Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 113
Avena (n.) (Bot.) 燕麥屬 A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.
Avena (n.) Oats [syn: Avena, genus Avena].
Compare: Oat
Oat (n.) 燕麥；燕麥屬植物 [P]；燕麥田；燕麥莊稼 [P1] [G] An Old World cereal plant with a loose, branched cluster of florets, cultivated in cool climates and widely used for animal feed.
Avena sativa, family Gramineae
Oat (n.) (Oats) The grain yielded by the oat plant, used as food.
‘Oats are great health value.’
[With modifier] ‘Porridge oats.’
Oat (n.) Used in names of wild grasses related to the cultivated oat, e.g. wild oat.
Oat (n.) [Literary] An oat stem used as a musical pipe by shepherds, especially in pastoral or bucolic poetry.
Phrases:
Feel one's oats [Informal ] Feel lively and energetic.
‘She's in the pink and feeling her oats.’
Get one's oats [Informal ] Have sexual intercourse.
Sow one's wild oats Engage in a period of wild or irresponsible behaviour while young, especially involving many casual sexual relationships.
‘He sowed his wild oats before settling down’
Avenaceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
Avenage (n.) (Obsolete) (Law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. -- Jacob.
Avener (n.) (Feud. Law) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. [Obs.]
Avenged (imp. & p. p.) of Avenge.
Avenging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avenge.
Avenge (v. t.) 替……報仇；為……進行報復 [（+on）] To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
He will avenge the blood of his servants. -- Deut. xxxii. 43.
Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. -- Milton.
He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. -- Macaulay.
Avenge (v. t.) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. [Obs.]
Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies. -- Bp. Hall.
Syn: To Avenge, Revenge.
Usage: To avenge is to inflict punishment upon evil doers in behalf of ourselves, or others for whom we act; as, to avenge one's wrongs; to avenge the injuries of the suffering and innocent. It is to inflict pain for the sake of vindication, or retributive justice. To revenge is to inflict pain or injury for the indulgence of resentful and malicious feelings. The former may at times be a duty; the latter is one of the worst exhibitions of human character.
I avenge myself upon another, or I avenge another, or I avenge a wrong. I revenge only myself, and that upon another. -- C. J. Smith.
Avenge (v. i.) 報仇；報復 To take vengeance. -- Levit. Xix. 18.
Avenge (n.) Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Avenge (v.) Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" [syn: revenge, avenge, retaliate].
Avengeance (n.) Vengeance. [Obs.]
Avengeful (a.) Vengeful. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Avengement (n.) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. [R.] -- Milton.
Avenger (n.) One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.
Avenger (n.) One who takes vengeance. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Avenger (n.) Someone who takes vengeance [syn: avenger, retaliator].
Avengeress (n.) A female avenger. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Avenious (a.) (Bot.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.
Avenor (n.) See Avener. [Obs.]
Avens (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. They may bear red, yellow, or white flowers.
Avens (n.) Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
Aventail (n.) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
Aventail (n.) A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck [syn: camail, aventail, ventail].
Aventine (a.) Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. -- Bryant.
Aventine (n.) A post of security or defense. [Poetic]
Into the castle's tower, The only Aventine that now is left him. -- Beau. & Fl.
Aventre (v. t.) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Aventure (n.) Accident; chance; adventure. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Aventure (n.) (Old Law) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
Aventurine (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.
Aventurine (n.) (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
Aventurine feldspar, A variety of oligoclase with internal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
Aventurine (n.) A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals [syn: sunstone, aventurine].
Avenue (n.) [C] 大街， 林蔭大道；通道；途徑，方法 [（+to）] A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit. "The avenues leading to the city by land." -- Macaulay.
On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry. -- Milman.
Avenue (n.) The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. -- W. Black.
Avenue (n.) A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.
Avenue (n.) A line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"
Avenue (n.) A wide street or thoroughfare [syn: avenue, boulevard].
Avenue (n.) [ C ] (Road) (C1) （兩邊有樹或高樓的）大街；（鄉間寬闊的）林蔭大道 A wide road with trees or tall buildings on both sides, or a wide country path or road with trees on both sides.
// Fremont Avenue.
Avenue (n.) [ C ] (UK) （通往大住宅的）林蔭大道 A road that leads to a large house.
Avenue (n.) [ C ] (Possibility) (C2) 方法；途徑；管道 A method or way of doing something.
// We should explore/pursue every avenue in the search for an answer to this problem.
Only two avenues are open to us - either we accept his offer or we give up the fight completely.
Possibility (n.) (B1) [ C or U ] 可能（性） A chance that something may happen or be true.
// It's not likely to happen but I wouldn't rule out the possibility.
// The forecast said that there's a possibility of snow tonight.
// [ + (that) ] There's a distinct possibility (that) I'll be asked to give a speech.
