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1 ♦ underground
♦ undergroundA avv. /ˈʌndəˈgraʊnd/1 sottoterra; nel sottosuolo: Moles live mainly underground, le talpe vivono principalmente sottoterra2 (ind. min.) in sotterraneo3 segretamente; nella clandestinità: The movement continued to operate underground, il movimento ha continuato ad agire nella clandestinità; (polit.) to go underground, entrare nella clandestinitàB a. attr. /ˈʌndəgraʊnd/1 sotterraneo: (geol.) underground stream, corso d'acqua sotterraneo; (autom.) underground car park, parcheggio sotterraneo; (ferr.) underground railway, ferrovia sotterranea; (mil.) underground shelter, rifugio sotterraneo2 segreto; clandestino: an underground resistance movement, un movimento di resistenza clandestino; underground music [press], musica [stampa] undergroundC n. [u] /ˈʌndəgraʊnd/1 ( anche Underground) ferrovia sotterranea; metropolitana (in GB; cfr. USA subway): the London Underground, la metropolitana di Londra3 (edil.) sottosuolo; sotterraneo● (econ.) underground economy, economia sommersa □ ( speleologia) underground passage, cunicolo □ underground pipes, tubazioni interrate □ (bot.) underground stem, rizoma □ (edil.) underground utilities, condutture sotterranee. -
2 London
['lʌndən] 1.nome proprio Londra f.2.in o to London a Londra; inner London = la zona centrale di Londra, che include la City, Westminster e i quartieri adiacenti; outer London — = i quartieri periferici di Londra
modificatore [person, accent] di Londra, londinese; [ train] per Londra* * *London /ˈlʌndən/A n.B a. attr.londinese; di Londra: London theatres, i teatri londinesi; London Airport, l'aeroporto di Londra ( Heathrow); London zoo, lo zoo di Londra; the London Underground, la metropolitana di Londra● (fin.) London Interbank Offered Rate ► LIBOR □ (bot.) London plane, platano di Londra ( è un ibrido) □ (bot.) London pride, ( Saxifraga umbrosa) sassifraga ombrosa, disperazione dei pittori; ( Dianthus barbatus) garofano a mazzetti, garofano dei poeti; ( Lychnis chalcedonica) croce di Malta, saponaria di Levante □ London smoke, color fumo di Londra □ ( Borsa) London Stock Exchange ► LSE.(Place names) London /ˈlʌndən/ (Surnames) London /ˈlʌndən/* * *['lʌndən] 1.nome proprio Londra f.2.in o to London a Londra; inner London = la zona centrale di Londra, che include la City, Westminster e i quartieri adiacenti; outer London — = i quartieri periferici di Londra
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3 underground
∎ they joined an underground movement (clandestine) ils sont entrés dans un mouvement clandestin; (resistance) ils sont entrés dans un mouvement de résistance;∎ the underground press la presse clandestine(d) (illegal → methods) illégal∎ to go by underground aller en métro;∎ the London/Glasgow underground le métro de Londres ou londonien/de Glasgow(a) (below surface) sous (la) terre∎ to go underground passer dans la clandestinité, prendre le maquis►► underground economy économie f souterraine;History the Underground Railroad = réseau clandestin qui permettait aux fugitifs noirs des États esclavagistes de rejoindre le nord des États-Unis ou le Canada;underground railway métro m;underground station station f de métro;underground train rame f de métroUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > underground
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4 mind the gap
Общая лексика: Предостережение для пассажиров поездов о щели между платформой и поездом. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_the_gap), Смотри под ноги! (=\<b\>Watch the gap\</b\> \<i\>(амер.)\</i\>; в Лондонской "подземке"; famous phrase that is said at the London Underground warning people who use the subway to be wary of the gap between the train an), смотри, глазки не поломай ('Mind the gap', is a phrase said to people whose lower backs are visible; sometimes revealing there undergarments or their ass crack; this usually occurs during bending down or bendin) -
5 métro
métro [metʀo]masculine noununderground (Brit), subway (US) ; (à Paris) metro ; ( = station) underground (Brit) or subway (US) station• c'est métro, boulot, dodo (inf) it's the same old routine day in day out* * *metʀonom masculin1) ( réseau) underground GB, subway US2) ( rame) underground train GB, subway train US••métro, boulot, dodo — (colloq) the daily grind
* * *metʀo nmunderground Grande-Bretagne subway USAprendre le métro — to go by underground Grande-Bretagne to go by subway USA
* * *métro nm2 ( rame) underground train GB, subway US; j'ai raté le dernier métro I've missed the last underground train.métro aérien elevated railway.métro, boulot, dodo○ the daily grind; avoir toujours un métro de retard, être toujours en retard d'un métro to be always the last to hear about things.[metro] nom masculinpremier métro first ou milk trainmétro aérien elevated ou overhead railway -
6 Greathead, James Henry
[br]b. 6 August 1844 Grahamstown, Cape Colony (now South Africa)d. 21 October 1896 Streatham, London, England[br]British civil engineer, inventor of the Greathead tunnelling shield.[br]Greathead came to England in 1859 to complete his education. In 1864 he began a three-year pupillage with the civil engineer Peter W. Barlow, after which he was engaged as an assistant engineer on the extension of the Midland Railway from Bedford to London. In 1869 he was entrusted with the construction of the Tower Subway under the River Thames; this was carried out using a cylindrical wrought-iron shield which was forced forward by six large screws as material was excavated in front of it. This work was completed the same year. In 1870 he set himself up as a consulting engineer, and from 1873 he was Resident Engineer on the Hammersmith and Richmond extensions of the Metropolitan District Railway. He assisted in the preparation of several other railway projects including the Regent's Canal Railway in 1880, the Dagenham Dock and the Metropolitan Outer Circle Railways in 1881, a new line from London to Eastbourne and a number of Irish light railways. He worked on a bill for the City and South London Railway, which was built between 1886 and 1890; here compressed air was used to prevent the inrush of water, a method for tunnelling which was generally adopted from then on. He invented apparatus for the application of water to excavate in front of the shield as well as for injecting cement-grout behind the lining of the tunnel.He was joint engineer with Sir Douglas Fox for the construction of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and held the same post with W.R.Galbraith on the Waterloo and City Railway; he was also associated with Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker in the construction of the Central London Railway. He died, aged 52, before the completion of some of these projects.[br]Further ReadingObituary, 1896, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.O.Green, 1987, The London Underground: An Illustrated History', London: Ian Allan (in association with the London Transport Museum).P.P.Holman, 1990, The Amazing Electric Tube: A History of the City and South LondonRailway, London: London Transport Museum.IMcN -
7 Londres
Londres [lɔ̃dʀ]* * *lɔ̃dʀnom propre London* * *lɔ̃dʀ n* * *Londres ⇒ Les villes npr London.[lɔ̃dr] nom propre -
8 Смотри под ноги!
