a flat panel with a slightly raised rim, used to carry things, especially food.. → do someonea good turn → out of turn turn a blind eye to someone or something to ignore something and pr
Trang 1travel ["trAv @l] 1 iv to visit
[places other than where one
lives]; to journey 2 iv to move
through space; to move across a
distance 3 tv to move on a path
or route as one makes a journey
4 tv to move over a specific
dis-tance as one makes a journey 5 n.
going to and visiting places other
than where one lives (No plural
See also someone’stravels.) 6 the
adj use of T.
traveler ["trAv l#] n someone who
travels; someone who goes on trips
or journeys
atravesty of justice a miscarriage
of justice; an act of the legal
sys-tem that is an insult to the syssys-tem
of justice
tray ["tre] n a flat panel with a
slightly raised rim, used to carry
things, especially food
tread on someone’s toes Go to
step on someone’stoes.
treasure ["trE Z#] 1 n valuable
objects, especially ones that are
stored; someone or something that
is highly valued 2 tv to value
someone or something highly
treasurer ["trE Z# #] n someone
who is in charge of the money of
an organization or unit of
govern-ment
treasury ["trE Z@ ri] 1 n the money
that is owned by an organization
or unit of government 2 n the
department of a government in
charge of spending and saving
public money
treat ["trit] 1 n a bit of tasty food,
such as candy or ice cream 2 n.
something that is pleasing 3 tv to
handle or consider someone or
something in a certain way 4 tv.
to try to cure something
→ Dutch treat
→ someone’streat
treatment ["trit m@nt] 1 n the
way someone or something is dealt
with (No plural.) 2 n the
method by which someone tries to
cure someone 3 n the way in
which a story or script is pre-sented
→ get the red-carpet treatment
→ give someonethe red-carpet treatment
→ theroyal treatment
treaty ["trit i] n a formal
agree-ment between two or more nations
tree ["tri] 1 n a tall plant whose
stem and branches are made of wood, and that often has leaves growing from the branches 2 n a diagram that represents the rela-tionship between different levels
or positions of power by express-ing them as branches at different levels
→ bark up the wrong tree
→ not able to see the forest for the trees
→ palm tree
tree house ["tri haUs] n., irreg a
platform or structure built in a tree for children to play in (Plural: [ haU z@z].)
treetop ["tri tap] n the top of a
tree
trek ["trEk] 1 n a long journey, often done walking 2 iv to travel
on a long journey, often on foot
tremendous [trI "mEn d@s] 1 adj.
huge; enormous; very large;
immense (Adv: tremendously.)
travel
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superb (Adv: tremendously.)
trial ["traIl] 1 n the examination
of evidence in a court of law by a
judge or jury to settle a legal
ques-tion, such as guilt or innocence
2 n an experiment; a test to see if
something works; a test to see if
something provides a benefit 3 n.
a difficult ordeal; a problem; a
dis-ease and the problems it causes
4 adj concerning the first test or
an early attempt to get results
5 the adj use of Q, W, or E.
→ on trial
triangle ["traI AN g@l] 1 n a figure
that has three sides and three
angles 2 n a flat, three-sided
object with three sides, used for
drawing lines and angles 3 n a
metallic musical instrument in the
shape of Q, that is struck with a
small rod to make a ringing noise
tribe ["traIb] n a group of people
having the same customs, religion,
language, and culture; a local
divi-sion of a larger ethnic group
tribute ["trIb jut] n a show of
respect or honor
trick ["trIk] 1 n something that is
done to deceive someone 2 adj.
made to be used in Q; intended to
deceive
→ bag of tricks
→ know (all) the tricks of the
trade
→ play a trick on someone
→ use every trick in the book
trick someone into something to
deceive someone into doing
some-thing
trick someone out of something
and trick something out of
someone to get something from someone by deception
trick something out of someone
Go to trick someoneout of something.
tricky ["trIk i] 1 adj difficult to do;
puzzling; hard to deal with (Adv:
trickily Comp: trickier; sup: tricki-est.) 2 adj full of tricks; clever
and good at deceiving people
(Adv: trickily Comp: trickier; sup: trickiest.)
