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Search results for ‘bay’

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at bay
  • 1. (of a person or animal) forced to turn and face attackers
  • 2. at a distance

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bring to bay
  • to force into a position from which retreat is impossible

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Bay of Bengal
  • a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar

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Bay of Biscay
  • a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean between W France and N Spain: notorious for storms

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Bay of Campeche
  • the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico

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Bay of Fundy
  • an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)

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Bay of Gdansk
  • a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland

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Bay of Naples
  • an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy

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Bay of Plenty
  • a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand

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bay out
  • (像海湾一样)伸展,展开

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at bay
  • 1. (猎物)受困、被围,作困兽斗;陷入绝境,走投无路
  • 2. 不能前进,保持距离

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bay the moon
  • (狂犬)吠月;空嚷,徒劳,枉费心机

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bring to bay
  • 使(野兽)受围困;穷追;使陷入绝境,迫使…做困兽斗,迫使…决战

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hold at bay
  • 1. 围住(猎物)
  • 2. 使走投无路
  • 3. 不使迫近;牵制,阻止…前进

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turn to bay
  • 1. (猎物)被困
  • 2. 陷入绝境,作困兽斗

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flow like the green bay-tree
  • 飞黄腾达;事业兴旺[源自《圣经》]

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bay at the moon
  • (狂犬)吠月;空嚷,徒劳,枉费心机

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Bay State
  • 海湾州(美国马萨诸塞州的别名)

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bay window
  • 1. 凸出墙外的窗户
  • 2. 胖子的肚子,大肚子

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have at bay
  • 1. 围住(猎物)
  • 2. 使走投无路
  • 3. 不使迫近;牵制,阻止…前进

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