magnum
/'maegnam/
noun a bottle containing
1.5 litres of wine, etc. ( 1:5 ) AM$2 A#S
.magnum
'opus noun [sing.] (from-Latin) a work of art, music
or literature that people think is the best that the artist, etc. has ever
produced ft A#; mag-pie
/'maegpai/
noun a black and white
bird with a long tail and a noisy cry. There is a popular belief that magpies
like to steal small bright objects. magus /'meigas/ noun {pi. magi /'meid3ai/) 1 a member of the group
to which priests in ancient
with
magic powers A±
maha
raja (also
maha-ra-jah) /.maiha'raidsa/ noun an Indian prince,
especially one who ruled over one of the states of
vmm) ±n±
maha-rani
(also
maha-ra-nee) /.marhe'rarni/ noun the wife of a maharaja
( ) X£-$2; ±£PA£2
Maha-rishi
/.marha'rij’i;
-’ri:-/ noun a Hindu spiritual
leader or
wise man ( £p Aft ) )
WA
ma
hatma /ma'haetma;
-'hart-/ noun 1
a
holy person in
2 the Ma-hatma Mahatma Gandhi, the
Indian spiritual leader who opposed British rule in India Maha-yana /.marha'jarna/ (also .Maha.yana Buddhism) noun [U] one of the two major
forms of Buddhism A A f# fit ( ) —com
pare
Theravada
mahjong
(also
mah-jongg especially in NAmE) /ma:'d3nr); NAmE -'30:13/ noun [U] (from Chinese) a Chinese game played
with small pieces of wood with symbols on them MJ&
ma
hog any /ma'hngani; NAmE -'harg-/ noun [U] 1 the hard reddish-brown wood of a tropical
tree, used for making furniture £1 A; ttftX'A: a mahogany table £1 2 a reddish-brown colour skin tanned
to a deep mahogany
ma
hout /ma'haut/
noun a person who works
with, rides and cares for an elephant
AA; 9fl£A; illllA maid /meid/ noun 1 (often in compounds is|)
a
female servant in a house or hotel A#; (
Sfc
tt M ) A UK #
M : There
is a maid to do the housework. —see also barmaid, cham
bermaid, DAIRYMAID,
HOUSEMAID, MILKMAID, NURSEMAID 2 (old
use) a young woman who is
not married X A; AlfT^AT—
see also old maid
mai-dan
/mai'darn/
noun an open space in or
near a town in
maid en /'meidn/ noun, adj.
a noun 1 (literary) a young girl or woman
who is not married A A; &LA; A#§AT: stories of knights and fair maidens A
A 91
± fP M A
(tfj ¥ 2 (also , maiden over) (in cricket ]£#) an over in which no points are scored AffrAW—
■
adj. [only
before noun] being
the first of its kind |a maiden flight/voyage (= the first
journey made by a plane/ship) ft] A A fr; fl 0 a maiden speech
(= the first speech made by an MP in the parliaments of some countries)
.maiden
'aunt noun {old-fashioned) an aunt who has not
married ( M
maiden
hair /'meidnhe0(r); NAmE -her/ (also .maidenhair 'fern) noun [U, C] a type of fern with long thin stems and delicate pale green
leaves that are shaped like fans
maidenhair
tree noun = ginkgo maid-en-head /'meidnhed/ noun {old use) 1 the state of being a virgin ihA^ffr; 4 A 2 = hymen 'maiden name noun a woman’s family name
before marriage ( AT
(ft ) #12^#: Kate kept her maiden
name when she got married (=
did not change her surname to that of her husband).
.maid
of honour {BrE)
{NAmE .maid of honor) noun {pi maids of honour/honor) (especially in the
1217 mailing
the
main bridesmaid at a wedding ( AM
AH® Hi#,
ftA$t#J ) #M —compare matron of
HONOUR
maid-servant
/’meidsarvant;
NAmE -S3:rv-/ noun {old-
fashioned) a female servant in a
house ft fh;
A#; ffA mail tH* /meil/ noun, verb
m noun [U] 1 (BrE also post) the official system
used for sending and delivering letters, packages, etc. ftPM; ftp ii ( ) : a mail
service/train/van ftPjEfcJIR# / ?!]A /
^$0 the Royal Mail Jlitftpnft O Your cheque is in the
mail. 0 We do our business by
mail. icO jliiSPjIHi&AltL — see also airmail, snail mail, voicemail 2 {BrE also post) letters, packages,
etc. that are sent and delivered ftp#; fif#; ftp fa: There isn’t much mail
today. -TXftP#T^o o
I
sat down to open the mail. ft XT A # X f§ # 0 o Is there a letter from
them in the mail ? ftp
# M # (Ml A1$ fg ? 0 hate mail (= letters containing
insults and threats) fg —see
also junk mail, surface mail 3 messages that are sent or received on
a computer A T ftP #; e£[ ftp: Check regularly for new mail. a2 ffl S: If §t ftp # 0 — see also electronic mail, email 4 used in
the title of some newspapers ( ) ftPjft: the Mail
on Sunday CMS!] 0 fiPfll) 5 = chain mail: a coat of mail — ©MAM o note at post ■ verb 1 ~ sth (to sb/sth) | ~ (sb) sth {especially NAmE) to send sth to sb
using the postal system
ftp If : [VN, VNN] Don’t forget to mail
that letter to your mother. $1] 3* TfE ffiMfktnifc&WXo 0 Don’t forget to
mail your mother that letter. %\\ £ J ft
£ # & ^ A 0 0 [VN] The
company intends to mail 50 000 households in the area.
5 o note at post
2 ~ sb | - sth (to sb/sth) | - (sb) sth (BrE) to send a message to
sb by email M <ATftP#fAi£; AMftP*n: [VN] Please mail us at the
following email address, if 8; T ffi lltfj A ftp ffe fit %. in 3%ili o 0 The virus mails
itself forward to everyone in your address book.
[also
VNN] CCEn .mail sth«-+'out to send out a large
number of letters, etc. at the same time S AP ^ : The brochures were mailed
out last week. J$#fc#tBA7o
mail-bag
/'meilbaeg/
noun 1 {BrE also post-bag) a large strong bag
that is used for carrying letters and packages ftP3§ 2 = postbag(I)
'mail
bomb noun,
verb
m noun 1 (NAmB) = letter bomb 2 an extremely large number of email messages that
are sent to sb ()
• verb mail-bomb [VN] to send sb an
extremely large number of email messages (
|6j-2ti£jlS
A M T fP # ) : The newspaper was
mail-bombed by
angry readers after the article was published.
jb,
mail-box
/’meilbDks; NAmE -barks/ noun 1 {NAmB) = letter
'mail
carrier (also 'letter carrier) (both NAmE) noun
O MAILMAN
'mail
drop noun 1 {especially NAmE) an address where sb’s
mail is delivered, which is not where they live or work RftHfcAP#Mft)Ifett 2 {NAmE) a
box
in a building where sb’s mail is kept for them to collect ( A lit ) A Aft ft 3 {BrE) an occasion when
mail
is delivered
mail
er /'meila(r)/
noun {NAmE) 1 = mailing(2) 2 an envelope, box, etc. for sending small
things by mail ftp
mm {)
mail
ing /'meilir)/ noun 1 [U] the act of sending items by
mail ftp jM ; ftPlf: The strike has delayed
the mailing of tax reminders. 0 a mailing
address ftp If ife it 2 {NAmE also mailer) [c] a letter or package that is sent by mail,
especially one that is sent to a large number of people ftp# (