# translation

lexentry: eng/misunderstanding__Noun__1
written_rep: misunderstanding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 誤解
sense_list:
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.


lexentry: eng/mitigate__Verb__1
written_rep: mitigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 减轻
sense_list:
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
written_rep: mitochondrion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 线粒体 | 線粒體
sense_list:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
written_rep: mitosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 有絲分裂
sense_list:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mix__Verb__1
written_rep: mix
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 混
sense_list:
(transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). | (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
written_rep: mixer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 混合器
sense_list:
One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together. | A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.


lexentry: eng/mnemonic__Noun__1
written_rep: mnemonic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 助记符
sense_list:
Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.


lexentry: eng/mob__Noun__1
written_rep: mob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: 人群
sense_list:
(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.


lexentry: eng/mobile__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 可移动的
sense_list:
(arts) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
written_rep: mock-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 模型
sense_list:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mode__Noun__1
written_rep: mode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 模式
sense_list:
A particular means of accomplishing something. | (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 模型
sense_list:
A person who serves as a template for artwork or fashion | A representation of a physical object. | A representation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event. | A style, type, or design. | The structural design of a complex system. | A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
written_rep: modem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 调制解调器
sense_list:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/modernism__Noun__1
written_rep: modernism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 現代主義
sense_list:
Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/modernize__Verb__1
written_rep: modernize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 现代化
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
written_rep: modesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 謙虛
sense_list:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities. | Moderate behaviour; reserve.


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
written_rep: modification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 修改
sense_list:
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/modulate__Verb__1
written_rep: modulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 移調 | 轉調
sense_list:
(intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
written_rep: module
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 模块
sense_list:
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. | (programming) A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines. | A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game. | (algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication. | (astronautics) An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/modulus__Noun__1
written_rep: modulus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 模块
sense_list:
(mathematics) The base with respect to which a congruence is computed. | (mathematics) The absolute value of a complex number.


lexentry: eng/mojibake__Noun__1
written_rep: mojibake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乱码
sense_list:
(computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.


lexentry: eng/molarity__Noun__1
written_rep: molarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 體積莫耳濃度
sense_list:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
written_rep: molasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 糖蜜
sense_list:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
written_rep: mold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 霉菌
sense_list:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 部
sense_list:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 間諜
sense_list:
Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats. | (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 摩尔
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__7
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 摩尔
sense_list:
One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially a sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
written_rep: mole cricket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小狗
sense_list:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular__Adjective__1
written_rep: molecular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 分子
sense_list:
(chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules. | (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.


lexentry: eng/molecular_formula__Noun__1
written_rep: molecular formula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 化学式
sense_list:
(chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
written_rep: molecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 分子
sense_list:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


lexentry: eng/mollusc__Noun__1
written_rep: mollusc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 軟體動物
sense_list:
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/molybdenum__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdenum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鉬 | 钼
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
written_rep: moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 时刻
sense_list:
(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour. | (math) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.


lexentry: eng/momentum__Noun__1
written_rep: momentum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 动量
sense_list:
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.


lexentry: eng/monad__Noun__1
written_rep: monad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 单子
sense_list:
(philosophy) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. | (functional, _, programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".


lexentry: eng/monarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: monarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 君主制
sense_list:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
written_rep: money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 貨幣
sense_list:
A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).


lexentry: eng/money_cowry__Noun__1
written_rep: money cowry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 货贝
sense_list:
A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.


lexentry: eng/money_laundering__Noun__1
written_rep: money laundering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 洗錢
sense_list:
The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/money_order__Noun__1
written_rep: money order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 匯票
sense_list:
(finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.


lexentry: eng/mongoose__Noun__1
written_rep: mongoose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 獴
sense_list:
Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.


lexentry: eng/monism__Noun__1
written_rep: monism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一元论
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 屏幕
sense_list:
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.


lexentry: eng/monitor_lizard__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor lizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 巨蜥
sense_list:
Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/monkeypox__Noun__1
written_rep: monkeypox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 猴痘
sense_list:
(disease) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus.


lexentry: eng/monoamine_oxidase__Noun__1
written_rep: monoamine oxidase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 单胺氧化酶
sense_list:
(enzyme) Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.


lexentry: eng/monogram__Noun__3
written_rep: monogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 交織字母
sense_list:
A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.


lexentry: eng/monograph__Noun__1
written_rep: monograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 专著
sense_list:
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.


lexentry: eng/monologue__Noun__1
written_rep: monologue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 单口
sense_list:
(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.


lexentry: eng/monomial__Noun__1
written_rep: monomial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 單項式
sense_list:
(mathematics) A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.


lexentry: eng/monopoly__Noun__1
written_rep: monopoly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 專賣
sense_list:
An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession. | The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control.


lexentry: eng/monotonicity__Noun__1
written_rep: monotonicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 单调
sense_list:
(analysis) Said of a positive measure: the property of a positive measure of a measure space, that given two measurable sets where the first set is contained in the second one, then the measure of the first set must be less than or equal to the measure of the second set.


lexentry: eng/monotony__Noun__1
written_rep: monotony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 单调
sense_list:
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety. | (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.


lexentry: eng/monotype__Noun__1
written_rep: monotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 单版画
sense_list:
(arts, printing) A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper. | A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.


lexentry: eng/monsoon__Noun__1
written_rep: monsoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 季风
sense_list:
Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season. | Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions. | Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/monster__Noun__1
written_rep: monster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 妖怪
sense_list:
(informal) A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind. | (informal, childish) A bizarre or whimsical creature. | A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal. | (figuratively) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat. | (informal) Something unusually large. | (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.


lexentry: eng/monstrance__Noun__1
written_rep: monstrance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 圣体光
sense_list:
(Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.


lexentry: eng/montage__Noun__1
written_rep: montage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 集会
sense_list:
(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/moon_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: moon bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腰包
sense_list:
A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items.


lexentry: eng/mooncake__Noun__1
written_rep: mooncake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 月饼
sense_list:
A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October). [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/moorhen__Noun__1
written_rep: moorhen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 黑水鸡
sense_list:
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.


lexentry: eng/moose__Noun__1
written_rep: moose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 驼鹿
sense_list:
The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.


lexentry: eng/mop__Noun__1
written_rep: mop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 抹布
sense_list:
An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.


lexentry: eng/moped__Noun__1
written_rep: moped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 摩托車
sense_list:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.


lexentry: eng/mora__Noun__1
written_rep: mora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 音拍
sense_list:
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).


lexentry: eng/moral__Adjective__1
written_rep: moral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 有关道德的
sense_list:
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.


lexentry: eng/moral_police__Noun__1
written_rep: moral police
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 伊斯蘭宗教警察 | 穆塔韋
sense_list:
A special police force in some conservative countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Malaysia, that enforces religious laws by punishing sinners.


lexentry: eng/morale__Noun__1
written_rep: morale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 有关道德的
sense_list:
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.


lexentry: eng/morality__Noun__1
written_rep: morality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 伦理
sense_list:
(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.


lexentry: eng/mordacious__Adjective__1
written_rep: mordacious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 銳利
sense_list:
Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive | sharp or caustic in style or tone. | Sharp in intent, sarcastic


lexentry: eng/more__Determiner__1
written_rep: more
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 更多
sense_list:
in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) | Additional; further. | Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.


lexentry: eng/morel__Noun__1
written_rep: morel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 羊肚菌
sense_list:
A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.


lexentry: eng/morgue__Noun__1
written_rep: morgue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 停尸房
sense_list:
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.


lexentry: eng/morning__Noun__1
written_rep: morning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 上午 | 早上
sense_list:
The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.] | (obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning_star__Noun__1
written_rep: morning star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 启明
sense_list:
(military, countable) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.


lexentry: eng/moron__Noun__1
written_rep: moron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 喀尔喀语
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. | (psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.


lexentry: eng/morpheme__Noun__1
written_rep: morpheme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 語素
sense_list:
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/morphine__Noun__1
written_rep: morphine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 嗎啡
sense_list:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
written_rep: morphology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 形态学
sense_list:
(biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants. | (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks). | (uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:


lexentry: eng/mortality__Noun__1
written_rep: mortality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 死亡率
sense_list:
The state of being susceptible to death. | The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate. | (figuratively) Death.


lexentry: eng/mortar__Noun__1
written_rep: mortar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 研缽
sense_list:
(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle. | (countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories. | (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Noun__1
written_rep: mortgage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 抵押
sense_list:
(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
written_rep: mortify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腌
sense_list:
(transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/morula__Noun__1
written_rep: morula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 桑葚胚
sense_list:
(embryology) A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
written_rep: mosaic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鑲嵌藝術
sense_list:
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture. | (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.


lexentry: eng/mosquito__Noun__1
written_rep: mosquito
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蚊子
sense_list:
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.


lexentry: eng/moss__Noun__1
written_rep: moss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 苔藓
sense_list:
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).


lexentry: eng/most__Determiner__1
written_rep: most
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 多数
sense_list:
the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article) | the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)


lexentry: eng/moth__Noun__1
written_rep: moth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蛾
sense_list:
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.


lexentry: eng/mothball__Noun__1
written_rep: mothball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 萘
sense_list:
(usually, in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.


lexentry: eng/mother__Noun__1
written_rep: mother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 母亲 | 母親
sense_list:
A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).


lexentry: eng/motherboard__Noun__1
written_rep: motherboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 主板
sense_list:
(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.


lexentry: eng/motherfucker__Noun__1
written_rep: motherfucker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 公狗
sense_list:
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. | (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother. | (vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.


lexentry: eng/motif__Noun__1
written_rep: motif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 动机
sense_list:
A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme. | (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. | (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.


lexentry: eng/motion__Noun__1
written_rep: motion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 運動
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another. | (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.


lexentry: eng/motive__Noun__1
written_rep: motive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 動機
sense_list:
(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.] | (architecture, fine arts, music)


lexentry: eng/motor_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: motor vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 機動車
sense_list:
Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.


lexentry: eng/motorcycle__Noun__1
written_rep: motorcycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 摩托車
sense_list:
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.


lexentry: eng/motorway__Noun__1
written_rep: motorway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公路
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.


lexentry: eng/mound__Noun__1
written_rep: mound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 丘
sense_list:
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.


lexentry: eng/mount__Verb__1
written_rep: mount
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 炒
sense_list:
(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up. | (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.


lexentry: eng/mountain__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 山
sense_list:
(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.] | (countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountainous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mountainous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多山
sense_list:
Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.


lexentry: eng/mourning__Noun__1
written_rep: mourning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 丧
sense_list:
The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation. | Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death. | The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).


lexentry: eng/mouse__Noun__1
written_rep: mouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼠 | 老鼠
sense_list:
Any small rodent of the genus Mus. | (computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.


lexentry: eng/mousebird__Noun__1
written_rep: mousebird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼠鸟目
sense_list:
Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 动
sense_list:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another


lexentry: eng/movement__Noun__1
written_rep: movement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乐章
sense_list:
Physical motion between points in space. | A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. | (music) A large division of a larger composition.


lexentry: eng/movement_control_order__Noun__1
written_rep: movement control order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 行動管制令
sense_list:
(Malaysia) Any of a series of national quarantine and cordon sanitaire measures imposed by the Malaysian government to halt the spread of COVID-19.


lexentry: eng/movie__Noun__1
written_rep: movie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 电影
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, AU) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.


lexentry: eng/moving_walkway__Noun__1
written_rep: moving walkway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 電動步道
sense_list:
(US) A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.


lexentry: eng/mozzarella__Noun__1
written_rep: mozzarella
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 马苏里拉
sense_list:
Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.


lexentry: eng/mucous_membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: mucous membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 黏膜
sense_list:
(anatomy) A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.


lexentry: eng/mud__Noun__1
written_rep: mud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 泥巴
sense_list:
(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.


lexentry: eng/muffin__Noun__1
written_rep: muffin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 玛芬
sense_list:
(British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin. | A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).


lexentry: eng/muffin_top__Noun__1
written_rep: muffin top
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 輪胎
sense_list:
(colloquial, sometimes, _, derogatory) The roll of flesh that bulges over the top of excessively tight trousers.


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
written_rep: muffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 覆盖
sense_list:
(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.


lexentry: eng/mufti__Noun__1
written_rep: mufti
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 便服
sense_list:
(uncountable, AU, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.


lexentry: eng/mug_shot__Noun__1
written_rep: mug shot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 肖像
sense_list:
A photograph taken of the head and shoulders, often from the front and in profile, usually taken in conjunction with somebody's arrest.


lexentry: eng/mulatto__Noun__1
written_rep: mulatto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 昂列咖啡
sense_list:
(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.


lexentry: eng/mulch__Noun__1
written_rep: mulch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 覆盖物
sense_list:
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.


lexentry: eng/mullet__Noun__1
written_rep: mullet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鲻鱼
sense_list:
A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).


lexentry: eng/multiculturalism__Noun__1
written_rep: multiculturalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多元文化主義
sense_list:
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/multilateralism__Noun__1
written_rep: multilateralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 多邊主義
sense_list:
A system by which nations consult others in matters of foreign policy, by way of organisations such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/multimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: multimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 万用表
sense_list:
An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.


lexentry: eng/multiple_sclerosis__Noun__1
written_rep: multiple sclerosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多发性硬化症
sense_list:
(pathology) A chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.


lexentry: eng/multiplication__Noun__1
written_rep: multiplication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 乘法
sense_list:
(countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication. | The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.


lexentry: eng/multiplication_table__Noun__1
written_rep: multiplication table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乘法表
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A table showing the products of each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or, especially formerly, 12) with each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or 12).


lexentry: eng/mummy__Noun__1
written_rep: mummy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 木乃伊
sense_list:
(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mumps__Noun__1
written_rep: mumps
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腮腺炎
sense_list:
(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.


lexentry: eng/municipal__Adjective__1
written_rep: municipal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 市政府的
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).


lexentry: eng/municipality__Noun__1
written_rep: municipality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 市政當局
sense_list:
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.


lexentry: eng/muntjac__Noun__1
written_rep: muntjac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 麂
sense_list:
Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.


lexentry: eng/murder__Noun__1
written_rep: murder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 殺人
sense_list:
(uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.


lexentry: eng/murderous__Adjective__1
written_rep: murderous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 兇手
sense_list:
Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal. | (often, figuratively) Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.


lexentry: eng/murine__Adjective__1
written_rep: murine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 老鼠
sense_list:
More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
written_rep: murmur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 嘈杂声
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water. | (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart. | A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.


lexentry: eng/muscat__Noun__1
written_rep: muscat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 馬斯喀特
sense_list:
A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine. | The muscatel wine made from these grapes. | The vine bearing this fruit.


lexentry: eng/museum__Noun__1
written_rep: museum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 博物馆 | 博物館
sense_list:
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.


lexentry: eng/music__Noun__1
written_rep: music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 音乐 | 音樂
sense_list:
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood. | (figuratively) Any interesting or pleasing sounds.


lexentry: eng/music_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: music theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乐理
sense_list:
The field of study dealing with how music works, typically examining the language and notation of music, the patterns and structures in composers' techniques, and so on.


lexentry: eng/musical__Noun__1
written_rep: musical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 歌舞片
sense_list:
A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.


lexentry: eng/musician__Noun__1
written_rep: musician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 音乐家
sense_list:
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.


lexentry: eng/musicology__Noun__1
written_rep: musicology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 音乐学
sense_list:
(music) the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.


lexentry: eng/musk__Noun__1
written_rep: musk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 麝香
sense_list:
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.


lexentry: eng/musketeer__Noun__1
written_rep: musketeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鸟铳手
sense_list:
(military) A foot soldier armed with a musket. | (military) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.


lexentry: eng/mussel__Noun__1
written_rep: mussel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 淡菜
sense_list:
A saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia. | Any of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells.


lexentry: eng/must__Verb__1
written_rep: must
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 很可能
sense_list:
(modal, _, auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence. | (modal, _, auxiliary, defective) Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.


lexentry: eng/mustard_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: mustard gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 芥子毒气
sense_list:
A highly cytotoxic vesicant, C4H8Cl2S, used in World War I that is known to cause skin burns, blisters, inflammation, edema, and potentially other respiratory effects.


lexentry: eng/mustelid__Noun__1
written_rep: mustelid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 貂
sense_list:
Any carnivorous mammal of the diverse weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, otters, martens, mink and wolverines.


lexentry: eng/muster__Noun__1
written_rep: muster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 复习
sense_list:
(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/muster__Verb__1
written_rep: muster
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 举行
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mute__Adjective__1
written_rep: mute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 啞巴
sense_list:
Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.] | Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.] | Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.


lexentry: eng/mute__Noun__1
written_rep: mute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 啞巴
sense_list:
(obsolete, theatre) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th–19th c.] | A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mute_swan__Noun__1
written_rep: mute swan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 疣鼻天鵝
sense_list:
A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.


lexentry: eng/mutiny__Noun__1
written_rep: mutiny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 煽惑叛變
sense_list:
An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.


lexentry: eng/mutualism__Noun__1
written_rep: mutualism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 互利共生
sense_list:
(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Noun__1
written_rep: muzzle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 口
sense_list:
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from. | (chiefly, Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Verb__1
written_rep: muzzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 给
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.


lexentry: eng/my_Lord__Noun__1
written_rep: my Lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 先生
sense_list:
(UK) Used in direct address to peers of the realm, usually now excluding dukes and the Lords Spiritual.


lexentry: eng/myoga__Noun__1
written_rep: myoga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蘘荷
sense_list:
A Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: myself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 我自己
sense_list:
(reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. [from 9th c.] | Me (as the object of a verb or preposition). [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: myself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 一
sense_list:
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mystery_play__Noun__1
written_rep: mystery play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神秘
sense_list:
(performing arts) A medieval dramatic performance depicting events from Christian scriptures, especially events from the life of Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/mysticism__Noun__1
written_rep: mysticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神秘主義
sense_list:
The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics. | A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.


lexentry: eng/myth__Noun__1
written_rep: myth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 迷思
sense_list:
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.


lexentry: eng/mythology__Noun__1
written_rep: mythology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神话
sense_list:
(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.


lexentry: eng/mâche__Noun__1
written_rep: mâche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 萵苣
sense_list:
Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.


lexentry: eng/nadir__Noun__1
written_rep: nadir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 天底
sense_list:
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.


lexentry: eng/nag__Verb__1
written_rep: nag
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 责骂
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
written_rep: nail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 钉子
sense_list:
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.


lexentry: eng/naked__Adjective__1
written_rep: naked
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 裸体
sense_list:
(obsolete) Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear. | Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. | (of land, rocks, or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.


lexentry: eng/name__Noun__1
written_rep: name
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 名字 | 名
sense_list:
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. | Reputation.


lexentry: eng/nanotechnology__Noun__1
written_rep: nanotechnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纳米技术
sense_list:
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).


lexentry: eng/napa_cabbage__Noun__1
written_rep: napa cabbage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 大白菜
sense_list:
A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.


lexentry: eng/napkin__Noun__1
written_rep: napkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 餐巾
sense_list:
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.