// Is there any possibility (that) you could pick me up from the station?
Possibility (n.) (B2) [ C ] 可選擇的方法；可能的情況 Something that you can choose to do in a particular situation.
// We could take on extra staff - that's one possibility.
// "Have you decided what to do?" "No, I'm still considering the various possibilities."
Aver (n.) A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
Averred (imp. & p. p.) of Aver.
Averring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver.
Aver (v. t.) [+(that)] 宣告為確實；斷言；堅稱；【律】證明……屬實；作為事實提出 To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.]
Aver (v. t.) (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
Aver (v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case. -- Fielding.
Then all averred I had killed the bird. -- Coleridge.
Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See Affirm.
Aver (v.) Report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn: allege, aver, say].
Aver (v.) To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear].
Average (n.) (OLd Eng. Law) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
Average (n.) (Com.) 稅；（尤指進口貨物交納的）關稅 A tariff or duty on goods, etc. [Obs.]
Compare: Tariff
Tariff (n.) [C] 關稅；稅率；關稅表；價目表；收費表 A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
‘The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs.’
Tariff (n.) [C] A list of import or export tariffs.
Tariff (n.) [C] [British] A list of the fixed charges made by a business, especially for use of gas, electricity, or a mobile phone.
Tariff (n.) [C] [British] [ Law] A scale of sentences and damages for crimes and injuries of different severities.
Tariff (v.) [With object] 對……徵收關稅；定……的稅率；按稅率定……的價格 Fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.
‘These services are tariffed by volume.’
Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.
Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
General average, A contribution made, by all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice. -- Kent.
Particular average, Signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident; and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles damaged, or by their insurers.
Petty averages, Are sundry small charges, which occur regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by
the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average. -- Arnould. --Abbott. -- Phillips.
Average (n.) [C] 平均數；[U] 平均水平，一般標準 A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.
Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. "The average of sensations." -- Paley.
Average (n.) pl. In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
On an average, Taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities.
Average (a.) 平均的；通常的 Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.
Average (a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
Averaged (imp. & p. p.) of Average.
Averaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Average.
Average (v. t.) 從…得出平均數 To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.
Average (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
Average (v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
Average (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.
Average (a.) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)].
Average (a.) Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" [syn: average, ordinary].
Average (a.) Lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" [syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling].
Average (a.) Around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" [syn: average, intermediate, medium].
Average (a.) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30" [syn: modal(a), average].
Average (a.) Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" [syn: median(a), average].
Average (n.) A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm].
Average (n.) (Sports) The ratio of successful performances to Opportunities.
Average (n.) An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average".
Average (v.) Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" [syn: average, average out].
Average (v.) Achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C".
Average (v.) Compute the average of [syn: average, average out].
Avercorn (n.) (Old Eng. Law) A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers. -- Kennet.
Averment (n.) 斷言；主張；申辯 The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. -- I. Taylor.
Averment (n.) Verification; establishment by evidence. -- Bacon.
Averment (n.) (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
Note: In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he avers it to be true, by using this form of words: "and this he is ready to verify." This was formerly called an averment. It modern pleading, it is termed a verification. -- Blackstone. Avernal
Averment (n.) A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) [syn: assertion, averment, asseveration].
Averment, () pleading. Comes from the Latin verificare, or the French averrer, and signifies a positive statement of facts in opposition to argument or inference. Cowp. 683, 684.
Averment, () Lord Coke says averments are two-fold, namely, general and particular. A general averment is that which is at the conclusion of an offer to make good or prove whole pleas containing new affirmative matter, but this sort of averment only applies to pleas, replications, or subsequent pleadings for counts and a vowries which are in the nature of counts, need not be averred, the form of such averment being et hoc paratus. est verificare.
Averment, () Particular averments are assertions of the truth of particular facts, as the life of tenant or of tenant in tail is averred: and, in these, says Lord Coke, et hoc, &c., are not used. Co. Litt. 362 b. Again, in a particular averment the party merely protests and avows the truth of the fact or facts averred, but in general averments he makes an offer to prove and make good by evidence what he asserts.
Averment, () Averments were formerly divided into immaterial and impertinent; but these terms are now treated as synonymous. 3 D. & R. 209. A better division may be made of immaterial or impertinent averments, which are those which need not be stated, and, if stated, need not be proved; and unnecessary averments, which consist of matters which need not be alleged, but if alleged, must be proved. For example, in an action of assumpsit, upon a warranty on the sale of goods, allegation of deceit on the part of the seller is impertinent, and need not be proved. 2 East, 446; 17 John. 92. But if in an action by a lessor against his tenant, for negligently keeping his fire, a demise for seven years be alleged, and the proof be a lease at will only, it will be a fatal variance; for though an allegation of tenancy generally would have been sufficient, yet having unnecessarily qualified it, by stating the precise term, it must be proved as laid. Carth. 202.
