Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 23
Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
Beat (v. i.) (Mil.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
Beat (v. i.) (Acoustics & Mus.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
A beating wind (Naut.), A wind which necessitates tacking in order to make progress.
To beat about, To try to find; to search by various means or ways. -- Addison.
To beat about the bush, To approach a subject circuitously.
To beat up and down (Hunting), To run first one way and then another; -- said of a stag.
To beat up for recruits, To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participators in an enterprise.
Compare: Participator
Participator (n.) 分擔者；參與者；合作者；分享者 See Participate.
Participator (n.) (pl. Participators) One who participates.
Compare: Participate
Participate (v.) [No object] 參加，參與 [（+in）]；分享，分擔 [（+in/ with）]；含有，帶有 [（+of）] Be involved; take part.
‘Thousands participated in a nationwide strike.’
Participate (v.) [No object] (Participate of) (Aarchaic) Have or possess (a particular quality).
‘Both members participate of harmony.’
Participate (v.) Participated; participating (v. t.) (Archaic) 分享，分擔 Partake.
Participate (v. i.) To possess some of the attributes of a person, thing, or quality.
// The individual man participates in the ideal man. -- Frank Thilly.
Participate (v. i.) To take part.
// Always participates in class discussions.
Participate (v. i.) To have a part or share in something.
// Your mother participates in this ambition … -- Edith Wharton.
To beat the rap, To be acquitted of an accusation; -- especially, by some sly or deceptive means, rather than to be proven innocent.
Beat (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.]
Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed. -- Dickens.
Beat (n.) One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.]
Beat (n.) The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
Beat (n.) (Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or exclusive.
It's a beat on the whole country. -- Scribner's Mag.
Beat (n.) (Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. "Driven out in the course of a beat." -- Encyc. of Sport.
Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them. -- Encyc. of Sport.
Beat (n.) (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
Beat (n.) A stroke; a blow.
He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat. -- Dryden.
Beat (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
Beat (n.) (Mus.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
Beat (n.) (Mus.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
Beat (n.) (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat; analogously, for newspaper reporters, the subject or territory that they are assigned to cover; as, the Washington beat.
Beat (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat; also, deadbeat. [Low]
Beat of drum (Mil.), A succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc.
Beat of a watch, or Beat of a clock, The stroke or sound made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of beat, according as the stroke is at equal or unequal intervals.
Beat (a.) Very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" [syn: all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)].
Beat (n.) A regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" [syn: beat, round].
Beat (n.) The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" [syn: pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat].
Beat (n.) The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" [syn: rhythm, beat, musical rhythm].
Beat (n.) A single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations.
Beat (n.) A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior [syn: beatnik, beat].
Beat (n.) The sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum".
Beat (n.) (Prosody) The accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence].
Beat (n.) A regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat".
Beat (n.) A stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe".
Beat (n.) The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.
Beat (v.) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish].
Beat (v.) Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" [syn: beat, beat up, work over].
Beat (v.) Hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe".
Beat (v.) Move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat, pound, thump].
Beat (v.) Shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares".
Beat (v.) Make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum, beat, thrum].
Beat (v.) Glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us".
Beat (v.) Move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" [syn: beat, flap].
Beat (v.) Sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind".
Beat (v.) Stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" [syn: beat, scramble].
Beat (v.) Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically".
Beat (v.) Be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!".
Beat (v.) Avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" [syn: beat, bunk].
Beat (v.) Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat].
Beat (v.) move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" [syn: beat, flap].
Beat (v.) Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm".
Beat (v.) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate, beat, quiver].
Beat (v.) Make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest".
Beat (v.) Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum".
Beat (v.) Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting.
Beat (v.) Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent].
Beat (v.) Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me -- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound].
Compare: Dumbfound
Dumbfound (v.) [With object] 使人驚愕失聲；使驚呆 Greatly astonish or amaze.
‘She was dumbfounded at the sight that met her eyes.’
[As adjective] ‘A dumbfounded look on her face.’
Beat (v.) Wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" [syn: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out].
BEAT () Best Enhanced Advanced Technology (Trident, AT).
Beaten (a.) [B] 錘平的；錘成的；（路）踩出來的；常有人行走的；挨打的；被打敗的 Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." -- Milton. "Beaten gold." -- Shak. "off the beaten track."
Beaten (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
Beaten (a.) Exhausted; tired out.
Beaten (a.) Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. [Obs.]
Beaten (a.) Tried; practiced. [Obs.] -- Beau. & F1.
