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1 pozzo
"well, shaft;Schacht;poço"* * *m wellpozzo petrolifero oil well* * *pozzo s.m.1 well: attingere acqua da un pozzo, to draw water from a well; pozzo artesiano, artesian well; pozzo profondo, deep well; carrucola del pozzo, well-pulley; secchia del pozzo, wellbucket; i pozzi sono asciutti, the wells are dry; il pozzo si è esaurito, the well has dried up; scavare un pozzo, to sink a well; è un pozzo di scienza, (fig.) he is a mine of learning; mangia molto, è un pozzo senza fondo, (fig.) he eats so much, he's like a bottomless pit; guadagnare un pozzo di soldi, (fig.) to earn piles of money; mostrare a qlcu. la luna nel pozzo, (fig.) to hoodwink s.o. // pozzo nero, cesspool // pozzo di S. Patrizio, ( pesca di beneficenza) lucky dip; la sua borsa è un pozzo di S. Patrizio, his purse is like the widow's cruse2 (tecn. delle perforazioni) well: pozzo petrolifero, oil well; pozzo a eruzione spontanea, gusher; pozzo eruttivo, flowing well; perforare un pozzo, to drill a well3 (miner.) shaft; pit: pozzo di aerazione, ventilazione, ventilation shaft (o airshaft); pozzo di ventilazione discendente, ascendente, downcast, upcast shaft; pozzo di colmata, flushing shaft; pozzo di drenaggio, drainage shaft; pozzo di estrazione, hoisting shaft; pozzo inclinato, incline (o incline shaft o sloping shaft); pozzo verticale, vertical shaft; bocca di pozzo, pithead6 (mar.): pozzo caldo, hot well; pozzo dell'elica, propeller aperture; pozzo delle catene, chain locker7 ( dell'ascensore) shaft.* * *['pottso]sostantivo maschile1) (per l'acqua) well2) (per estrazione o usi tecnici) shaft, pit3) colloq.•pozzo nero — cesspit, cesspool
pozzo petrolifero o di petrolio oil well; pozzo di scienza — prodigy o wellspring of learning
••* * *pozzo/'pottso/sostantivo m.1 (per l'acqua) well2 (per estrazione o usi tecnici) shaft, pit3 colloq. avere un pozzo di quattrini to have pots of moneyessere (come) il o un pozzo di san Patrizio to be like a widow's cruse\pozzo artesiano artesian well; pozzo nero cesspit, cesspool; pozzo petrolifero o di petrolio oil well; pozzo di scienza prodigy o wellspring of learning. -
2 voragine
f chasm, abyss* * *voragine s.f.1 chasm, gulf, abyss: la frana ha aperto una voragine, the landslide has opened an abyss2 ( gorgo) whirlpool* * *[vo'radʒine]sostantivo femminile gulf, chasm, abyss* * *voragine/vo'radʒine/sostantivo f.gulf, chasm, abyss. -
3 pozzo sm
['pottso]essere un pozzo di scienza — to be a walking encyclopaedia o a mine of information
essere un pozzo senza fondo — (ghiottone) to be a bottomless pit
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4 pozzo
sm ['pottso]essere un pozzo di scienza — to be a walking encyclopaedia o a mine of information
essere un pozzo senza fondo — (ghiottone) to be a bottomless pit
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(a) bottomless pit — someone or something that always needs or wants more of whatever they are given, especially money. It s a poor country with a bottomless pit of debt. Seb ll eat any food that s left over. He s a bottomless pit! … New idioms dictionary
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