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sth, especially when
it is not necessary (
3? ) fUit 7 in a 'lather (BrE, informal) in
a nervous, angry or
excited state ^ % ; fS &; # zjfj
Hn WORKED
UP
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verb 1 [VN] to cover
sth with lather *£•••}& ±
WWmt\ I lathered my face and started to shave. WftWt ±’&T^, 2 [V] to produce lather
Soap does not lather well in hard
water.
lathi /'laiti:/
noun (IndE) a long thick stick, especially one used
as a weapon or by the police ( #J )
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Latin /'laetin; NAmE
'laetn/ noun, adj. m noun 1 [U] the language of ancient
countries where languages
that have developed from Latin, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or French,
are spoken |1TA ( W
%r\ ^Af'J Ai&B ) 3 [U] music
of a kind that came originally from
f mm)
madj. 1 of or
in the Latin language JiTilf W;
: Latin poetry JiTic
if lift 2 connected with or typical of the countries or peoples using languages
developed from Latin, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or French ) ift ( tUEM
T, M7, IcAf'JA&B ) ; &TAM: aLatin temperament ££T A M
H M
La tina /lae'tima/ noun a
woman or girl, especially one who is living in the
adj. [usually
before noun]
, Latin A'merica noun [U] the parts of the
'■rmm ( )
o note at American — compare South America Lat-in-ate /'laetineit/
adj. (of words or language oI]Ai§ W) from Latin, or
relating to Latin /AST( AM it ) M; formal Latinate terms
.Latin 'lover noun (informal) a man from the Mediterranean region or from
La
tino /lae'tiinau; NAmE -nou/ noun [pi -os) a
person, especially one who is living in the
choose what you do or
the way that you do it IS# ( tfA^AIWAK;) EEEIliberty
latrine /la'triin/
noun a
toilet in a camp, etc., especially one made by digging a hole in the ground (At
M ) JW0r; (1t%)#K, latte
/'laitei/ noun = caffe latte latter 0-w /laeta(r)/ adj., noun
m adj. 1 being the second of two things, people or
groups that have just been mentioned, or the last in a list ( W\
The latter point is the most important. fk M Jr W M 0 2 nearer to the end of a
period of time than the beginning luffiM:
the latter half of
the year TTT 4*
compare former
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noun the latter (pi. the latter) the second of two things,
people or groups that have
just been mentioned, or the last in a list ( PI*] M S. M W ^ t3 ) ) Wtfs
— jv. , A fv
: He
presented two solutions. The latter
seems much
better. Is—
3?
W £ o
0 The town has a
concert hall and two theatres. The latter were both built in the 1950s. & S* M
H3^-TW^lTfnMT®I^o 20
50
'latter-day adj. [only before
noun] being
a modem version of a person or thing in the past ( ISfltMAA#! M ) SfcftSSJKM: a latter-day Robin
Hood lat-ter-ly /'laetali; NAmE -tarli/ adv. (formal) 1 most recently H ifi; 0r j£: Latterly his
painting has shown a new freedom of expression. Mill,
M
^ 2 towards the end of a period of time
Hfg—‘SHtlsl:
Her health declined rapidly and latterly she never left the house. ittfstk
lattice /'laetis/ noun [U, C] (also lat-tice-work [U]) a stmcture that is made of strips of
wood or metal that cross over each other with spaces shaped like a diamond
between them, used, for example, as a fence; any structure or pattern like this
4§TA3iT
as, ®M ( Bfcnm)-, a*##; aiow
wall of stone
latticework o a lattice of
branches ► latticed /’laetist/ adj.
.lattice 'window (also latticed 'window) noun a window with small pieces of glass shaped
like diamonds in a framework of metal strips Vc Hi; 14
mm
laud /laid/
verb [VN]
(formal) to
praise sb/sth f®
k; mt
laud-able /'loidabl/
adj. (formal) deserving to be praised
or admired, even if not really successful ;
ft # 9t H W PTI71 commendable : a laudable aim/
attempt
{t#^^6/j^[o| /
ST
( ®E«£McSK
)
laudatory /'loidatari;
NAmE -to:ri/
adj. (formal)
expressing
praise or admiration ® H M
m
laugh On /ia:f; NAmElaef/ verb, noun a verb 1 ~
(at/about) to
make the sounds and movements of your face that show you are happy or think sth
is funny %\ %.%■. [V] to
laugh loudly/aloud/out loud A
r / itiT / o You never laugh at
my jokes!
#f]
0 The
show was hilarious—I
couldn’t stop
laughing.
0 She
always makes me laugh. 9 He
burst out
laughing (= suddenly started laughing),
O She
laughed to cover her nervousness. %T, o/told him I was
worried but he
laughed scornfully. jfitfc >
0
[V speech] ‘You’re crazy!’ she laughed. “ # fa
\ ” M ^ A % M & „ 2 [V] be
laughing (informal) used
to say that you are in a very good position, especially because you have done
sth successfully ( If we
win the next game
we’ll be laughing. WfkMTT—
3% ill WL & it o EEI don’t make me laugh (informal) used to show that you think what sb has
just said is impossible or stupid ( iA A TXTft AMS )
SJiJifc J} ‘Will your dad
lend you the
money?’
‘Don’t make me laugh!’ “ # 5C ^ ^ jf in # ^ (%■? ’’ ! ”, he who laughs .last laughs
longest (saying) used to tell sb not to be too proud of
their present success; in the end another person may be more successful laugh all the way to the
‘bank (informal) to make a lot of money
easily and feel very pleased about it laugh in sb’s
’face to
show in a very obvious way that you have no respect for sb ^ Mnf!]^; M laugh, like a
'drain
(BrE) to
laugh very loudly PrUr A3£;
A^A^ laugh on the other side of your 'face (BrE, informal) to
be forced to change from feeling pleased or satisfied to feeling
disappointed or annoyed %
laugh sb/sth out of
'court (BrE,
informal) to
completely reject an idea, a story, etc. that you think is not worth taking
seriously at all it (