Beaten (a.) Formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold".
Beaten (a.) Much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path".
Beater (n.) [C] 敲打者；（狩獵中）使獵物從掩蔽處驚起的人；拍打器；打蛋器；攪拌器 One who, or that which, beats.
Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters. -- Black.
Beater (n.) A worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter.
Beater (n.) An implement for beating.
Beath (v. t.) To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] -- Spenser. Beatific.
Beatific (a.) Alt. of Beatifical
Beatifical (a.) 賜與祝福的；喜氣洋洋的；快樂的 Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." -- South. -- Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
Beatific (a.) Experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; "beatific peace".
Beatific (a.) Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother" [syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly, sainted].
Beatificate (v. t.) To beatify.
Compare: Beatify
Beatify (v.) [With object] (v. t.) (Beatifies, beatifying, beatified) 使極幸福；祝福；（天主教）為……行宣福禮 (In the Roman Catholic Church) Announce the beatification of.
‘He beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1531.’
Beatification (n.) 賜福；享福；（天主教）宣福禮 The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage in the process of canonization. "The beatification of his spirit." -- Jer. Taylor.
Beatification (n.) A state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification].
Beatification (n.) The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy..
Beatification (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) An act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization.
Beatified (imp. & p. p.) of Beatify.
Beatifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beatify.
Beatify (v. t.) 使極幸福；祝福；（天主教）為……行宣福禮 To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. -- Barrow.
Beatify (v. t.) To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." -- Dryden.
Beatify (v. t.) (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
Beatify (v.) Fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify].
Beatify (v.) Make blessedly happy.
Beatify (v.) Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican".
Beating (n.) （尤指因處罰而）打；拍打；錘打 [C] [U]；打敗 [C]；拍動；跳動；脈動 [U] The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.
Beating (n.) Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
Compare: Pulsation
Pulsation (n.) 脈搏；悸動；脈動 See P ulsate.
Pulsation (n.) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery).
Also : A single beat or throb.
Pulsation (n.) A periodically recurring alternate increase and decrease of a quantity (such as pressure, volume, or voltage).
Compare: Pulsate
Pulsate (v.) [No object] 搏動；悸動；脈動 Expand and contract with strong regular movements.
‘Blood vessels throb and pulsate.’
Pulsate (v.) [No object] (Often as adjective Pulsating) Produce a regular throbbing sensation or sound.
‘Dance the night away in one of the pulsating discos.’
Pulsate (v.) [No object] (Usually as adjective Pulsating) Be very exciting.
‘Victory in a pulsating semi-final.’
Beating (n.) (Acoustics & Mus.) Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n.
Beating (n.) (Naut.) The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
Beating (n.) The act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating, whipping].
Beating (n.) The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking].
Beatitude (n.) 至上的幸福；祈福，祝福 Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.
Beatitude (n.) (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. -- Milman.
Syn: Blessedness; felicity; happiness.
Beatitude (n.) A state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification].
Beatitude (n.) 真福八端 One of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'".
Beatitude (n.) 真福八端 [瑪竇福音 5:1-12]
真福八端是聖經之中大家最熟悉的經文之一，但這八端所形容的福份，跟一般人所理解的實在有太大分別。耶穌在真福八端說的是我們被十字架改造後，變得神貧、溫良等等，而因此受祝福。這些改變是天主的工作，不是我們憑自己的力量能達到的。
神貧的人是指那些完全依賴天主的人，他們不追求財富、權力或其他所有令自己以為能操控一切的世物。他們因著能完全依賴天主而喜樂。
哀慟的人是指那些因看見很多人活在罪惡當中、不認識天主，或因他人受到不公義的欺壓而哀慟的人。這些人因著內心的悲慟而樂於為他人代禱。
溫良的人是指那些因著天主的恩寵而能控制自己的憤怒和其他情緒的人，但他們仍然有勇氣在面對不公義時挺身而出。
飢渴慕義的人指那些追求公義和屬於天國的價值觀，如貞潔、寬恕、仁慈等。他們渴求聽到天主的聖言。
憐憫人的人是那些接受了天主的仁慈之後，而跟他人分享的人。他們仍然會糾正錯誤的行為，但不會心存報復。
心裏潔淨的人是指那些一心一意，心裡不因相反的慾望而掙扎的人。
締造和平的人是指不單愛和平的人，而是身體力行追求真理的實踐，把他人帶到耶穌那裡去的人。
為義而受迫害的人是有福的，因為只有假先知才得到所有人的喜愛。世界憎恨他們，因為他們不屬於世界。天國是他們的。
Matthew 5:1-12
The Beatitudes is one of the most well-known passages from the Bible, but due to its paradoxical nature, they remain difficult to understand. What Jesus described in the Beatitudes is the result of us being transformed by the cross, becoming meek and poor in spirit and so forth, and thereby being blessed. Such transformation is the work of God, it is not something we can achieve by our own effort.