lexentry: eng/narcissus__Noun__1
written_rep: narcissus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 水仙
sense_list:
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil


lexentry: eng/narcolepsy__Noun__1
written_rep: narcolepsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 發作性嗜睡病
sense_list:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.


lexentry: eng/narcotic__Noun__1
written_rep: narcotic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 毒
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
written_rep: narration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 叙事
sense_list:
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. | That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.


lexentry: eng/narrow__Adjective__1
written_rep: narrow
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 窄
sense_list:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.


lexentry: eng/narutomaki__Noun__1
written_rep: narutomaki
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鸣门卷
sense_list:
A type of kamaboko (蒲鉾), a cured fish surimi product made in Japan. Prepared in loaves or rolls, then sliced and added to dishes as a garnish.


lexentry: eng/narwhal__Noun__1
written_rep: narwhal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一角鲸
sense_list:
Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.


lexentry: eng/nasal_cavity__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal cavity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼻腔
sense_list:
(anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.


lexentry: eng/nation-state__Noun__1
written_rep: nation-state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 民族國家
sense_list:
(politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
written_rep: nation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 國民
sense_list:
(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. | (international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.


lexentry: eng/national__Adjective__1
written_rep: national
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 国家
sense_list:
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/national_day__Noun__1
written_rep: national day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 国庆节
sense_list:
A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.


lexentry: eng/national_park__Noun__1
written_rep: national park
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 国家公园 | 國家公園
sense_list:
An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.


lexentry: eng/nationalism__Noun__1
written_rep: nationalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 民族主义 | 民族主義
sense_list:
Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture. | (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/nationality__Noun__1
written_rep: nationality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 國籍
sense_list:
National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nationalize__Verb__1
written_rep: nationalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 国有化
sense_list:
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.


lexentry: eng/nativity_scene__Noun__1
written_rep: nativity scene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 槽
sense_list:
(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
written_rep: natural
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自然
sense_list:
Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.] | Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc. [from 16th c.] | Pertaining to birth or descent; native. | Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: natural gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 天然气
sense_list:
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/natural_history__Noun__1
written_rep: natural history
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 博物学
sense_list:
The study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships. | The study of all natural phenomena: botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc.


lexentry: eng/natural_language__Noun__1
written_rep: natural language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自然语言
sense_list:
(retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).


lexentry: eng/natural_logarithm__Noun__1
written_rep: natural logarithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自然对数
sense_list:
(mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function.


lexentry: eng/natural_numbers__Noun__1
written_rep: natural numbers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自然數
sense_list:
(mathematics) The set of positive integers, {1, 2, 3, ...}. | (mathematics, computer science) The set of non-negative integers, {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/natural_science__Noun__1
written_rep: natural science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 博物
sense_list:
Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.


lexentry: eng/natural_selection__Noun__1
written_rep: natural selection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自然选择
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
written_rep: nature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自然 | 大自然
sense_list:
(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology. | The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.


lexentry: eng/naturism__Noun__1
written_rep: naturism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 裸体主义
sense_list:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.


lexentry: eng/nausea__Noun__1
written_rep: nausea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 惡心
sense_list:
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.


lexentry: eng/nautical_mile__Noun__1
written_rep: nautical mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 海里
sense_list:
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile). | (historical) Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.


lexentry: eng/nave__Noun__1
written_rep: nave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 中殿
sense_list:
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.


lexentry: eng/navel__Noun__1
written_rep: navel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 肚臍
sense_list:
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.


lexentry: eng/navigate__Verb__1
written_rep: navigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 行船
sense_list:
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. | (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.


lexentry: eng/navigation__Noun__1
written_rep: navigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 導航
sense_list:
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.


lexentry: eng/navigator__Noun__1
written_rep: navigator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 航海者
sense_list:
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft. | A sea explorer.


lexentry: eng/navy__Noun__1
written_rep: navy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 海军
sense_list:
(countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel. | (countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.


lexentry: eng/nay__Adverb__1
written_rep: nay
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 嗯
sense_list:
(archaic, otherwise, jocular) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/near-death_experience__Noun__1
written_rep: near-death experience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 濒死经验
sense_list:
A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
written_rep: neat
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 太阳
sense_list:
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
written_rep: neat
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 純潔
sense_list:
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.


lexentry: eng/nebula__Noun__1
written_rep: nebula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 星云
sense_list:
(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).


lexentry: eng/necessary__Adjective__1
written_rep: necessary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 必要的
sense_list:
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty. | Unavoidable, inevitable. | (obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.


lexentry: eng/necessitate__Verb__1
written_rep: necessitate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 需要
sense_list:
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/necklace__Noun__1
written_rep: necklace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 项链
sense_list:
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.


lexentry: eng/necrosis__Noun__1
written_rep: necrosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 壞死
sense_list:
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply. (Usually gangrene will follow unless the dead tissue is resected).


lexentry: eng/nectarine__Noun__1
written_rep: nectarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 油桃
sense_list:
A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin. | (obsolete) A nectar-like liquid medicine.


lexentry: eng/needle__Noun__1
written_rep: needle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 針
sense_list:
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. | (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. | (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.


lexentry: eng/nefarious__Adjective__1
written_rep: nefarious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 恶
sense_list:
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/negative__Adjective__1
written_rep: negative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 否定
sense_list:
Not positive nor neutral. | (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.] | (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero | (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition. | Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.


lexentry: eng/negligence__Noun__1
written_rep: negligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 玩忽职守
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


lexentry: eng/negligible__Adjective__1
written_rep: negligible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 可忽视
sense_list:
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.


lexentry: eng/neighborhood__Noun__1
written_rep: neighborhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 邻居
sense_list:
The residential area near one's home. | The inhabitants of a residential area. | (chiefly, obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity. | A set containing an open set which contains some specified point. | A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.


lexentry: eng/neighbour__Noun__1
written_rep: neighbour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鄰居
sense_list:
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.


lexentry: eng/neocolonialism__Noun__1
written_rep: neocolonialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 新殖民主义
sense_list:
The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neodymium__Noun__1
written_rep: neodymium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 钕 | 釹
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.


lexentry: eng/neoliberalism__Noun__1
written_rep: neoliberalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 新自由主义
sense_list:
A political ideology or ideological trend based on neoclassical economics that espouses economic liberalism, favouring trade liberalisation, financial deregulation, a small government, privatisation and liberalisation of government businesses, passive antitrust enforcement, accepting greater economic inequality and disfavouring unionisation.


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
written_rep: neologism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 新词
sense_list:
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase, or an existing one which has gained a new meaning.


lexentry: eng/nephew__Noun__1
written_rep: nephew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 侄子 | 外甥
sense_list:
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).


lexentry: eng/nephrite__Noun__1
written_rep: nephrite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 玉石
sense_list:
(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).


lexentry: eng/nesh__Adjective__1
written_rep: nesh
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 怕冷的
sense_list:
(now, _, UK, _, dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.


lexentry: eng/nest__Noun__1
written_rep: nest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 窝
sense_list:
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. | A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young. | A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.


lexentry: eng/net__Noun__1
written_rep: net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 網
sense_list:
A mesh of string, cord or rope. | A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. | Anything that has the appearance of such a device. | (by extension) A trap. | A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.


lexentry: eng/network__Noun__1
written_rep: network
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 网络
sense_list:
Any interconnected group or system | (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information


lexentry: eng/neurology__Noun__1
written_rep: neurology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神經內科
sense_list:
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/neuron__Noun__1
written_rep: neuron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神經元
sense_list:
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.


lexentry: eng/neurosis__Noun__1
written_rep: neurosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神经症
sense_list:
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.


lexentry: eng/neurotypical__Adjective__1
written_rep: neurotypical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神经学典范
sense_list:
Having a normal (usual, ordinary) way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information; often to contrast with autistic.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 中性
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.


lexentry: eng/neutral__Adjective__1
written_rep: neutral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: 中性
sense_list:
(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance. | (chemistry) Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.


lexentry: eng/neutrality__Noun__1
written_rep: neutrality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 中立
sense_list:
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.


lexentry: eng/neutrino__Noun__1
written_rep: neutrino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 中微子
sense_list:
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.


lexentry: eng/neutron__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 中子
sense_list:
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.


lexentry: eng/neutron_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 中子弹
sense_list:
An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to create equal lethal neutron radiation and blast radii which increases the effectiveness of the weapon against armour while reducing collateral damage.


lexentry: eng/neutron_star__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 中子星
sense_list:
(star) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.


lexentry: eng/neutronium__Noun__1
written_rep: neutronium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 0號元素
sense_list:
(physics) A hypothetical gravitationally bound system of a neutron and an antineutron (the onium of a neutron), not predicted to exist under normal circumstances.


lexentry: eng/never_mind__Verb__1
written_rep: never mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 没关系
sense_list:
(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.


lexentry: eng/new__Adjective__1
written_rep: new
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 新
sense_list:
Recently made, or created. | Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | Additional; recently discovered. | Current or later, as opposed to former. | Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | Recently arrived or appeared. | Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.


lexentry: eng/new_energy_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: new energy vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: NEV | 新能源汽車
sense_list:
(China, automotive) A plug-in electric vehicle, either a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or an all-electric plug-in battery electric vehicle


lexentry: eng/newbie__Noun__1
written_rep: newbie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 初学者
sense_list:
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


lexentry: eng/newel__Noun__1
written_rep: newel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 内核
sense_list:
(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals. | (architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.


lexentry: eng/news_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: news agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 新闻社
sense_list:
An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
written_rep: newspaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 報紙 | 报纸
sense_list:
(countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.


lexentry: eng/newspeak__Noun__1
written_rep: newspeak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 新语
sense_list:
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.


lexentry: eng/newton__Noun__1
written_rep: newton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 牛頓
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.


lexentry: eng/nice__Adjective__1
written_rep: nice
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 好
sense_list:
(chiefly, informal) Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.] | (chiefly, informal) Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
written_rep: niche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 狗屋
sense_list:
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. | (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited. | (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.


lexentry: eng/nick__Noun__1
written_rep: nick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 孔
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.


lexentry: eng/nickeline__Noun__1
written_rep: nickeline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 紅砷鎳礦
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.


lexentry: eng/nickname__Noun__1
written_rep: nickname
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 綽號
sense_list:
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.


lexentry: eng/nicotine__Noun__1
written_rep: nicotine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 尼古丁
sense_list:
(organic compound) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides. | (figuratively) Tobacco, cigarettes


lexentry: eng/niece__Noun__1
written_rep: niece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 侄女
sense_list:
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").


lexentry: eng/nigger__Noun__1
written_rep: nigger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 代笔作家
sense_list:
(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
written_rep: night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 夜
sense_list:
(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
written_rep: night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 夜晚 | 夜
sense_list:
(legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. | (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.


lexentry: eng/night_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: night owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 夜游神
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning.


lexentry: eng/night_person__Noun__1
written_rep: night person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 夜游神
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.


lexentry: eng/night_shift__Noun__1
written_rep: night shift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 夜班
sense_list:
A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours. | A group of workers who work during the night.


lexentry: eng/night_watchman__Noun__1
written_rep: night watchman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 守夜人
sense_list:
(historical) Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers. | A person who guards (usually at a building) at night.


lexentry: eng/nightclub__Noun__1
written_rep: nightclub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 夜店
sense_list:
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.


lexentry: eng/nightingale__Noun__1
written_rep: nightingale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 夜莺
sense_list:
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
written_rep: nightmare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 恶梦
sense_list:
A very bad or frightening dream. [from 19th c.] | (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.] | (now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
written_rep: nihilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 虚无主义
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1). | (countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.


lexentry: eng/nimbostratus__Noun__1
written_rep: nimbostratus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 雨層雲
sense_list:
(meteorology) According to the World Meteorological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns.


lexentry: eng/nine_men's_morris__Noun__1
written_rep: nine men's morris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 磨子
sense_list:
An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.


lexentry: eng/nineteen__Numeral__1
written_rep: nineteen
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 十九
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".


lexentry: eng/ninety__Numeral__1
written_rep: ninety
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 九十
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.


lexentry: eng/ninja__Noun__1
written_rep: ninja
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 忍者
sense_list:
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.


lexentry: eng/niobium__Noun__1
written_rep: niobium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 铌
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
written_rep: nipple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乳头 | 乳頭
sense_list:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nirvana__Noun__1
written_rep: nirvana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 涅槃
sense_list:
(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.


lexentry: eng/nitric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: nitric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 硝酸
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrogen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 氮
sense_list:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/no__Noun__1
written_rep: no
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 不 | 否
sense_list:
a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval | a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition


lexentry: eng/no_pain,_no_gain__Proverb__1
written_rep: no pain, no gain
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
sense_list:
One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.


lexentry: eng/no_smoking__Phrase__1
written_rep: no smoking
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: [[#
sense_list:
A phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes, etc., is not permitted in the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/nobility__Noun__1
written_rep: nobility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 贵族阶层
sense_list:
A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy. | (uncountable) The quality of being noble.


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
written_rep: noble
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 贵
sense_list:
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. | Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.


lexentry: eng/noble_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: noble gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 稀有气体
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic and (with very limited exceptions) inert.


lexentry: eng/node__Noun__1
written_rep: node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 結
sense_list:
A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling. | (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure. | (rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.


lexentry: eng/node__Noun__1
written_rep: node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 节
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋. | (physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.


lexentry: eng/noise__Noun__1
written_rep: noise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 噪音
sense_list:
(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. | Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations. | (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output. | (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.


lexentry: eng/nomad__Noun__1
written_rep: nomad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 游牧
sense_list:
(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.


lexentry: eng/nomadic__Adjective__1
written_rep: nomadic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 游牧
sense_list:
(anthropology) Of or related to itinerant herdsmen. | (figuratively) Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.


lexentry: eng/nominal__Adjective__1
written_rep: nominal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 命名的
sense_list:
Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names. | (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.


lexentry: eng/nominalism__Noun__1
written_rep: nominalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 唯名論
sense_list:
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.


lexentry: eng/nomogram__Noun__1
written_rep: nomogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 算盘
sense_list:
(mathematics) A diagram in which the relationship between three variables is represented by a straight line or curve for each variable; the value of the third variable corresponding to particular values of the first two is obtained by drawing a straight line through the points on the first two curves that represent particular values of the first two variables and noting the point at which the line intersects the third line or curve.


lexentry: eng/non-commissioned_officer__Noun__1
written_rep: non-commissioned officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 士官
sense_list:
A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.


lexentry: eng/non-governmental_organization__Noun__1
written_rep: non-governmental organization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 非政府组织
sense_list:
A legally constituted non-commercial organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government.


lexentry: eng/nonane__Noun__1
written_rep: nonane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 壬烷
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomeric alkanes, of general formula C9H20, having 9 carbon atoms.


lexentry: eng/nonce__Noun__2
written_rep: nonce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 指标
sense_list:
(British, Ireland, pejorative) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. [1975]


lexentry: eng/nonmetal__Noun__1
written_rep: nonmetal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 非金属
sense_list:
(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.


lexentry: eng/nonviolence__Noun__1
written_rep: nonviolence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 非暴力
sense_list:
A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.


lexentry: eng/noob__Noun__1
written_rep: noob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 初学者
sense_list:
(Internet slang, chiefly, derogatory) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.


lexentry: eng/noodle__Noun__1
written_rep: noodle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 面条
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/nor__Conjunction__1
written_rep: nor
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 或
sense_list:
(literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). | A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true. | (archaic) Neither. | Used to introduce a further negative statement. | (UK, dialect) Than.


lexentry: eng/noria__Noun__1
written_rep: noria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 水车
sense_list:
A tread wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. | Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.


lexentry: eng/normal__Adjective__1
written_rep: normal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 正常
sense_list:
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology. | According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.


lexentry: eng/normalization__Noun__1
written_rep: normalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 正常化
sense_list:
Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.


lexentry: eng/normally__Adverb__1
written_rep: normally
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 正常
sense_list:
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time | In the expected or customary manner.


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
written_rep: north
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 北
sense_list:
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane. | The up or positive direction. | (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). | Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). [circa 1300] | (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.


lexentry: eng/northern__Adjective__1
written_rep: northern
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 北方
sense_list:
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly. | (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_north__Noun__1
written_rep: northwest by north
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 西北微北
sense_list:
The compass point halfway between northwest and north-northwest, specifically 326.25°, abbreviated as NWbN.


lexentry: eng/nose__Noun__1
written_rep: nose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼻子 | 鼻
sense_list:
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. | The tip of an object.


lexentry: eng/nosegay__Noun__1
written_rep: nosegay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 花束
sense_list:
A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/nostril__Noun__1
written_rep: nostril
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼻孔
sense_list:
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.


lexentry: eng/not_at_all__Interjection__1
written_rep: not at all
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 不 否
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Used similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.


lexentry: eng/notary__Noun__1
written_rep: notary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 公證人
sense_list:
(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.


lexentry: eng/notary_public__Noun__1
written_rep: notary public
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公證人
sense_list:
(law) An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
written_rep: note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 音符
sense_list:
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. | A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. | A short informal letter; a billet. | (music) A sound. | A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.


lexentry: eng/notebook__Noun__1
written_rep: notebook
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 本子
sense_list:
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.


lexentry: eng/notice__Noun__1
written_rep: notice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 辭職
sense_list:
(chiefly, uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/nought__Noun__1
written_rep: nought
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 零
sense_list:
(UK) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game. | (UK) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
written_rep: noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 名词
sense_list:
(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
written_rep: nourish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 生長
sense_list:
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health. | (transitive) To encourage; to foster; to stimulate


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
written_rep: nourish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 培养
sense_list:
(transitive, of a person) To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.


lexentry: eng/nous__Noun__1
written_rep: nous
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 俺们
sense_list:
(philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional | In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fission__Noun__1
written_rep: nuclear fission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核裂变
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fusion__Noun__1
written_rep: nuclear fusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核聚变
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) The combining of the nuclei of small atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: nuclear reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核反应
sense_list:
A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reactor__Noun__1
written_rep: nuclear reactor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核反应堆
sense_list:
(physics) Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/nucleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: nucleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核酸
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell


lexentry: eng/nucleotide__Noun__1
written_rep: nucleotide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核苷酸
sense_list:
(biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.


lexentry: eng/nucleus__Noun__1
written_rep: nucleus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原子核
sense_list:
The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled. | (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons. | (cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material. | (phonetics, phonology) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.


lexentry: eng/nude__Noun__1
written_rep: nude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纽
sense_list:
A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.


lexentry: eng/nudiustertian__Adjective__1
written_rep: nudiustertian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前天
sense_list:
(rare, obsolete, modern uses probably, _, humorous) Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.


lexentry: eng/nuisance__Noun__1
written_rep: nuisance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 烦扰
sense_list:
(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.


lexentry: eng/nuke__Noun__1
written_rep: nuke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原子弹
sense_list:
A nuclear weapon. | A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.


lexentry: eng/nullify__Verb__1
written_rep: nullify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 取消
sense_list:
(transitive, legal) To make legally invalid. | To prevent from happening. | To make of no use or value; to cancel out.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
written_rep: number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 数
sense_list:
(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity. | (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc. | (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner. | (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection. | (countable, informal) A person.