tricycle ["traI sIk @l] n a small
vehicle with three wheels, two in back and one in front, made for young children to ride on
trigger ["trIg #] 1 n the small
lever on a gun, used to fire the
gun 2 n something that causes
something else to happen
(Figu-rative on Q.) 3 tv to cause
some-thing to happen; to cause something that starts a sequence
of events
→ quick on the trigger
trigger something off to set
some-thing off, such as an explosion
trillion ["trIl j@n] 1 n the number
1,000,000,000,000 (Additional
numbers formed as with two tril-lion, three triltril-lion, four triltril-lion,
etc.) 2 n a group or collection
of 1,000,000,000,000 people or
things 3 adj consisting of
1,000,000,000,000 things
trillionth ["trIl j@nT]
1,000,000,000,000th Go to fourth
trilogy ["trIl @ dZi] n a set of three
books, plays, movies, etc., that share a common theme or charac-ters and events
trilogy
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thing neat by cutting; to cut
some-thing neatly 2 tv to reduce
something; to decrease something
3 tv to decorate something.
4 adj [of someone] thin and of
the proper weight (Adv: trimly.
Comp: trimmer; sup: trimmest.)
5 n the wood around a door or
window or along the floor
trim something away (from
some-thing) to cut something away
(from something)
trim something off ((of ) someone
or something) to cut something off
someone or something
trio ["tri o] 1 n a group of three,
especially a group of three
per-formers (Plural ends in -s.) 2 n a
piece of music written for three
instruments or three voices
(Plural ends in -s.)
trip ["trIp] 1 n a journey between
two places; a journey from one
place to another 2 iv to stumble;
to fall over something; to hit one’s
foot against someone or
some-thing, causing a loss of balance
3 tv to cause someone to fall; to
cause someone to stumble and lose
balance 4 tv to release a lever or
a switch, thus causing something
to function
trip someone up 1 to cause
some-one to trip; to tangle somesome-one’s
feet 2 to cause someone to
become confused and awkward,
especially when talking or
reason-ing
tripod ["traI pad] n a support or
stand that has three legs, especially
one that supports a camera
trite ["traIt] adj [of an expression]
shallow and simple-minded (Adv:
tritely Comp: triter; sup: tritest.)
triumph ["traI @mf] 1 n
celebra-tion; the glory of victory; a vic-tory (Plural only for types and instances.) 2 iv to win; to be very successful
trivial ["trIv i @l] adj not
impor-tant; not significant (Adv: triv-ially.)
trolley ["tra li] n a vehicle that is
operated by electricity and runs along a track in the street
trombone [tram "bon] n a brass
musical instrument, played by blowing air into one end with tensed lips, while moving a long sliding part into different posi-tions
troop ["trup] 1 n a group of
peo-ple or animals, especially a group
of soldiers 2 iv to walk or move
as a group
trooper ["trup #] n an officer in
the state police, usually the high-way patrol (Short for state trooper.)
→ state trooper
troops n soldiers (Treated as
plu-ral, but not countable.)
trophy ["tro fi] 1 n something that
is taken from a battle or a hunt as
a symbol of one’s success 2 n a
small statue or prize that is given
to the winner of an event or con-test
tropic ["trap Ik] 1 n one of two
imaginary circles around the earth, 23.45 degrees north and south of the equator 2 adj tropi-cal;hot and humid
trim
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about the tropics; of or about the
weather conditions of the tropics;
found in the tropics (Adv:
tropi-cally [ Ik li].)
the tropics n the area between the
two tropics Q; the areas of the
earth near the equator (Treated as
singular or plural.)
trot ["trat] 1 n the movement of a
horse between a walk and a gallop;
the movement of a human
between a walk and a run 2 iv to
move faster than walking, but not
as fast as running
trot someone or something out to
bring out and display someone or
something (Figurative.)
trot something out to mention
something regularly or habitually,
without giving it much thought
trouble ["tr^b @l] 1 n worry;
diffi-culty; anxiety 2 n annoyance;
bother 3 n a sickness; a health
problem 4 n someone or
some-thing that causes worry, difficulty,
anxiety, irritation, bother, or
problems 5 tv to worry someone;
to cause someone difficulty or
anxiety 6 tv to bother or delay
someone with an inquiry 7 tv to
cause someone to feel pain
→ ask for trouble
→ drown one’stroubles
→ fish in troubled waters
→ in trouble
→ not worth the trouble
→ pour oil on troubled water
→ teething troubles
troublesome ["tr^b @l s@m] adj.
causing trouble; causing problems
(Adv: troublesomely.)
trousers ["traU z#z] n pants; a
piece of clothing worn below the waist, having a separate tube, hole,
or compartment for each leg and extending to the ankles (Treated
as plural Number is expressed
with pair(s) of trousers Rarely
sin-gular.)
