The
road zigzagged into the distance.
道路蜿蜒通向远方。
zilch /ziltj/
notm [U] (/"/owifl/) nothing 没有；毫无：
J
arrivedin this country with ziZch.我来到这个国家奸身
_上一无所有。
zilla (also
zillah) /'zila/ noun (in
zil-lion /'ziljan/
noun
[informal, especially
Zim-mer
frame™ /'zima
freim; NAmE 'zimar/ (also informal Zim-mer /'zim0(r)/) (both Br£) [NAmE walk-er) noun a metal frame that
people use to help them to walk, for example people who are old or who have sth
wrong with their legs 奔默式助行架.
zinc /zirjk/
noun 1 [U] {symb Zn) a chemical element. Zinc
is a bluish-white metal that is mixed with copper to produce brass and is often used to cover other metals to prevent
them from rusting.锌 2 [C]
(in some places in
,zinc 'oxide noun [U] {symb ZnO) a substance used in
creams as a treatment for certain skin conditions 氧化 ，（用于皮肤膏） , .
^zine
(also
zine) /zi：n/ noun {informal) a magazine, espe-
cially a fanzine糸志（尤栺差紅者杂志)、
zing /zirj/
verb,
noun
m verb {informal) 1 to move or to make sth
move very quickly, often with a high whistling sound (使 >
呼_ 舍行：[V] eZectricd pukes zin客ing down a wire 迅■速通
，过黾线 _勺电脉冲[also. VN]. 2 [VN]〜sb/sth (for/on sth) to criticize sb strongly
―巧批评;，斥责
■
noun [U] {informal) interest or excitement >X ®;激动； 兴奋►zingy fl办
zing-er /'zir|0(r)/ noun (informal,
especially
Zion-ism
/'zaianizam/
noun [U] a political
movement that was originally concerned with establishing an independent state
for Jewish people, and is now concerned with developing the state of Israel 犹太复国
运动；犹太复国主义；锡安主义► Zion.ist /‘zaiamst/ noun, adj.
zip /zip/
noun,
verb
m noun 1 (also 'zip fastener) (both BrE) (also zip-per NAmE, BrE) [C] a thing that you
use to fasten clothes, bags, etc. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic
teeth that you can pull together to close sth or pull apart to open it.拉备；拉锁：to do up/undo/open/ dose
a zip 拉上 /
feJF / 拉开 / 拉上拉链◊ My zip’s stuck. 我的拉链卡住了。一 picture o fastener
2 [U] f/n/orwa/) energy or speed 能量；速度 3 [sing_] (/>7/〇/777〇/，es/?ec/fl//y nothing 零；没有；毫无：We won/our z中（4-0). 我们四比零获胜。◊ Jfe said zip aH evening.整个晚± 他一声不坑。
verb (-pp-) 1 to fasten clothes, bags, etc. with a zip/
zipper f立 j：拉链：[VN] I zipped and buttoned my jacket. 我由夹克的拉链拉上，系#扣子。oTViec/iiWrenwere
sa/dy zipped into their deeping bags.孩子们都安安稳稳
地躺在睡袋里，拉链也给他们拉好了。◊[VN_ADj]He
2345 zone
zipped /iis case shut.他拉上了 箱子的拉锁。一compare unzip(I) 2 [V]. to be fastened with a
zip/zipper 用 |立链 ■锁上：The sleeping bags can
zip together.这些睡运是用 拉链封严的。3 [+flt/v./p/^p.] (/>?/ormfl/) to move very quickly or to make sth move very
quickly in the direc- tion mentioned (使沿某方向 > 移动：[VM sports car zipped
past us. •辆跑车从我们身呼啸而过。[also
VN] 4 [VN] {computing if) to compress a file (= make it smaller)压缩.（文件）EEQ unzip ,zip up |
,zip sb/sth up to be fastened with a zip/zipper;
to fasten sth with a zip/zipper拉上拉链；拉i…的拉备： 77iis jacket zips up
right to the necfc.这件夹克的拉链一直