The poor in spirit are those who delight in the dependence of God. They do not seek wealth, authority, or other resources which create the illusion that they are in control. They delight in the experience of dependence on God.
Those who mourn are those who see others locked in sin and do not know God, and they mourn. These people are those who intercede for others and pray for the world.
The meek are those who, by God’s grace have authority over their anger and other passions. But they also have the necessary courage to stand up for what is right and express righteous indignation at injustice.
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are those who seek righteousness and the values of God’s Kingdom, such as chastity, forgiveness, and mercy. They hunger for God’s word.
The merciful are those, who by God’s grace, have experienced God’s mercy and are equipped to share that mercy with others. They correct the sinner, they do not need to avenge themselves.
The pure of heart are those who are single-hearted, whose heart are free of contrary drives and wishes.
The peacemakers are those who do not just love peace but actually work for it. They strive for righteousness and bring souls to Christ.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake because only false prophets are loved by all. They are hated by the world because they do not belong to the world. The Kingdom of God is theirs.
Beaux (n. pl. ) of Beau.
Beaus (n. pl. ) of Beau.
Beau (n.) 文雅的男人；男朋友；好打扮者；花花公子 A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
Beau (n.) A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a suitor or lover.
Beau (n.) A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man].
Beau (n.) A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse].
Beaucatcher (n.) A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [Humorous].
Compare: Curl
Curl (v.) 使（頭髮）捲曲；（藤蔓等）纏繞；使捲起來 [（+up）] Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.
[No object] ‘Her fingers curled round the microphone’
‘A slice of ham had begun to curl up at the edges.’
[With object] ‘She used to curl her hair with rags.’
Curl (v.) (Curl up) [No object ] Sit or lie with the knees drawn up.
‘She curled up and went to sleep.’
Curl (v.) Move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course.
[No object, with adverbial of direction] ‘A wisp of smoke curling across the sky.’
Curl (v.) (With reference to one's mouth or upper lip) Raise or cause to raise slightly on one side as an expression of contempt or disapproval.
[No object] ‘Maria saw his lip curl sardonically.’
Curl (v.) [With object ] (In weight training) Lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms.
‘Slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height.’
Curl (v.) [No object ] Play at the game of curling.
‘During the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond.’
Curl (n.) 捲毛，捲髮 [C]；螺旋狀物 [C]；捲曲 [C] [U] Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.
‘Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls.’
‘A curl of blue smoke.’
Curl (n.) A curling movement.
‘The sneering curl of his lip.’
Curl (n.) (With reference to a person's hair) A state or condition of being curled.
‘Your hair has a natural curl.’
[Mass noun] ‘Large perm rods give volume and control rather than lots of curl.’
Curl (n.) See Leaf curl.
Curl (n.) A weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms.
‘A dumb-bell curl.’
Curl (n.) [Mathematics] A function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field.
Make someone's hair curl (ph.) (Informal) Shock or horrify someone.
‘She drives at a speed to make your hair curl.’
Beaufet (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.
A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. -- Prescott.
Beaufet (n.) (Archaic) Variant of buffet: 3.
Compare: Buffet
Buffet (n.) [C]（手或拳的）一擊；毆打；（風浪等的）衝擊；（命運對人的）打擊 A blow especially with the hand.
Buffet (n.) Something that strikes with telling force.
Buffet (v. t.) (Buffeted; buffeting; buffets) 揍，打 [H]；連續衝擊；傷害 [H] To strike sharply especially with the hand : Cuff.
Buffet (v. t.) To strike repeatedly : Batter.
// The waves buffeted the shore.
Buffet (v. t.) T o drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows.
// Schools being buffeted by budget cuts.
Buffet (v. i.) T o make one's way especially under difficult conditions
Buffet (n.) (pl. Buffets) Furniture : Sideboard sense 1.
Buffet (n.) A counter for refreshments
// Went back to the buffet for a second helping.
Buffet (n.) (Chiefly British) 自助餐； 火車飲食櫃檯； 車站速食部 A restaurant operated as a public convenience (as in a railway station).
