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身：/ hadn't seen her for fifteen years and then there she was，（as) iarge as h/e.我着十五伞未见过她，却在那里遇 见她了，没错，就是她。.larger than life looking or behaving in a way that is more interesting or exciting than other people, and so is likely to attract attention 外表行为惹人 ft i flamboyant ： H^s a larger

than h；fe character.他这个人外表言行很招眼。一more at loom v., writ v.

• verb 11*171 'large it | large it 'up (BrE, slang) to enjoy yourself, especially by dancing and drinking alcohol 玩

个痛快；（尤指跳舞和饮酒）作乐 lafge.ly 〇■» /'la:d3li; /V/\Wla:rd3li/ flc/v. to a great extent; mostly or mainly 在很大程度上；多 ，半.；至要地：the manager who is iargeZy responsfWe/or the team’s victo/y对该队获胜起主要作用的教练◊ It was largeiy a matter o/triai and error.这圭要是个反复实验 的问题。◊ He resignedZargeZy because 〇/ the stories fn the press.他的辞职多半是因为新闻界的一些报道。 'large-scale adj. [usually before noun] 1 involving many people or things, especially over a wide area 大规凑 的；大批的；大E围Zarge-scaZedevdopment大碱癀 的开发◊ the iarge-scaie employment 〇/women 对妇女大 批的®用 2 (of a map, model, etc.地鹵、模型等)drawn or made to a scale that shows a small area of land or a building in great detail按大比例绘制（或制作）的；大 比例尺的 PTJ3 SMALL-SCALE

lar-gesse (also lar-gess) /la:'d3es; NAmElair'd^es/ noun [U] {formal or humorous) the act or quality of being generous with money; money that you give to people who have less than you慷慨叙囊；M舍；（给穷人的） 钱，赠款：She is not noted for her largesse (= she is not generous).没人听说过她出手大方。◊ to dispense kirgesse to the poor把钱施舍给穷人 largish I'laidziS； NAmE 'la:rd3iX/ adj. fairly large ^ 大的

largo /'laigau; NAmE 'lairgou/ adv., adj., noun (music #) (from Italian)

■ adv” flflfy’.（used as an instruction 指示语）in a slow, serious way缓慢而庄严地（的） mnoun [pi -os) a piece of music to be performed in a slow, serious way广板（风格缓慢、庄严） lark/la:k; NAmEla:rk/ noun, verb

mnoun 1 a small brown bird with a pleasant song WR 鸟.云雀一see also skylark 2 [usually sing.] [informal) a thing that you do for fun or as a joke 嬉戏；玩乐；.玩 笑：The boys didn^ft mean any harm—they just did it for a [arfc.那些男孩并无恶意——他们只是闹着玩罢了。

3 (8r£，/Vi/owia/) (used after another noun 用 f 另一名词 :■后).an activity that you think is a waste of time or that you do not take seriously (认为.）浪费时间的活动；不 受重视的活动：Perhaps t/iis riding kirfc wouW be more fun than she’d thought.也许这次骑马的无聊活动比她 所想象的要好玩一些。ITg^l be/get up with the lark {old-fashioned, Br£) to get out of bed very early in the morning 清晨早起；鸡鸣即起 blow/sod that for a lark {BrE, slang) used by sb who does not want to do sth because it involves too much effort (认为太费力而不想 千时说）：Sod that for a lark! Ym not doing any more 的倒吧！我今晚再也不做了。

• verb ,lark a'bout/a'round (old-fashioned,

informal, especially Br^) to enjoy yourself by behaving in 3 5沿7\\^7傻玩；胡闹；嬉戏^11\^55八801；17^1101^0

lark-spur /'la:ksp3：(r); NAmE 'lairk-/ noun [C, u] a tall garden plant with blue, pink or white flowers growing Up its STEM飞燕草（高大花面植物，开蓝色、粉红或白 色花）

lar.ney (also lar.nie) /_la:ni; _la:r-/ a办very smart; expensive 很篇档的；昂贵的：We were inWted to a Zamey/imction.義们获得邀请参i卩一个盛大的庆典。◊ a kirney hotd髙档酒店

lar-ri-kin /'laerikin/ noun {AustralE, NZ£) a person who ignores the normal rules of society or of an organiza- tion不守规矩的人；无视规章制度的人 larva /’la:va; NAmE 'lairva/ noun (pi. lar.vae /'la:vi:; NAmE 'lairvi:/) an insect at the stage when it has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm 幼

