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1 skew
[skju:] 1. adjective(not straight or symmetrical.) enviesado2. verb(to make or be distorted, not straight.) enviesar* * *[skju:] n esconso, ângulo, posição inclinada, inclinação. • vt+vi 1 inclinar, torcer. 2 dar forma ou direção inclinada, mover para um lado. 3 distorcer, enviezar. 4 olhar de soslaio. • adj 1 torcido, enviezado, inclinado. 2 torto, fora de esquadro. 3 assimétrico. -
2 skewer
['skjuə](a long pin of wood or metal for keeping meat together while roasting: Put the cubes of meat on a skewer.) espeto* * *skew.er[skj'uə] n espeto usado para manter a carne enrolada enquanto está cozinhando. • vt prender com espeto. -
3 excuse
1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) desculpar2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar2. [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.) desculpa* * *ex.cuse[ikskj'u:s] n 1 escusa, desculpa, apologia, perdão. he advanced an excuse / ele apresentou sua escusa. he offered an excuse / ele pediu desculpa. 2 pretexto, alegação. he always makes excuses / ele tem sempre desculpas, ele sempre inventa pretextos. 3 justificação. he has an excuse for his mistake / ele tem uma desculpa para o seu engano. 4 escapatória, subterfúgio, evasiva. • [ikskj'u:z] vt 1 desculpar, escusar, perdoar. excuse my haste / desculpe minha pressa. excuse my saying so / não leve a mal se eu lho digo. I beg to be excused / peço desculpar-me. he can be excused all his errors / todos os seus erros lhe podem ser perdoados. 2 justificar. I can’t excuse his behaviour / eu não posso desculpar o seu comportamento. 3 pretextar. 4 dispensar, isentar. I was excused from attendance / fui dispensado de comparecer. he was excused the tax / perdoaram-lhe o imposto. -
4 minuscule
mi.nus.cule[m'inəskju:l; min'∧skju:l] n minúscula. • adj minúsculo. -
5 excuse
1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) desculpar2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar2. [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.) desculpa -
6 bascule
bas.cule[b'æskju:l] n báscula, balancim. -
7 corpuscule
cor.pus.cule[kɔ:p'∧skju:l] n = corpuscle. -
8 crepuscule
cre.pus.cule[kr'epəskju:l] n crepúsculo. -
9 excusable
[ik'skju:zəbl]adjective (pardonable.) desculpável* * *ex.cus.a.ble[ikskj'u:z2b2l] adj desculpável, perdoável, escusável. -
10 inexcusable
[inik'skju:zəbl](too bad etc to be excused or justified; not excusable: inexcusable rudeness.) indesculpável* * *in.ex.cus.a.ble[inikskj'u:zəbəl] adj indesculpável, imperdoável, injustificável, inescusável. -
11 majuscule
ma.jus.cule[m'æjəskju:l] n maiúscula (letra). • adj escrito em letras maiúsculas, maiúsculo. -
12 obscure
[əb'skjuə] 1. adjective1) (not clear; difficult to see: an obscure corner of the library.) obscuro2) (not well-known: an obscure author.) obscuro3) (difficult to understand: an obscure poem.) obscuro2. verb(to make obscure: A large tree obscured the view.) obstruir- obscurity* * *ob.scure[əbskj'uə] vt 1 obscurecer. 2 turvar. 3 toldar, enevoar. 4 ocultar. 5 escurecer. 6 confundir. • adj 1 obscuro, vago, ambíguo. 2 ignorado, desconhecido. 3 escuro, sombrio. 4 indefinido. 5 duvidoso, incerto. -
13 scute
[skju:t] n Zool 1 carapaça (de tatu, tartaruga, cágado, etc.). 2 grande escama. -
14 skua
sku.a[skjuə] n Ornith ave marinha parecida com a gaivota. -
15 excusable
[ik'skju:zəbl]adjective (pardonable.) desculpável -
16 inexcusable
[inik'skju:zəbl](too bad etc to be excused or justified; not excusable: inexcusable rudeness.) imperdoável -
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19 skewer
['skjuə](a long pin of wood or metal for keeping meat together while roasting: Put the cubes of meat on a skewer.) espeto
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} …