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not like because it is
not what you are used to, or is too complicated
newfie /'njuifl; NAmE 'nuifi/ noun [CanE, informal) a person from
New-found-land
Time /njui'faundland
taim; NAmE nu:'f-/ noun [U] {CanE) the standard time
system that is used in an area which includes the
,New ’Labour noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] (in Britain) the modem
Labour Party which moved away from the political left in the 1990s in order to
appeal to more people ( frljfc (
pf,
newly 0-w /'njuili; NAmE 'nu:li/ adv.
(usually before a past participle
recently ft a newly qualified doctor
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a newly created job 0 a
newly independent republic
'newly-wed noun [usually pi.] a person
who has recently got married Iff if# ► newly-wed adj.
,new
'man noun {BrE) a man who shares the
work in the home that is traditionally done by women, such as cleaning, cooking
and taking care of children. New men are considered sensitive and not
aggressive. fff M
£7 ()
,new 'media noun [pi.] new information
and entertainment technologies, such as the Internet, CD-ROMs and
DIGITAL TELEVISION ffrj&ft (
)
new
'moon noun 1 the moon when it
looks like a thin curved shape (= a crescent)
§)f 4i 2 the time of the month when the moon has this shape Iff E
S3 — compare FULL MOON, HALF-MOON(l) _
the ,New 'Right noun [sing.] (in the
FUNDAMENTALISM ( US )
news 0-w /njuiz; NAmE nu:z/ noun [U]
1 new information about sth that has
happened recently : What’s the latest
news? ^ & ft
§rMmn%?. O Have you heard the news? Pat’s leaving! jft tyf i# 7 4 ? W i 7 ! ❖ That’s
great news. Ji $8E0 o Tell me all your news.
0 o Have you had any news of Patrick ? # ^ WPfi # M£ME? 0 Any news on the
deal? p% ? o Messengers brought news that the battle had been lost.
lift M A $7§k$14A 7
o O Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
0 a piece/bit of news -|W
— Utfffijo (iinformal) It’s news to me (= I haven’t heard it
before).
^
D/i o 2 reports of recent events that appear in newspapers or on
television or radio
Wit it; : national/intemational
news
S
|/j / 5117 Iff Kl o a news
story/item/report — fjfrffl;
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W lf.il o News of a serious road accident is just coming in. o
breaking news (= news that is
arriving about events that have just happened) ^A§fl4] 0 She is always in
the news. <> o The
wedding was front-page
news. 4L
J® T.A' JS$r M0 3 the news a regular
television or radio broadcast of
the latest news ( 4f7JS, ^cr7S76(J ) ifffflJBif: to listen to/watch the news ijfc n/r / >& If $T
SI 7 @ 0 Can you put the news on? iffft fj 4F Hr SIIff-? o I saw it on
the news. ^ Ji&lff SI "ft 0 7 ® M W o 0 the
Pop stars are always news, ftff IJH'M&
jiff SI A$J0 —see also newsy IT»T?7I be bad 'news (for sb/sth) to be likely to cause
problems • • ■ 7 :
Central heating is bad news for indoor plants. AAj&SS break the 'news (to sb) to be the first to
tell sb some bad news ft5fe ( fS ••• ) ft 1117
be good news (for sb/sth) to be likely to be helpful or give an
advantage M - { ESL 7f
H
&L ) : The cut in interest rates is good news
for homeowners. ,no
news
is 'good news (saying) if there were bad news we would hear
it, so as we have heard nothing, it is likely that nothing bad has happened 'news agency (also 'press agency) noun an organization that
collects news and supplies it to newspapers and television and radio companies
iiiR}± news-agent /'nju:zeid3ant; NAmE 'nu:z-/ (BrE) {US newsdealer) noun 1 a person who owns or
works in a shop selling newspapers and magazines, and often sweets/ candy and
cigarettes A; 2 news
agent’s {pi. news-agents) {BrE also 'paper shop) a shop/ store that
sells newspapers, magazines, sweets/candy, etc. jfc. f<J ££ ; 4$ $1 ^: I’ll go to the newsagent’s
on
my way home.
news-cast /'nju:zka:st;
NAmE ’nuizkaest/ noun {especially NAmE) a news programme on
radio or television frl^ 7
a; wmrm
newscaster /'nju:zka:sta(r);
NAmE 'nuizkaestar/ {BrE also newsreader) noun a person who reads the
news on television or radio IfrSljfilrM.
'news conference noun {especially NAmE) = press
CONFERENCE
news-deal-er /'nju:zdi:la(r);
NAmE 'nu:z-/ noun {US)
= NEWSAGENT
'news desk noun the department of a
newspaper office or a radio or television station where news is received and
prepared for printing or broadcasting ( flfefcfe ,
she works on
the news desk. M7E§TSI4^^7fK news-flash /'njuizflaej; NAmE 'nu:z-/
(also flash) noun {especially BrE) a short item of
important news that is broadcast on radio or television, often interrupting a
programme ( jfiif ft ) MUrffl 'news-gathering noun [U] the process of
doing research on news items, especially ones that will be broadcast on
television or printed in a newspaper iff plj ► 'news-gather-er noun
news-group /'njuizgruip;
NAmE 'nu:z-/ noun a place in a computer
network, especially the Internet, where people can discuss a particular subject
and exchange information about it ( )
IffKiL; ( )
§?M
news-let-ter /'nju:zlet9(r);
NAmE 'nu:z-/ noun a printed report
containing news of the activities of a club or organization that is sent
regularly to all its members
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news-man /'njuizmaen;
NAmE 'nu:z-/, news-woman /'njuizwuman; NAmE 'nu:z-/ noun (pi.
-men /-man/, -women /-wimin/) a journalist
who works for a newspaper or a television or radio station Iff 1^1 iB # : a crowd of reporters and TV newsmen —
AM
news-paper
o-m /'njuizpeipa(r);
NAmE ‘nu:z-/ noun 1 [C]
a set of large printed sheets of paper containing news, articles,
advertisements, etc. and published every day or every week jft ; jjx.: a daily/weekly
newspaper 0 /Hft o a local/national
newspaper J&Att / O a newspaper
article o
I read about it in the newspaper. & $E jg. ± # I!j 7 #
^
0 o a newspaper cutting || jf 0 She works for the local newspaper (= the
company that produces it). Mi/E —O newspaper proprietors — see also paper n.{2)
2 [U] paper taken from old newspapers IH : Wrap all your glasses in
newspaper. JE
±m \m^^a
news-paper-man /'njuizpeipamaen; NAmE 'nuizpeipar- maen/, newspaperwoman /'njuizpeipawuman; NAmE 'nuizpeipar-/ noun {pi. -men /-man/, -women /-wimin/) a journalist
who works for a newspaper
iB#
new-speak /'nju:spi:k; NAmE 'nu:-/ noun [U] language that is not
clear or honest, for example the language