jawan /d30'wa:n/ noun {IndE) a soldier of low rank ±
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jaw-bone /'d3o:b0un; NAmE -boon/ noun the bone that forms
the lower jaw T (M# ETifll mandible — picture
o BODY
jaw-break-er /'d3o:breik0(r)/ noun {NAmE) = gobstop- per
jaw-line /'d3o:lam/ noun the outline of the
lower jaw T
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jay /d3ei/ noun a European bird of the
crow family, with bright
feathers and a noisy call Vh '^s ( i*L A ,
) —see also bluejay
Jay-cee
/'d3eisi:/ noun {NAmE, informal) a member of the United
States Junior Chamber, an organization for people between the ages of 21 and 39
that provides help in local communities in the US and other countries 21 M 39
jay-walk /'dseiwoik/
verb [V] to walk along or
across a street illegally or without paying attention to the traffic .(. ► jay walk er noun jay-walk
ing noun [U]
jazz /d3aez/ noun, verb
m noun [U] a type of music
with strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing),
originally created by African American musicians : a jazz band/club
PA
/ o traditional/modemjazz ff /
Jjftftff
0
jazz musicians j§ A — see also acid jazz iT»TBl and all that
'jazz (informal)
and things like that 1M
( s!c i tt ) : How’s
it going? You know—love, life and all that jazz. A
•
verb jazz sth— up (informal) 1 to make sth
more interesting, exciting
or attractive
A
2 to make a piece of music sound more modem, or more like popular music
or jazz
)
(ftM$&: It’s a jazzed up version of an
' old tune.
jazz-er-cise™
/'d3aezasaiz; NAmE -zars-/ noun [U] a form of aerobic exercise which includes
movements from jazz dancing
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jazzy /'d3aezi/ adj. {informal) 1 in the style of jazz
H ± M $ W : a jazzy melody/tune 2 (sometimes disapproving) brightly coloured and
likely to attract attention £fjj M ftJ; )
HZ3
snazzy :
That’s a jazzy tie you’re wearing, ^ (ft f P ^ Alfe
ITo
JCB™ /,d3ei
si: 'bi:/ noun {BrE) a powerful vehicle
with a long arm for digging and moving earth * JCB j§ jfi %
fctfl
JCL /,d3ei
si: 'el/ abbr. job control language
(a computer language that lets the user state what tasks they want the operating system to do) ff
ME $ij i# m ( iH+ftftl
'J-doth™
noun a type of light cloth
used for cleaning
JCR /,d3ei si: ’a:(r)/ abbr. junior common
room
jeal-OUS 0-» /'d3el0s/ adj.
1
feeling angry or unhappy because sb you
like or love
is showing interest in
sb else gg (ft ; £ft : a
jealous wife/husband itf-Qfr ^(ftilA/AA 0 He’s
only talking to her to make you jealous. A
7
it ift ^ o 2 ~ (of sb/sth) feeling angry or
unhappy because you wish you had sth that sb else has j^iKft;
5
IE (ft PTHl envious : She’s jealous of
my success. M-S
(ft A) 0 0 Children often feel jealous when a
new baby arrives. 3 ~ (of
sth) wanting to keep or
protect sth that you have because it makes you feel proud ^fg£ft;
"7
jft (ft: They are very jealous of their good reputation (= they do not
want to lose it). ifMl IAA ^1# ft S (ft r5'
►
jeal-ous-ly adv.: She eyed Natalia
jealously. M
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jeal-ousy /'d3elasi/ noun {pi.
-ies) 1 [u] a feeling of
being jealous ; IEM', MM: I felt sick with
jealousy. & 0 sexual jealousy 2
[C] an action or
a remark that shows
that a person is jealous IE , IEM,
MM ( ) : I’m tired of her petty jealousies.
jeans /d3i:nz/ noun
[pi.] trousers/pants made of strong cotton, especially denim ^1$: a faded pair of blue
jeans it7&lft IrfeAjf^ — picture o page R22 — see also denim(2) bhIMIJI From Janne, the Old French name
for Genoa, where the heavy cotton now used for jeans was first made. M
ft A in Janne , BP Genoa ( M ME ) ,
Jeep™
/d3i:p/
noun a small strong
vehicle used, especially by the army, for driving over rough ground A Hf 7; — picture o truck
jee-pers /'d3i:p0z; NAmE -parz/ (also jeepers 'creepers) exclamation {especially NAmE,
informal) used to express surprise or shock ( ^ ^ M) A 0P, nJt ^:
Jeepers! That car nearly hit us! A
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jeer /d3ia(r); NAmE d3ir/ verb, noun
2
verb ~ (at sb) to laugh at sb or
shout rude remarks at
them to show that you do
not respect them n$| %; n$j # ; i/likl; %% BEIZI taunt: [V] a jeering crowd ^ W-IA o The police were jeered at by the
waiting crowd. 0 [VN] The players
were jeered by
disappointed fans. AA^fM
[also V speech]
■
noun [usually pi ] a rude remark that sb
shouts at sb else to show that they do not respect or like them nf]
#, i/UW, ) S33TAUNT: He walked on
to the stage to be
greeted with jeers and whistles. #,S±
MS,
Jeez
/d3i:z/
exclamation {informal,
especially NAmE) used to express anger,
surprise, etc. ( ) A
m,
jehad = JIHAD
Je-ho-vah
/d3Thauva; NAmE -‘hou-/ (also Yah-weh) noun [U] the name of God
that is used in the Old Testament of the Bible |B£ft» )
Je.hovah’s
'Witness noun a member of a
religious organization based on Christianity, which believes that the end of
the world is near and that only its members will be saved from being damned IPfq^jALiiEA (
je june /d3i'd3u:n/ adj. {formal) 1 too simple A$Jfl(ft;
Boa NAIVE 2 (of a speech,
etc.
Mi##)
not interesting
je-junum /d3i'd3u:n0m/ noun {anatomy $?) the second part of
the small intestine $ ® —
compare duodenum, ileum ► je junal /-'d3u:nl/ adj.
Jek-yll
and Hyde /,d3ekl an 'haid/ noun [sing.] a person who is
sometimes very pleasant (Jekyll) and sometimes very
unpleasant {Hyde) or who leads two very
separate lives MStt^tMPftA; MII^IA^WA nhueiWi From the story by
Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in which Dr Jekyll
takes a drug which separates the good and bad sides of his personality into
two characters. All the negative aspects go into the character of Mr Hyde. M ft * A
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mwwas
jell verb [V] {especially NAmE) = gel v.(1, 2, 3)
jel lied /'d3elid/ adj. [only before noun] {especially
BrE) prepared
or cooked in jelly : jellied eels
^ mm
jelly /'d3eli/ {pi. -ies) noun 1 [U, C] (BrE) {NAmE jello, Jell-O™ [u]) a cold sweet
transparent food made from gelatin, sugar
and fruit juice, that shakes when it is moved jelly
and ice cream
raspberry jelly 2 [U] a substance
like jelly made from gelatin and meat juices, served
around meat, fish, etc. 'M PW71 aspic : chicken in