I^,ve /arv/ short form I have

-ive sw所x (in nouns and adjectives 构成名词和形容词） tending to; having the nature of …倾向（的）；…性质 (的）：expiosfve 炸药◊ descriptive 故逢的 IVF /,ai vi: _ef/ [G] (fechn/cfl/ 术语）the abbreviation for ‘in vitro fertilization’（a process which fertilizes an egg from a woman outside her body. The egg is then put inside her uterus to develop.)体外受精（全写为 in vitro fertilization,使卵子在母体外受精后再放回子宫内发 育）一see also test-tube baby ivory /'arvari/ {pi. -ies) noun 1 [U] a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that forms the tusks (= long teeth) of elephants and some other animals 象牙；（某些其 他动物的）长牙：a ban on the ivo/y trade i牙贸易禁令 ◊ ■ an ivory c/iess set —副象牙国际象棋 2 [C] an object made of ivory 象牙制品 3 [U] a yellowish-white colour 象牙色；乳白色

ivory 'tower noun {disapproving) a place or situation where you are separated from the problems and practical aspects of normal life and therefore do not have to worry about or understand them 象牙塔 < 指逃避问题、 脱离现实的小天地 > :academics Hvi'ng m fvo/y towers 生活在象牙塔中的学者

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ivy /'arvi/ noun [U, C] {pi. -ies) a climbing plant, especieilly one with dark green shiny leaves with five points 常春 藤：stone waik covered in ivy爬满常春藤的石墙一see also POISON IVY

the ,lvy 'League noun [sing.] a group of eight traditional universities in the eastern US with high academic standards and a high social status 常春藤 联合会（指美国东部八所学术和社会地位高的大学） —compare Oxbridge ► ,lvy 'League adj. ： Ivy League _ o^eges常春藤联合会的大学

iwi /'i:wi/ noun {pi. iwi) (/VZ£) a Maori community or people 4；利部落；毛利_族；4利人 -ize，-ise sw伽(in verbs 构成动词）1 to become, make or make like 适;为；使；使徐：privatize 私有化 o/ossfZize 变成化石◊ Americanizei美屆化 2 to speak, think, act, treat, etc. in the way mentioned 以…方式说（或想、行 动、对待等）：criticize批评◊ theorize _…理论化◊ deputize 代表◊ pasteurize 用巴氏法消毒 3 toplace in 放 在…里；置于…中：hospitafce送医院治疗►-ization， -isation (in nouns 构成名词）：immunization ^ ^ 七3^0113丨1丫，4531丨0的丨丨丫（丨11'.3(^^1^_构成副_): organizarionaHy # 组织地