broadcast1/'br? :dkɑ: st||?br?d?k?st/n[C] a programme on the radio or on television:a radio news broadcast | live broadcast(= a programme that you see or hear at the same time as the events are happening)
broadcast2 v past tense and past participle, broadcast 1 [ I, T] to send out radio or television programmes:The interview was broadcast live across Europe.2 [T] to tell something to a lot of people:There was no need to broadcast the fact that he lost his job.
broadcaster /?br??dkɑ?st? || ?br??dk?st?r/n [C] |
curious /?kj??ri?s || 'kjur-/adj 1 wanting to know about something:When I mentioned her name everyone was curious.| [ +about] I'm incurious about this book she's supposed to be writing.|curious to see/hear/know etc:Mandy was curious to hear what Peter had to say himself.-opposite INCURIOUS 2 strange or unusual:a curious noise coming from the cellar | curious that It's very curious that she left without saying goodbye.
curl1/k? :l|| k?rl/n 1[C] a small mass of hair |
flask /flɑ:sk || fl?sk/n [C] I BrE a special type of bottle that you use to keep liquids either hot or cold, for example when travelling 2 a flat bottle usually used to carry alcohol 3 a glass bottle with a narrow top, used in a LABORATORY
flat1/fl?t/adj flatter, flattest
1? SURFACE? smooth and level, without raised or hollow areas, and not sloping or curving:a flat-bottomed boat |a perfectly flat sandy beach | flat as a |
pollute /p?'lu:t/v [T] 1 to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use:beaches polluted by raw sewage | industrial emissions that pollute the air 2 pollute sb's mind to give someone immoral thoughts and spoil their character:fears that Lawrence's novels would pollute young minds-polluted adj:polluted rivers-polluter n [C]
pollution/p??lu:?n/n [U] 1 the process of making |