Averment, () Averments must contain not only matter, but form. General averments are always in the same form. The most common form of making particular averments is in express and direct words, for example: And the party avers or in fact saith, or although, or because, or with this that, or being, &c. But they need not be in these words, for any words which necessarily imply the matter intended to be averred are sufficient. See, in general, 3 Vin. Abr. 357 Bac. Abr. Pleas, B 4 Com. Dig. Pleader, C 50, C 67, 68, 69, 70; 1 Saund. 235 a, n. 8 3 Saund. 352, n. 3; 1 Chit. Pl. 308; Arch. Civ. Pl. 163; Doct. Pl. 120; 1 Lilly's Reg. 209 United States Dig. Pleading II (c); 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2835-40.
Averment (n.) (Formal) 斷言；主張；申辯 An affirmation or allegation.
Averment (n.) (Law) A formal statement by a party in a case of a fact or circumstance which the party offers to prove or substantiate.
Avernal (a.) Alt. of Avernian.
Avernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the infernal regions.
Averpenny (n.) (Old Eng. Law) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
Averroism (n.) The tenets of the Averroists.
Averroist (n.) One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.
Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Averruncate (v. t.) To root up. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Averruncation (n.) The act of averting. [Obs.]
Averruncation (n.) Eradication. [R.] -- De Quincey.
Averruncator (n.) An instrument for pruning trees, having two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on a long rod and operated by a string or wire; a tree pruner.
Aversation (n.) A turning from with dislike; aversion. [Obs.or Archaic]
Some men have a natural aversation to some vices or virtues, and a natural affection to others. -- Jer. Taylor.
Averse (a.) 反對的；不願意的；嫌惡的 [F] [（+to）] [+to-v]；【植】（葉子等）與莖方向相反的 Turned away or backward. [Obs.]
The tracks averse a lying notice gave, And led the searcher backward from the cave. -- Dryden.
Averse (a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
Averse alike to flatter, or offend. -- Pope.
Men who were averse to the life of camps. -- Macaulay.
Pass by securely as men averse from war. -- Micah ii. 8.
Note: The prevailing usage now is to employ to after averse and its derivatives rather than from, as was formerly the usage. In this the word is in agreement with its kindred terms, hatred, dislike, dissimilar, contrary, repugnant, etc., expressing a relation or an affection of the mind to an object.
Syn: Averse, Reluctant, Adverse.
Usage: Averse expresses an habitual, though not of necessity a very strong, dislike; as, averse to active pursuits; averse to study. Reluctant, a term of the of the will, implies an internal struggle as to making some sacrifice of interest or feeling; as, reluctant to yield; reluctant to make the necessary arrangements; a reluctant will or consent. Adverse denotes active opposition or hostility; as, adverse interests; adverse feelings, plans, or movements; the adverse party.
Averse (v. t. & i.) To turn away. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Averse (a.) (Usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)].
Aversely (adv.) 厭惡的；反對的Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.
Aversely (adv.) With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
Averseness (n.) 反對；不願意；厭惡；【植】與莖軸方向相反；外轉 The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
Aversion (n.) 厭惡，反感 [U] [S1] [（+to）]；討厭的人（或事物）[C]；【廢】轉變方向；背離 [S] A turning away. [Obs.]
Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. -- Bp. Atterbury.
Aversion (n.) Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
Mutual aversion of races. -- Prescott.
His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. -- Macaulay.
Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See Averse.] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete.
A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. -- Addison.
His aversion towards the house of York. -- Bacon.
It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. -- Spectator.
The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. -- J. D. Hooker.
Aversion (n.) The object of dislike or repugnance.
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. -- Pope.
Syn: Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.
Compare: Repugnance
Repugnance (n.) 厭惡；反感；矛盾；抵觸 Intense disgust.
‘Our growing repugnance at the bleeding carcasses.’
Aversion (n.) A feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy, aversion, distaste].
Aversion (n.) The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry" [syn: aversion, averting].
Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Avert.
Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Avert.
Avert (v. t.) 避開，移開 [（+from）]；防止，避免；擋開 To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire." -- Milton.
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. -- Bacon.
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. -- Prior.
Avert (v. i.) To turn away. [Archaic]
Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. -- Thomson.
Avert (v.) Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off].
Avert (v.) Turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" [syn: avert, turn away].
Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.
Who scornful pass it with averted eye. -- Keble.
Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts.
Avertible (a.) 可避開的 Capable of being averted; preventable.
Avertible (a.) Capable of being avoided or warded off [syn: evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable] [ant: inevitable].
Avertiment (n.) Advertisement. [Obs.]
Aves (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.
