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<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the path in which anyone or anything moves.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a direction taken or planned<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the channel of a river, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the normal progress of something.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 13c: from French <i>cours</i>, from Latin <i>currere</i> to run.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a member of the nobility, such as, in Britain, a DUKE, MARQUESS, EARL, VISCOUNT or BARON. Compare ARISTOCRAT, NOBLE.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a member of THE House of Lords, known as either a LIFE PEER or <b>life peeress</b>, a <b>spiritual peer</b>, ie a bishop or archbishop, or a <b>temporal peer</b>, ie all other members of the House of Lords. See also PEER OF THE REALM.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>someone who is one’s equal in age, rank, etc; a contemporary, companion or fellow;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from French <i>per</i>, from Latin <i>par</i> equal.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>pelted</b>, <b>pelting</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to bombard with missiles<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>intrans </i>to rush along at top speed<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>an act or spell of pelting<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a structure that spans a river, road, railway, valley, ravine or other obstacle, providing a continuous route across it for pedestrians, motor vehicles or trains. See also CANTILEVER BRIDGE, SUSPENSION BRIDGE.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>anything that joins or connects two separate things or parts of something, or that connects across a gap.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>on a ship: the narrow raised platform from which the captain and officers direct its course.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the hard bony upper part of the nose.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon <i>brycg</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>bureaux </b>or <b>bureaus </b>《/-rouz/》)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>Brit </i>a desk for writing at, with drawers and usually a front flap which opens downwards to provide the writing surface.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>N Amer</i>, <i>especially US </i>a chest of drawers.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an office or department for business, especially for collecting and supplying information.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>N Amer </i>a government or newspaper department.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c: French, from <i>burel</i> a type of dark red cloth which was used for covering desks.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a piece of furniture with shelves and doors, for storing or displaying items.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the casing round a television set, music centre, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>often </i><b>the Cabinet</b>) <i>Brit </i>an executive, policy-making body made up of senior ministers in charge of the various departments of government, who meet regularly for discussion with the prime minister.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: diminutive of CABIN.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an agreement, especially a legally binding one.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a document setting out the terms of such an agreement.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>slang </i>in criminal circles: an agreement to kill someone in return for a usually considerable sum of money.<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>contracted</b>, <b>contracting</b>)<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>contractus</i> agreement, from <i>contrahere</i> to draw together.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the act of founding or establishing an institution, etc;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the institution, etc founded or the fund providing for it<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>usually </i><b>foundations</b>) the underground structure on which a building is supported and built.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the basis on which a theory, etc rests or depends.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun (<b>geniuses </b>or in sense 5 <b>genii </b>《/d<img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/font/eedic/57465.jpg" align="absmiddle"><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/font/eedic/57409.jpg" align="absmiddle"><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/font/eedic/57472.jpg" align="absmiddle">niai/》)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>someone who has outstanding creative or intellectual ability.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>such ability.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a person who exerts a powerful influence on another (whether good or bad).<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>Roman mythol </i>a guardian spirit.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: Latin, meaning ‘guardian spirit’ or ‘deity’.