Angol | Kínai |
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Old World monkey [Old World monkeys] (primates falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea) noun [UK: əʊld wɜːld ˈmʌŋk.i] [US: oʊld ˈwɝːld ˈmʌŋk.i] | 舊世界猴noun |
Old World vulture (large scavenging bird) noun | 舊大陸禿鹫noun |
older brother (single-word translations) noun [UK: ˈəʊl.də(r) ˈbrʌð.ə(r)] [US: ˈoʊl.də(r) ˈbrʌð.r̩] | 哥哥 /gēge/noun |
older sister (single-word translations) noun [UK: ˈəʊl.də(r) ˈsɪ.stə(r)] [US: ˈoʊl.də(r) ˈsɪ.stər] | 姊姊 /zǐzǐ/noun 姐姐 /jiějie/noun |
oldie [oldies] (song or record from a long time ago) noun [UK: ˈəʊl.di] [US: ˈoʊl.di] | 老歌 /lǎogē/noun |
-fold (used to make adjectives) | |
a cold day in July (an event that will never happen) noun | 绝不可能noun 绝无可能noun |
a little bird told me (idiomatic) phrase [UK: ə ˈlɪt.l̩ bɜːd təʊld miː] [US: ə ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈbɝːd toʊld ˈmiː] | 私下听说phrase |
all that glitters is not gold (things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) phrase [UK: ɔːl ðæt ˈɡlɪ.təz ɪz nɒt ɡəʊld] [US: ɔːl ˈðæt ˈɡlɪ.tərz ˈɪz ˈnɑːt ɡoʊld] | bàixùqízhōng/phrase 虚有其表 /xūyǒuqíbiǎo/phrase 虛有其表phrase 金玉其外,敗絮其中phrase 金玉其外,败絮其中 /jīnyùqíwàiphrase |
beauty is in the eye of the beholder (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) phrase [UK: ˈbjuː.ti ɪz ɪn ðə aɪ əv ðə bɪ.ˈhəʊl.də(r)] [US: ˈbjuː.ti ˈɪz ɪn ðə ˈaɪ əv ðə bɪˈho.ʊl.də(r)] | 情人眼中出西施 /qíngrén yǎnzhōng chū Xīshī/phrase 情人眼裡出西施phrase |
behold [beheld, beheld, beholding, beholds] (to see, to look at) verb [UK: bɪ.ˈhəʊld] [US: bɪˈhoʊld] | 看 /kàn/verb |
beholder [beholders] (someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator) noun [UK: bɪ.ˈhəʊl.də(r)] [US: bɪˈho.ʊl.də(r)] | 旁觀者noun |
blindfold (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) noun [UK: ˈblaɪnd.fəʊld] [US: ˈblaɪndfoʊld] | 眼罩 /yǎnzhào/noun |
blow hot and cold (inconsistent behavior) verb [UK: bləʊ hɒt ənd kəʊld] [US: ˈbloʊ hɑːt ænd koʊld] | |
bold [bolder, boldest] (courageous, daring) adjective [UK: bəʊld] [US: boʊld] | 勇敢 /yǒnggǎn/adjective 胆大 /dǎndà/adjective 膽大adjective |
bold [bolder, boldest] (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) adjective [UK: bəʊld] [US: boʊld] | 粗体的 /cūtǐ de/adjective 粗體的adjective |
boldly (in a bold manner) adverb [UK: ˈbəʊld.li] [US: ˈboʊld.li] | 大胆地 /dàdǎn de/adverb 大膽地adverb |
candleholder (device for holding one or more lit candles) noun | 烛台 /zhútái/noun 燭臺 or 燭台noun |
cargo hold (ship's hold) noun [UK: ˈkɑː.ɡəʊ həʊld] [US: ˈkɑːrˌɡo.ʊ hoʊld] | 船舱 /chuáncāng/noun 船艙noun |
catch a cold (contract a cold) verb [UK: kætʃ ə kəʊld] [US: ˈkætʃ ə koʊld] | 伤风 /shāngfēng/verb 傷風verb 受凉 /shòuliáng/verb 受涼verb 感冒 /gǎnmào/verb |