the ball长曲棍球（两队各十名‘队员，用带网兜的球棒接
球、带球和传球）
lactate /Isek’tert/ verfc [V] (torh/i/’cfl/ 术语）（of a woman or
female animal 妇女或雌性动物y to
produce milk from the breasts to feed a baby or young animal 泌乳 ►
lac-ta-tion /laek'teijn/ noun [U]： the
period of lactation
哺E期.
lac-tic acid /.laektik 'aesid/ noun [u] an acid that
forms in sour milk and is also produced in the muscles during hard exercise 乳酸
lacto-ba-cil-lus /.laektauba'silas; NAmE -tou-/ noun .(fc/o/ogy
生）a type
of bacteria that produces lactic acid
乳杆菌
lacto-ovo-vegetar-ian /.laektao 'auvau vedsatearian; NAmE .laektou
'oovou ved30teri0n/ noun (formal) a person
who does not eat meat or fish, but who does eat animal products such as cheese
and eggs 乳蛋素
食者
lacto-pro-tein /.la&ktau'prautiin; .laektou'proutiin/ nown [U，C] (fc/o/ogy 生)the protein
in milk 乳蛋与质
lac-tose /'laektaus; -tauz; NAmE -tous; -touz/ noun
tu] {chemistry it) a type of sugar found in milk and used in some
baby foods 乳糖
lacto-vegetar.ian /'laektau ved3ate0rian; NAmE 'laektou ved3aterian/ noun
(format) a person who does not eat meat, fish or eggs, but does eat animal
prcxiucts made from milk乳类素食者；奶素食者
la-cuna /la'kjuina;
NAmE also -'ku:-/ noun {pi. -nae /-ni:/ or la-cu nas) (formal) a place where sth is missing in a
piece of writing 01* in an idea, a theory，etc.(大拿、思 想、理论等中的）缺漏，脱漏，空白，阙如HEIgap lacy /_leisi/ made of or looking like lace 网眼状的； 蕾丝的_似蕾丝的：iacy imderwear蕾丝内衣
lad /laed/
noun 1 [G] {old-fashioned or informal, BrE) a boy or young man男孩儿；少年；男青年；小伙子：Things have changed since J was a
Zad.从我幼时呈..今，、t-切都 发生了变化。◊报’s a nice 〖ad.他是个好小伙子。
—compare lass 2 the lads [pi.] [BrE,
informal) a group of friends that a man works with or spends free time with 伙j半;.哥们儿.：to go to .the pub with the kids 与伙 伴一起‘酒吧 3 [C，usuaHy
sing.]i8rf, .a lively
young man,
especially one who is very interested in women and having sex, drinks a lot of
alcohol and enjoys sport (精力旺盛的}放荡小休子：r〇ny was a bit of a
lad—always had an eye for the women, ft MS. 小子真是个花在公子.^总是很答欣赏女人。一see also laddish 4 [C] {Br£) a person who works in a stable 马夫；.马倌 _ see also STABLE BOY
ladders 梯子
ladder 梯子 stepladder 折梯
lad-der /'laed9(r)/ noun, verb
■ noi/n 1 a piece
of.-equipment for climbing up and down a wall, the side of a building, etc.； consisting of two lengths of wood or metal that are
joined together by steps or rungs 梯子：to
climb up/fall off a ladder 、上7 跌下梯子一see also STEPLADDER 2 [usuaMy. sing.} a
series of stages by which you can make progress in a
career or _an organization (事业上或机构中晋升的）阶
梯，途径：to move
up or down the socfanadder 爬上 / 跌下社会阶梯◊
the career kwfder事业上的阶梯3 (8r£) (NAmE run) a long
thin hole in tights or stockings where some threads have
broken (紧身裤袜或长筒袜 的）滑丝，'抽丝 4 (also 'ladder toumamentj a competition in a particular sport or
game in which teams or players are arranged in a list and they can move up the
iist by defeating one of the teams or players above 升 级比赛；升级游戏丨将参赛者排名，胜者名次前提）
■
verb [V, VN] [Br£) if tights
or stockings ladder or you
ladder them, a long thin hole appears in them (疫紧 身裤f或长筒袜）出现滑丝，抽丝
iad.die /’laedi/ /10W/7 (/’n/o/vrifl/，especially Scoff) a boy 男 孩；小戌子.一compare lass
lad-dish /'laedij/
adj. {informal) behaving in a way that is supposed
to be typical of a young man 小伙子的；有小
伙子特征的.
