'movie theater 0-w (also theater) noun (NAmE)
= cinema(I) : The documentary opens tomorrow in movie theaters nationwide. 0 ®ftft|Il#:te
M&gLfcefco
mov
ing 0-w
/'mu:VII]/
ad/.
1 causing you to have deep feelings of sadness or
sympathy zjfj A $1; ft Alii a deeply moving experience 2 [only before noun] (of things lp#j)
changing from one place or position to another W; is
sfr W: the moving
parts of a machine M # 0 fast-moving water ft II JK W 7k. o a moving target zjfj fE ► mov-ing-ly adv. : She described her
experiences in
„
'moving van noun (NAmE) = removal van mow /mou; NAmE mou/ verb (mowed, mown /maun; NAmE moun/ or mowed) to cut grass, etc.
using a machine or tool with a special blade or blades XU ; ir!l; # : [VN] I mow the lawn every week in
summer.
0 the smell of new-mown hay Hr Ir'J (tf) ^ 14 W H Sk [also V] ia;i:vi mow sb«-'down to kill sb using a
vehicle or a gun, especially when several people are all killed at the same
time (
mower /'
rotary mower f/lSfj /
moxie /‘mDksi; NAmE ’maiksi/ noun [U] (NAmE, informal) courage, energy and
determination A( ta J§
fifftfftAft)
moz za rella /.mDtsa’rela; NAmE ,ma:ts-/ noun [U] a type of soft
white Italian cheese with a mild flavour $jXB& () mozzie /'mnzi; /Moif 'ma:zi;
'mo:zi/ noun (pi. -ies) (informal) a mosquito ftX
MP /,em
‘pi:/ noun 1 the abbreviation for
‘Member of Parliament’ (a person who has been elected to represent the people
of a particular area in a parliament) ft
M ( ft^j
A Member of Parliament, ftft ftft;ll
Paul Lewis MP Tl£ft • :«#?<> Write to your local MP to protest, in ftft j& [X (!tfj ft MX/ fe tn[ft0 o Conservative/LabourMPs ftftft /I#
ftM O the MP for Oxford East fti^iXKWft^ 0 a Euro-MP 1$; ft ft ft .M 2 a
member of the military police
MP3
l,em pi: '0ri:/ noun [C, U] a method of
reducing the size of a computer file containing sound, or a file that is
reduced in size in this way * MP3 ft A ( MPEG %
) ; MP3 Aft
MP'3 player noun a piece of computer
equipment that can open and play MP3 files * MP3 $f MPEG /'empeg/ noun (computing if) 1 [U] technology which
reduces the size of files that contain video images or sounds * MPEG ( an
MPEG
file *
MPEG A# 2 [C] a file produced
using this technology * MPEG A#
mpg /,em pi: 'd3i:/ abbr. miles per gallon
(used for saying how much petrol/gas a vehicle uses) affc; It does 40 mpg. 40 £
Mo o (NAmE) It gets 40 mpg. 40 ^fi0
mph /,em pi: 'eitj/ abbr. miles per hour
/Mf: a 60 mph speed limit % ft R4 60 ^ M
MPV
/,em pi: *vi:/ noun the abbreviation for
‘multipurpose vehicle’, a large car like a van £ ifj fg ft, ft it ft (
ftXi X multi-purpose vehicle ) ETI7I people CARRIER
Mr 0-w
(erf) (also Mr. NAmE, BrE) /'mista(r)/ abbr.
1 a title that comes before a man’s family name, or
before his first and family names together ( if
) Aft: Mr Brown Mr John
Brown • ftHHAX b Mr and Mrs
Brown A A 2 a title used to address a man in some official positions ( ) Aft: Thank you, Mr Chairman.
tfitf#, ft If A ft o b Mr. President & A ft — see also
mister T5T7T1 ,Mr 'Nice Guy (informal) a way of
describing a man who is very
honest and thinks about the wishes and feelings of other people A ft A; ft Ir
A: I was tired of helping other people.
From now on it was no more Mr Nice Guy (= I would stop being
pleasant and kind). AlSPJRMo MW
'IB$cX#AIAT. Mr 'Right (informal) the man who would be
the right husband for a particular woman #R I’m not getting married in a hurry— I’m
waiting for Mr Right to come along. X $1 ^9 ft
m—mEmmMmMtuWo
Mr.
'Charlie noun
(US, offensive, slang) a name used by African Americans for a
white man ( A)fJ
^
a mm) ^JiAft
,Mr. 'Clean noun (US, informal) a man, especially a politician, who is
considered to be very honest and good if]*Aft, IEA©X ( XftJki.ifc# ) : The deal destroyed his image as
Mr. Clean. lift ft&X/#
m*.
Mr
Fixit /.mista
'fiksit/ noun
(BrE, informal) a person who organizes things and solves
problems *fi|R##A
X; IIAfaStiX
MRI
/,em
a:r 'ai/ abbr.
(medical @E) magnetic resonance
imaging (a method of using a strong magnetic
field to produce an image of the inside of a person’s body)
m&Mrfm; : anMRIscanm&MM
m
Mrs
0-w
(BrE) (also Mrs. NAmE, BrE) /'misiz/ abbr. a title that comes
before a married woman’s family name or before her first and family names
together ( ftXAXlttftftjAft£i!u ) AA, AA: Mrs Hill A A 0 Mrs Susan Hill • # ft AA <> Mr and Mrs Hill
#ft AftfRAA — compare miss n.(l), Ms MRSA /,em a:r es 'ei/ noun [U] the abbreviation
for ‘methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus’ (a type of bacteria that
cannot be killed by antibiotics)
l/tft
(ft^
A methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , #l IX 14 ® )
: rising
rates of MRSA infections in hospitals M
— see also superbug
MS /,em
'es/ abbr. 1 multiple sclerosis ^ % 'ft 5$ ft
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Ms On (BrE) (also Ms. NAmE, BrE) /miz; maz/ abbr. a
title that comes before a woman’s family name or before her first and family
names together, and that can be used when you do not want to state whether she
is married or not (
) A±: Ms Murphy 0 Ms
Jean Murphy
H • 1!3PA± — compare miss n.(l), Mrs MSc (also M.Sc. especially in NAmE) /,em es 'si:/ noun the abbreviation for
‘Master of Science’ (a second university degree in science) ( ft AX Master of Science,
Aflft ft {ft ft ftXft ) : to be/have/do an MSc H7I nm±; T£mmm± 0 (BrE) J Stevens
Mscjmm±j.^xM
MSG
/,em
es ’d3i:/ abbr. monosodium glutamate § &
tftf-
MSP
/,em es 'pi:/ noun the abbreviation for
‘Member of the Scottish Parliament’ ft. ^ ft ft ft-ft M: Alex Neil MSP • /Eft 0 Write to your
ZocaZ MSP to protest. ^MJIK^tfeftft^ftM^fiiift.
0 Labour MSPs ^l&ftftftft Wl^ftM MST /,em
es 'ti:/ abbr. Mountain Standard Time Mt (also Mt. especially in NAmE) abbr. (especially on maps) mount ill ( AffiXJ&gJ ) : Mt Kenya MTV™ /,em ti: 'vi:/ abbr. music television (a
television channel that shows videos of popular music and other light
entertainment programmes) mu /mju:/ noun the 12th letter of
the Greek alphabet (M, p) 12
much <Hr /mAtJ/ det., pron., adv. mdet., pron. used with
uncountable nouns, especially in negative sentences to mean ‘a large amount of
sth’, or after ‘how’ to a$k about the amount of sth. It is also used with ‘as’,
‘so’ and ‘too’. ( Aift ffl,
Affl