(for+carrying)

noun (a bag for carrying books etc to and from school: She had a schoolbag on her back.) mala de escola

noun (a cable system with chairs for carrying skiers up a slope.)

noun (a light folding bed with handles for carrying the sick or wounded: The injured man was carried to the ambulance on a stretcher.) maca

1) (a ship or large lorry for carrying oil.) petroleiro, caminhão-tanque

2) (an aircraft used to transport fuel etc.) avião-tanque

- tramway

noun (someone or something that transports, especially a heavy vehicle for carrying large goods.) transportador

1) (a railway vehicle for carrying goods.) vagão de carga

2) ((especially American) a lorry: He drives a truck;(also adjective) a truck-driver.) caminhão

1) (a wooden frame placed over the necks of oxen to hold them together when they are pulling a cart etc.) canga

2) (a frame placed across a person's shoulders, for carrying buckets etc.) canga

3) (something that weighs people down, or prevents them being free: the yoke of slavery.) jugo

4) (the part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and round the neck: a black dress with a white yoke.) pala

1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) transportar

2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) transmitir

3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) suportar

4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) ter

5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) aprovar

6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) comportar-se

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[k'æri] n 1 alcance de arma ou projetil. 2 golf distância atingida por um tiro de bola. 3 posição vertical da espingarda em continência. 4 Amer transporte, passagem (a seco entre dois rios navegáveis). 5 Com transporte: sinal ou dígito produzido pela soma de dois ou mais algarismos, quando o total for igual ou maior que a base do sistema de notação em que os algarismos estão representados. O mesmo que "vai um". • vt+vi 1 carregar, levar, transportar, conduzir. she carries the virus with her / ela carrega o vírus. Patricia cannot carry all the books / Patrícia não consegue carregar todos os livros. 2 ter, conter. these coins carry a lot of gold / estas moedas contêm muito ouro. should the police carry guns? / a polícia deveria carregar armas de fogo? the new cars carry a guarantee / os carros novos têm uma garantia. 3 suportar, apoiar, sustentar. the roof is carried by columns / o teto é sustentado pelas colunas. 4 capturar, tomar pela força. the enemies carried the town / os inimigos capturaram a cidade. 5 ganhar, conquistar pela maioria, aprovar. he carried all before him / ele conquistou todos. 6 comportar-se, mostrar-se. she carries herself well / ela mostra bom porte. 7 adicionar em, transportar para uma outra coluna. I put down six and carry three / são seis e vão três. 8 publicar, incluir uma notícia. 9 fazer o trabalho de ou atuar no esporte para suprir as deficiências de um outro. he carries his department / ele carrega (faz o serviço de) todo o departamento. 10 manter mercadorias em estoque. they carry a stock of these items / eles mantêm um estoque destes itens. 11 ter suficiente. 12 manter. 13 Mil pôr a arma em continência. 14 (referente ao som) alcançar ou ser transmitido. his voice carries well to the other end of the hall / sua voz alcança o outro lado do salão. 15 (referente à arma) ter um alcance específico. 16 sl estar com drogas ou com uma arma ilegal. 17 efetuar, pôr em efeito, conseguir. 18 (referente a cães) buscar a caça abatida. that hound can fetch and carry / aquele cão sabe apanhar e trazer (a caça). carry over (componente) reaproveitado de um produto antigo em produto novo. to carry a child estar grávida. to carry a load, to carry a burden ter um problema ou uma responsabilidade ou muito trabalho. to carry along arrastar, continuar. to carry a torch for amar alguém sem ser amado. Frank has been carrying a torch for Linda ever since he saw her / Frank está amando Linda desde o dia em que a viu. to carry away 1 (geralmente na forma passiva) perder o controle. I was carried away when I was shopping / perdi o controle quando estava fazendo compras. 2 arrebatar the artists carried away the audience / os artistas arrebataram o público. 3 Naut desmastrar. to carry back restituir, pôr no mesmo lugar. to carry forth mostrar, expor à vista. to carry great weight ter muito peso, pesar muito. his judgements carry great weight / seu critério, seu parecer pesa muito. to carry in levar para dentro. to carry it high portar-se com orgulho. to carry off 1 ter sucesso em. 2 ganhar prêmios. "Titanic" carried off most of the awards / "Titanic" ganhou a maioria dos prêmios. 3 causar a morte de. all prisoners were carried off by famine / todos os prisioneiros morreram de fome. 4 raptar, seqüestrar they carried the director’s daughter off / eles seqüestraram a filha do diretor. to carry on 1 continuar. we must carry on / devemos continuar. 2 comportar-se ansiosamente ou de uma forma descontrolada, tola. how she does carry on with him! / que afetação dela para agradá-lo! 3 reclamar. 4 namorar, ter relações sexuais com. he carries on with her daughter / ele namora com a filha dela. to carry out 1 executar, efetuar, realizar, conduzir. it will be an easy plan to carry out / será um plano fácil de realizar. 2 implementar she will carry out the instructions / ela implementará as instruções. to carry over 1 transferir, levar. she doesn’t let her private problems carry over into her work / ela não permite que seus problemas pessoais sejam levados/transferidos para o trabalho. 2 transportar, transferir (uma conta) para uma outra página. 3 adiar, jogar para depois. let’s carry over our holidays for next year / vamos jogar as nossas férias para o próximo ano. 4 adiar pagamento para o próximo exercício. to carry the day 1 vencer uma batalha, competição ou debate. the allies carried the day / os aliados venceram. 2 persuadir pessoas a apoiar alguém. to carry through 1 finalizar, levar a efeito, conseguir terminar algo apesar das dificuldades. 2 ajudar alguém em uma fase difícil. you carry coals to Newcastle você está vendendo mel ao colmeeiro.

