to emphasize the fact that
the person who is being spoken to is doing sth (强调说话对象做某事）：Do it yourseZ/—/ don’t
have time.你自己做吧——^•我没时间。
◊
Vou can try it out/oryourse〖ves.你们可以亲.自试一试。
.◊
Ybu yourse〖/are one 〇/the c/u_e/(Renders•你本人就是 主犯之一。3 you 你；您：We seH a 〖ot 〇/ these
to people iifce yourse!/•我们把许多这种东西卖给您这样的
人。◊ ‘And yourseZ/,’ he repiied, How
are you?、心你 呢，”他回运道，你好 >4?.'.”
ff^il (all) by your'self/
your'selves 1
alone; without anyone else {你 / 你彳H ) 独自，单独：How Zong were you by
yoursd/ in the house?你自己--个，人在屋里待了多灰时间？ 2
without help ( #/你们，）独突地：Are you sur^ you did
this exercise
by yoursd/P这个练习真是你自.己做的吗？（a") to your'self/your'selves for only you to have,
use, etc.
有；专用：Z’m goi’ng to be aivay
next vveefc so youYZ have the oj5fi‘ce toyoursd/•我下周要出差，所以这个办公室就
岿你一个人隹用了。be you r’ self to act naturally 行为 .自然；不做作：Don’t act sophisticated—just be yourseZ/. 不要做出世故的样子-——自然点吧。 youse (also yous) /ju:z/ pron. {non-standard, diplect) a word meaning 'you*,
used when talking to more than one person 你们
youth Oti1 /ju:0/ noun {pi. youths /ju:6z/)
1 [U] the time of life when a
person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult 青年 #期（龙 指成年以前）.：He had
been a taiented musician in his >out/i. 4孕轻时很有音乐天才。2 [U] the quality or state of being young 年轻；青春；朝气：She brings to the job a rare combinario/i 〇/youth and experience.她很年运，
然而干这份工作已有经验，这是很难得的。3 [C] (often d/sapprov/ng) a young man 青年男子；小伙子：77ze /ight was started by a gang 〇/ youths.这场打斗是一伙少 年挑起来的。4 (also the youth) [pi.] young people
considered as a group (统备）■青牵，年轻人：the nation’s youth 全国青the youth 〇/today
当代青年◊ youth culture 年轻人的文化◊ youth unemp丨oyment 青年 失业'问题
'youth club noun (in
,youth 'custody noun [U] (6r£) a period of time when a young criminal
is kept in a type of prison as a punish- ment 青少年犯的拘禁期：f/e was sentenced to two
years’ youth custody.也镟判it在少年犯拘留所拘禁两年。◊ a youth custody centre青少年犯拘留所 youth-ful
/'ju:0fl/ adj. 1 typical of young people 的；青.牵的；* 春的：yout/i/uZ
enthusiasm/energy/ t'nejtperience青春的激情/洁力；年轻人的幼稚2 young or seeming younger than you are 年轻的；M得年隹的： She’s a ve/y youth」pZ 65.碰65岁r，但显得非常年轻。
►
youth-fuMy /-fali/ adv. youth-ful-ness noun [U]
'youth hostel noun a building that provides
cheap and simple accommodation and meals, especially to young people who are
travelling青年招待所，青年旅社（可为
旅行的青年人提供廉价食宿）
'youth
hostelling noun [u] (6r£) the activity of staying in different
youth hostels and walking, etc. between them在各地丨主青年招待所：to go youth hosteHing借助 青年招待所到处去旅疔
youVe /ju:v/ short form you have yowl /jaul/ verb [V] to make a long loud
cry that sounds unhappy 哭叫；号哭；号啕大哭 HE!
wail ► yowl nown 'Yo Yo™ (also 'yo-yo) noun (pi Yo Yos, yo-yos) a toy that consists of
two round pieces of plastic or wood joined together, with a piece of string
wound between them.
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You
put the string around your finger and make the yo-yo go up and down it.悠悠球，溜溜球，摇摇（拉线
使li盘旋转着沿线上下来回移动> :He fcept bouncing up and
down Hfce a yo-yo.他像个悠悠球似的彘蹦跳跳。
yr (also
yr.
especially
in
yt-ter-bium /i't3：bi0m; NAmE i't3：rb-/ noun [u] {symb Yb) a chemical element.
Ytterbium is a silver-white metal used to make steel stronger and in some X-ray machines.镱
yttrium /'itriam/
noun [U] (symb Y) a chemical element.
Yttrium
is a grey-white metal used in magnets.纪， yuan /ju'ain/ noun {pi. yuan) the unit of money in
China 元（41 国货韦单位 > —'see also RENMINBI yucca /'jAka/ noun a tropical plant with
long stiff pointed leaves on a thick straight stem, often grown indoors丝竺（叶剑形坚挺，常种于室内） yuck (BrE also yuk) /jAk/ exclamation [informal) used to show that you
think sth is disgusting or unpleasant (表示憎厌）讨厌，可恶 .
yucky {BrE also yukky) /'jAki/ adj. {informal) disgusting or very
unpleasant讨厌沾；令人生厌的；令人庆恶的：
yudg^ood难以下咽的食物
Yue /ja'wei; ju'ei/ noun = Cantonese n.{l) yu-kata
/ju'kaBtae/
noun (from Japanese) a kimono (=traditional Japanese piece of clothing) made of
light cotton浴衣（一_轻便棉布和服.）
Yule
/ju:l/ noun [C, U] [old use or literary) the festival of
Christmas圣诞节
'yule log noun 1 a
large log of wood traditionally burnt on Christmas
Eve圣诞节原木（传统上在圣诞夜邊
的大原木 > 2 a chocolate cake in the
shape of 丑 log, traditionally eaten at Christmas 圣诞节原木（巧克力）■
蛋糕
Yule-tide
/'juiltaid/
noun [u, C] {old use or literary) the period around
Christmas Day 圣诞节期间：YUieti'de jbod and
drinfc圣诞食物和饮料 yum /jAm/ (also .yum-'yum) exclamation (informal) used to show that you
think sth tastes or smells very nice (表示味道或气味非常好）
yummy /'jAmi/ （/>j/om7fl/) very good
to eat 很好吃的
PCT71 delicious: a yummy cafce 各子吃的蛋糕
yup-pie (also yuppy) /'jApi/ noun {pi. -ies)
{informal, often disapproving) a young professional
person who lives in a city and earns a lot of money that they spend on
expensive and feshionable things 福皮士（城市■中收 入高.、生活优裕的_轻专业人员）Formed from the first letters
of the words "young urban professional’. 由 young
urban professional 的首字母组成。 yup-pify /'jAprfai/ verb (yup-pi-fies,
yup-pi-fy-ing, yup-pi- fied, yuppi-fied) [VN] [often passive] (informal, disapproving) to make sth such as an
area of a city more expensive and fashionable, and attractive to yuppies 使（市区等）更华贵时髦；使雅皮主化：ayupp诉ed area 〇/London
伦敦一处雅皮士化地区►yup，piii*ca*tion /jApifi'keiJn/
noun [U]
yurt /j3：t; NAmE j3：rt/ noun a type of traditional
tent used in