معرفی ضمیرهای متداول
ضمائر کلماتی هستند که به جای اسم می آیند و از تکرار آن جلوگیری می کنند.
در جدول زیر می توانید انواع ضمیرها را برای اول شخص، دوم شخص و سوم شخص مفرد و جمع مشاهده کنید:
ضمائر کلماتی هستند که به جای اسم می آیند و از تکرار آن جلوگیری می کنند.
در جدول زیر می توانید انواع ضمیرها را برای اول شخص، دوم شخص و سوم شخص مفرد و جمع مشاهده کنید:
( US usually yard) a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass
باغ
the Garden of Eden
باغ بهشت
( US usually yard) a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass
باغ
the Garden of Eden
باغ بهشت
garden
noun
1 (British) (American yard) a piece of land by your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, and vegetables:
Let's have lunch in the garden.
2 gardens (plural) a public park:
Kensington Gardens
>> garden verb (gardens, gardening, gardened ) to work in a garden:
My mother was gardening all weekend.
>> gardening noun (no plural) the work that you do in a garden to keep it looking attractive
garden
I. noun
I. gar‧den1 S1 W1 /ˈɡɑːdn $ ˈɡɑːr-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: garden, gardener, gardening; verb: garden]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old North French; Origin: probably from Vulgar Latin (hortus) gardinus 'enclosed (garden)']
1. [countable] British English the area of land next to a house, where there are flowers, grass, and other plants, and often a place for people to sit SYN yard American English:
• He’s outside in the garden.
• Grace brought us some flowers from her garden.
back/front garden (=at the back or front of the house)
2. [countable] a part of the area next to a house, which has plants and flowers in it:
• The house has a beautiful herb garden.
3. gardens [plural] a large area of land where plants and flowers are grown so that the public can go and see them:
• the Botanical Gardens at Kew
4. Gardens British English used in the name of streets:
• 211 Roland Gardens
⇨ kitchen garden, market garden, ⇨ lead somebody up the garden path at lead1(12)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS(for Meanings 1 & 2)■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + garden
▪ overgrown (=covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way) • The garden is getting rather overgrown.
▪ well-kept/tidy British English (also neat American English) • The hotel is set in a well-kept garden.
▪ untidy • There was a small untidy garden behind the house.
▪ the front garden British English (=at the front of a house) • Their house had a small front garden.
▪ the back garden British English (=behind a house) • The children are playing in the back garden.
▪ a flower/rose garden (=a garden planted with flowers/roses) • The cottage was surrounded by a flower garden.
▪ a kitchen garden British English (=where you grow fruit and vegetables) • The kitchen garden supplies vegetables to the manor house.
▪ a vegetable/herb garden (=where vegetables/herbs are grown) • Rows of lettuces had been sown in the vegetable garden.
▪ a rock garden (=a garden with rocks that have plants growing between them) • She helped me choose plants for the rock garden.
■ verbs
▪ water the garden • It hasn’t rained for a week – I should water the garden.
▪ weed the garden (=remove unwanted wild plants) • She was outside weeding the garden.
▪ plant a garden • They planted a beautiful rose garden in her memory.
■ garden + NOUN
▪ a garden shed (=a small building in the garden for storing tools and equipment) • We keep the lawnmower in the garden shed.
▪ garden tools (=tools that you use for digging, planting etc in the garden) • Choose the right garden tool and you’ll do the job properly.
▪ a garden centre British English, a garden center American English (=a shop selling plants and things for the garden) • I bought the plants at the garden centre.
▪ garden furniture (=chairs and tables used in a garden) • Garden furniture sells well when the weather is warm.
▪ a garden hose (=a long rubber tube used for watering a garden) • He accidentally left the garden hose running.
▪ a garden pond (=a small area of water in a garden) • The garden pond was full of fish.
▪ a garden gnome (=a stone or plastic figure in a garden, which looks like a little old man with a pointed hat) • Somebody had stolen one of their garden gnomes.
▪ the garden gate (= the gate between a garden and the street) • Martin was waiting by the garden gate.
▪ a garden path • Elaine walked up the garden path and into the house.
▪ garden waste (=grass, leaves etc that you have cut and do not want) • The brown bin is for garden waste.
■ phrases
▪ the bottom of the garden British English (=the end of the garden, away from the house) • There was a trampoline at the bottom of the garden.
THESAURUS■ areas and structures in a garden
▪ lawn [countable] an area of short grass in a garden: • They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.
▪ flowerbed [countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers: • The flowerbeds were well maintained.
▪ rockery [countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
▪ hedge [countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another: • a beech hedge
▪ vegetable patch/plot [countable] (also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
▪ patio [countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
▪ decking [uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
▪ pond [countable] a small area of water in a garden
▪ water feature [countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive
▪ greenhouse [countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather
▪ shed [countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
■ work you do in a garden
▪ cut the grass/mow the lawn to cut grass using a machine: • I need to mow the lawn.
▪ trim a hedge to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off it: • Hedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.
▪ cut back/prune shrubs to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow better: • March is the ideal time for pruning roses.
▪ weed the flowerbeds/do some weeding to remove unwanted plants: • Dad was doing some weeding.
▪ sow seeds to put seeds in the ground: • The children had been sowing sunflower seeds.
▪ plant a plant/tree to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will grow: • They’d planted a row of cherry trees.
▪ deadhead plants to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant: • When deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors.
garden
gar·den[gardengardensgardenedgardening]noun,verb [ˈɡɑːdn] [ˈɡɑːrdn]
noun
1. countable (BrE) (NAmE yard) a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc, usually with a lawn (= an area of grass)
• a front/back garden
• children playing in the garden
• garden flowers/plants
• out in the garden
• a rose garden (= where only roses are grown)
see also kitchen garden, market garden, rock garden, roof garden
2. countable (NAmE) an area in a yard where you grow flowers or plants
3. countable (usually gardens) a public park
• the botanical gardens in Edinburgh
see also zoological garden
4. gardens singular (abbr. Gdns) (BrE) used in the name of streets
• 39 Belvoir Gardens
more at common or garden at common adj., lead sb up/down the garden path at lead1 v.
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Northern French gardin, variant of Old French jardin, of Germanic origin; related to yard ‘area outside a building’.
Thesaurus:
garden noun
1. C (BrE)
• They sat in the garden, enjoying the sunshine.
grounds • |AmE yard • • backyard • |BrE park • • parkland •
the front/back garden/yard
(a) beautiful/landscaped garden/grounds/yard/backyard/park/parkland
2. C (especially AmE)
• They planted a garden of woodland plants.
bed • • border • • patch • • kitchen garden • |especially BrE allotment •
a flower/rose garden/bed
a vegetable garden/patch
3. gardens pl.
• The botanical gardens close at 6 p.m.
park • • playground • |especially AmE garden •
visit the gardens/park/garden
Example Bank:
• Maggie unwound the hose and watered the garden.
• Mary's out in the garden.
• Most of the hotel's salads are grown in its own kitchen garden.
• Old Mr Kenyon still keeps a garden.
• She has created a garden out of a wilderness.
• The garden is laid out in 18th-century style.
• The house overlooks the garden.
• These flowers brighten up backyard gardens all over the country.
• They hang out washing in their back gardens.
• We got someone to design the garden for us.
• We got the gravel at our local garden centre.
• We planted the garden with herbs and wild flowers.
• Weekends were spent doing the garden.
• a large country house with beautiful landscaped gardens
• a lovely Victorian walled garden
• a rock garden with an astonishing variety of alpine plants
• aphids, one of the commonest garden pests
• plants suitable for a small town garden
• Ease of cultivation makes it one of the best garden plants.
• They planted a garden of woodland plants that were native to the area.
• They sat in the garden and enjoyed the sunshine.
• a flower/rose/vegetable garden
Idiom: everything in the garden is rosy
Derived Words: gardener ▪ gardening
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
garden / ɡɑ.d ə n / / ɡɑr- / noun
A1 [ C ] ( US usually yard ) a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area of grass:
garden tools/furniture
a garden shed
mainly UK The house has a large back garden, and a small front garden.
C1 [ C usually plural ] a public park with flowers, plants, and places to sit:
the Botanical Gardens
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garden
[gɑ͟ː(r)d(ə)n]
gardens, gardening, gardened
1) N-COUNT In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables.
...the most beautiful garden on Earth.
2) VERB If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting.
Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends.
Derived words:
gardening N-UNCOUNT I have taken up gardening again.
3) N-PLURAL Gardens are places like a park that have areas of plants, trees, and grass, and that people can visit and walk around.
The Gardens are open from 10.30am until 5pm.
