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company has been making
noises about closing several factories. & if] flfc ft M ft £ it J*# i 2 to
complain
about sth ^ ; S make
soothing, encouraging, reassuring, etc. noises to make remarks of the
kind mentioned, even when that is not what you really think ft£E ( {£A$A# )
g A i M to ) : He made all the right
noises at the meeting yesterday (= said what people
wanted to hear).
big adj.
WHICH
WORD?
noise♦sound
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Noise is usually loud and unpleasant. It can be countable or
uncountable. * noise
ftnJffcARn&fci^: Try
not to make so much noise. o What a terrible
noise! g ^AAitKWMW!
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Sound is a countable noun and means something that you hear.
* sound A rT$c£t3|,
I£b|bJ^ : All she could hear was the sound
of the waves. You do not use
words like much or a lot of with sound. * sound A% much M a
lot of
noise-less /'naizlas/ adj. (formal) making little or no
noise SHW; AAFW H771 silent- He
moved with noiseless steps, ► noise
lessly adv.
.noises
'off noun [pi.] 1 (in theatre |j)J|$£) sounds made off the stage, intended to be heard by
the audience gf
) 2(Jhumorous) noise in the
background which interrupts you # jp;
noi some /'noisam/ adj. (formaf) extremely
unpleasant or offensive IS'Oft!; t^ARIW; f£A?SAA$J: noisome smells
4“A,K;?KEHjn]lA noisy 0*w /'noizi/ adj. (nois ier,
noisi-est)
1 making a lot of noise B^' lU#J; IS % EHJ; Hf#* EHJ: noisy
children/traffic/crowds Vp M
EftA1$
O a noisy protest (= when people shout)
o The engine is very
noisy at high speed, A yh£z«^ir^ftti!«'tAo 2 full of noise AfiBiW Etfj; B^'B^BH PHEft: a noisy classroom ► nois
ily /-ili/ adv.: The children were
playing noisily upstairs.
nomad /'naumaed;
NAmE 'nou-/ noun a member of a community that moves
with its animals from place to place A ► no-mad-ic /nau'maedik; NAmE
nou-/
adj.: nomadic tribes 0 the nomadic life of a
foreign correspondent
no-man’s-land noun [U, sing.] an area
of land between the borders of two countries or between two armies, that is not
controlled by either ( A*iEHj ) A A KM;
( Mrf £jlUW ) AAttlA
nom
de guerre /.nran
da 'gea(r); NAmE ,na:m da 'ger/ noun (pi. noms de guerre /,nnm da 'gea(r); NAmE ,na:m da ’ger/) (from French, formal) a false name that is
used, for example, by sb who belongs to a military organization that is not
official fg45; fh45 nom de plume /,nmn da 'plu:m; NAmE ,na:m/ noun (pi. noms de plume /,nnm da 'pluim; NAmE ,na:m/) (from French) a name used by a
writer instead of their real name BBC] pen-name, pseudonym nomenclature /na'menklatja(r); NAmE also 'nou-
mankleitjar/ noun [U, C] (formal) a system of naming
things, especially in a branch of science ( Xim
M
nom in al /'nnminl; NAmE 'norm-/ adj. 1 being sth in name
only, and not in reality 45 A_t EHJ; W45 AzAEft: the nominal leader of the
party ;AAM^Eft^A#ifitt o He remained in nominal control of the
business for another ten years. tog 2 (of a sum
of money 0) very small
and much less than the
normal cost or change jMAEft;
JplIEttfft HTO token: We only pay a nominal rent. JfcfflSl^'tototo\P^
3 (grammar igA) connected with a
noun or nouns 45iIH4 Eft; 45 Eft ► nom-in*al-ly
/-nali/
adv.: He was nominally
in charge of the company. tog jlC±f if ii M&pio
nom-in-al-ize /'nnminalaiz; NAmE 'na:m-/ verb [VN] (grammar igA) to form a noun from
a verb or adjective, for example ‘truth’ from ‘true’
xgm-,
nom in ate /’nmnmeit; NAmE 'na:m-/ verb 1 ~ sb (for/as sth) to formally suggest that
sb should be chosen for an important role, prize, position, etc. #§ 45 ; g£ # H771 propose : [VN] She has been nominated for the presidency. o [vn-n] He was
nominated (as) best actor. to&ffiT o
[also VN to inf] 2 ~ sb (to/as sth) to choose sb to do a
particular job ^W. OTTl appoint [VN] I have
been nominated to the
committee.
Mo
0 [VN to inf] She was nominated to speak on our behalf, tomftm3M1 ft W. 3 [VN] - sth (as sth) to choose a time, date
or title for sth aE ( B4BH,
0i.
45) HTl select: 1 December
has been
nominated as the day of the
election.
*12^ 1 0 j&jf aE
nom in ation /.nnmi'neij’n; NAmE ,na:m-/ noun [u, C] the act of
suggesting or choosing sb as a candidate in an election, or for a job or an
award; the fact of being suggested for this $145 ; #£#; ft'nfr; Member
ship of the club is by
nomination only. fS^nPEft^M$til&
o He won the nomination as Democratic candidate for the presidency. \\II#7R±t^I
($ A Eft $1 45 o O They opposed her
nomination to the post of Deputy Director. (Ml „ 0 He
has had nine Oscar
nominations, I tk E ^ # A A
Jl 41 A
nom ina tive /'nnminativ; NAmE 'na:m-/ (also sub-ject- ive) noun (grammar igA) (in some languages
ig If) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the subject of
a verb A ; A — compare ABLATIVE, ACCUSATIVE, DATIVE, GENITIVE,
VOCATIVE ►
nom-ina-tive adj.: nominative pronouns
nom inee /.nmni'ni:; NAmE ,na:m-/ noun 1 a person who has been
formally suggested for a job, a prize, etc.
a presidential nominee M H % X 0 an Oscar
nominee WA
2
(business ®) a person in whose name money is invested in a company,
etc. ( EH] ) A At# A A
non- 0-w /non; NAmE na:n/ prefix (in nouns, adjectives
and adverbs A 45 IiJiH) not A; &W: nonsense o non-fiction ^ 0 non-alcoholic 0 non-profit-making AWf'J
'14
&5J o non-committally is ^ iilau Most compounds with non are written with a
hyphen in BrE but are written as one
word with no hyphen in NAmE.
ffn&A
nonagenarian /.nnnadso'nearion;
,naun-; NAmE
,na:nad3a'ner-; ,noun-/ noun a person who is between 90 and 99 years old * 90 ^ A EH) A ► nona-gen-ar-ian adj.
,non-ag'gres-sion noun [U] (often used as an
adjective # W % § iU) a relationship
between two countries that have agreed not to attack each other ( MSIfl]EHJ )
AIM, AISB&: a policy of non-aggression SAfiMl# loa non-aggression pact/treaty
non-agon /'nnnagan;
NAmE ‘na:naga:n/ noun (geometry Jl ffff) a flat shape with
nine straight sides and nine angles jij&M; AMM
non-alco hol ic adj. (of a drink t^44) not
containing any alcohol : a non-alcoholic drink $;tfc44
0
Can I have something non-alcoholic? £g 3S
non-a
ligned adj. not providing support
for or receiving support from any of the powerful countries in the world A 2# jI iHJ ►
.non-a'Iignment noun [U]: a policy of
non-alignment