with the latest
developments. f!MnMt#f:JSJft§r64£Ii1f o up-to-date records JSiff 64 id A 0 She brought him up to
date with what had happened. MihM#litftlJr64 if Mo — see also out of
date up-to-the-'minute adj. [usually before noun] 1 having or including
the most recent information HIA64; fair (ft; gpifi64: up-to-the-minute news ft§rfflJl 2 modern; fashionable M ftffc 64 ; H H 64 ; -M ff 64: up-to-the- minute
designs ft
04 H
64 if — see also up to the
MINUTE at MINUTE n.
up-town /,Ap'taun/ adv., adj. (NAmE)
■
adv. in or to the parts of
a town or city that are away from the centre, where people live & IfrfJ fa ) They live in an apartment uptown. /Ml##
. Tfi3$ 64 —• o 0 We walked
uptown a couple of
blocks until we found a cab. if/L&WA
M -tHiH ffiAo — compare downtown, midtown m adj. 1 [only before noun] in, to or typical of the parts of a town or city that are away from the
centre, where people live £ (ft fa )
an uptown train ff ft E 64 A# 2 typical of an
area of a town or city
where people have a lot of money % AEW: uptown prices 0 an
uptown girl WAS 64 MM
up-trend /'Aptrend/ noun [sing.] {NAmE) a situation in which business activity or
performance increases or improves over a period of time ( #M/§s464
) ± ft#, if?§i,
tffc 033 downtrend
up-turn
/'Apt3:n; NAmE -taim/ noun [usually sing.] ~ (in sth) a situation in which sth improves or
increases over a period of time fa ;
ft#; Itf Bud
upswing: an upturn in the
economy
^'$F64£j14t <> The restaurant trade is
on the upturn, ft ir ik IE # H $ 0 023 DOWNTURN
up-turned /,Ap't3:nd; NAmE ,Ap't3:rnd/ adj. [usually
before noun] 1 pointing or facing upwards fa±M64; ®Kj± 64 : an upturned nose (= that curves upwards at the
end) H # ± o She looked down at the sea of upturned
faces. MUM#
—
A ft# ® 64 J#
?L „ 2 turned
upside down li#J64; ISI$464; $Jlf&4: She sat on an upturned
box.
uPVC / ju: ,pi: ,vi: 'si:/ noun [U]
a strong plastic used to make window frames and pipes (the abbreviation for
‘unplasticized polyvinyl chloride’) M if'H H & Z>
unplasticized
polyvinylchloride, )
Up-Ward 0-it /'Apwad; NAmE -ward/ adj. [only before noun]
1
pointing towards or facing a higher place
fa ± 64;
<SfJ
L:’64 ft itf &k 64 : an upward gaze $@ll
2
increasing in amount or price (
ftjl, .). ±#64, ±64 , i|f # 64 : an upward movement in property prices MX 64±# 023 downward
.upwardly 'mobile adj. moving
towards a higher social position, usually in which you become richer ±fa±lHI:£64; &fa^4S64; ±±^#64:
upwardly
mobile immigrant groups ^ ^ lii # 64 # 0 an
upwardly mobile lifestyle 0 ^|lgl^64±ff Aft ► .upward mo bility noun [U]
up-wards O-w /'Apwadz; NAmE -wardz/ (especially
BrE) (also
up-ward especially in NAmE) adv.
1
towards a higher place or position fa ±; fa : A flight
of steps led upwards to the front door. —
±ii
falEf] o o Place your hands on the table with the
palms facing upwards. IE ± ft A # ± ± , ± ± I! ± 0 023 downwards
2
towards a higher amount or price
(ISM, ifrfo ) ±#, Hit5: Bad weather forced
the price of fruit
upwards. M X 64 A H §L {£ 7jt ft ih 48- ± 8L o The budget has been
revised upwards. MjftEfeA W o 023 downwards
3
~ of sth more than the amount or number mentioned |E • • • I±±; ft±; ®M: You
should expect to pay upwards of £50 for a hotel room. IS, 50^^o
up-wind /.Ap'wind/ adv. in
the opposite direction to the way in which the wind is blowing MM; to sail
upwind MMfrlS 0 The house was upwind
of the factory and its smells (= the wind did not blow
the smells
2223 urge
towards the house). iX£r± ±Hn±~Ejr64 ±M£k, iWi'J i/764H ^ o 023 downwind ► u p-wi nd adj.