虫；幼体► lar.vaL/‘la:vl; AMmf ‘la:rvl厂[only before noun】： an insect in its iarvai stage处于幼知阶段的昆虫 —picture o page R29

la.ryn.geal /le，rmd3ial/ £?办帅/ogy 生，/jhonef/cs 语音） related to or produced by tKe larynx 喉的；喉音的 laryn-gi-tis /.laerin'dsaitis/ not//i [U] an infection of the larynx that makes speaking painful 喉炎 larynx /laeriqks/ noun {anatomy M) the area at the top of the throat that contains the vocal cords 喉 HT1 voice box — picture o body la-sagne (also la-sagna) /la'zaenjd/ noun 1 [U] large flat pieces of pasta 宽面 ‘ 2 [U，C] an Italian dish made from layers of lasagne, finely chopped meat and/or vegetables and white sauce意大利+层面（以多层宽面 条夹肉末、蔬菜和白汁制成）

la-scivi-ous /le'srvias/ adj. {formal, disapproving) feeling or showing strong sexual desire 分色的；淫荡如；淫欲 的；猥亵的：a toscfWous person 淫荡的人.◊ lascivious thoughts 淫猥的念头► la.scivi.ous.ly la.scivi.ous- ness noun[\J]

laser /^!leiza(r)/ noun a device that makes a very strong line of controlled light (= with rays that are parallel and of the same wavelength)激光器：a 〖aser beam 激 光束◊ a Zaser navigation device ♦光身航装置◊ TTie bar codes on the products are read by Zasers.产品上的条形码 是用激光读取的。◊ a toser show (= lasers used as entertainment) ▲光表演◊ S/ie’s had taser surgery on her eye_:她做了眼部激光手术。

laserdisc (also laser-disk) /'leizadisk; NAmE 'leizar-/ noun a plastic disc like a large CD on which large amounts of information, such as video or music, can be stored, and which can be read by a laser beam 激光光

盘；激光影碟

'laser gun noun a piece of equipment which uses a laser beam to read a bar code or to find out how fast a vehicle or other object is moving 激光条码扫描仪；激光

测速仪_

'laser printer noun a printer that produces good quality printed material by means of a laser beam 激光

打印机

lash /laej"/ verb, noun

■ verb *1 to hit sb/sth with great force 猛击；狠打 HT1 pound ： [V +adv./prep.] The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。◊ [VN] Huge waves toshed the shore.巨浪拍打_海岸。0 note at beat 2 [VN] to.hit a person or an animal with .a whip, rope, stick, etc.鞭 打；抽打 beat 3 [VN] to criticize sb/sth in a very angry way 怒斥 H771 attack 4 [VN +adv./prep.] to fasten sth tightly to sth else with ropes 捆绑；捆扎： Severanogs had been 〖ashed together to make a ra_/i 几 根原木捆扎在一起做成了木筏。◊ During the storm everything on deck had to be lashed down.

上病有的东西都必须系牢。5 to move or to move sth quickly and violently from side to side (使）迅猛摆 会，甩动：[V】The crocodile’s taii was iashing ji/riousZy from side to side.鳄鱼的尾巴在急速地左右甩动。[also VN] ,lash 'out (at sb/sth) 1 to suddenly try to hit sb (突然 > 狠打，g 柯，：She suddeniy 〖ashed out at the boy.她突故狠狠地打那个男孩。2 to criticize sb in an angry way 怒斥；严厉斥责：Jna bitter artide he Zas/ied out at his crtrics.他写了一篇尖刻的文章，猛烈抨击批评 他的人。，丨ash _out on sth (阶£，/n/oww/) to spend a lot of money on sth在…上大量花费 mnoun 1 = eyelash： her 〖ong Sarfc Zashes 她那长长的黑 睫毛 2 a hit with a whip，given as a form of punish- ment (作为惩罚的）鞭打，抽打：They each received 20 Zashes/or stealing.他们因盗窃每人挨了 20鞭。〇(//职/^- tive) to feel the lash of sb^ tongue (= to be spoken to in an angry and critical way)领教桌人利口如刀的厉害 3 the thin leather part.at the end of a whip 鞭端皮条； 鞭梢.

lash-ing /laeJm/ now/? 1 lashings [pi.] (8/£，/>7/o/7r7fl/) a large amount of sth, especially of food and drink'大 量，许多（尤指食物和料>:a bowZ 〇/strawberries m'th /ashiys 0/cream —碗饶了.大量奶油的草莓2 [C] an act of hitting sb with a whip as a punishment ('作'女惩 罚的）鞭打；笞刑：（/ilgwrat/Ve) Jfe was given a severe tongue-Zashing angry criticism).他受到了严厉的斥