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the .Inland 'Revenue noun [sing.] the government department in
Internal Revenue Service 'in-law apartment noun (NAmE) = granny flat 'in-laws noun [pi.] (informal) your relatives by marriage,
especially the parents of your husband or wife £0 M;
( Xfg ) We’re
visiting my in-laws on
^ Sunday. inlay verb, noun
mverb /.m'lei/ (in-laying, in-laid, in-laid /.m'leid/) [VN] [often passive] ~ A (with B) | ~ B (in/into A) to decorate the surface of
sth by putting pieces of wood or metal into it in such a way that the surface
remains smooth ) $A: The lid of the box had been
inlaid with silver.
mnoun /'mlei/ [C, U] a design or pattern on a
surface made by setting wood or metal into it; the material that this design is
made of ( sit HI
M fee #4 : The
table was decorated with gold
t inlay.
inlet /'mlet/ noun 1 a
narrow strip of water that stretches into the land from the sea or a lake, or
between islands ( f§, W )
2
(technical Ailf) an opening through which liquid, air
or gas can enter a machine (
) A P,
P: a fuel inlet P 023 outlet .in-line 'skate noun = Rollerblade
►,in-line skating noun [U]
in loco par-en-tis /in .laukau pa'rentis; NAmE .loukou/ adv. (from Latin, formal) having
the same responsibility for a child as a parent has ft ft#=it-|£
Scf£
in-mate /'mmeit/ noun one of the people living in an institution
such as a prison or a mental hospital (
# mmmmtt) ri*wba;
in med-ias res /in ,mi:diaes ’reiz/ adv. (formal, from Latin) straight into the main part
of a story or account without giving any introduction A ; XTTM.
A: He
began his story in medias res. lifejf niElUftfei^T
in me-mor-iam /.in ma’moiriam/ prep, (from Latin) used to mean ‘in memory of,
for example on the stone over a grave (
in-most /'mmaust; NAmE ‘mmoust/ adj. [only before noun] = innermost(I)
inn /m/ noun 1 (old-fashioned, BrE) a pub, usually in the
country and often one where people can stay the night ( t ) /JvMlS 2 (NAmE)
a small
hotel, usually in the country ( ) 'bSfett,
3
restaurants ( )
:
' Holiday Inn
in nards /‘inadz; NAmE 'inerdz/ noun [pi.] (informal) 1 the organs inside the body of a person
or an animal, especially the stomach fJgjlft; (
A fa ) 1 HTfl entrails,
guts 2 the parts inside a machine ( in nate /fneit/ adj. (of a quality, feeling,
etc. ]j§1f
^f) that you have when you are born A7.&7
AA&7 HTO inborn:
the
innate ability to learn A fgA ► in-nate-ly adv.: He believes that humans are innately violent.
inner 0-w /'ma(r)/ adj. [only before noun]
1
inside; towards or close to the centre of a place Mffi
W; an inner courtyard
pkj [^ o inner
her inner self. ftj p*37 g Ito
.inner
'circle noun the small group of people who have a lot of power in an organization,
or who control it
.inner 'city noun the part near the centre of a large city, which often
has social problems |*J$cE (
IbJJS ) :
There
are huge problems in our inner cities. 3t AWfajKo 0 an
inner-city
area/school rtJfcKtoifeK /
.inner 'ear noun (anatomy H) the parts of the ear which form
the organs of balance and hearing, including the ^ cochlea iw, )
in ner-most /'inamaust; NAmE 'inarmoust/ adj.
[only before noun] 1 (also less frequent in-most) most private, personal and secret
&h.#J: I could not express my innermost feelings to anyone. 3t7tl30
f£MA^B£ftF*3'lb o 2 nearest to the centre or inside of sth H H 7 7 #J ; M1% ^
: the innermost shrine of the
temple Sfe
ESQ outermost
'inner tube noun a rubber tube filled with air inside a ^ tyre ( ) |*|J&
in ning /’mir)/ noun (in baseball #$c)
one of the nine periods of a game in which each team has a turn at BATTING Ml ®q
in nings /'inirjz/ noun (pi. in-nings) (in cricket
3&j£) a period of time in a game during which a team or a single
player is batting M; 0 o' nBTTTI sb had a good 'innings (BrE, informal) used about sb who has died
to say that they had a long life ( J33 IMJh
A# ) ■ - 7$ A
# «^tA¥
innit /'mit/ exclamation (BrE, non-standard)
a way of saying ‘isn’t it’ ( BP isn’t it ) jli§, J§7Ji:: Cold, innit?
' im,
inn keep er /'mki:pa(r)/ noun (old-fashioned) a
person who owns or manages an inn ) MM
in-no-cence /'inasns/ noun [u] 1 the fact
of not being guilty of a crime, etc. £3; A$; AP: She protested her
innocence (- said repeatedly that she was innocent). M — 0 This
new evidence
will prove their innocence.
0 I asked if she was
married in all innocence (= without knowing it was likely to offend
or upset her). ffc|EEHguilt
4
lack of knowledge and experience of the world,
especially of evil or unpleasant things AJt; itK ', k-H : Children lose
their innocence as they grow older. JLH ftfi
in no cent Ot* /'inasnt/ adj., noun m adj. 1 ~ (of sth) not
guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done sth wrong APW: They have
imprisoned an innocent man. H 7 £ A
31^1?
7 o o She was found innocent of any crime. M $ A ^ 0 0 He was the innocent party (= person) in the
breakdown of the marriage. #71 t^Ail
faW-^o MJii guilty 2 [only before noun]
suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not
directly involved in it A^^ilrW; tt ffn : an innocent bystander A$^f 0
innocent victims of a bomb blast
5
not intended to cause harm or upset sb fcMM. W; A
HEin harmless- It was all innocent fun.
0 It was a perfectly innocent remark. — o 4 having little
experience of the world, especially of sexual
matters, or of evil or unpleasant things AKA jfP (ft ;
HTHI naive:
an
innocent young child AK AfP ► In no cent ly adv.: ‘Oh, Sue went too, did she?’ I asked
innocently (= pretending I did not know that this was important). “n£,
ttHl£7, Ji^? ” AK*
ffel0c
■ noun an innocent person, especially a young child AK ^ i|M$lttA
( )
in nocu ous /I'nDkjuas; NAmE i'na:k-/ adj.
(formal) 1 not intended to offend or upset anyone XMM; A# 1
3E W harmless : It seemed a
perfectly innocuous remark. %\%.Ji — ^iAII WiSo 2 not harmful
or dangerous Ail^; A/al^^J: an innocuous substance Air#bt BEEI HARMLESS
in-nov-ate /'inaveit/ verb to introduce new
things, ideas, or ways of doing sth 31A ( frlM, S X iX ) ; #J^r; [V] We must constantly adapt and
innovate to ensure success in a growing market. 3% -fH