...Kensington Gardens.
4) N-IN-NAMES Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street.
He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.
1gar·den /ˈgɑɚdn̩/ noun, pl -dens
1 [count] US : an area of ground where plants (such as flowers or vegetables) are grown
• We planted a small garden in our backyard.
• a vegetable/rose garden
• a garden hose/cart/rake/path
• a garden party [=a party that takes place in a garden or in a large yard with gardens]
- see color picture
2 [count] Brit : 1yard 1
• sitting out in the back garden
3 [count] : a public area with many plants and trees
• a botanical/public garden
- often plural
• Kew Gardens
4 [count] US : a large stadium or building for sports or entertainment - used in names
• They went to the hockey game at Madison Square Garden.
5 Gardens [plural] chiefly Brit
- used in street names
• Belsize Gardens
common-or-garden
- see 1common
lead someone down/up the garden path
- see 1lead
Needing to rest or sleep
خسته
His insistence makes me tired.
اصرار او مرا خسته مىكند.
needing to rest or sleep
خسته، مانده
His insistence makes me tired.
اصرار او مرا خسته مىكند.
tired
adjective
needing to rest or sleep:
I've been working all day and I'm tired out (= extremely tired).
He's feeling tired.
be tired of something to have had or done too much of something, so that you do not want it any longer:
I'm tired of watching TV – let's go out.
tired
tired S1 W2 /taɪəd $ taɪrd/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: tired, tireless, tiresome, tiring; verb: tire; noun: tiredness; adverb: tirelessly]
1. feeling that you want to sleep or rest
so tired (that)
• I’m so tired I could sleep for a week.
too tired to do something
• He was too tired to argue.
• He looks tired out (=very tired).
• ‘No,’ Frank said in a tired voice.
2. tired of (doing) something bored with something, because it is no longer interesting, or has become annoying:
• I’m tired of watching television; let’s go for a walk.
• I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.
3. familiar and boring OPP fresh:
• tired old speeches
—tiredness noun [uncountable]
—tiredly adverb
⇨ dog-tired, ⇨ be sick (and tired) of something at sick1(6)
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest: • I was really tired the next day. | • the tired faces of the children
▪ exhausted extremely tired: • I was exhausted after the long trip home. | • He sat down, exhausted. | • She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
▪ worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard: • With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
▪ weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time: • weary travellers | • a weary sigh | • He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
▪ fatigued formal very tired: • They were too fatigued to continue with the climb. | • Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
▪ drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone: • Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
▪ bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired: • I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early. | • I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
▪ knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation: • By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
▪ shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired: • When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
▪ dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep: • I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.
■ almost asleep
▪ sleepy wanting to sleep very soon, so that your eyes start to close: • I’m feeling quite sleepy. I think I’ll go to bed. | • She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
▪ drowsy starting to sleep because you are in a warm place, have drunk too much alcohol, or have taken medicine: • The tablets can make you feel drowsy. | • She was beginning to feel a little drowsy after all the food and wine she had consumed.
▪ can’t keep your eyes open/can hardly keep your eyes open to feel so tired that you find it difficult to stay awake: • I’d better get some rest – I can’t keep my eyes open. | • He had been driving all night, and he could hardly keep his eyes open.
tired
tired [tired tireder tiredest] [ˈtaɪəd] [ˈtaɪərd] adjective
1. feeling that you would like to sleep or rest; needing rest
Syn: weary
• to be/look/feel tired
• I'm too tired even to think.
• They were cold, hungry and tired out (= very tired).
• tired feet
2. feeling that you have had enough of sb/sth because you no longer find them/it interesting or because they make you angry or unhappy
• ~ of sb/sth I'm sick and tired of all the arguments.
• ~ of doing sth She was tired of hearing about their trip to India.
3. boring because it is too familiar or has been used too much
• He always comes out with the same tired old jokes.
see also dog-tired
Derived Words: tiredly ▪ tiredness
Example Bank:
• He looked tired and drawn.
• I'm sick and tired of listening to you complain.
• I'm still a bit tired from the journey.
• Of course I'm not ill. I'm just tired.
• Polly suddenly felt awfully tired.
• She had grown heartily tired of his company.
• The walk left me quite tired out.
• He began with a few tired old jokes.
• I'm too tired even to think.
• It's a tired cliché-ridden definition of leadership.
• It's the same tired advice that was given to my mother.
• The word ‘empowering’ is tired and overused.
• The words danced on the page before his tired eyes.
• They were cold, hungry and tired out.
tire
tire [tire tires tired tiring] verb, noun [ˈtaɪə(r)] [ˈtaɪər]
verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sb)
to become tired and feel as if you want to sleep or rest; to make sb feel this way
• Her legs were beginning to tire.
• He has made a good recovery but still tires easily.
Word Origin:
v. Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
Example Bank:
• She found herself tiring more quickly these days.
• The long walk had really tired me out.
• He has made a good recovery but he still tires easily.
• Long conversations tired her.
Idiom: never tire of doing something
Derived: tire of somebody ▪ tire somebody out
noun (NAmE) (BrE tyre)
a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc
• a front tire
• a back/rear tire
• to pump up a tire
• a flat/burst/punctured tire
• bald/worn tires
• to check your tire pressure
• He drove off with a screech of tires.
see also spare tyre
Word Origin:
v. Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
See also: tyre
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
tired / taɪəd / / taɪrd / adjective (NEEDING REST)
A1 in need of rest or sleep:
I was so tired when I got home from work last night that I had a quick nap.
My legs are tired.
She spoke in a tired voice.
tiredness / ˈtaɪəd.nəs / / taɪrd- / noun [ U ]
B2
He said that it was tiredness that led him to make the mistake.
I was overtaken by a sudden wave of tiredness.
tiredly / ˈtaɪəd.li / / ˈtaɪrd- / adverb
feeling or showing a need to rest or sleep
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
tired / taɪəd / / taɪrd / adjective (NOT INTERESTING)
disapproving describes people, ideas, or subjects that are not interesting because they are very familiar:
It's always the same tired old faces at these meetings.
be tired of sth/sb B1 to be bored with an activity or person:
I'm so tired of doing the same job, day after day.
Don't you get tired of quarrelling all the time?
I'm sick and tired of you telling me what to do all the time.
tiredly / ˈtaɪəd.li / / ˈtaɪrd- / adverb
feeling or showing a need to rest or sleep
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tired
[ta͟ɪ͟ə(r)d]
1) ADJ-GRADED If you are tired, you feel that you want to rest or sleep.
Michael is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.
Derived words:
tiredness N-UNCOUNT He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.
2) ADJ-GRADED You can describe a part of your body as tired if it looks or feels as if you need to rest it or to sleep.
Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes...
My arms are tired, and my back is tense.
3) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ of n/-ing If you are tired of something, you do not want it to continue because you are bored of it or unhappy with it.
I am tired of all the speculation...
I was tired of being a bookkeeper.
Syn:
sick
4) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times.
I didn't want to hear another one of his tired excuses...
What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual.
tired
tired adj [more ~; most ~]
1 : feeling a need to rest or sleep : weary
• I was really tired after the long trip.
• She's too tired to go out tonight.
• tired muscles
• The children were tired after the hike.
- see also dog-tired
2 : bored or annoyed by something because you have heard it, seen it, done it, etc., for a long time - + of
• He's tired of working for other people.
• Are you tired of your job?
• I got tired of listening to her.
• She never gets tired of their music.
• I'm sick and tired of [=very tired of] your complaining.
3 disapproving : used over and over again
• We had to listen to the same old tired excuses again.
• a tired joke
4 : worn down by long use : run-down
• a neighborhood of tired houses
• a tired old town
- tired·ly adv
• She tiredly leaned her head back.
- tired·ness noun [noncount]
the mass of thin fibres that grows on your head
مو، گیسو
He has short hair.
موى او كوتاه است.
the mass of thin fibres that grows on your head
مو، گیسو
He has short hair.
موى او كوتاه است.
hair
noun
1 (no plural) all the hairs on a person's head:
She's got long black hair.
2 (plural hairs) one of the long thin things that grow on the skin of people and animals:
There's a hair in my soup.
word building
You wash your hair with shampoo and make it tidy with a hairbrush or a comb. Some words that you can use to talk about the colour of a person's hair are black, dark, brown, ginger, red, fair, blonde and grey.
hair S1 W1 /heə $ her/ noun
[Word Family: noun: hair, hairiness; adjective: hairless ≠ hairy]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hær]
1. [uncountable] the mass of things like fine threads that grows on your head:
• Her hair was short and dark.
