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Jth I hadn’t seen her for fifteen years and then
there she was, (as) large as life. ^P^SPMii
JJLtkj, .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 ^ fr A M A it g
EEd flamboyant : He’s a
larger than life character. AA/KAWfltlSIBIo
— more at loom v., writ v.
mverb ITiTTil 'large it | large it 'up (BrE, slang) to
enjoy yourself, especially by dancing and drinking alcohol M
'him; (xmmmm) urn
large ly Otw /•la:d3li; NAmE 'la:rd3li/ adv. to a great extent;
mostly or mainly %
A; itlcift: the manager who is
largely responsible for the team’s victory 0 It was
largely a
matter of trial and error.
Eft
|r] M 0 0 He resigned
largely because of the stories in the press.
‘large-scale adj. [usually before noun] 1 involving many people or things, especially over a
wide area A Mil Eft; AtttW; A?£HEft: large-scale
development AMU Eft A % o the
large-scale employment of women /tfiAA #fcEftJil#J 2 (of
a map, model, etc. ffe®, HM^p) drawn or made to a scale that shows a small area
of land or a building in great detail }$A )
Eft; A
tt#!] R Eft r*TI3 SMALL-SCALE
largesse (also lar-gess) /la:'d3es; NAmEla:r'd3es/ noun [U]
(formal or humorous) the act or quality of being generous with money; money that you give to
people who have less than you 'IftMII; M#; ( )
H, Ulife: She is not noted for her largesse (= she
is not generous). ^ AAo 0 to dispense
largesse to the
poor
largish /,la:d3ij‘; NAmE 'la:rd3iJV
adj. fairly large ^
Aift
largo /'laigau; NAmE 'lairgou/ adv., adj., noun {music i=f) (from Italian)
■ adv., adj. (used
as an instruction Is tk
if) in a slow, serious way H1fWJtritfe ( )
a noun {pi. -os) a piece of music
to be performed in a slow, serious way JEEZ® )
lark /la:k; NAmElairk/ noun, verb
a noun 1 a
small brown bird with a pleasant song M JS,; —see
also skylark 2 [usually sing.] (informal)
a thing that you do
for fun or as a joke M/ic; 9k; Ijt =£: The boys didn’t
mean any harm—they just did it for a lark.
3 {BrE, informal) (used after another noun if]
f§) an activity that you think is a waste of time or
that you do not take seriously ( iAA ) itHN‘|B]EftiS3(l; 7E iSIIMEft
t§zj|j: Perhaps this riding lark would be more fun than she’d thought. til it&lAi$^EftA®P/Szftl£M
ITTITn be/get up with the ‘lark {old-fashioned, BrE) to get out of bed very early in the morning if M#-®; blow/sod that for a lark
{BrE,
slang) used by sb who does not want to do sth because it involves too much
effort ( iAA AH A ABtil ) : Sod
that for a lark! I’m not doing any more
tonight.mmmm\
a verb IJ!l;yj .lark
a'bout/a'round {old-fashioned,
informal, especially BrE) to enjoy yourself by behaving in a
silly way $|tl; ETI71 mess about/around lark-spur /’la:ksp3:(r); NAmE 'lairk-/
noun [C,
U] a tall garden plant with blue, pink or white flowers growing up its STEM mi<£&
)
larney (also lar-nie) /'laini; NAmE 'la:r-/ adj. {SAfrE) very
smart; expensive III if! Eft; In in Eft: We were invited to a larney
function. #in^yh^AW^A0
0
a larney hotel jtifS'MJS
lar ri kin /'laerikin/ noun {AustralE, NZE) a person who ignores the normal rules of society or of an organization
A^MM&tlA; AMM^fKlftA larva /'larva; NAmE 'lairva/
noun {pi. lar-vae /'laivi:; NAmE 'lairvi:/)
an insect at the stage when it has just come out of an egg and looks like a
short fat worm Eft
^; Eft ffc ► lar-val /'laivi; NAmE ‘lairvi/ adj. [only before noun]: an insect
