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1 enthusiastic amateur
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2 amateur
'æmətə, ]( American) - ər
1. noun1) (a person who takes part in a sport etc without being paid for it: The tennis tournament was open only to amateurs.) aficionado, amateur2) (someone who does something for the love of it and not for money: For an amateur, he was quite a good photographer.) aficionado
2. adjectivean amateur golfer; amateur photography.) aficionado, amateuramateur1 adj amateur / aficionadoamateur2 n amateur / aficionado
amateur /ama'ter/ adjetivo, masculino y femenino (pl
amateur adjetivo & mf amateur ' amateur' also found in these entries: Spanish: aficionada - aficionado - diletante - capea - casero - escoleta English: amateur - dramaticstr['æmətəSMALLr/SMALL]1 aficionado,-a1 aficionado,-aamateur ['æməʧər, -tər, -.tʊr, -.tjʊr] n1) : amateur mf2) beginner: principiante mf; aficionado m, -da fadj.• aficionado, -a adj.n.• aficionado s.m.• chapucero, -era s.m.,f.
I 'æmətər, 'æmətə(r)a) ( Sport) amateur mf
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a) ( not professional) <athlete/musician> amateur; <sport/competition> para amateursb) amateurish['æmǝtǝ(r)]1. N1) (lit) (=non-professional) amateur mf ; (=hobbyist) aficionado(-a) m / fhe boxed first as an amateur then as a professional — boxeó primero como amateur y después como profesional
I love gardening but I'm just an amateur — me encanta la jardinería, pero no soy más que un aficionado
2) pej chapucero(-a) m / fthose guys are amateurs! * — ¡esos tipos son unos chapuceros!
2. ADJ1) (=not professional) [athlete, actor, production] amateur; [club, competition] para amateurs, para aficionadosamateur athletics/photography — atletismo/fotografía para amateurs
an amateur photographer — un aficionado a la fotografía, un fotógrafo aficionado
amateur status — condición f de amateur
2) pej [production, performance] de aficionados, chapuceroit was a very amateur performance — fue una actuación de aficionados or muy chapucera
3.CPDamateur dramatics NSING — teatro m amateur, teatro m de aficionados
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I ['æmətər, 'æmətə(r)]a) ( Sport) amateur mf
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a) ( not professional) <athlete/musician> amateur; <sport/competition> para amateursb) amateurish -
3 amateur
1. n любитель, непрофессионал2. n спортсмен-любитель, спортсмен-непрофессионалonly amateurs are permitted to compete in the Olympic games — профессионалы не допускаются к участию в Олимпийских играх
3. n пренебр. дилетант; человек, имеющий поверхностные знания4. n поклонник, приверженец; болельщик5. a любительский; непрофессиональный; самодеятельныйamateur painter — художник-любитель, самодеятельный художник
6. a пренебр. дилетантский; слабый, незрелый, несовершенныйhis piano performance was very amateur — его игра на рояле была на любительском уровне; он играл как дилетант
Синонимический ряд:1. nonprofessional (adj.) amateurish; bungled; incompetent; inexperienced; nonprofessional; non-professional; unfit; unpolished; unprofessional; unskilled2. admirer (noun) admirer; devotee; fan; fancier; votary3. beginner (noun) abecedarian; apprentice; beginner; dabbler; dilettante; greenhorn; initiate; layman; neophyte; nonprofessional; non-professional; novice; smatterer; tyro; uninitiate4. blunderer (noun) blunderer; fumbler; incompetentАнтонимический ряд:expert; master; professional; scholar -
4 amateur
1. [ʹæmət(ʃ)ə,ʹæmətɜ:] n1. 1) любитель, непрофессионал2) спортсмен-любитель, спортсмен-непрофессионалonly amateurs are permitted to compete in the Olympic games - профессионалы не допускаются к участию в Олимпийских играх
2. пренебр. дилетант; человек, имеющий поверхностные знанияyou can tell from his painting that he is an amateur - по его картине сразу видно, что он дилетант; ≅ его картина написана на любительском уровне
3. поклонник, приверженец; болельщик2. [ʹæmət(ʃ)ə] a1. любительский; непрофессиональный; самодеятельныйamateur painter - художник-любитель, самодеятельный художник
amateur sportsman - спортсмен-любитель; спортсмен-непрофессионал
2. пренебр. дилетантский; слабый, незрелый, несовершенныйhis piano performance was very amateur - его игра на рояле была на любительском уровне; он играл как дилетант
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5 энтузиаст-любитель
General subject: enthusiastic amateurУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > энтузиаст-любитель
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6 keen