laden /'leidn/ 〇办•〜（with sth) 1 heavily
loaded with sth 载满的；装满的：passengers
〖aden
with luggage携带大 批行李的旅客 A r/ie trees were iaden with
apjpZes. W上都 挂碱了 華果。◊
a /teaviZy/力iZZy laden trucfc 满载的卡‘ —compare unladen 2 {literary) full
of sth, especially sth unpleasant充满的（尤指充*令人不快的古西His
voice was so/V yet. Zaden wit/i threat.他说话的声音很 柔和，但充满于恐吓的语气。3 -laden used to
form adjectives showing that sth is full of, or loaded with, the thing
mentioned (用于构成形容词）充满…的，装 载…的：ca〖orfe-〖aden
cream cafces高热量的奶油蛋糕 lad-ette /laed'et/ noun {BrE,
informat) a young woman who enjoys drinking alcohol, sport
or other activities usually considered to be typical of young men 男性化 的年轻女子,假小子（喜欢做年轻男子常做的事，如喝
酒^参加体育运动等） la-di-da /,1a: di 'da:/ adj., exclamation m adj. {informal,
especially Br〇 used to
describe a way of speaking or behaving that is typical of upper-class people
but that is not natural or sincere (描 ^像上层 人的说话或举止）装腔作势的，装模作样的，做作的
BEC1 affected
m exclamation used
when sb is irritating you, because they seem to think they are more important
than they really are (形容某人自视过高令人厌烦）- .ladies* 'fingers noun [pi.] (6a£) =
okra 'ladies’ man (also 'lady^
man) noun a man who enjoys spending time with women and
thinks he is attractive to them喜欢厮混在女人中间的男人；自以为
讨女人喜欢的男子 ladle
/'leidl/ noun, verb
■
noi/w a large deep spoon with a long
handle, used especially for serving soup 长 柄勺； 汤勺一picture o KITCHEN
■
verb [VN] to place
food on a plate with a large spoon or
in large quantities (■用大勺）舀，盛 ,ladle sth一
out (sometimes
disapproving) to give sb a lot of sth, especially
money or advice (过分）慷慨地给予（金钱 或建议等 > pnn DOLE
STH OUT
la dolce vita /la: .dDltJei 'vi:t0； NAmE ,doul-/
noun [sing.] (from Italian) a life of
pleasure and expensive things, without any worries奢牵无忧的生活
lady /'leidl/ {pi. -ies)
noun 1 [C] a word used to mean twoman,
that some people, especially older people, consider is more polite (邊成 年女子，有些人尤其是长者认为这样说比较礼貌）女士， 女子：.There’s
a Zady wai'ring to see you. ■有位女士等着要
见你。◊ He was
wifft an attractive young 丨ady•他与一位 漂亮的年轻女子夸一起。◊ t/ie Zadi’es ’ go〖/ champions/iip 女子高尔夫球锦标赛◊丨8r£) a tea kidy (= a woman who serves tea in an office)(力'公室的）上茶女侍◊ (AMmf, approving) She's a tough lady.她是个能吃苦耐劳的女士。
◊ a iad!y doctor/go〖/er 女医生 /高.尔夫球手 Some
women object
to the way lady is used in some of these examples and prefer it to be avoided
if possible ： a doctor/a
woman doctor 0 There's someone waiting to see you.
—些妇女反对上述某些例句中的用法，喜欢尽可能
避免用 lady —词，如 a
doctor■/ a woman doctor ◊ There’s someone waiting to see you. —see
also bag lady,