trout ["traUt] 1 n., irreg a
freshwa-ter fish commonly eaten as food
(Plural: trout.) 2 n the flesh of
Q, eaten as food (No plural.)
trowel ["traU @l] 1 n a tool used to
apply and smooth mortar or
plas-ter 2 n a tool used in gardening
for digging small holes and plant-ing individual plants
truant ["tru @nt] 1 adj absent from
school without permission (Adv:
truantly.) 2 n someone who is
absent from school without per-mission
truce ["trus] n an agreement to
stop fighting
truck ["tr^k] 1 n a large motor
vehicle designed to carry objects
or cargo rather than people 2 the
adj use of Q 3 tv to transport
something by Q
true ["tru] 1 adj being a fact;
actual; real; not false (Adv: truly.
Comp: truer; sup: truest.) 2 adj.
sincere; genuine; not fake; not
artificial (Adv: truly Comp: truer; sup: truest.) 3 adj properly fitted;
at the proper angle (Adv: truly Comp: truer; sup: truest.)
→ come true
→ adream come true
→ hold true
→ ring true
→ show one’s(true) colors
→ too good to be true
true
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promise
truly ["tru li] adv really; honestly;
genuinely
trumpet ["tr^mp It] 1 n a brass
musical instrument on which
dif-ferent notes are produced by
blow-ing air into one end while pressblow-ing
different combinations of three
valves 2 iv [for an elephant] to
make a characteristic elephant
noise
trunk ["tr^Nk] 1 n the main stem
of a tree 2 n the body of a
human without its head, arms, or
legs 3 n a large, sturdy box for
transporting or storing clothes or
other objects 4 n the long,
tube-shaped nose of an elephant
trunks n a swimming suit for men.
(Treated as plural Number is
expressed with pair(s) of trunks.)
trust ["tr^st] 1 n a strong belief in
the honesty of someone or
some-thing (No plural.) 2 tv to believe
in the honesty of someone or
something 3 tv to hope
some-thing (The object is a clause with
that U.)
truth ["truT] 1 n the quality of
being true or a fact (No plural.)
2 n a fact; a true state.
→ thegospel truth
→ agrain of truth
→ moment of truth
truthful ["truT fUl] 1 adj [of a
statement] able to be proven as
true (Adv: truthfully.) 2 adj
reg-ularly telling the truth; honest
(Adv: truthfully.)
try ["traI] 1 iv to make an attempt.
2 tv to use something to see if
one likes it; to test something to
see if it works well 3 tv [for a
judge or jury] to hear a [legal] case
in a court of law (E.g., try a case.)
4 tv [for a judge or jury] to
sub-ject an accused person to a trial in
a court of law (E.g., try someone for a crime.) 5 n an attempt; an
effort to do something
try one’s wings (out) to try to do
something one has recently become qualified to do
try out (for something) to audition
for a part in some performance or other activity requiring skill
try someone’s patience to do
something annoying that may cause someone to lose patience; to cause someone to be annoyed
try something out on someone to
see how someone responds to something or some idea
try to do something to attempt to
do something
tsar Go to czar.
T-shirt ["ti S#t] n a light, cotton
shirt with short sleeves and no col-lar
tub ["t^b] 1 n a large, round or
oval container with a flat bottom
2 n a bathtub.
tuba ["tub @] n a large brass
instru-ment that makes very low notes (Tubas are also sometimes made of lighter-weight material.)
tube ["tub] 1 n a hollow pipe used
for holding or conveying
some-thing 2 n a soft container that
holds paste, such as toothpaste, icing, or medicine
→ down the tube true to one’s word
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shut to make an item of clothing
shorter or fit tighter
→ nip and tuck
tuck something in((to) something)
to fold or stuff something into
something else
Tuesday ["tjuz de] Go to day.
tug ["t^g] n a hard pull; a yank.
tug at someone or something and
tug on someone or something to
pull at someone or something with
force
tug on someone or something Go to
tug at someone or something.
tulip ["tu l@p] n a flower with a
bright, colorful, cup-shaped
bloom
tumble ["t^m b@l] 1 n a fall 2 iv.
to fall over; to fall accidentally; to
fall helplessly
tumble out of something to fall,
topple, or drop out of something
tumble over (something) to fall
over the edge of something
tummy ["t^m i] n the stomach or
belly (Informal; used especially
with children.)
tumor ["tu m#] n a group or
clus-ter of diseased cells in a body that
grow independently of the
sur-rounding tissue or structure
tuna (fish) ["tu n@ "fISh] 1 n.,
irreg a large ocean fish,
com-monly used for food (Plural: tuna
or tunas.) 2 n., irreg the flesh of a
Q, eaten as food (No plural.)
