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≈ белый как снег, белоснежный [white as snow и white as wool этим. библ. Revelation I, 14]; см. тж. white as chalk и white as a ghostThe walls were whitewashed as white as milk. (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. III) — Стены были выбелены чисто-начисто.
This man's hair was as white as snow, much too white for his age. (Fr. Marryat, ‘Poor Jack’, ch. X) — Он был белый как лунь - не по летам.
They peddle out such a fish as that by the pound in the market-house there; everybody buys some of him; his meat's as white as snow and makes a good fry. (M. Twain, ‘Huckleberry Finn’, ch. X) — Такую рыбу продают на рынке на фунты, каждый покупает понемногу; мясо у нее белое, нежное, и она очень хороша жареная.
...he walked... along a great white road - a road white as the driven snow - that was banked on each side of him with daffodils as big as breakfast-cups nodding and nodding at him as he went along the snow-white road... (S. O'Casey, ‘I Knock at the Door’, ‘The Dream School’) —...он шел... по широкой белой дороге, по дороге, белой, как свежевыпавший снег, вдоль которой и справа и слева росли нарциссы величиной с чайную чашку; и нарциссы все кивали и кивали ему головками, когда он шел по белоснежной дороге...
In contrast to Hal's deep tan Tommy was as white as milk... (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. XXVI) — По сравнению с сильно загоревшим Хэлом Томми казался белым-пребелым...
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((as) white as a ghost (as a sheet, as ashes, as death или as the driven snow))≈ бледный как полотно, смертельно бледный; см. тж. white as milkMr Creackle cuts a joke before he beats him, and we laugh at it - miserable little dogs, we laugh with our visages as white as ashes, and our hearts sinking into our boots. (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. VII) — Мистер Крикл, прежде чем прибить мальчугана, издевается над ним, а мы смеемся, несчастные собачонки, мы смеемся, бледные как полотно, и душа у нас уходит в пятки.
The effect on him was ghastly, he fell back in his chair and went as white as death. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Footprints in the Jungle’) — Принесенное мной известие потрясло Картрайта. Он откинулся на стуле и смертельно побледнел.
Come and lie down, anyway. You're as white as a ghost. (P. H. Johnson, ‘The Survival of the Fittest’, part IV, ch. X) — Пойди полежи. На тебе ведь лица нет.
He was as white as the driven snow; easy meat, I thought. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. X) — Второй парень побледнел. "Ну, с этим справиться - раз плюнуть", - подумал я.
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белый как мел; см. тж. white as milkThe moon was white as chalk, and it swam in the water. (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Long Valley’, ‘The Murder’) — Диск луны, белый как серебро, точно плыл, отражаясь в быстро текущей воде.
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milk-white [ˊmɪlkwaɪt] aмоло́чно-бе́лый -
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > milk-white
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[ˈmɪlkwaɪt]milk-white молочно-белый -
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[ˌmɪlk'waɪt]1) Общая лексика: молочно-белый2) Техника: молочный3) Архитектура: молочно-белый цвет -
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Пищевая промышленность: молоко (обычное, в отличие от шоколадного, клубничного, бананового и т.д. - с вкусовыми добавками и красителями) -
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[`mɪlkwaɪt]молочно-белыйАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > milk-white
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Milk — (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein. [root]107. Cf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
