rranged in a line —— ?ij; —fj: a row of trees — O We sat in a row at
the back of the room. f£CI o The vegetables were
planted in neat rows. 0
2 a line of seats
in
a cinema/movie theater, etc. ( JgiJ )
—® ^: Let’s sit in the back row. fl
^ M fs—ftW 0 o Our seats are five rows
from the front. tu
3 a
complete line of stitches in
knitting or crochet ( ) fttf,3£fr —picture o knit
ting 4 Row used in the name of some roads (
) :
Manor Row JE£[H1& 5 [usually
sing.] an act of rowing a boat;
the period of time spent doing this ( Nib] ) : We went for a row on the lake.
To — see also death row, skid row IBIBI in a 'row 1 if sth happens several times in a row, it
happens in exactly the same way each time, and nothing different happens in the
time between Aitfc: This is her third win in a row.
2
if sth
happens for several days, etc. in a row, it happens on each of those
days $ci§i JIX ( ^
) ftk: Inflation has fallen for the third month in a row. ii £7 l$o — more at duck
n.
m verb
1 to move a boat through water using oars (= long wooden poles with flat
ends) $J ( $& ) : [V] We rowed around the island, &hM$aa 0 [VN] Grace
rowed the boat out to sea again.
2 [VN] to take sb somewhere in a
boat with oars $J ^ A )
: The
fisherman rowed us back to the shore.
row2 /rau/ noun, verb — see also row1 ■ noun (informal, especially BrE) 1 [C] ~
(about/over
sth) a serious
disagreement between people, organizations, etc. about sth /“Jf^i^; A
row has broken out
over education. 7 W |7 H tdjJIT 2 [C] a
noisy
argument between two or more people I$#c; 7 0 BQKI
quarrel: She left him after a blazing row. A 0 family rows 0
He
had a row with his son. ffeifj! J —3 [sing.] a loud unpleasant noise A^lsiif
PTTC1 din,
racket: Who’s making that row?
*
verb [V] ~ (with sb) (BrE, informal) to have a noisy argument A77/7
Mike and Sue are always rowing. 15
3tL fH 'A & Me Op o <> She had rowed with her parents
about her boyfriend.
rowan /'rauan; 'rauan; NAmE 'rouan; 'rauan/ (also rowan tree, .mountain ash) noun a small tree that has red berries in the autumn/fall fetfk
( M ) ;
M; mm&M
row-boat /‘raobaut; NAmE 'roubout/ noun (NAmE) - ROWING BOAT
rowdy /'raudi/ adj. (row-dier, row-di-est) (of people A) making a lot of noise or likely to cause
trouble Vp [f] ; M. Ji 7 7 ?fL l$ Bran disorderly : a rowdy
crowd at the pub MnBJI ►
row-dily adv.
row-di-ness noun [U] rowdy noun (pi. -ies): rowdies and troublemakers
rowdy-ism /'raudiizam/ noun [U] behaviour
that is noisy and causes trouble Vpf>f Ef A; M $lfi A rower /’raua(r); NAmE ‘rou-/ noun a person who rows a boat
row house /'rau haus; NAmE 'rou/ noun (NAmE) =
TERRACED HOUSE — picture O PAGE R23 row-ing /'rauir);
NAmE 'roui 13/ noun [U] the
sport or activity of travelling in a boat using oars $]$&; $]$£)£ Hi: to go rowing
'rowing
boat (BrE) (NAmE row-boat) noun a small open boat that you move
using oars $J §£ — picture o page
r3
' rowing machine noun a piece of sports equipment on
which you make the same movements as sb who is rowing a boat ft] >1 ^; ( P®± )A'J $£fil row-lock /'rnlak;
'raulnk; NAmE 'ra:l-; 'roulark/ (BrE) (NAmE oar-lock) noun a device fixed to the side of a
boat for holding an oar ( royal O-w /'roial/ adj., noun
adj. [only before noun] 1 connected
with or belonging to the king or queen of a country liW; X 7 lE); 11 it (ft; 7i[(ft: the
royal family 7!lC 0 the royal
household
| 1743
7H[ — compare regal 2 (abbr. R) used in the names of
organizations that serve or are supported by a king or queen (MlftSIR£ fS ) : the Royal Navy 0 the Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds M WA 3 impressive;
suitable for a king or queen ®A(ft; ifijjf
(ft; ii'n IH7 ( ^tA7 ) (ft HT71 splendid: We were given a royal welcome. $71 Pt M 7 A Ift ■ noun [usually pi.] (informal) a member of a royal
family 7^J«
the .Royal A cademy (also the
PHkmmm)
,royal 1 blue adj. deep bright blue &67 M ► .royal 'blue noun [U]
Royal Com'mission noun - (on/into sth) | ~ (to do sth) (in
.Royal 'Highness noun His/Her/Your Royal Highness a title of respect used
when talking to or about a member of the royal family ( ) Sx
7 : Their Royal Highnesses, the
Duke and Duchess of
.royal 'icing noun [u]
(BrE) a hard white covering for a fruit cake,
made with sugar and the white part of eggs
(
roy-al-ist /'roialist/ noun a person who believes
that a country should have a king or queen H ± i X #; i% ^Jl^A HT1 monarchist
—
compare republican /?.(1) ► roy-al-ist adj.
.royal 'jelly noun [u] a substance that is produced by worker bees and that is fed to a
young queen bee 7. ^7^ : health food products containing
royal jelly
roy-al-ly /'roiali/ adv. (old-fashioned) very well; in a very
impressive way or to a great degree 7 ^ ;
IH ll
If;
M
the Royal 'Mail noun (in
.royal 'tennis noun [u] (AustralE) = real
tennis roy-alty /'raialti/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 [U] one or more members of a royal family : The gala evening
was attended by royalty and politicians.
W A#/JP 7o We were treated like royalty, ft 7ixMtf)i=LiSo 2 [C, usually pi.] a sum of money that is
paid to sb who has written a book, piece of music, etc. each time that it is
sold or performed Wifi: All royalties from the album will go to charity.
#1$,
0 She
received
£2 000 in royalties. M U fij 7 2 000 ^ ® &) fa 0 3 [C, usually pi.] a sum of money that is
paid by an oil or mining company to the owner of the land that they are working
onri&
A)
.royal 'warrant noun [usually sing.] a king’s or queen’s
permission for a company to supply goods to them and to advertise this fact on
the company’s products, etc.
)
the .royal '‘we’ noun [sing.] the use of *we’
instead of T by a single person, as used traditionally by kings and queens in
the past ( IHH#^±IS7^cici we I)
roz-zer /'mza(r); NAmE 'ra:z-/ noun (old-fashioned, BrE,
informal) a
police officer WM
RP /,a:
'pi:; NAmE ,a:r/ noun [U] the abbreviation
for ‘received pronunciation’ (the standard form of British pronunciation, based
on educated speech in southern