say that everything is hunky-dory, you mean that there are no problems
and that everyone is happy WAfoU
hunt 0~pr
/hAnt/ verb, noun
m verb 1 to chase wild
animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make
money fj fu; <(t [V] Lions sometimes hunt alone. tto O [VN] Whales
are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic. 2 [V] ~ (for sth)
to look for sth that
is difficult to find fet#; ® A HT71 search ; I’ve hunted everywhere but I can’t find it. ft3\ fill
# @ ii T, o o She is still hunting
for a
new job. 3 ~ (for) sb to look
for sb in
order to catch them or
harm them ii^; jiff: [VN] Police are hunting an escaped criminal. ^
% o 0 [V] Detectives are hunting for
thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
II. 4 [V, VN] (in
down/'out to
search for sth until you find it it#, M-
ft ('%vu j
■ noun 1 [C,
usually sing.] ~ (for sb/sth) an act of looking for sb/sth that is difficult to
find ® :
The hunt is on for a suitable candidate. .JEfEty,
AIo <> Hundreds have joined a police hunt for
the missing teenager. E^’/ll'A^lWM"'—
A fi 'P o 0 a murder hunt (= to
find the person who has killed sb) it if ^ A 3E — see also treasure hunt, witch-hunt 2 [G] (often in compounds -g- isl) an act of chasing
wild animals to kill or capture them ffla: a tiger hunt 3 [C] (in Britain)
an event at which people ride horses and hunt foxes
as a sport ( Hg ) ff : There will be a hunt
on Boxing Day.
0 a hunt meeting
[C+sing./pl. v.] (in