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
written_rep: numeral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 数字
sense_list:
A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
written_rep: numeral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 数词
sense_list:
(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.


lexentry: eng/numerology__Noun__1
written_rep: numerology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 命理學
sense_list:
The study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers (or the letters of words, represented by numbers) and the character or action of physical objects and living beings.


lexentry: eng/nun__Noun__1
written_rep: nun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 修女
sense_list:
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.


lexentry: eng/nuncheon__Noun__1
written_rep: nuncheon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 品尝
sense_list:
(now, _, dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.


lexentry: eng/nursery_school__Noun__1
written_rep: nursery school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 幼儿园
sense_list:
(British) An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
written_rep: nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 坚果
sense_list:
(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
written_rep: nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 螺母
sense_list:
(hardware) A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft. | (climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)


lexentry: eng/nuthatch__Noun__1
written_rep: nuthatch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 䴓科
sense_list:
Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae (and its single genus Sitta), found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.


lexentry: eng/nutrient__Noun__1
written_rep: nutrient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 營養
sense_list:
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.


lexentry: eng/nuzzle__Verb__1
written_rep: nuzzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 抚爱
sense_list:
Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
written_rep: nylon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 尼龍
sense_list:
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. | (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs. | (perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.


lexentry: eng/nymph__Noun__1
written_rep: nymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 仙女
sense_list:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/nymph__Noun__1
written_rep: nymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 宁芙
sense_list:
A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. | (entomology) The larva of certain insects.


lexentry: eng/négligée__Noun__1
written_rep: négligée
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 女便服
sense_list:
(obsolete) A woman's lightweight gown of the eighteenth century. [18th–19th c.] | A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/o'clock__Adverb__1
written_rep: o'clock
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一
sense_list:
(modifying a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral. | (with a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead on a horizontal plane, or directly up on a vertical plane, and three being to the right on either.


lexentry: eng/oak__Noun__1
written_rep: oak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 橡樹
sense_list:
(uncountable) The wood of the oak. | Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.


lexentry: eng/oar__Noun__1
written_rep: oar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 槳
sense_list:
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.


lexentry: eng/oasis__Noun__1
written_rep: oasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 綠洲
sense_list:
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. | (figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.


lexentry: eng/oath__Noun__1
written_rep: oath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 誓詞
sense_list:
A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
written_rep: obelisk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 方尖碑
sense_list:
(architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
written_rep: object
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 什物
sense_list:
(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).


lexentry: eng/object__Verb__1
written_rep: object
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 反對
sense_list:
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.


lexentry: eng/objection__Noun__1
written_rep: objection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 异议
sense_list:
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).


lexentry: eng/objective__Adjective__1
written_rep: objective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 客觀
sense_list:
Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality. | Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices.


lexentry: eng/objective__Noun__1
written_rep: objective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 客觀
sense_list:
A material object that physically exists. | A goal that is striven for. | The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.


lexentry: eng/oblige__Verb__1
written_rep: oblige
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 服务
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).


lexentry: eng/oblivion__Noun__1
written_rep: oblivion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 無
sense_list:
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.


lexentry: eng/oboe__Noun__1
written_rep: oboe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 双簧管
sense_list:
A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.


lexentry: eng/observation__Noun__1
written_rep: observation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 观察
sense_list:
The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance) | The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting. | A remark or comment.


lexentry: eng/observatory__Noun__1
written_rep: observatory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 天文台
sense_list:
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.


lexentry: eng/observe__Verb__1
written_rep: observe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 看到
sense_list:
(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).


lexentry: eng/obsession__Noun__1
written_rep: obsession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 迷住
sense_list:
An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered. | An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.


lexentry: eng/obstacle__Noun__1
written_rep: obstacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 障礙
sense_list:
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively


lexentry: eng/obstinate__Adjective__1
written_rep: obstinate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 顽固的
sense_list:
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.


lexentry: eng/obstruct__Verb__1
written_rep: obstruct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 堵塞
sense_list:
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block. | To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.


lexentry: eng/obstruction__Noun__1
written_rep: obstruction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 阻塞
sense_list:
Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally | The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.


lexentry: eng/obtuse__Adjective__1
written_rep: obtuse
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: [[#
sense_list:
(geometry, specifically, of an, angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.


lexentry: eng/ocarina__Noun__1
written_rep: ocarina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 陶笛
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.


lexentry: eng/occasion__Noun__1
written_rep: occasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 道理
sense_list:
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/occluded_front__Noun__1
written_rep: occluded front
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 囚锢锋
sense_list:
(meteorology) A front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.


lexentry: eng/occupation__Noun__1
written_rep: occupation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 職業
sense_list:
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job. | The act, process or state of possessing a place. | (geopolitics, military) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.


lexentry: eng/ocean_sunfish__Noun__1
written_rep: ocean sunfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 月亮
sense_list:
A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/ocelot__Noun__1
written_rep: ocelot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 虎貓
sense_list:
An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.


lexentry: eng/octahedron__Noun__1
written_rep: octahedron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 正八面體
sense_list:
(geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/octane__Noun__1
written_rep: octane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 辛烷
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.


lexentry: eng/octonion__Noun__1
written_rep: octonion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 八元數
sense_list:
(mathematics) An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with a real part and 7 imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1).


lexentry: eng/odd__Adjective__1
written_rep: odd
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: 差不多
sense_list:
(not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).


lexentry: eng/ode__Noun__1
written_rep: ode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 奥德
sense_list:
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.


lexentry: eng/odontology__Noun__1
written_rep: odontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 牙醫學
sense_list:
The study of the structure and development of teeth | The branch of dentistry dealing with abnormalities of teeth


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
written_rep: of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 的
sense_list:
Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
written_rep: of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 以前
sense_list:
Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
written_rep: of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 之
sense_list:
Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class. [from 12th c.] | Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to. [from 10th c.] | Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.) [from 13th c.] | Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. [from 9th c.] | (archaic, or, literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
written_rep: of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 关于
sense_list:
(following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter. [from 15th c.] | Introducing subject matter.


lexentry: eng/offend__Verb__1
written_rep: offend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 冒犯
sense_list:
(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. | (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.


lexentry: eng/offense__Noun__1
written_rep: offense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 袭击
sense_list:
(team, _, sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense. | (team, _, sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.


lexentry: eng/office__Noun__1
written_rep: office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 办公室
sense_list:
Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. | A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:


lexentry: eng/office_hours__Noun__1
written_rep: office hours
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 工時
sense_list:
A pre-arranged time when a person whose occupation frequently takes them away from their office during working hours is available in their office to answer questions or provide assistance without the requirement for an appointment.


lexentry: eng/officer__Noun__1
written_rep: officer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 官方的
sense_list:
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. | A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.


lexentry: eng/official__Adjective__1
written_rep: official
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 官方
sense_list:
Approved by authority; authorized. | Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.


lexentry: eng/official__Noun__1
written_rep: official
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 官方的
sense_list:
An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.


lexentry: eng/offset__Noun__1
written_rep: offset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 补偿
sense_list:
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. | (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.


lexentry: eng/offshore__Verb__1
written_rep: offshore
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 带
sense_list:
To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, usually seeking lower business costs, like labor.


lexentry: eng/oganesson__Noun__1
written_rep: oganesson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鿫
sense_list:
The chemical element (Symbol Og) with atomic number 118. It is the heaviest known element. Highly radioactive, it does not occur naturally. Originally expected to be a noble gas, it is now predicted to be a reactive metallic solid, and a semiconductor or a post-transition metal.


lexentry: eng/ogle__Verb__1
written_rep: ogle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 盯
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.


lexentry: eng/oh_well__Interjection__1
written_rep: oh well
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 没关系
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An expression of mild disappointment or resignation: too bad; it's a pity; what can you do; it is what it is.


lexentry: eng/ohm__Noun__1
written_rep: ohm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 欧姆
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω


lexentry: eng/ointment__Noun__1
written_rep: ointment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 软膏剂
sense_list:
(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.


lexentry: eng/okapi__Noun__1
written_rep: okapi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 霍加狓
sense_list:
A large ruminant mammal, of species Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/old__Adjective__1
written_rep: old
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 老
sense_list:
Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. | Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. | Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life. | Having been used and thus no longer new or unused. | Having existed or lived for the specified time. | Former, previous.


lexentry: eng/old_folks'_home__Noun__1
written_rep: old folks' home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 养老院
sense_list:
(colloquial, sometimes, derogatory, or, humorous) A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.


lexentry: eng/old_man__Noun__1
written_rep: old man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 大
sense_list:
(colloquial) A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age. | (slang, military) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.


lexentry: eng/old_woman__Noun__1
written_rep: old woman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 古
sense_list:
(countable, informal, derogatory) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.


lexentry: eng/older_brother__Noun__1
written_rep: older brother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 兄
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/older_sister__Noun__1
written_rep: older sister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 姐姐
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/oleic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: oleic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 油酸
sense_list:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.


lexentry: eng/oligomer__Noun__1
written_rep: oligomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 低聚物
sense_list:
(chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.


lexentry: eng/oligopoly__Noun__1
written_rep: oligopoly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 寡頭壟斷
sense_list:
(economics) An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.


lexentry: eng/olive_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: olive oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 橄欖油
sense_list:
A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.


lexentry: eng/olivine__Noun__1
written_rep: olivine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 橄榄石
sense_list:
(mineral, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.


lexentry: eng/omasum__Noun__1
written_rep: omasum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 书
sense_list:
(biology, food) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.


lexentry: eng/ombudsman__Noun__1
written_rep: ombudsman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 申诉专员
sense_list:
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.


lexentry: eng/omelette__Noun__1
written_rep: omelette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 煎蛋餅
sense_list:
A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.


lexentry: eng/omen__Noun__1
written_rep: omen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前兆
sense_list:
Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. | A thing of prophetic significance.


lexentry: eng/ominous__Adjective__1
written_rep: ominous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 不祥的
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. | Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen


lexentry: eng/omnipresence__Noun__1
written_rep: omnipresence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 无处不在
sense_list:
The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
written_rep: on
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 上
sense_list:
Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | With verbs describing an action of hitting, rubbing, scratching, binding against, etc., designates the thing impacted or contacted. | (mathematics) Having V^n as domain and V as codomain, for the specified set V and some integer n.


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
written_rep: on
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 下
sense_list:
With verbs describing an action of pushing, pulling, pressing, etc., designates the thing to which force is applied. | (UK, especially in sports reporting) At a given time after the start of something; at. | (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
written_rep: on
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 信封
sense_list:
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.


lexentry: eng/on__Preposition__1
written_rep: on
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 31
trans_list: 同
sense_list:
To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.


lexentry: eng/on_foot__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: on foot
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 走路
sense_list:
On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/on_the_fly__Adverb__1
written_rep: on the fly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 欠考虑地
sense_list:
(baseball, of the ball) While in the air, without having touched the ground. | (idiomatic) Spontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.


lexentry: eng/on_the_way__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: on the way
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 路上
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Coming; approaching. | On the direct route that one intends to travel. | While travelling.


lexentry: eng/once_upon_a_time__Adverb__1
written_rep: once upon a time
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 从前
sense_list:
A long time ago; at some time in the past (a traditional beginning of children's stories, especially fairy tales).


lexentry: eng/oncology__Noun__1
written_rep: oncology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 肿瘤学
sense_list:
The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.


lexentry: eng/one__Determiner__1
written_rep: one
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一
sense_list:
A single. | Being a preeminent example. | Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".


lexentry: eng/one__Noun__1
written_rep: one
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一
sense_list:
The digit or figure 1. | (mathematics) The identity element with respect to multiplication in a ring.


lexentry: eng/one_for_all,_all_for_one__Phrase__1
written_rep: one for all, all for one
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 人人为我，我为人人
sense_list:
Each individual should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of each individual.


lexentry: eng/one_o'clock__Noun__1
written_rep: one o'clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小时
sense_list:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the second hour of the day; 1:00 a.m. (01:00).


lexentry: eng/one_swallow_does_not_a_summer_make__Proverb__1
written_rep: one swallow does not a summer make
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 独燕不成春
sense_list:
One instance of an event (such as the arrival of a single bird) does not necessarily indicate a trend.


lexentry: eng/onerous__Adjective__1
written_rep: onerous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 力
sense_list:
imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.


lexentry: eng/online__Adjective__1
written_rep: online
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 网上
sense_list:
Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service. | Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. | Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.


lexentry: eng/onomatopoeia__Noun__1
written_rep: onomatopoeia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 拟声词
sense_list:
(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents. | (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".


lexentry: eng/ontology__Noun__1
written_rep: ontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 本体论
sense_list:
(uncountable, philosophy) The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being. | (countable, computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.


lexentry: eng/op-ed__Noun__1
written_rep: op-ed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 評論
sense_list:
A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.


lexentry: eng/opal__Noun__1
written_rep: opal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蛋白石
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.


lexentry: eng/open-pit_mine__Noun__1
written_rep: open-pit mine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 露天採礦廠
sense_list:
A type of mine where rock or minerals are extracted from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.


lexentry: eng/open__Verb__1
written_rep: open
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 開
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients. | (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.


lexentry: eng/open_letter__Noun__1
written_rep: open letter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公开信
sense_list:
A letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read.


lexentry: eng/open_sesame__Noun__1
written_rep: open sesame
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 芝麻
sense_list:
Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people.


lexentry: eng/open_up__Verb__1
written_rep: open up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 开
sense_list:
(intransitive) To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.


lexentry: eng/open_world__Noun__1
written_rep: open world
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 沙坑
sense_list:
(video games, also, attributive) A gameworld that the player may traverse freely, rather than being restricted to certain predefined areas and quests. [from early 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/opencast__Adjective__1
written_rep: opencast
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 露天採礦廠
sense_list:
(chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed


lexentry: eng/opera__Noun__1
written_rep: opera
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 歌剧
sense_list:
(music) The score for such a work. | (music) The genre of such works, the art of composing operas. | A company dedicated to performing such works.


lexentry: eng/operate__Verb__1
written_rep: operate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 工作
sense_list:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.


lexentry: eng/operating_system__Noun__1
written_rep: operating system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 作業系統 | 操作系统
sense_list:
(computing, software) Software for controlling the allocation and use of various hardware resources (memory, CPU time, disk space, input and output devices) to tasks and remote terminals.


lexentry: eng/operation__Noun__1
written_rep: operation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 手術
sense_list:
The method by which a device performs its function. | The method or practice by which actions are done. | (medicine) A surgical procedure. | (computing, logic, mathematics) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands)


lexentry: eng/ophthalmologist__Noun__1
written_rep: ophthalmologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 眼科醫生 眼科医生
sense_list:
A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.


lexentry: eng/opinion__Noun__1
written_rep: opinion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 意见
sense_list:
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.


lexentry: eng/opium__Noun__1
written_rep: opium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鸦片
sense_list:
(uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine. | (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.


lexentry: eng/opportunism__Noun__1
written_rep: opportunism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 机会主义
sense_list:
The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.


lexentry: eng/opportunist__Noun__1
written_rep: opportunist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 机会主义者
sense_list:
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.


lexentry: eng/oppose__Verb__1
written_rep: oppose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 反對
sense_list:
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.


lexentry: eng/opposition__Noun__1
written_rep: opposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 反對
sense_list:
The action of opposing or of being in conflict. | (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.


lexentry: eng/optical_fibre__Noun__1
written_rep: optical fibre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 光导纤维
sense_list:
(British spelling) A thin, transparent, flexible fibre, made of glass or plastic, used for transmitting light.


lexentry: eng/optimism__Noun__1
written_rep: optimism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乐观主义
sense_list:
a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome | the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds | the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil


lexentry: eng/optimistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: optimistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乐观
sense_list:
Expecting the best in all possible ways. | (computing) Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.


lexentry: eng/or__Conjunction__1
written_rep: or
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 或者
sense_list:
(logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).


lexentry: eng/oracle__Noun__1
written_rep: oracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 神谕
sense_list:
A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. | A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given. | A person considered to be a source of wisdom.


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
written_rep: orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 橙 | 橙子
sense_list:
(countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.


lexentry: eng/orange__Noun__1
written_rep: orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 橙 | 橙色
sense_list:
(uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured cordial. | (uncountable) An orange-coloured and orange-flavoured soft drink.


lexentry: eng/orangutan__Noun__1
written_rep: orangutan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 猩猩
sense_list:
Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo; Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo, Pongo abelii of Sumatra or Pongo tapanuliensis of South Tapanuli (in Sumatra).


lexentry: eng/orb__Noun__1
written_rep: orb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 球体
sense_list:
Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions


lexentry: eng/orbit__Noun__1
written_rep: orbit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 軌道
sense_list:
(pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.


lexentry: eng/orchestra__Noun__1
written_rep: orchestra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 樂團
sense_list:
(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.


lexentry: eng/orchestra__Noun__1
written_rep: orchestra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 管弦樂團
sense_list:
A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres. | The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.


lexentry: eng/orchid__Noun__1
written_rep: orchid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 兰花 | 兰
sense_list:
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/order__Noun__1
written_rep: order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 目
sense_list:
(countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence. | (countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/ordered_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: ordered pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 力矩
sense_list:
(set theory) An object containing exactly two elements in a fixed order, so that, when the elements are different, exchanging them gives a different object. Notation: (a, b) or \langle a, b\rangle.


lexentry: eng/ordinal_number__Noun__1
written_rep: ordinal number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原子序
sense_list:
(grammar) A word that expresses the relative position of an item in a sequence. | (arithmetic) A natural number used to denote position in a sequence. | (set theory) Such a number generalised to correspond to any cardinal number (the size of some set); formally, the order type of some well-ordered set of some cardinality a, which represents an equivalence class of well-ordered sets (exactly those of cardinality a) under the equivalence relation "existence of an order-preserving bijection".


lexentry: eng/ordinate__Noun__1
written_rep: ordinate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纵坐标
sense_list:
(geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.


lexentry: eng/organ__Noun__1
written_rep: organ
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 風琴
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.


lexentry: eng/organelle__Noun__1
written_rep: organelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 細胞器
sense_list:
(cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).


lexentry: eng/organic__Adjective__1
written_rep: organic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 有机
sense_list:
(physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism. | (chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.


lexentry: eng/organic_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: organic chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 有机化学
sense_list:
(chemistry) The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).


lexentry: eng/organic_farming__Noun__1
written_rep: organic farming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 有机农业
sense_list:
(agriculture) An approach to farming based on biological methods that avoid the use of synthetic crop or livestock production inputs and on a broadly defined philosophy of farming that puts value on ecological harmony, resource efficiency, and non-intensive animal husbandry practices.


lexentry: eng/organism__Noun__1
written_rep: organism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 生物
sense_list:
Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/organization__Noun__1
written_rep: organization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 组织
sense_list:
(uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article. | (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules. | (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.


