Steel* On /stia(r); NAmE stir/ verb, noun
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verb 1 to
control the direction in which a boat, car, etc.
moves n ( A&. H ft # ) ; f:
& ft ft # : [VN] He steered the boat into the harbour, -JE )f iS <, o (figurative) He took
her arm and steered her towards the door, ilfa U f± W J& PI, ft f ] P o 0 [V] You row
and I’ll steer. jfcM%., ftft^ttA 2 (of a boat, car, etc. fn, ?Aft#) to move in a particular
direction f jr 9$: [VN] The ship steered a course between the
islands. ft !& ill]
0 [V] The ship steered into
port. P 0
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[VN +adv./prep.) to take
control of a situation and
influence the way in which it develops ;
: He
managed to steer the conversation away from his divorce, life i£ & ffi M M. fife M m - ft ft .31 ft „ o She steered the team to victory. 0 The
skill is in steering a
middle course between the two extremes. f fgfcfiilfcf*..
IHTO1 see clear
adv.
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noun a bull
(= a male cow) that has been castrated
(= had part of its sex organs removed), kept for its meat PH ft ft; ft
ft ft — compare bullock, ox
steerage /‘stiarid3; NAmE 'stir-/ noun [U] (in
the past) the part of a ship where passengers with the cheapest tickets used to
travel ( ftltfc
steering /'stiarir); NAmE 'stir-/ noun [u] the
machinery in a vehicle that you use to control the direction it goes in (
ft.ft3£g — see also power steering steering column noun the part
of a car or other vehicle that the steering
wheel is fitted on ( ft ft # ) fffttt
'steering committee (also steering group) noun a group of
people that a government or an organization chooses to direct an activity and
to decide how it will be done
'steering wheel noun the wheel
that the driver turns to control the direction that a vehicle goes in ft ft
&; — picture o page Ri
stegosaur /' stegaso:(r)/ (also stego-saurus /.stega'soiras/) noun a dinosaur with a small head, four legs
and two rows of spikes along its
back M'ft (
Wi&fc )
stein /stain/ noun (from German) a large
decorated cup for drinking beer, usually made of earthenware and often with a lid )
stel lar /'stela(r)/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 (technical 7ft i#)
connected with the stars M tfj; f® M ftfj — compare interstellar 2 (informal) excellent
^ ; fit-% ftj;
& ft : a stellar performance IS & &
St Elmo’s fire /snt ,elmauz 'faia(r); NAmE seint .elmouz/ noun [U] a
bright area that can appear around pointed objects during a storm, caused by
electricity in the atmosphere 5 M tkit- A it Ah ( HM. PS ft A 4ft
stem /stem/ noun, verb
n noun 1 the main long thin part of a
plant above the ground from which the leaves or flowers grow; a smaller part
that grows from this and supports flowers or leaves ( ) ft, ft — picture
o plant 2 the long thin
part of a wine glass between the bowl and the base ( tSj ®p rff ft ) ffl — picture p
glass 3 the thin tube of a tobacco pipe ft ft ft
4
-stemmed (in adjectives jft Ifc # isl) having one or more stems
of the type mentioned ft ( at ft ) ftfj:
a long-stemmed rose 5 (grammar i^ft) the
main part of a word that stays the same when endings are added to it is] ft : ‘Writ’ is the stem of
the forms ‘writes’\ ‘writing’ and ‘written’. * writ H writes, writing Kl written £ ft
ii?] W ill ft o IT»T77I from .stem to 'stern all the way from the front of a
ship to the back ft ft I'J
m
u verb (-mm-) [VN] to stop sth that is
flowing from spreading or increasing (5g.lt; #1*#;
illh: The
cut was bandaged to stem the bleeding. fft TliitL
iklfilo 0 They
discussed ways of stemming the flow of smuggled drugs, ft 111 i*t ife T & M M ft ft ft ® •» o The
government had failed to stem
the tide of factory closures, ft 'ft ft M ft XT tb &ft & ft . IJ!i;VJ 'stem from sth (not used in the progressive
tenses ft M ft iffifr Bft to
be the result of sth J§ ••• (ft
MMA; toMM
‘stem cell noun a basic type of cell
which can divide and develop into cells with particular functions. All the
different kinds of cells in the human body develop from stem cells. [ftfUfJfc
.stem 'ginger noun [U] (Srfj ginger (=
a sweet hot spice) that has been preserved in sugar §1 stem-ware /'stemwea(r); NAmE -wer/ noun [u] (technical ft i§) glasses and glass
bowls that have a stem ft M $.
