to get sb’s attention
before changing the subject or asking them to do sth 51
^
A ft 1c ) ^ , ,
»§: Now, listen to what she’s
saying. nj|, n/r oft T^ff £> „ 0 Now, the next point is quite complex, if ft M, T—A # M & e o Now come and sit down, ng, 0 Now let me think ...
n,S , it ^ ^ S - • rnrnn (every) now and
again/then from
time to time; occasionally ftf; fp| X; #
:
Every
now and again she checked to see if he was still asleep. MPi—now for sb/ sth used when turning to a
fresh activity or subject ( ) : And now for some travel news.
.now,
'now (also ,now 'then) used to show in a mild
way that you do not approve of sth ( Jit, Now then, that’s
enough noise, jtf n$, 7
<, now
,.. now ... at one
time ... at another time
... ••• W“M•••: Her moods
kept changing—now happy, now sad.
XaE WfflXX#,
Wtlfto (it’s) ,now or never
this is the only
opportunity sb will have to do sth rJA;.
A SAJI 'now
then 1 = now, now 2 used when making a suggestion or an
offer ( $1 ih
)
#H, D/r«: Now then, who
wants to come for a walk? u§, it JI ttj A
B 'now
what? (informal) 1 (also what is it now?) used when you are
annoyed because sb is always asking questions or interrupting you ( ) X&'aT:
‘Yes,
but Dad ... ’ ‘Now what?’ “Jl, nj HH% ■ ■ ■ v “XAf 7 ?: f 2 used to say that you do not know what to do next in
a particular situation (
mconj. ~ (that) ... because the thing
mentioned is happening or has just happened BX ^; & 7: Now that the kids have left home
we’ve got a lot of extra space.
nowadays /'nauodeiz/
adv. at the present time,
in contrast with the past M &; MTE; @ m : Nowadays most kids prefer watching
TV to reading. iffiftAXffr-FAX
no-where o* /'nauwea(r); NAmE 'nouwer/ (also 'no place especially in NAmT) adv.
not in or to any place
A&t; iPMiflX: This animal is found in
A^'JJIE, 0 There was nowhere for me to sit.
0 ‘Where are you going this
weekend?’ ‘Nowhere special.’ fUl? ”n
J&
fj rT A o ” O Nowhere is the effect of
government policy more apparent than in agriculture.
IEIBI get/go 'nowhere | get sb nowhere to make no progress or
have no success; to allow sb to do this ( A ) We discussed it
all morning but got nowhere. —±7,
O
Talking to
him will get you nowhere. fnftki&iSnowhere to be
'found/'seen |
nowhere
in 'sight impossible
for anyone to find or see X^ia^cf!] ( ) : The children were nowhere
to be seen. X # X10 7 Cl ft
) L „ 0 A peace settle
ment is nowhere in sight (= is not likely in the
near future). |*j;f — more at lead1
V., MIDDLE n., NEAR adv.
,
no-'win adj. [only before noun] (of
a situation, policy, etc. IfJfX tik'fiW) that will end badly
whatever you decide to do A®Cfif; fcMMST.(ft: We are considering the
options available to us in this no-win situation. fti^ft^X
' now-now adv. (SAfrE, informaf) 1 within a short
period of time — ^JL; 'AM: I’ll be with you now-now.
±
jpJc A o 2 a short time ago K'J W\ ; ® A : She left now-now.
nowt /naut/
pron. (BrE, dialect, informal) nothing ft; & ft ft A: There’s nowt wrong with it. j&f#ft
A It 0
nox ious /'nnkjas; NAmE 'na:k-/ adj. (formal) poisonous or harmful WH tfJ; ft® : noxious fumes ft # JS #
noz
zle /'nnzl;
NAmE 'naizl/ noun a narrow piece that is
attached to the end of a pipe or tube to direct the stream of liquid, air or
gas passing through Hf p; uftM
| 1365
nr abbr. (BrE) near (used, for
example, in the address of a small village) Hifir ( (fti&JUift ) : Howden,
nrGooleMi&^^mm
NRA
/,en
a:(r) 'ei/ abbr. National Rifle
Association (a
urn)
NRI
/,en a:r 'ai/ abbr. (IndE) Non-Resident Indian (a person of Indian
origin who is working somewhere else but who keeps links with
ns abbr. nanosecond(s) #
NST /,en
es 'ti:/ abbr. (CanE) Newfoundland Standard
Time
NSU /,en es 'ju:/ abbr. non-specific
urethritis nth /en0/ adj. (informal) [only before noun]
used when you are stating that sth is the last in a long series and emphasizing
how often sth has happened ( EL A: ft
f&n&ift: It’s the
nth time I’ve explained it to you.
IETTCI to the nth 'degree extremely; to an extreme
degree $A©Jf±
NTSC/ ,en ti: es 'si:/ noun [U] (technical A ©) a television broadcasting system that is
used in
H ) — compare PAL, SECAM
nu /nju:/ noun the 13th letter of the
Greek alphabet (N, V) 13 A7#
nu ance /'nju:a:ns; NAmE 'nu:-/ noun [C, u] a very slight
difference in meaning, sound, colour or sb’s feelings that is not usually very
obvious (MX. Mfe,
)
if if: He watched
her face intently to catch every nuance of expression, life iA
Effe ATI
m,
nub /nAb/ noun [sing.] the - (of sth) the central or essential
point of a situation, problem, etc. ^
M~:
The nub of
the matter is that business is declining.
nu bile /'nju:bail; NAmE 'nu:-; 'nu:bl/ adj. (of a girl or young
woman sexually attractive
W;
$AW
Nu-buck /'nju:bAk; NAmE 'nu:-/ noun [U] a type of leather that has
been rubbed on one side to make it feel soft like suede )
nil-dear o-w /'nju:klia(r); NAmE 'nu:-/ adj. [usually
before noun]
1
using, producing or resulting from nuclear energy W.7fb$J; ^ tiidtfj: a nuclear power station & 0 the
nuclear industry 7 X ik 0 nuclear-powered submarines 2 connected
with weapons that use
nuclear energy : a nuclear weapon/bomb/
missile ||#oa
nuclear
explosion/
attack/war / -A® / (AT- O the country’s nuclear
capability (= the fact that it has
nuclear weapons) JI 0 nuclear capacity (= the number of nuclear weapons a country
has) 3 (physics #j) of
the nucleus (= central part) of an atom lit7
: nuclear particles itf oa nuclear reaction &
.nuclear 'energy (also .nuclear 'power) noun [u] a powerful form of
energy produced by converting matter into energy splitting the nuclei (=
central parts) of atoms. It is used to produce electricity,
.nuclear 'family noun (technical Ain) a family that consists of
father, mother and children, when it is thought of as a unit in society /bMM ( RfS
) —
compare extended family .nuclear 'fission noun [u] = fission(I) .nudear-'free adj. [usually before noun]
(of a country or a region ® itk LX) not having or allowing nuclear energy,
weapons or materials fih&tfi : a nuclear-free zoneft&M.