lexentry: eng/organization_chart__Noun__1
written_rep: organization chart
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 組織圖
sense_list:
(management) A graphic display of reporting relationships in an organization, sometimes displaying position titles and position holders.


lexentry: eng/orgasm__Noun__1
written_rep: orgasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 高潮
sense_list:
A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/orientalism__Noun__1
written_rep: orientalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 东方主义
sense_list:
(arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.


lexentry: eng/orientation__Noun__1
written_rep: orientation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: 新生訓練
sense_list:
(education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.


lexentry: eng/origin__Noun__1
written_rep: origin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原因
sense_list:
The beginning of something. | The source of a river, information, goods, etc. | (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect. | (in the plural) Ancestry.


lexentry: eng/original_sin__Noun__1
written_rep: original sin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 原罪
sense_list:
(Christianity) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.


lexentry: eng/originality__Noun__1
written_rep: originality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 创造性
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being original or novel. | (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive. | (countable) Something original.


lexentry: eng/originate__Verb__1
written_rep: originate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 制造
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing. [from 17th c.] | (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/ornament__Noun__1
written_rep: ornament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 装饰品
sense_list:
An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns. | (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.


lexentry: eng/orotic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: orotic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乳清酸
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C5H4N2O4.


lexentry: eng/orpiment__Noun__1
written_rep: orpiment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 雌黃
sense_list:
arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment


lexentry: eng/orthogenesis__Noun__1
written_rep: orthogenesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 定向演化
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory, historical) The hypothesis that evolution tends toward a certain goal, at least at some scales.


lexentry: eng/orthogonal__Adjective__1
written_rep: orthogonal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 自主
sense_list:
(software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.


lexentry: eng/orthography__Noun__1
written_rep: orthography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 正字法
sense_list:
(countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling. | (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word. | (uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.


lexentry: eng/orthopedics__Noun__1
written_rep: orthopedics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 骨外科
sense_list:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints


lexentry: eng/oscilloscope__Noun__1
written_rep: oscilloscope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 示波器
sense_list:
An electronic measuring instrument that creates a visible two-dimensional graph, on a screen, of one or more continuously varying voltages or currents.


lexentry: eng/osmium__Noun__1
written_rep: osmium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鋨 | 锇
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.


lexentry: eng/osmosis__Noun__1
written_rep: osmosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 渗透
sense_list:
(chemistry) The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.


lexentry: eng/osteoarthritis__Noun__1
written_rep: osteoarthritis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 骨关节炎
sense_list:
(pathology) A form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.


lexentry: eng/osteoporosis__Noun__1
written_rep: osteoporosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 骨質疏鬆症
sense_list:
(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.


lexentry: eng/ostracism__Noun__1
written_rep: ostracism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 陶片放逐制
sense_list:
(historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.] | Temporary exclusion from a community or society.


lexentry: eng/otaku__Noun__1
written_rep: otaku
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 御宅族
sense_list:
(fandom) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally, _, pejorative) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga.


lexentry: eng/ottava_rima__Noun__1
written_rep: ottava rima
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 八元数
sense_list:
(poetry) An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).


lexentry: eng/otter__Noun__1
written_rep: otter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 水獭
sense_list:
An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.


lexentry: eng/ottoman__Noun__1
written_rep: ottoman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 奧斯曼
sense_list:
(textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.


lexentry: eng/ouch__Interjection__1
written_rep: ouch
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 哎哟
sense_list:
An expression of one's own physical pain. | An expression in sympathy at another's pain. | A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).


lexentry: eng/ought__Verb__2
written_rep: ought
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 应当
sense_list:
(auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation. | (auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence. | (auxiliary) Indicating desirability. | (auxiliary) Indicating likelihood or probability.


lexentry: eng/ourselves__Pronoun__1
written_rep: ourselves
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 我們
sense_list:
(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.


lexentry: eng/ourselves__Pronoun__1
written_rep: ourselves
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 同一
sense_list:
(emphatic) We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.


lexentry: eng/out__Adverb__1
written_rep: out
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 外面
sense_list:
(sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.


lexentry: eng/out__Interjection__1
written_rep: out
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 嘘
sense_list:
(procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.


lexentry: eng/out_of_date__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: out of date
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 陈旧
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Too old to be used; not current; invalid; outmoded. | (idiomatic) Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned.


lexentry: eng/out_of_print__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: out of print
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 累坏
sense_list:
(publishing) Not available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).


lexentry: eng/out_of_the_frying_pan,_into_the_fire__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: out of the frying pan, into the fire
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一波未平，一波又起
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Move or get from an already bad situation to a worse one; end up in a worse situation when trying to escape from a bad or difficult one.


lexentry: eng/outbreak__Noun__1
written_rep: outbreak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 爆炸
sense_list:
A sudden increase. | (figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.


lexentry: eng/outbuilding__Noun__1
written_rep: outbuilding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 依赖性
sense_list:
A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building


lexentry: eng/outer_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: outer ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 外耳
sense_list:
(anatomy) The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle/pinna and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum.


lexentry: eng/outline__Noun__1
written_rep: outline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 笔记
sense_list:
A preliminary plan for a project. | (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.


lexentry: eng/output__Noun__1
written_rep: output
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 出口
sense_list:
(computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.


lexentry: eng/output__Verb__1
written_rep: output
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 发
sense_list:
(computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.


lexentry: eng/outside__Adverb__1
written_rep: outside
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 外邊
sense_list:
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.


lexentry: eng/outstanding__Adjective__1
written_rep: outstanding
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 优秀
sense_list:
Prominent or noticeable; standing out from others. | Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.


lexentry: eng/ovary__Noun__1
written_rep: ovary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 卵巢
sense_list:
(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.


lexentry: eng/overall__Noun__1
written_rep: overall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 工作
sense_list:
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.


lexentry: eng/overlook__Verb__1
written_rep: overlook
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 忽略
sense_list:
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it. | (archaic) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.


lexentry: eng/ovine__Adjective__1
written_rep: ovine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 綿羊
sense_list:
(comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.


lexentry: eng/ovule__Noun__1
written_rep: ovule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 卵细胞
sense_list:
(botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments. | (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.


lexentry: eng/oware__Noun__1
written_rep: oware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 西非播棋
sense_list:
(games) A board game of the mancala family which originated in Africa, and is reputedly the oldest game in the world.


lexentry: eng/owe__Verb__1
written_rep: owe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 欠
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. | (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.


lexentry: eng/owl__Noun__1
written_rep: owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鴞 | 鸮形目
sense_list:
Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/own__Adjective__1
written_rep: own
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自己的
sense_list:
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.


lexentry: eng/own_goal__Noun__1
written_rep: own goal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 烏龍球
sense_list:
(sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.


lexentry: eng/oxalic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: oxalic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 草酸
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)2, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.


lexentry: eng/oxbow_lake__Noun__1
written_rep: oxbow lake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 河迹湖
sense_list:
A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.


lexentry: eng/oxidation__Noun__1
written_rep: oxidation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 氧化
sense_list:
The combination of a substance with oxygen. | (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.


lexentry: eng/oxidizing_agent__Noun__1
written_rep: oxidizing agent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 氧化剂
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.


lexentry: eng/oxygen__Noun__1
written_rep: oxygen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 氧 | 氧气
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/oxytocin__Noun__1
written_rep: oxytocin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 催产素
sense_list:
(hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.


lexentry: eng/oyster__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 牡蛎
sense_list:
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. | (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.


lexentry: eng/oyster_mushroom__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster mushroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 平菇
sense_list:
(US) The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, which in the wild grows chiefly on hardwood trees, and is cultivated for food.


lexentry: eng/oyster_plant__Noun__1
written_rep: oyster plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 下巴
sense_list:
Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, Jerusalem star), cultivated for its light-skinned edible root


lexentry: eng/ozone__Noun__1
written_rep: ozone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 臭氧
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge. | (Britain, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.


lexentry: eng/ozone_layer__Noun__1
written_rep: ozone layer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 臭氧层
sense_list:
A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.


lexentry: eng/p.m.__Adverb__1
written_rep: p.m.
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 下午
sense_list:
(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.


lexentry: eng/pace__Noun__1
written_rep: pace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 不
sense_list:
A step. | The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pace__Noun__1
written_rep: pace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 步
sense_list:
A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.] | (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pacemaker__Noun__1
written_rep: pacemaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 心脏起搏器
sense_list:
(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.


lexentry: eng/pacifier__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 奶嘴
sense_list:
(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pacifism__Noun__1
written_rep: pacifism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 和平主义 | 和平主義
sense_list:
The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]


lexentry: eng/pack__Noun__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 包
sense_list:
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.


lexentry: eng/pack__Verb__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 包
sense_list:
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.


lexentry: eng/pack__Verb__1
written_rep: pack
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 打包
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack


lexentry: eng/package__Noun__1
written_rep: package
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 包
sense_list:
Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope. | Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software. | (software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager. | Something resembling a package. | A package holiday. | (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.


lexentry: eng/package__Verb__1
written_rep: package
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 打包
sense_list:
To pack or bundle something. | To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.


lexentry: eng/packed_lunch__Noun__1
written_rep: packed lunch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 便當
sense_list:
A meal, sandwiches or anything packed and intended to be eaten away from home; especially, one packed at home as opposed to a portable packaged lunch from a vendor.


lexentry: eng/pad__Noun__1
written_rep: pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 爪垫
sense_list:
A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. | A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. | A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals. | The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.


lexentry: eng/paddle__Noun__1
written_rep: paddle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 槳
sense_list:
A two-handed implement consisting of a shaft with one or two blades attached to the end(s) used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat. A paddle is unattached to the boat and freely operated with the hands, compared with an oar which is attached to the boat at a pivot point.


lexentry: eng/paddlefish__Noun__1
written_rep: paddlefish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 匙吻鱘
sense_list:
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.


lexentry: eng/paddy__Noun__1
written_rep: paddy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 水田
sense_list:
(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/page__Noun__1
written_rep: page
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 页 | 頁
sense_list:
(computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.


lexentry: eng/pagination__Noun__1
written_rep: pagination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 编页
sense_list:
The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.


lexentry: eng/pagoda__Noun__1
written_rep: pagoda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 塔
sense_list:
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pain__Noun__1
written_rep: pain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 疼痛
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. | (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress


lexentry: eng/paint__Verb__1
written_rep: paint
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 画
sense_list:
(transitive) To apply paint to. | (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied. | (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part. | (transitive) To create (an image) with paints. | (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.


lexentry: eng/painting__Noun__1
written_rep: painting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 绘画
sense_list:
(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. | (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
written_rep: pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 雙
sense_list:
Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | (cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.


lexentry: eng/pair__Noun__1
written_rep: pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: 关节
sense_list:
(kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.


lexentry: eng/pair_of_compasses__Noun__1
written_rep: pair of compasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 圆规
sense_list:
A tool for drawing accurate circles or circular arcs, or for measuring or transferring lengths, usually consisting of two arms joined with an adjustable hinge at one end; until the middle ages both arms always had metal points at their free ends (this version is now called a divider or pair of dividers), but in recent centuries for a device called a compass or pair of compasses, one arm typically holds a ruling pen, pencil, or some other implement for making marks.


lexentry: eng/pajamas__Noun__1
written_rep: pajamas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 睡衣
sense_list:
Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.


lexentry: eng/palatalization__Noun__1
written_rep: palatalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腭化
sense_list:
(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not. | (phonology, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.


lexentry: eng/palate__Noun__1
written_rep: palate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 上腭
sense_list:
(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pale__Adjective__1
written_rep: pale
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 苍白
sense_list:
Light in color. | (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).


lexentry: eng/pale__Noun__2
written_rep: pale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 国境
sense_list:
(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of). | (historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live (the Pale of Settlement).


lexentry: eng/paleontology__Noun__1
written_rep: paleontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 古生物学
sense_list:
(American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.


lexentry: eng/palindrome__Noun__1
written_rep: palindrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 回文
sense_list:
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.


lexentry: eng/pall__Noun__1
written_rep: pall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 珍珠
sense_list:
(heraldic charge) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.


lexentry: eng/pallet__Noun__1
written_rep: pallet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 調色板
sense_list:
A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.


lexentry: eng/palm__Noun__2
written_rep: palm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 手掌
sense_list:
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.


lexentry: eng/palm_oil__Noun__1
written_rep: palm oil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 棕榈油
sense_list:
An edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).


lexentry: eng/palm_tree__Noun__1
written_rep: palm tree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 棕榈
sense_list:
A tree of the family Arecaceae usually characterised by having a single stem or trunk, directly from which sprout several leaves or fronds giving a shape like an outstretched hand.


lexentry: eng/palmitic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: palmitic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 棕榈酸
sense_list:
(fatty acid) One of the most common saturated fatty acids; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.


lexentry: eng/palpitation__Noun__1
written_rep: palpitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 心悸
sense_list:
An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.


lexentry: eng/pamphlet__Noun__1
written_rep: pamphlet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小册子
sense_list:
A small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.


lexentry: eng/pan__Noun__1
written_rep: pan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 平底锅
sense_list:
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | Short for salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.


lexentry: eng/panacea__Noun__1
written_rep: panacea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 万灵药
sense_list:
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all. | A solution to all problems.


lexentry: eng/pancreas__Noun__1
written_rep: pancreas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 胰脏
sense_list:
(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.


lexentry: eng/pandect__Noun__1
written_rep: pandect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 易消化的
sense_list:
(by extension, rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.


lexentry: eng/pandeism__Noun__1
written_rep: pandeism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 泛自然神論
sense_list:
(religion) A belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.


lexentry: eng/pandemic__Noun__1
written_rep: pandemic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 瘟疫 | 大流行病
sense_list:
(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.


lexentry: eng/pandemonium__Noun__1
written_rep: pandemonium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 混乱
sense_list:
A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.


lexentry: eng/pander__Verb__1
written_rep: pander
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 使满意
sense_list:
(intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.


lexentry: eng/panel__Noun__1
written_rep: panel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 佣金
sense_list:
A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.


lexentry: eng/panentheism__Noun__1
written_rep: panentheism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 萬有在神論
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.


lexentry: eng/panettone__Noun__1
written_rep: panettone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 意大利
sense_list:
A soft Italian sourdough brioche from Milan, with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/pang__Noun__1
written_rep: pang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 痛
sense_list:
(often, in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.


lexentry: eng/pangolin__Noun__1
written_rep: pangolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 穿山甲属
sense_list:
The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis.


lexentry: eng/panhandle__Verb__1
written_rep: panhandle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乞討
sense_list:
(US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a bum.


lexentry: eng/panic__Noun__1
written_rep: panic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 恐慌
sense_list:
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.


lexentry: eng/panic_attack__Noun__1
written_rep: panic attack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 惊恐发作
sense_list:
A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.


lexentry: eng/panorama__Noun__1
written_rep: panorama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 環景攝影
sense_list:
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area. | A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene. | (figuratively) A comprehensive survey.


lexentry: eng/panpipes__Noun__1
written_rep: panpipes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 排箫
sense_list:
(musical instrument) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top. The instrument is played by blowing across the open end at the top.


lexentry: eng/pant__Verb__1
written_rep: pant
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 喘氣
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.


lexentry: eng/pantaloons__Noun__1
written_rep: pantaloons
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 褲子
sense_list:
An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.


lexentry: eng/pantheism__Noun__1
written_rep: pantheism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 泛神论
sense_list:
(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.


lexentry: eng/panther__Noun__1
written_rep: panther
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 豹
sense_list:
Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia. | Any big cat of the genus Panthera.


lexentry: eng/pantograph__Noun__1
written_rep: pantograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 集電弓
sense_list:
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | (rail transport) A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.


lexentry: eng/pantry__Noun__1
written_rep: pantry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 食品储藏室
sense_list:
A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
written_rep: pants
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 裤子
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pants__Noun__1
written_rep: pants
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 四角裤
sense_list:
(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/paparazzo__Noun__1
written_rep: paparazzo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 狗仔队
sense_list:
A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.


lexentry: eng/paper__Noun__1
written_rep: paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 紙 | 纸
sense_list:
A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. | A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.


lexentry: eng/paper_cup__Noun__1
written_rep: paper cup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纸杯
sense_list:
A disposable cup made out of paper and often lined with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper.


lexentry: eng/paper_tiger__Noun__1
written_rep: paper tiger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纸老虎
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.


lexentry: eng/paperweight__Noun__1
written_rep: paperweight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纸镇
sense_list:
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. | Any object used for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/papyrus__Noun__1
written_rep: papyrus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 古代文獻
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed. | (usually, uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant. | (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.


lexentry: eng/parabola__Noun__1
written_rep: parabola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 抛物线
sense_list:
(geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).


lexentry: eng/parachute__Noun__1
written_rep: parachute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 降落伞
sense_list:
(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.


lexentry: eng/paradigm__Noun__1
written_rep: paradigm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 范式
sense_list:
A pattern, a way of doing something, especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework. | (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.


lexentry: eng/paradise__Noun__1
written_rep: paradise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 天堂
sense_list:
(figuratively) A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation. | (figuratively) A very pleasant experience. | (slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.


lexentry: eng/paragraph__Noun__1
written_rep: paragraph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 段
sense_list:
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic. | (originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.


lexentry: eng/parallel__Adjective__1
written_rep: parallel
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 平行的
sense_list:
Equally distant from one another at all points. | Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".


lexentry: eng/parallel_universe__Noun__1
written_rep: parallel universe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 平行宇宙
sense_list:
(sciences, scifi, cosmology) A universe that exists separately alongside another universe, as part of a multiverse.


lexentry: eng/parallelepiped__Noun__1
written_rep: parallelepiped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 平行六面体
sense_list:
(geometry) A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.


lexentry: eng/parallelogram__Noun__1
written_rep: parallelogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 平行四边形
sense_list:
(geometry) A convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.


lexentry: eng/parameter__Noun__1
written_rep: parameter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 参数
sense_list:
A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.


lexentry: eng/paranoia__Noun__1
written_rep: paranoia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 偏執狂
sense_list:
The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of 6 subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and general mistrust of others | Extreme, irrational distrust of others.


lexentry: eng/paranormal__Adjective__1
written_rep: paranormal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 超常現象
sense_list:
That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and supposed abilities like telepathy.


lexentry: eng/paraphilia__Noun__1
written_rep: paraphilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 性欲倒错
sense_list:
(sexology) Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity or lead to clinically significant distress or impairment (e.g. are obligatory, require participation of unconsenting individuals, lead to legal issues).


lexentry: eng/parapsychology__Noun__1
written_rep: parapsychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 超心理学
sense_list:
The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.


lexentry: eng/parasite__Noun__1
written_rep: parasite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 寄生物
sense_list:
(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism. | (pejorative) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parch__Verb__1
written_rep: parch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 口渴
sense_list:
(transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. | (transitive, colloquial) To make very thirsty.


lexentry: eng/pardon__Noun__1
written_rep: pardon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原諒
sense_list:
Forgiveness for an offence. | (legal) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.


lexentry: eng/pareidolia__Noun__1
written_rep: pareidolia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 空想性错视
sense_list:
(psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music.


