1608
an expert A 7; f]^.;
ni£: The painting
is by a pupil of Rembrandt. jii]iglj fvA7 Pjfjfc 3 the
small round black area at
the centre of the eye it JL; B$7; ®A: Her pupils were dilated. L17A7o
—
picture o body — compare iris(1) pu pil lage (BrE) (NAmE pu pil age) /'pju:pilid3/ noun [U, C, sing.] 1 (formal) a period during which
you are a student, especially when you are being taught by a particular person ) 2 (BrE)
a period during which a
lawyer trains to become a barrister
by studying with a qualified barrister; the system which allows this training A'Jip JAL 41 $3 (
s.); awm^m (mm)
pup-pet
/'pApit/
noun 1 a model of a person or
an animal that can be made to move, for example by pulling strings attached to
parts of its body or by putting your hand inside it. A puppet with strings is
also called a marionette. Afil: a hand puppet & A 111 o a puppet show A fH 'M — see also glove puppet 2 (usually disapproving) a person or group
whose actions are controlled by another {!fc f£g : The occupying forces set up a puppet
government.
pup pet eer /.pApi'tia^); NAmE -'tir/ noun a person who performs
with puppets SMttfgMA '
puppet ry /'pApitri/ noun [U] the art and skill
of making and using puppets AfPIrgJf^ ( )
XA
puppy /'pApi/
noun (pi -ies) (also pup) 1 a young dog A ; ty) A : a litter of puppies - ^ A o a
or rude young man
'puppy
fat (BrE) (NAmE 'baby fat) noun [U] fat on a child’s
body that disappears as the child grows older /Jn
_
.JL&lfM
*AM?S£ )
'puppy love noun [U] feelings of love
that a young person has for sb else and that adults do not think is very
serious
'pup tent noun (NAmE) a small tent for two people
»<nm
purchase l>«r /'psitjas; NAmE'p3:rtj0s/ noun, verb m noun (formal) 1 [U, C] the act or
process of buying sth ft 3£; Aft: to make a purchase (=
buy sth) Aft o Keep
your receipt as proof of purchase. f£#ft?i]£3§f£Aft % vE o O The company has just announced its
£27 million purchase of Park Hotel. 2
700
7 — see also hire purchase 2 [C]
something that you have bought
ft 7 ffi; ft
1
: major purchases, such as a new car
f^lftlQ3®
@ O If you are not satisfied with your purchase we will give you a full
refund.
3 [U, sing.] (technical A ip) a firm hold on
sth with the hands or feet, for example when you are climbing ii^; MA; MU HTHgrip She tried to get a purchase on the slippery rock.
■
verb [VN] ~ sth (from sb) (formal) to buy sth A; ft A; Aft: The equipment can be
purchased from your local supplier. Rf ft ^ „ o They
purchased the land for $1 million. ftkiH III 100 7j % T 7 A Jik 0 0 (figurative) Victory was purchased
(= achieved) at too great a price. & 7A fffe f1>J (ft ft
ift A
ATo
'purchase price noun [usually sing.] (formal) the price that is
paid for sth you buy
purchaser /'p3:tjas0(r);
NAmE 'p3:rtJ*-/ noun (formal) a person who buys sth
ft A A; Aft A M; — com
pare BUYER
'purchase tax noun [u, C] a tax that is added to
the price of goods sold to customers ( j^tSi ) ft AS,
purchas ing /'paitjasiri; NAmE 'p3:rtj-/ noun [u] (business i§[) the activity of
buying things, especially for a company ft^; Aft
'purchasing power noun [u] 1 money that people have
available to buy goods with ( ASW ) ft A A
the amount that a unit of
money can buy ( 1% ff5 |$;) ft AA: the peso’s purchasing power tfc^lftft AA
purdah
/'p3:da;
NAmE 'p3:rda/ noun [u] the system in some Muslim societies by
which women live in a separate part of a house or cover their faces so that men
do not see them ( ) Hl'llft]®:
to be in purdah ffi O He kept his daughters
in
virtual purdah. fikitA J MTB£7l!li| W 41 pure 0"w /pjua(r); NAmE
pjur/ adj. (purer /'pjuar0(r); NAmE pjor-1, purest /'pjuarist; NAmE
'pjur-/)
2
NOT MIXED ££ lA 1 [usually before noun] not mixed with
anything else; with nothing
added ; ££#
fill: pure gold/silk,
etc. O These shirts are
100% pure cotton. H&M 100% 0 Clas
sical dance in its purest
form requires symmetry and balance. SlEfliJAo One movie is classified as pure
art, the other as entertainment. —
3
CLEAN cjU '/ft 2 clean and not
containing any harmful
substances X 1$; a bottle of pure
water —$£££^77 0 The air was sweet and pure. §rffl££#0 BED impure
4
COMPLETE XX 3 [only before noun] complete and total %
£ They met by pure chance. ftkfl J +@i§££M
o She laughed with pure
joy. ftk A^itkA® Ac
5
MORALLY GOOD P\l
& 4 without evil thoughts
or actions,
especially sexual ones; morally
good lA; ftffl#}', A in ; IE M fill: to lead a pure life ^ ^ tg 0 His
motives were pure. 0 (literary) to be pure in
body and mind Jf PT33 impure
6
COLOUR/SOUND/LIGHT fe; p ; ^5 very clear; perfect
Bkr
iW; bblE (E): beaches of pure white sand
fpS W tf"M
0
a pure voice
7
SUBJECT YOU STUDY ^ # 6 [only before noun] concerned
with increasing knowledge
of the subject rather than with using knowledge in practical ways (ft; jlJS
#3 : pure mathematics ^ o technology as
opposed to pure science
subjects
—
compare applied
8
BREED/RACE # ; # M 7 not mixed with any
other
breed or race, etc. These cattle are
one of the purest breeds
in
m:fi?Z-'0 — see also pure-bred
—
see also purify, purity TST7TI .pure and simple used after the noun
that it refers to in order to emphasize that there is nothing but the thing
you have just mentioned involved in sth (
fkf&\ It’s laziness,
pure and simple, 0
'pure-bred adj. (of an animal Al#J)
born from parents of the same breed, not from a mix of two or more breeds
puree
/'pjuarei;
NAmE pju'rei/ noun, verb u noun [U, C] food in the
form of a thick liquid made by crushing fruit or cooked vegetables in a small
amount of water ( B flmii! JBE $ itt ) jg, , %:
apple puree A AM
mverb (pur-eed, pur-eed) [VN] to make food into
a puree
ffi ( it® )
pure ly o-w /• pjuali; NAmE 'pjorli/ adv. only; completely 'DUX;
ft ft: I saw the letter purely by chance. 0 The
charity is run on
a purely voluntary
basis.
1
IS 14 M 6^1 o O She took
the job purely and simply for
the money. „
purgative
/'p3ig0tiv;
NAmE 'p3:rg-/ noun a substance,
especially a medicine, that causes your bowels to empty jiff &}'$)
►
pur-ga-tive adj. pur-ga-tory
/'p3:gatri;
NAmE 'p3:rg0to:ri/ noun [U] 1 (usually
Purgatory) (in Roman Catholic teaching A ± lit #; A) a place or
state in which the souls of dead people suffer for the bad things they did when
they were living, so that they can become pure enough to go to heaven 2 (informal, humorous) any place or state of
suffering ^*1( sfcftiS:) i #t
11;
H at HT71 hell : Getting up at
purge /p3:d3;
NAmEp3:rd3/ verb, noun • verb [VN] 1 ~ sth (of sb)
| ~ sb (from sth) to remove people from an organization, often violently,
because