bay /beɪ/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (baying,bayed,bays)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inward. 海湾

  例：

  ...a short ferry ride across the bay.

  …一趟跨海湾的短途渡轮旅程。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose. (建筑物内或外辟作特定用途的) 隔区

  例：

  The animals are herded into a bay, then butchered.

  动物被赶到隔栏内，然后被屠宰。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bay is an area of a room that extends beyond the main walls of a house, especially an area with a large window at the front of a house. (尤指位于房屋前端并装有大窗的) 凸出部分
• 4.  

  ADJ（形容词） A bay horse is reddish-brown in colour. 红棕色的

  例：

  ...a 10-year-old bay mare.

  …一匹10岁的红棕色母马。

• 5.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If a number of people are baying for something, they are demanding something angrily, usually that someone should be punished. 愤怒地要求 [usu cont]

  例：

  The referee ignored voices baying for a penalty.

  裁判对愤怒要求惩罚的呼声置之不理。

• 6.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If a dog or wolf bays, it makes loud, long cries. (犬或狼等) 嚎叫

  例：

  A dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.

  一只狗忽然嚎叫起来，对月长嗥。

• 7.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you. 使无法近身

  例：

  Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.

  吃橘子可防感冒。