• a short fat man with no hair on his head
fair-haired/dark-haired/long-haired etc
• He’s a tall fair-haired guy.
GRAMMAR
In this meaning, hair is an uncountable noun:
▪ • He has black hair (NOT black hairs).
2. [countable] one of the long fine things like thread that grows on people’s heads and on other parts of their bodies, or similar things that grow on animals:
• The cat has left white hairs all over the sofa.
• I’m starting to get a few grey hairs.
long-haired/short-haired
• long-haired cats
3. be tearing/pulling your hair out to be very worried or angry about something, especially because you do not know what to do:
• Anyone else would have been tearing their hair out trying to work it out.
4. let your hair down informal to enjoy yourself and start to relax, especially after working very hard:
• The party gave us all a chance to really let our hair down.
5. bad hair day a day when your hair does not look tidy or neat even when you try to arrange it carefully – used humorously:
• I’m having a bit of a bad hair day.
6. keep your hair on British English spoken used to tell someone to keep calm and not get annoyed:
• All right, all right, keep your hair on! I’m sorry.
7. get in sb’s hair informal to annoy someone, especially by always being near them
8. make sb’s hair stand on end to make someone very frightened
9. make sb’s hair curl if a story, experience etc makes your hair curl, it is very surprising, frightening, or shocking:
• tales that would make your hair curl
10. not have a hair out of place to have a very neat appearance
11. not turn a hair to remain completely calm when something bad or surprising suddenly happens
12. not harm/touch a hair of/on sb’s head to not harm someone in any way
13. the hair of the dog (that bit you) alcohol that you drink to cure a headache caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before – used humorously
⇨ have a good/fine/thick etc head of hair at head1(14), ⇨ not see hide nor hair of at hide2(5), ⇨ split hairs at split1(8)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ colour
▪ dark • He’s about six feet tall, with dark hair and blue eyes.
▪ black • his long black hair
▪ jet black literary (=completely black) • She had shiny jet black hair, and skin as white as snow.
▪ fair • Her long fair hair fell untidily over her shoulders.
▪ blond/blonde (=yellowish-white in colour) • long blonde hair and blue eyes
▪ golden • the beautiful girl with the long golden hair
▪ brown • Her hair was pale brown.
▪ chestnut literary (=dark brown) • She had a fine head of chestnut hair.
▪ sandy (=yellowish-brown) • He wore his long, sandy brown hair in a ponytail.
▪ mousy (=an unattractive dull brown) • I have pale, mousy hair that is dull and lacks shine.
▪ red • The whole family had red hair.
▪ ginger British English (=orange-brown in colour) • a cheeky little boy with ginger hair
▪ auburn literary (=orange-brown in colour) • He gazed at her long neck and beautiful auburn hair.
▪ white • an old man with white hair
▪ grey British English, gray American English • She was about 70, with grey hair.
▪ silver • Her father’s hair was starting to turn silver.
■ length
▪ short • I like your hair when it’s short like that.
▪ long • A few of the boys had long hair.
▪ shoulder-length/medium-length • He had shoulder-length reddish hair.
■ type
▪ straight • a girl with long straight hair
▪ curly • When he was young, his hair was thick and curly.
▪ frizzy (=tightly curled) • She had dark frizzy hair which might have been permed.
▪ wavy (=with loose curls) • Her golden wavy hair fell around her shoulders.
▪ thick • She had thick hair down to her waist.
▪ fine (=thin) • Her hair is so fine, it’s difficult to style.
▪ spiky (=stiff and standing up on top of your head) • Billy had black spiky hair.
■ condition
▪ in good/bad/terrible etc condition • How do you keep your hair in such perfect condition?
▪ out of condition (=no longer in good condition) • If your hair is out of condition, this may be because you are eating the wrong foods.
▪ glossy/shiny • She combed her hair until it was all glossy.
▪ lustrous literary (=very shiny and attractive) • her lustrous dark hair flowing on to her shoulders
▪ dull (=not shiny) • a shampoo for dull hair
▪ greasy (=containing too much oil) • This shampoo is ideal for greasy hair.
▪ dry (=lacking oil) • a shampoo for dry hair
▪ lank especially literary (= thin, straight, and unattractive) • a scruffy young man with lank hair
▪ thinning (=becoming thinner because you are losing your hair) • His dark hair was thinning on top.
▪ receding (=gradually disappearing, so that it is high on your forehead) • The man was in his late thirties, and his hair was receding slightly.
▪ dishevelled especially literary (=very untidy) • His face was bright red and his hair looked dishevelled.
▪ tousled especially literary (=a little untidy, in a way that looks attractive) • his youthfully handsome face and tousled hair that hung untidily over his collar
▪ windswept especially literary (=blown around by the wind) • Her hair was all windswept when they came off the beach.
■ verbs
▪ have ... hair • She has beautiful blonde hair.
▪ brush/comb your hair • He cleaned his teeth and brushed his hair.
▪ wash your hair • He showered and washed his hair.
▪ do your hair (also fix your hair American English) (=arrange it in a style) • She’s upstairs doing her hair.
▪ have your hair cut/done/permed (also get your hair cut etc) (=by a hairdresser) • I need to get my hair cut.
▪ cut sb’s hair • My Mum always cuts my hair.
▪ dye your hair (blonde/red etc) (=change its colour, especially using chemicals) • Craig has dyed his hair black.
▪ wear your hair long/in a ponytail etc (=have that style of hair) • He wore his hair in a ponytail.
▪ grow your hair (long) (=let it grow longer) • I’m growing my hair long, but it’s taking forever.
▪ lose your hair (=become bald) • He was a small, round man who was losing his hair.
▪ run your fingers through sb’s hair (=touch someone’s hair in a loving way) • He ran his fingers through her smooth silky hair.
▪ ruffle sb’s hair (=rub it in a kind friendly way) • He patted me on the back and ruffled my hair.
■ hair + NOUN
▪ hair loss • The drug can cause hair loss.
▪ hair colour British English, hair color American English • Genes control characteristics such as hair colour and eye colour.
▪ hair dye • The survey showed that 75% of women have used hair dye.
■ phrases
▪ a strand/wisp of hair (=a thin piece of hair) • She brushed away a strand of hair from her eyes.
▪ a lock of hair (=a fairly thick piece of hair) • She tossed a stray lock of hair back off her forehead.
▪ a mop of hair (=a large amount of thick untidy hair) • He had an unruly mop of brown hair.
■ COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'I cut my hair' if another person cut your hair for you. Say I had my hair cut'.
hair
hair [hair hairs] [heə(r)] [her] noun
1. uncountable, countable the substance that looks like a mass of fine threads growing especially on the head; one of these threads growing on the body of people and some animals
• fair/dark hair
• straight/curly/wavy hair
• to comb/brush your hair
• She often wears her hair loose.
• (informal) I'll be down in a minute. I'm doing (= brushing, arranging, etc.) my hair.
• I'm having my hair cut this afternoon.
• He's losing his hair (= becoming bald ).
• body/facial/pubic hair
• There's a hair in my soup.
• The rug was covered with cat hairs.
see also camel hair, horsehair
2. -haired (in adjectives) having the type of hair mentioned
• dark-haired
• long-haired
3. countable a thing that looks like a fine thread growing on the leaves and stems of some plants
more at hang by a hair/thread at hang v., not see hide nor hair of sb/sth at hide n., split hairs at split v., tear your hair out at tear1 v.
Idioms: get in somebody's hair ▪ hair of the dog ▪ keep your hair on ▪ let your hair down ▪ make somebody's hair stand on end ▪ not harm a hair of somebody's head ▪ not have a hair out of place ▪ not turn a hair
Word Origin:
Old English hǣr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch haar and German Haar.
Thesaurus:
hair noun C
• There's a hair in my soup.
strand • • thread • |BrE fibre • |AmE fiber •
a long/single hair/strand/thread/fibre
a fine hair/strand/thread
Collocations:
Clothes and fashion
Clothes
be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/fur/uniform
be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/leather/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
be dressed as a man/woman/clown/pirate
wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
wear jewellery/(especially US) jewelry/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas/(especially US) your pajamas
Appearance
change/enhance/improve your appearance
create/get/have/give sth a new/contemporary/retro look
brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
Fashion
follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
spend/waste money on designer clothes
be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
update/revamp your wardrobe
be in/come into/go out of fashion
be (back/very much) in vogue
create a style/trend/vogue for sth
organize/put on a fashion show
show/unveil a designer's spring/summer collection
sashay/strut down the catwalk/(NAmE also) runway
be on/do a photo/fashion shoot
Collocations:
Physical appearance
A person may be described as having:
Eyes
(bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes
deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes
small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes
piercing/penetrating/steely eyes
bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes
bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows
long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes
Face
a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose
a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose
full/thick/thin/pouty lips
dry/chapped/cracked lips
flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks
soft/chubby/sunken cheeks
white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth
a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead
a strong/weak/pointed/double chin
a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard
a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache/ (especially US) mustache
Hair and skin
pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin
dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin
a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles
blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(BrE) ginger/grey hair
straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair
thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair
dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair
long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair
a bald/balding/shaved head
a receding hairline
a bald patch/spot
a side/centre/(US) center (BrE) parting/ (NAmE) part
Body
a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck
broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders
a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest
a flat/swollen/bulging stomach
a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist
big/wide/narrow/slim hips
a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back
thin/slender/muscular arms
big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands
long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers
long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs
muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs
big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet
a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure
be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build
Example Bank:
• He ran both hands through his thinning hair.
