tether /'teda(r)/ verb, noun
m verb [VN] ~ sth (to sth) to tie an animal to a
post so that it cannot move very far W ) noun a rope or chain used
to tie an animal to sth, allowing it to move around in a small area ( ft H 63 )
m%: EEI see END n.
tetrahedron /.tetra'hiidran; -'hed-/ noun {geometry fi fnj) a solid shape
with four flat sides that are triangles 0 —
picture o solid
Tetra
Pak™ /'tetra
paek/ noun a type of cardboard
container in which milk or other drinks are sold
tet
rath lon /te'traeGlari/
noun a sporting event in
which people compete in four different sports, usually riding, shooting,
swimming and running ( —compare
BIATHLON, DECATHLON, HEPTATHLON, PENTATHLON, TRIATHLON
Teut-onic
/tjui'tDmk;
NAmE tu:'ta:mk/ adj. [usually before noun] (informal, often disapproving) showing qualities
considered typical of German people H M K f# M 63; 05IAWW; $$ 63: The preparations were made with Teutonic
thoroughness.
Tex-Mex
/.teks
'meks/ adj. [only before noun] connected with the
variety of Mexican cooking, music, etc. that is found in
n&mm jib-mw63
text 0-w /tekst/ noun, verb
u noun 1 [U] the main printed part of a book or
magazine, not the notes, pictures, etc. ( Aff^3>#63 ) IE X, ^X ( ) : My job is to lay out the
text and graphics on the page. f£63IfEJii&it]£ffi-h&3
IE 2 [U] any form of written material
AA;
:
a computer that can process text A63
J®
o printed text fT 1$ X A 3 [C] = text message 4 [C] the written form
of a speech, a play, an article, etc. i# H; HiJ A; AH: The newspaper had printed the full
text of the president’s speech. It fj ^ T & ift i# 63 ft. X o 5 [C] a book, play,
etc., especially one studied for an exam ( 63 ) ifA,
IliJA:
a literary
text A#t$A o {BrE) ‘Macbeth’ is a set text this year. 3!
A¥f^63'&i£®J
@
0 6 [C] a piece of writing
that you have to answer
questions about in an exam or a
lesson (
) XM SHU PASSAGE: Read the text carefully and then
answer the questions, 5fe EF 63 A # ,
$ ffj
ft 0 ^ I'p]
m „ 7 [C] {NAmE) = TEXTBOOK :
medical texts g^i$A 8 [C] a sentence or short passage from the
Bible that is read out and discussed by sb, especially during a religious
service ( iiX&Ji
#im)
mverb to
send sb a written message using a mobile phone/cellphone ( H ft $H if A ) X M ft: [VN] Text me when you’re on your way. il&ftif&ft.Ra.im^c o [VNN] I’ll text you the final score. tt
ft o
0 [V] Kids seem to
be texting non-stop these days.
—see
also SMS v„
TEXT-MESSAGE at TEXT MESSAGE
text-book /'tekstbuk/
noun, adj.
unoun {NAmE also text) a book that teaches a
particular subject and that is used especially in schools and colleges # ; if A ; it M : a school/medical/ history, etc. textbook
uadj. [only
before noun] used to describe sth that is done exactly as it should
be done, in the best possible way $j> ?£ 63; ftf?£63: a textbook example of how the game should be played &^[£^63f*?fiA?£
'text editor noun {computing if) a system or program that allows you
to make changes to text A A £ti ft ^ tA
(J&m )
;
texter /'teksta(r)/ noun {especially BrE) a person who sends
text messages XM ( AH ) MffJlA; MftA it#
o note at material 2 textiles [pi.] the industry
that makes cloth ifiR'jk
'text message (also text) noun a written message that
you send using a mobile/cellular phone ( AfJl ) Mfg Mis : Send a text message to this number
to vote. if► 'text-message
(also
text)
verb: [VN] I text-messaged him to say we were
waiting in the pub. [aisov]
'text-messaging (also text-ing) noun [U] text ual /'tekstjual/ adj. [usually before noun] connected with or
contained in a text X
^ (ft ; H M 63 : textual analysis X^fttir 0 textual
errors
i^
tex-ture /'tekstXa(r)/ noun [C, U] 1 the
way a surface, substance or piece of cloth feels when you touch it, for example
how rough, smooth, hard or soft it is Hftifa; ^
:
the soft texture of velvet 3c $1 it % ^ 63 lit o She uses a variety of different
colours and textures in her wall hangings. 2 the way
food or drink tastes or
feels in your mouth, for example whether it is rough, smooth, light, heavy,
etc. P : The two cheeses were very different in both taste and texture. j£W##3§§639AiM 3 the way
that different parts of a
piece of music or literature are combined to create a final impression (
#Hs^^C^63 ) ill fn i%
— IB , if »3 : the rich texture of the symphony
tex-tured /'tekstjad; NAmE -tjard/ adj. with a surface that is
not smooth, but has a particular texture 63; MPFN3: textured wallpaper ^gtS63II^R .textured vegetable
protein noun
{abbr. TVP) a substance that looks
like meat, but which is made from SOYA BEANS )
TG /,ti:
'd3i:/ abbr. transformational grammar
im
-th suffix 1 (in ordinal numbers
i^^j^^ifl]): sixth HA
0
fifteenth HAS 0 hundredth 2 (in nouns
tijj®
#ifl])
the action or process of ( ) :
growth A. A:
thal as so ther apy /Ga.laesau'Berapi; NAmE -sou-/ noun [U] the use of sea
water as beauty or health treatment
umm-,
i§7jcn#; m&vm
thali /'ta:li/ noun {IndE) 1 a metal plate on
which food is served 2 a set meal
at a restaurant (
JT )
thal ido mide /Ga'lidamaid/ noun [u] a sedative drug which was given to
pregnant women until, in the 1960s, it was found to have prevented some babies
from developing normal arms and legs ,
Jx.
( \m 20 tM 60 maim
thal lium /'Gaeliam/ noun [U] {symb Tl) a chemical element.
Thallium is a soft silver-white metal whose compounds are very poisonous, ft than 0-w /den; rare strong form daen/ prep., conj.
1
used to introduce the second part of a
comparison
( tk^63Hz:nP3E )
It: I’m older
than her. %
Ao
o There was more whisky in it than soda. IP M ffi 63 M ± & tt fj fT 7jC % o 0 He loves me more than you do. it it 0 It was much better than I’d
expected.
& l£$cMl|4631c£H#^o 0 You should know better than to behave like
that. BJ £3 ^3, JP
'A 0 I’d rather email than phone, if that’s OK
by you. $Pl|l#iAAjTO63i$,
2
more/less/fewer, etc. ~ used for comparing amounts,
numbers, distances, etc. (
tfc&ifciL 7js
ft, 'ft ft: It never takes more than an hour. #r 63 |b] /A ft & M id — A ft H c 0 It’s less than a mile to the
beach. A M
S o 0 There were
fewer than
twenty people there.
sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on