General subject: mind the gap (=\<b\>Watch the gap\</b\> \<i\>(амер.)\</i\>; в Лондонской "подземке"; famous phrase that is said at the London Underground warning people who use the subway to be wary of the gap between the train an) -
9 tube
tju:b1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) tubo, tubería2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) trompa3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; (also adjective) a tube train/station.) metro4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) tubo•- tubing- tubular
tube n tuboEl metro de Londres se llama, familiarmente, the Tubetr[tjʊːb]1 (pipe, container) tubo2 SMALLAUTOMOBILES/SMALL cámara de aire1 la televisión nombre femenino1 (underground) el metrotube ['tu:b, 'tju:b] n1) pipe: tubo m2) : tubo m (de dentífrico, etc.)4) : tubo m (de un aparato electrónico)5) : trompa f (en anatomía)n.• metro s.m.n.• caño s.m.• cañuto s.m.• cañón s.m.• cámara de un neumático s.f.• trompa s.f.• tubo s.m.tuːb, tjuːb1) (pipe, container) tubo mto go down the tube(s) — (colloq) venirse* abajo, irse* al traste (fam)
2) ( television) (esp AmE colloq)3) ( London underground railway) (BrE colloq)the tube — el metro, el subte (Arg)
[tjuːb]let's go by tube — vamos en metro or (Arg) en subte
1. N1) [of toothpaste, paint etc] tubo m ; (Anat) trompa f ; [of tyre] cámara f de aire; [of television] tubo m ; (US) [of radio] lámpara fto go down the tube —
2)the tube — (US) * (=television) la tele *
3) (=London underground) metro m2.CPDtube station N — (Brit) estación f de metro
tube top N — (US) camiseta f tubo
tube train N — tren m del metro
* * *[tuːb, tjuːb]1) (pipe, container) tubo mto go down the tube(s) — (colloq) venirse* abajo, irse* al traste (fam)
2) ( television) (esp AmE colloq)3) ( London underground railway) (BrE colloq)the tube — el metro, el subte (Arg)
let's go by tube — vamos en metro or (Arg) en subte
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10 Untergrundbahn
f underground; in London: auch the tube; Am. subway* * *die Untergrundbahnsubway; underground; underground railway* * *Ụn|ter|grund|bahnfunderground (Brit), subway (US)* * *Un·ter·grund·bahnf underground* * *die underground [railway] (Brit.); subway (Amer.)* * ** * *die underground [railway] (Brit.); subway (Amer.)* * *f.tube (London underground railway) expr.underground railway n. -
11 tube
noun1) (for conveying liquids etc.) Rohr, das3) (Anat., Zool.) Röhre, diewatch the tube — vor der Röhre sitzen (ugs.)
* * *[tju:b]1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) das Rohr2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) die Röhre3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; ( also adjective) a tube train/station.) die Londoner U-Bahn; U-Bahn...4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) die Tube•- academic.ru/76956/tubing">tubing- tubular* * *ninner \tube Schlauch mbronchial \tubes Bronchien plto have one's \tubes tied sich akk unfruchtbar machen lassen▪ the \tube die [Londoner] U-Bahn7.* * *[tjuːb]n1) (= pipe) Rohr nt; (of rubber, plastic) Schlauch m; (= speaking tube) Sprachrohr nt; (= torpedo tube) (Torpedo)rohr ntto go down the tubes (fig inf) — den Bach runtergehen (inf)
3) (Brit: London underground) U-Bahn fto travel by tube — mit der U-Bahn fahren
the tube ( US inf ) — die Glotze (inf)
* * *A s1. Rohr (-leitung f) n, Röhre f:go down the tube(s) bes US umg den Bach runtergehen2. (Glas- etc) Röhrchen n4. Tube f (Zahnpasta etc):tube colo(u)rs Tubenfarben5. ANAT Tube f:a) allg Röhre f, Kanal mb) engS. Eileiter mtube station U-Bahnhof m;tube train U-Bahn-Zug m8. ELEK Röhre f:10. obs Tubus m, Fernrohr n11. Aus sla) Flasche f Bierb) Dose f BierB v/t1. TECH mit Röhren versehen2. (durch Röhren) befördern3. in Tuben abfüllen4. röhrenförmig machen* * *noun1) (for conveying liquids etc.) Rohr, das3) (Anat., Zool.) Röhre, diewatch the tube — vor der Röhre sitzen (ugs.)