stench /stentj/ noun [sing.] a strong, very
unpleasant smell ft;ft,; Z.ft 033 reek: an overpowering stench
of rotting fish o (figurative) The
stench of
treachery hung in the air. sten cil /'stensl/ noun, verb
m noun a thin piece of metal,
plastic or card with a design cut out of it, that you put onto a surface and
paint over so that the design is left on the surface; the pattern or design
that is produced in this way ( £p X ~f-^
w) (mwmih) x^mm
m verb (-II-,
NAmE also -I-) [VN, V] to make letters or a design on sth using a stencil )
steno /'stenau; NAmE -nou/ noun (pi. -os) (NAmE, informal)
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[C] = STENOGRAPHER 2 [U] = STENOGRAPHY
sten-og-raph-er /sta'nngrafa(r); NAmE -'na:g-/ (also informal steno) noun (especially
NAmE?) a
person whose job is to write down what sb else says, using a quick system of
signs or abbreviations ”1 sten og raphy /sta'nDgrafi; NAmE -'na:g-/ (also informal steno) noun [U] (NAmE) = shorthand(I) stent /stent/ noun (medical fit) a small support that is
put inside a blood vessel tube in the body, for example in order to
stop sth blocking it (
MAlft )
sten torian /sten'tairian/ adj. (formal) (of a voice fc&ft)
loud and powerful Step Ot*
/step/
noun,
verb m
noun
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MOVEMENT/SOUND ft'fl : 1 [C] the act of lifting
your foot and putting it
down in order to walk or move somewhere; the sound this makes ; M ft ft : a baby’s first steps ^
J L ^
^ 0 He took a step towards the door, j 0®T x 0 We heard steps
outside. $£f] B/f —see also footstep, goose-step
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WAY OF WALKING 2 [C, usually sing.] the
way that sb
walks ftfJs; He walked with a quick light step, jlk
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DISTANCE W. r^i 3 [C] the distance that
you cover when you take a step - tb ( #J j® ) : It’s only a few steps further. fl#
WtM T o O He turned around and retraced his steps (= went back the way he had come). #,ft ^ ft M ft o 0 She moved a step
closer to me. M
h M ifi '<£ o 0 The hotel is only a short step from the
beach. jtRft
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IN SERIES/PROCESS %. J\\; )1U 4 [C] one of a series of
things that you do in order to
achieve sth \ fitM: This was a first step
towards a united
up your job and moving
halfway across the world, ft; fta£#l$fi]it&$cl#$ ftw, 0 We are taking
steps to prevent pollution, ^ fil IE &it o o This won’t solve the problem but it’s a
step in the right direction. £PJi^iE
1$ft[^Sf±5
—
o The new drug is a major step forward in
the
treatment of the disease. # if W
ft M Ji f & tf & - 'M
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[C] one of a series
of things that sb does or that happen, which forms part of a process ; [Alx H171 stage : Having completed the first stage, you can
move on to step 2.
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ft-To 0
I’d like to take this idea a step further, ft ICii-
-,©.*!}!ft -fto o This was a big step up (= to a better position)
in
his career.
-
ft
ft 0 o I’ll explain it to you step by step, ft ft- -ft -
ft±tk^ft;»ff_, o a step-by-step guide to building your
own home