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1 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) tensão arterial* * *blood pres.sure[bl'∧d preʃə] n pressão sanguínea, pressão arterial.————————blood pressurepressão sanguínea. -
2 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) pressão arterial -
3 high blood pressure
high blood pres.sure[hai bl'∧d preʃə] n Med pressão alta, hipertensão. -
4 low blood pressure
low blood pres.sure[lou bl'∧d preʃə] n Med hipotensão, pressão baixa. -
5 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) sangue2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) sangue•- bloody
- bloodcurdling
- blood donor
- blood group/type
- blood-poisoning
- blood pressure
- bloodshed
- bloodshot
- bloodstained
- bloodstream
- blood test
- bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstiness
- blood transfusion
- blood-vessel
- in cold blood* * *[bl∧d] n 1 sangue. 2 fig vida. 3 suco, seiva. 4 temperamento, natureza animal. 5 matança, derramamento de sangue. 6 consangüinidade, parentesco. 7 linhagem (real), estirpe, nobreza. 8 ira, sanha, raiva. 9 raça, nacionalidade. 10 homem valente e espirituoso. blood is thicker than water o sangue (parentesco) fala mais alto. full blood puro-sangue (cavalo). half-blood mestiço. in cold blood a sangue-frio. it runs in the blood está no sangue. my blood is up estou louco de raiva. new blood or young blood sangue novo ou idéias novas. next in blood de parentesco íntimo. of the royal blood de sangue real. the gift of language is in her blood o talento para línguas está no seu sangue. to be out for blood estar disposto a tudo, estar atrás de vingança. to get blood from a stone tirar leite de pedra. to let blood sangrar. to make bad blood exasperar os ânimos. to make one’s blood boil enfurecer. to make one’s blood run cold causar arrepios, fazer o sangue gelar nas veias. -
6 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) sangue2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) sangue•- bloody - bloodcurdling - blood donor - blood group/type - blood-poisoning - blood pressure - bloodshed - bloodshot - bloodstained - bloodstream - blood test - bloodthirsty - bloodthirstiness - blood transfusion - blood-vessel - in cold blood -
7 pressure
['preʃə]1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) pressão2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) pressão3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) pressão•- pressurise
- pressure cooker* * *pres.sure[pr'eʃə] n 1 pressão, compressão. 2 aperto. 3 opressão, aflição. 4 força de coação. 5 urgência, premência. 6 Electr força eletromotriz. 7 Meteor pressão atmosférica. back pressure turbine turbina de contrapressão. blood pressure pressão sanguínea. dynamic pressure pressão dinâmica. -
8 wring
[riŋ]past tense, past participle - wrung; verb1) (to force (water) from (material) by twisting or by pressure: He wrung the water from his soaking-wet shirt.) torcer2) (to clasp and unclasp (one's hands) in desperation, fear etc.) torcer•- wringer- wringing wet* * *[riŋ] n 1 torcedura, torção. 2 espremedura. 3 aperto. 4 prensa (de queijo), espremedor de fruta. • vt+vi (ps, pp wrung) 1 torcer(-se), retorcer(-se). I’d like to wring his neck / tenho vontade de torcer-lhe o pescoço, estou furioso com ele. 2 espremer. 3 prensar (up). 4 apertar (mão). 5 distender, luxar. 6 contorcer, desfigurar (rosto). 7 arrancar à força ( from de). 8 virar, volver (pescoço). 9 extorquir ( out of de). 10 oprimir, hostilizar, atormentar, torturar. he wrung me by the hand ele me apertou a mão. I gave his hand a wring, I gave him a wring of the hand dei-lhe um aperto de mão. to wring off arrancar torcendo. to wring one’s hands in despair torcer as mãos em desespero. to wring out espremer torcendo. to wring someone’s heart/ soul cortar o coração de alguém. it wrings my heart / faz-me doer o coração, corta-me o coração. to wring something’s neck matar algo (algum animal) torcendo o pescoço. he wrung the hen’s neck / ele torceu o pescoço da galinha. to wring water out from the washing tirar água da roupa lavada espremendo-a. wrung with fustigado, atormentado por. you can’t wring blood from a stone você não pode tirar leite das pedras, você não pode tirar dinheiro de um sovina.
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