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baby face (face resembling that of a baby) noun [UK: ˈbeɪ.bi feɪs] [US: ˈbeɪ.bi ˈfeɪs] | 娃娃脸 /wáwaliǎn/noun 娃娃臉noun |
Banach space (complete normed vector space) noun | 巴拿赫空間noun |
between a rock and a hard place (having the choice between two unpleasant options) preposition | 进退两难 /jìntuìliǎngnán/preposition 進退兩難preposition |
birthplace [birthplaces] (location where a person is born) noun [UK: ˈbɜːθ.pleɪs] [US: ˈbɝːθ.ˌples] | 出生地 /chūshēngdì/noun |
blast furnace (furnace where iron ore is smelted) noun [UK: blɑːst ˈfɜː.nɪs] [US: ˈblæst ˈfɝː.nəs] | 高炉 /gāolú/noun 高爐noun |
blow up in one's face (fail disastrously) verb | 栽跟头 /zāigēntou/verb 栽跟頭verb |
bracelet [bracelets] (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) noun [UK: ˈbreɪ.slɪt] [US: ˈbreɪ.slət] | 手鐲noun 手镯 /shǒuzhuó/noun 鐲子noun 镯子 /zhuózi/noun |
braces (device for straightening teeth) noun [UK: ˈbreɪ.sɪz] [US: ˈbreɪ.səz] | 牙套 /yátào/noun 牙齒矯正器noun |
Buckingham Palace (the official London residence of the British monarch) proper noun [UK: ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ˈpæ.lɪs] [US: ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ˈpæ.lɪs] | 白金汉宫 /Báijīnhàn gōng/proper noun 白金漢宮proper noun |
carapace [carapaces] (hard protective covering) noun [UK: ˈkæ.rə.peɪs] [US: ˈkæ.rə.peɪs] | jiǎqiào/noun 甲壳 /jiǎkénoun 甲殼noun |
cetacean (an animal belonging to the order Cetacea) noun [UK: sɪ.ˈteɪʃ.n̩] [US: sə.ˈteɪʃ.n̩] | 鯨目動物noun |
clock face [clock faces] (the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands) noun [UK: ˈklɒk feɪs] [US: ˈklɑːk ˈfeɪs] | 鐘面noun 钟面 /zhōngmiàn/noun |
complacency (feeling of self-satisfaction) noun [UK: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sən.si] [US: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sən.si] | 自满 /zìmǎn/noun 自滿noun |
complacent (uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements) adjective [UK: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sənt] [US: kəm.ˈpleɪ.sənt] | 得意 /déyì/adjective 自满 /zìmǎn/adjective 自滿adjective |
contraception [contraceptions] (use of a device or procedure) noun [UK: ˌkɒn.trə.ˈsep.ʃn̩] [US: ˌkɑːn.trə.ˈsep.ʃn̩] | 避孕 /bìyùn/noun |
contraceptive [contraceptives] (means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented) noun [UK: ˌkɒn.trə.ˈsep.tɪv] [US: ˌkɑːn.trə.ˈsep.tɪv] | 避孕药 /bìyùnyào/noun 避孕藥noun |
contraceptive (that acts to prevent conception) adjective [UK: ˌkɒn.trə.ˈsep.tɪv] [US: ˌkɑːn.trə.ˈsep.tɪv] | 避孕的 /bìyùn de/adjective |
coup de grâce (final blow) noun [UK: kuː də] [US: ˈkuː ˈdiː] | 致命一擊noun |
Cretaceous (geologic period within the Mesozoic) proper noun [UK: krɪ.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] [US: krə.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] | 白垩纪 /Bái'èjì/proper noun |