• He went to the barber's to have his hair cut.
• Her blond hair fell over her eyes.
• Her only hair accessory was a headband.
• His hair curls naturally.
• His hair was shaved close to his head.
• His hair was tousled and he looked as if he'd just woken up.
• I don't like the way she's arranged her hair, do you?
• I'll be down in a minute, I'm just doing my hair.
• I'm trying to grow my hair.
• I've decided to have my hair permed.
• Kyle reached out to stroke her hair.
• She had beautiful auburn hair.
• She had shoulder-length black hair.
• She pushed a stray hair behind her ear.
• She showered, fixed her hair, and applied make up.
• She tossed her long hair out of her eyes.
• She wore her long hair loose on her shoulders.
• They had styled my hair by blowing it out straight.
• Why don't you let your hair grow?
• Why don't you put your hair up for this evening?
• a new shampoo for dull or dry hair
• a stylist specializing in hair extensions
• how to cope with hair loss
• waxing, and the other hair removal methods available for men
• There's a hair in my soup.
hair
hair /heəʳ/ US /her/
noun [C or U]
the mass of thin thread-like structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that grow out of the skin of a person or animal:
He's got short dark hair.
I'm going to have/get my hair cut.
She brushed her long red hair.
He had lost his hair by the time he was twenty-five.
He's starting to get a few grey hairs now.
I found a hair in my soup.
-haired/-heəd/ US /-herd/
suffix
with the hair described:
dark-haired
short-haired
hairless /ˈheə.ləs/ US /ˈher-/
adjective
without hair:
To my mind, a hairless armpit looks unnatural.
hair
/heə(r)/
(hairs)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your hair is the fine threads that grow in a mass on your head.
I wash my hair every night...
...a girl with long blonde hair...
I get some grey hairs but I pull them out.
N-VAR: usu supp N
2.
Hair is the short, fine threads that grow on different parts of your body.
The majority of men have hair on their chest...
It tickled the hairs on the back of my neck.
N-VAR
3.
Hair is the threads that cover the body of an animal such as a dog, or make up a horse’s mane and tail.
I am allergic to cat hair.
...dog hairs on the carpet.
N-VAR
4.
If you let your hair down, you relax completely and enjoy yourself.
...the world-famous Oktoberfest, a time when everyone in Munich really lets their hair down.
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
Something that makes your hair stand on end shocks or frightens you very much.
This was the kind of smile that made your hair stand on end.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If you say that someone has not a hair out of place, you are emphasizing that they are extremely smart and neatly dressed.
She had a lot of make-up on and not a hair out of place.
PHRASE [emphasis]
7.
If you say that someone faced with a shock or a problem does not turn a hair, you mean that they do not show any surprise or fear, and remain completely calm.
No one seems to turn a hair at the thought of the divorced Princess marrying.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
If you say that someone is splitting hairs, you mean that they are making unnecessary distinctions between things when the differences between them are so small they are not important.
Don’t split hairs. You know what I’m getting at.
PHRASE: V inflects
hair
hair /ˈheɚ/ noun, pl hairs
1 a [count] : a thin threadlike growth from the skin of a person or animal
• He plucked a hair from his arm.
• There are dog/cat hairs all over my coat.
b [noncount] : a covering or growth of hairs
• The hair on her arms is blond.
• He has a lot of hair on his chest.
• facial/pubic hair
c [noncount] : the covering of hairs on a person's head
• He got his hair cut last week.
• Your hair looks nice.
• She has long/black/straight hair.
• He has a thick/full head of hair.
• a balding man who is losing his hair
• a lock/strand of hair
• hair conditioners/curlers
• a hair dryer
• I'm having a bad hair day. [=my hair does not look nice today]
2 [singular] informal : a very small distance or amount
• He won the race by a hair.
• He was a hair off on the count.
hair of the dog (that bit you) informal : an alcoholic drink that is taken by someone to feel better after having drunk too much at an earlier time
hide or hair, hide nor hair
- see 2hide
in your hair informal
✦Someone who is in your hair is bothering or annoying you.
• His wife says that since he retired he's in her hair all day because he's at home so much.
keep your hair on Brit informal
- used to tell someone not to become too excited or upset;
let your hair down informal : to relax and enjoy yourself
• We work hard all week, so when Friday comes we like to let our hair down a little and have some fun.
make your hair curl informal
✦If something makes your hair curl, it frightens, shocks, or surprises you.
• I've heard stories about that guy that would make your hair curl.
make your hair stand on end informal
✦If something makes your hair stand on end, it frightens you.
• Just hearing his voice makes my hair stand on end.
not have a hair out of place informal : to have a very neat appearance
• a politician who never has a hair out of place
not turn a hair informal : to remain calm even though something frightening or shocking has happened
• Most people would have been very nervous in that situation, but she never turned a hair.
out of your hair informal
✦Someone who is out of your hair is no longer bothering or annoying you.
• Let me take the children out of your hair while you cook dinner.
pull your hair out or tear your hair out informal : to be very worried or upset about something
• We've been tearing our hair out trying to decide what to do.
split hairs : to argue about small details or differences that are not important
• His lawyers are splitting hairs over the wording of his contract.
- see also hairsplitting
- haired /ˈheɚd/ adj
• a long-haired cat
• a dark-haired person
- hair·less /ˈheɚləs/ adj
• a hairless breed of cat
a period of twelve months, especially from 1 January to 31 December
سال
last year
پارسال
a period of 365 days, or 366 in a leap year , divided into 12 months
سال، سنه
five years from now
پنج سال ديگر
year
noun
1 a period of 365 or 366 days from 1 January to 31 December. A year has twelve months and 52 weeks:
Where are you going on holiday this year?
'What year were you born?' '1973.'
I left school last year.
2 any period of twelve months:
I've known Chris for three years.
My son is five years old.
I have a five-year-old son.
I've got a two-year-old.
grammar
Be careful! You can say She's ten or She's ten years old (BUT NOT 'She's ten years').
3 (British) the level that a student is at in school or university:
I'm in year nine.
They're third-year students.
all year round for the whole year:
The swimming pool is open all year round.
Look also at leap year and new year.
year
year S1 W1 /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑year; adverb: ↑yearly; adjective: ↑yearly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: gear]
1. 12 MONTHS a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time:
I arrived here two years ago.
We’ve known each other for over a year.
It’s almost a year since Sue died.
Jodi is 15 years old.
a three-year business plan
a four-year-old child
be 12/21 etc years of age (=be 12/21 etc years old) ⇨ ↑financial year, ↑fiscal year, ↑light year, ↑tax year
2. JANUARY TO DECEMBER (also calendar year) a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st:
the year that Kennedy died
in the year 1785
this/last/next year
They moved here at the beginning of this year.
last year’s cup final
She goes there every year.
The museum attracts 100,000 visitors a year.
in the early years of last century ⇨ ↑leap year, ↑New Year
3. years
a) informal a very long period of time SYN ages:
It’s years since I rode a bike.
in/for years
I haven’t been there for years.
It was the first time in years I’d seen her.
b) age, especially old age
a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years
Gordon is very active for a man of his years.
getting on in years (=no longer young)
4. all (the) year round during the whole year:
It’s warm enough to swim all year round. ⇨ ↑year-round
5. year by year as each year passes:
Business has steadily increased year by year.
6. year after year/year in, year out every year for many years:
Many birds return to the same spot year after year.
7. PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY years [plural] a particular period of time in someone’s life or in history:
the difficult years following the war
Sheila enjoyed her years as a student in Oxford.
8. the school/academic year the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university
9. SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL especially British English a particular level that a student stays at for one year:
a group of year seven students
in a year
He was in my year at school.
