side /saɪd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The side of something is a position to the left or right of it, rather than in front of it, behind it, or on it. 一侧

  例：

  On one side of the main entrance there's a red plaque.

  大门口的一侧有块红色匾牌。

  例：

  ...a photograph with Joe and Ken on each side of me.

  …一张乔和肯在我两侧的照片。

  例：

  ...the nations on either side of the Pacific.

  …太平洋两岸的国家。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The side of an object, building, or vehicle is any of its flat surfaces which is not considered to be its front, its back, its top, or its bottom. 侧面

  例：

  We put a notice on the side of the box.

  我们在这箱子的一侧贴了一张通知。

  例：

  A carton of milk lay on its side.

  一盒牛奶侧躺着放在那里。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The sides of a hollow or a container are its inside vertical surfaces. 内侧面

  例：

  The rough rock walls were like the sides of a deep canal.

  粗糙的岩壁就像一条很深的运河的两岸。

  例：

  Line the base of the dish with greaseproof paper and lightly grease the sides.

  在盘子的底部垫一层防油纸，并在内侧涂上少许油。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT The sides of an area or surface are its edges. 边缘

  例：

  Park on the side of the road.

  在那条路边停车。

  例：

  ...a small beach on the north side of the peninsula.

  …那个半岛北边上的一个小海滩。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT The two sides of an area, surface, or object are its two halves. (地区、表面或物体的一分为二的) 一半

  例：

  She turned over on her stomach on the other side of the bed.

  她翻身趴到了床的另一半边。

  例：

  The major centre for language is in the left side of the brain.

  语言的主要中心在左半脑。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT The two sides of a road are its two halves on which traffic travels in opposite directions. (往返车道的) 一半

  例：

  It had gone on to the wrong side of the road and hit a car coming in the other direction.

  它驶入了逆行车道，撞上了一辆迎面开来的车。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT If you talk about the other side of a town, a country, or the world, you mean a part of the town, the country, or the world that is very far from where you are. (城镇、国家或世界的) 一端

  例：

  He lives the other side of town.

  他住在城镇的另一端。

  例：

  He saw the ship that was to transport them to the other side of the world.

  他看到了那艘要把他们载往世界另一端的船。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Your sides are the parts of your body between your front and your back, from under your arms to your hips. 肋部

  例：

  His arms were limp at his sides.

  他的手臂无力地垂在两侧。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT If someone is by your side or at your side, they stay near you and give you comfort or support. 身边

  例：

  He was constantly at his wife's side.

  他那时一直陪伴在他妻子身边。

  例：

  He calls me 20 times a day and needs me by his side in the evening.

  他一天给我打20次电话，晚上还需要我陪在他身边。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT The two sides of something flat, for example, a piece of paper, are its two flat surfaces. You can also refer to one side of a piece of paper filled with writing as one side of writing. (纸张等的) 一面

  例：

  The new copiers only copy onto one side of the paper.

  这批新复印机只能复印到单面纸上。

  例：

  Fry the chops until brown on both sides.

  把排骨的两面煎成棕色。

• 11. 

  N-COUNT One side of a tape or record is what you can hear or record if you play the tape or record from beginning to end without turning it over. (磁带或唱片的) 一面

  例：

  We want to hear side A.

  我们想听A面。

• 12. 

  ADJ Side is used to describe things that are not the main or most important ones of their kind. 次要的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  She slipped in and out of the theatre by a side door.

  她从侧门溜进去又溜出了那家剧院。