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he was honoured

  • 1 ehren

    v/t
    1. (Ehre erweisen) hono(u)r; Ihr Besuch / Vertrauen ehrt mich sehr your visit / confidence flatters me greatly; mit einer Medaille geehrt werden be presented with a medal; sich geehrt fühlen be ( oder feel) hono(u)red
    2. (zur Ehre gereichen) do s.o. credit
    3. altm. (achten) respect; du sollst Vater und Mutter ehren BIBL. hono(u)r thy father and thy mother; ehrend, geehrt, Pfennig
    * * *
    to reverence; to honour; to revere; to dignify; to honor; to salute; to venerate
    * * *
    eh|ren ['eːrən]
    vt
    (= Achtung erweisen, würdigen) to honour (Brit), to honor (US)

    etw ehrt jdn — sth does sb credit or hono(u)r

    dein Besuch/Ihr Vertrauen ehrt mich — I am hono(u)red by your visit/trust

    der Präsident ehrte den Preisträger in einer Rede — the president made a speech in hono(u)r of the prizewinner

    der Preisträger wurde in einer Rede geehrt — a speech was made or there was a speech in hono(u)r of the prizewinner

    jdm ein éhrendes Andenken bewahren — to treasure sb's memory

    du sollst Vater und Mutter éhren (Bibl) — hono(u)r thy father and thy mother

    See:
    → auch geehrt
    * * *
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) honour
    2) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) honour
    * * *
    eh·ren
    [ˈe:rən]
    vt
    ▪ jdn [durch etw akk [o mit dat]] \ehren to honour [or AM -or] sb [with sth]
    2. (Ehre machen)
    ▪ jdn \ehren to make sb feel honoured [or AM -ored]
    dieser Besuch ehrt uns sehr we are very much honoured by this visit
    * * *
    1) (Ehre erweisen) honour

    sehr geehrter Herr Müller/sehr geehrte Frau Müller — usw. Dear Herr Müller/Dear Frau Müller etc.

    * * *
    ehren v/t
    1. (Ehre erweisen) hono(u)r;
    Ihr Besuch/Vertrauen ehrt mich sehr your visit/confidence flatters me greatly;
    mit einer Medaille geehrt werden be presented with a medal;
    sich geehrt fühlen be ( oder feel) hono(u)red
    2. (zur Ehre gereichen) do sb credit
    3. obs (achten) respect;
    du sollst Vater und Mutter ehren BIBEL hono(u)r thy father and thy mother; → ehrend, geehrt, Pfennig
    * * *
    1) (Ehre erweisen) honour

    sehr geehrter Herr Müller/sehr geehrte Frau Müller — usw. Dear Herr Müller/Dear Frau Müller etc.

    * * *
    v.
    to dignify v.
    to honour v.
    to revere v.
    to venerate v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ehren

  • 2 distinguir

    v.
    1 to distinguish.
    ¿tú distingues estas dos camisas? can you tell the difference between these two shirts?
    me es imposible distinguirlos I can't tell them apart
    distinguir algo de algo to tell something from something
    Ella distingue los colores She distinguishes the colors.
    Ella distingue a los gemelos She distinguishes the twins.
    El rector distinguió al profesor The rector distinguished the professor.
    Ella distinguió She distinguished.
    2 to distinguish, to characterize.
    distinguir algo/a alguien de to distinguish something/somebody from, to set something/somebody apart from
    3 to honor.
    hoy nos distingue con su presencia Don… today we are honored to have with us Mr…
    4 to make out.
    ¿distingues algo? can you see anything?, can you make anything out? (al mirar)
    5 to differentiate, to know the difference.
    * * *
    (gu changes to g before a and o)
    Present Indicative
    distingo, distingues, distingue, distinguimos, distinguís, distinguen.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    distingue (tú), distinga (él/Vd.), distingamos (nos.), distinguid (vos.), distingan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to differentiate, distinguish
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=diferenciar)
    a) (=ver la diferencia entre) to distinguish

    no resulta fácil distinguir a los mellizos — it is not easy to tell the twins apart, it's not easy to distinguish between the twins

    ¿sabes distinguir un violín de una viola? — can you tell o distinguish a violin from a viola?

    b) (=hacer diferente) to set apart

    lo que nos distingue de los animales — what distinguishes us from the animals, what sets us apart from the animals

    c) (=hacer una distinción entre) to distinguish
    2) (=ver) [+ objeto, sonido] to make out

    ya distingo la costa — I can see o make out the coast now

    3) (=honrar) [+ amigo, alumno] to honour, honor (EEUU)
    4) (=elegir) to single out
    2.
    VI (=ver la diferencia) to tell the difference ( entre between)
    (=hacer una distinción) to make a distinction ( entre between)

    lo mismo le da un vino malo que uno bueno, no distingue — it's all the same to him whether it's a bad wine or a good one, he can't tell the difference

    en su discurso, distinguió entre el viejo y el nuevo liberalismo — in his speech he made a distinction between the old and the new liberalism

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

    distinguir una cosa de otra — to tell o distinguish one thing from another

    b) ( caracterizar) to characterize
    2) ( percibir) to make out

    se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas — we/he/they could clearly make out the sound of the waves

    3) (con medalla, honor) to honor*
    2.

    distinguirse por algo: se distinguió por su valentía he distinguished himself by his bravery; nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products are distinguished by their quality; distinguirse en algo — to distinguish oneself in something

    * * *
    = delineate, discern, distinguish, draw + distinction, segregate, sift, single out, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, mark out, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, tease apart, decouple, discern, make out.
    Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. In order to distinguish between all these subjects it is inevitable that longer notations are used.
    Ex. You have failed to draw the correct distinction between a discipline and a phenomenon studied by a discipline.
    Ex. In summary, the advantages of the electronic catalog is the ability to segregate the fast searches from the slowest.
    Ex. Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex. Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.
    Ex. To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.
    Ex. No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.
    Ex. What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.
    Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex. The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.
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    * distinguir a + Nombre + de + Nombre = mark out + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguir de = mark + Nombre + off from.
    * distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and..., make + distinction between... and..., discern + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguirse = make + Posesivo + mark, be distinguishable.
    * no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * que distingue entre mayúscula y minúscula = case-sensitive.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

    distinguir una cosa de otra — to tell o distinguish one thing from another

    b) ( caracterizar) to characterize
    2) ( percibir) to make out

    se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas — we/he/they could clearly make out the sound of the waves

    3) (con medalla, honor) to honor*
    2.

    distinguirse por algo: se distinguió por su valentía he distinguished himself by his bravery; nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products are distinguished by their quality; distinguirse en algo — to distinguish oneself in something

    * * *
    = delineate, discern, distinguish, draw + distinction, segregate, sift, single out, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, mark out, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, tease apart, decouple, discern, make out.

    Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: In order to distinguish between all these subjects it is inevitable that longer notations are used.
    Ex: You have failed to draw the correct distinction between a discipline and a phenomenon studied by a discipline.
    Ex: In summary, the advantages of the electronic catalog is the ability to segregate the fast searches from the slowest.
    Ex: Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex: Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.
    Ex: To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.
    Ex: No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.
    Ex: What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.
    Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex: The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.
    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.
    * distinguir a + Nombre + de + Nombre = mark out + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguir de = mark + Nombre + off from.
    * distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and..., make + distinction between... and..., discern + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguirse = make + Posesivo + mark, be distinguishable.
    * no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * que distingue entre mayúscula y minúscula = case-sensitive.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.

