rhi-noceros /rai'nDsaras; NAmE -'nars-/ noun (pi. rhinoceros or rhi-nocer-oses) (also informal rhino) a large heavy animal
with very thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose, that lives in
m* ()
rhi zome /'raizaum; NAmE -zoom/ noun (technical Aifl)
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
rho /rau; NAmE rou/ noun the 17th letter of the
Greek alphabet (P, p) #4^#^!(ftf£ 17 Rhodes scholar /.raudz 'sknla(r); NAmE .roudz 'ska:l-/ 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
1902 am, mmm#
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.
rhodo den dron /.rauda'dendran; NAmE ,rou-/ noun a bush with large red,
purple, pink or white flowers |t mtt
rhom boid /'rumboid; NAmE'm:m-l noun (geometry /If0!) a flat shape with four
straight sides, with only the opposite sides and angles equal to each other —
picture o parallelogram rhom-bus /'rnmbas; NAmE 'raim-/ noun {geometry /L -fErf) a flat shape with four
equal sides and four angles which are not 90° —
picture o parallelogram
rho-tic /'rautik; NAmE 'rou-/ adj. {phonetics #)
(of an accent p #) pronouncing the /r/ after a vowel in words like car, early, etc.
General American and Scottish accents are rhotic. * r (ft; r i!(ft rhu barb /'ru:bct:b; NAmE -ba:rb/ noun [u] 1 the thick red stems of a garden plant, also called rhubarb, that are cooked
and eaten as a fruit Ait; AMiH; rhubarb pie A it fd t# 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 (
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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 jflftiBj; |S]|ft M: Can you think of a rhyme
for ‘beauty’? H beauty If 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 Jf |ft (ft M i# : children’s rhymes and
stories ) L W< M iS' — 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 If Ift; IftMlftlYff]: a poem written in
rhyme
If 4&(ft# 0 the poet’s use of rhyme i# A 741ft (ft is II IT»17il 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 ^
ah a;
mverb 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 ( ) jflft, ffl---|W]|ft:
‘Though’ rhymes with ‘low’. * though
ffl low Jf ift 0 o ‘Tough’ and ‘through’ don’t rhyme. * tough ffl through A If IS o O rhyming couplets [i] IS fH 5] 2 [VN] - sth (with sth) to put words that
sound the same together, for example when you are writing poetry {‘Itf IS: You
can rhyme ‘girl’ with ‘curl’, girl ff! curl -jf ISC 3 [V]
(of a poem i# WO to have lines that end with the same
sound ^f'pjMIS: I prefer poems that rhyme. WtjifXXfcjM
'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’.
apples and pears ft# stairs
)
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rhythm 0-w f'ntem/ noun [U, C]
1 a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds or
movements 15"
H; (ft#; #zft: to dance to the rhythm of the music |®if#xR(ft15‘#©kll 0 music with a fast/ slow/steady
rhythm A#l£(ft / ttW 0
jazz
rhythms H±^(ft14|l o He can’t seem to play in rhythm.
0 The boat rocked up and
down in rhythm with the sea. 0 the
rhythm of her breathing iftoa dancer with a
natural sense of rhythm (= the ability to
move in time to a fixed beat) 2 a regular
pattern of changes or events MfJ; M#; A W: the rhythm of
the seasons o biological/body
rhythms / Aj£M# — 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
.rhythm gui'tar noun [u] a guitar style that consists mainly of chords played with a strong rhythm A fife — compare lead
guitar
rhyth-mic /'ridmik/ (also less frequent rhyth mical /'ridmikl/) adj. having a regular
pattern of sounds, movements or events A "ft# ( ) #J.;
(ft: music with a fast, rhythmic beat 1? # (ft # % 0 the rhythmic ticking
of the clock A (ft'/tl 4=?
► 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
'rhythm section noun the part of a band
that supplies the rhythm, usually consisting of drums, bass, and sometimes piano §.
( it'MiL fulfil
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ria /‘ri:a/ noun (technical iff) a long narrow
area of water formed when a river valley floods i§§M ( MAM
rib /rib/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [C] any of the curved
bones that are connected to the spine
and surround the chest #: a broken/
bruised/cracked rib 0 Stop
poking me in the ribs! £i] fi 7 ! — picture o body
— see also ribcage 2 [U, C] a piece of meat with
one or more bones from the ribs of an animal }## — 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 ( WlU 4 [U, C] a way of
knitting that produces a
pattern of vertical lines in which some are higher than others ( |R #(ft ) ft ^
ft
a rib cotton sweater — fc'gtfrWik-M M see
DIG V.
mverb (-bb-) [VN] ~ sb (about/over
sth) (old-fashioned, informal) to laugh at sb and make jokes about
them, but in a friendly way il#; ff
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ribald /‘ribld; ‘raiboild/ adj. (of language or
behaviour A) referring to sex in a rude but humorous
way
rib ald ry /‘ribldri; ‘raib-/ noun [u] language or
behaviour that refers to sex in a rude but humorous way
)
ribbed /ribd/ adj. (especially of material for clothes ft ft A14) having raised
lines W H W: a ribbed sweater
rib bing /‘ribiq/ noun [U] 1 a pattern of raised
lines in knitting or on a surface ( Mft
^[§^2 (old-fashioned,
informal) the act of making fun of sb in a friendly way 7r 5c jk
; 3X % ; M # Pnn TEASING
rib-bon /‘nban/ noun 1 [U, C] a narrow strip
of material, used to tie things or for decoration ( M A jffl tfc
(ft ) M A; a present tied with
yellow ribbon % if
H
MM (ft 4O lengths of velvet ribbon
o She was wearing two
blue silk ribbons in her hair. (ftfe^J —picture o rope 2 [C]