* * *(London underground railway) expr.Untergrundbahn f. (drain) n.Kanüle -n f. n.Rohr -e n.Röhre -n f.Schlauch -¨e m. -
12 Bright, Sir Charles Tilston
SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications[br]b. 8 June 1832 Wanstead, Essex, Englandd. 3 May 1888 Abbey Wood, London, England[br]English telegraph engineer responsible for laying the first transatlantic cable.[br]At the age of 15 years Bright left the London Merchant Taylors' School to join the two-year-old Electric Telegraph Company. By 1851 he was in charge of the Birmingham telegraph station. After a short time as Assistant Engineer with the newly formed British Telegraph Company, he joined his brother (who was Manager) as Engineer-in-Chief of the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company in Liverpool, for which he laid thousands of miles of underground cable and developed a number of innovations in telegraphy including a resistance box for locating cable faults and a two-tone bell system for signalling. In 1853 he was responsible for the first successful underwater cable between Scotland and Ireland. Three years later, with the American financier Cyrus Field and John Brett, he founded and was Engineer-in-chief of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, which aimed at laying a cable between Ireland and Newfoundland. After several unsuccessful attempts this was finally completed on 5 August 1858, Bright was knighted a month later, but the cable then failed! In 1860 Bright resigned from the Magnetic Telegraph Company to set up an independent consultancy with another engineer, Joseph Latimer Clark, with whom he invented an improved bituminous cable insulation. Two years later he supervised construction of a telegraph cable to India, and in 1865 a further attempt to lay an Atlantic cable using Brunel's new ship, the Great Eastern. This cable broke during laying, but in 1866 a new cable was at last successfully laid and the 1865 cable recovered and repaired. The year 1878 saw extension of the Atlantic cable system to the West Indies and the invention with his brother of a system of neighbourhood fire alarms and even an automatic fire alarm.In 1861 Bright presented a paper to the British Association for the Advancement of Science on the need for electrical standards, leading to the creation of an organization that still exists in the 1990s. From 1865 until 1868 he was Liberal MP for Greenwich, and he later assisted with preparations for the 1881 Paris Exhibition.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1858. Légion d'honneur. First President, Société Internationale des Electriciens. President, Society of Telegraph Engineers \& Electricians (later the Institution of Electrical Engineers) 1887.Bibliography1852, British patent (resistance box).1855, British patent no. 2,103 (two-tone bell system). 1878, British patent no. 3,801 (area fire alarms).1878, British patent no. 596 (automatic fire alarm)."The physical \& electrical effects of pressure \& temperature on submarine cable cores", Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers XVII (describes some of his investigations of cable characteristics).Further ReadingC.Bright, 1898, Submarine Cables, Their History, Construction \& Working.—1910, The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, London: Constable \& Co.KFBiographical history of technology > Bright, Sir Charles Tilston
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13 Treadgold, Arthur Newton Christian
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. August 1863 Woolsthorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, Englandd. 23 March 1951 London, England[br]English organizer of the Yukon gold fields in Canada, who introduced hydraulic mining.[br]A direct descendant of Sir Isaac Newton, Treadgold worked as a schoolmaster, mostly at Bath College, for eleven years after completing his studies at Oxford University. He gained a reputation as an energetic teacher who devoted much of his work to sport, but he resigned his post and returned to Oxford; here, in 1897, he learned of the gold rush in the Klondike in the Canadian northwest. With a view to making his own fortune, he took a course in geology at the London Geological College and in 1898 set off for Dawson City, in the Yukon Territory. Working as a correspondent for two English newspapers, he studied thoroughly the situation there; he decided to join the stampede, but as a rather sophisticated gold hustler.As there were limited water resources for sluicing or dredging, and underground mining methods were too expensive, Treadgold conceived the idea of hydraulic mining. He designed a ditch-and-siphon system for bringing large amounts of water down from the mountains; in 1901, after three years of negotiation with the Canadian government in Ottawa, he obtained permission to set up the Treadgold Concession to cover the water supply to the Klondike mining claims. This enabled him to supply giant water cannons which battered the hillsides, breaking up the gravel which was