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loss [losses] (defeat, see also: defeat) noun [UK: lɒs] [US: ˈlɒs] | 滅失noun 灭失 /mièshī/noun |
loss [losses] (financial: the sum lost on balance) noun [UK: lɒs] [US: ˈlɒs] | 亏损 /kuīsǔn/noun 虧損noun |
loss [losses] (the result of no longer possessing something) noun [UK: lɒs] [US: ˈlɒs] | 损失 /sǔnshī/noun 損失noun |
loss leader (item sold at or below cost to stimulate sales) noun | 損失領導物noun |
lossless (not losing information) adjective [UK: ˈlɒsləs ] [US: ˈlɔsləs ] | 无损 /wúsǔn/adjective 無損adjective |
apple blossom (the flower of an apple tree) noun | 蘋果花noun |
at a loss (below the cost or price of purchase) preposition [UK: ət ə lɒs] [US: ət ə ˈlɒs] | 亏本 /kuīběn/preposition 虧本preposition 蚀本 /shíběn/preposition 蝕本preposition 賠本preposition 赔本 /péiběn/preposition |
at a loss (not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability) preposition [UK: ət ə lɒs] [US: ət ə ˈlɒs] | 不知所措 /bùzhīsuǒcuò/preposition 困惑不解 /kùnhuòbùjiě/preposition 茫然 /mángrán/preposition |
blossom [blossoms] (flowers on trees) noun [UK: ˈblɒ.səm] [US: ˈblɑː.səm] | 花 /huā/noun |
blossom [blossomed, blossoming, blossoms] (have or open into blossoms) verb [UK: ˈblɒ.səm] [US: ˈblɑː.səm] | 开 /kāi/verb 开花 /kāihuā/verb 開verb 開花verb |
candy floss (sweet) noun [UK: ˈkæn.di flɒs] [US: ˈkæn.di ˈflɑːs] | |
cherry blossom (blossom of the cherry tree) noun [UK: ˈtʃe.ri ˈblɒ.səm] [US: ˈtʃe.ri ˈblɑː.səm] | 樱花 /yīnghuā/noun 櫻花noun |
colossal (extremely large) adjective [UK: kə.ˈlɒs.l̩] [US: kə.ˈlɑːs.l̩] | 巨大的 /jùdà de/adjective |
Colosseum (ancient stadium in Rome) proper noun [UK: ˌkɑː.lə.ˈsiːəm] [US: ˌkɑː.lə.ˈsiːəm] | 古罗马圆形大剧场 /gǔluómǎ yuánxíng dàjùchǎng/proper noun 古羅馬圓形大劇場proper noun 罗马斗兽场 /luómǎ dòushòuchǎng/proper noun 羅馬鬥獸場proper noun |
Colossus of Rhodes (the statue of Helios) proper noun [UK: kə.ˈlɒ.səs əv ˈrodz] [US: kə.ˈlɑː.səs əv ˈrodz] | 罗得岛太阳神铜像 /Luóde dǎo Tàiyángshén tóngxiàng/proper noun 羅得島太陽神銅像proper noun |
cut one's losses (discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz ˈlɒ.sɪz] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈlɒ.səz] | 減少損失verb |
dental floss [dental flosses] (cord of thin filaments used to clean the areas between the teeth) noun [UK: ˈden.tl̩ flɒs] [US: ˈden.tl̩ ˈflɑːs] | 牙線noun 牙线 /yáxiàn/noun |
diglossia (the coexistence of two closely related native languages) noun [UK: dˈɪɡlɒʃə] [US: dɪɡlˈɔsiə] |