10. first/second etc year British English someone who is in their first etc year at school or university:
The department offers a study skills programme for all first years.
11. musician/player/car etc of the year the musician etc who was voted the best in a particular year
vote/name something ... of the year
The new Renault was voted car of the year.
12. year on year compared with the previous year:
Sales rose by 39 per cent year on year.
13. never/not in a million years spoken used to say that something is extremely unlikely:
Never in a million years did I think we’d lose.
14. the year dot British English informal a very long time ago:
Scientists have been involved in war since the year dot.
15. put years on somebody/take years off somebody to make someone look or feel older or younger:
Tina’s divorce has put years on her.
⇨ donkey’s years at ↑donkey(2)
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
■ adjectives
▪ this year She will be eight this year.
▪ next year I might go to law school next year.
▪ last year Last year we spent a lot on the house.
▪ every year They go back to the same resort every year.
▪ the current year The budget for the current year was £13 million.
▪ the coming year (=the year that is about to start) Here are some events to look out for in the coming year.
▪ the past year Over the past year everyone has worked extremely hard.
▪ the previous year They had married the previous year.
▪ the following year The following year he was made captain of the team.
▪ the new year (=used to talk about the beginning of the next year) The report is due at the beginning of the new year.
■ phrases
▪ the beginning/start of the year They moved here at the beginning of last year.
▪ the end of the year Work should finish around the end of the year.
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 7)
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + years
▪ early years Little is known about his early years. | He remembers the early years of television.
▪ the last/latter/closing years of something He changed his opinion during the last years of his life.
▪ somebody's childhood/teenage years the home in which she spent her childhood years
▪ the war years She worked for the BBC during the war years.
▪ the boom years (=when an economy or industry is very successful) In the boom years, things weren't too bad.
▪ somebody's retirement years He enjoyed his retirement years in Wales.
▪ the Bush/Blair etc years (=when Bush, Blair etc was leader) The rich did very nicely during the Thatcher years.
■ phrases
▪ in recent years The number of cases has risen dramatically in recent years.
▪ in later years In later years he regretted their argument.
▪ in years gone by (=in the past) The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
■ COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'in ancient years' or 'in the ancient years'. Say in ancient times or long ago.
year
year [year years] [jɪə(r)] [jɜː(r)] [jɪr] noun (abbr. yr)
1. (also ˌcalendar ˈyear) countable the period from 1 January to 31 December, that is 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months
• in the year 1865
• I lost my job earlier this year.
• Elections take place every year.
• The museum is open all (the) year round (= during the whole year).
see also leap year, new year
2. countable a period of 12 months, measured from any particular time
• It's exactly a year since I started working here.
• She gave up teaching three years ago.
• in the first year of their marriage
• the pre-war/war/post-war years (= the period before/during/after the war)
• I have happy memories of my years in Poland (= the time I spent there).
see also gap year, light year, off year
3. countable a period of 12 months connected with a particular activity
• the academic/school year
• the tax year
see also financial year
4. countable (especially BrE) (at a school, etc.) a level that you stay in for one year; a student at a particular level
• We started German in year seven.
• a year-seven pupil
• The first years do French.
• She was in my year at school.
5. countable, usually plural age; time of life
• He was 14 years old when it happened.
• She looks young for her years.
• They were both only 20 years of age.
• a twenty-year-old man
• He died in his sixtieth year.
• She's getting on in years (= is no longer young).
6. years plural (informal) a long time
• It's years since we last met.
• They haven't seen each other for years.
• That's the best movie I've seen in years.
• We've had a lot of fun over the years.
more at of advanced years at advanced, sb's declining years at decline v., donkey's years at donkey, the seven year itch at seven, the turn of the century/year at turn n.
Idioms: man/woman/car of the year ▪ not in a hundred years ▪ put years on somebody ▪ take years off somebody ▪ year after year ▪ year by year ▪ year dot ▪ year in, year out ▪ year of grace ▪ year of our Lord ▪ year on year
See also: calendar year ▪ year one
Word Origin:
Old English gē(a)r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jaar and German Jahr, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hōra ‘season’.
Culture:
the calendar
Britain and the US follow the Gregorian calendar, which replaced the Roman Julian calendar in 1752. The year is divided into 12 months, with 30 or 31 days in each month, except February, which has 28 days. An extra day is added to February every fourth year, called a leap year, to keep the calendar in time with the moon. A well-known verse helps people remember how many days there are in each month: Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which hath twenty-eight days clear, and twenty-nine in each leap year.
The calendar year starts on 1 January, New Year's Day. The number of each year (2003, 2004, et c. ) represents the number of years that have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. The year 2000 marked the end of the second millennium (= a period of 1 000 years) since Christ was born. The years before Christ are described as BC (= before Christ), e.g. 55 BC, or BCE (= before the Common Era). The abbreviations AD (Latin Anno Domini, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’) or CE (= Common Era) are put before or after the date for the years after Christ’s birth, e.g. AD 44 or 44 AD, but they are not used with years after about 200 AD. Some cultural and religious groups use different calendars: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar began during the year 5760 in the Jewish calendar, 1420 in the Islamic calendar and 1921 in the Hindu calendar.
The academic year used by schools and colleges in Britain runs from September to July, with short holidays at Christmas and in the spring and a long summer vacation. In the US the academic year runs from August or September to May or June. Many business companies have a financial year (= a period of accounting) that runs from April to the following March. The tax year in the US is the same as the calendar year but the tax year in Britain begins on 5 April. The reason is that in medieval times the calendar year began on 25 March, not 1 January. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, an adjustment was needed and 11 days were removed from September 1752. To avoid being accused of collecting a full year’s taxes in a short year, the government extended the end of the tax year 1752–3 to 4 April.
Many festivals are celebrated during the year. Christmas and Easter are the main Christian festivals. Jews remember Passover and Yom Kippur. Ramadan, a month of fasting, and Eid ul-Fitr are celebrated by Muslims. Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, takes place in October or November, and the Chinese celebrate their new year in January or February. Special occasions such as Bonfire Night in Britain and Thanksgiving in the US are enjoyed by almost everyone.
Example Bank:
• Britain was invaded in the year 1066.
• Careful make-up and styling can take years off you.
• He soon realized that a lot had changed in the intervening years.
• He spent his sabbatical year doing research in Moscow.
• He spent last year trying to get a new job.
• He was on a gap year before going to university.
• His early years were spent in San Francisco.
• His wife's death has put years on him.
• I hope to retire in a year/in a year's time.
• I paint the house every single year.
• I visited Morocco 20-odd years ago.
• I've been waiting for this moment all year long.
• In his later years, he drifted away from politics.
• In the past few years, she has become one of our top-selling authors.
• It happened during the Clinton years.
• It took him ten years to qualify as a vet.
• It's the first time we've met in years.
• It's usually much colder at this time of year.
• Next month, they celebrate fifty years of marriage.
• Over 10 000 people per year are injured in this type of accident.
• Over the past few years, we've made significant changes.
• She died the following year.
• She was born in Spain but spent her formative years in Italy.
• She won the race for the third successive year.
• She's only ten years old.
• That was in the year of the great flood.
• That year saw the explosion of the Internet.
• The academic year runs from October to June.
• The book represents three years of hard work.
• The chart shows our performance over the past year.
• The children spent the war years abroad.
• The city tour runs all the year round.
• The death rate in any given year.
• The event has not proved popular in past years.
• The global economy means that all types of fruit and vegetables are available throughout the year.
• The last year went by in flash.
• The new range puts us light years ahead of the competition.
• The reforms will be fully implemented by the year 2007.
• The team has suffered a loss of form since the turn of the year.
• They had met once the previous year.
• They're still friends after all these years.
• This year marks the 10th anniversary of her death.
• We aim to do even better in future years.
• We have high hopes for the coming year.
• We lived there for ten years.
• We worked for five long years on this project.
• We're going skiing early in the new year.
• We've been friends for over twenty years.
• a peak year for exports
• children of tender years
• during the next academic year
• final-year university students
• in the next tax year
• profit for the current year to 31 December
• the boom years from 1993 to 2000
• the early years of the 21st century
• the golden years of motoring
• First and second years usually live in college.
• The language students go abroad in their third year.
• The project is the work of a group of year-seven pupils.
• We didn't start Latin until year nine.
• Year seven is the first year of secondary school.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
year / jɪə r / / jɪr / noun
A1 [ C ] a period of twelve months, especially from 1 January to 31 December :
Annette worked in Italy for two years.
1988 was one of the worst years of my life.
We went to Egypt on holiday last year.
At this time of year the beaches are almost deserted.
This species keeps its leaves all (the) year ( round ) (= through the year) .
