putz , 1616
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do things ® £ Hi 2 flJ :
his much put-upon
wife
putZ'/pAts/ verb, noun
m verb [V] ~ around (NAmE,
informal) to waste time not doing anything useful or important AAFB
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noun (NAmE, informal) a stupid person {Hill
puz zle /'pazI/ noun, verb
m noun 1 a game, etc. that you have to think
about carefully in order to answer it or do it ^JlWA: a crossword puzzle IR jfi A 0 a book
of puzzles for children J L M , M in % 2 (especially NAmE) = jigsaw(I) 3 [usually sing.] something that is
difficult to understand or explain A I? Ail; MJr]
Em mystery ■ verb [VN] to make sb
feel confused because they do not understand sth ;
f£ B II ES771 baffle : What puzzles me is
why he left the country without telling
anyone. $ ft*
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puz-zling /’pAzlii)/
adj. : one of the most
puzzling aspects of the crime tt IP ^ ift M t? U — ffi MillihIVJ 'puzzle over/about
sth to
think hard about sth in order to understand or explain it if
.puzzle
sth^ out to
find the answer to a difficult or confusing problem by thinking carefully MM£b • • •
HT1 work out : [+
wh-] He was trying to puzzle out
why he had been brought
to the house. ftfe^|#BJ SIB
puz zled /'pAzld/ adj. unable to understand sth or the reason for sth Mils Aft? (ft 033 baffled: She
had a puzzled look on her
face. 0
Scientists are puzzled as to why the whale had swum to
the shore.
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puzzle ment /'pAzlmant/ noun [u] (formal) a feeling of being
confused because you do not understand sth
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frowned in puzzlement, ftfe M Ws ftfe
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puzzler /'pAzlafr)/ noun (informal) something that makes
you feel confused i3@3 S2ZJ poser
PVC /,pi: vi: 'si:/ noun [U] a strong plastic material used for a wide variety
of products, such as clothing, pipes, floor coverings, etc. fAA AfeteM
p.w.
abbr. (BrE) per week : Rent is £100 p.w.
PX /.pi: 'eks/ (pi. PXs /,pi:
'eksiz/) noun post exchange (a shop/store at a
pye-dog (also
pie-dog, pi-dog) /'pai dng; NAmE do:g/
noun (especially in
pygmy (also
pigmy) /'pigmi/
noun, adj. m noun (pi. -ies) 1 Pygmy a
member of a race of very short people living in parts of
AA (Mttm'b
)
2 (disapproving) a very small person or thing or one that
is weak in some way H£A#JA, ( ) ; faff; H/h
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He regarded them as intellectual pygmies, fife JE fife fH
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adj. [only before noun]
used to describe a plant or species (=
type) of animal that is much smaller than other similar kinds ( H»|Bj M/h
W, : a pygmy shrew
f# gfij M
pyjama /pa'd3a:ma; NAmE -'d3aem-/ noun loose
trousers/pants tied at the waist and worn by men or women in some Asian
countries ( —
M
M % ) % Ml#: He was
dressed in a pyjama and
kurta, ideal for a summer
evening,
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pyja mas (BrE) (NAmE pajamas) /pa'd3a:maz;
NAmE -'d3aem-/
noun [pi.] a loose jacket and trousers/pants worn in bed ( — ^ ) B§A$$: a
pair of pyjamas —$iSA — picture o page
R22 ► pyjama (BrE) (NAmE pajama) adj. [only before noun]: pyjama
bottoms B§|# IT»T71 see CAT
pylon /'pailan;
NAmE also -lain/ noun a
tall metal structure that is used for carrying electricity wires high above
the ground EfrUig
pyorrhoea (BrE) (tlAmE pyorrhea) /.paia'ria/ noun [U] (medical jgj
= periodontitis pyramid /'piramid/ noun 1 a large building with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that
meet in a point at the top. The ancient Egyptians built stone pyramids as
places to bury their kings and queens. ( A — picture o page R13 2
(geometry Jlffel) a solid shape with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that
meet in a point at the top $tf£; MU f£ — picture o solid 3 an object or a pile of things that has the shape of a
pyramid ( $ -
JfiAffi
) : a pyramid of cans in a shop window HUS® f 4 an organization or a
system in which there are fewer people at each level as you get near the top ) : a management
pyramid ► pyram-idal /'piramidl/ adj.
.pyramid 'selling noun [U] a way of selling things in which sb
buys the right to sell a company’s goods and then sells the goods to other
people. These other people sell the goods again to others. ; $
pyre /'paia(r)/
noun a large pile of wood on which a dead body
is placed and burned in a funeral ceremony
pyr eth rum /pai'ri:0ram/
noun 1 [c]
a
type of flower grown especially in
a substance made from
this flower and used for killing insects
Pyrex™ /'paireks/ noun [U] a type of hard glass that does not
break at high temperatures, and is often used to make dishes for cooking food
in MMfl it iSi fm ?£
()
pyrites /pai'raitiiz; NAmE pa'r-/ noun [u] a shiny yellow mineral
that is made up of sulphur and a
metal such as iron ft € %;
M Ifc A: iron/copper pyrites M
pyro-mania /.pairau'meinia;
NAmE .pairou-/ noun [u]
(technical A in) a mental illness that causes a
strong desire to set fire to things !RA$E pyro maniac /.pairao'meiniaek;
NAmE .pairou-/ noun 1 (technical Ain) a person who suffers from pyromania 2 (informal, humorous) a person who enjoys making or watching
fires M5tA ( ^M‘k ) 6fjA