A$j!£tMo 0 (figurative) She stood at the door
observing the peaceful domestic tableau around the fire. *fctt£r*a, 2 a work
of art, especially a set
of statues, showing a group of people, animals, etc. ft# (
table-cloth /'teiblklD0;
NAmE -klo:0/ noun a cloth that you use
for covering a table, especially when you have a meal ( ;fclHMt69 )
table
dancing noun [U] sexually exciting
dancing which is performed close to a customer’s table in a bar or club m (M«£&£*69MII®) table d’hote /,ta:bl ’dout; NAmE 'dout/ adj. a table d’hote meal in
a restaurant costs a fixed price and there are only a limited number of dishes
to choose from S?H69: the table d’hote menu
►
table d’hote
noun [U]: The restaurant offers both table
d’hote and a la carte. idE^m
AMo
'table lamp noun a small lamp that you
can put on a table, etc. #£f
table-land /'teibllaend/
noun a large area of high
flat land OSH plateau
'table linen noun [u] the cloths that you use during a meal, for example tablecloths
and
napkins A
(tmx, )
'table manners noun [pi.] the behaviour
that is considered correct while you are having a meal at a table with other
people iSHtLA
table
mat noun (BrE) a small piece of wood
or cloth that you put under a hot dish or plate to protect the surface of the
table 'table
napkin noun = napkin(I)
table-spoon
/'teiblspuin/
noun 1 a large spoon, used
especially for serving food ('
A/SXA&tf )
—
picture o cutlery 2 (also table-spoonful /-ful/) (abbr. tbsp) the amount a tablespoon can hold - 7117
( 69 H ) : Add two tablespoons of water.
tab-let 0-w /'taeblat/ noun
1 (especially BrE) a small round solid
piece of medicine that you swallow 19 A; it^ij HE] PILL: vitamin tablets to Take two tablets with water before
meals.
A, ifc BU IB 7jt A M o — picture .o' page R25 2 an amount of another
substance in a small round solid piece fi: water purification tablets [77.K A 3 a flat piece
of stone that has words written on it, especially one that has been fixed to a
wall in memory of an important person or event ( [§AE7i®i:ft£E;&69 ) J$, 5$, BS CKfFl plaque : (figurative) We can be very
flexible—our entry requirements are not set in tablets of stone (= they can be changed). MA&###&«
|JfT0
4 ~ of soap (old fashioned, formal) a piece of soap
—
±7 HE % 5 (NAmE) a number of pieces of paper for
writing or drawing on, that are
fastened together at one edge — see
also graphics tablet
’table tennis (also informal ‘ping-pong both BrE) (NAmE 'Ping-Pong™) noun [U] a game played like tennis with bats and a small plastic ball
on a table with a net across it
table-top /'teibltDp; NAmE -ta:p/ noun the top or the surface
of a table ^ ffi ; n ffi ► 'table-top adj. [only before noun]: a table-top machine (= that can be used on
a table) A Afllff O a table-top sale (= where goods for sale are displayed on
tables) p table-ware /'teiblwee(r); NAmE -wer/ noun [u] the
word used in shops/stores, etc. for items that you use for meals, such as
plates, glasses, knives and forks (
'table wine noun [u, C]
a fairly cheap wine, suitable for drinking with meals
tab-Soid /'taebloid/
noun 1 a newspaper with
small pages (usually half the size of those in larger papers) 7 U ( ) 2 (sometimes disapproving)
a
newspaper of this size with short articles and a lot of pictures and stories
about famous people, often thought of as less serious than other newspapers i§
MwgxzAmm,
Jfr ) : The story made the front page in
all the tabloids.
—compare broadsheet^), quality newspaper ►tab loid adj. [only before noun]: a serious paper in a new tabloid
format —ifrlZX 7tWAS§i^t#69mifc^o tabloid journalists ig# 0 a tabloid newspaper 0 the
tabloid press
taboo /ta'bu:/ noun (pi. ta boos) ~ (against/on sth) 1 a cultural or religious custom that does
not allow people to do, use or talk about a particular thing as people find it
offensive or embarrassing (
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)
g'g, -gift an incest taboo
0 a taboo
on working on a Sunday HltJi$]0Ift69 d to break/violate a taboo 0 Death is one
of the great taboos in our culture, tE3£C)&9Aft 7, “^E
■£” Jir-A^'o
2 a general
agreement not to do sth or talk about sth : The subject is still a taboo in
our family. ►taboo
adj.: in the days when sex was a taboo subject Aifctfe
ta’boo word noun a word that many people consider offensive
or shocking, for example because it refers to sex, the body or people’s race
tabor /’teiba(r)/ noun a musical instrument like a small drum, used in the past
‘tab stop (also tab)
noun a fixed position in a line of a document
that you are typing that shows where a piece of text or a column of figures,
etc. will begin ( fj ^ )
tabular /'taebjala(r)/
adj. [usually before noun] presented or arranged in a table (= in rows and columns) A I# A 67 ?<J$A67 i0jfc£69: tabular data The results are presented in tabular form.
tab-ula rasa /.taebjula
'raiza/ noun (pi tab-ulae rasae /.taebjuli: 'raizi:/) (from Latin, formai) 1 a situation in which there are no fixed
ideas about how sth should develop ji# ( f )
2 the
human mind
as it is at birth, with no ideas or thoughts in it 69®H
tabu-late /'taebjuleit/
verb [VN] to arrange facts or figures in
columns or lists so that they can be read easily ^'J AStk > tabu-la-tion /.taebju'leijn/
noun [U,
C]
tabu-la-tor /'taebjuleita(r)/
noun = tab key
tacet /'taesit;
'tei-/ adv., adj. (from Latin, music #) (used as an instruction If tAtH)
used to indicate that a particular instrument does not play ( If ) Alt
m (67)
tacho-graph
/'taekagraif;
NAmE -graef/ noun a device that is used in vehicles such as large lorries/trucks and some
types of buses to measure their speed, how far they have travelled and when the
driver has stopped to rest ( )
ifjilit,
tach-om-eter /tae'kDmita(r);
NAmE -'ka:m-/ noun a device that measures the rate that sth
turns and is used to measure the speed of an engine in a vehicle
it, nmm ()
tacit /'taesit/ adj. [usually before noun] that is suggested indirectly or
understood, rather than said in words &
M 7 S ; 7 W W nil 69 ; SK 7
69 : tacit
approval/ support/knowledge ft it; 017 At#; 7 $
X & 69 iA iR O By tacit
agreement, the subject was never mentioned again, ►tacit
ly adv.
tad-turn /'taesitoin; NAmE -term/ adj. tending not to say very much, in a way
that seems unfriendly A gf %
69;
iiLi^SW69; !$i£7io69 ►taci-turn-ity /,taesi't3:n8ti; NAmE -'t3:rn-/ noun [U]
tack /taek/
noun, verb
noun 1 [U, sing.] the way in which you deal with a
particular situation; the direction of your words or thoughts Alt; A'A; a complete change of tack
A
& 69 A 0 It was a brave decision to change tack
in the middle of the project. g ^ 4IS&AA