then sluiced. Massive protests by the individual miners in the Dawson City region, which he had overrun with his system, led to the concession being rescinded in 1904. Two years later, however, Treadgold began again, forming the Yukon Gold Company, initially in partnership with Solomon Guggenheim; he started work on a channel, completed in 1910, to carry water over a distance of 115 km (70 miles) down to Bonanza Creek. In 1919 he founded the Granville Mining Company, which was to give him control of all the gold-mining operations in the southern Klondike region. When he returned to London in the following year, the company began to fail, and in 1920 he went bankrupt with liabilities totalling more than $2 million. After the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation had been formed in 1923, Treadgold returned to the Klondike in 1925 in order to acquire the assets of the operating companies; he gained control and personally supervised the operations. But the company drifted towards disaster, and in 1930 he was dismissed from active management and his shares were cancelled by the courts; he fought for their reinstatement right up until his death.[br]Further ReadingL.Green, 1977, The Gold Hustlers, Anchorage, Alaska (describes this outstanding character and his unusual gold-prospecting career).WKBiographical history of technology > Treadgold, Arthur Newton Christian
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14 drive
1. noun1) Fahrt, diea nine-hour drive, a drive of nine hours — eine neunstündige Autofahrt
2) (street) Straße, die4) (energy to achieve) Tatkraft, dieexport/sales/recruiting drive — Export- / Verkaufs- / Anwerbekampagne, die
6) (Psych.) Trieb, der7) (Motor Veh.): (position of steering wheel)left-hand/right-hand drive — Links-/Rechtssteuerung od. -lenkung, die
2. transitive verb,front-wheel/rear-wheel drive — Front-/Heckantrieb, der
1) fahren [Auto, Lkw, Route, Strecke, Fahrgast]; lenken [Kutsche, Streitwagen]; treiben [Tier]2) (as job)drive a lorry/train — Lkw-Fahrer/Lokomotivführer sein
3) (compel to move) vertreibendrive somebody out of or from a place/country — jemanden von einem Ort/aus einem Land vertreiben
5) (fig.)drive somebody out of his mind or wits — jemanden in den Wahnsinn treiben
6) [Wind, Wasser:] treiben7) (cause to penetrate)drive something into something — etwas in etwas (Akk.) treiben
8) (power) antreiben [Mühle, Maschine]be steam-driven or driven by steam — dampfgetrieben sein
9) (incite to action) antreiben3. intransitive verb,drive oneself [too] hard — sich [zu sehr] schinden
drove, driven1) fahrenin Great Britain we drive on the left — bei uns in Großbritannien ist Linksverkehr
drive at 30 m.p.h. — mit 50 km/h fahren
learn to drive — [Auto]fahren lernen; den Führerschein machen (ugs.)
can you drive? — kannst du Auto fahren?
2) (go by car) mit dem [eigenen] Auto fahren3) [Hagelkörner, Wellen:] schlagenPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/86427/drive_at">drive at- drive on- drive up* * *1. past tense - drove; verb2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) fahren3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) treiben5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) betreiben2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) die Fahrt2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) die Auffahrt3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) die Tatkraft4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) der Antrieb5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) der Stoß6) ((computers) a disk drive.)•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on* * *[draɪv]I. nto go for a \drive eine Spazierfahrt machen, spazieren fahrento go for a \drive to the mountains/seaside in die Berge/ans Meer fahrento take sb [out] for [or on] a \drive mit jdm eine Spazierfahrt machen [o spazieren fahren]shall I take you for a \drive to the seaside? wollen wir ans Meer fahren?it is a 20-mile/20-minute \drive to the airport der Flughafen ist 30 Kilometer/20 Minuten [Autofahrt] entfernt, zum Flughafen sind es [mit dem Auto] 30 Kilometer/20 Minutena day's \drive eine Tagesfahrtto be an hour's \drive away/within an hour's \drive eine/keine Autostunde entfernt seinto be an hour's \drive from/within an hours' \drive of sth eine/keine Autostunde von etw dat entfernt sein3. (road, street) [Fahr]straße f; (lane) [Fahr]weg m; (approaching road) Zufahrt f; (car entrance) Einfahrt f; (to a large building) Auffahrt fall-wheel \drive Allradantrieb mfront-wheel \drive Vorderradantrieb m, Frontantrieb mleft-/right-hand \drive Links-/Rechtssteuerung f6. no pl (energy) Tatkraft f, Energie f; (élan, vigour) Schwung m, Elan m, Drive m; (motivation) Tatendrang m; (persistence) Biss m famshe lacks \drive es fehlt ihr an Elanwe need a manager with \drive wir brauchen einen tatkräftigen [o dynamischen] Managerto have [no] \drive [keinen] Schwung [o Elan] habenhe has the \drive to succeed er hat den nötigen Biss, um es zu schaffen fameconomy \drive Sparmaßnahmen plto be on an economy \drive Sparmaßnahmen durchführenfund-raising \drive Spenden[sammel]aktion fto organize a \drive to collect money eine Sammelaktion organisierenrecruitment \drive Anwerbungskampagne fmembership [recruitment] \drive Mitgliederwerbeaktion f, Mitglieder-Anwerbungskampagne f9. SPORT (in golf, tennis) Treibschlag m BRD, ÖSTERR fachspr, Drive m fachspr; (in badminton) Treibball m BRD, ÖSTERR fachsprdisk \drive Diskettenlaufwerk ntCD-ROM \drive CD-ROM-Laufwerk nthard \drive Festplatte fcattle \drive Viehtrieb mII. vt<drove, -n>▪ to \drive sth etw fahrento \drive a racing car einen Rennwagen steuern2. (transport)▪ to \drive sb jdn fahrento \drive sb home/to school jdn nach Hause/zur Schule fahren3. (force onward[s])4. (force, make go)the rain was \driven against the windows by the wind der Wind peitschte den Regen gegen die Fensterthe wind drove the snow into my face der Wind wehte mir den Schnee ins Gesichtthe storm threatened to \drive us against the cliffs der Sturm drohte uns gegen die Klippen zu schleudernto \drive sb to the border/woods jdn zur Grenze/in den Wald treiben5. (expel)to be \driven from [or out of] the city/country aus der Stadt/dem Land vertrieben werden6. (compel)▪ to \drive sb/sth jdn/etw treibenhe was \driven by greed Gier bestimmte sein Handelnthe government has \driven the economy into deep recession die Regierung hat die Wirtschaft in eine tiefe Rezession gestürztthe scandal drove the minister out of office der Skandal zwang den Minister zur Amtsniederlegungbanning boxing would \drive the sport underground ein Verbot des Boxsports würde dazu führen, dass dieser Sport heimlich weiterbetrieben wirdto \drive sb to despair jdn zur Verzweiflung treibento \drive sb to drink jdn zum Trinker werden lassento \drive sb to suicide jdn in den Selbstmord treiben▪ to \drive sb to do sth jdn dazu treiben [o bewegen] [o bringen], etw zu tunit was the arguments that drove her to leave home wegen all der Streitereien verließ sie schließlich ihr Zuhause7. (render)to \drive sb mad [or crazy] [or insane] ( fam) jdn zum Wahnsinn treiben, jdn wahnsinnig [o verrückt] machen famit's driving me mad! das macht mich noch wahnsinnig! famto \drive an animal wild ein Tier wild machen8. (hit into place)to \drive a post into the ground einen Pfosten in den Boden rammen9. (power)steam-\driven dampfbetrieben, dampfangetrieben10. (in golf)to \drive a ball einen Ball treiben [o fachspr driven11.▶ to \drive a hard bargain hart verhandelnyou really want £2,000 for that? you certainly \drive a hard bargain! Sie wollen tatsächlich 2.000 Pfund dafür? das ist ja wohl total überzogen! fam▶ to \drive a wedge between two people einen Keil zwischen zwei Menschen treibenIII. vi<drove, -n>1. (steer vehicle) fahrencan you \drive? kannst du Auto fahren?can you \drive home? kannst du nach Hause fahren?who was driving at the time of the accident? wer saß zur Zeit des Unfalls am Steuer?to learn to \drive [Auto] fahren lernen, den Führerschein [o SCHWEIZ Fahrausweis] machenare you going by train? — no, I'm driving fahren Sie mit dem Zug? — nein, mit dem Autoto \drive on/past weiter-/vorbeifahren3. (function) fahren, laufenthe rain was driving down der Regen peitschte herabthe snow was driving into my face der Schnee peitschte mir ins Gesichtthe clouds were driving across the sky die Wolken jagten vorbei [o über den Himmel]* * *[draɪv] vb: pret drove, ptp driven1. n1) (AUT: journey) (Auto)fahrt f3) (GOLF, TENNIS) Treibschlag m4) (PSYCH ETC) Trieb m5) (= energy) Schwung m, Elan m, Tatendrang myou're losing your drive —
6) (COMM, POL ETC) Aktion fSee:→ export7) (MIL: offensive) kraftvolle Offensive8) (MECH: power transmission) Antrieb mfront-wheel/rear-wheel drive — Vorderrad-/Hinterradantrieb m
10)See:→ whist2. vt1) (= cause to move) people, animals, dust, clouds etc treibento drive a nail/stake into sth — einen Nagel/Pfahl in etw (acc) treiben
2) cart, car, train fahrenhe drives a taxi (for a living) — er ist Taxifahrer, er fährt Taxi (inf)
I'll drive you home —
4) (= provide power for, operate) motor (belt, shaft) antreiben; (electricity, fuel) betreiben; (COMPUT) steuerna car driven by electricity — ein Auto nt mit Elektroantrieb
6) (= cause to be in a state or to become) treibento drive sb to murder —
who/what drove you to do that? — wer/was trieb or brachte Sie dazu(, das zu tun)?
3. vi1) (= travel in vehicle) fahrento drive at 50 km an hour —
did you come by train? – no, we drove — sind Sie mit der Bahn gekommen? – nein, wir sind mit dem Auto gefahren
driving while intoxicated (US) — Fahren nt in betrunkenem Zustand, Trunkenheit f am Steuer
2) (= move violently) schlagen, peitschenthe rain was driving into our faces — der Regen peitschte uns (dat) ins Gesicht