    * * *
    distinguir [I2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (diferenciar) to distinguish
    no sabe distinguir una nota de otra she can't tell o distinguish one note from another
    he aprendido a distinguir los diferentes compositores I've learnt to distinguish (between) o recognize the different composers
    son tan parecidos que es muy difícil distinguirlos they look so much alike it's very difficult to tell them apart o to tell one from the other o to distinguish between them
    yo la distinguiría entre mil I'd recognize o know her anywhere, I could pick her out in a crowd
    2 (caracterizar) to characterize
    B (percibir) to make out
    a lo lejos se distingue la catedral the cathedral can be seen in the distance
    entre los matorrales pudo distinguir algo que se movía she could make out o see something moving in the bushes
    se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas the sound of the waves could be clearly heard, we/he/they could clearly hear o make out the sound of the waves
    C (con una medalla, un honor) to honor*
    los distinguió con su presencia ( frml); she honored them with her presence ( frml)
    ■ distinguir
    vi
    (discernir): hay que saber distinguir para apreciar la diferencia you have to be discerning to appreciate the difference
    (destacarse) distinguirse POR algo:
    se distinguió por su talento musical he became famous o renowned for his musical talent
    se distinguió por su valor en el combate he distinguished himself by his bravery in battle
    nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products stand out for their quality, our products are distinguished by o for their quality
    distinguirse EN algo to distinguish oneself IN sth, to make a name for oneself IN sth
    * * *

     

    distinguir ( conjugate distinguir) verbo transitivo
    1


    2 ( percibir) ‹figura/sonido› to make out
    3 (con medalla, honor) to honor( conjugate honor)
    distinguirse verbo pronominal ( destacarse): distinguirse por algo [ persona] to distinguish oneself by sth;
    [ producto] to be distinguished by sth
    distinguir verbo transitivo
    1 (reconocer) to recognize
    2 (apreciar la diferencia) to distinguish: no soy capaz de distinguir a Juan de su hermano gemelo, I can't tell Juan from his twin brother
    3 (conferir un privilegio, honor) to honour, US honor
    4 (verse, apreciarse) to make out
    ' distinguir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discriminar
    - caracterizar
    English:
    differentiate
    - discern
    - distinction
    - distinguish
    - make out
    - pick out
    - separate
    - single out
    - tell
    - tell apart
    - define
    - discriminate
    - know
    - make
    - mark
    - pick
    - right
    - set
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [diferenciar] to distinguish, to tell the difference between;
    ¿tú distingues estas dos camisas? can you tell the difference between these two shirts?;
    me es imposible distinguirlos I can't tell them apart;
    Kant distingue varios tipos de “razón” Kant distinguishes between several kinds of “reason”;
    distinguir algo de algo to tell sth from sth;
    por teléfono no distingo tu voz de la de tu madre I can't tell your voice from your mother's on the telephone;
    no distinguen el verde del azul they can't tell green from blue
    2. [caracterizar] to distinguish, to characterize;
    distinguir algo/a alguien de to distinguish sth/sb from, to set sth/sb apart from;
    esto lo distingue del resto de los mamíferos this distinguishes it from other mammals;
    ¿qué es lo que distingue a un gorila? what are the main characteristics of a gorilla?;
    el grado de adherencia distingue los diversos tipos de neumático the different types of tyre are distinguished by their road-holding capacity;
    su amabilidad la distingue de las demás her kindness sets her apart from the rest
    3. [premiar] to honour;
    ha sido distinguido con numerosos premios he has been honoured with numerous prizes;
    hoy nos distingue con su presencia Don… today we are honoured to have with us Mr…
    4. [vislumbrar, escuchar] to make out;
    ¿distingues algo? [al mirar] can you see anything?, can you make anything out?;
    desde aquí no distingo si es ella o no I can't see if it's her or not from here;
    podía distinguir su voz I could make out her voice
    ♦ vi
    to differentiate, to know the difference ( entre between);
    el público distingue entre un buen y un mal tenor the audience can tell o knows the difference between a good and a bad tenor;
    estudiando mucho uno aprende a distinguir after a lot of study one learns how to discriminate
    * * *
    v/t
    1 distinguish (de from)
    2 ( divisar) make out;
    distinguir algo lejano make out sth in the distance
    3 con un premio honor, Br
    honour
    * * *
    distinguir {26} vt
    1) : to distinguish
    2) : to honor
    * * *
    1. (diferenciar) to distinguish / to tell the difference [pt. & pp. told]
    los gemelos son difíciles de distinguir the twins are hard to tell apart / it's hard to tell the twins apart
    2. (ver) to make out / to see [pt. saw; pp. seen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > distinguir

  • 3 distinción

    f.
    1 distinction, cachet, elegance.
    2 differentiation, distinction, discrimination.
    3 privilege, distinction.
    4 difference, distinction, dissimilitude.
    5 distinctness, distinction.
    * * *
    1 (gen) distinction
    2 (elegancia) distinction, elegance, refinement
    3 (deferencia) deference, respect, consideration
    \
    a distinción de unlike, in contrast to
    hacer una distinción con alguien to treat somebody with deference
    sin distinción de irrespective of
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=diferencia) distinction

    hacer una distinción entre... — to make a distinction between...

    • a distinción de algo — unlike sth, in contrast to sth

    • hacer una distinción con algn — to show special consideration to sb

    • sin distinción, todos serán tratados sin distinción — everybody will be treated without distinction

    sin distinción de edad — irrespective o regardless of age

    sin distinción de raza — regardless of race, without distinction of race

    2) (=privilegio) distinction

    distinción honorífica — honour, honor (EEUU)

    3) (=elegancia) elegance, refinement
    * * *
    a) ( diferencia) distinction

    hacer una distinción entre... — to draw o make a distinction between...

    b) ( elegancia) distinction, elegance
    c) (honor, condecoración) award
    * * *
    = differencing, distinction, distinguishability, divide, excellence, distinction, discernment, cachet.
    Ex. Differencing is a method for providing entries under words other than the first in a compound term.
    Ex. Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.
    Ex. In this article, the notion of distinguishability is used to measure the degree to which two values of an attribute are dissimilar.
    Ex. Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.
    Ex. The limits are set by the graininess of the film, the excellence of the optical system, and the efficiency of the light sources employed.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. He was an social anthropologist associated with what has become known as functionalism, in which he put forward the idea that questions concerning the origins, stages and law of development in culture are subordinate or secondary to discernment of functions.
    Ex. At a more personal level the publisher can use the name of a person already known, usually in other media, so as to give a special cachet to a book.
    ----
    * hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * hacer una distinción = draw + distinction.
    * hacer una distinción entre... y... = make + distinction between... and....
    * sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.
    * * *
    a) ( diferencia) distinction

    hacer una distinción entre... — to draw o make a distinction between...

    b) ( elegancia) distinction, elegance
    c) (honor, condecoración) award
    * * *
    = differencing, distinction, distinguishability, divide, excellence, distinction, discernment, cachet.

    Ex: Differencing is a method for providing entries under words other than the first in a compound term.

