Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 47
Cheer (v. t.) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. -- Dryden.
Cheer (v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.
To cheer ship, To salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.
Syn: To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.
Cheer (v. i.) 歡呼，喝采；感到振奮，感到高興 [（+up）] To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.
At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. -- A. Philips.
Cheer (v. i.) To be in any state or temper of mind. [Obs.]
How cheer'st thou, Jessica? -- Shak.
Cheer (v. i.) To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.
And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer. -- Macaulay.
Cheer (n.) A cry or shout of approval.
Cheer (n.) The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine] [ant: uncheerfulness].
Cheer (v.) Give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off].
Cheer (v.) Show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy."
Cheer (v.) Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee" [syn: cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up].
Cheer (v.) Become cheerful [syn: cheer, cheer up, chirk up] [ant: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off].
Cheer (v.) Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up].
Cheerer (n.) 歡呼者；用歡呼聲激勵者 One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." -- Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." -- Thomson.
Cheerer (n.) A spectator who shouts encouragement.
Compare: Spectator
Spectator (n.)（比賽等的）觀眾；旁觀者；目擊者 [C] A person who watches at a show, game, or other event.
‘Around fifteen thousand spectators came to watch the thrills and spills.’
Compare: Encouragement
Encouragement (n.) [Mass noun] 鼓勵；獎勵；促進 [U]；鼓勵的話（或行為）；刺激 [C] The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
‘Thank you for all your support and encouragement.’
Encouragement (n.) [Mass noun] Persuasion to do or to continue something.
‘Incentives and encouragement to play sports.’
Encouragement (n.) [Mass noun] The act of trying to stimulate the development of an activity, state, or belief.
‘The encouragement of foreign investment.’
Cheerful (a.) 興高采烈的；情緒好的；使人感到愉快的 Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
To entertain a cheerful disposition. -- Shak.
The cheerful birds of sundry kindDo chant sweet music. -- Spenser.
A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. -- Macaulay.
This general applause and cheerful shout. -- Shak.
Syn: Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful.
Cheerful (a.) Being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" [ant: cheerless, depressing, uncheerful].
Cheerful (a.) Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic [syn: cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat].
Cheerfully (adv.) 歡樂地，愉快地；爽朗地；樂意地 In a cheerful manner, gladly.
Cheerfully (adv.) In a cheerful manner; "he cheerfully agreed to do it" [ant: cheerlessly].
Cheerfully (adv.) See happily.
Cheerfulness (n.) 歡樂，愉快，爽朗 [U] Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.
Cheerfulness (n.) The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine] [ant: uncheerfulness].
Cheerfulness (n.) A feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better" [syn: cheerfulness, blitheness] [ant: cheerlessness, uncheerfulness].
Cheerily (adv.) In a cheery manner.
Cheerily (adv.) In a cheerful manner; "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly" [syn: pleasantly, cheerily, sunnily].
Cheeriness (n.) The state of being cheery.
Cheeringly (adv.) In a manner to cheer or encourage.
Cheerishness (n.) Cheerfulness. [Obs.]
There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. -- Milton.
Cheerleader (n.) An enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning."
Cheerleader (n.) cheerleader 指的就只是 ”帶領大家歡呼的人”也就是 ”啦啦隊的一員”，而不是 ”啦啦隊長” Someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event.
Cheerless (a.) Without joy, gladness, or comfort.
Cheerly (a.) Gay; cheerful.
Cheerly (adv.) Cheerily.
Cheerry (a.) Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person.
Cheese (n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
Cheese (n.) A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.
Cheese (n.) The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
Cheese (n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
Cheeselep (n.) A bag in which rennet is kept.
Cheesemonger (n.) One who deals in cheese.
Cheeseparing (n.) A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.
Cheeseparing (a.) Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.
Cheesiness (n.) The quality of being cheesy.
Cheesy (a.) Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.
Cheetah (n.) A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.
Chef (n.) A chief of head person.
Chef (n.) The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.
