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between the elbow and the wrist, on the side opposite
the thumb R# — picture o body —
see also radius(3) ul ter ior /Al'tiaria(r); NAmE -'tir-/ adj. [only before noun] (of
a reason for doing sth ff ^ (ft M &) that sb keeps hidden
and does not admit ARAA(ft; 1#$?
(ft; A P A (ft: She must have some
ulterior motive for being nice to me—what does she really want?
ultimate
0-w
/'Altimet/
adj., noun m adj. [only before noun] 1
happening at the end of a long process ft (ft ; ft H771 final : our
ultimate
goal/aim/objective/target R li] ft (ft
[=1 (ft /
We will accept ultimate responsibility for
whatever happens, „
O The
ultimate decision lies with
the parents. ftftlfti&^ftll^ 2 most extreme; best,
worst, greatest, most important, etc. ft^&*1; ft# ( #A, )
(ft: This race will be the
ultimate test of your skill.
O Silk sheets are the
ultimate luxury. Mil Jilfclt:(ftlfl^qH „ 3
from
which sth originally comes
M^&tl; SAW; S-fitil'tiW PS771
basic, fundamental : the ultimate truths of
philosophy and science WA^f4A(ft£IAUE3 mnoun [sing.] the ~ in sth
(informal) the best, most
advanced, greatest, etc. of its kind ft# ( #A
# ) £ft¥$J; ®pp; ISA: the ultimate in modern
design
'ultimate
fighting (also
extreme
fighting) noun [U] a sport that
combines different styles of fighting such as boxing,
wrestling and martial arts
and in which there are not many rules A, (
InpT#
A, »JA£ )
ul
tim ate ly 0-w/'Altimetli/ adv.
1
in the end; finally ft ;
ft /§ ; l& B : Ultimately, you’ll have to make
the decision yourself. ftl£#x£JiM# § 0 A poor diet will
ultimately lead to illness.
IS H tft tAlIt ^ f?t $£ ^ o 2
at the most basic and important level ft IS A
ul ti
matum /.Alti'meitam/
noun
{pi. ultimatums or ul- ti-ma-ta) a final warning to a
person or country that if they do not do what you ask, you will use force or
take action against them ft/sill^: to issue an ultimatum A
AftftM
ultra /'Altra/ noun a person who holds
extreme views, especially in politics ( Ajfj&'/frAftJ )&$£##,
ultra- /'Altra/ prefix (in adjectives and
nouns is] fO ^ is]) extremely; beyond a particular limit ft; If M S M IS.: ultra-modem If JJfi ft <> ultraviolet jjg # ^ (ft — compare
infra-
,ultra-high
'frequency noun [u]
= UHF ultra-light
/'Altralart/
noun (NAmE) = microlight ultra-mar-ine /.Altrama'riin/ noun [u] a bright blue
colour
ultra-short /.Altra'Joit;
AM/tjE-'Joirt/ od/'. (of radio waves ft ^ e£L $£) having a very short wavelength (shorter than 10 metres), with a frequency greater than 30 megahertz — compare long wave, medium
WAVE, SHORT WAVE
ultra-son-ic
/.Altra'sDmk;
NAmE -*sa:n-/ adj. [usually before noun]
(of sounds
A ef) higher than humans can hear If A (ft: ultrasonic waves
If A #£ ultra-sound
/'Altrasaund/
noun 1 [u] sound that is higher than humans can hear ® A ; If
i=f 2 [U, C] a medical process that produces an image of what is
inside your body If A 13 ® ftdS:: Ultrasound showed she was expecting
twins. If
ultra-vio
let /.Altra'vaialat/
{abbr. UV) adj. [usually before noun]
{physics
%j) of
or using electromagnetic waves
that are just shorter than those of violet
light in the spectrum and that
cannot be seen (ft; MM %
#1^ (ft : ultraviolet rays {= that cause the skin to
go darker) an ultraviolet lamp 3£#^£f —com
pare INFRARED
ultra vires /.Altra 'vairiiz/ adv. (from Latin, law #:) beyond your legal
power or authority ululate /'juiljuleit;
'Aljuleit; NAmE 'Aljul-/
verb [V] {literary) to
give a long cry ni|; Rnij; Pm wail
► ulu-la-tion /-leijn/ noun [U, C] um exclamation the way of writing the
sound /Am/ or /am/ that people make when they hesitate, or do not know what to
say next ( A IbHHH )
flj® , PjE, Pf: Um, I’m not sure how to ask you this ...