    Ex: Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.
    Ex: In this article, the notion of distinguishability is used to measure the degree to which two values of an attribute are dissimilar.
    Ex: Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.
    Ex: The limits are set by the graininess of the film, the excellence of the optical system, and the efficiency of the light sources employed.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: He was an social anthropologist associated with what has become known as functionalism, in which he put forward the idea that questions concerning the origins, stages and law of development in culture are subordinate or secondary to discernment of functions.
    Ex: At a more personal level the publisher can use the name of a person already known, usually in other media, so as to give a special cachet to a book.
    * hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * hacer una distinción = draw + distinction.
    * hacer una distinción entre... y... = make + distinction between... and....
    * sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.

    * * *
    1 (diferencia) distinction
    hacer una distinción entre … to draw o make a distinction between …
    se les tratará a todos por igual sin hacer distinciones everyone will be treated the same, without distinction
    sin distinción de raza o credo regardless of race or creed
    no hago distinciones con nadie I don't give anyone special o preferential treatment
    2 (elegancia) distinction, elegance
    3 (honor, condecoración) award
    le otorgaron una distinción por su valor she was given an award for her bravery
    esta distinción se otorga a … this award is presented to …, this distinction is awarded to …
    * * *

    distinción sustantivo femenino


    sin distinción de raza o credo regardless of race or creed;
    no hago distinciones con nadie I don't give anyone preferential treatment

    c) (honor, condecoración) award

    distinción sustantivo femenino
    1 distinction
    sin distinción de raza o religión, irrespective of race or religión
    2 (elegancia) distinction
    3 (privilegio) honour
    ' distinción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caché
    - cachet
    - honor
    - indistintamente
    - clase
    - color
    - diferencia
    - lustre
    English:
    distinction
    - fine
    - OBE
    - irrespective
    * * *
    1. [diferencia] distinction;
    a distinción de in contrast to, unlike;
    hacer o [m5] establecer una distinción entre to make o draw a distinction between;
    hizo la distinción entre estrella y asteroide he drew a distinction between stars and asteroids;
    hacer distinciones en el trato to treat people differently;
    no me gusta hacer distinciones con nadie I don't like to give preferential treatment to anyone;
    obsequió a todos sin distinción he gave presents to everyone alike;
    sin distinción de sexo, raza o religión without distinction of sex, race or religion
    2. [privilegio] privilege;
    [condecoración] award;
    3. [modales, elegancia] refinement, elegance;
    viste con distinción he dresses elegantly
    * * *
    f distinction;
    sin distinción without distinction;
    hacer una distinción entre make a distinction between;
    * * *
    distinción nf, pl - ciones : distinction
    * * *
    distinción n distinction

    Spanish-English dictionary > distinción

  • 4 By, Lieutenant-Colonel John

    SUBJECT AREA: Canals
    [br]
    b. 7 (?) August 1779 Lambeth, London, England
    d. 1 February 1836 Frant, Sussex, England
    [br]
    English Engineer-in-Charge of the construction of the Rideau Canal, linking the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada.
    [br]
    Admitted in 1797 as a Gentleman Cadet in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, By was commissioned on 1 August 1799 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, but was soon transferred to the Royal Engineers. Posted to Plymouth upon the development of the fortifications, he was further posted to Canada, arriving there in August 1802.
    In 1803 By was engaged in canal work, assisting Captain Bruyères in the construction of a short canal (1,500 ft (460 m) long) at the Cascades on the Grand, now the Ottawa, River. In 1805 he was back at the Cascades repairing ice damage caused during the previous winter. He was promoted Captain in 1809. Meanwhile he worked on the fortifications of Quebec and in 1806–7 he built a scale model of the Citadel, which is now in the National War Museum of Canada. He returned to England in 1810 and served in Portugal in 1811. Back in England at the end of the year, he was appointed Royal Engineer Officer in charge at the Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Works on 1 January 1812 and later planned the new Small Arms Factory at Enfield; both works were on the navigable River Lee.
    In the post-Napoleonic period Major By, as he then was, retired on half-pay but was promoted to Lieu tenant-Colonel on 2 December 1824. Eighteen months later, in March 1826, he returned to Canada on active duty to build the Rideau Canal. This was John By's greatest work. It was conceived after the American war of 1812–14 as a connection for vessels to reach Kingston and the Great Lakes from Montreal while avoiding possible attack from the United States forces. Ships would pass up the Ottawa River using the already-constructed locks and bypass channels and then travel via a new canal cut through virgin forest southwards to the St Lawrence at Kingston. By based his operational headquarters at the Ottawa River end of the new works and in a forest clearing he established a small settlement. Because of the regard in which By was held, this settlement became known as By town. In 1855, long after By's death, the settlement was designated by Queen Victoria as capital of United Canada (which was to become a self-governing Dominion in 1867) and renamed Ottawa; as a result of the presence of the national government, the growth of the town accelerated greatly.
    Between 1826–7 and 1832 the Rideau Canal was constructed. It included the massive engineering works of Jones Falls Dam (62 ft 6 in. (19 m) high) and 47 locks. By exercised an almost paternal care over those employed under his direction. The canal was completed in June 1832 at a cost of £800,000. By was summoned back to London to face virulent and unjust criticism from the Treasury. He was honoured in Canada but vilified by the British Government.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    R.F.Leggett, 1982, John By, Historical Society of Canada.
    —1976, Canals of Canada, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.
    —1972, Rideau Waterway, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
    Bernard Pothier, 1978, "The Quebec Model", Canadian War Museum Paper 9, Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
    JHB

    Biographical history of technology > By, Lieutenant-Colonel John

  • 5 Senefelder, Alois

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
    [br]
    b. 6 November 1771 Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
    d. 26 February 1834 Munich, Germany
    [br]
    German inventor of lithography.
    [br]
    Soon after his birth, Senefelder's family moved to Mannheim, where his father, an actor, had obtained a position in the state theatre. He was educated there, until he gained a scholarship to the university of Ingolstadt. The young Senefelder wanted to follow his father on to the stage, but the latter insisted that he study law. He nevertheless found time to write short pieces for the theatre. One of these, when he was 18 years old, was an encouraging success. When his father died in 1791, he gave up his studies and took to a new life as poet and actor. However, the wandering life of a repertory actor palled after two years and he settled for the more comfortable pursuit of playwriting. He had some of his work printed, which acquainted him with the art of printing, but he fell out with his bookseller. He therefore resolved to carry out his own printing, but he could not afford the equipment of a conventional letterpress printer. He began to explore other ways of printing and so set out on the path that was to lead to an entirely new method.
    He tried writing in reverse on a copper plate with some acid-resisting material and etching the plate, to leave a relief image that could then be inked and printed. He knew that oily substances would resist acid, but it required many experiments to arrive at a composition of wax, soap and charcoal dust dissolved in rainwater. The plates wore down with repeated polishing, so he substituted stone plates. He continued to etch them and managed to make good prints with them, but he went on to make the surprising discovery that etching was unnecessary. If the image to be printed was made with the oily composition and the stone moistened, he found that only the oily image received the ink while the moistened part rejected it. The printing surface was neither raised (as in letterpress printing) nor incised (as in intaglio printing): Senefelder had discovered the third method of printing.
    He arrived at a workable process over the years 1796 to 1799, and in 1800 he was granted an English patent. In the same year, lithography (or "writing on stone") was introduced into France and Senefelder himself took it to England, but it was some time before it became widespread; it was taken up by artists especially for high-quality printing of art works. Meanwhile, Senefelder improved his techniques, finding that other materials, even paper, could be used in place of stone. In fact, zinc plates were widely used from the 1820s, but the name "lithography" stuck. Although he won world renown and was honoured by most of the crowned heads of Europe, he never became rich because he dissipated his profits through restless experimenting.
    With the later application of the offset principle, initiated by Barclay, lithography has become the most widely used method of printing.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1911, Alois Senefelder, Inventor of Lithography, trans. J.W.Muller, New York: Fuchs \& Line (Senefelder's autobiography).
    Further Reading
    W.Weber, 1981, Alois Senefelder, Erfinder der Lithographie, Frankfurt-am-Main: Polygraph Verlag.
    M.Tyman, 1970, Lithography 1800–1950, London: Oxford University Press (describes the invention and its development; with biographical details).
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Senefelder, Alois