* * *drive [draıv]A s1. Fahrt f, besonders Ausfahrt f, Spazierfahrt f, Ausflug m:the drive back die Rückfahrt;an hour’s drive away eine Autostunde entfernt2. a) Treiben n (von Vieh, Holz etc)b) Zusammentreiben n (von Vieh)c) zusammengetriebene Tiere pl3. JAGD Treibjagd f4. besonders Tennis, Golf: Drive m, Treibschlag m5. MIL Vorstoß m (auch fig)6. fig Kampagne f, (besonders Werbe) Feldzug m, (besonders Sammel) Aktion f7. fig Schwung m, Elan m, Dynamik f8. fig Druck m:I’m in such a drive that … ich stehe so sehr unter Druck, dass …10. a) Fahrstraße f, -weg mb) (private) Auffahrt (zu einer Villa etc)c) Zufahrtsstraße f, -weg m11. a) TECH Antrieb mb) COMPUT Laufwerk n12. AUTO (Links- etc) SteuerungB v/t prät drove [drəʊv], obs drave [dreıv], pperf driven [ˈdrıvn]1. (vorwärts)treiben, antreiben:drive all before one fig jeden Widerstand überwinden, unaufhaltsam sein2. fig treiben:drive sb to death (suicide) jemanden in den Tod (zum oder in den Selbstmord) treiben; → bend A 1, corner A 3, crazy 1, desperation 1, mad A 1, wall Bes Redew, wild A 9into in akk):4. (zur Arbeit) antreiben, hetzen:a) jemanden schinden,b) jemanden in die Enge treiben5. jemanden veranlassen (to, into zu; to do zu tun), bringen (to, into zu), dazu bringen oder treiben ( to do zu tun):be driven by hunger vom Hunger getrieben werdento, into zu;to do zu tun)7. zusammentreiben8. vertreiben, verjagen ( beide:from von)9. JAGD treiben, hetzen, jagen10. ein Auto etc lenken, steuern, fahren:drive one’s own car seinen eigenen Wagen fahrento nach)12. TECH (an)treiben:driven by steam mit Dampf betrieben, mit Dampfantrieb13. zielbewusst durchführen:drive a good bargain ein Geschäft zu einem vorteilhaften Abschluss bringen;a) hart verhandeln,b) überzogene Forderungen stellen;he drives a hard bargain auch mit ihm ist nicht gut Kirschen essen14. ein Gewerbe (zielbewusst) (be)treiben15. einen Tunnel etc bohren, vortreiben16. besonders Tennis, Golf: den Ball drivenC v/i1. (dahin)treiben, (dahin)getrieben werden:drive before the wind vor dem Wind treiben2. rasen, brausen, jagen, stürmen3. a) (Auto) fahren, chauffieren, einen oder den Wagen steuernb) kutschieren:can you drive? können Sie (Auto) fahren?;he drove into a wall er fuhr gegen eine Mauer;drive above the speed limit das Tempolimit überschreiten4. (spazieren) fahren5. sich gut etc fahren lassen:6. besonders Tennis, Golf: driven, einen Treibschlag spielen7. zielen (at auf akk): → let1 Bes Redew8. ab-, hinzielen ( beide:at auf akk):what is he driving at? worauf will er hinaus?, was meint oder will er eigentlich?9. schwer arbeiten (at an dat)* * *1. noun1) Fahrt, diea nine-hour drive, a drive of nine hours — eine neunstündige Autofahrt
2) (street) Straße, die4) (energy to achieve) Tatkraft, dieexport/sales/recruiting drive — Export- / Verkaufs- / Anwerbekampagne, die
6) (Psych.) Trieb, der7) (Motor Veh.): (position of steering wheel)left-hand/right-hand drive — Links-/Rechtssteuerung od. -lenkung, die
2. transitive verb,front-wheel/rear-wheel drive — Front-/Heckantrieb, der
1) fahren [Auto, Lkw, Route, Strecke, Fahrgast]; lenken [Kutsche, Streitwagen]; treiben [Tier]2) (as job)drive a lorry/train — Lkw-Fahrer/Lokomotivführer sein
3) (compel to move) vertreibendrive somebody out of or from a place/country — jemanden von einem Ort/aus einem Land vertreiben
4) (chase, urge on) treiben [Vieh, Wild]5) (fig.)drive somebody out of his mind or wits — jemanden in den Wahnsinn treiben
6) [Wind, Wasser:] treibendrive something into something — etwas in etwas (Akk.) treiben
8) (power) antreiben [Mühle, Maschine]be steam-driven or driven by steam — dampfgetrieben sein
9) (incite to action) antreiben3. intransitive verb,drive oneself [too] hard — sich [zu sehr] schinden
drove, driven1) fahrendrive at 30 m.p.h. — mit 50 km/h fahren
learn to drive — [Auto]fahren lernen; den Führerschein machen (ugs.)
2) (go by car) mit dem [eigenen] Auto fahren3) [Hagelkörner, Wellen:] schlagenPhrasal Verbs:- drive at- drive on- drive up* * *(computers) n.Laufwerk -e n. n.Antrieb -e m.Aussteuerung f.Drang ¨-e m.Fahrt -en f.Fahrweg -e m.Schwung -¨e m.Steuerung f.Trieb -e m.Triebwerk n. (sink) into the ground expr.in den Boden bohren ausdr. v.(§ p.,p.p.: drove, driven)= ansteuern v.antreiben v.fahren v.(§ p.,pp.: fuhr, ist/hat gefahren)lenken v.treiben v.(§ p.,pp.: trieb, getrieben) -
15 train
A n1 Rail train m ; ( underground) rame f ; on ou in the train dans le train ; fast/slow train train m rapide/omnibus ; the London/Paris train le train de Londres/Paris ; a train to London/Paris un train pour Londres/Paris ; the morning/5 o'clock train le train du matin/de 5 heures ; an up/down train GB ( in commuter belt) un train à destination de/en provenance de Londres ; to take/catch/miss the train prendre/attraper/manquer le train ; to send sth by train ou on the train expédier qch par le train ; to go to Paris by train aller à Paris en train ; it's five hours by train to Geneva Genève est à cinq heures de train ; the train now standing at platform 6 le train au quai numéro 6 ; the train is running late le train a du retard ;2 ( succession) ( of events) série f ; ( of ideas) enchaînement m ; to set off a train of events déclencher une série d'événements ; a train of thought un raisonnement ; the bell interrupted my/John's train of thought la sonnette a interrompu le fil de mes pensées/a distrait John de ses pensées ;3 ( procession) gen (of animals, vehicles, people) file