m, n
umber
/'Amba(r)/
noun [U] a dark brown or
yellowish- brown colour used in paints ( lft?^Affl(ft ) f*±, um bil ical cord /Am.bilikl ’ka:d; NAmE 'ko:rd/ noun a long piece of tissue that connects a baby
to its mother before it is bom and is cut at the moment of birth $?f ^ um bil icus /Am'bilikas;
.Ambi'laikas/ noun
{pi. um-bil- ici /Am'bilisai;
.Ambi'laisai; -kai/ or um-bil-icuses) {technical Ain)
the
NAVEL jflf; fltjflr
umbra
/'Ambra/
noun {pi. um-bras or um-brae /'Ambri:/) {technical Ain) 1 the darkest part of a
shadow Af£ (
A A A A A M It A f!] (ft nfl # ) 2 the area on the earth or the moon which is the
darkest during an eclipse ( Jmi^ilM$^3$lft
) Af* —compare
penumbra(2)
um brage /'Ambrid3/ noun IR71 take 'umbrage (at sth) {formal or humorous) to feel offended, insulted
or upset by sth, often without a good reason K2E
( ) ; ( Aft:) Boa take offence
um brella /Am-brela/ noun
2
(also BrE informal brolly) an object with a round
folding frame of long straight pieces of metal covered with material, that you use
to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun A; M A ; P0 A: I put up my umbrella. licjfJFAo 0 colourful beach
umbrellas ^ift&MPBA —compare parasol, sunshade(I)
3
a thing that contains or includes many
different parts
or elements ££ A ifc ;
& A ; Many previously
separate groups are now
operating under the umbrella of a single authority. iA^EA^f(650ASl4£teA
0 an umbrella
organization/group/ fund / 0^/li 0 ‘Contact sports’ is an
umbrella term for a variety of
different sports. “
M'g # A IrI
A W Is^^ o 3 a country or system that protects
people
A; J&P
um-faan
/um'fain/
noun {pi. um-faans or ba-fana /bai'faina/) {SAfrE) 1 a young black
man who is not married AltHA;D 2 a young black boy um laut /'umlaut/ noun the mark placed over
a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the u in the German word
fur ( jtfH (ft ) et # — compare acute accent, circumflex,
GRAVE2, TILDE(l) um pire /'Ampai0(r)/ noun, verb
mnoun (also NAmE informal ump) (in sports such as tennis and baseball |fl]$c, person
whose job is to watch a game and make sure that rules
are not broken M — picture o page
R30 — compare REFEREE /?.(1)
■ verb to act as an
umpire ( A• • • ) M,
^$5A'J: [V]
We need someone to umpire. 3^Cl#$AA^$^!lo 0 [VN] to umpire a game of
baseball ump-teen
/.Amp'tiin/
det.
{informal)
very many A M;
I’ve told this story umpteen times.
,i#T ftMCdCf o ► ump-teen pron.: Umpteen of them
all arrived at once, j&ffl A— & JL A 7 0 ump-teenth /,Amp'ti:n0/ det.: ‘This is crazy, ’
she told herself for the umpteenth time (= she had done it
many times before).
iwst! ”
UN (also U.N. especially in l/S) /ju: 'en/ abbr. United Nations. The UN
is an association of many countries that aims to help economic and social conditions
improve and to solve political problems in the world in a peaceful way. A®: the UN Security
Council 0 a UN peacekeeping plan
un- /An/ prefix 1 (in adjectives,
adverbs and nouns
S'Jis]not; the opposite of A; A;
A;