#-64; JKM64
uran ium /ju'reiniam/ noun [U] (symb U) a chemical element.
Uranium is a heavy, silver-white, radioactive
metal, used mainly in producing nuclear energy. 4$
()
Ura-nus /'juaranas; jo'remas; NAmE 'jor-; ju'r-/ noun the planet in the solar system that is 7th in order of
distance from the sun AIM Urban O-w /'3iban; NAmE '3irban/ adj. [usually before noun]
connected with a town or city
rfr 64 ; fPTU 64; MK 64: damage to both urban and
rural environments 34 ;##M;64®±7 0 urban areas iiiEo urban life
Mlb" M
tS 0 urban
development (= the process of
building towns and cities or making them larger) M rff fk. ft 0 urban renewal/regeneration (= the process of
improving the buildings, etc. in the poor parts of a town or city) M TfT # ± §r 0 efforts to control urban
sprawl {= the spread of city
buildings into the country- side) M64^±
— compare rural
urbane /3:'bein; NAmE 3ir'b-/ adj. (especially of a man X is .#§ ±)
good at knowing what to say and how to behave in social situations; appearing
relaxed and confident 64; ^i£64;
AU^±it64 ►
ur-bane-ly
adv. ur-ban-ity /3:'baenati; NAmE 3ir'b-/ noun [U] urbanite /'3ibanait; NAmE '3:rb-/ noun a person who lives in a town or city
urban ized {BrE also -ised) /'3:banaizd; NAmE '3:rb-/ adj. 1 (of an area, a country, etc. MIX,
lilted) having a lot of towns, streets, factories, etc. rather than countryside
M iU4E64 2 (of people A) living and working in towns and cities rather than in
the country rf?
64 ; lUX# 64 : an increasingly urbanized society M 0 ^Ei! All 64
fi: ^ ► ur-ban-iza-tion, -isa tion /.sibanai'zeijn; NAmE .airbana'z-/ noun
[U]
.urban 'myth (also .urban 'legend) noun a story about an amusing or strange event
that is supposed to have happened, which is often repeated and which many
people believe is true
m)
urchin /'3:tjin; NAmE '3:rtjm/ noun 1 (old-fashioned) a young child who is
poor and dirty, often one who has no home ^^M©64JLM; MffcJL: a dirty little street urchin EJ®64fr^±£% 2 = sea urchin Urdu /'uadu:; ‘3:du:; NAmE 'urdu:; '3irdu:/ noun [U] the official
language of
( E*m±l64'B'Ai^W, )
-ure suffix (in nouns the action, process or
result of -6441^ ( ) : closure 0
failure Aft
urea /ju'riia/ noun [U] {technical Ai«) a clear substance
containing nitrogen that is found
especially in urine
m
urethra /ju'ri:0ra/ noun {anatomy ffl) the tube that carries
liquid waste out of the body. In men and male animals sperm also flows along this tube. Mil ► urethral adj. [only before noun]
ur-eth-ritis /joara'Graitis; NAmE jur-/ noun [U] (medical S) infection of the urethra Mil A Urge 0-w /3id3; NAmE3ird3/ verb, noun m verb 1 to advise or
try hard to persuade sb to do sth ft US; fifM; [VN to inf] She urged him to stay. MX
34 ftfc H T o 0 [V that]
The report urged that all children be taught to swim.
[also V speech, VN speech] o note at recommend 2 [VN] ~ sth (on/upon
sb) to recommend sth strongly A±f| #; The
situation is dangerous, and the UN is
urging caution. M# M X ± il
tl It ft „
3
[VN +adv./prep.] {formal) to make a person or
an animal move more quickly and/or in a particular direction, especially by
pushing or forcing them M fi ;
ft : He
urged his horse forward. #. # I; fa II o u:i;yi urge sb*-»'on to encourage sb to do
sth or