f ; ( of mourners) cortège m ; Mil train m ;4 ( of gunpowder) traînée f (de poudre) ;5 ( motion) to be in train être en train or en marche ; to set ou put sth in train mettre qch en train ;6 †( retinue) suite f ; the war brought famine in its train fig la guerre a entraîné la famine dans son sillage ;7 ( on dress) traîne f ;8 Tech a train of gears un train d'engrenages.B modif Rail [crash, service, station] ferroviaire ; [times, timetable] des trains ; [driver, ticket] de train ; [traveller] en train ; [strike] des chemins de fer.C vtr1 gen, Mil, Sport ( instruct professionally) former [staff, worker, musician] (to do à faire) ; ( instruct physically) entraîner [athlete, player] (to do à faire) ; dresser [circus animal, dog] ; these men are trained to kill ces hommes sont entraînés à tuer ; to be trained on the job être formé sur le tas ; to train sb for/in sth former qn pour qch ; she is being trained for the Olympics/in sales techniques on la forme pour les jeux Olympiques/aux techniques commerciales ; to train sb as a pilot/engineer donner à qn une formation de pilote/d'ingénieur ; she was trained as a linguist elle a reçu une formation de linguiste ; a Harvard-trained economist un économiste formé à Harvard ; an Irish-trained horse un cheval entraîné en Irlande ; he's training his dog to sit up and beg il apprend à son chien à faire le beau ; she has her husband well-trained hum elle a bien dressé son mari ;2 (aim, focus) to train X on Y pointer or braquer X sur Y ; she trained the gun/binoculars on him elle a braqué le fusil/les jumelles sur lui ; the firemen trained the hose on the fire les pompiers ont dirigé le tuyau sur les flammes ;3 Hort palisser [plant, tree].D vi1 gen ( for profession) être formé, étudier ; he trained at the Language Institute il a été formé or il a étudié à l'Institut des Langues ; he's training for the ministry il étudie pour être pasteur ; I trained on a different type of machine j'ai été formé sur un autre type de machine ; he's training to be/he trained as a doctor il suit/il a reçu une formation de docteur ;2 Sport s'entraîner (for pour) ; I train by running 15 km je m'entraîne en courant 15 km.■ train up ○:▶ train up [sb], train [sb] up former [employee, staff, soldier] ; entraîner [athlete]. -
16 tube ***
[tjuːb]1. n2) (Brit: London Underground) metrò m inv, metropolitana3)the tube Am — (fam: television) la tele
2. adj Brittube station — stazione f del metrò
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17 U-Bahn
f underground; in London: auch the tube; Am. subway; in Washington etc.: metro; (Zug) underground train; in London: auch tube train; Am. subway train; mit der U-Bahn fahren go by ( oder take) the underground etc.* * *die U-Bahnsubway; underground railway; underground* * *['uː-]funderground, subway (US); (in London) tube* * *die1) (an underground railway in a city: Go by subway.) subway2) ((American subway) an underground railway: She hates travelling by/on the underground.) underground* * *[u:-]f TRANSPmit der \U-Bahn fahren to go [or travel] on the [or by] underground [or tube* * *die underground (Brit.); subway (Amer.); (bes. in London) tube•• Cultural note:Most large cities have a U-Bahn ( Untergrundbahn) (underground railway network) that connects with an S-Bahn ( Schnellbahn or Stadtbahn) (city and suburban railway). The same ticket can normally be used for both services* * *U-Bahn f underground; in London: auch the tube; US subway; in Washington etc: metro; (Zug) underground train; in London: auch tube train; US subway train;* * *die underground (Brit.); subway (Amer.); (bes. in London) tube•• Cultural note:Most large cities have a U-Bahn ( Untergrundbahn) (underground railway network) that connects with an S-Bahn ( Schnellbahn or Stadtbahn) (city and suburban railway). The same ticket can normally be used for both services* * *-en f.metro n.subway (US) n.underground railway n. -
18 metropolitano
adj.metropolitan, city, urban, municipal.m.underground railroad, underground railway.* * *► adjetivo1 metropolitan1 formal underground, tube, US subway\área metropolitana metropolitan area————————1 formal underground, tube, US subway* * *(f. - metropolitana)adj.* * *1.ADJ metropolitan2. SM1) (Rel) metropolitan2) (=tren)= metro II* * *I- na adjetivoa) ( de la ciudad) metropolitanb) < iglesia> metropolitanIIa) (Transp) subway (AmE), underground (BrE)b) ( arzobispo) metropolitan* * *= metropolitan.Ex. This article studies how news library staff and editorial staff in a large metropolitan daily newspaper perceive the contribution of the news library to newsmaking.----* área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.* biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.* * *I- na adjetivoa) ( de la ciudad) metropolitanb) < iglesia> metropolitanIIa) (Transp) subway (AmE), underground (BrE)b) ( arzobispo) metropolitan* * *= metropolitan.Ex: This article studies how news library staff and editorial staff in a large metropolitan daily newspaper perceive the contribution of the news library to newsmaking.