  • 6 Smith, Sir Francis Pettit

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 9 February 1808 Copperhurst Farm, near Hythe, Kent, England
    d. 12 February 1874 South Kensington, London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the screw propeller.
    [br]
    Smith was the only son of Charles Smith, Postmaster at Hythe, and his wife Sarah (née Pettit). After education at a private school in Ashford, Kent, he took to farming, first on Romney Marsh, then at Hendon, Middlesex. As a boy, he showed much skill in the construction of model boats, especially in devising their means of propulsion. He maintained this interest into adult life and in 1835 he made a model propelled by a screw driven by a spring. This worked so well that he became convinced that the screw propeller offered a better method of propulsion than the paddle wheels that were then in general use. This notion so fired his enthusiasm that he virtually gave up farming to devote himself to perfecting his invention. The following year he produced a better model, which he successfully demonstrated to friends on his farm at Hendon and afterwards to the public at the Adelaide Gallery in London. On 31 May 1836 Smith was granted a patent for the propulsion of vessels by means of a screw.
    The idea of screw propulsion was not new, however, for it had been mooted as early as the seventeenth century and since then several proposals had been advanced, but without successful practical application. Indeed, simultaneously but quite independently of Smith, the Swedish engineer John Ericsson had invented the ship's propeller and obtained a patent on 13 July 1836, just weeks after Smith. But Smith was completely unaware of this and pursued his own device in the belief that he was the sole inventor.
    With some financial and technical backing, Smith was able to construct a 10 ton boat driven by a screw and powered by a steam engine of about 6 hp (4.5 kW). After showing it off to the public, Smith tried it out at sea, from Ramsgate round to Dover and Hythe, returning in stormy weather. The screw performed well in both calm and rough water. The engineering world seemed opposed to the new method of propulsion, but the Admiralty gave cautious encouragement in 1839 by ordering that the 237 ton Archimedes be equipped with a screw. It showed itself superior to the Vulcan, one of the fastest paddle-driven ships in the Navy. The ship was put through its paces in several ports, including Bristol, where Isambard Kingdom Brunel was constructing his Great Britain, the first large iron ocean-going vessel. Brunel was so impressed that he adapted his ship for screw propulsion.
    Meanwhile, in spite of favourable reports, the Admiralty were dragging their feet and ordered further trials, fitting Smith's four-bladed propeller to the Rattler, then under construction and completed in 1844. The trials were a complete success and propelled their lordships of the Admiralty to a decision to equip twenty ships with screw propulsion, under Smith's supervision.
    At last the superiority of screw propulsion was generally accepted and virtually universally adopted. Yet Smith gained little financial reward for his invention and in 1850 he retired to Guernsey to resume his farming life. In 1860 financial pressures compelled him to accept the position of Curator of Patent Models at the Patent Museum in South Kensington, London, a post he held until his death. Belated recognition by the Government, then headed by Lord Palmerston, came in 1855 with the grant of an annual pension of £200. Two years later Smith received unofficial recognition when he was presented with a national testimonial, consisting of a service of plate and nearly £3,000 in cash subscribed largely by the shipbuilding and engineering community. Finally, in 1871 Smith was honoured with a knighthood.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1871.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1874, Illustrated London News (7 February).
    1856, On the Invention and Progress of the Screw Propeller, London (provides biographical details).
    Smith and his invention are referred to in papers in Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 14 (1934): 9; 19 (1939): 145–8, 155–7, 161–4, 237–9.
    LRD

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  • 7 Bell, Revd Patrick

    [br]
    b. 1799 Auchterhouse, Scotland
    d. 22 April 1869 Carmyllie, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish inventor of the first successful reaping machine.
    [br]
    The son of a Forfarshire tenant farmer, Patrick Bell obtained an MA from the University of St Andrews. His early association with farming kindled an interest in engineering and mechanics and he was to maintain a workshop not only on his father's farm, but also, in later life, at the parsonage at Carmyllie.
    He was still studying divinity when he invented his reaping machine. Using garden shears as the basis of his design, he built a model in 1827 and a full-scale prototype the following year. Not wishing the machine to be seen during his early experiments, he and his brother planted a sheaf of oats in soil laid out in a shed, and first tried the machine on this. It cut well enough but left the straw in a mess behind it. A canvas belt system was devised and another secret trial in the barn was followed by a night excursion into a field, where corn was successfully harvested.
    Two machines were at work during 1828, apparently achieving a harvest rate of one acre per hour. In 1832 there were ten machines at work, and at least another four had been sent to the United States by this time. Despite their success Bell did not patent his design, feeling that the idea should be given free to the world. In later years he was to regret the decision, feeling that the many badly-made imitations resulted in its poor reputation and prevented its adoption.
    Bell's calling took precedence over his inventive interests and after qualifying he went to Canada in 1833, spending four years in Fergus, Ontario. He later returned to Scotland and be-came the minister at Carmyllie, with a living of £150 per annum.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Late in the day he was honoured for his part in the development of the reaping machine. He received an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews and in 1868 a testimonial and £1,000 raised by public subscription by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
    Bibliography
    1854, Journal of Agriculture (perhaps stung by other claims, Bell wrote his own account).
    Further Reading
    G.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (gives an account of the development of harvesting machinery).
    L.J.Jones, 1979, History of Technology, pp. 101–48 (gives a critical assessment of the various claims regarding the originality of the invention).
    51–69 (provides a celebration of Bell's achievement on its centenary).
    AP

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  • 8 Stratingh, Sibrandus

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
    [br]
    b. 9 April 1785 Adorp, The Netherlands
    d. 15 February 1841 Groningen, The Netherlands
    [br]
    Dutch chemist and physician, maker of early electric motors.
    [br]
    Stratingh spent five years working for a relative who was a chemist in Groningen, and studied pharmacy under Professor Driessen. Encouraged to become a medical student, he qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1809. Later becoming a professor of chemistry at Groningen, he was honoured by a personal visit from the King to his laboratory in 1837. In 1835, assisted by Christopher Becker, an instrument maker, he built a table-top model of an electrically propelled vehicle. The motor, with wound armature and field coils, was geared to a wheel of a small carriage which also carried a single voltaic cell. A full-scale road vehicle was never built, but in 1840 he succeeded in making an electrically powered boat.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Cross of the Netherlands Lion 1831.
    Bibliography
    1841, De nagedachtenis van S.Stratingh Ez.gevierd in het Genootschap: ter bevordering der natuurkundige wetenschappen te Groningen, Groningen (a memorial volume that includes a list of his works).
    Further Reading
    B.Bowers, 1982, A History of Electric Light and Power, London, p. 45 (provides a brief account of Stratingh's electric vehicle).
    GW

