单词 | bay |
释义 | bay (beɪ ) Word forms: bays , baying , bayed 1. countable noun [oft in names] B1+ A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards. ...a short ferry ride across the bay. ...the Bay of Bengal. ...the San Francisco Bay area. Synonyms: inlet, sound, gulf, entrance 2. countable noun A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose. The animals are herded into a bay, then led into the barn. The car reversed into the loading bay. 3. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] On an aircraft or ship, a bay is a section that is used for carrying cargo or equipment. ...in the cargo bays of aircraft. 4. countable noun A bay is an area of a room which extends beyond the main walls of a house, especially an area with a large window at the front of a house. 5. adjective A bay horse is reddish-brown in colour. 6. verb [usually cont] If a number of people are baying for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished. The referee ignored voices baying for a penalty. [VERB + for] Opposition politicians have been baying for his blood. [VERB for noun] ...the baying crowd. [VERB-ing] 7. verb If a dog or wolf bays, it makes loud, long cries. A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon. [VERB + at] Synonyms: howl, cry, roara hound, bark 8. See also sick bay 9. keep something/someone at bay phrase If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you. Eating oranges keeps colds at bay. Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay. Idioms: bay for blood [British] to demand that a particular person should be hurt or punished, because of something that person has done The travel company had just buried itself with debts of more than £12m and thousands of disappointed holidaymakers were baying for blood. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep something at bay or hold something at bay to stop something from attacking you or affecting you badly By salting the meat, bacteria were kept at bay, preserving the meat for future use. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bay view It has bay view rooms from 50 per night. The Sun But the pièce de résistance has to be the infinity pool with its spectacular bay views. Times, Sunday Times Houses you'd love to own crowd banks that swoop down to more bay views, complete with bobbing yachts with ting-tinging masts. Times, Sunday Times Which could be good news if 400,000 for a fourbedroom, two-bathroom, 100-year-old timber house with bay views sounds like a good deal. Times, Sunday Times Take a moment to absorb the sounds (gulls squawking, waves rippling), the scents (vinegary chips, seaweed) and the bay views. Times, Sunday Times It's windy too, with a jigsaw contour of small deep bays fronting steep hills. Times, Sunday Times There are 7 longitudinal aisles and 11 deep bays in the midst of slim columns made of stone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some 37 natural lakes were thus combined and formed a single reservoir with an area of 404 km2, dotted with innumerable islands (some with considerable proportions) and deep bays. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They can create booster seats, small benches for adults, or lower right down to create a flat load bay. The Sun Try to find one with the optional rear hard top and a load bay liner. Times, Sunday Times This was a pick-up truck load bay that offered 25% more cubic capacity than the standard pick-up style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its load bay allows the addition of mission specific equipment, thus allowing the vehicle to be adapted to different conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Advertising hoardings are mounted in the load bay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The local caravan park has the best views of all, with photogenic tent pitches that overlook the bay. Times, Sunday Times Houses overlook the bay and some line the water's edge together with boatsheds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are 15 coastal chic rooms, all but one with sea views, and a rustic cabin overlooking the bay with a double and twin rooms. Times, Sunday Times It was to a villa overlooking this bay that a baron (born 1850), a great manufacturing chemist, retired. Times, Sunday Times There are just six simple rooms; the best has a terrace overlooking the bay. Times, Sunday Times The boat had dropped anchor near a secluded bay. Times, Sunday Times (2009) There's a secluded bay in the foreground and pine forest behind. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It could be a stunning residence, with panoramic sea views and a secluded bay below. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I find myself within driving distance of a narrow creek that reaches a mile or so inland off a wide shallow bay. Times, Sunday Times It was equipped with cranes, torpedo testing pits and launch ramps, and had a large shallow bay for test running and firing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The refuge was created in 1984 out of two existing refuge parcels created to protect tidal wetland and shallow bay habitat for migratory water birds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The area was thought to be the location of a shallow bay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It refers to a storm beach forming a narrow spit of shingle or sand cutting across the landward and seaward ends of a shallow bay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A half-hour's drive away, the hotel lies on a wide, sheltered bay. Times, Sunday Times The properties all have ocean views and will share their own 142ft-dock in this sheltered bay. Times, Sunday Times A double waterfall tumbles into a sheltered bay beneath steep cliffs and jungle-like foliage. Times, Sunday Times The wide, sheltered bay means beginners can get up and out on the water quickly and easily. The Sun The sheltered bay that gives the name of the municipality contains an industrial port. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 海湾, 愤怒地要求 Japanese: 湾, 叫んで求める |
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