Xt&X^ 3 000 Alto 0 [VN] The country owes
billions of dollars to foreign creditors. &AS^A£hl5filXAI&~WZ, 7Co
0 How much do I owe you for the groceries? A&S ^1#tnff'^ ? 0 (figurative) I’m still owed
three
days’ leave. i&X$SH AjfxBJL 2 ~ sth to sb | ~ sb sth to feel that you ought
to do sth for sb or give them sth, especially because they have done sth for
you X ( 1# ) : [VN] I owe a debt of gratitude to all my family.
0
You owe it to your staff to be
honest with them.
iSJJo 0 [VNN] You owe me
a favour! jS(F ££ A A A'If !
o Thanks for sticking up for me—I owe you one
(=
I owe you a favour). $tXW^X
'If
0 o I think you owe us an explanation. f£iA
A jftJS^ 0 I think we’re owed an apology. ISiA A#WAfrMliIit CHS3 The passive is not used
in this meaning except with a person as the subject: -An apology is owed to us. BfeTKJlAf£±%*K ® $ in & o A # An apology is owed to us.
3 ~ sth to sb/sth | ~ sb sth to exist or be
successful because of the help or influence of sb/sth IQ ® A; jQFt/A; :
[VN]
He owes his success to hard work. jib JillW}f§ I#o o The play owes much to
French tragedy. JArP/Ic MiX
S itIftl
him. (Kj
— FU fP jQ #1A ftb o 0 7 owe him everything. IS(ft--'bUfPJQ#J Aj&o o
[VNN] I knew that I owed the surgeon my life, ffc ft # IS £ # T He W 1% 0
4 [VN] ~ allegiance/loyalty/obedience
(to sb) (formal) to have to obey or be loyal to sb who is
in a position of authority or power ( Xf&lft&S:# ) J&ift, M/A owing /’auir); NAmE ’ouir)/
adj. [not before noun] money
that is owing has not been
paid yet ISA; A#; A'fir
15:
£100 is still owing on the loan. 100
AiEo
'owing to prep, because of @ A; &
A: The game was cancelled owing to torrential rain, tb#® AM^^To owl /aul/ noun a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other
creatures for food) with large round eyes, that hunts at night. Owls are
traditionally thought to be wise. 3# A M, §4 ( #£j&±iAAJi)
: An owl hooted nearby. — — see
also barn owl,
NIGHT OWL, TAWNY OWL
owlet /'aulat/ noun a
young owl A S3® AH
owl ish /'auliJV adj.
looking like an owl, especially because you are wearing round glasses, and
therefore seeming serious and intelligent (U 3® A H M ; ItW ► owl-ish ly adv.: She blinked at
them owlishly. A
Own
0-w /aun;
NAmE oun/ adj., pron., verb m adj., pron. 1 used to emphasize that
sth belongs to or is connected with sb ( )
SB (ft, A AW: It was
her own idea. 0 I saw it with my
own eyes (= I didn’t hear about it
from somebody else).
O
Is the car your own? g
B W®r? 0 Your day off is
your own (= you can spend it as you wish), f W W B J5 -ffc S B £ S! „ 0 Our children are grown up and have children of
their own. {gift A £fPB-£AJ$A, WTSBW^Ao o For reasons of his own (= particular reasons
that perhaps only he knew about), he refused to join the club.
&AjtbAA#Jlll3,
0 The accident happened through no fault of her
own. 0
He wants to come into the business on his own
terms, jib
Hjf g BA iii W^j4AnAi£A^]o O 7 need a room of my own. fill S B W^IbJo 0 I have my very
own
room at last. jlc^AATflc
S B (ftJ^|B]T! i:iaw;i Own cannot be used
after an article: I need my own room, o I need an own room,
o It’s good to have your own room. 0 It’s good to kaw the own room. * own
A’H&ffl&xiislA. fs o I need my own room. AfF I need an own room.
