L /el/ noun,
abbr., symbol
is noun (also I) [C, U] {pi. Is, L’s, Ps /elz/) the
12th letter of the English alphabet ^if 12
4^#: ‘Lion’
begins with (an) L/‘L’. * lion
— 1 Tf—see
also L-plate
abbr. 1 L. (especially on maps)
clothes) large ( ) 4;#:
S, M and L
{= small, medium and
large) /hfh 41#, 4:#
m symbol (also I) the
number 50 in Roman numerals
50
I abbr. 1 {pi. I) (in writing) litre(s)
( ) f\ 2 (also
I.) {pi. II) (in
writing) line (= on a page in a book) ( 45
LA (also
mar
la = lah — see also A la
laa-ger /'laiga(r)/ noun {SAfrE) (in the past) a group
of wagons that were put into a
circle in order to protect people in the middle ( ) HSTOPP4
it!i; They drew their wagons
into a laager and set
up camp, 9—
ffl ft® # M 0 oa laager
mentality (= one that is not
willing to accept new ideas)
Lab
abbr (in British politics ^
Sift in) Labour X.$£
lab On /laeb/ noun {informal)
= laboratory: science labs 0 a lab technician
^
H A M oa lab coat (=
a white coat worn by scientists, etc. working in a laboratory) £ A:#
label price tag
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ticket JH
label l>w /’leibl/ noun, verb
■
noun 1 a piece of paper, etc. that is attached to sth and
that gives information
about it H771
tag, ticket: The washing
instructions are on the label.
ft ^ iM £ ^ ^ iL o 0 price/address
labels ;
Hk
ilh ^ 0 We tested various supermarkets’ own
label pasta sauces (= those marked with the name of the shop/store where
they are sold). 4£jH1&3ST#4;igTtT{$
1
% ffi # Dl if 0
o He’ll only wear clothes with a
designer label, fik R j£ W M HR ^» 2 (disapproving)
a word or phrase that
is used to describe sb/sth in a way that seems too general, unfair or not
correct ( to ^ # il , ^ # , nil : I
hated the label
‘housewife’. % ^ H “ % M ± $3 ” if „ 3 a
company that produces and
sells records, CDs, etc. Pi >4 -£■ w]: the Virgin record label
^ 5rC Bi it ^1 0 It’s his first release for a major label. iAH Ilk /E A: PfUt /A4] tf #J ^-^Pllfo
■
verb (-II-, NAmE -I-) [often passive] 1 [VN]
to fix a label on
sth or write information
on sth :
We carefully labelled each item with the contents and
the date. o
The file was labelled ‘Private’. 44 “ {%”
0
~
sb/sth (as) sth to describe sb/sth in a particular
way, especially unfairly
(
[VN-N]
He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues, $ VX if
|W] $ ft Wfk „ 0 [VN-ADJ] It is unfair to label a small baby as
naughty. 'TvJvJ'fKl
SYNONYMS
label
tag * sticker
These
are all words for a piece of paper, fabric or plastic that is attached to sth
and gives information about it. SiBo
label
a
small piece of paper, fabric or plastic that is attached to sth in order to
show what it is or give information about it 4*piS:
The
washing instructions are on the label,
o address labels ifkilkS:^ o He’ll only wear clothes with a
designer label.
tag (often used in
compounds) a small piece of paper, fabric or plastic that is attached to sth,
or that sb wears, in order to give information about it/them ' ( um-. Everyone at the
conference had to wear a name tag. ffrM
LABEL OR TAG? label &J1 tag ?
Labels
in
clothes are usually made of fabric and sewn in. Tags on clothes are usually
made of cardboard and cut off before you wear the clothes. A name tag can be stuck or tied
onto sb to show who they are.
Uf,
label tag
name tag
All
babies in the hospital have name tags tied round their ankles.
Price
tag
is much more frequent than price label and is used for both literal and
figurative meanings. * price tagJtflMfc##, 0! price label
oJ4C: What does the price tag say? iff)o There is a £20 million price tag on the
team’s star player.
A
label can also be a sticker that you put on an
envelope. * label
sticker a sticky label with a
picture or message on it, that you stick on to sth
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
a price label/tag/sticker
■
a name tag
■
to bear/have a label/tag/sticker
■
to attach/put on/stick on a label/tag/sticker
■
The label/tag/sticker says ...
labia /’leibia/
noun [pi.] the four folds
of skin at the entrance to a woman’s vagina
[4! If la bial /'leibial/ noun {phonetics ilf) a speech sound
made with the lips, for example /m/, /p/ and /v/ in me, pea and veryMif ► la-bial adj. la
bio den tal /.leibiau'dentl; NAmE -biou-/ noun {phonetics if it) a speech sound
made by placing the top teeth against the bottom lip, for example /{/ and /v/ in fan and van jfiSfit ► la-bio-den-tal adj. la-bio-velar
/,leibiau‘vi:l0(r); NAmE -biou-/ noun {phonetics if t) a speech sound
made using the lips and soft palate, for
example /w/ in we HHDcPf# ► la-bio-velar adj.
labor (NAmE) = labour
la bora-tory o-w /la'bnratri; NAmE Taebratorri/ noun {pi. -ies) (also informal lab)
a room or building used
for scientific research,