hi-noceros /rai'nDsaras; NAmE -'nars-/ noun {pi. rhinoceros
or
rhi-nocehoses)
(also
informal rhino)
a
large heavy animal with very thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose，that
lives in
f牛（栖于非洲和亚洲）
rhi.zome /’raizaum; /SMmf -zoom/ now/i (fech/i/’cfl/
术语) the
thick stem of some plants, such as iris and mint, that grows along or
under the ground and has roots and stems growing from it 根莲；根状莲
rho
/rau;
NAmE rou/
noun the
17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P，p)希腊字母表的第17个字母 Rhodes scholar /.reudz 'skDl8(r); NAmE .roudz 'skail-/ noun a student from the US,
Germany or the Commonwealth who is given a scholarship to study in Britain at Oxford University
from a fund that was started by Cecil Rhodes in 1902获罗得斯奖学金的学生（罗得斯基
金由塞西尔•罗得斯于1902年设立V为美国、德国或英
联邦国家的学生提供到英国牛津大学学习的奖学金> rho-dium /'raudiam; NAmE 'rou-/ noun [U] {symb Rh) a chemical element.
Rhodium is a hard silver-white metal that is usually found with platinum.铭 rhodo-den-dron /.rauda'dendran; NAmE ,rou-/ noun a bush with large red,
purple, pink or white flowers 杜
鹃花 ^
rhom.boid/’rumbaid; 几何）
a
flat shape with four straight sides, with only the opposite sides and angles
equal to each other 长菱形
一 picture o parallelogram rhom-bus /'rDmbes; NAmE 'raim-/ noun {geometry /l-fsi)
a flat shape with four equal sides and four angles which are not 90 〇 菱形一picture o parallelogram rho-tic /'reotik; NAmE 'rou-/ adj. (phonetics W) (of an
accent P #) pronouncing the
/r/ after a vowel in words like car, early, etc. General American and Scottish accents
are rhotic. *r 化的；发 r 番的 rhu-barb /'ru:ba:b; NAmE -ba:rb/ noun [ll] 1 the thick red stems of a garden plant, also called rhubarb, that are cooked and
eaten as a fruit 大黄；..大黄塞；馅接菜：
rhubarb
pi’e 大黄馅饼 2 a
word that a group of actors repeat on stage to give the impression of a lot of
people talking at the same time (演员们为了制造人声嘈杂的效
果而重复说的词） rhumba = rumba rhyme /raim/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [C] a word that has
the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word 押韵词；同韵词：Can you think 〇/a rhymebeauty’？ #能想 tij和 beauty
押 韵的词吗？ 2
[C] a short poem in which the last word in the line has the same sound as the
last word in another line, especially the next one 押韵的短诗：children’s rhymes and stories 儿歌和童话 _
see also nursery rhyme 3 [U] the use of words
in a poem or song that have the same sound, especially at the ends of lines 押 韵；韵词的应用：a poem written in r/iyme押韵的诗◊ the poet’s use
o/rh;y7ne 诗人对韵的运用 ITTrn
there’s no .rhyme or 'reason to/for sth | without
,rhyme or reason if there is no rhyme or reason to
sth or
it happens without
rhyme or reason, it happens in a way that cannot be easily explained or
understood 毫 无道理；无规律可循；莫名其妙
■
verfc
1 [V]〜（with sth) if two words, syllables,
etc. rhyme,
or
if one rhymes
with
the other, they have or end with the same sound (词或音节）押和…同韵：
‘77ioug/i’
rhymes with 7ow’. * though , low 押韵。◊ Tough’ and 'through’ don’t rhyme. * tough 和 through
不 押韵。◊ rhyming collets 同韵偶句 2
[VNli ~ sth
(with sth) to put words that sound
the same together, for example when you are writing poetry 使押翁：You can rhyme ‘gfrZ’ m'th ‘curi’•你可以用 girl
和 curl
# 韵。3 [V] (of a poem 诗歌）to have lines that end with the same sound
押句尾韵：Jpre/er poems that rhyme.我喜欢句尾
押韵p诗。
rhyming slang noun [U] a way of talking in
which you use words or phrases that rhyme with the word you mean, instead of
