something that is long and
narrow in shape 带状物；狭 长的东西：TTie road wcls a ribbon 〇/ mooWight.这条路 i 月 it 下如同一条锻带。◊ (8r£) Kfbbon
devetopments (=lines of buildings) extended along the
main road. 一排排建筑沿着大路伸展。3 [C] a ribbon in special colours, or tied
in a special way, that is given to sb as a prize or as a military honour, or
that is worn by sb to show that they belong to a particular political party ^ 带；勒带一compare rosette(I)
4 [C] a long strip of material containing ink that you put into typewriters me computer printers (打字机或打印机的）色带 ut/tear, etc. sth to 'ribbons to cut/tear, etc. sth very badly ( 4某物）撕扯得粉碎，切成碎片
'ribbon
development noun [c, u] {BrE, technical houses
that are built along a main road leading out of a village or town; the building
of houses in this position 带状住宅区（村、镇沿公路延伸出的房屋h带状房屋
建设
'ribbon lake noun (technical a long narrow lake
^
状湖
rib-cage /'ribkeid3/ noun the structure of
curved bones, (called ribs), that
surrounds and protects the chest 胸廓 —picture 6 body
'rib-eye (also ,rib-eye 'steak) noun a piece of beef which
is cut from outside the ribs 牛里脊肉；里脊牛排
ribo-fla-vin
/.raibau'flervin/
noun [U] a vitamin which is important for
producing energy, found in milk, liver,
eggs and green vegetables 核黄素；维生素 B2 'rib-tickler noun {informal) a funny joke or story
，惹A发笑的故事►，rib-tkWing a办 rice /rais/ nounpj]
short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land
in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain 大米；稻米；稻：a grain p/ rice — 粒大米 ◊ bofted/steameci/J^ed rice 米粥；蒸饭；炒饭◊
Zon^-/sfiort-grain rice 长粒 / 短粒福_米◊ brown rice (=without its .outer covering
removed)植米：◊ rice paddies (= rice fields) — picture
o cereal
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
rich
wealthy ♦ prosperous ♦
affluent ♦ well off ♦ comfortable
These words all describe sb/sth
that has a lot of money, property or valuable possessions. ■上各词均角放形容
人富有或地方富饶。
rich (of a person) having a lot of money,
property or valuable possessions; (of a country or city) producing a lot of
wealth so that many of its people can live at a high standard指（人）富有的、富裕的，（国家或 城市）富庶的、富饶的
wea丨thy rich指富有的、富饶的
RICH OR WEALTHY?用 rich 还是 wealthy ?
There
is no real difference in meaning between these two words. Both are very
frequent, but rich is more frequent and occurs in some fixed
phrases where wealthy cannot上述两词在意义上无实质性区别，两词
均很常用，不过rich更常用，并用于一些固定短语中，
wealthy
贝怀能：He's 5tmkmg/fiftby
wea^thyr o It's a favourite resort for the wealthy and famous, prosperous {ratherformat) rich and successful 的、成功的；兴旺的
affluent {rather format) rich and with a good
standard of living 备富裕^: affluent Western
countries 该裕的
西方国家
PROSPEROUS OR AFFLUENT?用 prosperous 还是 affluent?
Both
prosperous and affluent are used to talk about people and places. Prosperous is
used much more than affluent to talk about times and periods. Affluent is
rice-paper /'raispeipa(r)/ noun [U] a type of very thin
paper made from tropical plants, used as a base for some types of cake米纸（用热带彳i物制作的薄纸，用作
糕饼垫底>
,rice 'pudding noun [U, C] a dessert (= a sweet dish) made from rice cooked with milk and
sugar 大米布丁
fictl /ritj/ (rich.er, rich.est)
►
WITH A LOT OF MONEY 钱多 1 having a lot of money or property 富有的；富裕治：one 0/ the richest women in the world世界上最富有的女人之一 ◊ Atobody gets rich 介om writing nowadays.如今没有人能靠写作致富。◊ (s/ang) to be用thy/stinfcfng 一 extremely) rich 富得流油
poor 2 the rich noun [pi.] people who have
a lot of money or property 富人；看钱人：Itfs a favourite resort/or the rich
and/amous.这 ■人和名氣最喜欢 去度假的地方。EH3 the poor 3 (of a country国家) producing
a lot of wealth so that many of its people can live at a high standard 富庶的；富饶的：the richest
countries/economies/nations 最.倉★的 家 /.经济体 / 国 家 EQUpoor
►
FULL OF VARIETY 私富多亇；4 very interesting and full of variety非常有_品；单富多彩的：the
region’s rich history and cuiture这个地区丰富衾彩的M史和文化◊ She Zeads a rich and varied K/e.她过着丰畲‘彩恥’圭洁。
►
CONTAINING/PROVIDING STH 含 f3 ;提供 5 〜（in sth) (often in compounds 常构成爱.合词)■ containing or providing a large supply of sth
夫量含有（或提供）：
◊
TTie area is rich in wikH丨/e.送今地K的野生动邊物很
■多。◊ Ms novek .are
rich source 〇/ material /or the movie
industry.他的小说为电影业提供了大量素材。◊ 卜on-rich rocfcs富含铁的岩石PTin poor
►
FOOD 食物 6 containing a lot of fat, butter, eggs,
etc. and making you feel full quickly 油腻的：a rich creamy sauce味道很浓的奶油沙司0 a rich chocoiate cafce很油 的巧克力蛋糕
►
SOIL h 7 containing the
substances that make it good for growing plants in 肥沃的；丰产的 BBC] fertile ：
a__ rich
weH-drained soi丨’排水性能好的沃土
EEEIpoor
►
COLOURS/SOUNDS，色彩；声 l
;
8 (of
colours, sounds,
often used to contrast rich
people or societies with poor ones. Being prosperous is nearly always seen as a good thing. * prosperous和affluent均用以指人和地方。
pro^>erous 喊 affluent 更常用以期或时代。affluent 常用于人或社会的贫富对比，prosperous几乎总是被视
.为好事：It’s good tasee you looking
so prosperous.看到. 你威功的样子真是令人高兴。〇 It’s good to see you looking so affluent
well off (often used in
negative sentences) rich (常用
于否定句中）指富裕、钱：W/s/am/’/y /‘s not my
we// 〇#•他家境术太金裕。I前i j The opposite of well off is badly off, but this is not very frequent; it is more
common to say that sb is not we// o方* well off 的反义 词为badly off,但不常用；指人不宽裕较常用not well off0
comfortable having enough money to
buy what you want without worrying about the cost 指富裕、宽裕： They're not millionaires, but they're certainly very owj/ortoWe.他们不是百万富翁，但也很富裕。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 讓 to
become/grow/make sb rich/wealthy/prosperous
■
to get rich
■
a(n)
rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent/well-off/ comfortable man/woman/family
■
a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent country/city
■
exceedingly/extremely/incredibly/very
rich/
wealthy/prosperous/affluent/well off/comfortable
e seriously rich/wealthy
■
comparatively/fairly/quite/reasonably/relatively
rich/wea!thy/prosperous/affluent/well
off/comfortable