banner banner banner
Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary
Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary
Оценить:
Рейтинг: 0

Полная версия:

Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

скачать книгу бесплатно


VERB If a boat capsizes, it turns upside down.

capsule capsules

NOUN 1 a small container with medicine inside, which you swallow

2 the part of a spacecraft in which astronauts travel

[from Latin capsula meaning little box]

captain captains

NOUN 1 the officer in charge of a ship or aeroplane

2 the leader of a sports team

caption captions

NOUN a title printed underneath a picture or a photograph

captive captives

NOUN someone who is locked up and kept prisoner

capture captures, capturing, captured

VERB If someone captures someone or something, they take them prisoner.

car cars

NOUN 1 a four-wheeled road vehicle with an engine and room to carry a few passengers

2 a railway carriage used for a particular purpose • the buffet car

caravan caravans

NOUN 1 a vehicle pulled by a car in which people live or spend their holidays

2 a group of people and animals travelling together, usually across a desert

carbohydrate carbohydrates

NOUN a substance that gives you energy. It is found in foods like sugar and bread.

carbon

NOUN a chemical found in coal, diamonds and graphite. All living things contain carbon.

carbon dioxide

NOUN the gas that human beings and other animals breathe out

carbon footprint carbon footprints

NOUN the amount of carbon monoxide produced by a person, company or country

card cards

NOUN 1 a piece of stiff paper or plastic with a message or information on it • birthday card • credit card

2 When you play cards, you play a game using special playing cards.

3 strong, stiff paper

cardboard

NOUN thick, stiff paper, which is stronger than card

cardigan cardigans

NOUN a knitted jacket that fastens up the front

care cares, caring, cared

VERB 1 If you care about something or someone, you are concerned about them and interested in them.

2 If you care for a person or an animal, you look after them.

NOUN 3 worry or trouble • She didn’t have a care in the world.

4 If you do something with care, you concentrate very hard on it so that you don’t make mistakes. • He wrote the telephone number down with great care.

PHRASE 5 If you take care of a person or an animal, you look after them. • Shakira said she would take care of the hamsters while we were on holiday.

career careers

NOUN Your career is the series of jobs you have in life, often in the same occupation. • a teaching career

careful

ADJECTIVE acting sensibly and with care

ANTONYM: careless

carefully ADVERB

careless

ADJECTIVE not paying attention to what you are doing

SYNONYMS: slapdash, sloppy

carelessly ADVERB carelessness NOUN

caretaker caretakers

NOUN a person who looks after a large building such as a school

cargo cargoes

NOUN goods carried on a ship or plane

Caribbean

Said “carib-ee-un” NOUN 1 short for the Caribbean Sea, which lies between the West Indies and South America

ADJECTIVE 2 to do with the Caribbean Sea or the islands in it • I love Caribbean food.

carnation carnations

NOUN a plant with thin leaves and scented white, pink or red flowers

carnival carnivals

NOUN a public festival with music, processions and dancing

carnivore carnivores

NOUN an animal that eats meat

carnivorous ADJECTIVE

carol carols

NOUN a religious song sung at Christmas time

carpenter carpenters

NOUN a person who makes and repairs wooden things

carpentry NOUN

carpet carpets

NOUN a thick floor covering usually made of material like wool

carriage carriages

NOUN 1 one of the separate sections of a passenger train

2 an old-fashioned vehicle for carrying passengers, usually pulled by horses

Carroll diagram Carroll diagrams

NOUN a way of sorting and displaying information in the form of a grid

carrot carrots

NOUN a long, thin, orange-coloured root vegetable

carry carries, carrying, carried

VERB 1 If you carry something, you hold it and take it somewhere.

2 When a vehicle carries people, they travel in it.

3 If people or animals carry a germ or a disease, they can pass it on to others.

4 If a sound carries it can be heard a long way off. • Their voices carried across the valley.

cart carts

NOUN a vehicle with wheels, used for carrying things and usually pulled by horses or cattle

carton cartons

NOUN a cardboard or plastic container

cartoon cartoons

NOUN 1 a humorous drawing in a newspaper, comic or magazine

2 a film in which all the characters and scenes are drawn

cartridge cartridges

NOUN 1 a tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance, used in guns

2 a small plastic container filled with ink that you put in a pen or a printer

cartwheel cartwheels

NOUN an acrobatic movement in which you lift both arms in the air then throw yourself sideways on to one hand, swinging your body around in a circle with your legs straight until you land on your feet again

carve carves, carving, carved

VERB If you carve something, you shape it or slice it with a knife.

cascade cascades, cascading, cascaded