using that word. For example in cockney rhyming slang ‘apples
and pears’ means ‘stairs’.同韵俚语（以同韵的词或短语替代另一个词，如伦
敦土话中用 apples
and pears 代替 stairs
>
rhythm ^/'riSam/ noun [U,
C]
1
a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements 节奏；韵律；律动：to dance to the rhythm 〇/the music随#音乐始令奏跳舞◊ music w油a/as</ sZow/steady
rhythm节奏快如/慢的/平稳的音乐◊ jazz rhythms 爵士乐的节奏◊ ffe ccm’t seem
to in rhythm. 他的演奏分像木合节拍。◊ T7ie boat rocked up and down in rhyt/im with
the sea.小船随着海浪起伏看致。◊ the rhythm 〇/her
breathing _ 尚碎吸节奏 oa
dancer with a natural sense of rhythm (= the ability to move
in time to a fixed beat)天生节奏感很强的舞蹈者2 a regular pattern of
changes or events 规则变化；规律；节律：
the
rhythm 〇/the
seasons 四季的更迭◊ bio[ogical/body
rhythms 生_/ 人体节律一see also biorhythm .rhythm and 'blues noun [u] {abbr. R & B) a type of music that is
a mixture of blues and jazz and
has a strong rhythm令奏布鲁斯，节奏蓝调（由布鲁斯和爵；t 杀综合而成的_节奏感很强的音乐T‘
h .rhythm gui'tar noun [U] a guitar style
that consists mainly of chords played with a strong
rhythm 节奏吉
他一compare lead guitar
rhyth-mic /'riQmik/ (also less frequent rhyth-mic-al /'ridmikl/) adj. having a regular pattern
of sounds, movements or events有节奏（或规_)的；节蓁分明
的：music with a/ast, rhythmfc beat 节奏快的音乐◊ t/ie rhythmfc
ticfci'ng 〇/ the dock 时钟看令秦的滴答声
►
rhyth-mic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.
the
'rhythm method noun [sing.] a method of avoiding getting
pregnant that involves a woman only having sex during the time of the month
when she is unlikely to get pregnant 安全期避孕法
'rhythm
section noun the part of a band
that supplies the rhythm, usually consisting of drums, bass, and sometimes piano乐队的节奏乐器俎（通常由鼓、低音提
_琴，有时还有钢琴组成）
ria /'riia/ noun {technical i^) a long narrow area
of water formed when a river valley flood矣溺河河谷被
.淹没形成的味长水域y rib /rib/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [C] any of the curved
bones that are connected to the spine and surround the chest 也骨：a broken/ bruised/cmcfced rib折断的/挫伤的/开裂的肋骨◊ Stop pofcfng me 把 the
ribs/ 另ij 捅 _ 于！ 一 picture body —see also ribcage 2 [U, C] a piece of meat with one or more bones from
the ribs of an animal 排骨 ^ —
see also spare rib 3 [C] a curved piece of wood, metal or
plastic that forms the frame of a boat, roof, etc. and makes it stronger (船或屋顶等的）肋拱，肋如4 [U, C] a way of
knitting that produces a pattern of vertical lines in which some are higher
than others (织物的）凸条花
纹，罗纹：a rib cotfon sweater —件罗纹—枭“ TffWl see DIG V.
• verb (-bb-) [VN]〜sb (about/over sth) (old-fashioned,
informaf) to
laugh at sb and make jokes about them, but in a friendly way嘲笑；逗弄；开（某人的）玩笑BDCl TEASE
rib-aid /'ribld; 'raiboild/ adj. (of language or
behaviour 言语或行为）referring to sex in a rude but humorous
way磕亵诙■^的
rib-ald-ry /'nbldri; 'raib-/ noun [u] language or behaviour
that refers to sex in a rude but humorous way
f诙谐的言语（或行为）
ribbed /ribd/ adj. (especially of material
for clothes X 指衣料）having raised
lines•有棱纹的：d ribbed sweater
j有棱_纹的毛衣
rib-bing /'ribirj/ noun [U] 1 a pattern of
raised lines in knitting or on a surface (织物或物体表面的）棱纹，凸
条图案 2 Zzi/orma/) the act of making fun
of sb in a friendly way 开玩奚；取笑；■逗弄
TEASING
rib-bon /'nban/ noun 1 [u, G] a narrow strip
of material, used to tie things or for decoration (用手梱绑或装饰 的,）带子:；丝带：.present tied .with ye丨咕v 系着
黄丝礼物◊ Zeniths o/ ve〖ver
ribbon —段段天鹅斂带
^ 〇 She
was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair. 她的劣发±系着两根蓝色丝带。一picture o rope 2
[C]