[ C ] a period of twelve months relating to a particular activity:
The financial/tax year begins in April.
A2 [ C ] the part of the year, in a school or university, during which courses are taught:
the academic/school year
She's now in her final/first/second year at Manchester University.
[ C , + sing/pl verb ] UK a group of students who start school, college, university, or a course together:
Kathy was in the year above me at college.
Word partners for year
each / every / last / next year • the past year • [3/20] years old • [2/5] years ago
© Cambridge University Press 2013
year
[jɪ͟ə(r)]
♦
years
1) N-COUNT A year is a period of twelve months or 365 or 366 days, beginning on the first of January and ending on the thirty-first of December.
The year was 1840...
We had an election last year.
...the number of people on the planet by the year 2050.
2) N-COUNT A year is any period of twelve months.
The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year...
She's done quite a bit of work this past year...
The school has been empty for ten years.
3) N-COUNT: num N adj/prep Year is used to refer to the age of a person. For example, if someone or something is twenty years old or twenty years of age, they have lived or existed for twenty years.
He's 58 years old...
I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age...
This column is ten years old today.
4) N-COUNT: usu adj/ord N A school year or academic year is the period of time in each twelve months when schools or universities are open and students are studying there. In Britain and the United States, the school year starts in September.
...the 1990/91 academic year...
The twins didn't have to repeat their second year at school.
5) N-COUNT: ord N You can refer to someone who is, for example, in their first year at school or university as a first year. [BRIT]
The first years and second years got a choice of French, German and Spanish.
6) N-COUNT: with supp A financial or business year is an exact period of twelve months which businesses or institutions use as a basis for organizing their finances.
He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years...
The company admits it will make a loss for the year ending September.
7) N-PLURAL (emphasis) You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time.
I haven't laughed so much in years...
It took him years to get up the courage...
People hold onto letters for years and years.
Syn:
ages
8) N-PLURAL: poss N, usu N prep You can refer to the time you spend in a place or doing an activity as your years there or your years of doing that activity.
The joy turned to tragedy during his years in Cyprus.
...his years as Director of the Manchester City Art Gallery.
9) → See also calendar year, fiscal year
10) PHRASE: PHR after v If something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year.
Regulars return year after year...
You keep on amazing me, year after year, the same old ways.
11) PHRASE: PHR after v If something changes year by year, it changes gradually each year.
This problem has increased year by year...
The department has been shrinking year by year because of budget cuts.
12) PHRASE: PHR with cl If something happens year in, year out, it happens every year without changing and is often boring.
Year in, year out, nothing changes...
With stockbroking it was the same thing, year in year out.
13) PHRASE You can say a man of his years or a woman of her years to refer to that person's age in relation to something else you are talking about.
He was moving with surprising speed for a man of his years...
A young man of his years needed to have a separate room.
14) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older. [INFORMAL]
I always turn adversity and defeat into victories, but it's probably put ten years on me.
15) PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR with cl If you say something happens all year round or all the year round, it happens continually throughout the year.
Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round...
Drinking and driving is a problem all the year round.
16) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has taken years off someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much younger. [INFORMAL]
Changing your hairstyle can take ten years off you.
17) donkey's years → see donkey
year
year /ˈjiɚ/ noun, pl years [count]
1 : a unit of time that is equal to 12 months or 365 or sometimes 366 days
• I haven't seen her in a year.
• He quit smoking six years ago.
• The job pays $45,000 a/per year.
• She renews her lease every year.
• We see them once or twice a year.
• It feels like we've been standing in line for a year.
• That team hasn't won in years.
• It's been years since I've been on an airplane.
• The camp has changed a lot over the years. [=during several/some/many years]
• The tree grows taller year by year. = The tree grows taller each year. = The tree grows taller as the years go by.
• The park is open all year round. = The park is open the entire year.
- see also calendar year, donkey's years, fiscal year, gap year, leap year
2 : the regular period of 12 months that begins in January and ends in December
• The work should be done by the end of the year.
• She was born in the year 1967.
• The volcano erupted in the year 44 B.C.
• In what year was the car made?
• They got married last year. [=during the year before this one]
• He will retire next year. [=during the year after this one]
• the movie/teacher/rookie of the year [=the best movie/teacher/rookie in a specific year]
3
- used to refer to the age of a person
• She is 14 years old.
• the teenage years [=the ages 13 through 19]
• a six-year-old boy
• He is getting on in years. [=he is getting old]
• She looks young/old for her years. [=she looks younger/older than she is]
4 : a period of time when a particular event, process, activity, etc., happens or is done
• The school year runs from September to June. [=the school operates from September to June]
• The fiscal year begins in October and ends in September.
• This will be a great year [=harvest season] for peaches.
• The pitcher is having his best year [=season] ever.
• She took geometry (during) her sophomore year.
• first- and second-year students
glory years
- see 1glory
in the year of our Lord formal
- used before a year to say that it is after the birth of Jesus Christ
• The couple married on this day in the year of our Lord 2005.
never/not in a thousand/million/billion years informal
- used as a strong way of saying that something is extremely unlikely or impossible
• Never in a million years did I think she would quit her job. [=I never thought that she would quit her job]
• He will never change his mind. Not in a million years.
put years on : to cause (someone) to look or feel older
• That job has really put some years on him.
since (the) year one US or Brit since the year dot informal : for a very long time : since a time in the distant past
• That monument has been there since the year one.
take years off : to cause someone to look or feel younger
• Not only has the diet improved how she feels, but it's also taken years off (her appearance).
vintage year
- see 1vintage
a sweet substance consisting of very small white or brown pieces that is added to food or drinks to make them taste sweet
شکر
Do you take sugar in your coffee?
آیا تو قهوه تان شکر می ریزید؟
a sweet substance consisting of very small white or brown pieces that is added to food or drinks to make them taste sweet
شکر
Do you take sugar in your coffee?
آیا تو قهوه تان شکر می ریزید؟
sugar
noun
1 (no plural) a sweet substance that comes from certain plants:
Do you take sugar in your coffee?
2 (plural sugars) the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold:
Two sugars, please.
sugar
I. noun
I. sug‧ar1 S2 W3 /ˈʃʊɡə $ -ər/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Arabic sukkar, from Persian shakar, from Sanskrit sarkara]
1. [uncountable] a sweet white or brown substance that is obtained from plants and used to make food and drinks sweet:
• Do you take sugar in your coffee?
2. [countable] British English the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold:
• How many sugars do you want in your tea?
3. [countable] technical one of several sweet substances formed in plants
4. spoken used to address someone you like very much
• • •
COLLOCATIONS■ phrases
▪ a teaspoon/spoonful of sugar • The drink contains seven teaspoons of sugar per can.
▪ a lump of sugar (also a sugar lump) (=a small block of sugar) • He put three lumps of sugar in his coffee.
■ verbs
▪ take sugar (=have sugar in your tea or coffee) • ‘Do you take sugar?’ ‘No, thank you.’
▪ sprinkle something with sugar • Sprinkle the cake with sugar.
▪ sugar dissolves (=becomes part of a liquid) • Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
sugar
sugar [sugar sugars sugared sugaring] noun, verb, exclamation [ˈʃʊɡə(r)] [ˈʃʊɡər]
noun
1. uncountable a sweet substance, often in the form of white or brown crystals, made from the juices of various plants, used in cooking or to make tea, coffee, etc. sweeter
• a sugar plantation/refinery/bowl
• This juice contains no added sugar.
• Do you take sugar (= have it in your tea, coffee, etc.)?
see also brown sugar, cane sugar, caster sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar
2. countable the amount of sugar that a small spoon can hold or that is contained in a small cube, added to tea, coffee, etc
• How many sugars do you take in coffee?
3. countable, usually plural (technical) any of various sweet substances that are found naturally in plants, fruit, etc
• fruit sugars
• a person's blood sugar level (= the amount of glucose in their blood)
4. uncountable (informal, especially NAmE) a way of addressing sb that you like or love
• See you later, sugar.
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.
Example Bank:
• Add 1 cup of white sugar and boil until dissolved.
• Add one cup of soft brown sugar.
• Bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar.
• Do you take sugar in your tea?
• Fructose is a fruit sugar.
• Fruit juices contain natural sugars.
• He stirred another spoonful of sugar into his tea.
• Most junk food is high in sugar.
• a high sugar intake
• apple juice with no added sugar
• simple sugars, such as glucose
• to raise blood sugar levels
sugar
sugar /ˈʃʊg.əʳ/ US /-ɚ/
noun
1 [C or U] a sweet substance which is obtained especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drinks:
I don't take sugar in my coffee, thanks.