bJ IAi# It’s good
to have your own room. Afl It’s good to have the own room. 2 done or produced
by and for yourself g B j$ (ft ; A g B (ft : She
makes all her own clothes. S B j0
He has to cook his own
meals, f&j&ZR g Bji$j&0
ITOWI come into your/its
'own to
have the opportunity to show how good or useful you are or sth is : When the traffic’s this
bad, a bicycle really
comes into its own. A Aifi^fUtkW±t
get your'own
I 1427
back (on sb) (informal) to do sth to sb in
return for harm they have done to you; to get revenge
jftjij: lil get my own back on him one day, I swear! Iff,
A —
AlflfEftbWo hold
your own (against sb/sth) (in sth) to remain in a strong
position when sb is attacking you, competing with you, etc. M WxL ;
( j£ g
B )
ATAj&AJfb: Business isn’t good but we’re managing to
hold our own. IMjflIE&
ijfTf o O She can hold her own against anybody in an argument. flife AA^ihjijsiA£±Mo 0 The
patient is holding her own although she is still very sick. ^AW^IfjftMS, (all) on your
'own 1 alone;
without anyone else g; I’m all
on my own today. ^AHflc^AAo <> She lives on her own. 2
without
help <j&xifib: He did it
on his own. j^j^^jib^A^J^To — more
at devil, MIND n., SAKE1,
SOUND n.
mverb (not used in the
progressive tenses A FI AiftjrHj 1 [VN] to have sth that belongs to you, especially because
you have bought it $| A, A ( AIbAAWA M ) : Do you own your house
or do you rent it? jfc(ft AJ1 g B W, (ft ? O I don’t own
anything of any
value. ffc'&AiiW AMo 0 Most of the apartments
are privately owned. O on
American owned company — 2
~ to sth/to
doing sth (old-fashioned) to admit that sth is
true tPUA: [V] He owned to a feeling
of guilt, jib M iA A it 0 o
[V
(that)] She owned (that) she had been present. M/RiA #lbl3 IT»171 behave/.act as if you own the
place
|
think you
own the place (disapproving) to behave in a very
confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do
( W fr ) lahAfJ ,own up (to sth/to doing sth) to
admit that you are
responsible for sth bad or wrong A Ifi^ji; iA^t; fflS HH confess : I’m still waiting for someone to own up to the
breakages. WA
,own-'brand (also .own-'label) (both BrF) (US 'store- brand) adj. used to describe goods
that are marked with the name of the shop/store in which they are sold rather
than with the name of the company that produced them g^&Wfg ( g.£MP
*11
)
OWnei*
<>■» /'auna(r); NAmE 'ou-/ noun a
person who owns sth ^ ± M f A; ± A : a dog/factory owner |&J|$±A; TAi 0 The
painting has been returned to its rightful owner. A
£ff WIX. A0 0 He’s
now the proud
owner of a cottage in
also HOMEOWNER, LANDOWNER
.owner*'occupied adj. (of a house, etc. J^A^) lived in
by the owner rather than rented to sb else it A g fj .owner-1
occupier noun a person who owns the
house, flat/apartment, etc. that they live inftg^J^-M#; J%
own er ship /'aunajip; NAmE 'ounarj'ip/ noun [u] the fact of owning sth AIX; a
growth
in home ownership Owner
ship of the land is
currently being disputed. iA ±A ± itb W 0 to be
injoint/private/public
ownership AAW/^A/^AA'IX O The restaurant is under new ownership. E^TfrWA^c
.own 'goal noun [usually sing.] (BrE) 1 (in football (soccer) /£ $c) a goal that is scored
by mistake by a player against his or her own team g Mlt
®
f 2 something that you do that achieves the opposite
of what you wanted and that brings you a disadvantage ^cSAih
S Bu£^W¥
.own-'label
adj. (BrF) = own-brand owt /aut/ pron. (BrE, dialect, informal) anything ji jnf ^ tl; jijbIA ffi: I didn’t say owt. ff- ^ ox /Dks; NAmE a:ks/ noun (pi. oxen /'Dksn; NAmE ’a:ksn/) 1 a bull (= a male cow) that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs
removed), used, especially in the past, for pulling farm equipment, etc. ( $sj
fr!] ) X A ; A ^ X
A —compare bullock, steer n.