A n lamento m funèbre.B adj1 ( eager) [admirer, attentions] fervent ; [applicant, candidate] motivé ; to be keen on tenir à [plan, project] ; être chaud ○ pour [idea] ; I'm not too keen ou not over-keen on the idea je ne suis pas très chaud ○ ; to be keen on doing ou to do tenir à faire ; to be keen for sb to do ou on sb's doing tenir à ce que qn fasse ; to be keen that sb should do tenir à ce que qn fasse ; to look keen avoir l'air tenté or partant ○ ; my wife wants to go but I'm not (too) keen ou less than keen ma femme veut y aller, mais je ne suis pas (trop) partant ○ ;2 ( enthusiastic) [amateur, artist, campaigner, sportsplayer, supporter] enthousiaste ; [student] assidu ; to be keen on être passionné de [activity] ; avoir une passion pour [animals] ; he's keen on my sister, but my father's not too keen on him ○ il en pince ○ pour ma sœur mais mon père ne l'encaisse ○ pas ; mad keen ○ GB fana ○ ;3 ( intense) [anticipation, appetite, delight, desire, interest] vif/vive ; [admiration, sense of loss] intense ;4 ( acute) [eye, intelligence] vif/vive ; [sight] perçant ; [hearing, sense of smell] fin ; to have a keen eye for sth avoir l'œil pour qch ;5 ( sharp) lit [blade] acéré ; fig [wit] vif/vive, mordant ; [draught, wind] pénétrant ; [air] vif/vive ;6 ( competitive) [price] défiant toute concurrence ; [competition, rivalry] intense ; [demand] Comm fort, dynamique ; [debate] animé.C vi gémir (over sur). -
7 Eastman, George
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 12 July 1854 Waterville, New York, USAd. 14 March 1932 Rochester, New York, USA[br]American industrialist and pioneer of popular photography.[br]The young Eastman was a clerk-bookkeeper in the Rochester Savings Bank when in 1877 he took up photography. Taking lessons in the wet-plate process, he became an enthusiastic amateur photographer. However, the cumbersome equipment and noxious chemicals used in the process proved an obstacle, as he said, "It seemed to be that one ought to be able to carry less than a pack-horse load." Then he came across an account of the new gelatine dry-plate process in the British Journal of Photography of March 1878. He experimented in coating glass plates with the new emulsions, and was soon so successful that he decided to go into commercial manufacture. He devised a machine to simplify the coating of the plates, and travelled to England in July 1879 to patent it. In April 1880 he prepared to begin manufacture in a rented building in Rochester, and contacted the leading American photographic supply house, E. \& H.T.Anthony, offering them an option as agents. A local whip manufacturer, Henry A.Strong, invested $1,000 in the enterprise and the Eastman Dry Plate Company was formed on 1 January 1881. Still working at the Savings Bank, he ran the business in his spare time, and demand grew for the quality product he was producing. The fledgling company survived a near disaster in 1882 when the quality of the emulsions dropped alarmingly. Eastman later discovered this was due to impurities in the gelatine used, and this led him to test all raw materials rigorously for quality. In 1884 the company became a corporation, the Eastman Dry Plate \& Film Company, and a new product was announced. Mindful of his desire to simplify photography, Eastman, with a camera maker, William H.Walker, designed a roll-holder in which the heavy glass plates were replaced by a roll of emulsion-coated paper. The holders were made in sizes suitable for most plate cameras. Eastman designed and patented a coating machine for the large-scale production of the paper film, bringing costs down dramatically, the roll-holders were acclaimed by photographers worldwide, and prizes and medals were awarded, but Eastman was still not satisfied. The next step was to incorporate the roll-holder in a smaller, hand-held camera. His first successful design was launched in June 1888: the Kodak camera. A small box camera, it held enough paper film for 100 circular exposures, and was bought ready-loaded. After the film had been exposed, the camera was returned to Eastman's factory, where the film was removed, processed and printed, and the camera reloaded. This developing and printing service was the most revolutionary part of his invention, since at that time photographers were expected to process their own photographs, which required access to a darkroom and appropriate chemicals. The Kodak camera put photography into the hands of the countless thousands who wanted photographs without complications. Eastman's marketing slogan neatly summed up the advantage: "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest." The Kodak camera was the last product in the design of which Eastman was personally involved. His company was growing rapidly, and he recruited the most talented scientists and technicians available. New products emerged regularly—notably the first commercially produced celluloid roll film for the Kodak cameras in July 1889; this material made possible the introduction of cinematography a few years later. Eastman's philosophy of simplifying