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  • 9 Acres, Birt

    [br]
    b. 23 July 1854 Virginia, USA
    d. 1918
    [br]
    American photographer, inventor and pioneer cinematographer.
    [br]
    Born of English parents and educated in Paris, Acres travelled to England in the 1880s. He worked for the photographic manufacturing firm Elliott \& Co. in Barnet, near London, and became the Manager. He became well known through his frequent lectures, demonstrations and articles in the photographic press. The appearance of the Edison kinetoscope in 1893 seems to have aroused his interest in the recording and reproduction of movement.
    At the beginning of 1895 he took his idea for a camera to Robert Paul, an instrument maker, and they collaborated on the building of a working camera, which Acres used to record the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on 30 March 1895. He filmed the Derby at Epsom on 29 May and the opening of the Kiel Canal in June, as well as ten other subjects for the kinetoscope, which were sold by Paul. Acres's association with Paul ended in July 1895. Acres had patented the camera design, the Kinetic Lantern, on 27 May 1895 and then went on to design a projector with which he gave the first successful presentation of projected motion pictures to take place in Britain, at the Royal Photographic Society's meeting on 14 January 1896. At the end of the month Acres formed his own business, the Northern Photographic Company, to supply film stock, process and print exposed film, and to make finished film productions.
    His first shows to the public, using the renamed Kineopticon projector, started in Piccadilly Circus on 21 March 1896. He later toured the country with his show. He was honoured with a Royal Command Performance at Marlborough House on 21 July 1896 before members of the royal family. Although he made a number of films for his own use, they and his equipment were used only for his own demonstrations. His last contribution to cinematography was the design and patenting in 1898 of the first low-cost system for amateur use, the Birtac, which was first shown on 25 January 1899 and marketed in May of that year. It used half-width film, 17.5 mm wide, and the apparatus served as camera, printer and projector.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society 1895.
    Bibliography
    27 May 1895 (the Kinetic Lantern).
    9 June 1898 (the Birtac).
    Further Reading
    J.Barnes, 1976, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England, London. B.Coe, 1980, The History of Movie Photography, London.
    BC

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  • 10 Daviel, Jacques

    SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology
    [br]
    b. 11 August 1696 La Barre, Normandy, France
    d. 30 September 1762 Geneva, Switzerland
    [br]
    French ophthalmic surgeon who originated the technique of the removal of the cataractous lens of the eye.
    [br]
    Apprenticed in surgery to his uncle in Rouen, he became a student surgeon in the French Army in 1713. In 1719 he was honoured for his work during an outbreak of plague in Marseille, and in 1723 he was appointed Surgeon to the Hôtel-Dieu. In 1746 he moved to Paris, and in 1749 he became Surgeon-Oculist to Louis XV. Although he had, like many others, performed couchings (intra-ocular displacement of the lens) for the treatment of cataracts, his dissection of cadavers at Marseille led him to attempt the actual removal from the eye of the opaque lens. He performed the first such operation on a monk of Provence on 8 April 1745, and by 1753 he was able to report 115 cases with 100 successes. The difficulties of the technique precluded its immediate adoption, and couching remained the standard treatment for much of the century.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Cross of the Knights of Saint Roch. Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Surgery.
    Bibliography
    1748, "Lettre sur les maladies des yeux", Mercure de France.
    1753, "Sur une nouvelle méthode de guérir la cataracte par l'extraction du crystallin", Mem. Acad. roy. chir. Paris.
    Further Reading
    S.Duke-Elder, 1969, System of Ophthalmology, Vol. 11, London.
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  • 11 его чествовали на банкете

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > его чествовали на банкете

  • 12 мэру был пожалован титул

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > мэру был пожалован титул

  • 13 ἵνα

    A Adv.,
    I of Place,
    1 in that place, there, once in Hom.,

    ἵ. γάρ σφιν ἐπέφραδον ἠγερέθεσθαι Il.10.127

     (acc.to Eust.).
    2 elsewh. relat., in which place, where, 2.558, Od.9.136, Hdt.2.133,9.27,54, Pi.O.1.95, B.10.79, A.Pr.21, al., S.El.22, 855, Ar.Ra. 1231, etc.: rarely in [dialect] Att. Prose, Lys.13.72 (v. infr.), Pl.Ap. 17c, Phlb. 61b; ἵ. ἡ Νίκη (sc. ἐστίν) IG22.1407.13: rare in later Greek, Arr.An.1.3.2, Luc.Cont.22, Ind.3: with particles,

    ἵ. τε Il.20.478

    ;

    ἵ. περ 24.382

    , Od.13.364, Lys. l.c.; ἵν' ἄν c. subj., wherever, S.OC 405, E. Ion 315; as indirect interrog., Hdt.1.179, 2.150, E.Hec. 1008.
    b after Hom., like other Advs. of Place, c. gen.,

    ἵ. τῆς χώρης Hdt.1.98

    ; ἔμαθε ἵ. ἦν κακοῦ in what a calamity, Id.1.213;

    οὐδ' ὁρᾶν ἵν' ἐ̄ κακοῦ S.OT 367

    ; ἵν' ἕσταμεν χρείας ib. 1442;

    ἵν' ἦμεν ἄτης Id.El. 936

    ;

    ὁρᾷς ἵν' ἐσμὲν αὐτοῦ πέρι τῆς ἀπορίας Pl.Sph. 243b

    .
    c with Verbs of motion, whither, Od.4.821, al.;

    ὁρᾷς ἵν' ἥκεις S.OT 687

    , al., Din.2.10;

    ιναπερ ὥρμητο Th. 4.74

    .
    II of circumstance, γάμος.., ἵ. χρή at which, when, Od.6.27; ἵ. μὲν ἐξῆν αὐτοῖς.., ἐνταῦθα.. when it was in their power, Antipho 6.9.
    2 = ἐάν, dub. in Il.7.353 (v.l. ἵν' ἄν, cf. Sch.), Archil. 74.7 codd., v.l. in Din.1.1, and Pl.Chrm. 176b.
    B Final Conj., that, in order that, from Hom. downwards, mostly first word in the clause, but sts. preceded by an emphatic word, Pl.Chrm. 169d;

    ἵ. δή Il.7.26

    , 23.207, Hdt.1.29, Pl.R. 420e, 610c: never with ἄν or κε (if found, these particles belong to the Verb, as in Od.12.156, E.IA 1579).
    I general usage:
    1 with subj.,
    a after primary tenses of ind., also subj. and imper.: [tense] pres. ind., Il.3.252, Od.2.111, X.Mem.3.2.3, Cyr.1.2.11, Isoc.3.2: [tense] pf. ind., Il.1.203, Isoc.4.129: [tense] fut., Od.2.307,4.591, X.Cyr.1.2.15; subj., S.OT 364; imper., Il.19.348,al., A.Pr.61, S.Ph. 880, Ar.Ra. 297, Pl.R. 341b, Men. 71d.
    b after historical tenses, in similes, where the [tense] aor. is gnomic, Od.5.490 ( αὔοι codd.); where [tense] aor. is treated as equiv. to [tense] pf., Il.9.99, Od.8.580, Hdt.5.91, Lys.1.4, D.9.26: when the purpose is regarded from the point of view of the speaker's present,

