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4 one of the parts that the earth's surface is divided into by imaginary lines that are parallel to the EQUATOR (地球表面与赤道平行的)气候带the northern/southern temperate zone / 南温福"

verb [VN] [usually passive] 1 sth (for sth) to keep an area of land to be used for a particular purpose 将…划作特 殊区域;指定为某项用备的区域77ie town centre was zoned /or opce devdopment.镇中心被划定为写字楼开发 2 to divide an area of land into smaller areas … '分成区(或划成带" zon.ing/?ow/7 [U] IJslirnTj .zone 'out {NAmE, informal) to fall asleep, become uncon- scious or stop paying attention 入睡;失去知觉;走神:

J just zoned out/or a moment.我刚睡着了一会儿。 zoned /zaund; NAm£ zound/ adj. 1 divided into areas designed for a particular use 划成.特殊)区域的zoned housing and 划定为住宅区如土地 2 (also ,zoned 'out) (both NAmE, informal) not behaving or thinking normally because of the effects of a drug such as mari­juana or alcohol (由于毒品或酒精等作用而,) 举止怪异 的,精神恍惚的,神志不清的

zonked /zDQkt; NAmE za:kt/ adj. [not before noun] out) (s/a/7g) extremely tired or suffering from the effects of alcohol or drugs极度疲惫;筋疲力尽;醉酒: 麻醉

zoo /zu:/ noun {pi. zoos) (also formal .zoological 'garden(s)) a place where many kinds of wild animals are kept for the public to see and where they are studied, bred and protected 动物园■. zoo-keep-er /'zu:ki:p8(r)/ noun a person who works in a zoo, taking care of the animals 动物.p管理员 zoo-logioal /,zau0'lDd3ikl; ,zu0'l-; NAmE ,zoua'la:d3-/ ad), connected with the science of zoology 动秒j学的 .zoological 'garden noun (also .zoological gardens [pl-]) (formal) = zoo

zo-olo-gist /z0u'Dlad3ist; zu'dI-; NAmE zou'ail-/ noun a scientist who studies zoology 动物学家 zo-ology, /zau'Dl9d3i; zu'dI-; NAmE zou'ail-/ noun [u] the scientific study of animals and their behaviour & 物学 —compare biology(I), botany zoom /zu:m/ verb, noun

mverb 1 [V +adv./prep.] to move or go somewhere very fast ii 动:迅速前往   RUSH, WHIZZ Traffic

zoomed past us.午:辆众我们身边疾驰而过 For j^ve vveefo they zoomed, arowncf Europe.他们在欧洲各国马不 停蹄地奔波了五个星期,2 [V]〜up) (to ...j (of prices, cots, efc...价格、费.用等to increase a lot quickly and suddenly 急剧增长;猛涨ffpuse prices have zoomed up this year:今年房屋价彳涨。.zoom in/'out (of a camera ■摄影也或摄像机丨 to show the object that is being photographed from closer/further away, with the use Of a ZOOM LENS (用变焦距镜头 > 拉近,推远;使画

面放大或缩小The camera zoomed in on the actofs /ace.摄影机将演员的脸拉近了。

wot/n 1 [C] = zoom lens: a zoom s/iof 用变焦距镜头拍 的照片 2 [sing.] the sound of a vehicle moving very fast

_ (车辆等)疾驰的声音

'zoom lens (also zoom) noun a camera lens that you use to make the thing that you are photographing appear nearer to you or further away from you than it really is 变焦距镜4 — picture o camera

zoot suit /'zu:t suit; BrE also sju:t/ noun a man's suit with wide trousers/pants and a long loose jacket with wide shoulders that was popular in the 1940s 佐特套装 (流行于20世纪40年代的男装,裤管宽大X上衣长而宽 松、,宽>

zorb-ing /'zoibii); NAmE 'zo:rb-/ noun [U] a sport in which sb is put inside a large transparent plastic ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills 滚人球运动 (人在大型透明塑料球中沿地面或山坡翻滚

Zoro-ast-rian-ism /.zDrau'aestrienizam; NAmE ,zo:rou-/ noun [U] a religion started in ancient Persia by Zoroaster, that teaches that there is one God and a continuing struggle in the world between forces of light and dark琐罗亚斯德教,拜火教(始于古代波斯,由琐罗 亚斯德创立,宣扬-神论,认为世界上存在光明与黑暗之 间的永恒斗争 > Zoro.ast.rian /low/?— see also Parsee

zucchini /zu'kiini/ noun {pl. zuc-chini or zuc-chi-nis) {NAm^) COURGETTE

zug-zwang /'ZAgzwaerj; 'zu:g-/ noun [U] (from German) (in chess 国际象棋a situation in which a player is forced to move a piece into a bad position, especially one from which the piece will be lost 迫移(被迫将棋手移到

会丢子的位置等)

Zulu /'zu:lu:/ noun 1 [C] a member of a race of black people who live in South Africa 祖鲁人'(南非黑人种 族)2 [U] the language spoken by Zulus and many other blade South Africans 由鲁语'► Zulu c/办

Zuni /'zuini/ noun {pl. Zuni or Zunis) a member of a Native American people many of whom live in western New Mexico祖苊人(美洲土著/很多居于新墨西哥州 西,)

zwie-back /'zwi:baek/ noun [U] [NAmE, from German) slices of sweet bread that are cooked again until they are dry and hard烤干面包片

zy-deco /'zaidikau; NAmE -kou/ noun [U] a type of dance music, originally played by black Americans in Louisiana柴迪科舞曲(最罕由美闻路易斯安那州的黑人

.演奏   .

zy-gote /'zaigaut; NAmE -gout/ noun {biology t) a single cell that develops into a person or animal, formed by the joining together of a male and a female gamete (=a cell that is provided by each parent)受精卵;合子