photography and reducing its costs continued to influence products: for example, the introduction of the one dollar, or five shilling, Brownie camera in 1900, which put photography in the hands of almost everyone. Over the years the Eastman Kodak Company, as it now was, grew into a giant multinational corporation with manufacturing and marketing organizations throughout the world. Eastman continued to guide the company; he pursued an enlightened policy of employee welfare and profit sharing decades before this was common in industry. He made massive donations to many concerns, notably the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and supported schemes for the education of black people, dental welfare, calendar reform, music and many other causes, he withdrew from the day-to-day control of the company in 1925, and at last had time for recreation. On 14 March 1932, suffering from a painful terminal cancer and after tidying up his affairs, he shot himself through the heart, leaving a note: "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?" Although Eastman's technical innovations were made mostly at the beginning of his career, the organization which he founded and guided in its formative years was responsible for many of the major advances in photography over the years.[br]Further ReadingC.Ackerman, 1929, George Eastman, Cambridge, Mass.B.Coe, 1973, George Eastman and the Early Photographers, London.BC -
8 hevesli
"enthusiastic, keen, eager, desirous, fervent; dilettante, amateur" -
9 aficionado
adj.1 amateur.2 enthusiastic.3 amateurish.4 addicted.f. & m.1 fan, buff.2 beginner, amateur, dilettante, neophyte.past part.past participle of spanish verb: aficionar.* * *1→ link=aficionar aficionar► adjetivo1 keen, fond2 (no profesional) amateur► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fan, enthusiast2 (no profesional) amateur* * *1. (f. - aficionada)noun1) lover, enthusiast2) amateur3) fan, supporter2. (f. - aficionada)adj.1) enthusiastic, keen2) amateur* * *aficionado, -a1. ADJ1) (=entusiasta) keen, enthusiastic2) (=no profesional) amateur2. SM / F1) (=entusiasta) [de hobby] enthusiast; [como espectador] lover2) (=no profesional) amateur3) [de equipo, grupo] fan, supporter* * *I- da adjetivo [ser]a) ( entusiasta)aficionado a algo — fond of o keen on something
b) ( no profesional) amateurII- da masculino, femeninoa) ( entusiasta) enthusiastaficionado a algo: para los aficionados al bricolaje for do-it-yourself enthusiasts; un aficionado a la música a music lover; los aficionados al tenis/fútbol tennis/football fans; los aficionados a los toros — bullfighting aficionados
b) ( no profesional) amateur* * *= dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, non-specialist [nonspecialist], buff, enthusiast, aficionado.Ex. This article examines 3 different types of user -- the dabbler, the researcher and the beginner -- and their possible reactions to CD-ROM software.Ex. As far as he was concerned the study of nonverbal communication was a pseudo-science, the work of dilettantes and other futile souls.Ex. We do not regard such a thing as at all odd when hobbyists meet; rather, we encourage it.Ex. However, most emergencies arise from water leakage and much can be done by the non-specialist to alleviate the damage.Ex. His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.Ex. Garlic cloves continue to be used by aficionados as a remedy for digestive disorders and fungal infections such as thrush.----* aficionado a contemplar las estrellas = stargazer.* aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.* aficionado a la historia = history buff.* aficionado a la informática = computer buff.* aficionado a la pesca = fishing-hobbyist.* aficionado a la vela = yachtsman [yachtsmen, -pl.].* aficionado al deporte = sports enthusiast.* aficionado al fútbol = football supporter, football fan.* aficionado al teatro = theatre buff.* aficionado al vino = wine lover.* aficionado a mirar las estrellas = stargazer.* aficionado a observar las estrellas = stargazer.* aficionado a todo lo militar = military buff.* ser aficionado a = be fond of.* * *I- da adjetivo [ser]a) ( entusiasta)aficionado a algo — fond of o keen on something
b) ( no profesional) amateurII- da masculino, femeninoa) ( entusiasta) enthusiastaficionado a algo: para los aficionados al bricolaje for do-it-yourself enthusiasts; un aficionado a la música a music lover; los aficionados al tenis/fútbol tennis/football fans; los aficionados a los toros — bullfighting aficionados
b) ( no profesional) amateur* * *= dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, non-specialist [nonspecialist], buff, enthusiast, aficionado.Ex: This article examines 3 different types of user -- the dabbler, the researcher and the beginner -- and their possible reactions to CD-ROM software.
