bay

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bay1 /beɪ/ noun [countableC]

1 sea 大海DNSG a part of the sea that is partly enclosed by a curve in the land 湾，海湾

a house with a view across the bay

能看到海湾全景的一幢房子

Montego Bay

蒙特哥湾

2 keep/hold something at bay PREVENTto prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening or from coming too close 阻止某事发生；使某物不能接近

A thick wall keeps the noise at bay.

一道厚实的墙挡住了声音。

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keep/hold something at bay• Another technique for keeping performance anxiety at bay is the group sing-along.• Brown has kept the tumult at bay.• He was gritting his teeth against the pain, keeping it at bay while he studied the stump, the severed hand.• Sandbags kept the floodwaters at bay.• She holds the adventurers at bay by holding the scroll over a candle flame and threatening to destroy it.• All in all, the eatery is a breakfast bargain, with enough different components to keep boredom at bay.• Two green glazed lions guarded the gates to keep evil spirits at bay.• Concentrating on Emma would help to keep her worries at bay for a little while.• The government hopes to keep inflation at bay.• My voice holds them at bay.

3 area 地区PART an area within a large room or just outside a building that is used for a particular purpose 〔大房间里面或建筑物外面的〕专用空间

a storage bay

储藏室

loading bay

装货区

4 for cargo 装货的地方TTR the part of a ship or plane where things are stored 〔船或飞机上的〕货舱

the cargo bay

货舱

5. tree 树 (also bay tree)HBP a tree that has leaves that smell sweet and are often used in cooking 月桂树

6. horse 马HBADSH a horse that is a reddish brown colour 红棕马，栗色马

Examples from the Corpus

bay• In a bay where the two arms of the L joined was an open vintage car.• He kept his disease at bay, changed his diet and actually got bigger and stronger.• But I have to keep the reality and the horror at bay.• the space shuttle's cargo bay• The old-fashioned three-bay barn - the centre bay with doors each end for loading - has much in its favour.• the San Francisco Bay• a loading bay• Each truck would drive into the bay beside the tower, replacing a truck that had just been emptied of its load.• And then the floor of the bay was rushing up towards them.• The east shore of the bay had no airport landing strip, no railhead, no long-distance bus terminal.• sailboats on the bay

Related topics: Animals, Colours & sounds

bay2 verb [intransitiveI]

1 HBACif a dog bays, it makes a long high noise, especially when it is chasing something 〔尤指猎犬〕狂吠，长嚎 SYN howl

dogs baying at the moon

对着月亮狂吠的狗

2 ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto make strong demands to get answers to questions or force someone to give you something 强烈要求

bay for

Reporters began baying for the president’s blood (=demanding that he be punished).

记者开始大声疾呼，要求给予总统惩罚。

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bay• Then it bayed and Jim was stricken with terror.• Provoked beyond control, Satan bayed in fury and launched himself at his tormentor's face.• He just crouches on the corner at lunchtime and occasionally bays, like a wolf or coyote.• There they were shown into a room, leaving the press-hounds baying outside.• Hark! her hounds are baying through the town.

bay for• It was a room full of young, educated men baying for money on the bond market.

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