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1 pipe
1. noun1) (a tube, usually made of metal, earthenware etc, through which water, gas etc can flow: a water pipe; a drainpipe.) cev2) (a small tube with a bowl at one end, in which tobacco is smoked: He smokes a pipe; ( also adjective) pipe tobacco.) pipa3) (a musical instrument consisting of a hollow wooden, metal etc tube through which the player blows or causes air to be blown in order to make a sound: He played a tune on a bamboo pipe; an organ pipe.) piščal(ka)2. verb1) (to convey gas, water etc by a pipe: Water is piped to the town from the reservoir.) speljati po ceveh2) (to play (music) on a pipe or pipes: He piped a tune.) piskati3) (to speak in a high voice, make a high-pitched sound: `Hallo,' the little girl piped.) piskati•- piper- pipes
- piping 3. adjective((of a sound) high-pitched: a piping voice.) piskajoč- pipeline
- piping hot* * *I [páip]noun(dovodna) cev; piščalka, frula; brlizganje, žvižganje (ptičje); music plural dude; anatomy sapnik, prebavni kanal; glas (pri petju); pipa za tobak; geology dimnik; mineralogy cev za zračenje v rudniku, rudna žila cilindraste oblike; botany votlo steblo, votel pecelj; economy vinski sod ali sod za olje (10ɜ galonov, ca 477 litrov); British English history obračun državne blagajne (Pipe Roll, Great Roll of the Pipes); slang lahka nalogacolloquially put that in your pipe and smoke it! — dobro si zapomni!, figuratively pomiri se s temto put s.o.'s pipe out — preprečiti komu kajto clear one's pipe — odkašljati se, odhrkati seII [páip]1.intransitive verbpiskati; žvižgati, zavijati (veter); brlizgati (ptič); hripavo govoriti, piskati pri govorjenju; slang jokati;2.transitive verbpožvižgavati, piskati napev (na piščalko itd.)nautical z žvižgom sklicati posadko; napeljati cevi, speljati po ceveh (vodo, plin itd.); okrasiti (torto s sladkornim oblivom, obleko z našitki); botany grebenčiti (trte, sadike); slang to pipe (one's eyes) — jokatislang to pipe down — utihniti, izgubiti samozavest, postati skromnejšito pipe up — zapiskati na piščalko; zapeti, oglasiti se s piskajočim glasom -
2 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) izsušiti2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) odtekati3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) (od)cediti (se)4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) izprazniti5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) izčrpati2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) odvodni kanal2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) sod brez dna•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
- down the drain* * *I [drein]1.transitive verb(off, away) (iz)sušiti, izčrpati, odvajati vodo, drenirati, kanalizirati; figuratively izmozgati, izčrpati;2.intransitive verb(off, away) odtekati; ( into) kapljati; izlivati se; figuratively krvavetito drain dry, to drain to the dregs — popiti do dnaII [drein]nounosuševalni jarek, odvodni kanalmedicine drenažna cevka; odvajanje, drenaža; figuratively napor, izčrpavanje; colloquially požirek, napitek; slang to go down the drain — propadati -
3 piping
1) (the act of playing a musical pipe or pipes.) piskanje2) ((the act or process of conveying water, gas etc by means of) a length of pipe or number of pipes: lead piping; Piping the oil ashore will not be easy.) napeljava cevi; cevovod* * *I [páipiŋ]adjectivepiskajoč, rezek, hreščeč, visok (glas); miren, pastirski, idiličenII [páipiŋ]nounnapeljava cevi, cevovodi; piskanje, brlizganje; hreščanje; sladkorni obliv na torti, našitek na oblekiIII [páipiŋ]adverbsikajoče, piskajočepiping hot — vrel; figuratively še čisto gorek, nov -
4 hydraulics
noun singular (the study of the behaviour of moving liquids (eg of water in pipes).) hidravlika* * *[haidrɔ:liks]nounplural (edninska konstrukcija) hidravlika -
5 main
[mein] 1. adjective(chief, principal or most important: the main purpose; the main character in the story.) glaven2. noun((also mains) the chief pipe or cable in a branching system of pipes or cables: The water's been turned off at the main(s); ( also adjective) the mains electricity supply.) glavni vod napeljave- mainly- mainland
- mainspring
- mainstream* * *I [méin]adjective ( mainly adverb)glaven, najvažnejši, bistven, največjito have an eye to the main chance — delati v svojo korist, dobro poskrbeti zaseII [méin]noun(zlasti plural) glavni vod napeljave (vodovodne, odtočne, plinske, električne), omrežje; glavni vod, glavna cev, glavni kabel; American glavna železniška proga; archaic moč, sila; glavna, bistvena stvar; poetically odprto morje; kopnoin the main — v glavnem, večinomaIII [méin]nounpetelinov boj; prvi met kocke (pri kockanju) -
6 pipeline
noun (a long line of pipes used for conveying oil, gas, water etc: an oil pipeline across the desert.) cevovod* * *[páiplain]nouncevovod (zlasti za nafto); figuratively skriven kanal za novice; oskrbni sistemin the pipeline — na poti, ki se pripravlja, v teku -
7 plumber
(a person who fits and mends domestic water, gas and sewage pipes: Send for a plumber - we have a leaking pipe.) inštalater- plumbing* * *[plʌmə]nounklepar; instalater vodovodnih, plinskih cevi -
8 central heating
(heating of a building by water, steam or air through pipes from one central boiler etc.) centralna kurjava
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