Chef (n.) Same as Chief.
Chefs-d'oeuvre (n. pl. ) of Chef-d'oeuvre.
Chef-d'oeuvre (n.) A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.
Chegoe (n.) Alt. of Chegre.
Chegre (n.) See Chigoe.
Cheiloplasty (n.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.
Cheilopoda (n.) [NL.] (Zool.) See Chilopoda.
Cheirepter (n.) One of the Cheiroptera.
Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.
Cheiropterous (a.) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family.
Cheiropterygia (n. pl. ) of Cheiropterygium.
Cheiropterygium (n.) (Anat.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
Cheirosophy (n.) The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand. -- Chei*ros"o*phist, n.
Cheirotherium (n.) (Poleon.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.
Chekelatoun (n.) See Ciclatoun. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ciclatoun (n.) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.]
His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. -- Chaucer.
Chekmak (n.) A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
Chelae (n. pl. ) of Chela.
Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Chelate (a.) Same as Cheliferous.
Chelerythrine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.
Chelicerae (n. pl. ) of Chelicera.
Chelicera (n.) (Zool.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.
Chelidon (n.) (Anat.) The hollow at the flexure of the arm.
Chelidonic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.
Chelidonic acid, A weak acid extracted from the celandine ({Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.
Chelidonius (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
Chelifer (n.) (Zool.) See Book scorpion, under Book.
Cheliferous (a.) (Zool.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab.
Cheliferous (a.) Having chelae.
Cheliform (a.) (Zool.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.
Chelone (n.) (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.
Chelone (n.) Herbaceous perennials: shellflower [syn: Chelone, genus Chelone].
Chelonia (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.
Chelonia (n.) Green turtles [syn: Chelonia, genus Chelonia]
Chelonia (n.) Tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia, Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order Testudines].
Chelonian (a.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.
Chelonian (n.) One of the Chelonia.
Chelura (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.
Chely (n.) A claw. See Chela.
Chemic (n.) A chemist; an alchemist.
Chemic (n.) A solution of chloride of lime.
Chemic (a.) Chemical.
Chemical (a.) Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.
Chemical (n.) A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.
Chemically (adv.) According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.
Chemiglyphic (a.) Engraved by a voltaic battery.
Chemiloon (n.) A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one.
Chemise (n.) A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.
Chemise (n.) A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
Chemisette (n.) An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.
Chemism (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.
Chemist (n.) A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.
Chemistry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule.
Chemistry (n.) An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.
Chemistry (n.) A treatise on chemistry.
Chemitype (n.) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
Chemolysis (n.) A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
Chemosmosis (n.) Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.
Chemosmotic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis.
Chemung period () A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cheng (n.) A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.
Chenille (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.
Chenomorphae (n. pl.) An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.
Chepster (n.) The European starling.
Cheque (n.) See Check.
Compare: Checker
Checker (n.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
Checker (n.) A pattern in checks; a single check.
Checker (n.) Checkerwork.
Note: This word is also written chequer.
Chequer (n. & v.) Same as Checker.
Compare: Sequin
Sequin (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value. [Written also chequin, and zequin.]
Chequin (n.) A coin. See Sequin. -- Shak.
Compare: Checky
Checky (a.) (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy, chequy.]
Chequy (n.) (Her.) Same as Checky.
Cherif (n.) See Sherif.
Compare: Sherif
Shereef, Sherif (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.
Cherimoyer (n.) (Bot.) A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.
Cherimoyer (n.) (Bot.) Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.
Cherished (imp. & p. p.) of Cherish.
Cherising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cherish.
Cherish (v. t.) 珍愛，懷有，愛護 To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. -- 1 Thess. ii. 7.
Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
To cherish virtue and humanity. -- Burke.
Syn: To nourish; foster; nurse; nurture; entertain; encourage; comfort; protect; support; See Nurture.
Cherish (v.) Be fond of; be attached to [syn: {care for}, {cherish}, {hold dear}, {treasure}].