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♦ glass /glɑ:s/A n.1 [u] vetro ( anche di finestra, finestrino, orologio, quadro, ecc.); cristallo: Glass breaks easily, il vetro si rompe facilmente; plants grown under glass, piante coltivate sotto vetro; frosted glass, vetro smerigliato3 (= drinking glass) bicchiere: I drank a glass of wine, bevvi un bicchiere di vino; to refill sb. 's glass, riempire (di nuovo) il bicchiere di q.7 [u] (collett.) oggetti di vetro; vetrame; vetri; cristalli: a sound of broken glass, un rumore di vetri infranti; a house with a good stock of glass and china, una casa ben provvista di cristalli e porcellane8 (pl.) occhiali; lenti: to wear glasses, portare gli occhiali; reading glasses, occhiali da lettura; occhiali per vedere da vicinoB a. attr.● glass beveller, molatore di vetri □ glass bevelling, molatura di vetri □ glass-blower, soffiatore ( di vetro) □ glass-blowing, soffiatura del vetro □ glass cabinet, vetrina ( il mobile) □ glass case, vetrinetta; teca □ glass ceiling, tetto di cristallo (barriera non ufficiale che impedisce alle donne e o agli appartenenti a minoranze di salire ai vertici della carriera) □ glass curtain, tendina a vetro; ( anche, edil.) pannello di vetro ( per balconi, ecc.) □ glass cutter, diamante (tagliavetro) □ glass decorator, vetraio ( artista) □ glass eye, (vet.) cecità ( dei cavalli); (fig. fam. USA) rifiuto di vedere: to have developed a glass eye for the new road safety signs, (voler) ignorare i nuovi segnali per la sicurezza stradale □ glass fibre, fibra di vetro □ ( sport) glass-fibre pole, asta di fibra di vetro □ ( arte) glass fusing, vetrofusione □ (mus.) glass harmonica, glass harmonica □ ( boxe) a glass jaw, una mascella di vetro ( cioè, fragilissima) □ (chim.) glass of antimony, vetro d'antimonio □ glass-painting, pittura vetraria; vetrocromia □ glass paper, carta vetrata □ glass shade, campana di vetro; globo di vetro □ glass silvering, argentatura di vetri □ (miner.) glass soap, pirolusite □ (autom.) glass sunroof, tettuccio apribile di vetro □ glass wool, lana di vetro □ glass worker, vetraio ( operaio) □ to be fond of one's glass, essere amante del bere □ to have had a glass too much, aver bevuto un bicchiere di troppo.(to) glass /glɑ:s/v. t.3 conservare in un vaso di vetro; mettere sotto vetro4 specchiare; riflettere● to glass in, chiudere (o coprire) con vetri.
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