Compare: Convenience
Convenience (n.) [Mass noun ] 方便；合宜 [U]；便利設施；方便的用具 [C]； 舒適，自在；實利 [U] The state of being able to proceed with something without difficulty.
‘Services should be run to suit the convenience of customers, not of staff.’
Convenience (n.) The quality of being useful, easy, or suitable for someone.
‘The success of the food halls in large stores is due to their convenience.’
Convenience (n.) [Count noun] A thing that contributes to an easy and effortless way of life.
‘Voicemail was seen as one of the desktop conveniences of the electronic office.’
Convenience (n.) (British) [Count noun] A public toilet.
‘The large council car park next to the public conveniences.’
At one's earliest convenience (ph.) As soon as one can without difficulty.
‘Please telephone me at your earliest convenience.’
At one's convenience (ph.) At a time or place that suits one.
‘Do make an appointment at your convenience.’
Buffet (n.) A meal set out on a buffet or table for ready access and informal service.
// A restaurant that offers a breakfast buffet.
Buffet (n.) An assortment of options or offerings : Variety.
// Once you're up there among the clouds, you'll have a buffet of skiing options. -- Brad Wetzler
Buffet (a.) Served informally especially as a buffet (see Buffet entry 3 sense 2c)
// A buffet meal.
// Buffet luncheons.
Compare: Luncheon
Luncheon (n.) 午餐，（正式的）午餐會 [U] [C] A formal lunch or a formal word for lunch.
Beaufin (n.) See Biffin.
Compare: Biffin
Biffin (n.) (Cookery) (British) （英國諾福克產之）深紅色蘋果 A variety of red cooking apple.
Beau ideal () A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model.
Beauish (n.) Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
Beau monde () The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety.
Beaupere (n.) A father.
Beaupere (n.) A companion.
Beauseant (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
Beauship (n.) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
Beauteous (a.) Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome.
Beautician (n.) A person whose job is to give beauty treatments to women by washing and cutting hair, applying makeup, etc.
Beautician (n.) Cosmetologist.
Beauticians (n.) pl. of Beautician.
Beautied (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.
Beautifier (n.) 美化物；美化者 One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful.
Beautiful (a.) 美麗的，漂亮的；出色的，完美的 Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. -- Lord Kames.
Syn: Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See {Fine}. -- {Beau"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Beau"ti*ful*ness}, n.
Beautiful (a.) Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party" [ant: {ugly}].
Beautiful (a.) (Of weather) Highly enjoyable; "what a beautiful day".
Beautified (imp. & p. p.) of Beautify.
Beautifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beautify.
Beautify (v. t.) 使更加美麗；美化 To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
The arts that beautify and polish life. -- Burke.
Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.
Beautify (v. i.) 變得美 To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. -- Addison.
Beautify (v.) Make more beautiful [syn: fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify] [ant: uglify].
Beautify (v.) Be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify].
Beautify (v.) Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify].
Beautiless (a.) Destitute of beauty. -- Hammond.
Beautiless (a.) Lacking beauty.
Compare: Destitute
Destitute (a.) 缺乏的，沒有的 [F] [（+of）]；窮困的，貧困的；【廢】被拋棄的；被捨棄的 Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
‘The charity cares for destitute children.’
Destitute (a.) (Destitute of) Not having.
‘Towns destitute of commerce.’
Beauties (n. pl. ) of Beauty.
Beauty (n.) 美，美麗，優美 [U]；美人；美的事物 [C] An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. -- Locke.
The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. -- Wordsworth.
The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. -- Coleridge.
Beauty (n.) A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
Beauty (n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
All the admired beauties of Verona. -- Shak.
Beauty (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.]
She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. -- Jer. Taylor.
Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast.
Beauty (n.) The qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant: ugliness].
Beauty (n.) A very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish].
Beauty (n.) An outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" [syn: beauty, beaut].
Beauty (n.) The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Beaux (n.) (n. pl.) of Beau.
Beauxite (n.) See Bauxite.
Beaver (n.) (Zool.) 海狸，河狸 [C] An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
Note: It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its lodges or "houses," and dams across streams. It is valued for its fur, and for the material called castor, obtained from two small bags in the groin of the animal. The European species is Castor fiber, and the American is generally considered a variety of this, although sometimes called Castor Canadensis.
Beaver (n.) 海狸皮毛 [U] The fur of the beaver.
Beaver (n.) A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
Beaver (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
Beaver (n.) A man's beard.
Beaver (n.) The hair on a woman's pubic area; -- vulgar. [vulgar slang].