    σὲ παῖδα ποιεύμην ἵ. μοι.. λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς Il.9.495

    , cf. Hdt.1.29, 6.100, Th.1.44, al., Lys.1.11,12,al.
    c after opt. and ἄν, when opt. with οὐκ ἄν is used with sense of imper., Il.24.264, Od.6.58; after βουλοίμην ἄν.., Lys.7.12.
    d after [tense] impf. with ἄν, D.23.7.
    2 with opt.,
    a after historical tenses, Il.5.3, Od.3.2, A. Th. 215, Lys.3.11, Pl.Prt. 314c, etc.: after the historical [tense] pres., E. Hec.11: sts. both moods, subj. and opt., follow in consecutive clauses, Od.3.77, Hdt.8.76,9.51, D.23.93,49.14.
    b after opt., Od.18.369, S.Ph. 325;

    βούλοιντ' ἂν ἡμᾶς ἐξολωλέναι, ἵνα.. λάβοιεν Ar. Pax 413

    .
    c rarely after primary tenses, by a shifting of the point of view, Od.17.250, Ar.Ra.24, Pl.R. 410c.
    3 with past tenses of ind.,
    a after unfulfilled wishes, Id.Cri. 44d.
    b after ind. with ἄν, to express a consequence which has not followed or cannot follow, S.OT 1389, Pl.Men. 89b, D.29.17: esp. after ἐβουλόμην ἄν.., Ar. V. 961, Lys.4.3.
    c after such Verbs as ἐχρῆν, ἔδει, E.Hipp. 647, Pl.Prt. 335c, Smp. 181e, Euthd. 304e, Isoc.9.5, D.24.48, Men.349.5, etc.: whenan unfulfilled obligation is implied, τεθαύμακα ὅτι οὐκ εἶπεν ( = ἔδει εἰπεῖν)

    .. ἵ... Pl.Tht. 161c

    ; ἀντὶ τοῦ κοσμεῖν ( = δέον κοσμεῖν)

    .. ἵ... D.36.47

    .
    d after [tense] pres. ind. in general statements (including the past),

    οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸ εἶναι ἔχει ἡ ὕλη, ἱ. ἀγαθοῦ ταύτῃ μετεῖχεν Plot.1.8.5

    .
    4 ἵ. μή as the neg. of ἵνα, that not, Il.19.348, etc.
    II special usages:
    1 like ὅπως, after Verbs of command and entreaty, is common only in later Gr. (but cf. Od.3.327 with ib.19), ἀξιοῦν ἵ... Decr. ap. D.18.155;

    δεήσεσθαι ἵ... D.H.1.83

    ;

    παρακαλεῖν ἵ... Arr.Epict.3.23.27

    : freq. in NT,

    ἐκήρυξαν ἵ. μετανοήσωσιν Ev.Marc.6.12

    , al.; of will, ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵ. ποιῶσιν.. ib.25: hence ἵ. c. subj. stands for infin., ἐν τούτῳ ἵ. καρπὸν φέρητε ( = ἐν τῷ φέρειν) Ev.Jo.15.8, etc.;

    πρῶτόν ἐστιν ἵ. κοιμηθῶ Arr.Epict.1.10.8

    , cf. M.Ant.8.29; also for ὥστε, LXX Ge.22.14,al., Plu.2.333a, Porph.Abst.2.33, etc.
    2 because, ἵ. ἀναγνῶ ἐτιμήθην I was honoured because I read, Anon. ap. A.D.Synt.266.5, cf. Conj.243.21, Choerob.in Theod.2.257, al.; not found in literature.
    3 elliptical usages,
    a where the purpose of the utterance is stated, Ζεὺς ἔσθ', ἵν' εἰδῇς 'tis Zeus,— [I tell thee this] that thou may'st know it, S.Ph. 989;

    ἵ. μὴ εἴπω ὅτι οὐδεμιᾷ Pl.R. 507d

    ;

    ἵ. συντέμω D.45.5

    ;

    ἵν' ἐκ τούτων ἄρξωμαι Id.21.43

    ; ἵ. δῶμεν.. granted that.., S.E.P.2.34, cf. 1.79.
    b in commands, introducing a principal sentence, ἵ. συντάξῃς order him.., PCair.Zen. 240.12 (iii B.C.);

    ἵ. λαλήσῃς PSI4.412.1

     (iii B.C.);

    ἵ. ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ Ev.Marc.5.23

    ,cf. 2 Ep.Cor.8.7, LXX 2 Ma.1.9, Arr.Epict.4.1.41, Did. ap. Sch.S.OC 156.
    c ἵ. τί (sc. γένηται); to what end? either abs. or as a question, Ar.Ec. 719; or with a Verb following, Id. Pax 409, cf. Pl.Ap. 26d, etc.; ἵ. δὴ τί; Ar.Nu. 1192.
    d in indignant exclamations, to think that.. !

    Σωκράτης ἵ. πάθῃ ταῦτα Arr.Epict.1.29.16

    .
    III in later Gr. with ind., LXXEx.1.11,al., Ep.Gal.2.4, 4.17, etc.

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  • 14 σμίνθος

    Grammatical information: m.
    Meaning: `mouse' (A. Fr. 227 = 380 M., Lyc., Str., AP); σμίνθα ἡ κατοικίδιος μῦς H. (-ᾰ or -ᾱ?; cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 266).
    Derivatives: Σμινθ-εύς (A 39, Str.), - ιος (Ael.) m. surn. of Apollon, who in the Troad and on the islands was honoured as protector against the destroying fieldmice; here Σμίνθιος as monthn. on Rhodes and τὰ Σμίνθια name of a feast (Troad, Lindos); s. Nilsson Gr. Rel. I2 213 a. 534f. w. lit.
    Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S)
    Etymology: Acc. to sch. Α 39 Mysian; in any case Pre-Greek.-Anatol. (cf. Chantraine Form. 371, Schwyzer 510); here Etr. isminʮians adjunct. of Mars (Kretschmer Glotta 20, 221; 30, 133)? On IE. interpretations which are to be rejected (to σμίλη etc.) s. Bq and WP. 2, 686. -- The form σμίς μῦς H. was introduced because of the alphabetical order for trad. σμῦς (cross with μῦς); if right, short(ened) form after μῦς (diff. Kretschmer l. c.).
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  • 15 honour

    (American) honor [ˈɔnə]
    1. noun
    1) respect for truth, honesty etc:

    a man of honour.

    شَرَف
    2) (the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation:

    We must fight for the honour of our country.

    كرامَه، سُمْعَه
    3) fame; glory:

    He won honour on the field of battle.

    شُهْرَه، عَظَمَه
    4) respect:

    This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.

    إحْتِرام، شَرَف

    It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.

    شَرَف، فَخْر، مَصْدَر فَخْر
    6) a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc:

    He has received many honours for his research into cancer.

    لَقَب شَرَف
    7) ( with capital with His, ～Your etc):

    a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.

    سيادتُكُم، فَضيلَتُكُم
    2. verb
    1) to show great respect to (a person, thing etc):

    We should honour the Queen.

    يُشَرِّف، يُكَرِّم، يُجِلُّ
    2) to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to:

    Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?

    يُشَرِّف
    3) to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc:

    He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.

    يُعْطى لقَب أو دَرَجة شَرَف

    We'll honour our agreement.