Note: Aves, or birds, have a complete double circulation, oviparous reproduction, front limbs peculiarly modified as wings; and they bear feathers. All existing birds have a horny beak, without teeth; but some Mesozoic fossil birds (Odontornithes) had conical teeth inserted in both jaws. The principal groups are: Carinat[ae], including all existing flying birds; Ratit[ae], including the ostrich and allies, the apteryx, and the extinct moas; Odontornithes, or fossil birds with teeth.
Note: The ordinary birds are classified largely by the structure of the beak and feet, which are in direct relation to their habits. See Beak, Bird, Odontonithes.
Aves (n.) (Ornithology) the class of birds [syn: Aves, class Aves].
Compare: Ornithology
Ornithology (n.) [Mass noun] 鳥類學 The scientific study of birds.
Ornithology (n.) That branch of Zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
Ornithology (n.) A treatise or book on this science.
Ornithology (n.) The branch of zoology that studies birds.
Avesta (n.) The Zoroastrian scriptures; the sacred text of Zoroastrianism. See Zend-Avesta.
Avesta (n.) A collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries [syn: Avesta, Zend-Avesta].
Avgolemono (n.) 檸檬雞蛋湯 A family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice mixed with broth.
Avgolemono (n.) Avgolemono or egg-lemon, is a family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice mixed with broth, heated until they thicken. In Arabic, it is called tarbiya or beida bi-lemoune 'egg with lemon'; and in Turkish terbiye. In Sephardic Jewish cuisine, it is called agristada or salsa blanco, and in Italian cuisine, bagna brusca, brodettato, or brodo brusco. It is also widely used in Balkan cuisine.
Avian (a.) Of or instrument to birds. Avianise
Avian (a.) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
Aviaries (n. pl. ) of Aviary.
Aviary (n.) 鳥舍；禽舍；鳥類飼養場 A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house.
Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. -- Fuller.
Aviary (n.) A building where birds are kept [syn: aviary, bird sanctuary, volary].
Aviate (v. t. & i). Fly an airplane.
Syn: fly, pilot.
Aviate (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Aviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aviating.] To fly, or navigate the air, in an a["e]roplane or heavier-than-air flying machine. [Colloq.]
Aviate (v.) Operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly, aviate, pilot].
Aviate (v. i.) 飛行；駕駛飛機 To navigate the air (as in an airplane).
Aviation (n.) [U] 航空，飛行；航空學，飛行術；飛機製造業；（總稱）軍用飛機，飛機 The art or science of flying.
Aviation (n.) The aggregation of a country's military aircraft [syn: {aviation}, {air power}].
Aviation (n.) The operation of aircraft to provide transportation.
Aviation (n.) The art of operating aircraft [syn: {aviation}, {airmanship}].
Aviation (n.) Travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: {air travel}, {aviation}, {air}].
Aviator (n.) 飛行員，飛機駕駛員 [C]；機組人員 An experimenter in aviation.
Aviator (n.) A flying machine. [archaic]
Aviator (n.) The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane. Aviatress
Aviator (n.) Someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer].
Aviatress, Aviatrix (n.) 女飛行家 A woman aviator (in senses 1 or 3).
Aviatress (n.) A woman aviator [syn: aviatrix, airwoman, aviatress].
Avicula (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird.
Avicular (a.) Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
Avicularia (n. pl.) (Zool.) See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.
Compare: Bryozoum
Bryozoum (n.) (Zool.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo[oe]cia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids ({Avicularia, O[oe]cia, etc.).
Aviculture (n.) (Zool.) Rearing and care of birds.
Avid (a.) 渴望的；貪心的；熱心的，勁頭十足的 Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy. "Avid of gold, yet greedier of renown." -- Southey.
Avid (a.) (Often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: {avid}, {devouring(a)}, {esurient}, {greedy}].
Avid (a.) Marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan" [syn: {avid}, {zealous}].
Avidious (a.) 渴望的；貪心的；熱心的，勁頭十足的 Avid.
Avidiously (adv.) Eagerly; greedily.
Compare: Eagerly
Eagerly (adv.) 渴望地；熱切地 Used to emphasize a strong desire to do or have something.
‘Original illustrations are eagerly sought by collectors.’
Eagerly (adv.) In a keenly expectarested mant or intenner.
‘Fans of the show are eagerly awaiting the new season.’
Compare: Greedily
Greedily (adv.) 貪心地；貪婪地；貪吃地 In a way that shows an excessive desire or appetite for food.
‘We greedily devoured the hors d'oeuvres.’
Greedily (adv.) With an intense and selfish desire for wealth or power.
‘Bureaucrats are greedily eyeing the organization's rich portfolio of property.’
Avidity (n.) 貪婪癖 Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
His books were received and read with avidity. -- Milward.
Avidity (n.) A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something [syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness].