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1 excuse
n. bortförklaring; ursäkt--------v. förlåta; befria; rättfärdiga* * *1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) förlåta, ursäkta2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) befria, låta slippa2. [ik'skju:s] noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) ursäkt, försvar -
2 excusable
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3 inexcusable
adj. oförlåtlig, oursäktlig; orättfärdig, oförsvarlig* * *[inik'skju:zəbl](too bad etc to be excused or justified; not excusable: inexcusable rudeness.) oursäktlig, oförsvarlig -
4 obscure
adj. dunkel; skum; okänd; otydlig--------v. fördunkla; grumla* * *[əb'skjuə] 1. adjective1) (not clear; difficult to see: an obscure corner of the library.) dunkel, skum2) (not well-known: an obscure author.) okänd3) (difficult to understand: an obscure poem.) svårfattlig, dunkel2. verb(to make obscure: A large tree obscured the view.) förmörka, fördunkla, skymma- obscurity -
5 skew
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6 skewer
n. grillspett--------v. trä upp på spett* * *['skjuə](a long pin of wood or metal for keeping meat together while roasting: Put the cubes of meat on a skewer.) steknål, grillspett
См. также в других словарях:
askew — [ə skju:] adverb & adjective not in a straight or level position. Origin C16: from a 2 + skew … English new terms dictionary
scutage — [ skju:tɪdʒ] noun (in a feudal society) money paid by a vassal to his lord in lieu of military service. Origin ME: from med. L. scutagium, from L. scutum shield … English new terms dictionary
scute — [skju:t] noun Zoology a thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle s shell or on the back of a crocodile, stegosaurus, etc. Origin ME (denoting a coin): from L. scutum … English new terms dictionary
scutum — [ skju:təm] noun (plural scuta tə) 1》 Zoology another term for scute. 2》 Entomology the second dorsal sclerite in each thoracic segment of an insect. Origin C18: from L., lit. oblong shield … English new terms dictionary
skua — [ skju:ə] noun a large predatory seabird, chiefly brown, which pursues other birds to make them disgorge fish. [Catharacta skua (great skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic skua), and related species.] Origin C17: mod. L., from Faroese skúvur,… … English new terms dictionary
askew — [əˈskjuː] adj not as straight as it should be … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
skewed — [skjuːd] adj 1) results or judgments that are skewed are not accurate because they have been affected by something 2) not straight … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
skewer — [ˈskjuːə] noun [C] a long thin piece of metal or wood that you stick through food to hold it while it cooks … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
skew — /skju / (say skyooh) verb (i) 1. to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course. 2. to look obliquely; squint. 3. to drive a skewnail. –verb (t) 4. to give an oblique direction to; shape or form obliquely. 5. Carpentry to drive (a nail)… …
skew arch — /ˈskju atʃ/ (say skyooh ahch) noun an arch whose axis is not perpendicular to the faces of its abutments, as where a railway crosses a road at an angle …
skew-whiff — /skju ˈwɪf/ (say skyooh wif) adverb Colloquial askew: *squashed his face against hers so that one eye was twisted skew whiff and the lips pouted like a cod s. –d arcy niland, 1955. Also, skewiff. {British dialect, from skew + whiff} …