拉到脖子。◊ s/iaH Z zip you up (= fasten your dress,
etc.)?要我给你拉上拉链吗？ .一 compare unzip(I) code (also 'ZIP code) noun {US) - postcode gun noun
(NAmE, informal) a simple gun that a person has made him or herself
土手枪；自制手枪
Ziploc bag™
/_ziplt)k
baeg; AMwf -la:k/ /701//1 (AM/7?£) a small
plastic bag for storing food, that has edges that seal when you press them
together in order to keep the <air out密保诺保鲜袋；自封袋；夹链袋
zip-per /'zipa(r)/ noun (especially NAm£) = zip /?.(1) zippy /'zipi/ adj. (zip-pier,
zip-pi-est) (informal) 1 able to move very
quickly 迅谭的；速度快的：a zippy little car 飞快的小六竿’2 lively and
exciting, especially in flavour 活泼的；（味道）清新浓郁的，提神的：awinewitha zippy tang味道浓郁的葡萄酒
'zip-up adj. [only before noun] (especially Brt) (of clothing, a bag,
etc.衣磁.、袋子等）fastened with a
zip/zipper 用 拉链的：a zip-up top拉链上衣 1
zir.co.nium /Z3：'k0〇niam; NAmE z3：r'kou-/ noun [U] {symb Zr) a chemical element. Zirconium is a hard
silver-grey metal that does not corrode
very easily•错. zit
/zit/
noun
{informal) a spot on the skin,
especially on the face.(尤指脸上洽 > 色疫 HTTl pimple —compare spot n.[3)
zith-er
/'zi6a(r)/
noun a musical instrument
with a lot of metal strings stretched over a flat wooden box, that you play
with your fingers or a plectrum 齐特琴（匣
式g乐器，用手指或拨子演奏） zo-diac /'zaudiaek; NAmE'zou-1 noun 1 the zodiac [sing.] the imaginary
area in the sky in which the sun, moon and planets appear to lie, and which has
been divided into twelve equal parts each with a special name and symbol黄道带（天球上的十二个等份区，各有其名称和
#号，日、月、行星分布其中）：the signs 〇/the zodiac 黄道十二宫
2 [C] a diagram of these
twelve parts, and signs that some people believe can be used to predict how the
planets will influence our lives 黄道十二営■图 (用于占—术）>^〇.€1丨.3。3丨"如1(131故1_;/似/77£20〇-/0办 zom-bie /'zombi; NAmE 'zaimbi/ noun 1 (informal) a person who seems
only partly alive, without any feeling or interest in what is happening 无生气的人；病
木迟钝的人 2 (in some African and
Caribbean religions and in horror stories) a dead body that has been made alive
again by magic (某些非洲和加勒比地区的宗教及
恐怖故事中）靠巫术起死回生的僵尸
zonal /’zdunl; NAmE 'zounl/ adj. (technical 术语) connected with zones; arranged in zones 地带的；区域
的；分成区的
Z〇ne /zaun; NAmE zoun/ noun, verb ■ noun 1 an area or a
region with a particular feature or use (有某特色或作用的）地区，地备：a war/security/ demiiitarized, etc. zone交战区、安全区、非军事区等◊ an earthquafce/danger, etc. zone 地震带、危险地带_ ◊ a pedestrian zone (= where vehicles may
not go)
区一see also no-fly zone, time zone, twilight zone at
twilight adj.[l) 2 one of the areas that
a larger area is divided into for the purpose of organization (规划 的）区域，分区：postaZ charges to countries in zone 2 位于_ 2妯区的®家的邮资3 an
area or a part of an object, especially one that is different from its sur-
roundings (尤指有别于周围的）区域，部分：Whent/ie needle enters the red
zone the engine is too hot 入红色区域时，发动机就过热了。◊ the erogenous
zones 〇/the body 身体的性欲发生区
一 see also crumple
zone