(ft; A ft it A (ft BSE] deadly: mortal
enemies MM A (ft Sfc A 0 They were locked in mortal combat (= a fight that will
only end with the death of one of them), fifedl¥3 AT“o 4 [only before noun] (formal) (of fear, etc. 3S$#)
extreme ®i^(ft; $
Eft: We lived in mortal dread of him discovering our secret. 0
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noun (often humorous) a human, especially
an ordinary person with little power or influence A; J1A; WilA HE! human being: old stories about gods and mortals ftT AttfP ILA(ftA:^;fti£ o (humorous) Such things are not for mere mortals like ourselves.
& # (ft A A f& T #
A..p o (humorous) She can deal with complicated
numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators! MiTlAll'MftfH# Afft
mor tal ity /moi'taelati; NAmEmoir't-/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 [U]
the state of being human and not living for ever (ft ^ pg :
After her
mother’s death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality. M # A A Jfj, M Jfjlfr
3 $! BWI'J 2 [U] the number of
deaths
in a particular
situation or period of time tr$: the infant mortality rate (= the number of
babies that die at or just after birth) ^JL^E t $ 0 Mortality from lung cancer is
still increasing. ^ETIlftliKft A$t{ft ft ± ft o 3 [C] (technical A
ip) a death ft, t: hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital) EKMEftfttl&T mortal ly /'moitali; NAmE 'mo:rt-/ adv. {literary) 1 causing
or resulting in death gfc ft; BSE] fatally:
mortally wounded/ill 2 extremely ®
;
# #: mortally afraid/offended 'KM# ^ ft; ®A
.mortal 'sin noun [C, U] (in the Roman
Catholic Church ft ft ± #S() a very serious sin for
which you can be sent to hell unless you confess and are forgiven ft
P; AP
mortar /'moita(r); NAmE'moirt-/ noun, verb
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noun 1 [U] a mixture of
sand, water, lime and cement
used in building for
holding bricks and stones together MM; 2 [C] a heavy gun that
fires bombs and
shells high into the air; the bombs that are
fired by this gun it A M ; it ft 46 # : to come under mortar fire/attack fij ikft 46 ft (ft
It ft 3 [C] a small hard bowl in which you can crush substances such as seeds
and grains into powder with a special object (called a pestle) Uf#; B — picture
o laboratory ITH71 see brick n.
m verb [V, VN] to attack sb/sth using a mortar
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' mortar board noun a black hat with a
stiff square top, worn by some university teachers and students at special
ceremonies
)
— picture o hat — compare cap
n-{ 3)
mort gage /'moigid3; NAmE 'moirg-/
noun,
verb mnoun (also informal .home
loan) a
legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy
a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years;
the sum of money that you borrow $$ ( ft fi!fc
) ;
: to apply for/take out/pay
off a mortgage ft if / I&U# / IS if O mortgage rates (= of interest) ft
O a mortgage on the house — o a
mortgage of £60 000 * 6 fjMW<>
monthly mortgage repayments
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verb [VN] to give a bank,
etc. the legal right to own your
house, land, etc. if you do
not pay the money back that you have borrowed from the bank to buy the house or
land ( ) f&ff ( Jar?* ) : He had to mortgage
his house to pay his legal costs. ft A
AmrafL
'mortgage bond noun {SAfrE) = bond n.{4)
mortga-gee /,moigi'd3ii; NAmE ,moirg-/
noun (technical Ai£) a person or an
organization that lends money to people to buy houses, etc. A; ffitfWA mort-ga-gor /’moigid3oi(r); NAmE 'moirg-/
noun
{technical ftigj a person who
borrows money from a bank or a similar organization to buy a house, etc. M jf
A; ft
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morti-cian /moi'tijn;
NAmE moir't-/ noun {NAmE) = undertaker
mortify /'moitifai; NAmE 'moirt-/ verb (mor-ti-fies, mor-
ti-fy-ing, mor-ti-fied, mor ti-fied) [usually passive] to make sb feel very
ashamed or embarrassed fg; H '$£
HE! humiliate : [VN to inf] She was mortified to
realize he had heard every word she said, ftk M iR 3\ ft S
„ [aisovN,vN
that] ► mortifi ca
tion /.moitifi'keijn;
NAmE .moirt-/ noun [U] mor-ti-fying adj.: How mortifying
to have to apologize to him! Wft(ffeilit, mortise (also mortice) /'moitis; NAmE 'moirtis/ noun {technical A iff) a hole cut in a
piece of wood, etc. to receive the end of another piece of wood, so that the
two are held together #BH; £p 01 — see also tenon 'mortise lock noun
a
lock that is fitted inside a hole cut into the edge of a door, not one that is
screwed into the surface of one side Bff$ mortu ary /’moitjari; NAmE 'moirtjueri/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 a room or building,
for example part of a hospital, in which dead bodies are kept before they are
buried or cremated (= burned) ft ft lit] ; W P 2 {NAmE) = funeral parlour — compare morgue(I) mo saic /mau'zenk; NAmE mou-/ noun [C, U] a picture or
pattern made by placing together small pieces of glass, stone, etc. of
different colours a
Roman
mosaic 0 a design in mosaic
HI ^ O mosaic tiles 5;
|| H fit o
(figurative) A mosaic
of fields, rivers and woods lay below us. fll
T A H A ffl if. A#A3S£,R$K)^mo Mo selle {NAmE
usually
Moses basket /'mauziz baiskit; NAmE ’mouziz baeskit/ noun {BrE) a basket for a small baby to sleep in M
M; wmm
mosey /'mauzi; NAmE 'mouzi/ verb [V +adv./prep.\ {informal) to go in a particular
direction slowly and with no definite purpose MM; '/tHii: He moseyed on over to the bar.
mosh /mnj; NAmE
maiJV
verb [V] to dance and
jump up and down violently or without control at a concert where rock music is played ( ) $E|f,
m
'mosh pit noun
the
place, just in front of the stage, where the audience at a concert of rock music moshes
Moslem /'mnzlam; NAmE
'maiz-/
noun = Muslim ► Moslem adj.
=
Muslim lildlJ The form Moslem is
sometimes considered old-fashioned. Use Muslim. * Moslem Muslim0
mosque /nrnsk; NAmE maisk/ noun a building in which
Muslims worship JCtt
mos
Spanish moss ITiTTCl see roll v. mossy /'mDsi; NAmE 'moisi/ adj. covered with moss If
p
most /maust; NAmE moust/ det., pron., adv. mdet., pron. (used as the
superlative of ‘much’, ‘a lot of’, ‘many9 * much, a lot of ^
many 1 the largest
in number or amount ( IIA: Who do
you think will get (the) most votes? ifcik A (ft ? O She had the most money of all of them. ^A^A, o I spent most time on the first
question. — 0 Who ate