Beaver (n.) A woman; -- vulgar and offensive. [vulgar slang]
Beaver (n.) A person who works enthusiastically and diligently; -- used especially in the phrase eager beaver. [informal]
Beaver rat (Zool.), An aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania ({Hydromys chrysogaster).
Beaver skin, The furry skin of the beaver.
Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.
Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.
Beaver (n.) The soft brown fur of the beaver [syn: beaver, beaver fur].
Beaver (n.) A native or resident of Oregon [syn: Oregonian, Beaver].
Beaver (n.) A full beard.
Beaver (n.) A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver].
Beaver (n.) A movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face.
Beaver (n.) A hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) [syn: beaver, castor].
Beaver (n.) Large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges.
Beaver (v.) Work hard on something [syn: beaver, beaver away].
Beaver -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 5857
Housing Units (2000): 2719
Land area (2000): 1814.357375 sq. miles (4699.163829 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.223081 sq. miles (8.347740 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1817.580456 sq. miles (4707.511569 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.739036 N, 100.496685 W
Headwords:
Beaver
Beaver, OK
Beaver County
Beaver County, OK
Beaver -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 181412
Housing Units (2000): 77765
Land area (2000): 434.213128 sq. miles (1124.606790 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 9.690931 sq. miles (25.099394 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 443.904059 sq. miles (1149.706184 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.695415 N, 80.312675 W
Headwords:
Beaver
Beaver, PA
Beaver County
Beaver County, PA
Beaver -- U.S. County in Utah
Population (2000): 6005
Housing Units (2000): 2660
Land area (2000): 2589.946517 sq. miles (6707.930400 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.331902 sq. miles (6.039597 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2592.278419 sq. miles (6713.969997 sq. km)
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.342342 N, 113.000631 W
Headwords:
Beaver
Beaver, UT
Beaver County
Beaver County, UT
Beaver, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 84
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 20.500953 sq. miles (53.097221 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.094700 sq. miles (2.835259 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 21.595653 sq. miles (55.932480 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05750
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 66.359719 N, 147.397438 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99724
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, AK
Beaver
Beaver, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 95
Housing Units (2000): 43
Land area (2000): 0.350521 sq. miles (0.907846 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.169694 sq. miles (0.439505 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.520215 sq. miles (1.347351 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04540
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 36.475495 N, 93.771170 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, AR
Beaver
Beaver, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 464
Housing Units (2000): 226
Land area (2000): 0.390601 sq. miles (1.011653 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.390601 sq. miles (1.011653 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04696
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 39.029574 N, 82.823742 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45613
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, OH
Beaver
Beaver, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 1570
Housing Units (2000): 725
Land area (2000): 1.153875 sq. miles (2.988522 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.153875 sq. miles (2.988522 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04750
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.813486 N, 100.524298 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, OK
Beaver
Beaver, OR -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon
Population (2000): 145
Housing Units (2000): 73
Land area (2000): 0.397132 sq. miles (1.028567 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.397132 sq. miles (1.028567 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05200
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.276947 N, 123.825723 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97108
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, OR
Beaver
Beaver, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 4775
Housing Units (2000): 2297
Land area (2000): 0.932748 sq. miles (2.415805 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.150029 sq. miles (0.388573 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.082777 sq. miles (2.804378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04688
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.693865 N, 80.307944 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15009
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, PA
Beaver
Beaver, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 53
Housing Units (2000): 26
Land area (2000): 0.256087 sq. miles (0.663263 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.256087 sq. miles (0.663263 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05185
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.037808 N, 94.141096 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50031
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, IA
Beaver
Beaver, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 2454
Housing Units (2000): 1021
Land area (2000): 4.582391 sq. miles (11.868338 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.582391 sq. miles (11.868338 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04060
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.276305 N, 112.638772 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84713
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, UT
Beaver
Beaver, WV -- U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia
Population (2000): 1378
Housing Units (2000): 696
Land area (2000): 4.392557 sq. miles (11.376670 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008634 sq. miles (0.022361 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.401191 sq. miles (11.399031 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05260
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.747601 N, 81.141843 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 25813
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Beaver, WV
Beaver
Beavered (a.) Covered with, or
wearing, a beaver or hat. "His beavered brow." -- Pope.
Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton,
shorn after dyeing. -- Simmonds. Bebeerine
Bebeerine (n.) Alt. of Bebirine.
Bebirine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana ({Nectandra Rodioei). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]
Compare: Buxine
Buxine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina.
