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发布时间:2016-03-01  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  cavalcade

  procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry

  cavalier

  casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight

  cavil

  quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily

  cede

  yield to ; surrender formally; N. cession

  celerity

  speed; rapidity

  celestial

  heavenly

  celibate

  abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy

  cemetery

  place for burying the dead

  censor

  overseer of morals ; person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.

  censorious

  severely critical

  censure

  blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval

  centaur

  mythical figure, half man and half horse

  centigrade

  denoting a widely used temperature scale

  centrifugal

  radiating; departing from the center

  centrifuge

  machine that separates substances by whirling them

  centripetal

  tending toward the center

  centurion

  Roman army officer

  cerebral

  pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum

  cerebration

  thought; working of the brain

  ceremonious

  marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy

  certitude

  certainty

  cessation

  stoppage

  cession

  yielding to another; ceding

  chafe

  warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.

  chaff

  worthless products of an endeavor; husk separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff

  chaffing

  bantering; joking

  chagrin

  annoyance and disappointment; vexation

  chalice

  goblet; consecrated cup

  chameleon

  lizard that changes color in different situations

  champion

  support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly

  championship

  position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion

  chancellor

  legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery: position of a chancellor

  chant

  tune in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing ; utter in the manner of a chant

  chaotic

  in utter disorder

  chapel

  small church

  chaperon

  older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

  chaplain

  clergyman attached to a chapel

  char

  make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal by incomplete combustion

  charisma

  divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism

  charlatan

  quack; pretender to knowledge

  charm

  quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch

  chary

  cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold

  chase

  ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch

  chasm

  abyss; very deep crack

  chassis

  framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached

  chaste

  morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple ; not highly decorated; austere

  chasten

  discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate

  chastise

  punish as by beating; criticize severely

  chauvinist

  blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin

  check

  stop motion; curb or restrain

  checkered

  marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares

  cherubic

  angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order

  chicanery

  trickery; deception

  chide

  scold; rebuke

  chimerical

  fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature

  chip

  lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp

  chisel

  swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting

  chivalrous

  courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry

  choice

  delicate; of very fine quality

  choir

  group of people who sing together ; place for choir

  choleric

  hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera

  chore

  daily domestic task ; unpleasant task

  choreography

  art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

  chortle

  chuckle with delight; N.

  chorus

  phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

  chronic

  long established as a disease

  chronicle

  report; record

  chuckle

  laugh quietly

  churlish

  boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo

  ciliated

  having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash

  cipher

  nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.

  circlet

  small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc.

  circuit

  closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place

  circuitous

  roundabout

  circumlocution

  indirect or roundabout expression

  circumscribe

  limit; confine; draw a line around

  circumspect

  prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought

  circumvent

  outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around

  cistern

  reservoir or water tank

  citadel

  fortress

  cite

  quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record

  civil

  having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic

  clairvoyant

  having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance

  clamber

  climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble

  clamor

  loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous

  

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