tech-no-phile /'teknaufail; NAmE -nou-/ noun a
person who is enthusiastic about new technology |ff ft A %k if
#; Urf4&&
tech no phobe /'teknaufaub; /Mmf -noufoub/ noun a person who is afraid
of, dislikes or avoids new technology im ( ) Hrf4ftEftA;
techy = techie
tec ton ic /tek'tnmk;
A//X/77E -'ta:nik/ oc//'. [only before noun] (geology fife) connected with the structure of the
earth’s surface it&^$JiaEft — see also plate tectonics teddy bear /'tedi bea(r); NAmE ber/
(BrE also teddy pi.
-ies)
noun a soft toy bear (
$£Eft
)
'Teddy boy (also informal ted /ted/) noun (in
group of young men who
liked rock and roll music and who had their own style of
dressing (usually wearing narrow trousers/pants, long jackets and pointed
shoes) ¥
te di ous /'tiidias/ adj. lasting or taking too
long and not interesting %-|£Eft; nfi|i£Eft; ^AM;®
Eft KTO boring : The journey soon became tedious. 2$ 0 We had to listen
to the tedious details of his operation. f\] ¥ # ¥ ffe BJJ
ftfe ffl &lT3Jj^^Eft£ffl¥o
c> note at boring ►
te-di-ous-ly adv. te di ous ness noun [U]
te dium /'tiidiam/ noun [U] the quality of
being boring %¥; EBd boredom: She longed for
something to relieve the tedium of everyday life. Mi $i M
tee /ti:/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 a flat area on a golf
course from
which players hit the ball ( i^i¥As£^Eft ) to drive off from the first tee
fkffc —
A^E¥ 5$ 0 a tee shot ff $c it Si 2 a small piece of
plastic or wood that you stick in the ground to support a golf ball before you hit it
( —picture o golf
!!■¥/! see T
■ verb (teed, teed) fifflilll ,tee off to hit a golf
ball from a tee, especially at the start of a match (
frtfk Mfclt J#
J® ± .) A $ , ¥ $ .tee sb~'off {NAmE, informal) to make sb angry or annoyed {£ ; {<£ A
A; ,tee sth<-'up | ,tee up to prepare to hit a
golf ball
by placing it on a tee (
±
)
teed off /,ti:d 'of; NAmE 'o:f; ‘a:f/ adj. {NAmE, informal) annoyed or angry ; £HEft
tee-hee /,ti: 'hi:/ noun used to represent the
sound of a quiet laugh ( ®%p ) flgHg, mm teem /ti:m/ verb [V]
(usually be teeming)
(of
rain M) to fall heavily M ?± ; {$ fM pour : The rain was
teeming down. A M M k. M To 0 It was
teeming with rain. AM#Pi±o 'teem with sth (usually be
'teeming with sth) to be full of people,
animals, etc. moving around , i&T, i'J&hfPA ( zft
) : The streets were teeming with tourists. A #j± iff hbttUio o a river teeming with
fish teeming /’tiimir)/ adj. present
in large numbers; full of people, animals, etc. that are moving around A M Eft;
ftm (
MtlftA. ) (ft; «&¥ teeming
insects 81Eftll.il 0 the teeming streets of the city eh .MJIEftfitTM
teen-age /'ti:neid3/ (also informal teen especially in NAmE) adj. [usually before noun] between 13 and 19 years old; connected
with people of this age TTAEft ( 13
A
19 A ) ; W A ¥ Eft: teenage girls/boys WlAEftT A / A ¥ 0 teenage rebellion r :> ¥ Eft %. $ 'if ft 0 teen magazines WT¥$*l£
teen-aged /'ti:neid3d/ adj. between 13 and 19
years old
T/IA
ift ( ft 13 S 19 A Ift ) ; #T¥Eft: They have two teenaged daughters. MlT'WTTAAWAJLo teen-ager /'ti:neid3a(r)/
(also informal teen especially in NAmE) noun a person who is
between 13 and 19 years
old ( 13 M 19 A£|b]#j ) WT¥, WT¥$A: a magazine aimed at teenagers EUW¥¥¥)fti|lEft^iil
teens /tiinz/
noun [pi ] the years of a
person’s life when they are between 13 and 19 years old T/l A ( 13 M 19 A Z |b] ) : She began writing poetry in her teens.
