paddy /'paedi/
noun {pi. -ies) 1 (also 'paddy field) a field in which rice
is grown fiffl; 7jcffl: a rice paddy /JefSffl 2 [usually sing.] (BrE, informal) a state of being
angry or in a bad mood £ A; HTl temper: The news put
him in a bit of a paddy, Aft ft o
'paddy wagon noun {informal, NAmE) = patrol wagon
pad-kos /'pAtkns;
NAmE -ka:s/ noun [U] {SAfrE) food that you take
with you to eat while on a journey ;
padlock fifft
pad-lock /'paedlnk;
NAmE -lark/ noun, verb n noun a type of lock that
is used to fasten two things together or to fasten one thing to another.
Padlocks are used with chains on gates, etc.
■
verb [VN] ~ sth (to sth) to lock sth with a
padlock ^#1$. f*H±: She always padlocked her bike
to the railings. M & JS & ft AS S ft £ 1*1 ft
# ft ft * O The doors were padlocked. $(*.
padre /'pardrei/
noun (often used as a form
of address a priest, or other Christian minister, especially in the armed
forces #!]rp; (
Ale )
•Jrp
— compare chaplain
paean /'piran/
noun
{literary) a song of praise or victory
Wft;
9Uft
paed- (8r£)
{NAmE ped-) /pird-/ combining form (in nouns and
adjectives connected with
children ft J L ^ # A W ; JLMW: paediatrician JL44
paed erast, paed-er-asty nouns (BrE) = pederast,
PEDERASTY
paedi-at-ri-cian (BrE) {NAmE pedi-at-ri-cian) /.pirdia- 'trijn/ noun a doctor who studies
and treats the diseases of children
paediat rics (8r£) (/N/A/nf pediat rics) /.pirdi'aetriks/ noun [U] the branch of
medicine concerned with children and their diseases )Lf44^ ► paedi-at-ric
{BrE) {NAmE pedi-) adj.: paediatric
surgery /JsJL#f4 paedo-phile (6r£) {NAmE pedo-) /'piidaufail; NAmE-dou-/ noun a person who is
sexually attracted to children lilll
paedo philia {BrE) {NAmE pedo-)
/.piida'filia/
noun [U] the condition of
being sexually attracted to children; sexual activity with children ftJLfcfftt’Sfrft
pa-el la /pai'ela/ noun [U, C] a Spanish dish
of rice, chicken, fish and vegetables, cooked and served in a
large shallow pan (
&A4A
pagan /'peigan/
noun (often disapproving) 1 a person who holds
religious beliefs that are not part of any of the world’s main religions ### ( ;)
2 used in the past by
Christians to describe a person who did not believe in Christianity##A ( I004W3I1?- ) ► pagan adj.: a pagan festival ft# ft 0 pa-gan-ism /'peigamzam/ noun [U] page o-w /peid3/ noun, verb
m noun 1 {abbr. p) one side or both sides
of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, etc. ( )
A,
ffi , , # : Turn to page 64. i# f® f ij H 64 K o 0
Someone has torn a page out of this book.
oablank/newpage^&m
0 the sports/financial
pages of the newspaper W / o on
the opposite/facingpage £X4ffi&4—35
±
0 over the page (= on the next page) ft; ft—34 — see also FRONT
PAGE, FULL-PAGE, YELLOW PAGES 2 a
section of data or
information that can be shown on a computer screen at any one time ( Wl
ffi — see also home page 3 (literary) an important event or
period of history MAfllE, ( laMAA^
0445 ) : a glorious page
of Arab history
4 = pageboy(1),(2) 5 {NAmE) a student who works as
an assistant to a member of the US Congress ( )
W¥UlS'( £ ) 6 (in the
Middle
Ages ft ttt |£) a boy or young man who worked for a knight while training to be a knight
himself ^ >)
m±
(»mftm± y hi on the
same
'page {especially
NAmE) if two or more people
or groups are on
the same page, they agree about what they are trying to achieve @ # —
WL; WL turn the page to begin doing things
in a different way and thinking in a more positive way after a period of
difficulties [ ) HTfgrM-H, Mif
—
more at print v.
mverb [VN] 1 to call sb’s
name over a public address system
in order to find them and give them a message ( fktfift
) Bf : Why don’t you have him
paged at the airport? QiPA±n¥ nr] ftfe
aM ?j 2 to contact sb by sending a message to their pager jflffflfftl'ffB? ( KA ) : Page Dr Green immediately. IskiM .page 'through sth
{NAmE) to quickly turn the
pages of a book, magazine, etc. and look at them without reading them carefully
or in detail Ri M §® D3 ; JW ^ tm flick through sth,
LEAF
THROUGH STH
pageant
/'paed3ant/ noun 1 a public entertainment
in which people dress in historical costumes
and give performances of scenes from history 0 $
||t$£ ffr
ft; SIMAif 2 {NAmE) a competition
for young women in which
their beauty, personal qualities and skills are judged life H fcfc % : a beauty pageant
H it H —compare beauty contest(I) 3 ~ (of sth) (literary) something that is
considered as a series of interesting and different events lA
^A^if^J'ltiP:: life’s rich pageant Aft
Ill#
pa geant ry /'paed3antri/ noun [u] impressive and
exciting events and ceremonies involving a lot of people wearing special
clothes 4fc%64WW; ft: the pageantry of royal
occasions i^^ft^®R
page-boy /'peid3boi/ noun 1 (also page especially in NAmE) a small boy who helps
or follows a bride during a
marriage ceremony if ft IKj#3£ ; — compare
bridesmaid 2 (also page) {old-fashioned) a boy or young man,
usually in uniform, employed in a hotel to open doors, deliver messages for
people, etc. (
M, HI 3 a hairstyle for women in which the hair
is shoulder-length and turned under at the ends /ft
'page proof noun a printer’s copy of a
page that is going to be published if##; M#lft4T#
pager
/'peid3a(r)/ noun a small electronic
device that you carry around with you and that shows a message or lets you know
when sb is trying to contact you, for example by making a sound # Bf fJl; # Bf
#1; BP fJl
—
see also beeper,
bleeper
,page-'three girl noun {BrE) a
naked or partly naked young woman whose picture is printed in a newspaper
) WJMIJi From
page three of the Sun newspaper, where one
of these pictures is or was printed every day. g
(APBlt> W> HJK,
'page-turner noun {informal) a
book that is very exciting 4-45;
pa-gin-ate /'paed3ineit/ verb [VN] {technical Ai4) to give a number
to each page of a book, piece of writing, etc. tk
pa gin ation /,p3ed3TneiJn/ noun [[)],{technical' Ai«) the process of giving
a page number to each page of a book; the page numbers given Hi A #4 A 54
pa goda /pa'gauda; NAmE -'gou-/ noun a