to emphasize the fact that
the person who is being spoken to is doing sth ( ) : Do it
yourself—I don’t have time, iff dfeS^G —- flciftHtNo 0 You can try it out for
yourselves. iM l nf MM U iit-'iito
0
You yourself are one of the chief
offenders. iff^AWtM.
A A — , 3 you iff
; ■. We sell a lot
of these to
people like yourself. $i\ 1 IE¥£;&ft* fc&-Mtm M$1 A o o ‘And yourself, ’ he
replied, ‘How
are
you?’ h“jA:
ifojffM?; ” [033 (all) by your' self/
your'selves 1 alone; without anyone else ( iff! iff{\] ) 34 fl , ¥- 34 : How long were you by
yourself in the house? iff
g d - A A. A il A T M ?
2 without
help ( #/Ml ) 34j/1 ilk: Are you sure you did this
exercise by yourself? dii^W®l(? (all)
to
your'self/your'selves for only you to have,
use, etc. 34 {{; Affl: I’m going to be away next week so you’ll
have the office to yourself. &
43 iff. - A A (4 hi 7 „ be your' self to act naturally i
f
A .fa ; TifejA: Don’t act
sophisticated—just be yourself.
youse (also
yous) /ju:z/ pron. (non-standard, dialect) a word meaning ‘you’,
used when talking to more than one person \ff{\\
yOilth On /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 W¥4i$] ( ft to $(, IAbu ) : He had been a talented
musician in his youth. h 9k fito 2 [U] the quality or state
of being young ¥45; ##; #] H: She brings to the
job a rare combination of youth and experience.
3 [C] (often
disapproving) a young man W¥:P§ A; A{4,¥: The fight was started
by a gang of youths, iz. ^ f f A ft • \k A 4 (also the youth) [pi.] young people
considered as a group ( fit
)' W ¥ , ¥ 45 A : the nation’s youth Ai7rf¥ O the youth of today ft#¥ 0 youth culture ¥45 0
youth
unemployment #¥
'youth club noun (in
,youth 'custody noun [U] {BrE) a period of time when a
young criminal is kept in a type of prison as a punishment A A ¥ 3E W 7U ■$ 1$: He was sentenced to
two years’ youth custody. ilfeITjTftkAA¥3E#1 ii#Tf6j^i¥¥o 0 a youth custody centre W A¥3E$Jfif PJf youth ful /'ju:0fl/ od/ 1 typical of young people ¥45 A 04 ; f ¥ W ; ff # :
youthful
enthusiasm/energy/
inexperience ¥ # {fa
M.
Iff / rS A; ¥ 45 A 0*J If? 2 young or seeming younger
than you are ¥4503j; 5iU#¥450¥ She’s a very youthful 65. ftfe 65 A 7,
►
youth ful ly /-fali/ odv. 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 , W¥^t± ( ¥ f]
>
'youth hostelling noun [U] {BrE) the activity of staying
in different youth hostels and walking, etc. between them Aft itk ft ff ¥71(377: to go youth hostelling ft gfj
ff¥3$ It #r iJ&h
AfifcTf you’ve
/ju:v/
short
form
you have yowl /jaol/ verb [V] to make
a long loud cry that sounds unhappy 9£ni]; T^A^ H77I wail ► yowl noun
'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.
You
put the string around your finger and make the yo-yo go up and down it. ffijg ( W&
f4[®fr 7S7£±T^[h] ) : He kept bouncing up
and down like a yo-yo.
yr (also
yr.
especially
in NAmE) abbr. 1 {pi. yrs) year(s) ¥; ¥ A : children aged 4-11 yrs *
4 M 11 A Jl S
2 your f/jTj; MlW
yt-ter-bium /i't3:biam;
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. H
yt trium /'itriam/ noun [u] (symb Y) a
chemical element.
Yttrium
is a grey-white metal used in magnets.
yuan /ju'cnn/
noun {pi. yuan) the unit of money in
yuck (BrE also yuk) /jAk/ exclamation {informal) used to show that you
think sth is disgusting or unpleasant
( ) iAK,
yucky {BrE also yukky) /’jAki/ adj. {informal) disgusting or very
unpleasant ; A A :
yucky food 0. AT fl'J lit/
Yue
/ja'wei;
ju'ei/ noun = Cantonese n.(l)
yu-kata /ju'kaetae/ noun (from Japanese) a kimono (= traditional Japanese
piece of clothing) made of light cotton )
Yule
/ju:l/ noun [C, U] {old use or literary) the festival of Christmas TMT
'yule log noun 1 a
large log of wood
traditionally burnt on Christmas Eve JSiJiTjjjRA (
01)
A A ) 2 a chocolate cake in the shape of a log, traditionally eaten at
Christmas )
Yule-tide
/’juiltaid/
noun [u, C] {old use or literary) the period around
Christmas Day T M fj M |h| : Yuletide
food and
drink
yum /jAm/
(also ,yum-’yum) exclamation {informal) used to show that you
think sth tastes or smells very nice
( )
yummy
/'jAmi/
adj.
{informal)
very good to eat 3M3fft£Tj cm delicious: a yummy cake if yuppie (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 fashionable things 3tJA± ( ieifc, AvStt;$r#l¥4£¥ikAM ) MsIHIfll Formed from the first
letters of the words ‘young urban professional’. lh
young urban professional
yup-pify /'jApifai/ verb (yup-pi-fies,
yup-pi-fy ing, yup-pi- fied, yup-pi-fied) [VN] [often passive] {informal, disapproving) to make sth such
as an area of a city more expensive and fashionable, and attractive to yuppies 14 ( ¥£# ) f43t]£±ft : ayuppified
area of
/jApifi'keiJn/
noun [U]
yurt /j3:t;
NAmE j3:rt/ noun a type of traditional
tent used in