in its larval stage & A Eft# 0ft i£ Eft & A. — picture o page
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la ryn geal /l0'rmd3ial/ adj. {biology A, phonetics iltilr) related to or produced by the larynx »H Eft; &HilrEft laryn
gi tis /.Iaerin'd3aitis/ noun [U] an infection of
the larynx that makes speaking painful PHA lar-ynx /’laerirks/
noun {anatomy
ffl) the
area at the top of the throat that contains the vocal cords pH H771 voice box — picture o body la-sagne (also la-sagna)
/la'zaenja/ noun 1 [U] large flat
pieces of pasta % ffi & 2 [U, C] an Italian dish made from layers of lasagne, finely
chopped meat and/or vegetables and white sauce jtAf'JAMffi (
la scivi ous /la'srvias/ adj. {formal, disapproving) feeling or showing strong sexual
desire iff Eft; il $5 Eft;
Eft; $t M Eft : a lascivious
person % ^ Eft A 0 lascivious
thoughts 'M Eft ifr, jk ► la-scivi-ous-ly adv. la-scivi-ous- ness noun [U]
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) ttAff: a laser beam A A 0 a laser
navigation device 0 The bar
codes on the
products are read by lasers. AEm-hEft^r;^^ Hr ff] # A Eft o 0 a laser show
(= lasers used as entertainment) $$ A AiH 0 She’s
had laser surgery on her eye. MTSSMA^A,
laserdisc (also laser-disk) /’leizadisk;
NAmE 'leizar-/ noun a plastic disc like a large CD on which large amounts of information,
such as video or music, can be stored, and which can be read by a laser beam fAA
$ajmm
‘laser gun noun a piece
of equipment which uses a laser beam
to read a bar code or to find out
how fast a vehicle or other object is moving $$A
mmix
‘laser printer noun a
printer that produces good quality printed material by means of a laser beam A
mm
lash /laeJV verb, noun
a verb 1 to hit sb/sth with great force SAtr; HT1
pound: [V +adv./prep.] The
rain lashed at the windows. M A ffi M
i T /E It ft _h 0 o [VN] Huge waves lashed
the
shore. ir/H #3 o note
at beat 2 [VN] to hit a
person or an animal with
a whip, rope, stick, etc. H ftr; ttfT Pn71 beat 3 [VN] to criticize
sb/sth in a very angry way 0 H7T1 attack 4 [VN -»-adv./prep.] to fasten sth tightly to sth else with ropes H i%; H j=L: Several logs had been
lashed together to make a raft. Jl — 0 During the storm
everything on
deck had to be lashed down. §MS A Affi ± FJiW ^ ^ o 5 to move or to move sth
quickly and violently
from side to side ( fifi
it), M : [V] The
crocodile’s tail was lashing furiously from side to side. [also VN]
,lash 'out (at sb/sth) 1 to suddenly try to
hit sb (
^ ) Wi tT, : She suddenly
lashed out at the
boy. 2 to criticize sb in an
angry way H: In a bitter
article he lashed
out at his critics.
flfcEftAo ,!ash 'out on sth {BrE, informal) to
spend a lot of money on sth it •••AAillfcH a noun 1 = eyelash: her long dark lashes MUP-fc-fcEftH
it ^ 2 a hit with a whip,
given as a form of punishment ( ) fffr, -jftff: They
each received 20
lashes for
stealing. fMjf3&^^A:l£7 20 0 {figura
tive) to feel the lash of sb’s tongue (= to
be spoken to in an angry and critical way) ^ K[ ^ A ^'J P 71 W M W 3 the
thin leather part at the end of a whip
lash ing /'laejir}/
noun 1 lashings [pi.] {BrE, informal) a large amount of sth, especially
of food and drink A a, ) : a bowl
of strawberries
with lashings of cream 2 [C] an
act of hitting sb
with a whip as a punishment
Eft ) H fj; 1? IP]: {figurative) He
was given a severe tongue-lashing (= angry criticism), fife ^ 3\ T B Eft ft