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1 elastic
[i'læstik] 1. adjective1) ((of a material or substance) able to return to its original shape or size after being pulled or pressed out of shape: an elastic bandage; Rubber is an elastic substance.) prožen2) (able to be changed or adapted: This is a fairly elastic arrangement.) prožen2. noun(a type of cord containing strands of rubber: Her hat was held on with a piece of elastic.) elastika- elastic band* * *I [ilaestik]adjective ( elastically adverb)prožen, gibek, raztegljiv; figuratively prilagodljivII [ilaestik]nounelastika; American plural podveze -
2 elastic band
( also rubber band) (a small thin piece of rubber for holding things together or in place: He put an elastic band round the papers.) elastika -
3 gum-elastic
[gʌmilaestik]noungumielastika -
4 cartilage
(a firm elastic substance found in the bodies of men and animals.) hrustanec* * *[ká:tilidž]nounanatomy hrustanec -
5 catapult
1. noun((American slingshot) a small forked stick with an elastic string fixed to the two prongs for firing small stones etc, usually used by children.) frača2. verb(to throw violently: The driver was catapulted through the windscreen when his car hit the wall.) vreči* * *[kaetəpʌlt]1.nounfrača, katapult;2.transitive verbs fračo streljati; zagnati; figuratively nepričakovano spraviti v nov položaj -
6 rubber
1) (( also adjective) (of) a strong elastic substance made from the juice of certain plants (especially the rubber tree), or an artificial substitute for this: Tyres are made of rubber; rubber boots.) guma2) ((also eraser) a piece of rubber used to rub out pencil etc marks: a pencil, a ruler and a rubber.) radirka3) ((slang) a condom.) kondom4) (a rubber band.) gumijast trak•- rubbery- rubber band
- rubber stamp* * *I [rʌbə]nounotiralec; maser(ka); otiralo, krpa, ščetka za brisanje (otiranje), frotirka; orodje za drgnjenje, otiranje, masiranje; kamen za poliranje, pila; technical smirkov papirII [rʌbə]1.nounkavčuk, gumi; radirka; (= rubber tire, rubber tyre) gumasti obroč (pnevmatika) na kolesu; plural American colloquially galoše, gumasti čevljirubber for packing technical tesnilni gumiindia-rubber — gumica, radirka;2.adjectivegumastrubber cement — gumijeva raztopina, kavčukast kitrubber solution — gumijeva raztopina;3.transitive verbgumirati; premazati, prevleči z gumo; intransitive verb American vrat iztegovati (od radovednosti); poželjivo gledatiIII [rʌbə]nounrober (pri whistu, bridgeu); tri zaporedne igre (zmage), odločilna igra (zmaga) od treh iger, zmaga v prvih dveh igrahto win the rubber — dobiti rober, dobiti igro (pri whistu, bridgeu) -
7 stocking
['stokiŋ](one of a pair of close-fitting coverings for the legs and feet, reaching to or above the knee: Most women prefer tights to stockings nowadays.) nogavica* * *[stɔkiŋ]1.noundolga nogavica; figuratively prihrankia blue stocking figuratively učena ženska z literarnimi ambicijamielastic stockings medicine nogavice za krčne žilein one's stocking feet — v nogavicah, sezuthe stands six feet in his stockings — sezut meri šest čevljev;2.transitive verbobleči (komu) nogavicestockinged — (le) v nogavicah, sezut -
8 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) raztegniti, stegniti (se)2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) raztezati se2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) pretegovanje2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) kos; obdobje•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *I [streč]1.nounraztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas; slang kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu; nautical daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehodat a stretch, at one stretch — brez prekinitve, naenkraton the stretch — napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figuratively v veliki napetostia stretch of the imagination — prenapeta, prebujna domišljijaa fine stretch of country — lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajineto be on the stretch — biti napet, v napetostiit is a good stretch from the village to the town — je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mestato do a stretch British English odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)to give a stretch — natezati se, pretegniti seit takes a stretch of imagination to believe that — treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjamešto work 8 hours at (on) a stretch — delati nepretrgano 8 ur;2.adjectiveraztegljivII [streč]1.transitive verbraztegniti, raztezati, razvleči, (raz)širiti; iztegniti (roko itd.) (često out); pretegniti (noge itd., o.s. se); nategniti (vrv itd.), peti, razpeti (platno itd.); z natezanjem izgladiti; figuratively nategovati, silo delati, iti predaleč (v čem), prenapenjati, pretiravati, po svoje krojiti (pravico, zakon); commerce prekoračiti (kredit); slang obesiti, usmrtiti;2.intransitive verbraztezati se, (raz)širiti se, segati; nategniti se; raztegniti se (rokavice), dati se raztegniti; potovati (to do); figuratively pretiravati, lagati; colloquially viseti, biti obešenstretched — iztegnjen, po dolgemto stretch one's arms — iztegniti, pretegniti si roketo stretch s.o. on the ground — z udarcem zrušiti koga na tlato stretch a point figuratively iti predaleč, pretiravati (v čem)I will stretch a point in your favour — potrudil se bom, da vam bom šel na rokoto stretch s.o. on the rack history razpeti koga za mučenje (na natezalnici)to stretch the truth — pretiravati, lagatito stretch away out of sight — razprostirati se, kakor daleč sega oko -
9 rubber band
(an elastic band.) gumica, elastika -
10 suspenders
1) (a pair, or set, of elastic straps for holding up socks or stockings.) podveze2) ((American) braces for holding up trousers.) naramnice
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