How many sugars (= spoonfuls or lumps of sugar) do you take in your tea?
2 [C] SPECIALIZED A sugar is any of several types of simple carbohydrate that dissolves in water:
Glucose and lactose are sugars.
3 [as form of address] MAINLY US an affectionate way of addressing someone that you know:
Hi, sugar, did you have a good day at school?
sugar /ˈʃʊg.əʳ/ US /-ɚ/
exclamation
POLITE WORD FOR shit, used when something annoying happens:
Oh sugar, I've just spilt coffee all down my jacket!
sugar /ˈʃʊg.əʳ/ US /-ɚ/
verb [T]
to put sugar in something:
Oh, I forgot to sugar your coffee.
sugary /ˈʃʊg.ər.i/ US /-ɚ-/
adjective
1 containing sugar:
all those sugary snacks that kids eat
2 DISAPPROVING too good or kind or expressing feelings of love in a way that is not sincere:
It's that sugary smile of his that I can't bear - it makes me want to puke!
sugar
/ʃʊgə(r)/
(sugars, sugaring, sugared)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to make food and drinks sweet. It is usually in the form of small white or brown crystals.
...bags of sugar...
Ice cream is high in fat and sugar.
N-UNCOUNT
see also caster sugar, confectioners’ sugar, demerara sugar, granulated sugar, icing sugar
2.
If someone has one sugar in their tea or coffee, they have one small spoon of sugar or one sugar lump in it.
How many sugars do you take?
...a mug of tea with two sugars.
N-COUNT
3.
If you sugar food or drink, you add sugar to it.
He sat down and sugared and stirred his coffee.
VERB: V n
4.
Sugars are substances that occur naturally in food. When you eat them, the body converts them into energy.
Plants produce sugars and starch to provide themselves with energy.
N-COUNT: usu pl
1sug·ar /ˈʃʊgɚ/ noun, pl -ars
1 a [noncount] : a sweet substance usually in the form of white or brown crystals or white powder that comes from plants and is used to make foods sweeter
• Would you pass the sugar, please?
• Do you take sugar in your coffee?
• a lump/cube/packet of sugar
- see also brown sugar, cane sugar, confectioners' sugar, maple sugar, powdered sugar
b [count] : the amount of sugar in one spoonful, lump, packet, etc.
• Coffee with two sugars and milk, please.
2 [count] technical : any one of various substances that are found in plants and that your body uses or stores for energy - usually plural
• Everyone's body metabolizes sugars differently.
• Simple sugars are easier to digest than complex sugars.
3 [noncount] informal : the amount of sugar present in a person's blood at a particular time
• Her sugar (level) is very high.
- called also blood sugar,
4 chiefly US informal
- used to address someone you like or love
• “Hey, sugar [=honey], how are you doing?”
A vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle
گياه فلفل
a salt shaker and a pepper shaker
فلفلدان و نمكدان
A vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle
گياه فلفل
a salt shaker and a pepper shaker
فلفلدان و نمكدان
pepper
noun
1 (no plural) powder with a hot taste that you put on food:
salt and pepper
2 (plural peppers) a red, green or yellow vegetable that is almost empty inside
pepper
I. noun
I. pep‧per1 S3 /ˈpepə $ -ər/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi]
1. [uncountable] a powder that is used to add a hot taste to food:
• salt and pepper ⇨ black pepper, white pepper
2.
[countable] a hollow red, green, or yellow vegetable, eaten either raw or cooked with other food SYN bell pepper American English ⇨ sweet pepper, cayenne pepper, red pepper
pepper
pep·per [pepper peppers peppered peppering] noun, verb [ˈpepə(r)] [ˈpepər]
noun
1. uncountable a powder made from dried berries (called peppercorns), used to give a hot flavour to food
• Season with salt and pepper
• freshly ground pepper
see also black pepper, cayenne, white pepper
2. (BrE) (also ˌsweet ˈpepper BrE, NAmE) (NAmE ˈbell pepper) countable, uncountable a hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked
Word Origin:
Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’.
Example Bank:
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• He gave me a great recipe for stuffed peppers.
• He put some pepper on his steak.
• freshly ground black pepper
• peppers stuffed with meat and rice
Derived: pepper somebody with something ▪ pepper something with something
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
pepper / ˈpep.ə r / / -ɚ / noun [ C ] (VEGETABLE)
pepper
B1 a vegetable that is usually green, red, or yellow, has a rounded shape, and is hollow with seeds in the middle:
a red/green pepper
Peppers are usually cooked with other vegetables or eaten raw in salads.
Red peppers are ideal for roasting in the oven.
pepper / ˈpep.ə r / / -ɚ / noun [ U ] (POWDER)
A2 a grey or white powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, used to give a spicy, hot taste to food:
freshly ground black pepper
salt and pepper
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pepper
/pepə(r)/
(peppers, peppering, peppered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food.
Season with salt and pepper.
...freshly ground black pepper.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A pepper, or in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it.
N-COUNT
3.
If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it.
He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n
4.
If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it.
While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases...
Yachts peppered the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay.
VERB: be V-ed with n, V n
1pep·per /ˈpɛpɚ/ noun, pl -pers
1 [noncount] : a food seasoning that is made by grinding the dried berries of an Indian plant along with their hard, black covers : black pepper
• Please pass the salt and pepper.
• freshly ground pepper
- see also cayenne pepper, salt-and-pepper, white pepper
2 [count] : a hollow vegetable that is usually red, green, or yellow and that is eaten raw or cooked
• The steak was served with peppers and onions.
• Be careful handling hot peppers.
an object that you wear in front of your eyes to help you see better You usually get your glasses from an optician
عینک
Where are my glasses?
عینک من کجاست؟
an object that you wear in front of your eyes to help you see better You usually get your glasses from an optician
عینک
Where are my glasses?
عینک من کجاست؟
glasses
noun (plural)
two pieces of glass or plastic (called lenses) in a frame that people wear over their eyes to help them see better:
Does she wear glasses?
Look also at sunglasses.
grammar
Be careful! You cannot say 'a glasses'. You can say a pair of glasses: I need a new pair of glasses or I need some new glasses.
glass
I. glass1 S1 W1 /ɡlɑːs $ ɡlæs/ BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: ↑glass, glasses, ↑glassful, ↑glassware; adjective: glass, ↑glassy]
[Language: Old English; Origin: glæs]
1. TRANSPARENT MATERIAL [uncountable] a transparent solid substance used for making windows, bottles etc:
a glass bowl
a piece of broken glass
pane/sheet of glass (=a flat piece of glass with straight edges)
the cathedral’s stained glass windows
2.
FOR DRINKING [countable] a container used for drinking made of glass ⇨ cup
wine/brandy/champagne etc glass
Nigel raised his glass in a toast to his son.
3. AMOUNT OF LIQUID [countable] the amount of a drink contained in a glass
glass of
She poured a glass of wine.
4
FOR EYES glasses [plural] two pieces of specially cut glass or plastic in a frame, which you wear in order to see more clearly SYN spectacles:
He was clean-shaven and wore glasses.
I need a new pair of glasses.
distance/reading glasses ⇨ ↑dark glasses, ↑field glasses
GRAMMAR
Glasses is plural, even when it refers to a single object. Do not say 'a glasses’:
▪ She’s got nice (NOT a nice) glasses.
5. GLASS OBJECTS [uncountable] objects which are made of glass, especially ones used for drinking and eating:
a priceless collection of Venetian glass
6. people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones used to say that you should not criticize someone for having a fault if you have the same fault yourself
7. somebody sees the glass as half-empty/half-full used to say that a particular person is more likely to notice the good parts or the bad parts of a situation
8. under glass plants that are grown under glass are protected from the cold by a glass cover
9. MIRROR [countable] old-fashioned a mirror
10. the glass old-fashioned a ↑barometer
⇨ ↑cut glass, ↑ground glass, ↑looking glass, ↑magnifying glass, ↑plate glass, ↑safety glass, ↑stained glass, ⇨ raise your glass at ↑raise1(16)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1)
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + glass
▪ broken glass She cleaned up the broken glass with a dustpan and brush.
▪ stained glass (=glass of different colours used in windows) He designed the stained glass windows of Coventry Cathedral.
▪ tinted glass (=coloured rather than completely transparent) The car had tinted glass.
▪ frosted glass (=glass with a rough surface so that it is not transparent) The bathroom windows were made of frosted glass.
▪ clear glass (=that you can see through rather than being coloured) The drink comes in clear glass bottles.
▪ plate glass (=big pieces of glass made in large thick sheets, used especially in shop windows) Vandals smashed a plate glass window.
