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mega- /'mega-/ combining form (in nouns ft is]) 1
very large or great E Al$; : a megastore X
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measurement ffl 7 it it ft- ffl one million W 7j : a megawatt W ft ft # 3
(computing if)
1
048 576 (= 220) megabyte
mega-bit /'megabit/ noun (computing if) a unit of information
which is roughly equal to 1 000000 bits If ft ft, *Kft(£jl00fttfc#)
mega-bucks /'megabAks/ noun [pi.] (informal) a very large amount of
money —A^al%: He earns megabucks.
m xmxmmmn.
mega-byte /’megabait/ noun (abbr. MB) a unit of computer
memory, equal to 220 (or about 1 million) bytes
jJMSHt, W3OT ft ( it£W#teftft, ti^.^.220 f
ft ) : a 40-megabyte hard disk * 40 mega-death /'megadeQ/ noun (technical At«) a unit for measuring the number of people
killed in a nuclear war, equal to the deaths of a million people tUWfti+f$ ft £ ( i^fJEtAtitlfft ) mega-flop /'megaflDp; A/Am£
-flarp/ noun (computing if) a unit for
measuring computer speed, equal to approximately one million operations per second
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mega-hertz /'megah3:ts; NAmE -h3:rts/ noun (pi. megahertz) [abbr. MHz) a unit for measuring
radio waves and the speed at which a computer operates; 1 000 000
HERTZ
mega lith /'megaliG/ noun a very large stone,
especially one put in a place that was used for ceremonies in ancient times ( ) Eft ► mega-lith-
ic /.mega'liBik/ adj.
megalo mania /.megala'meinia/ noun [U] 1 [technical fti|}-) a mental
illness or condition in which sb has an exaggerated belief in their own importance
or power ^X$E; [| ft £E 2 a strong
feeling that you want to have more and more power
megalomaniac /.megala'meiniaek/ noun a person suffering
from or showing megalomania ft ft£E B If ► meg-alo-maniac adj.
meg-alop-olis /.mega'lnpalis; NAmE -'la:p-/ noun [formal) a very large city or
group of cities where a great number of people live ft£[ift ( E ) meg-alo-saurus /.megala'sorras/ noun a type of dinosaur whose bones were the first to be studied by scientists
in the 19th century ( JRfijf4#W
)
megaphone rft
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mega-phone /'megafaun; NAmE -foun/ noun a device for making
your voice sound louder, that is wider at one end, like a cone, and is often used at outside
events ft ft fg ; e$'J tyl ff ; ft ft fgf — compare loud- hailer
mega-star /'megastai(r)/ noun [informal) a very famous singer,
actor or entertainer fti E fi; ikfc Iff- & M mega-store /'megasto:(r)/ noun a very large shop,
especially one that sells one type of product, for example computers or
furniture ftj^jg; ( Xtm ) XMX^M mega-ton (also mega-tonne) /'megatAn/ noun a unit for measuring
the power of an explosive, equal
to one million tons of TNT '#f£JtitM#ft,
ft—)
: a one
megaton nuclear
mega-watt /'megawnt; NAmE -wait/ noun [abbr. MW) a unit for measuring
electrical power; one million watts OT, WOT# ( ffetgitS^ft
) mei-osis
/mai'ausis;
NAmE -'ous-/ noun [u] [biology ft) the division of a cell in two stages
that results in four cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the original cell (
-meister /'maista(r)/ combining form (in nouns [informal) a person thought of
as skilled at a particular activity or important in a particular field • ft !j ft
W.’, a horror-meister &MX'$
meitnerium /mait'mariam; NAmE -'mr-/ noun [U] [symb Mt) a radioactive chemical element, produced
when atoms collide (= crash into
each other) ( ft
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mela mine /‘melamiin/ noun [U] a strong hard
plastic material, used especially for covering surfaces such as the tops of
tables, and for making cups, etc.
melancholia /.melan'kaulia; NAmE -'kou-/ noun [old-fashioned) a mental illness in
which the patient is depressed and worried by unnecessary fears melancholic /.melan'knlik; NAmE -'kail-/ adj.
[old-fashioned or literary) feeling or expressing
sadness, especially when the sadness is like an illness ;
mel an choly /'melankali; -kDli; NAmE-kaili/ noun, adj. m noun [U] [formal) a deep feeling of
sadness that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained ft fP; \fi 3f,: A mood of melancholy
descended on us. —
2
adj. very sad or making
you feel sadness ( 4 A )
W ; ( ft A ) ifi
melancholy thoughts/memories
=& I M S 'ft / ifi tZ. 0 The melancholy song died away. melange /mei‘la:n3/ noun (from French, formal) a mixture or variety
of different things ; XXvik -
a melange of different cultures ftlWJlfc'ffclftiftft mel anin /'melanm/ noun [u] [technical ft ft) a dark substance in the skin and
hair that causes the skin to change colour in the sun’s light H ( ft ) mela noma /.mela'nauma; NAmE -'nouma/ noun [C, U] [medical t£) a type of cancer
that appears as a dark spot or tumour on the skin H ) MM; Hi® mela to nin /.mela'taunm; NAmE -'tou-/ noun [U] [biology ft) a hormone that causes changes in skin colour #111
meld /meld/ verb [V, VN] (formal) to combine with sth
else; to make sth combine with sth else ( ft ) ill ft, ft
ft, £qft HE] BLEND
melee /'melei; NAmE 'meilei/ noun [sing.] (from French) a situation in which
a crowd of people are rushing or pushing each other in a confused way '/lift;
'Mift&il A#
mel liflu ous /me'lrfluas/ adj. [formal) (of music or of sb’s
voice ftftiftAlft^W) sounding sweet and smooth; very pleasant to listen to M
mel low /'melao; NAmE -lou/ adj., verb
3
adj. (mel-low-'er,
mellowest) 1 (of colour or sound
ft ft ft) soft, rich and
pleasant % fa ft H : mellow autumn colours SAWtfeo Mellow music and
lighting helped to create the right atmosphere, AT A
2 (of a taste or flavour i^ilft# [ft)
smooth and pleasant H ft |$; ft H : a mellow,
fruity wine 3 (of people A)
calm,
gentle and reasonable
because of age or experience fff : Dad’s certainly grown
mellower with age.
4 (informal) (of
people A) relaxed, calm and
happy, especially after drinking alcohol Jk'ft ( A*b?@Jp
) :
After two glasses of wine, I was feeling mellow. M ft 13
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4
verb 1 to become or make sb
become less extreme in behaviour, etc., especially as a result of growing older
( [V] She had mellowed a
great deal
since their days at
college. A^¥ikMJs , Mj&BTft 0 0 o [VN] A period spent working
abroad had done nothing to mellow him. ft /§ ft Xft J—1£ ft
fa], jp ^