3 the adj use of Q or W.
(Hyphenated.)
tune ["tun] 1 n a melody; a piece
of music or a song 2 tv to adjust
a musical instrument so that its tones are at the proper intervals from each other 3 tv to adjust something so that it works prop-erly
→ can’t carry a tune
→ dance to another tune
→ in tune
→ out of tune
→ out of tune (with someone or something)
tunnel ["t^n @l] 1 n a passage that
is underground, underwater, or
through a mountain 2 iv to make
a passage that goes underground, underwater, or through a moun-tain
→ see the light (at the end of the tunnel)
turbine ["t# bIn] n a large engine
or motor that is powered by pres-sure from wind, water, or some other liquid or gas
turd ["t#d] n a lump of fecal
mate-rial (Potentially offensive Use only with care Colloquial.)
turf ["t#f] 1 n the surface of soil
with plants or grass growing on it
(No plural.) 2 n the area that is
controlled by a person or group of people (Usually singular.)
turkey ["t# ki] 1 n a large fowl
that is often raised for its meat
2 n the meat of Q used as food (No plural.) 3 adj made with W turn ["t#n] 1 tv to move
some-thing around in a circle or an arc;
to cause something to move in a circle or an arc 2 tv to aim a moving object or vehicle in a
dif-ferent direction 3 tv to change
the position of something, such as
an electrical switch, lever, or han-dle 4 tv to reach a certain age
turn
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Trang 75 iv to go in a different direction;
to change direction 6 iv to
change position by moving in a
circle or an arc; to change position
to face a different direction 7 iv
to change, especially in form,
state, color, or quality; to become
some form, state, color, or quality
8 n the movement of something
that is going in a circle 9 n a
change in direction 10 n a
change in a situation; a change in
circumstances 11 n a chance to
do something, especially when
two or more people alternate an
action
→ do someonea good turn
→ out of turn
turn a blind eye to someone or
something to ignore something
and pretend one does not see it
turn a deaf ear (to something) to
ignore what someone says; to
ignore a cry for help
turn about Go to turn around.
turn against someone or
some-thing to attack, defy, or revolt
against someone or something
turn around and turn about to
reverse; to face the opposite
direc-tion; to change direction of
motion
turn back (from someplace) to
stop one’s journey and return
turn in((to) someplace) to walk or
steer one’s vehicle into a place
turn into something to change to a
particular condition or state; to
become something
turn off [for something] to go off;
to switch off
turn on [for something] to switch
on and start running
turn on a dime to turn in a very
tight turn
turn one’s nose up at someone or
something to sneer at someone or something; to reject someone or something
turn out (for something) [for
peo-ple, especially an audience, to leave home] to attend some event
turn over a new leaf to start
again with the intention of doing better; to begin again, ignoring past errors
turn over in one’s grave [for a
dead person] to be shocked or horrified (Figurative.)
turn someone down to issue a
refusal to someone
turn someone or something back to
cause someone or something to stop and go back; to cause some-one or something to retreat
turn someone or something over to
someone or something to release
or assign someone or something to someone or something else; to transfer or deliver someone or something to someone or some-thing else
turn someone or something up
1 to increase the volume of a
device emitting the sound of
someone or something 2 to
dis-cover or locate someone or some-thing
turn someone out 1 to train or
produce someone with certain
skills or talents 2 to force
some-one to leave a place
turn a blind eye to someone or something
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someone conceited
turn someone’s stomach to make
someone (figuratively or literally)
ill
turn something down 1 to bend or
fold something down 2 to
decrease the volume of something
3 to reject something.
turn something on to switch on
something to make it run
turn something out 1 to
manufac-ture or produce something in
great numbers 2 to turn off a
light
turn something to good account
to use something in such a way
that it is to one’s advantage; to
make good use of a situation,
experience, etc
turn something to one’s
advan-tage to make an advanadvan-tage for
oneself out of something that
might otherwise be a
disadvan-tage
turn something up 1 to bend or
fold something up 2 to turn
play-ing cards face up
turn the other cheek to ignore
abuse or an insult directed at one
(Biblical.)
turn the tide to cause a reversal in
the direction of events; to cause a
reversal in public opinion
turn to to start working; to start
doing one’s job
turn up 1 [for part of something]
to point upward 2 to happen.
turn up (somewhere) [for someone
or something] to appear in a place
turtle ["t#t @l] n a reptile with a
round body that is protected by a thick, hard, rounded shell
tusk ["t^sk] n a very long, pointed
tooth that projects from the face
of some kinds of animals
tutor ["tut #] 1 n someone who is
employed as a private teacher; a teacher who gives private lessons
2 tv to teach someone privately.