lexentry: eng/parenchyma__Noun__1
written_rep: parenchyma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 薄壁組織
sense_list:
(anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
written_rep: parent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 亲
sense_list:
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/parent__Noun__1
written_rep: parent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: 父
sense_list:
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/parenthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: parenthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 括号
sense_list:
A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes. | Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text). | (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.


lexentry: eng/parish__Noun__1
written_rep: parish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 堂区
sense_list:
In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. | The community attending that church; the members of the parish. | (US) An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. | A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.


lexentry: eng/parking_lot__Noun__1
written_rep: parking lot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 停车场
sense_list:
(North America, Philippines, Malaysia) An open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use.


lexentry: eng/parking_meter__Noun__1
written_rep: parking meter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 收費咪錶
sense_list:
A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specified time.


lexentry: eng/parking_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: parking ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 罚款
sense_list:
A legal summons issued for parking a motor vehicle in a place where such parking is restricted, or beyond the time paid for.


lexentry: eng/parkour__Noun__1
written_rep: parkour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 跑酷
sense_list:
(sport) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.


lexentry: eng/parlance__Noun__1
written_rep: parlance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 措辞
sense_list:
A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.


lexentry: eng/parliament__Noun__1
written_rep: parliament
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 议会
sense_list:
In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature. [from 14th c.] | A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/parliamentarian__Noun__1
written_rep: parliamentarian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 议员
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.


lexentry: eng/parlor__Noun__1
written_rep: parlor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 客厅
sense_list:
(dated, except in, Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room. | A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.


lexentry: eng/parochial__Adjective__1
written_rep: parochial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 窄
sense_list:
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.


lexentry: eng/parody__Noun__1
written_rep: parody
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 戏仿
sense_list:
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. | (countable, archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.


lexentry: eng/parosmia__Noun__1
written_rep: parosmia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 嗅觉倒错
sense_list:
(pathology) A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/parrot__Noun__1
written_rep: parrot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鹦鹉 | 鸚鵡
sense_list:
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.


lexentry: eng/parse__Verb__1
written_rep: parse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 分析
sense_list:
(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/parsimony__Noun__1
written_rep: parsimony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 经济
sense_list:
(by extension) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.


lexentry: eng/parsley__Noun__1
written_rep: parsley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 香芹
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.


lexentry: eng/parsnip__Noun__1
written_rep: parsnip
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 防风
sense_list:
A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot. | The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/part_of_speech__Noun__1
written_rep: part of speech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 词性 cí xìng
sense_list:
(grammar) A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/partial__Adjective__1
written_rep: partial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 局部
sense_list:
existing as a part or portion; incomplete | (mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential


lexentry: eng/participatory_democracy__Noun__1
written_rep: participatory democracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 参与民主制
sense_list:
(political science) A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies affecting their lives, rather than through elected representatives.


lexentry: eng/participle__Noun__1
written_rep: participle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 分词
sense_list:
(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.


lexentry: eng/particle__Noun__1
written_rep: particle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 粒子
sense_list:
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.] | (physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/particle_accelerator__Noun__1
written_rep: particle accelerator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 粒子加速器
sense_list:
A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.


lexentry: eng/particular__Adjective__1
written_rep: particular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 仔細
sense_list:
Specific; discrete; concrete. | (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious. | Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.


lexentry: eng/partition__Noun__1
written_rep: partition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 股
sense_list:
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.


lexentry: eng/partner__Noun__1
written_rep: partner
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 爱人
sense_list:
A member of a business or law partnership. | A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond. | Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. | Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance. | Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis. | (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass. | (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.


lexentry: eng/partridge__Noun__1
written_rep: partridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 山鶉
sense_list:
(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.


lexentry: eng/party__Noun__1
written_rep: party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 党
sense_list:
(legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. | (now, rare, _, in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.


lexentry: eng/pascal__Noun__1
written_rep: pascal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 帕斯卡
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.


lexentry: eng/pass__Noun__1
written_rep: pass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 通过
sense_list:
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford. | A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.


lexentry: eng/pass__Noun__1
written_rep: pass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: 护照
sense_list:
A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission


lexentry: eng/pass__Verb__1
written_rep: pass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 过
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another. | (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past. | (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just. | (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.


lexentry: eng/pass_the_buck__Verb__1
written_rep: pass the buck
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 互喷
sense_list:
(idiomatic, informal) To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/passenger_seat__Noun__1
written_rep: passenger seat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 副驾驶座
sense_list:
(automotive) A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/passing__Noun__1
written_rep: passing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 乐章
sense_list:
The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/passion__Noun__1
written_rep: passion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 激情
sense_list:
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. | An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.


lexentry: eng/passionflower__Noun__1
written_rep: passionflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 熱情果
sense_list:
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.


lexentry: eng/passivation__Noun__1
written_rep: passivation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 钝化
sense_list:
(chemistry, materials science) The process of making a material passive (non-reactive) in relation to another material prior to using the materials together.


lexentry: eng/passport__Noun__1
written_rep: passport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 护照
sense_list:
An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.


lexentry: eng/password__Noun__1
written_rep: password
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 密码 | 密碼
sense_list:
(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information. | (computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word#Noun but nowadays often an alphanumeric#Adjective string or a phrase#Noun.


lexentry: eng/past_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: past tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 以往
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).


lexentry: eng/pasta__Noun__1
written_rep: pasta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 面条
sense_list:
(uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.


lexentry: eng/paste__Noun__1
written_rep: paste
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 面团
sense_list:
A soft moist mixture, in particular: | One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. | One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.


lexentry: eng/pasteurisation__Noun__1
written_rep: pasteurisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 巴氏殺菌
sense_list:
(British spelling) Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.


lexentry: eng/pasteurize__Verb__1
written_rep: pasteurize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 巴氏殺菌
sense_list:
(transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.


lexentry: eng/pastille__Noun__1
written_rep: pastille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 藥丸
sense_list:
An often round and somewhat flat flavoured candy or sweet. | Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet. | (historical) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.


lexentry: eng/pasty__Noun__1
written_rep: pasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乳貼
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers.


lexentry: eng/patchouli__Noun__1
written_rep: patchouli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 广藿香
sense_list:
Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil. | The oil or perfume made from these plants.


lexentry: eng/patent__Noun__1
written_rep: patent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 专利
sense_list:
A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.


lexentry: eng/paternal_grandfather__Noun__1
written_rep: paternal grandfather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 外公
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see paternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/paternoster__Noun__1
written_rep: paternoster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: 主祷文
sense_list:
(archaic) A patent medicine, so named because salesmen would pray the Lord's Prayer over it before selling it.


lexentry: eng/path__Noun__1
written_rep: path
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 道
sense_list:
A course taken. | (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL. | (graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same). | (topology) A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.


lexentry: eng/pathology__Noun__1
written_rep: pathology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 病理学
sense_list:
(academic, _, medicine) The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time. | Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.


lexentry: eng/patriarch__Noun__1
written_rep: patriarch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 宗主教
sense_list:
(Christianity) The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. [from 9th c.] | The male head of a household or nuclear family.


lexentry: eng/patriotism__Noun__1
written_rep: patriotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 愛國主義
sense_list:
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/patron_saint__Noun__1
written_rep: patron saint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 主保圣人
sense_list:
(Christianity) A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.


lexentry: eng/patronymic__Noun__1
written_rep: patronymic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 父名
sense_list:
(by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.


lexentry: eng/patsy__Noun__1
written_rep: patsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鸽子
sense_list:
(informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
written_rep: pattern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纸型
sense_list:
(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.


lexentry: eng/pauldron__Noun__1
written_rep: pauldron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 胳肢窝
sense_list:
A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.


lexentry: eng/pave__Verb__1
written_rep: pave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 铺砌
sense_list:
(British) To cover something with paving slabs. | (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
written_rep: pavement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 柏油
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavilion__Noun__1
written_rep: pavilion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 亭子
sense_list:
An ornate tent. | A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place. | A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.


lexentry: eng/paw__Noun__1
written_rep: paw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 爪子
sense_list:
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/pawn__Noun__1
written_rep: pawn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 兵
sense_list:
(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant. | (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.


lexentry: eng/pawnbroker__Noun__1
written_rep: pawnbroker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 當鋪
sense_list:
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.


lexentry: eng/pay__Verb__1
written_rep: pay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 买单
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. | (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt. | (intransitive) To suffer consequences.


lexentry: eng/pay_off__Verb__1
written_rep: pay off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 买单
sense_list:
(intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. | (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).


lexentry: eng/payment__Noun__1
written_rep: payment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 付款
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of paying. | (countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange#Noun for goods or services, or the transaction#Noun that conveys it.


lexentry: eng/payphone__Noun__1
written_rep: payphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公共電話, 公用電話, 付費電話
sense_list:
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.


lexentry: eng/pea__Noun__1
written_rep: pea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 豌豆
sense_list:
Any plant of the family Fabaceae. | (culinary) The edible seed of Pisum sativum; the green pea. | (culinary) The edible seed of various other pea plants.


lexentry: eng/peace__Noun__1
written_rep: peace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 和平
sense_list:
A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. | Harmony in personal relations. | A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
written_rep: peach
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 桃 | 桃子
sense_list:
(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. | (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.


lexentry: eng/peacock__Noun__1
written_rep: peacock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 孔雀
sense_list:
A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female. | (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.


lexentry: eng/peafowl__Noun__1
written_rep: peafowl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 孔雀
sense_list:
A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).


lexentry: eng/peak__Noun__1
written_rep: peak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 尖峰
sense_list:
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. | The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. | (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point. | (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
written_rep: pearl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 珍珠
sense_list:
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.


lexentry: eng/peasant__Noun__1
written_rep: peasant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 農
sense_list:
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture. | A country person. | (pejorative) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.


lexentry: eng/peat__Noun__1
written_rep: peat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 泥炭
sense_list:
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pedal__Noun__1
written_rep: pedal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 踏板
sense_list:
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano


lexentry: eng/pedalo__Noun__1
written_rep: pedalo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 天鹅
sense_list:
(UK, watercraft) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.


lexentry: eng/pedant__Noun__1
written_rep: pedant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 卖弄学问的人
sense_list:
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar. | A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.


lexentry: eng/pedelec__Noun__1
written_rep: pedelec
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 电动自行车 電動自行車
sense_list:
(informal) A bicycle with an electric motor which assists the rider but only while they are pedalling.


lexentry: eng/pederasty__Noun__1
written_rep: pederasty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 孌童戀
sense_list:
Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. | (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.


lexentry: eng/pediatrician__Noun__1
written_rep: pediatrician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 兒科醫師 儿科医师
sense_list:
(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.


lexentry: eng/pediatrics__Noun__1
written_rep: pediatrics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 儿科
sense_list:
(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.


lexentry: eng/pedigree__Noun__1
written_rep: pedigree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 家谱
sense_list:
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pediment__Noun__1
written_rep: pediment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 三角楣饰
sense_list:
(architectural element) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.


lexentry: eng/pedology__Noun__1
written_rep: pedology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 土壤学
sense_list:
The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification or studies the soil profile or solum in its natural setting.


lexentry: eng/pedophile__Noun__1
written_rep: pedophile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 娈童癖者
sense_list:
(by extension, common use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.


lexentry: eng/pedophilia__Noun__1
written_rep: pedophilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 恋童癖
sense_list:
Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children. | (by extension, proscribed) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.


lexentry: eng/peekaboo__Noun__1
written_rep: peekaboo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 布谷鸟
sense_list:
(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".


lexentry: eng/peel__Noun__3
written_rep: peel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 铁铲
sense_list:
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.


lexentry: eng/peephole__Noun__1
written_rep: peephole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 门镜
sense_list:
A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.


lexentry: eng/peer__Noun__2
written_rep: peer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 偶
sense_list:
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else). | A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.


lexentry: eng/peg__Noun__1
written_rep: peg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 主題
sense_list:
(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage. | (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.


lexentry: eng/peg__Verb__1
written_rep: peg
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 丟
sense_list:
(transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball. | (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.


lexentry: eng/pellagra__Noun__1
written_rep: pellagra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 糙皮病
sense_list:
(pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pelt__Noun__1
written_rep: pelt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 皮膚
sense_list:
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).


lexentry: eng/pelvis__Noun__1
written_rep: pelvis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 骨盆
sense_list:
(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.


lexentry: eng/pen__Noun__2
written_rep: pen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 筆
sense_list:
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.


lexentry: eng/penalty__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 刑罰
sense_list:
(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kick__Noun__1
written_rep: penalty kick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 点球
sense_list:
(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.


lexentry: eng/pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 铅笔 | 鉛筆
sense_list:
A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendant__Noun__1
written_rep: pendant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 墜飾
sense_list:
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendentive__Noun__1
written_rep: pendentive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 墜飾
sense_list:
(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.


lexentry: eng/pendulum__Noun__1
written_rep: pendulum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 擺
sense_list:
(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.


lexentry: eng/penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 企鹅 | 企鵝
sense_list:
Any of several flightless sea birds, of order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/penicillin__Noun__1
written_rep: penicillin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 青霉素
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.


lexentry: eng/penny__Noun__1
written_rep: penny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 便士
sense_list:
(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__1
written_rep: pension
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 退休金
sense_list:
An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pentagram__Noun__1
written_rep: pentagram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 五角星
sense_list:
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.


lexentry: eng/penultimate__Adjective__1
written_rep: penultimate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 倒数第二
sense_list:
(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.


lexentry: eng/penumbra__Noun__1
written_rep: penumbra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 半影
sense_list:
A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse. | (astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.


lexentry: eng/people's__Adjective__1
written_rep: people's
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 通俗
sense_list:
In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.


lexentry: eng/peppermint__Noun__1
written_rep: peppermint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 胡椒薄荷
sense_list:
A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.] | (countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/peptide__Noun__1
written_rep: peptide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 肽
sense_list:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.


lexentry: eng/per_pale__Adverb__1
written_rep: per pale
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 政党
sense_list:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).


lexentry: eng/percent__Noun__1
written_rep: percent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 分
sense_list:
A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred). | One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/percentage__Noun__1
written_rep: percentage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 分
sense_list:
The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. | A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar.


lexentry: eng/perception__Noun__1
written_rep: perception
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 知覺
sense_list:
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information. | Conscious understanding of something. | Vision (ability)


lexentry: eng/percontation__Noun__1
written_rep: percontation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 询问
sense_list:
(formal, rare, or, obsolete) A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/percussion__Noun__1
written_rep: percussion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 打擊樂器
sense_list:
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.


lexentry: eng/perfect__Adjective__1
written_rep: perfect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 完美的
sense_list:
Fitting its definition precisely. | Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality. | (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.


lexentry: eng/perfect__Adjective__1
written_rep: perfect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 完美
sense_list:
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose. | (obsolete, _, outside set of phrases, of a person) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized. | Excellent and delightful in all respects.


lexentry: eng/perfect_fifth__Noun__1
written_rep: perfect fifth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 纯五度
sense_list:
(music) An interval equal to that of between the second and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans seven semitones or five degrees of the diatonic scale.


lexentry: eng/perfect_pitch__Noun__1
written_rep: perfect pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 绝对音高
sense_list:
(music, uncountable) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.


lexentry: eng/perfect_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: perfect tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 完美的
sense_list:
A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.


lexentry: eng/perfectionist__Noun__1
written_rep: perfectionist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 完美主义者
sense_list:
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/perfective_aspect__Noun__1
written_rep: perfective aspect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 完美的
sense_list:
(grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.


lexentry: eng/perfidious__Adjective__1
written_rep: perfidious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 背信弃义的
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/perform__Verb__1
written_rep: perform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 表演
sense_list:
(intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work. | (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.


lexentry: eng/performance__Noun__1
written_rep: performance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 表演
sense_list:
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action. | (arts) A live show or concert.


lexentry: eng/perfume__Noun__1
written_rep: perfume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 香水
sense_list:
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor


lexentry: eng/peridotite__Noun__1
written_rep: peridotite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 橄欖岩
sense_list:
(geology) A rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.


lexentry: eng/perigee__Noun__1
written_rep: perigee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 近地点
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.


lexentry: eng/perihelion__Noun__1
written_rep: perihelion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 近日点
sense_list:
(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.


lexentry: eng/perilla__Noun__1
written_rep: perilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 白紫苏
sense_list:
An East Asian herb with flavorful leaves used in cooking and as a garnish, Perilla frutescens. Also grown for the seeds, which contain an edible and industrially-useful oil.


lexentry: eng/perimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: perimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 周邊
sense_list:
(mathematics) The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. | (mathematics) The length of such a boundary.


lexentry: eng/perimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: perimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 周长
sense_list:
The outer limits of an area. | A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position.


lexentry: eng/period__Interjection__1
written_rep: period
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 句号
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
written_rep: period
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 点
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, North America, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
written_rep: period
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: [[#
sense_list:
The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
written_rep: period
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 16
trans_list: 時間
sense_list:
(geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.


lexentry: eng/periodic_table__Noun__1
written_rep: periodic table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 元素周期表 | 元素週期表
sense_list:
(chemistry) A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same group (column).


lexentry: eng/periscope__Noun__1
written_rep: periscope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 潛望鏡
sense_list:
A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.


lexentry: eng/peritonitis__Noun__1
written_rep: peritonitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腹膜炎
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.


lexentry: eng/permaculture__Noun__1
written_rep: permaculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 朴门
sense_list:
(agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems. [from 1978]


lexentry: eng/permutation__Noun__1
written_rep: permutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 置換
sense_list:
(mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. | (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. | (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.


lexentry: eng/peroxide__Noun__1
written_rep: peroxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 过氧化物
sense_list:
(inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.


lexentry: eng/perpetual_motion_machine__Noun__1
written_rep: perpetual motion machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 永動機
sense_list:
(physics, pseudoscience) A hypothetical, pseudoscientific device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy.


lexentry: eng/persecute__Verb__1
written_rep: persecute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 追求
sense_list:
To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.


lexentry: eng/persevere__Verb__1
written_rep: persevere
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 坚持
sense_list:
(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.


lexentry: eng/persimmon__Noun__1
written_rep: persimmon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 柿
sense_list:
The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
written_rep: person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 人
sense_list:
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. [from 13th c.] | (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman). | The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. [from 14th c.] | (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. [from 14th c.] | (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/personal__Adjective__1
written_rep: personal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 人的
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals


lexentry: eng/personality__Noun__1
written_rep: personality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 性格
sense_list:
(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.


lexentry: eng/personality_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: personality disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 人格障碍
sense_list:
(psychiatry) Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.


lexentry: eng/personnel__Noun__1
written_rep: personnel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 员工
sense_list:
Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.


lexentry: eng/perspective__Noun__1
written_rep: perspective
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 透视
sense_list:
The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision. | The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. | (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.


lexentry: eng/persuade__Verb__1
written_rep: persuade
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 说服
sense_list:
(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/peruke__Noun__1
written_rep: peruke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 假发
sense_list:
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.