Bebleed (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Beblood.
Beblood (v. t.) Alt. of Bebloody.
Bebloody (v. t.) To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] -- Sheldon.
Beblot (v. t.) To blot; to stain. -- Chaucer.
Beblubber (v. t.) To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.
Becalmed (imp. & p. p.) of Becalm.
Becalming (n.) of Becalm.
Becalm (v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. -- Philips.
Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Becalm (v.) Make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm].
Became () imp. of Become.
Become (v. i.) [imp. Became; p. p. Become; p. pr. & vb. n. Becoming.] To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character.
The Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. -- Gen. ii. 7.
That error now which is become my crime. -- Milton.
Become (v. i.) To come; to get. [Obs.]
But, madam, where is Warwick then become! -- Shak.
To become of, To be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of.
What is then become of so huge a multitude? -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Becard (n.) (Zool.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. ({Tityra inquisetor).
Because (conj.) By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. -- Milton.
Because (conj.) In order that; that. [Obs.]
And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. -- Matt. xx. 31.
Because of, By reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.]
Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. -- Eph. v. 6.
Syn: Because, For, Since, As, Inasmuch As.
Usage: These particles are used, in certain connections, to assign the reason of a thing, or that "on account of" which it is or takes place. Because (by cause) is the strongest and most emphatic; as, I hid myself because I was afraid. For is not quite so strong; as, in Shakespeare, "I hate him, for he is a Christian." Since is less formal and more incidental than because; as, I will do it since you request me. It more commonly begins a sentence; as, Since your decision is made, I will say no more. As is still more incidental than since, and points to some existing fact by way of assigning a reason. Thus we say, as I knew him to be out of town, I did not call. Inasmuch as seems to carry with it a kind of qualification which does not belong to the rest. Thus, if we say, I am ready to accept your proposal, inasmuch as I believe it is the best you can offer, we mean, it is only with this understanding that we can accept it.
Beccabunga (n.) See Brooklime.
Beccaficos (n. pl. ) of Beccafico.
Beccafico (n.) A small bird. ({Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.
Bechamel (n.) (Cookery) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.
Bechamel (n.) Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux [syn: white sauce, bechamel sauce, bechamel].
Bechance (adv.) By chance; by accident. [Obs.] -- Grafton.
Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.
God knows what hath bechanced them. -- Shak.
Bechance (v.) Become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide].
Bechance (v.) Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) [syn: happen, befall, bechance].
Becharm (v. t.) 迷人 To charm; to captivate.
Becharm (v.) Control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft [syn: charm, becharm].
Becharm (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant].
Compare: Holothurian
Holothurian (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea.
Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
See Trepang.
Trepang (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. [Written also tripang.]
Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
Beche de mer (n.) (Zool.) 刺參；食用海參 The trepang.
Compare: Trepan
Trepan (n.) 【動】海參 Another term for Bêche-de-mer (sense 1).
Bêche-de-mer (n.) A large sea cucumber which is eaten as a delicacy in China and Japan.
Bêche-de-mer (n.) (Also Bêche-de-mer) Another term for Bislama.
Compare: Sea cucumber
Sea cucumber (n.) (ph.)【動】海參An echinoderm that has a thick wormlike body with tentacles around the mouth. They typically have rows of tube feet along the body and breathe by means of a respiratory tree.
Class Holothuroidea
Compare: Echinoderm
Echinoderm (n.) (Zoology)【動】棘皮動物 A marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, such as a starfish, sea urchin, or sea cucumber.
Compare: Cucumber
Cucumber (n.) 黃瓜，胡瓜 [C] A long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.
Cucumber (n.) The climbing plant of the gourd family that yields cucumbers, native to the Chinese Himalayan region. It is widely cultivated but very rare in the wild.
Cucumis sativus, family Cucurbitaceae
‘He leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber.’
‘She looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber.’
Bechic (a.) (Med.) 【醫學】鎮咳的；治咳嗽的；咳嗽的 Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. -- Thomas.
Bechic (n.) 鎮咳藥 A medicine for relieving coughs. -- Quincy.
Beck (n.) See Beak. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Beck (n.) A small brook.
The brooks, the becks, the rills. -- Drayton.
Beck (n.) A vat. See Back.
Beck (v. i.) To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] -- Drayton.
Beck (v. t.) To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic]
When gold and silver becks me to come on. -- Shak.
Beck (n.) 點頭；招手 [C] A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
They have troops of soldiers at their beck. -- Shak.
Beck (n.) A beckoning gesture.