新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bay

英  [beɪ]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1红棕色的

    A bay horse is reddish-brown in colour.

    双语例句

    例:

    a 10-year-old bay mare.

    一匹10岁的红棕色母马。

    NOUN. 名词
  • bays

    1[C 可数名词] 海湾

    A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.

    双语例句

    例:

    a short ferry ride across the bay.

    乘渡船横渡海湾的短途旅程。

    例:

    the Bay of Bengal.

    孟加拉湾。

    2[C 可数名词] (建筑物内或外辟作特定用途的)隔区

    A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose.

    双语例句

    例:

    The animals are herded into a bay, then butchered.

    动物被赶到隔栏内,然后被屠宰。

    3[C 可数名词] (建筑物的)凸出部分 , 飘窗

    A bay is an area of a room that extends beyond the main walls of a house, especially an area with a large window at the front of a house.

    PHRASE. 习语
  • keep at bay , hold at bay

    1使···无法近身

    If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.

    吃橘子可防感冒。

    VERB. 动词
  • bays , baying , bayed

    1[I 不及物动词] 愤怒地要求

    If a number of people are baying for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished.

    近义词

    clamour

    双语例句

    例:

    The referee ignored voices baying for a penalty.

    裁判对要求判罚的强烈呼声置之不理。

    例:

    Opposition politicians have been baying for his blood.

    反对派的政客们一直呼吁对其惩罚。

    2[I 不及物动词] (犬或狼等)嚎叫

    If a dog or wolf bays, it makes loud, long cries.

    双语例句

    例:

    A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.

    一只狗忽然对着月亮狂吠不止。