noon-day /'rmmdei/ adj. [only before noun] (old-fashioned or //fcra〇/) happening or appearing at
nope /naup; NAmE noup/ exclamation [informal) used to say ‘no’ 不；不行；没有：‘JFfave you seen my
pen?’ ‘Afope. ’ “你看见我的笔了吗？” “没有。”
'no place adv.
{informal, especially
J
have no p〖ace else to go.莪没有貪他地方可去。
n〇r 〇■» /no:(r)/ conj., adv.
1
neither ... nor ... | not ...
nor …and not 也不：She seemed neither surprised nor worried.她似乎既不惊讶也 不担心。◊ JFfe wasn’t
there on Monday. JVor on Tuesday, /or t/iat matter.他星期一没在那儿，星期二也一样，
也不在。◊ JVot a buiWing nor a tree was Ze_/it
standfn^.没有一栋房屋一棵树仍然站着没倒。2 used before a
positive verb to agree with sth negative that has just been said (用于肯定动词前，表示同意刚提及的
否定命题）也不：She doesn’t Hfce them
and nor does •/你^不喜欢‘们，杰夫也不喜欢。orm not going.’ ‘Nor am广“我不想去。”“我也不去。”
Nor-dic
/'noidik;
NAmE 'noirdik/ adj. 1 of or connected with the countries of
Scandinavia, Finland and Iceland 斯堪的纳维亚的；北欧国家的2 typical of a member
of a European race of people who are tall and have blue eyes and blonde hair i欧人的；有北欧民族特征的
.Nordic
'skiing noun [U] the sport of skiing across the countryside 北欧式滑 越野滑雪一compare Alpine
skiing
norm /na:m;
NAmE noirm/ noun 1 (often the norm) [sing.] a situation or a
pattern of behaviour that is usual or expected 常态；正常行为 HTl
rule： a departure 介om the norm —反常态◊ OZder parents
seem to be the norm mt/ier them the exception nowadays/生育较晚的大 龄父母在今天似乎成了常事，而不是个例。2 norms [pi.] standards of
behaviour that are typical of or accepted within a particular group or society 规范；行为标准：
socfal/cu〖turaZ
norms 症会 / 文化故范 3
[C] a required or agreed standard, amount, etc.标准；定额；，运量：
detailed
education norms for children of particular ages 针对具体年龄儿童的详细教育标准
nor-ITial
OTf /'noiml;
NAmE 'noirml/
adj., noun m adj. 1 typical, usual or
ordinary; what you would expect典型的；正常的；一般的：qufte/per/eerty (=completely) normaZ 相当7 完全正常◊ Her temperature
is norma 〖.她 的体温正常。 ◊
Jt’s normal to/ed tired a如r such a ?ong trip.这样长途旅行之后感到疲劳
—正常的。◊ Divorce is
complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse. — 般情况下，离婚已经够复杂了，但这一次情况更糟。◊ Under normal circumstances, I would say
yes'. — Mlf 况下，我会说“行”。◊ He shou〖d be abie to lead a pe/^ec办normai Hje. 4应该能够过上完全正常的生活。
〇 In the normal course of events I wouldn't go to that
part 0/ town.通常我是不会到那个城区去的。◊ We are open during normal oj^ce hours.在正常上班时间内，我
，们都开放。2 not
su#ering from any mental disorder 精谇正奋的；意识健全的：Peop〖e who commit such
crimes aren’t MormaL犯这种罪的又心理不正常。PTin
ABNORMAL See PER
■
nown [U] the usual or average state，level
or standard 常 态；通金标准；一般水平：above/betownorma!通常标
准之土）之下、◊ Things soon
returned to normal.情况很
快恢复了正常。
• normal distri_bution /7〇wn (伽Mcs 统计）the usual way in which a
particular feature varies among a large number of things or people, represented
on a graph by a line that rises to a high symmetrical curve in the middle 正态分布——compare bell curve nor-mal-ity /noi'maelati; NAmE no.T'm-/ (also normalcy /'normlsi; NAmE 'noirm-/ especially in NAmE) noun [U] a situation where
everything is normal or as you would ex'pect it to be 常态「正常的形势：77iey are hoping/or a return to normaZf^y now that the
war is over•既然战争
结束了，他们希望一切都恢复常态。
normal-ize (6rE also -ise) /'noimalaiz; NAmE 'norrm-/ verb (formal) to fit or make sth fit
a normal pattern or condition (使）正常化，标准化，常规化：[VN] a lotion to
normaHze o办s/d/i使油性皮肤恢复正常的护肤液◊ The two countries
agreed to normalize
relations
(= return to a normal, friendly relationship, for example after a disagreement
or war).两国同意恢篗正常关系。◊ [V] It took time until the
political situation had normal- ized，政治局势过了很长时间才恢复正常。>»1〇1^11131^73- tion, -isa-tion /.noimalai'zeij'n; NAmE .noirmala'z-/ noun [U]: the
normalization of relations normally CHf /'noimali; NAmE'no:rm-l adv.
2
usually; in normal circumstances 通常；正常情况下：
Vm
not normally allowed to stay out late. ,
我不能在外很晚不归.。◊ ft’s normaHy much
warmer than this in Ju〖y.通常七月要比现在热得多。◊ normal takes 20 mfnuto to get there•去那儿一般要花 20
分钟。
3
in the usual or ordinary
way IE 常地；平常地：Her heart is bearing normaHy•她心跳正常。◊ Just try to behave normaHy.尽量表现得若无g事。
Norman
/'noiman;
NAmE 'no:rm-/ adj. 1 used to describe the
style of architecture in Britain in the llth and 12th centuries
that developed from the Romanesque style诺曼式的；诺曼式建筑风格的：a Norman churcft/castie 诺曼式的教堂/ 城堡 2 connected with the Normans (= the people
from northern Europe who defeated the English in 1066 and then ruled the
country)诺曼人的：.the Norman Conquest 诺曼征服 nor ma tive /'noimatrv; NAmE 'noirm-/ adj. (formal) describing or setting
standards or rules of behaviour 规范的；标准的：a normative
approach规范的方法
Norn /noin; NAmE norm/ noun [U] a form of Norse that
used to be spoken on the islands of Orkney and Shetland to the north of
Scotland (过去苏格兰未土以
北的奧克尼群岛和设得兰群岛的人所说的）诺尔戒语
Norse /no:s; NAmE no:rs/ noun [U] the Norwegian
language, especially in an ancient form，or the Scandinavian language
group 诺尔 斯语； （古） 挪威语； 古斯
堪的纳维亚语
north /no:0; NAmEno:r0/ noun, adj., adv.
• noun [U, sing.] {abbr. N, No.) 1 (usually the north) the direction that is on
your left when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass 北；
北方：Which way is north?哪边是北？ ◊
co〖d winds comingthe
north 从北方袭来的寒风◊
EAST
/1.(1), SOUTH fl.(l), WEST /l.(l) _See also MAGNETIC north, true north 2 the north, the North
the
northern part of a country, a region or the world 北 部；北部地区：birds migrating介om the north从北方迁 徙来的鸟◊ Houses are iess
expensive m the iVorth (= of Englandji than in the South.北方的房子比南方便宜。
the North the NE states of the