Ex: As far as he was concerned the study of nonverbal communication was a pseudo-science, the work of dilettantes and other futile souls.Ex: We do not regard such a thing as at all odd when hobbyists meet; rather, we encourage it.Ex: However, most emergencies arise from water leakage and much can be done by the non-specialist to alleviate the damage.Ex: His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.Ex: Garlic cloves continue to be used by aficionados as a remedy for digestive disorders and fungal infections such as thrush.* aficionado a contemplar las estrellas = stargazer.* aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.* aficionado a la historia = history buff.* aficionado a la informática = computer buff.* aficionado a la pesca = fishing-hobbyist.* aficionado a la vela = yachtsman [yachtsmen, -pl.].* aficionado al deporte = sports enthusiast.* aficionado al fútbol = football supporter, football fan.* aficionado al teatro = theatre buff.* aficionado al vino = wine lover.* aficionado a mirar las estrellas = stargazer.* aficionado a observar las estrellas = stargazer.* aficionado a todo lo militar = military buff.* ser aficionado a = be fond of.* * *[ SER]1 (entusiasta) aficionado A algo fond OF o keen ON sthes muy aficionado a los deportes náuticos he's very keen on water sportslas personas aficionadas al teatro keen theatergoers2 (no profesional) amateurmasculine, feminine1 (entusiasta) enthusiast aficionado A algo:para los aficionados al bricolaje for do-it-yourself enthusiastslos aficionados a los toros bullfighting aficionados2 (no profesional) amateur* * *
Del verbo aficionar: ( conjugate aficionar)
aficionado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
aficionado
aficionar
aficionado◊ -da adjetivo [ser]
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
un aficionado a la música a music lover;
los aficionados al tenis/fútbol tennis/football fans
aficionado,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 enthusiast
un aficionado a la música, a music lover
un aficionado a los toros, a bullfighting fan
2 (no profesional) amateur
II adjetivo
1 keen, fond
ser aficionado a los deportes, to be fond of sports
2 (no profesional) amateur
' aficionado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aficionada
- amiga
- amigo
- dada
- dado
- enamorada
- enamorado
- fanática
- fanático
- teleadicta
- teleadicto
- devoto
English:
amateur
- amateurish
- buff
- cinemagoer
- devotee
- fan
- fond
- hard-core
- into
- keen
- lover
- playgoer
* * *aficionado, -a♦ adj1. [interesado] keen;ser aficionado a algo to be keen on sth;2. [no profesional] amateur♦ nm,f1. [interesado] fan;un gran aficionado a la música clásica a great lover of classical music;los aficionados a los toros followers of bullfighting, bullfighting fans2. [no profesional] amateur;un trabajo de aficionados an amateurish piece of work* * *I adj:ser aficionado a be interested in, Brtb be keen onII m, aficionada f1 enthusiast;aficionado a la música music enthusiast o buff;aficionado al deporte sports fan2 no profesional amateur;un partido de aficionados an amateur game* * *aficionado, -da adjentusiasta: enthusiastic, keenaficionado, -da n1) entusiasta: enthusiast, fan2) : amateur* * *aficionado1 adj1. (no profesional) amateur2. (entusiasta) keenaficionado2 n1. (amateur) amateur2. (espectador) fan3. (entusiasta) lover -
10 meraklı
adj. curious, nosey, nosy, inquiring, interested, addicted, keen, keen on, hipped, hipped on, inquisitive, inquisitorial, prying, quizzical, snoopy, splenetic--------n. curious person, quidnunc, snoop; amateur; fancier, addict, aficionado, enthusiastic follower, buff, devotee, freak; splenetic--------given to* * *1. rubberneck 2. whimsical 3. curious 4. enthusiastic 5. hobbyist 6. inquisitive 7. nosy -
11 heveskâr
"1. enthusiast. 2. enthusiastic (about), very interested (in), eager (to), keen (on). 3. amateur; dilettante. 4. (someone) who is an amateur or dilettante." -
12 hevesli
"1. enthusiast. 2. enthusiastic (about), very interested (in), eager (to), keen (on): yüzmeye hevesli bir kız a girl who´s keen on swimming. sanat heveslisi bir genç a youth who´s interested in art. 3. amateur; dilettante. 4. (someone) who is an amateur or dilettante. " -
13 amātor
amātor ōris, m [amo], a lover, friend: noster: urbis, H.: antiquitatis, N.—A lover, one fond of women: adulter an amator: vinosus, amator, H.* * *Iamateur, dilettanteIIlover; friend, devotee; enthusiastic admirer/pursuer; one fond of women -
14 aficionado
• addicted• amateur• amateurish• beginner• dilettante• enthusiastic• neon light• neophyte• Nepal• novice -
15 fan
1. n веер, опахало2. n вентилятор3. n фен, сушилка для волос4. n крыло ветряной мельницы5. n тех. лопасть винта6. n поэт. крыло7. n с. -х. веялка8. n с. -х. провеянное зерно9. n обмахивание10. n геол. конус выноса11. v обмахивать12. v раздувать13. v поэт. обвевать, освежать14. v с. -х. веять15. v развёртывать веером16. v тех. дуть, подавать дутьё17. v амер. сл. нашлёпать, надавать шлепков18. v амер. сл. ощупать; обыскать, обшарить19. v амер. сл. болтать; сплетничатьto fan the air — замахнуться, но попасть мимо; зря руками махать