    يَحْتَرِم

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  • 16 famoso

    adj.
    famous, celebrated, famed, renowned.
    * * *
    1 famous, well-known
    1 the famous
    * * *
    1. (f. - famosa)
    adj.
    famous, well-known
    2. (f. - famosa)
    noun
    * * *
    famoso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=célebre) famous, well-known

    un actor famoso — a famous o well-known actor

    2) * (=sonado)
    2.
    SM / F celebrity, famous person
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo famous
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino celebrity, famous person
    * * *
    = famous, well-known, honoured [honored, -USA], celebrity, renowned, famed, celebrated, hit, reputed, legendary, notorious, noted, acclaimed, big name, of note, celeb, popular.
    Ex. The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.
    Ex. This may be relatively easy for well-known authors, but can be difficult for more obscure authors.
    Ex. A very successful novelist, such as Graham Greene, would clearly fall into this category and would be an honoured writer as well as a well-paid one.
    Ex. For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex. Jorge Luis Borges, though renowned chiefly as author, reflects in his works the very essence of libraries and librarians.
    Ex. Many recipes not taken from books, magazines or famed chefs remain untested and thus less reliable.
    Ex. Hoppe is one of the most celebrated photographers of the early 20th century.
    Ex. Her novels have been adapted for the screen most famously as the hit film Mrs Doubtfire starring Robin Williams.
    Ex. This article studies the works of an internationally reputed virologist (Indian born) settled in Canada.
    Ex. Information highways which have now become the first legendary step towards the information society.
    Ex. The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.
    Ex. Planning began about 9 months before the exhibition, with the recruitment of a noted Swiss book illustrator to design the stand.
    Ex. The 6 day residential programme, open to Australian and New Zealand information professionals, was based on the acclaimed Snowbird Institutes, held annually in Utah.
    Ex. Such programs as rock groups, big name entertainers, and jazz concerts were excluded.
    Ex. Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.
    Ex. He knew the names of celebs but he could have walked past any one of them in the street without batting an eyelid.
    Ex. Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
    ----
    * ciudad famosa por el golf = golfing town.
    * famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * famoso en todo el mundo = world-famous [world famous], world-renowned, world-renown.
    * famoso internacionalmente = of international renown, internationally renowned.
    * famoso por = noted for, best remembered for, famed for.
    * famosos, los = famous, the.
    * gente famosa = famous people.
    * lleno de famosos = celebrity-studded.
    * muy famoso = highly acclaimed, widely acclaimed, well-acclaimed.
    * persona famosa = famous person.
    * plagado de famosos = celebrity-studded.
    * ser famoso = gain + recognition, be popular.
    * ser famoso por = famously, have + a track record of.
    * tan famoso = much acclaimed.
    * últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo famous
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino celebrity, famous person
    * * *
    = famous, well-known, honoured [honored, -USA], celebrity, renowned, famed, celebrated, hit, reputed, legendary, notorious, noted, acclaimed, big name, of note, celeb, popular.

    Ex: The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.

    Ex: This may be relatively easy for well-known authors, but can be difficult for more obscure authors.
    Ex: A very successful novelist, such as Graham Greene, would clearly fall into this category and would be an honoured writer as well as a well-paid one.
    Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex: Jorge Luis Borges, though renowned chiefly as author, reflects in his works the very essence of libraries and librarians.
    Ex: Many recipes not taken from books, magazines or famed chefs remain untested and thus less reliable.
    Ex: Hoppe is one of the most celebrated photographers of the early 20th century.
    Ex: Her novels have been adapted for the screen most famously as the hit film Mrs Doubtfire starring Robin Williams.
    Ex: This article studies the works of an internationally reputed virologist (Indian born) settled in Canada.
    Ex: Information highways which have now become the first legendary step towards the information society.
    Ex: The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.
    Ex: Planning began about 9 months before the exhibition, with the recruitment of a noted Swiss book illustrator to design the stand.
    Ex: The 6 day residential programme, open to Australian and New Zealand information professionals, was based on the acclaimed Snowbird Institutes, held annually in Utah.
    Ex: Such programs as rock groups, big name entertainers, and jazz concerts were excluded.
    Ex: Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.
    Ex: He knew the names of celebs but he could have walked past any one of them in the street without batting an eyelid.
    Ex: Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
    * ciudad famosa por el golf = golfing town.
    * famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * famoso en todo el mundo = world-famous [world famous], world-renowned, world-renown.
    * famoso internacionalmente = of international renown, internationally renowned.
    * famoso por = noted for, best remembered for, famed for.
    * famosos, los = famous, the.
    * gente famosa = famous people.
    * lleno de famosos = celebrity-studded.
    * muy famoso = highly acclaimed, widely acclaimed, well-acclaimed.
    * persona famosa = famous person.
    * plagado de famosos = celebrity-studded.
    * ser famoso = gain + recognition, be popular.
    * ser famoso por = famously, have + a track record of.
    * tan famoso = much acclaimed.
    * últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.

    * * *
    famoso1 -sa
    1 (célebre) ‹escritor/actriz› famous, well-known; ‹vino/libro› famous
    se hizo famoso con ese descubrimiento that discovery made him famous
    2
    (conocido): ya estoy harto de sus famosos dolores de cabeza ( fam); I'm fed up with him and his constant headaches
    famoso POR algo famous FOR sth
    Francia es famosa por sus vinos France is famous for its wines
    es famoso por sus meteduras de pata ( fam); he's well known o renowned for putting his foot in it ( colloq)
    famoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    celebrity, personality, famous person
    * * *

    famoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    famous;
    famoso por algo famous for sth
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    celebrity, famous person
    famoso,-a
    I adjetivo famous
    II sustantivo masculino famous person

    ' famoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atentar
    - banquillo
    - conocida
    - conocido
    - famosa
    - imitar
    - popular
    - pulular
    - sí
    - significado
    - célebre
    - mundialmente
    English:
    big
    - byword
    - celebrity
    - famous
    - memorabilia
    - well-known
    - become
    - just
    - land
    - pinup
    - well
    - world
    * * *
    famoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    [actor, pintor, monumento] famous;
    se hizo famoso por sus murales his murals made him famous;
    es famosa por su belleza she is famous for her beauty;
    Fam
    volvieron a debatir el famoso artículo 14 they debated the famous clause 14 again
    ♦ nm,f
    famous person, celebrity
    * * *
    I adj famous
    II m, famosa f celebrity;
    los famosos celebrities, famous people pl
    * * *
    famoso, -sa adj
    célebre: famous
    famoso, -sa n
    : celebrity
    * * *
    famoso1 adj famous / well known
    famoso2 n famous person [pl. people]

    Spanish-English dictionary > famoso

  • 17 respetado

    adj.
    respected, well-thought of.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: respetar.
    * * *
    * * *
    = respected, honoured [honored, -USA].
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. A very successful novelist, such as Graham Greene, would clearly fall into this category and would be an honoured writer as well as a well-paid one.
    ----
    * muy respetado = highly regarded, highly esteemed, highly reputed, widely-respected.
    * respetado por todos = widely-respected.
    * * *
    = respected, honoured [honored, -USA].

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

    Ex: A very successful novelist, such as Graham Greene, would clearly fall into this category and would be an honoured writer as well as a well-paid one.
    * muy respetado = highly regarded, highly esteemed, highly reputed, widely-respected.
    * respetado por todos = widely-respected.