3 iv to work as Q.
tuxedo [t@k "si do] n a man’s outfit
for very formal occasions, includ-ing a black jacket, a white shirt, a black bow tie, and pants (Plural
ends in -s.)
tv an abbreviation oftransitive verb
TV ["ti "vi] an abbreviation of televi-sion, television set.
tweed ["twid] 1 n a rough wool fabric 2 adj made of Q.
twelfth ["twElfT] 12th Go to
fourth
twelve ["twElv] 12 Go to four
twentieth ["twEn ti @T] 20th Go to
fourth
twenty ["twEn ti] 20 Go to forty
twice ["twaIs] 1 adv two times; on two occasions 2 adv two times as
much; double
twiddle one’s thumbs to fill up
time by playing with one’s fingers
twig ["twIg] n a small branch twilight ["twaI laIt] 1 n the time
of day after the sun sets and before the sky is completely dark (No plural.) 2 n the dim light at Q
twin ["twIn] 1 n one of two
chil-dren born at the same time from the same mother; one of two
off-twin
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the same mother 2 n one of two
things that are part of a matched
set 3 adj [of two offspring] born
at the same time from the same
mother 4 adj forming a pair of
two things that are similar or
matching
twine ["twaIn] n strong string
made of two or more strands that
are twisted together (Plural only
for types and instances.)
twinkle ["twIN k@l] 1 iv to
alter-nate between shining brightly and
not so brightly; to flicker; to
sparkle 2 n a light that alternates
between shining brightly and
dimly; a flicker
→ in the twinkling of an eye
twirl ["tw#l] 1 tv to spin
some-thing; to move something in
cir-cles 2 iv to spin; to turn in
circles 3 n a spin; a circular
movement
twist ["twIst] 1 tv to turn
some-thing; to rotate something in an
arc 2 tv to injure a body part by
turning it sharply 3 tv to bend
and turn part of something to
change its shape 4 iv to curve; to
bend; to change shape or
direc-tion; to turn one part of a length
of something while keeping the
other part in place 5 n a curve; a
state resulting when one part of a
length has been turned while the
other part stays in one place 6 n
the movement of twisting as in Q
twist someone around one’s little
finger to manipulate and control
someone
twist someone’s arm to force or
persuade someone
twist someone’s words (around)
to restate someone’s words inaccu-rately when quoting them or try-ing to understand them
two ["tu] 2 Go to four
→ fall between two stools
→ get two strikes against one
→ in two shakes of a lamb’s tail
→ kill two birds with one stone
→ thelesser (of the two)
→ thelesser of two evils
→ put in one’stwo cents(’ worth)
→ put two and two together
→ stand on one’sown two feet
→ strike a balance (between two things)
→ Two’s company(, three’s a crowd).
two of a kind people or things that
are the same type or similar in character, attitude, etc
Two’s company(, three’s a crowd) a saying meaning that
two people want to be alone and a third person would be in the way
type ["taIp] 1 n a kind, sort, or
category; a group of related people
or things 2 n a block of wood or
metal, with the raised shape of a letter or number on it, used in printing (No plural.) 3 n a style
or kind of print, especially the shape or darkness that printed let-ters have (No plural.) 4 tv to write something using a keyboard
5 iv to use a keyboard.
→ set type
type something up to type a new
version of a handwritten docu-ment
typewriter ["taIp raI t#] n a
machine for printing letters onto paper
typical ["tIp I k@l] adj average;
usual; ordinary; regular; having twine
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something (Adv: typically [ Ik
li].)
typo ["taIp o] n an error made in
printing or typing (Plural ends in
-s Short for typographical error.)
tyranny ["tIr @ ni] n the cruel and
unfair use of government power (No plural.)
tyrant ["taI r@nt] n a ruler who is
cruel and unfair
tyrant
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