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1 ♦ mother
♦ mother (1) /ˈmʌðə(r)/n.1 madre; mamma (fam.): to become a mother, diventare madre; working mother, una donna con figli che lavora NOTA D'USO: - ragazza madre-; nursing mother, madre che allatta al seno; ( biblico) madre adottiva; surrogate mother, madre surrogata5 (volg.) ► motherfucker● (fam. spreg.) mother's boy, cocco di mamma □ (zool.) Mother Carey's chicken ( Hydrobates pelagicus), uccello delle tempeste; procellaria □ (relig.) Mother Church, Santa Madre Chiesa □ (psic.) mother complex, complesso di Edipo (o della madre) □ mother country, patria; madrepatria □ mother-craft, puericultura □ Mother's Day, la Festa della Mamma (in GB la quarta domenica di quaresima, in USA la seconda di maggio) □ mother earth, (lett.) la madre terra; (scherz.) la terraferma □ (psic.) mother figure, figura materna □ mother's help, collaboratrice domestica; colf □ Mother Hubbard, Mamma Hubbard ( personaggio di poesie infantili); camicione della nonna □ (geol.) mother lode, filone principale; (fig.) miniera (o fonte) inesauribile □ mother love, amor di madre; amore materno □ mother-naked, nudo nato; come mamma l'ha (o ti ha, ecc.) fatto □ Mother Nature, madre natura □ (relig.) Mother of God, madre di Dio, Madonna □ mother-of-pearl, (sost.) madreperla; (agg.) di madreperla □ (bot.) mother of thousands (o mother of millions), ( Cymbalaria muralis) cimbalaria; ( Bellis perennis) margheritina; pratolina □ (naut.) mother ship, nave appoggio; nave ausiliaria □ a mother-to-be, una futura madre; una donna incinta □ (ling.) mother tongue, lingua madre; madrelingua □ mother wit, buonsenso naturale □ every mother's son, ogni figlio di mamma; ognuno.mother (2) /ˈmʌðə(r)/n.(= mother of vinegar) madre dell'aceto.(to) mother /ˈmʌðə(r)/v. t.2 far da madre a; avere cure materne per (q.); ( anche di animali) allevare ( come un figlio proprio)3 (fig.) coccolare, viziare -
2 ♦ naked
♦ naked /ˈneɪkɪd/a.1 nudo, ignudo ( anche fig.); spogliato; spoglio; (fig.) disadorno, puro e semplice, schietto: naked savages, selvaggi ignudi; naked rock, nuda roccia; a naked sword, un nudo ferro; una spada sguainata; stark naked, nudo come il palmo della mano; tutto nudo; to strip sb. naked, denudare q.; the naked truth, la nuda verità; la verità nuda e cruda; half-naked, seminudo; naked walls, pareti nude; the naked facts, i fatti puri e semplici; naked trees, alberi spogli; naked faith, fede schietta, sincera NOTA D'USO: - bare, naked o nude?-2 scoperto; palese; evidente; manifesto; messo a nudo: in its naked absurdity, nella sua palese assurdità; his naked heart, il suo cuore messo a nudo3 scoperto; non protetto; sguarnito; indifeso: a naked light, una luce scoperta ( non protetta da paralume); ( anche, in miniera) una lampada a fiamma libera5 (fam.) inerme; disarmato6 (fam.) senza un soldo; squattrinato; pulito● as naked as his mother bore him, nudo come l'ha fatto mamma □ (scherz.) the naked ape, l'uomo □ (bot.) naked boys ( Colchicum autumnale), colchico □ (leg.) a naked contract, un contratto non vincolante; nudum pactum (lat.) □ (bot.) naked ladies = naked boys ► sopra □ to see st. with the naked eye, vedere qc. a occhio nudonakedly avv.
См. также в других словарях:
Mother-naked — Moth er na ked, a. Naked as when born; completely naked. Syn: naked as the day one was born, in one s birthday suit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mother-naked — [muth′ərnā′kid] adj. as naked as when one was born; completely naked … English World dictionary
mother-naked — adjective as naked as at birth (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑naked as the day one was born, ↑naked as the day you were born, ↑in one s birthday suit, ↑in your birthday suit • Similar to: ↑unclothed … Useful english dictionary
mother-naked — /mudh euhr nay kid/, adj. stark naked; as naked as when born. [1350 1400; ME] * * * … Universalium
mother-naked — adjective Date: 14th century stark naked … New Collegiate Dictionary
mother naked — adj. completely nude, as naked as at birth … English contemporary dictionary
mother naked — … Useful english dictionary
mother — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. b (in full adoptive mother) a woman who has continuous care of a child, esp. by adoption. 2 any female animal in relation to its offspring. 3 a quality or… … Useful english dictionary
naked — adjective 1) naked sunbathers Syn: nude, bare, in the nude, stark naked, having nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed; informal without a stitch on, in one s birthday suit, in the buff, in the raw, in the altogether, buck naked, butt naked,… … Thesaurus of popular words
naked — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncovered, stripped, bare; nude, unclothed, unclad, unappareled; plain, undisguised. See divestment, simpleness.Ant., clothed, covered. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Nude] Syn. unclothed, undressed,… … English dictionary for students
naked as the day one was born — adjective as naked as at birth • Syn: ↑mother naked, ↑naked as the day you were born, ↑in one s birthday suit, ↑in your birthday suit • Similar to: ↑unclothed … Useful english dictionary