    Spanish-English dictionary > respetado

  • 18 soberano

    adj.
    sovereign.
    m.
    monarch, potentate, ruler, sovereign.
    * * *
    1 sovereign
    2 figurado extreme, supreme
    3 familiar huge, great
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 sovereign
    * * *
    (f. - soberana)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    soberano, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Pol) sovereign
    2) (=supremo) supreme
    3) * (=tremendo) real, really big
    2.
    SM / F sovereign

    los soberanos — the king and queen, the royal couple

    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1) <estado/pueblo/poder> sovereign
    2) (fam) ( enorme) tremendous

    eso es una soberana estupidez — that's an absolutely ridiculous thing to say/do

    II
    - na masculino, femenino (Gob, Pol) sovereign
    III
    masculino ( moneda) sovereign
    * * *
    = time-honoured, ruler, sovereign.
    Ex. The time-honoured training institution 'sitting with Nellie' is not much good if Nellie's competence is not up to scratch.
    Ex. This article looks at the libraries maintained by the rulers and other dignitaries of the time.
    Ex. The loss of sovereign immunity makes it mandatory for libraries to acquire liability insurance.
    ----
    * derecho soberano = sovereign right.
    * estado soberano = sovereign state.
    * nación soberana = sovereign nation.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1) <estado/pueblo/poder> sovereign
    2) (fam) ( enorme) tremendous

    eso es una soberana estupidez — that's an absolutely ridiculous thing to say/do

    II
    - na masculino, femenino (Gob, Pol) sovereign
    III
    masculino ( moneda) sovereign
    * * *
    = time-honoured, ruler, sovereign.

    Ex: The time-honoured training institution 'sitting with Nellie' is not much good if Nellie's competence is not up to scratch.

    Ex: This article looks at the libraries maintained by the rulers and other dignitaries of the time.
    Ex: The loss of sovereign immunity makes it mandatory for libraries to acquire liability insurance.
    * derecho soberano = sovereign right.
    * estado soberano = sovereign state.
    * nación soberana = sovereign nation.

    * * *
    soberano1 -na
    A ‹estado/pueblo› sovereign; ‹poder› supreme, sovereign
    B ( fam) (enorme) tremendous
    eso es una soberana estupidez that's an absolutely ridiculous thing to say/do
    le pegó una soberana paliza he gave him an almighty o a tremendous beating ( colloq)
    soberano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    ( Gob, Pol) sovereign
    (moneda) sovereign
    * * *

    soberano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1 ‹estado/pueblo/poder› sovereign
    2 (fam) ( enorme) tremendous;
    ◊ eso es una soberana estupidez that's an absolutely ridiculous thing to say/do

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Gob, Pol) sovereign
    soberano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 adjetivo & sustantivo masculino (pueblo, estado) sovereign: en las democracias, el pueblo es soberano, people are sovereign in democratic countries
    2 (insuperable) superb
    3 fam (enorme) huge, tremendous
    una soberana paliza, a vicious beating
    una soberana tontería, a blunder
    II m,f Hist (monarca) sovereign
    ' soberano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    soberana
    - abdicar
    - corona
    - coronación
    - coronar
    - emperador
    - regencia
    - reverendo
    English:
    ruler
    - sovereign
    - trooping
    * * *
    soberano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [independiente] sovereign
    2. [belleza, calidad] supreme, unrivalled
    3. Fam [grande] massive;
    una soberana paliza an almighty thrashing;
    decir/hacer una soberana tontería to say/do something unbelievably stupid;
    fue un soberano aburrimiento it was mindnumbingly boring
    ♦ nm,f
    sovereign
    * * *
    I adj
    1 sovereign
    tremendous
    II m, soberana f sovereign
    * * *
    soberano, -na adj & n
    : sovereign
    * * *
    soberano n sovereign

    Spanish-English dictionary > soberano

  • 19 homenajear

    v.
    1 to pay tribute to, to honor.
    2 to pay homage to, to honor.
    * * *
    1 to pay tribute to
    * * *
    VT to honour, honor (EEUU), pay tribute to
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) to honor*, pay homage o tribute to
    * * *
    = honour [honor, -USA], pay + tribute.
    Ex. Added entries under personal names are made in respect of persons with other relationships with the work, for example, addressees of a collection of letters, a person honoured by a Festschrift.
    Ex. This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) to honor*, pay homage o tribute to
    * * *
    = honour [honor, -USA], pay + tribute.

    Ex: Added entries under personal names are made in respect of persons with other relationships with the work, for example, addressees of a collection of letters, a person honoured by a Festschrift.

    Ex: This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.

    * * *
    homenajear [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); to honor*, to pay homage o tribute to
    fue homenajeado con una cena en el Gran Hotel a dinner was held in his honor at the Gran Hotel
    * * *

    homenajear verbo transitivo to pay tribute to
    * * *
    to pay tribute to, to honour
    * * *
    v/t honor, Br
    honour, pay homage to
    * * *
    : to pay homage to, to honor

    Spanish-English dictionary > homenajear

  • 20 cremallera

    f.
    1 zip (fastener) (British), zipper (United States).
    2 rack (Tec).
    3 zipper, slide fastener, zip, zip fastener.
    4 rack-and-pinion steering.
    5 control shaft.
    6 rachet, rackbar.
    7 gear rack.
    * * *
    1 (de vestido) zip, zip fastener (US zipper)
    2 TÉCNICA rack
    \
    echar la cremallera familiar to shut one's mouth, zip up
    ferrocarril de cremallera rack railway, cog railway
    * * *
    SF
    1) [en material] zip, zipper (EEUU)

    cierre de cremallera — zip, zip fastener, zipper (EEUU)

    2) (Téc) rack
    * * *
    a) (Indum) zipper (AmE), zip (BrE)
    b) (Mec, Tec) rack
    * * *
    = zipper, zip, zip fastener.
    Ex. After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex. Equally, broken zips or frayed button holes mean that our clothes will not fit us properly.
    Ex. Ronnie Barker, the man who invented the zip fastener, was today honoured with a lifetime peerage.
    * * *
    a) (Indum) zipper (AmE), zip (BrE)
    b) (Mec, Tec) rack
    * * *
    = zipper, zip, zip fastener.

    Ex: After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.

    Ex: Equally, broken zips or frayed button holes mean that our clothes will not fit us properly.
    Ex: Ronnie Barker, the man who invented the zip fastener, was today honoured with a lifetime peerage.

    * * *
    1 ( Indum) zipper ( AmE), zip ( BrE)
    2 ( Mec, Tec) rack
    * * *

     

    cremallera sustantivo femenino
    a) (Indum) zipper (AmE), zip (BrE)

    b) (Mec, Tec) rack

    cremallera sustantivo femenino zip (fastener), US zipper
    ' cremallera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - abrochar
    - cerrar
    - subirse
    - bajar
    - cierre
    - subir
    English:
    rack
    - undone
    - zip
    - zip fastener
    - zip up
    - zipper
    * * *
    1. [para cerrar] Br zip (fastener), US zipper
    2. Tec rack
    * * *
    I f
    1 zipper, Br
    zip
    2 TÉC rack
    II m cog railway, Br
    rack railway
    * * *
    : zipper
    * * *
    1. (cierre) zip
    2. (tren) rack railway

    Spanish-English dictionary > cremallera

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