lexentry: eng/peso__Noun__1
written_rep: peso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 比索
sense_list:
(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.


lexentry: eng/pessimism__Noun__1
written_rep: pessimism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 悲观主义
sense_list:
A general belief that bad things will happen. | The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.


lexentry: eng/pest__Noun__1
written_rep: pest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 讨厌的人
sense_list:
(now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague. | Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. | An annoying person, a nuisance.


lexentry: eng/pesticide__Noun__1
written_rep: pesticide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 农药
sense_list:
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.


lexentry: eng/petal__Noun__1
written_rep: petal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 花瓣
sense_list:
(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.


lexentry: eng/peter_out__Verb__1
written_rep: peter out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 消
sense_list:
(intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”)


lexentry: eng/petition__Noun__1
written_rep: petition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 诉状
sense_list:
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.


lexentry: eng/petrification__Noun__1
written_rep: petrification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 埋藏学
sense_list:
Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.


lexentry: eng/petroleum_jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: petroleum jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 凡士林
sense_list:
A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.


lexentry: eng/petticoat__Noun__1
written_rep: petticoat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 襯裙
sense_list:
A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.


lexentry: eng/petty__Adjective__1
written_rep: petty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 吹毛求疵的
sense_list:
Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pew__Noun__1
written_rep: pew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 河床
sense_list:
Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.


lexentry: eng/phantom__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 鬼
sense_list:
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.


lexentry: eng/phantom_limb__Noun__1
written_rep: phantom limb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 幻肢
sense_list:
(pathology) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.


lexentry: eng/pharaoh__Noun__1
written_rep: pharaoh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 法老
sense_list:
(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty


lexentry: eng/pharmacist__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 药剂师
sense_list:
(pharmacy) A health professional who controls, formulates, preserves, and dispenses medications and provides medical advice and counseling on how medicines should be used in order to achieve maximum benefit, and minimal side effects in order to avoid drug interactions.


lexentry: eng/pharmacology__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 药理
sense_list:
The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.


lexentry: eng/pharmacy__Noun__1
written_rep: pharmacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 藥店
sense_list:
(countable) A place where prescription drugs are sold or dispensed. | (uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics. | (uncountable) The role or occupation of a pharmacist.


lexentry: eng/pharynx__Noun__1
written_rep: pharynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 咽
sense_list:
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
written_rep: phase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 階段
sense_list:
(astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase. | (physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/phenol__Noun__1
written_rep: phenol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 苯酚 | 酚
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid | (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)


lexentry: eng/phenomenology__Noun__1
written_rep: phenomenology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 現象學
sense_list:
(philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.


lexentry: eng/phenylalanine__Noun__1
written_rep: phenylalanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 苯丙氨酸
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid C9H11NO2 found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame.


lexentry: eng/pheromone__Noun__1
written_rep: pheromone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 信息素
sense_list:
(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/philologist__Noun__1
written_rep: philologist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 語言學家 语言学家
sense_list:
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.


lexentry: eng/philosopher's_stone__Noun__1
written_rep: philosopher's stone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 贤者之石
sense_list:
(alchemy, uncountable) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.


lexentry: eng/philosopher__Noun__1
written_rep: philosopher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 哲學家
sense_list:
(archaic) A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change. | (archaic) A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.


lexentry: eng/philosophy__Noun__1
written_rep: philosophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 哲学
sense_list:
(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality. | (countable) A comprehensive system of belief. | (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain. | (countable) A general principle (usually moral).


lexentry: eng/philosophy_of_science__Noun__1
written_rep: philosophy of science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 科学哲学
sense_list:
(philosophy, uncountable) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/philter__Noun__1
written_rep: philter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filter
sense_list:
A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver. [from the 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 沉著
sense_list:
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. [from 13th c.] | Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
written_rep: phlegm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 痰
sense_list:
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/phloem__Noun__1
written_rep: phloem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 韧皮部
sense_list:
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.


lexentry: eng/pho__Noun__1
written_rep: pho
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 越南粉
sense_list:
A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.


lexentry: eng/phoenix__Noun__1
written_rep: phoenix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 不死鳥
sense_list:
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.


lexentry: eng/phon__Noun__1
written_rep: phon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 电话
sense_list:
(acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.


lexentry: eng/phone__Noun__2
written_rep: phone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 电话
sense_list:
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.


lexentry: eng/phoneme__Noun__1
written_rep: phoneme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 音位
sense_list:
An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.


lexentry: eng/phonetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phonetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 语音学
sense_list:
Relating to the sounds of spoken language. | (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).


lexentry: eng/phonetics__Noun__1
written_rep: phonetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 語音學
sense_list:
(linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.


lexentry: eng/phonology__Noun__1
written_rep: phonology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 音系学
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system. [from late 18th c.] | (by extension, uncountable) The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.


lexentry: eng/phonosemantic__Adjective__1
written_rep: phonosemantic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 形声
sense_list:
Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)


lexentry: eng/phosphorus__Noun__1
written_rep: phosphorus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 磷
sense_list:
(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.


lexentry: eng/photoconductivity__Noun__1
written_rep: photoconductivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 光电导效应
sense_list:
(physics) The increase in the electrical conductivity of a material as a result of incident electromagnetic radiation.


lexentry: eng/photograph__Noun__1
written_rep: photograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 照片
sense_list:
A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.


lexentry: eng/photography__Noun__1
written_rep: photography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 摄影
sense_list:
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. | The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.


lexentry: eng/photon__Noun__1
written_rep: photon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 光子
sense_list:
(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.


lexentry: eng/photosynthesis__Noun__1
written_rep: photosynthesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 光合作用
sense_list:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.


lexentry: eng/phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 短语
sense_list:
A short written or spoken expression. | (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.


lexentry: eng/phrenology__Noun__1
written_rep: phrenology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 颅相学
sense_list:
(medicine, biology, historical) The science or now discredited pseudo-science, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.


lexentry: eng/phylum__Noun__1
written_rep: phylum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 門口
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank


lexentry: eng/physical__Adjective__1
written_rep: physical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 物理学
sense_list:
Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/physical_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: physical chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 物理化学
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems.


lexentry: eng/physicist__Noun__1
written_rep: physicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 物理学家
sense_list:
A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.


lexentry: eng/physics__Noun__1
written_rep: physics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 物理学
sense_list:
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.


lexentry: eng/physiognomy__Noun__1
written_rep: physiognomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 面相學
sense_list:
The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.


lexentry: eng/physiology__Noun__1
written_rep: physiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 生理学
sense_list:
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.


lexentry: eng/pi__Noun__1
written_rep: pi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 圆周率
sense_list:
The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek. | (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.


lexentry: eng/piano__Noun__1
written_rep: piano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 钢琴 | 鋼琴
sense_list:
(musical instruments) a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings [from 1803]


lexentry: eng/pica__Noun__1
written_rep: pica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 領洗池
sense_list:
(pathology, usually, uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.


lexentry: eng/piccolo__Noun__1
written_rep: piccolo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 分之
sense_list:
A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.


lexentry: eng/pick__Noun__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 尖峰
sense_list:
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
written_rep: pick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 摘
sense_list:
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.


lexentry: eng/pick_up__Verb__1
written_rep: pick up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: 失速
sense_list:
(transitive, ) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on | (transitive, or, intransitive) To answer a telephone. | (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.


lexentry: eng/pickaxe__Noun__1
written_rep: pickaxe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 尖峰
sense_list:
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Noun__1
written_rep: pickle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 醃黃瓜
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.


lexentry: eng/pico-__Prefix__1
written_rep: pico-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 皮-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−12 (short scale trillionth or long scale billionth). Symbol: p


lexentry: eng/picture__Noun__1
written_rep: picture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 画
sense_list:
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.


lexentry: eng/picturesque__Adjective__1
written_rep: picturesque
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 栩栩如生的
sense_list:
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.


lexentry: eng/pie__Verb__1
written_rep: pie
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蛋糕
sense_list:
(transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
written_rep: piece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 块
sense_list:
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | A single item belonging to a class of similar items.


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
written_rep: piece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 硬币
sense_list:
A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency. | (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
written_rep: pier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 码头
sense_list:
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
written_rep: pier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 顶梁柱
sense_list:
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.


lexentry: eng/pierce__Verb__1
written_rep: pierce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 穿
sense_list:
(transitive) To puncture; to break through. | (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.


lexentry: eng/pierogi__Noun__1
written_rep: pierogi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 饺子
sense_list:
(North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.


lexentry: eng/pietism__Noun__1
written_rep: pietism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 虔敬主义
sense_list:
(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.


lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
written_rep: pig
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 猪 | 豬
sense_list:
Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.


lexentry: eng/piggy_bank__Noun__1
written_rep: piggy bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 扑满
sense_list:
A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, to store small saved coins in. Often the "bank" must be broken open to retrieve the contents.


lexentry: eng/pigtail__Noun__1
written_rep: pigtail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 辫子
sense_list:
A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pika__Noun__1
written_rep: pika
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 領洗池
sense_list:
Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.


lexentry: eng/pike__Noun__1
written_rep: pike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 領洗池
sense_list:
(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.


lexentry: eng/pilaster__Noun__1
written_rep: pilaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 壁柱
sense_list:
(structural, _, architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__1
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 电池
sense_list:
(informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. | A mass formed in layers. | A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__2
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 楔子
sense_list:
(heraldiccharge) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.


lexentry: eng/pile__Verb__1
written_rep: pile
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 加
sense_list:
(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate


lexentry: eng/pile_driver__Noun__1
written_rep: pile driver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 山羊
sense_list:
A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.


lexentry: eng/pill_bug__Noun__1
written_rep: pill bug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 土虱
sense_list:
(US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.


lexentry: eng/pillock__Noun__1
written_rep: pillock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 剃须刷
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool.


lexentry: eng/pilot__Noun__1
written_rep: pilot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 領港員
sense_list:
A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.


lexentry: eng/pimp__Noun__1
written_rep: pimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鲭鱼
sense_list:
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.


lexentry: eng/pimple__Noun__1
written_rep: pimple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 疙瘩
sense_list:
(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 大头针
sense_list:
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
written_rep: pin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 龙骨
sense_list:
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.


lexentry: eng/pinafore__Noun__1
written_rep: pinafore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 围裙
sense_list:
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.


lexentry: eng/pinball__Noun__1
written_rep: pinball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 弹球
sense_list:
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.


lexentry: eng/pine__Noun__1
written_rep: pine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 松屬
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. | (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. | (uncountable) The wood of this tree.


lexentry: eng/pine_nut__Noun__1
written_rep: pine nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 松子
sense_list:
The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.


lexentry: eng/pineal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: pineal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 松果腺
sense_list:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.


lexentry: eng/pineapple__Noun__1
written_rep: pineapple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 菠萝
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item. | (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note. | A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.


lexentry: eng/pingo__Noun__1
written_rep: pingo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小丘
sense_list:
(geomorphology) A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/pinko__Noun__1
written_rep: pinko
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 月季花
sense_list:
(informal, often, derogatory, chiefly, US) A socialist, particularly one who is not wholly communist. [from mid-1930s]


lexentry: eng/pinna__Noun__1
written_rep: pinna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 耳廓
sense_list:
(anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.


lexentry: eng/pinniped__Noun__1
written_rep: pinniped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鰭足類
sense_list:
Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the superfamily (formerly considered a suborder) Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.


lexentry: eng/pinwheel__Noun__1
written_rep: pinwheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 风向标
sense_list:
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 笛
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 管子
sense_list:
(especially in, _, informal, _, contexts) A water pipe. | A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
written_rep: pipe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 烟斗
sense_list:
(lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal. | (computing, typography) The character |. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/piracy__Noun__1
written_rep: piracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 山寨
sense_list:
(nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it. | A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft. | The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.


lexentry: eng/piranha__Noun__1
written_rep: piranha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 食人鲳
sense_list:
(ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae.


lexentry: eng/pirate__Noun__1
written_rep: pirate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 海盜
sense_list:
A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. | (by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.


lexentry: eng/pistil__Noun__1
written_rep: pistil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 雌蕊
sense_list:
(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/piston__Noun__1
written_rep: piston
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 活塞
sense_list:
(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)


lexentry: eng/pit__Noun__1
written_rep: pit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: 坑
sense_list:
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 场
sense_list:
(sports, UK, Australia, NZ) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: 不
sense_list:
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
written_rep: pitch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: 盘子
sense_list:
(nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.


lexentry: eng/pitch_accent__Noun__1
written_rep: pitch accent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 高低重音
sense_list:
(phonology) Any of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.


lexentry: eng/pitcher__Noun__2
written_rep: pitcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 水罐
sense_list:
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.


lexentry: eng/pitchfork__Noun__1
written_rep: pitchfork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 叉
sense_list:
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).


lexentry: eng/pitfall__Noun__1
written_rep: pitfall
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 蒺藜
sense_list:
(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.


lexentry: eng/pith__Noun__1
written_rep: pith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 髓
sense_list:
The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.


lexentry: eng/pituitary_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: pituitary gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腦下垂體
sense_list:
(anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation.


lexentry: eng/pizza__Noun__1
written_rep: pizza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 比萨饼
sense_list:
(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. | (countable) A single instance of this dish.


lexentry: eng/placate__Verb__1
written_rep: placate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 和缓
sense_list:
(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.


lexentry: eng/place__Noun__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 地方
sense_list:
Any area of the earth: a region. | The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. | An area of the body, especially the skin. | A location or position in space. | The position of a contestant in a competition. | Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. | Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.


lexentry: eng/place__Noun__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 家
sense_list:
(often, in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name. | (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.


lexentry: eng/place__Verb__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 了
sense_list:
(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).


lexentry: eng/place__Verb__1
written_rep: place
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: 做
sense_list:
(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.


lexentry: eng/placeholder__Noun__1
written_rep: placeholder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 填充
sense_list:
Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.


lexentry: eng/placenta__Noun__1
written_rep: placenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 胎盤
sense_list:
(botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.


lexentry: eng/plagiarism__Noun__1
written_rep: plagiarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 抄袭
sense_list:
(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.


lexentry: eng/plagiarize__Verb__1
written_rep: plagiarize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 剽窃
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
written_rep: plague
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼠疫
sense_list:
(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis. | (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.


lexentry: eng/plaice__Noun__1
written_rep: plaice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 祭司
sense_list:
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.


lexentry: eng/plain__Adjective__1
written_rep: plain
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 乾淨
sense_list:
(computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/plaintiff__Noun__1
written_rep: plaintiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 谴责
sense_list:
(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.


lexentry: eng/planche__Noun__1
written_rep: planche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 木板
sense_list:
(gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.


lexentry: eng/plane__Noun__1
written_rep: plane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 平面
sense_list:
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).


lexentry: eng/planer__Noun__1
written_rep: planer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 刨
sense_list:
(woodworking) A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.


lexentry: eng/planet__Noun__1
written_rep: planet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 行星
sense_list:
(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.] | (astronomy, historical) Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets) | (astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. [from 2006]


lexentry: eng/planetarium__Noun__1
written_rep: planetarium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 天文馆
sense_list:
A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.


lexentry: eng/plant__Noun__1
written_rep: plant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 植物
sense_list:
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. | (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae. Now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. | (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.


lexentry: eng/plant__Verb__1
written_rep: plant
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 種
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.


lexentry: eng/plantation__Noun__1
written_rep: plantation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 种植业
sense_list:
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
written_rep: plaque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 黑板
sense_list:
(countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
written_rep: plaque
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 斑块
sense_list:
(countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event. | (uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar).


lexentry: eng/plasma__Noun__1
written_rep: plasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 等离子体
sense_list:
(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons. | (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.


lexentry: eng/plaster__Noun__1
written_rep: plaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 涂层
sense_list:
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.


lexentry: eng/plaster_cast__Noun__1
written_rep: plaster cast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 粉筆
sense_list:
(surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.


lexentry: eng/plaster_of_Paris__Noun__1
written_rep: plaster of Paris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 粉筆
sense_list:
A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds and sculpture.


lexentry: eng/plastic_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: plastic bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 塑料袋
sense_list:
A type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film, starch, or plastic textile, used for containing and transporting food, waste, and consumer goods. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/plasticity__Noun__1
written_rep: plasticity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 塑性變形
sense_list:
(physics) The property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value).


lexentry: eng/plasticizer__Noun__1
written_rep: plasticizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 塑化劑
sense_list:
Any of various substances added to a material (such as plastic or concrete) in order to make it more pliable.


lexentry: eng/plateau__Verb__1
written_rep: plateau
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 托盘
sense_list:
(intransitive) (of a varying quantity) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.


lexentry: eng/platelet__Noun__1
written_rep: platelet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 血小板
sense_list:
(hematology, cytology) A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
written_rep: platform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 月台
sense_list:
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
written_rep: platform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 阳台
sense_list:
(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks. | (footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles. | (computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.


lexentry: eng/platoon__Noun__1
written_rep: platoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: (军队建制)排
sense_list:
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.


lexentry: eng/platypus__Noun__1
written_rep: platypus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鸭嘴兽
sense_list:
A semi-aquatic, egg-laying monotreme mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet – males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus.


lexentry: eng/plausibility__Noun__1
written_rep: plausibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 大概
sense_list:
(now in more positive sense) The fact of being believable; believability, credibility. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 玩 | 打
sense_list:
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. | (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
written_rep: play
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 打 | 玩
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument. | (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced. | (AAVE, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.


lexentry: eng/play_by_ear__Verb__1
written_rep: play by ear
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 看
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.


lexentry: eng/play_hooky__Verb__1
written_rep: play hooky
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 逃学
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US) To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK);


lexentry: eng/player__Noun__1
written_rep: player
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 演奏家
sense_list:
(gambling) A gambler. | (music) One who plays on a musical instrument. | One who plays any game or sport.


lexentry: eng/playing_card__Noun__1
written_rep: playing card
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 扑克牌
sense_list:
Any of the usually 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play numerous games, featuring either one to 10 pips or a picture and belonging of one of four suits.


lexentry: eng/playlist__Noun__1
written_rep: playlist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 播放列表
sense_list:
(radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station. | (computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.


lexentry: eng/pleasure__Noun__1
written_rep: pleasure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 歡樂
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. | (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.


lexentry: eng/pleat__Noun__1
written_rep: pleat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 皺紋
sense_list:
(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.


lexentry: eng/plebiscite__Noun__1
written_rep: plebiscite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公民投票
sense_list:
(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.


lexentry: eng/plectrum__Noun__1
written_rep: plectrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 撥子
sense_list:
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.


lexentry: eng/pledge__Noun__1
written_rep: pledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 狐狸
sense_list:
(college slang) A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.


lexentry: eng/pliers__Noun__1
written_rep: pliers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 钳子
sense_list:
A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.


lexentry: eng/plot__Noun__1
written_rep: plot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 情節
sense_list:
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/pluck__Verb__1
written_rep: pluck
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 演奏
sense_list:
(transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.


lexentry: eng/plug__Noun__1
written_rep: plug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 插頭
sense_list:
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.


lexentry: eng/plum__Noun__1
written_rep: plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 李子
sense_list:
An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/plumage__Noun__1
written_rep: plumage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 筆
sense_list:
(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.


lexentry: eng/plumber__Noun__1
written_rep: plumber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 水暖工
sense_list:
One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.


lexentry: eng/plumbing__Noun__1
written_rep: plumbing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 管路系統
sense_list:
The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
written_rep: plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 羽毛
sense_list:
(archaic, literary, and, poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
written_rep: plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 云
sense_list:
A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading. | An upward spray of mist or water.


lexentry: eng/plummet__Noun__1
written_rep: plummet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鉛
sense_list:
(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.


lexentry: eng/pluperfect_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: pluperfect tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 過去完成時
sense_list:
(grammar, of a verb) Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.


lexentry: eng/plural__Noun__1
written_rep: plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 复数
sense_list:
(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something. | (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.


lexentry: eng/pluralism__Noun__1
written_rep: pluralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 多元
sense_list:
(sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.


lexentry: eng/plus__Adjective__1
written_rep: plus
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 正的
sense_list:
Being positive rather than negative or zero. | Positive, or involving advantage. | (physics) Electrically positive.


lexentry: eng/plus_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: plus sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 加
sense_list:
(arithmetic) The symbol + used to denote the operation of additio1, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on.


lexentry: eng/plutonium__Noun__1
written_rep: plutonium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 钚 | 鈈
sense_list:
The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/ply__Verb__1
written_rep: ply
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 折叠
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.


lexentry: eng/pneumonia__Noun__1
written_rep: pneumonia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 肺炎
sense_list:
An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.


lexentry: eng/poach__Verb__2
written_rep: poach
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 偷窃
sense_list:
(by extension, ambitransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly. | (obsolete) To stab; to pierce; to spear or drive or plunge into something.


lexentry: eng/podium__Noun__1
written_rep: podium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 講壇
sense_list:
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.


lexentry: eng/poem__Noun__1
written_rep: poem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 詩歌
sense_list:
A literary piece written in verse. | A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.


lexentry: eng/poetic_justice__Noun__1
written_rep: poetic justice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 勸善懲惡 劝善惩恶
sense_list:
(by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner.


lexentry: eng/poignant__Adjective__1
written_rep: poignant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 响亮的
sense_list:
Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant. | (figuratively, of a look, word) Incisive; penetrating; piercing.


lexentry: eng/poinsettia__Noun__1
written_rep: poinsettia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一品紅
sense_list:
A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated as a garden plant.