▪ safety glass (=strong glass that breaks into small pieces that are not sharp) The company makes safety glass for car windows.
■ glass + NOUN
▪ a glass bottle/bowl/vase etc Glass bottles can be recycled very easily.
▪ a glass window/door The doors had two round glass windows in them.
■ phrases
▪ a piece of glass He cut his foot on a piece of glass.
▪ a shard/splinter of glass (=a sharp piece of broken glass) People were injured by shards of glass following the explosion.
▪ a fragment of glass (=a small piece of glass that has broken off) Fragments of glass covered the floor near the broken window.
▪ a pane of glass (=a piece of glass used in a window) There was a broken pane of glass in the kitchen window.
▪ a sheet of glass (=a piece of flat glass) Sheets of glass were used as shelves.
■ verbs
▪ glass breaks This type of glass doesn’t break easily.
▪ glass shatters (=break into small pieces) When glass shatters, it leaves jagged edges.
▪ glass cracks Glass will crack if too much pressure is put on it.
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 4)
■ verbs
▪ wear glasses I didn’t know you wore glasses.
▪ put on your glasses He put on his glasses and read through the instructions.
▪ take off/remove your glasses Elsie took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes.
▪ wipe/clean your glasses Harry wiped his glasses with the corner of a handkerchief.
▪ break your glasses I broke my glasses when I accidentally sat on them.
■ phrases
▪ a pair of glasses She was wearing a new pair of glasses.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + glasses
▪ dark glasses (=sunglasses) She wore a scarf over her head and dark glasses.
▪ reading glasses (=for reading) She looked at him over the frames of her reading glasses.
▪ distance glasses (=for seeing things that are not close to you) Without her distance glasses she couldn't see his expression.
▪ tinted glasses (=with coloured glass) He always wore a pair of tinted glasses.
▪ steel-/horn-/gold-rimmed glasses (=with frames made of steel etc) He was a thin little guy with gold-rimmed glasses.
▪ thick glasses (=with lenses that are thick) She peered up at them through thick glasses.
glass
glass [glass glasses glassed glassing] noun, verb [ɡlɑːs] [ɡlæs]
noun
TRANSPARENT SUBSTANCE
1. uncountable a hard, usually transparent, substance used, for example, for making windows and bottles
• a sheet/pane of glass
• frosted/toughened glass
• a glass bottle/dish/roof
• I cut myself on a piece of broken glass.
• The vegetables are grown under glass (= in a greenhouse ).
see also cut glass, plate glass, stained glass, glazier
FOR DRINKING
2. countable (often in compounds) a container made of glass, used for drinking out of
• a sherry glass
• a wine glass
3. countable the contents of a glass
• a glass of sherry/wine/water, etc.
• He drank three whole glasses.
GLASS OBJECTS
4. uncountable objects made of glass
• We keep all our glass and china in this cupboard.
• She has a fine collection of Bohemian glass.
5. singular a protecting cover made of glass on a watch, picture or photograph frame, fire alarm, etc
• In case of emergency, break the glass and press the button.
FOR EYES
6. glasses (NAmE also eye·glasses) (also old-fashioned or formal spec·tacles, informal specs especially in BrE) plural two lenses in a frame that rests on the nose and ears. People wear glasses in order to be able to see better or to protect their eyes from bright light
• a pair of glasses
• dark glasses
• I wear glasses for driving.
see also field glasses, magnifying glass, sunglasses
MIRROR
7. countable, usually singular (old-fashioned) a mirror
see also looking glass
BAROMETER
8. the glass singular a barometer
see people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones at people n., raise your glass at raise v.
Word Origin:
Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.
Example Bank:
• He could see the light through the frosted glass.
• He had a small glass of lager with his meal.
• He heard glasses clinking in the other room.
• He poured her a fresh glass of sherry.
• He sat back, glass in hand.
• I handed her a glass of wine.
• I put my glass down on the table.
• She cut her foot on some glass.
• She had had three glasses of whisky already.
• She raised the glass to her lips.
• She sat sipping a glass of champagne.
• The books were all behind glass.
• The butler was polishing the brandy glasses.
• The factory makes safety glass.
• The floor was littered with fragments of broken glass.
• The waiter filled their glasses.
• They clinked glasses, still laughing.
• We grow fruit under glass= in a glasshouse.
• We watched the craftsmen blowing glass.
• a boat made of glass fibre/fiber
• a set of crystal glasses
• a tall glass of milk
• beer in a pint glass
• growing fruit under glass
• the red liquid in his glass
• the sound of breaking glass
• watching the Venetian craftsmen blowing glass
Derived: glass something in
verb ~ sb (BrE, informal)
to hit sb in the face with a glass
Word Origin:
Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.
See also: eyeglasses ▪ specs
looking glass
ˈlooking glass [looking glass] noun (old-fashioned)
a mirror
glasses
glasses /ˈglɑː.sɪz/ US /ˈglæs.ɪz/
plural noun
two small pieces of special glass or plastic in a frame worn in front of the eyes to improve sight:
a pair of glasses
reading glasses
glass
/glɑ:s, glæs/
(glasses)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Glass is a hard transparent substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles.
...a pane of glass.
...a sliding glass door.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A glass is a container made from glass, which you can drink from and which does not have a handle.
Grossman raised the glass to his lips.
N-COUNT
•
The contents of a glass can be referred to as a glass of something.
...a glass of milk.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
Glass is used to mean objects made of glass, for example drinking containers and bowls.
There’s a glittering array of glass to choose from at markets.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
Glasses are two lenses in a frame that some people wear in front of their eyes in order to help them see better.
He took off his glasses.
N-PLURAL
1glass /ˈglæs, Brit ˈglɑːs/ noun, pl glass·es
1 [noncount] : a hard usually transparent material that is used for making windows and other products
• He broke the glass.
- often used before another noun
• a glass bowl/bottle
- see also plate glass, stained glass
2 [count]
a : a drinking container made out of glass
• The waiter filled our glasses with water.
• an elegant wine glass
✦The expression raise a glass or raise your glasses is used to tell people to hold up their glasses and drink a toast as a way to wish someone happiness, success, etc.
b : the amount held by a glass container
• She drank two glasses of water.
3 glasses [plural] : a pair of glass or plastic lenses set into a frame and worn over the eyes to help a person see
• I have to wear glasses [=spectacles, (US) eyeglasses] for reading. = I have to wear reading glasses.
• She was wearing dark glasses with thick black frames.
• horn-rimmed glasses
- see also field glasses, magnifying glass, opera glasses
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- used to say that people who have faults should not criticize other people for having the same faults;
under glass : in a glass container
• Most of the articles in the museum are preserved under glass.
- see also hourglass, looking glass
- glass·ful /ˈglæsˌfʊɫ, Brit ˈglɑsˌfʊɫ/ noun, pl -fuls [count]
• had another glassful [=more commonly, glass] of beer
a very small round green vegetable that grows in a long narrow pod
نخود، نخود فرنگی
I use pea in soup.
من در سوپ از نخود فرنگی استفاده میکنم.
a very small round green vegetable that grows in a long narrow pod
نخود، نخود فرنگی
I use pea in soup.
من در سوپ از نخود فرنگی استفاده میکنم.
pea
noun
a very small round green vegetable. Peas grow in long, thin cases (called pods).
pea
pea /piː/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: pease 'pea' (11-19 centuries) (mistaken as plural), from Latin pisa, plural of pisum, from Greek pison]
1. a round green seed that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or the plant on which these seeds grow:
roast chicken with peas and carrots
2. like two peas in a pod informal exactly the same in appearance, behaviour etc
pea
pea [pea peas] [piː] [piː] noun
a small round green seed, eaten as a vegetable. Several peas grow together inside a long thin pod on a climbing plant also called a pea
• frozen peas
• pea soup
see also chickpea, mushy peas, split pea, sweet pea
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: back-formation from pease (interpreted as plural).
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
pea / piː / noun [ C ]
B1 a round, green seed, several of which grow in a pod, eaten as a vegetable:
frozen/dried peas
pea soup
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pea
/pi:/
(peas)
Peas are round green seeds which grow in long thin cases and are eaten as a vegetable.
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pea
pea /ˈpiː/ noun, pl peas [count] : a small, round, green seed that is eaten as a vegetable and that is formed in a seed case (called a pod) of a climbing plant also; : a plant that produces peas
• We're growing tomatoes and peas in our garden this year.
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- see also black-eyed pea, chickpea, snap pea, snow pea, sugar snap pea, sweet pea
two peas in a pod
- used to say that two people or things are very similar to each other
• My brother and I are two peas in a pod. We both like the same things.