20. n разг. поклонник, почитатель; фанатscreen fan — любитель, поклонник кино
Синонимический ряд:1. addict (noun) addict; admirer; aficionado; amateur; buff; enthusiastic spectator; fancier; habitue; hound; lover; rooter; supporter; votary2. blower (noun) air conditioner; blower; electric fan; propeller; vane; ventilator; windmill; winnowing machine3. booster (noun) booster; devotee; enthusiast; fanatic; follower; zealot4. aerate (verb) aerate; ventilate5. agitate (verb) agitate; arouse; inflame; kindle; provoke6. blow (verb) blow; ruffle; wind; winnow7. expand (verb) expand; extend; outspread; unfoldАнтонимический ряд:assuage; fold; smooth -
16 Braun, Wernher Manfred von
[br]b. 23 March 1912 Wirsitz, Germanyd. 16 June 1977 Alexandria, Virginia, USA[br]German pioneer in rocket development.[br]Von Braun's mother was an amateur astronomer who introduced him to the futuristic books of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells and gave him an astronomical telescope. He was a rather slack and undisciplined schoolboy until he came across Herman Oberth's book By Rocket to Interplanetary Space. He discovered that he required a good deal of mathematics to follow this exhilarating subject and immediately became an enthusiastic student.The Head of the Ballistics and Armaments branch of the German Army, Professor Karl Becker, had asked the engineer Walter Dornberger to develop a solid-fuel rocket system for short-range attack, and one using liquid-fuel rockets to carry bigger loads of explosives beyond the range of any known gun. Von Braun joined the Verein für Raumschiffsfahrt (the German Space Society) as a young man and soon became a leading member. He was asked by Rudolf Nebel, VfR's chief, to persuade the army of the value of rockets as weapons. Von Braun wisely avoided all mention of the possibility of space flight and some financial backing was assured. Dornberger in 1932 built a small test stand for liquid-fuel rockets and von Braun built a small rocket to test it; the success of this trial won over Dornberger to space rocketry.Initially research was carried out at Kummersdorf, a suburb of Berlin, but it was decided that this was not a suitable site. Von Braun recalled holidays as a boy at a resort on the Baltic, Peenemünde, which was ideally suited to rocket testing. Work started there but was not completed until August 1939, when the group of eighty engineers and scientists moved in. A great fillip to rocket research was received when Hitler was shown a film and was persuaded of the efficacy of rockets as weapons of war. A factory was set up in excavated tunnels at Mittelwerk in the Harz mountains. Around 6,000 "vengeance" weapons were built, some 3,000 of which were fired on targets in Britain and 2,000 of which were still in storage at the end of the Second World War.Peenemünde was taken by the Russians on 5 May 1945, but by then von Braun was lodging with many of his colleagues at an inn, Haus Ingeburg, near Oberjoch. They gave themselves up to the Americans, and von Braun presented a "prospectus" to the Americans, pointing out how useful the German rocket team could be. In "Operation Paperclip" some 100 of the team were moved to the United States, together with tons of drawings and a number of rocket missiles. Von Braun worked from 1946 at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, and in 1950 moved to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. In 1953 he produced the Redstone missile, in effect a V2 adapted to carry a nuclear warhead a distance of 320 km (199 miles). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed in 1958 and recruited von Braun and his team. He was responsible for the design of the Redstone launch vehicles which launched the first US satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958, and the Mercury capsules of the US manned spaceflight programme which carried Alan Shepard briefly into space in 1961 and John Glenn into earth orbit in 1962. He was also responsible for the Saturn series of large, staged launch vehicles, which culminated in the Saturn V rocket which launched the Apollo missions taking US astronauts for the first human landing on the moon in 1969. Von Braun announced his resignation from NASA in 1972 and died five years later.[br]Bibliography1981, with F.L.Ordway, History of Rocketry and Space TravelFurther ReadingP.Marsh, 1985, The Space Business, Penguin. J.Trux, 1985, The Space Race, New English Library. T.Osman, 1983, Space History, Michael Joseph.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Braun, Wernher Manfred von
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