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
written_rep: point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 点
sense_list:
(mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.] | (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.] | A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.] | (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.] | A distinguishing quality or characteristic. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/point_guard__Noun__1
written_rep: point guard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 基地
sense_list:
(basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.


lexentry: eng/point_of_sale__Noun__1
written_rep: point of sale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小鼓
sense_list:
(retail) The location at which payment for goods is made in an establishment that sells goods or services.


lexentry: eng/point_of_view__Noun__1
written_rep: point of view
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 观点
sense_list:
A position from which something is perceived; outlook; standpoint. | An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs.


lexentry: eng/point_out__Verb__1
written_rep: point out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 表示
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.


lexentry: eng/pointer__Noun__1
written_rep: pointer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 指标
sense_list:
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device. | (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.


lexentry: eng/points__Noun__2
written_rep: points
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 路口
sense_list:
(rail transport, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, India) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.


lexentry: eng/polar_bear__Noun__1
written_rep: polar bear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 北极熊
sense_list:
A hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.


lexentry: eng/polar_circle__Noun__1
written_rep: polar circle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 极圈
sense_list:
(geography) Either of the two parallels of the Earth located at the latitude of 66° 33′ 44″ N and 66° 33′ 44″ S.


lexentry: eng/polar_night__Noun__1
written_rep: polar night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 极夜
sense_list:
A period of darkness that occurs in winter in polar regions north from the Arctic Circle and south from the Antarctic Circle, and during which the sun stays below the horizon.


lexentry: eng/pole_star__Noun__1
written_rep: pole star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 北极星
sense_list:
(star) The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.


lexentry: eng/pole_vault__Noun__1
written_rep: pole vault
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 撐竿跳高
sense_list:
(athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit


lexentry: eng/police__Noun__1
written_rep: police
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 警察
sense_list:
(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.


lexentry: eng/police_station__Noun__1
written_rep: police station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 警察局
sense_list:
A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.


lexentry: eng/policy__Noun__1
written_rep: policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 政策
sense_list:
A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. [from 15th c.] | Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/politburo__Noun__1
written_rep: politburo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 政治局
sense_list:
The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.


lexentry: eng/political_party__Noun__1
written_rep: political party
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 政党
sense_list:
A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power through representation in government.


lexentry: eng/politicize__Verb__1
written_rep: politicize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 政治化
sense_list:
(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue. | (transitive) To make someone politically active or aware.


lexentry: eng/polling_station__Noun__1
written_rep: polling station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 投票站
sense_list:
(Britain, Canada, Australia) a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station


lexentry: eng/pollute__Verb__1
written_rep: pollute
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 污染
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. | (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.


lexentry: eng/pollution__Noun__1
written_rep: pollution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 污染
sense_list:
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/polo__Noun__1
written_rep: polo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 马球
sense_list:
(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.


lexentry: eng/polo_shirt__Noun__1
written_rep: polo shirt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 马球
sense_list:
A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).


lexentry: eng/poltergeist__Noun__1
written_rep: poltergeist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 吵闹鬼
sense_list:
(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.


lexentry: eng/polyamory__Noun__1
written_rep: polyamory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多元之爱
sense_list:
Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.


lexentry: eng/polyandry__Noun__1
written_rep: polyandry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一妻多夫制
sense_list:
The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.


lexentry: eng/polycarbonate__Noun__1
written_rep: polycarbonate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 聚碳酸酯
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: PC


lexentry: eng/polycystic_ovary_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: polycystic ovary syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多囊卵巢綜合症
sense_list:
(medicine) A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.


lexentry: eng/polyethylene__Noun__1
written_rep: polyethylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 聚乙烯
sense_list:
(organic compound) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.


lexentry: eng/polygamy__Noun__1
written_rep: polygamy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 多配偶制
sense_list:
(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”)


lexentry: eng/polygyny__Noun__1
written_rep: polygyny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一夫多妻制
sense_list:
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.


lexentry: eng/polymer__Noun__1
written_rep: polymer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 聚合物
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules. | A material consisting of such polymer molecules.


lexentry: eng/polymerase__Noun__1
written_rep: polymerase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 聚合酶
sense_list:
(enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: polymorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多型
sense_list:
The ability to assume different forms or shapes. | (biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents. | (object-oriented programming) The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions. | (crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.


lexentry: eng/polynomial__Noun__1
written_rep: polynomial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多項式
sense_list:
(algebra, strict sense) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_n x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_0 x^0.


lexentry: eng/polyphony__Noun__1
written_rep: polyphony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 性交疼痛
sense_list:
(music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).


lexentry: eng/polysemy__Noun__1
written_rep: polysemy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 一詞多義
sense_list:
(semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple similar ones.


lexentry: eng/polytetrafluoroethylene__Noun__1
written_rep: polytetrafluoroethylene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 聚四氟乙烯
sense_list:
A tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to create a nonstick coating on cooking utensils.


lexentry: eng/polytope__Noun__1
written_rep: polytope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 多胞形
sense_list:
(geometry) A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes (a geometric shape with flat sides, existing in any number of dimensions); the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".


lexentry: eng/pome__Noun__1
written_rep: pome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 核果
sense_list:
(botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.


lexentry: eng/pomegranate__Noun__1
written_rep: pomegranate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 石榴
sense_list:
The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart. | The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.


lexentry: eng/pomelo__Noun__1
written_rep: pomelo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 內紫
sense_list:
The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.


lexentry: eng/pommel_horse__Noun__1
written_rep: pommel horse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鞍马
sense_list:
An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs. | An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.


lexentry: eng/pompadour__Noun__1
written_rep: pompadour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 香蕉
sense_list:
A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.


lexentry: eng/pontoon__Noun__1
written_rep: pontoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 躉船
sense_list:
A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.


lexentry: eng/ponytail__Noun__1
written_rep: ponytail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 尾巴
sense_list:
A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.


lexentry: eng/poof__Noun__2
written_rep: poof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 伯母
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, NZ, Irish, Commonwealth, derogatory, colloquial) A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__1
written_rep: pool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 水坑
sense_list:
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water. | A small amount of liquid on a surface.


lexentry: eng/pool_noodle__Noun__1
written_rep: pool noodle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 游泳棒
sense_list:
A long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools.


lexentry: eng/poor__Adjective__1
written_rep: poor
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 可怜
sense_list:
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. | (attributive, _, only) Worthy of pity.


lexentry: eng/pop-up__Noun__1
written_rep: pop-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 蜉蝣
sense_list:
(baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly. | A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc. | A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.


lexentry: eng/pop-up_advertisement__Noun__1
written_rep: pop-up advertisement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 弹出式广告
sense_list:
(Internet, advertising) An advertisement that takes the form of a window that appears automatically on a computer screen when certain websites are visited.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
written_rep: pop
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 戳
sense_list:
(intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.


lexentry: eng/pop_music__Noun__1
written_rep: pop music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 流行
sense_list:
Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music, and nowadays also from rock music.


lexentry: eng/pope__Noun__1
written_rep: pope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 教皇 | 教宗
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, _, &, _, generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.


lexentry: eng/poplit__Noun__1
written_rep: poplit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 腘
sense_list:
The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint; the popliteal fossa or “knee pit”.


lexentry: eng/poppy__Noun__1
written_rep: poppy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 罂粟
sense_list:
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.


lexentry: eng/popular__Adjective__1
written_rep: popular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 常见
sense_list:
Common among the general public; generally accepted. [from 15th c.] | Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/popular_culture__Noun__1
written_rep: popular culture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 流行文化
sense_list:
The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and style.


lexentry: eng/popularity__Noun__1
written_rep: popularity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 名望
sense_list:
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
written_rep: population
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 人口
sense_list:
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.


lexentry: eng/population_density__Noun__1
written_rep: population density
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 人口密度
sense_list:
Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.


lexentry: eng/population_pyramid__Noun__1
written_rep: population pyramid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 人口金字塔
sense_list:
(demography) A graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.


lexentry: eng/populism__Noun__1
written_rep: populism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 民粹主義
sense_list:
(philosophy) A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
written_rep: porcelain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 瓷器
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.


lexentry: eng/porch__Noun__1
written_rep: porch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 門口
sense_list:
(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.


lexentry: eng/porcupine__Noun__1
written_rep: porcupine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 豪猪
sense_list:
Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.


lexentry: eng/pornography__Noun__1
written_rep: pornography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 色情
sense_list:
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/porosity__Noun__1
written_rep: porosity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 孔隙度
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being porous. | (countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume


lexentry: eng/porpoise__Noun__1
written_rep: porpoise
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鼠海豚
sense_list:
A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales. | (North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 港口
sense_list:
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.


lexentry: eng/port__Verb__2
written_rep: port
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 港口
sense_list:
(military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.


lexentry: eng/port_city__Noun__1
written_rep: port city
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 波尔图
sense_list:
A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.


lexentry: eng/portable__Adjective__1
written_rep: portable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 手机
sense_list:
Able to be carried or easily moved. | (computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.


lexentry: eng/portmanteau_word__Noun__1
written_rep: portmanteau word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 混成词
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.


lexentry: eng/positive_degree__Noun__1
written_rep: positive degree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 陽
sense_list:
(grammar) That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.


lexentry: eng/positivism__Noun__1
written_rep: positivism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 实证主义
sense_list:
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.


lexentry: eng/positronium__Noun__1
written_rep: positronium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 电子偶素
sense_list:
(physics, chemistry) An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (anti-electron) and an electron, as a particle–anti-particle bound pair with no nucleus.


lexentry: eng/possession__Noun__1
written_rep: possession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 入侵
sense_list:
Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. | The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.


lexentry: eng/possibility__Noun__1
written_rep: possibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 前景
sense_list:
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being. | An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.


lexentry: eng/possible__Adjective__1
written_rep: possible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 可能
sense_list:
(usually, not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible. | (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.


lexentry: eng/possibly__Adverb__1
written_rep: possibly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 可能
sense_list:
(modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.


lexentry: eng/post-transition_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: post-transition metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 贫金属
sense_list:
(chemistry) A poor metal, usually including gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, and bismuth, also known as B-subgroup metals, other metals, and p-block metals.


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 郵件
sense_list:
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th–17th c.] | (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route. | (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__1
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 发
sense_list:
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation. | To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__2
written_rep: post
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 发
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/post_office__Noun__1
written_rep: post office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 邮局
sense_list:
(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.


lexentry: eng/postage_stamp__Noun__1
written_rep: postage stamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 邮票
sense_list:
A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid. | (figuratively, colloquial) A very small area.


lexentry: eng/postal_address__Noun__1
written_rep: postal address
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 地址
sense_list:
The address (of a person or business) to which mail is delivered, as distinct from the actual street address.


lexentry: eng/postcard__Noun__1
written_rep: postcard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 明信片
sense_list:
A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard, one side displays a picture or photograph.


lexentry: eng/postcode__Noun__1
written_rep: postcode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 邮政编码
sense_list:
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.


lexentry: eng/posterior__Adjective__1
written_rep: posterior
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 后来的
sense_list:
(anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds. | (formal) Following in order or in time.


lexentry: eng/postmark__Noun__1
written_rep: postmark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 橡皮圖章
sense_list:
A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.


lexentry: eng/postmodernism__Noun__1
written_rep: postmodernism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 后现代主义
sense_list:
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.


lexentry: eng/pot__Noun__1
written_rep: pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: 盘子
sense_list:
(gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement. | An allocation of money for a particular purpose.


lexentry: eng/pot_calling_the_kettle_black__Noun__1
written_rep: pot calling the kettle black
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 五十步笑百步
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.


lexentry: eng/potassium__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 钾 | 鉀
sense_list:
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.


lexentry: eng/potassium_cyanide__Noun__1
written_rep: potassium cyanide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 氰化鉀
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potato__Noun__1
written_rep: potato
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 土豆 | 马铃薯
sense_list:
The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.


lexentry: eng/potato_crisp__Noun__1
written_rep: potato crisp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 晶片
sense_list:
(mostly, British) A thin slice of potato that has been fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.


lexentry: eng/potential_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: potential energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 势能
sense_list:
The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).


lexentry: eng/potentiometer__Noun__1
written_rep: potentiometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 電位器
sense_list:
(electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.


lexentry: eng/pouch__Noun__1
written_rep: pouch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 獎學金
sense_list:
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. | (zoology) An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.


lexentry: eng/pounce__Noun__1
written_rep: pounce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 沙
sense_list:
(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
written_rep: pound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 英镑
sense_list:
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. | A unit of currency in various currency systems | Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.


lexentry: eng/pound_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: pound cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 磅蛋糕
sense_list:
(US) A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/pour__Verb__1
written_rep: pour
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 倒
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.


lexentry: eng/powder__Noun__1
written_rep: powder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 灰
sense_list:
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust. | (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
written_rep: power
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: 功率
sense_list:
(physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.


lexentry: eng/power_inverter__Noun__1
written_rep: power inverter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 换流器
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) A device that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity.


lexentry: eng/power_line__Noun__1
written_rep: power line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 电源线
sense_list:
An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home.


lexentry: eng/practice__Noun__1
written_rep: practice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 練習
sense_list:
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill. | (uncountable, especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. | The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members. | A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine. | Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.


lexentry: eng/practise__Verb__1
written_rep: practise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 使用
sense_list:
(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity. | (transitive) To perform or observe in an habitual fashion. | To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
written_rep: pragmatism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 实用主义
sense_list:
The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals. | (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.


lexentry: eng/prairie__Noun__1
written_rep: prairie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 大草原
sense_list:
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.


lexentry: eng/prairie_dog__Noun__1
written_rep: prairie dog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 草原松鼠 | 草原犬鼠
sense_list:
Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.


lexentry: eng/pram__Noun__1
written_rep: pram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 婴儿车
sense_list:
A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position. | (colloquial, loosely) A pushchair; a buggy.


lexentry: eng/praseodymium__Noun__1
written_rep: praseodymium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鐠 | 镨
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.


lexentry: eng/pray__Verb__1
written_rep: pray
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 祈祷
sense_list:
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. | (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.


lexentry: eng/praying_mantis__Noun__1
written_rep: praying mantis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 螳螂
sense_list:
Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.


lexentry: eng/pre-Columbian__Adjective__1
written_rep: pre-Columbian
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 前哥伦布
sense_list:
Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.


lexentry: eng/preacher__Noun__1
written_rep: preacher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 传教士
sense_list:
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman.


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
written_rep: precedent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 先例
sense_list:
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.


lexentry: eng/precinct__Noun__1
written_rep: precinct
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 区
sense_list:
(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.


lexentry: eng/precious_metal__Noun__1
written_rep: precious metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 貴重金屬
sense_list:
A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.


lexentry: eng/precious_stone__Noun__1
written_rep: precious stone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 寶石
sense_list:
Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
written_rep: precipitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 沉淀
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.


lexentry: eng/precision__Noun__1
written_rep: precision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 准确度
sense_list:
(broadly) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate. | (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.


lexentry: eng/precondition__Noun__1
written_rep: precondition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前提
sense_list:
A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action. | A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.


lexentry: eng/predator__Noun__1
written_rep: predator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 食肉兽
sense_list:
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
written_rep: predecessor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 上
sense_list:
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
written_rep: predicate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 術語
sense_list:
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by. | (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Noun__1
written_rep: predicative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 属性
sense_list:
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.


lexentry: eng/predict__Verb__1
written_rep: predict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 預測
sense_list:
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.


lexentry: eng/predisposition__Noun__1
written_rep: predisposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 趋势
sense_list:
The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.


lexentry: eng/preeminent__Adjective__1
written_rep: preeminent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 优秀
sense_list:
Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preface__Noun__1
written_rep: preface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 介绍
sense_list:
A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions.