T
¥ A ¥ t# o 0 to be in your earlyAate teens M ¥
TTK/TAAA
teeny /'tiini/
adj.
{informal) (teen-ier, teeni-est) 1 (also teeny-weeny /,ti:ni 'wi:ni/ teensy /'tiinzi/ teensy- weensy /,tiinzi 'wiinzi/)
very small lit ¥ Eft ; ¥ Eft
HT1 tiny 2 connected with
people between 13 and 19 years old Til AW ¥¥ Eft: teeny magazines W T ¥ M teeny-bopper /'tiini bDpa(r); NAmE ba:p-/ noun {old-fashioned, informal) a young girl between
the ages of about 10 and 13, who is very interested in pop music, fashionable
clothes, etc. HM T A ( # ¥ M. 'if ¥
¥M¥
10 m 13 a^ibj )
tee-pee = tepee 'tee
shirt = T-shirt
tee-ter
/'tiita(r)/
verb [V] to stand or move
in an unsteady way so that you look as if you are going to fall jf %;
^$;M:: She teetered after him in her high-heeled shoes. M$f Mflbis ffiTo teeter on the brink/'edge of sth to be
very close to a very
unpleasant or dangerous situation &¥ ( )
lfti£*ih The country is
teetering on the brink of civil war. Til
^
'teeter-totter noun {NAmE) = see-saw n.(l) teeth pi. of
tooth
teethe /ti:6/
verb [V] when a baby is teething, its first teeth are
starting to grow (AJjJl ) tti5f, ¥¥ 'teething troubles (also 'teething problems) noun [pi.] small problems that a
company, product, system, etc. has at the beginning ( AmT
$»j|ft/Nnm
tee-total /.tii'tautl;
NAmE -'toutl/ adj. never drinking
alcohol fk T t^'/flEft; M M T : He’s strictly teetotal. ► tee-total-ism noun [U]
tee-total-ler (BrE) {US tee-total-er) /,ti:'tautla(r); NAmE -'tou-/ noun a person who does not
drink alcohol ¥ tfc
SWA;
M'MTfe^A
TEFL
/'tefl/ abbr. {BrE) teaching English as a foreign language ¥
Teflon™
/'teflon/
noun, adj.
m noun [U] a substance used
especially to cover the inside of cooking pans, that stops food from sticking
to them
#nui§, ( )
■ adj. (especially of a
politician Alt? AlifJt#) still having a good reputation
after making a mistake or doing sth that is not legal %.¥® Eft ( >5PMS
M ) : The Teflon Prime Minister has
survived another crisis.
tel* (also
Tel.) abbr. (in writing ¥ -ft' ¥
A) telephone number
telco /‘telkau;
NAmE -koo/ noun {pi. telcos) (used especially in
newspapers A ffl ¥ M)
a telecommunications company
T fg A ^ : Telcos were
struggling to make money from broadband services. faMPinfe sJJW
tele- /'teli/
combining
form
(in nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs ]U A ¥ IT rf] is]. T If ft] 111 gi]
iej) 1 over a long distance; far M ; la Eft: telepathy o
telescopic ¥ iS 2 connected with television
ill f! Eft: teletext
ffl A ¥ M 3 done
using a telephone jf M ^
Eft.: telesales
tele bank
ing /‘telibaeqkiq/
noun [U] = telephone
BANKING
tele-cam-era /’telikaemara/ noun a video camera used
in VIDEOCONFERENCING ( fH TMM^TUft ) PUWiM
tele-cast /‘telikaist;
NAmE -kaest/ noun (especially NAmE) a broadcast on
television iTIS/4S; (fellT g ► tele-cast verb (tele-cast,
tele-cast) [VN]
[usually
passive]:
The event
will be telecast simultaneously to nearly 150 cities.
fft 150 TMTm
Eftaij¥llf‘4#o tele-cast er
noun
tele-com-mu-ni-ca-tions /1telikaImju:ni'keiJ,nz/
(also informal tele-corns /'telikumz; NAmE -ka:mz/) noun