* área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.* biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.* * *1 (de la ciudad) metropolitanárea metropolitana metropolitan area2 ‹iglesia› metropolitan2 (arzobispo) metropolitan* * *
metropolitano 1◊ -na adjetivo
metropolitan
metropolitano 2 sustantivo masculino
subway (AmE), underground (BrE)
metropolitano,-a
I adjetivo metropolitan
II m frml ➣ metro
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* * *metropolitano, -a♦ adjmetropolitan;el cinturón metropolitano de Barcelona the metropolitan area of Barcelona, greater Barcelona;♦ nm[metro] Br underground, US subway* * *I adj metropolitanII m subway, Br underground* * *metropolitano, -na adj: metropolitan -
19 Buddle, John
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 15 November 1773 Kyloe, Northumberland, Englandd. 10 October 1843 Wallsend, Northumberland, England[br]English colliery inspector, manager and agent.[br]Buddle was educated by his father, a former schoolteacher who was from 1781 the first inspector and manager of the new Wallsend colliery. When his father died in 1806, John Buddle assumed full responsibility at the Wallsend colliery, and he remained as inspector and manager there until 1819, when he was appointed as colliery agent to the third Marquis of Londonderry. In this position, besides managing colliery business, he acted as an entrepreneur, gaining political influence and organizing colliery owners into fixing prices; Buddle and Londonderry were also responsible for the building of Seaham harbour. Buddle became known as the "King of the Coal Trade", gaining influence throughout the important Northumberland and Durham coalfield.Buddle's principal contribution to mining technology was with regard to the improvement of both safety standards and productivity. In 1807 he introduced a steam-driven air pump which extracted air from the top of the upcast shaft. Two years later, he drew up plans which divided the coalface into compartments; this enabled nearly the whole seam to be exploited. The system of compound ventilation greatly reduced the danger of explosions: the incoming air was divided into two currents, and since each current passed through only half the underground area, the air was less heavily contaminated with gas.In 1813 Buddle presented an important paper on his method for mine ventilation to the Sunderland Society for Preventing Accidents in Coal-mines, which had been established in that year following a major colliery explosion. He emphasized the need for satisfactory underground lighting, which influenced the development of safety-lamps, and assisted actively in the experiments with Humphrey Davy's lamp which he was one of the first mine managers to introduce. Another mine accident, a sudden flood, prompted him to maintain a systematic record of mine-workings which ultimately resulted in the establishment of the Mining Record Office.[br]Bibliography1838, Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 11, pp. 309–36 (Buddle's paper on keeping records of underground workings).Further ReadingR.L.Galloway, 1882, A History of Coalmining in Great Britain, London (deals extensively with Buddle's underground devices).R.W.Sturgess, 1975, Aristocrat in Business: The Third Marquis of Londonderry asCoalowner and Portbuilder, Durham: Durham County Local History Society (concentrates on Buddle's work after 1819).C.E.Hiskey, 1978, John Buddle 1773–1843, Agent and Entrepreneur in the NortheastCoal Trade, unpublished MLitt thesis, Durham University (a very detailed study).WK -
20 Abel, Sir Frederick August
[br]b. 17 July 1827 Woolwich, London, Englandd. 6 September 1902 Westminster, London, England[br]English chemist, co-inventor of cordite find explosives expert.[br]His family came from Germany and he was the son of a music master. He first became interested in science at the age of 14, when visiting his mineralogist uncle in Hamburg, and studied chemistry at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London. In 1845 he became one of the twenty-six founding students, under A.W.von Hofmann, of the Royal College of Chemistry. Such was his aptitude for the subject that within two years he became von Hermann's assistant and demonstrator. In 1851 Abel was appointed Lecturer in Chemistry, succeeding Michael Faraday, at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and it was while there that he wrote his Handbook of Chemistry, which was co-authored by his assistant, Charles Bloxam.Abel's four years at the Royal Military Academy served to foster his interest in explosives, but it was during his thirty-four years, beginning in 1854, as Ordnance Chemist at the Royal Arsenal and at Woolwich that he consolidated and developed his reputation as one of the international leaders in his field. In 1860 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, but it was his studies during the 1870s into the chemical changes that occur during explosions, and which were the subject of numerous papers, that formed the backbone of his work. It was he who established the means of storing gun-cotton without the danger of spontaneous explosion, but he also developed devices (the Abel Open Test and Close Test) for measuring the flashpoint of petroleum. He also became interested in metal alloys, carrying out much useful work on their composition. A further avenue of research occurred in 1881 when he was appointed a member of the Royal Commission set up to investigate safety in mines after the explosion that year in the Sealham Colliery. His resultant study on dangerous dusts did much to further understanding on the use of explosives underground and to improve the safety record of the coal-mining industry. The achievement for which he is most remembered, however, came in 1889, when, in conjunction with Sir James Dewar, he invented cordite. This stable explosive, made of wood fibre, nitric acid and glycerine, had the vital advantage of being a "smokeless powder", which meant that, unlike the traditional ammunition propellant, gunpowder ("black powder"), the firer's position was not given away when the weapon was discharged. Although much of the preliminary work had been done by the Frenchman Paul Vieille, it was Abel who perfected it, with the result that cordite quickly became the British Army's standard explosive.Abel married, and was widowed, twice. He had no children, but died heaped in both scientific honours and those from a grateful country.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsGrand Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1901. Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 1891 (Commander 1877). Knighted 1883. Created Baronet 1893. FRS 1860. President, Chemical Society 1875–7. President, Institute of Chemistry 1881–2. President, Institute of Electrical Engineers 1883. President, Iron and Steel Institute 1891. Chairman, Society of Arts 1883–4. Telford Medal 1878, Royal Society Royal Medal 1887, Albert Medal (Society of Arts) 1891, Bessemer Gold Medal 1897. Hon. DCL (Oxon.) 1883, Hon. DSc (Cantab.) 1888.Bibliography1854, with C.L.Bloxam, Handbook of Chemistry: Theoretical, Practical and Technical, London: John Churchill; 2nd edn 1858.Besides writing numerous scientific papers, he also contributed several articles to The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1875–89, 9th edn.Further ReadingDictionary of National Biography, 1912, Vol. 1, Suppl. 2, London: Smith, Elder.CMBiographical history of technology > Abel, Sir Frederick August
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