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
written_rep: prefix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前綴
sense_list:
(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.


lexentry: eng/prelude__Noun__1
written_rep: prelude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 前奏曲
sense_list:
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]


lexentry: eng/premature_ejaculation__Noun__1
written_rep: premature ejaculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 早泄
sense_list:
A medical condition where a man, when initiating sexual intercourse, will experience an orgasm and expel semen after a time period far below the average, generally defined as one minute or less.


lexentry: eng/premier__Noun__1
written_rep: premier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 总理
sense_list:
(politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.


lexentry: eng/premiere__Noun__1
written_rep: premiere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 初次的演出
sense_list:
The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.


lexentry: eng/premolar__Noun__1
written_rep: premolar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前磨齒
sense_list:
A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
written_rep: premonition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前兆
sense_list:
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
written_rep: premonition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 預感
sense_list:
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).


lexentry: eng/prepare__Verb__1
written_rep: prepare
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 准备
sense_list:
(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip. | (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation. | (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.


lexentry: eng/preposition__Noun__1
written_rep: preposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 介词 | 介詞
sense_list:
(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_phrase__Noun__1
written_rep: prepositional phrase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 介词短语
sense_list:
(grammar) A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement; may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.


lexentry: eng/prequel__Noun__1
written_rep: prequel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 前奏曲
sense_list:
(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.


lexentry: eng/prerequisite__Noun__1
written_rep: prerequisite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 前提
sense_list:
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
written_rep: prescribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 開藥
sense_list:
(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
written_rep: prescribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 听写
sense_list:
To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.


lexentry: eng/prescription__Noun__1
written_rep: prescription
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 烹飪法
sense_list:
(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.


lexentry: eng/presence__Noun__1
written_rep: presence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 在场
sense_list:
A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience. | A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing. | Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present.


lexentry: eng/present__Adjective__1
written_rep: present
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 在场
sense_list:
Relating to now, for the time being; current. | Located in the immediate vicinity. | Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
written_rep: present
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: 提出
sense_list:
(transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/present_perfect__Noun__1
written_rep: present perfect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 完美
sense_list:
(grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.


lexentry: eng/present_tense__Noun__1
written_rep: present tense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 现在式
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.


lexentry: eng/press__Noun__1
written_rep: press
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 报纸
sense_list:
(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item. | (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).


lexentry: eng/press__Verb__1
written_rep: press
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 按
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon. | (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.


lexentry: eng/pressure__Noun__1
written_rep: pressure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 压力 | 壓力
sense_list:
A pressing; a force applied to a surface. | A contrasting force or impulse of any kind | (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.


lexentry: eng/pressure_cooker__Noun__1
written_rep: pressure cooker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 壓力鍋
sense_list:
(cookware) A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.


lexentry: eng/prestige__Noun__1
written_rep: prestige
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 威信
sense_list:
The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.


lexentry: eng/presume__Verb__1
written_rep: presume
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 假設
sense_list:
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/presumption__Noun__1
written_rep: presumption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: 推斷
sense_list:
(legal) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.


lexentry: eng/presumptuous__Adjective__1
written_rep: presumptuous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自負的（人）
sense_list:
Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right.


lexentry: eng/preterite__Noun__1
written_rep: preterite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 未完成時
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.


lexentry: eng/pretty__Adjective__1
written_rep: pretty
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 漂亮
sense_list:
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. [from 15th c.] | Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/prevaricate__Verb__1
written_rep: prevaricate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 推卸
sense_list:
(intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.


lexentry: eng/prick__Noun__1
written_rep: prick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 屁眼
sense_list:
An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. [from 10th c.] | The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object. [from 13th c.] | (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.] | (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 自負
sense_list:
The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others. | (having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
written_rep: pride
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 吹嘘
sense_list:
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.


lexentry: eng/priest__Noun__1
written_rep: priest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 祭司
sense_list:
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.


lexentry: eng/primary_colour__Noun__1
written_rep: primary colour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原色
sense_list:
(British spelling) Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours


lexentry: eng/primary_education__Noun__1
written_rep: primary education
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小学
sense_list:
The basic schooling given to children up to the age of puberty, including reading, writing, and basic mathematics.


lexentry: eng/primary_key__Noun__1
written_rep: primary key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 主键
sense_list:
(computing, databases) In the design of a database table, the primary key (abbreviated PK) is selected among the non-empty set of candidate keys. The PK is a column (or an irreducible group of columns) able to identify every row of the table.


lexentry: eng/primary_school__Noun__1
written_rep: primary school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 小学
sense_list:
(British, Australian, sometimes, Philippines, schools) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.


lexentry: eng/prime__Adjective__1
written_rep: prime
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 第一
sense_list:
First in time, order, or sequence. | First in excellence, quality, or value. | (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).


lexentry: eng/prime_minister__Noun__1
written_rep: prime minister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 总理
sense_list:
The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.


lexentry: eng/prime_number__Noun__1
written_rep: prime number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 素数
sense_list:
(number theory) Any natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/primer__Noun__2
written_rep: primer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: 引物
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.


lexentry: eng/primeval_forest__Noun__1
written_rep: primeval forest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原始森林
sense_list:
A forest unaffected by humans, typically containing large live trees, large dead trees, and large logs.


lexentry: eng/prince__Noun__1
written_rep: prince
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 王子
sense_list:
Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.] | The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.] | A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/princess__Noun__1
written_rep: princess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公主
sense_list:
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
written_rep: principal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 首都
sense_list:
(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
written_rep: principal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 校長
sense_list:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The chief administrator of a school. | (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
written_rep: principal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: 顾客
sense_list:
(legal) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.


lexentry: eng/principle__Noun__1
written_rep: principle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 原则
sense_list:
A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem. | (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.


lexentry: eng/print__Noun__1
written_rep: print
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 书籍
sense_list:
(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.


lexentry: eng/print__Verb__1
written_rep: print
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 印刷
sense_list:
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.


lexentry: eng/printed_circuit_board__Noun__1
written_rep: printed circuit board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 印制电路板
sense_list:
(electronics) A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect via copper pathways, often called traces.


lexentry: eng/printer__Noun__1
written_rep: printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 打印机 | 打印機
sense_list:
(now chiefly, _, computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/printing__Noun__1
written_rep: printing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 打印
sense_list:
(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.


lexentry: eng/prism__Noun__1
written_rep: prism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 棱柱
sense_list:
(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. | (optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.


lexentry: eng/prison__Noun__1
written_rep: prison
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 監獄
sense_list:
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.


lexentry: eng/private__Adjective__1
written_rep: private
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 私人
sense_list:
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state. | Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.


lexentry: eng/private__Adjective__1
written_rep: private
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 秘密
sense_list:
Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.


lexentry: eng/private_law__Noun__1
written_rep: private law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 私法
sense_list:
(legal) The area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.


lexentry: eng/private_sector__Noun__1
written_rep: private sector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 私人部门
sense_list:
(business) All organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and not-for-profit organizations.


lexentry: eng/privateer__Noun__1
written_rep: privateer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 私掠
sense_list:
(historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privilege__Noun__1
written_rep: privilege
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 特權
sense_list:
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/prize__Noun__1
written_rep: prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 价格
sense_list:
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. | (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. | Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. | (obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.


lexentry: eng/prize__Noun__1
written_rep: prize
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 獎品
sense_list:
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. | That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.


lexentry: eng/probability__Noun__1
written_rep: probability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 概率
sense_list:
An event that is likely to occur. | The relative likelihood of an event happening. | (mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.


lexentry: eng/probiotic__Noun__1
written_rep: probiotic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 益生菌
sense_list:
(bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.


lexentry: eng/problem__Noun__1
written_rep: problem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 問題
sense_list:
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. | A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise. | A puzzling circumstance. | Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.


lexentry: eng/process__Noun__1
written_rep: process
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 行程
sense_list:
A series of events which produce a result (the product). | A path of succession of states through which a system passes. | (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.


lexentry: eng/procession__Noun__1
written_rep: procession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 遊行
sense_list:
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.


lexentry: eng/prodigy__Noun__1
written_rep: prodigy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 下
sense_list:
An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder. [from 17th c.] | A wonderful example of something. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/produce__Noun__1
written_rep: produce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 哪里
sense_list:
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.


lexentry: eng/producer__Noun__1
written_rep: producer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 制作者
sense_list:
(economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services. | (UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.


lexentry: eng/product__Noun__1
written_rep: product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 乘积
sense_list:
(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction. | (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product. | A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances. | Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user. | The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process. | (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.


lexentry: eng/production__Noun__1
written_rep: production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 生产
sense_list:
The act of producing, making or creating something. [from 15th c.] | The act of being produced. | The total amount produced.


lexentry: eng/profane__Verb__1
written_rep: profane
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 褻瀆
sense_list:
(transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate


lexentry: eng/profanity__Noun__1
written_rep: profanity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 褻瀆
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.


lexentry: eng/profession__Noun__1
written_rep: profession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 职业
sense_list:
(religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. [from 12th c.] | The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion. [from 16th c.] | An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training. [from 15th c.] | Professional occupation.


lexentry: eng/professional__Adjective__1
written_rep: professional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 专业
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession. | That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood. | (by extension) Expert.


lexentry: eng/professional_wrestling__Noun__1
written_rep: professional wrestling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 職業摔角
sense_list:
A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.


lexentry: eng/professor__Noun__1
written_rep: professor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 老师
sense_list:
(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.


lexentry: eng/profit__Noun__1
written_rep: profit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 利润
sense_list:
(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.


lexentry: eng/profit__Verb__1
written_rep: profit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 享受
sense_list:
(transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody). | (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.


lexentry: eng/profound__Adjective__1
written_rep: profound
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 本质的
sense_list:
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep. | Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough | Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading


lexentry: eng/progeria__Noun__1
written_rep: progeria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 早年衰老症候群
sense_list:
(pathology) An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.


lexentry: eng/prognosis__Noun__1
written_rep: prognosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 预测
sense_list:
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.] | (medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/program__Noun__1
written_rep: program
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 程序
sense_list:
A set of structured activities; a plan of action. | A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity. | (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television. | (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/program__Noun__1
written_rep: program
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 计划
sense_list:
(politics) A set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate.


lexentry: eng/program__Verb__1
written_rep: program
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 编程
sense_list:
(transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task. | (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.


lexentry: eng/programming_language__Noun__1
written_rep: programming language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 编程语言
sense_list:
(programming) A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.


lexentry: eng/progress__Noun__1
written_rep: progress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 进展
sense_list:
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth. [from 15th c.] | Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
written_rep: projection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 射影
sense_list:
Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out. | The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something. | A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation


lexentry: eng/proletariat__Noun__1
written_rep: proletariat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 无产阶级
sense_list:
(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.


lexentry: eng/prom__Noun__1
written_rep: prom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 舞会
sense_list:
(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g,. near the end of the academic year.


lexentry: eng/promenade__Noun__1
written_rep: promenade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 散步
sense_list:
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.


lexentry: eng/promise__Verb__1
written_rep: promise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 承诺
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.


lexentry: eng/promissory_note__Noun__1
written_rep: promissory note
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 期票
sense_list:
(finance) A document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money to someone else, often with the deadline and interest fees; the primary purposes of a promissory note are to evidence the debt obligation incurred, and to establish terms for payment thereof.


lexentry: eng/promotional__Adjective__1
written_rep: promotional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 宣传员
sense_list:
Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.


lexentry: eng/prompter's_box__Noun__1
written_rep: prompter's box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 孔
sense_list:
The raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.


lexentry: eng/pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 代詞 | 代词
sense_list:
(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
written_rep: proof
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 试验
sense_list:
(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination. | (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.


lexentry: eng/proofread__Verb__1
written_rep: proofread
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 改
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.


lexentry: eng/propaganda__Noun__1
written_rep: propaganda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 政治宣传
sense_list:
(as a neutral word, _, dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.


lexentry: eng/propanoic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: propanoic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 丙酸
sense_list:
(fatty acid) The short chain aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH3CH2COOH, used as a preservative, and in the manufacture of many chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/propeller__Noun__1
written_rep: propeller
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 螺旋槳
sense_list:
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.


lexentry: eng/proper_fraction__Noun__1
written_rep: proper fraction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 真分數
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A vulgar fraction in which the magnitude of the numerator is less than or equal to that of the denominator, such as 2/3.


lexentry: eng/proper_noun__Noun__1
written_rep: proper noun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 专有名词
sense_list:
(grammar) A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.


lexentry: eng/property__Noun__1
written_rep: property
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 所有權
sense_list:
Something that is owned. | A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land. | The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing. | An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept. | An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.


lexentry: eng/propolis__Noun__1
written_rep: propolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蜂胶
sense_list:
An aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.


lexentry: eng/proposition__Noun__1
written_rep: proposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 倡议
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. | (countable) An idea or a plan offered.


lexentry: eng/proprietary__Adjective__1
written_rep: proprietary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 主人
sense_list:
Of or relating to property or ownership. | Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.


lexentry: eng/prosecutor__Noun__1
written_rep: prosecutor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 公诉人
sense_list:
(law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.


lexentry: eng/prosopagnosia__Noun__1
written_rep: prosopagnosia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 臉盲症
sense_list:
(neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Noun__1
written_rep: prostitute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 妓女
sense_list:
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitution__Noun__1
written_rep: prostitution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 卖淫
sense_list:
Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay. | (by extension) Debasement for profit or impure motives.


lexentry: eng/protagonist__Noun__1
written_rep: protagonist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 主角
sense_list:
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.


lexentry: eng/protection_money__Noun__1
written_rep: protection money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 保护
sense_list:
Money paid, especially at regular intervals, to criminals or to corrupt officials who threaten to cause harm to the payer or to his or her business if the money is not paid.


lexentry: eng/protectionism__Noun__1
written_rep: protectionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 保护主义
sense_list:
(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.


lexentry: eng/protectorate__Noun__1
written_rep: protectorate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 保护国
sense_list:
Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. | The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty. | An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.


lexentry: eng/protein__Noun__1
written_rep: protein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蛋白質 | 蛋白质
sense_list:
(biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds. | (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.


lexentry: eng/proteome__Noun__1
written_rep: proteome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 蛋白质组
sense_list:
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/protest__Noun__1
written_rep: protest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 抗議
sense_list:
A formal objection, especially one by a group. | A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.


lexentry: eng/prothesis__Noun__1
written_rep: prothesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 義肢
sense_list:
(phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).


lexentry: eng/protium__Noun__1
written_rep: protium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 氕
sense_list:
(isotope) The lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.


lexentry: eng/proto-__Prefix__1
written_rep: proto-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: 曾
sense_list:
(ordinal number) First in order; which stage is first. | (inorganic chemistry) A minimal proportion of a particular substance when in a combination. See protosalt.


lexentry: eng/protocol__Noun__1
written_rep: protocol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 协议
sense_list:
(international law, now, _, rare) An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty. [from 17th c.] | The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state. [from 19th c.] | (computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/proton__Noun__1
written_rep: proton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 質子 | 质子
sense_list:
(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.


lexentry: eng/protoplasm__Noun__1
written_rep: protoplasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原形质
sense_list:
(cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.


lexentry: eng/prototype__Noun__1
written_rep: prototype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 原型
sense_list:
An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/proud__Adjective__1
written_rep: proud
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 傲然
sense_list:
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. | Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth. | (chiefly, biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious. | Standing out or raised; swollen. | (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.


lexentry: eng/proverb__Noun__1
written_rep: proverb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 箴言
sense_list:
(obsolete) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable. | (obsolete) A drama exemplifying a proverb.


lexentry: eng/proverbial__Adjective__1
written_rep: proverbial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 谚语的
sense_list:
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. | Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor. | Widely known; famous; stereotypical.


lexentry: eng/prowess__Noun__1
written_rep: prowess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 地址
sense_list:
(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.


lexentry: eng/proxy_server__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy server
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 代理
sense_list:
(computing) A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/proxy_war__Noun__1
written_rep: proxy war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 代理战争
sense_list:
A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.


lexentry: eng/prune__Verb__1
written_rep: prune
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 梅乾
sense_list:
(intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.


lexentry: eng/psalm__Noun__1
written_rep: psalm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 诗篇
sense_list:
(religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. | One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.


lexentry: eng/pseudoephedrine__Noun__1
written_rep: pseudoephedrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 伪麻黄碱
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C10H15NO.


lexentry: eng/psilocybin__Noun__1
written_rep: psilocybin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 裸盖菇素
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C12H15N2O·H2PO3, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.


lexentry: eng/psittacosis__Noun__1
written_rep: psittacosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 鸚鵡熱
sense_list:
(disease) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.


lexentry: eng/psoriasis__Noun__1
written_rep: psoriasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 牛皮癣
sense_list:
(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.


lexentry: eng/psychoanalysis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychoanalysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 精神分析学
sense_list:
A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychokinesis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychokinesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 念力
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.


lexentry: eng/psychological__Adjective__1
written_rep: psychological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 心理上的
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to psychology. | Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychology__Noun__1
written_rep: psychology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 心理学
sense_list:
(uncountable) The study of the human mind. | (uncountable) The study of human or animal behavior. | (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychophysics__Noun__1
written_rep: psychophysics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 心理物理学
sense_list:
(psychology) The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychosis__Noun__1
written_rep: psychosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 思覺失調
sense_list:
(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.


lexentry: eng/ptarmigan__Noun__1
written_rep: ptarmigan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 岩雷鸟
sense_list:
Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/pterosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: pterosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 翼龍
sense_list:
Any of several flying reptiles, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]


lexentry: eng/pub__Noun__1
written_rep: pub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 酒店
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.


lexentry: eng/pubic_hair__Noun__1
written_rep: pubic hair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 阴毛
sense_list:
(collectively) The hair that grows in the pubic region from puberty. | (in the singular) A single hair growing in the pubic region.


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公开
sense_list:
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view. [from 14th c.] | Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 公共
sense_list:
Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. [from 15th c.] | Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Noun__1
written_rep: public
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公共
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.


lexentry: eng/public_domain__Noun__1
written_rep: public domain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公共领域
sense_list:
(specifically, law) The realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents, and thus over which no person can establish a proprietary interest.


lexentry: eng/public_holiday__Noun__1
written_rep: public holiday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 假日
sense_list:
A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.


lexentry: eng/public_office__Noun__1
written_rep: public office
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 办
sense_list:
(government) A position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.


lexentry: eng/public_relations__Noun__1
written_rep: public relations
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公共关系
sense_list:
The professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.


lexentry: eng/public_transport__Noun__1
written_rep: public transport
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 公共交通
sense_list:
(UK, AU, NZ) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.


lexentry: eng/publication__Noun__1
written_rep: publication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 出版
sense_list:
The act of publishing printed or other matter. | An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution. | The communication of information to the general public etc.


lexentry: eng/publicist__Noun__1
written_rep: publicist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 宣传员
sense_list:
A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker


lexentry: eng/publish__Verb__1
written_rep: publish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 出版
sense_list:
(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale. | (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).


lexentry: eng/pudding__Noun__1
written_rep: pudding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 布丁
sense_list:
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter. | A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming. | A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.


lexentry: eng/puff__Noun__1
written_rep: puff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 呼吸
sense_list:
(countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. | (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.


lexentry: eng/pull__Verb__1
written_rep: pull
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 引
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/pull_in__Verb__1
written_rep: pull in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 引
sense_list:
(literally, transitive) To pull something, so that it comes inside. | (idiomatic, transitive) To arrest someone; to take someone to a police station because they may have done something.


lexentry: eng/pull_over__Verb__1
written_rep: pull over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: 停住
sense_list:
(transitive) To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.


lexentry: eng/pulley__Noun__1
written_rep: pulley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 滑車
sense_list:
(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).


lexentry: eng/pullover__Noun__1
written_rep: pullover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: 毛衣
sense_list:
A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front.