1) (the keeping away from other people or animals of people or animals that might be carrying an infectious disease: My dog was in quarantine for six months.) quarentena

2) (the period in or for which this is done: The quarantine for a dog entering Britain from abroad is six months.) quarentena

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[kw'ɔrənti:n] n quarentena, período de 40 dias. • vt isolar em quarentena.

1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) esquadrinhar

2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) passar os olhos por

3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) sondar

4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) escandir

5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.)

6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.)

- scanner

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[skæn] n Comp escaneamento, varredura. • vt+vi 1 olhar de perto, examinar cuidadosamente, esquadrinhar. 2 escandir. 3 TV decompor, expor a imagem ponto por ponto a fim de transmiti-la. 4 sondar com radar. 5 Comp escanear, varrer. to scan the horizon esquadrinhar o horizonte (com binóculo).

1) (the keeping away from other people or animals of people or animals that might be carrying an infectious disease: My dog was in quarantine for six months.) quarentena

2) (the period in or for which this is done: The quarantine for a dog entering Britain from abroad is six months.) quarentena

1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) perscrutar

2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) correr os olhos por

3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) explorar

4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) scannear

5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.) scannear

6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.) escandir

She had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report.) exame com scanner

- scanner

1) (a type of bandage hanging from the neck or shoulders to support an injured arm: He had his broken arm in a sling.) alça de fractura

2) (a band of cloth etc worn over the shoulder for supporting a rifle etc on the back.) bandoleira

3) (a looped arrangement of ropes, chains etc for supporting, hoisting, carrying and lowering heavy objects.) estropo

1) (to throw violently: The boy slung a stone at the dog.) atirar

2) (to support, hang or swing by means of a strap, sling etc: He had a camera and binoculars slung round his neck.) suspender

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- slingshot

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[sliŋ] n 1 funda, estilingue, bodoque. 2 lanço, tiro, arremesso (de estilingue). 3 tipóia. 4 eslinga, laço, gancho (com corda ou corrente para levantar pesos). 5 tiracolo, boldrié. 6 dispositivo para carregar um bebê e que fica preso nas costas ou na parte da frente do corpo de quem o carrega. • vt (ps+ pp slung) 1 atirar, arremessar, lançar (com estilingue). 2 jogar, atirar. 3 levantar ou baixar com eslinga. 4 amarrar, fixar com laço. slings and arrows coisas desagradáveis que acontecem, ossos do ofício. they slung him out sl botaram-no para fora. to sling a foot arrastar o pé, dançar. to sling a pot sl tomar um trago. to sling mud at someone fig atirar lama em alguém. to sling someone out coll jogar alguém porta afora. to sling something/ someone across the shoulder jogar por cima dos ombros. he slung it across his shoulder / ele o jogou sobre seus ombros. to sling the language coll dizer palavrão, falar língua estrangeira. to sling up içar.

1) (a type of bandage hanging from the neck or shoulders to support an injured arm: He had his broken arm in a sling.) tipóia

2) (a band of cloth etc worn over the shoulder for supporting a rifle etc on the back.) bandoleira

3) (a looped arrangement of ropes, chains etc for supporting, hoisting, carrying and lowering heavy objects.) linga

1) (to throw violently: The boy slung a stone at the dog.) arremessar

2) (to support, hang or swing by means of a strap, sling etc: He had a camera and binoculars slung round his neck.) pendurar por alça ou bandoleira

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- slingshot