-
1 carcomer
v.1 to eat away at (also figurative).Esta duda carcome mi mente This doubt eats away at my mind.2 to corrode, to gnaw, to bite, to eat away.El mar carcome la madera The sea corrodes the wood.* * *1 (roer) to eat away1 figurado to be consumed (de, with), be eaten up (de, with)* * *1. VT1) [+ madera] to eat into, eat away2) [+ salud] to undermine2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) carcoma to eat away (at)b) < salud> to underminelos celos/la envidia le carcomían — he was eaten up o consumed with jealousy/envy
un vicio que carcome las bases de nuestra sociedad — a vice which eats away at the fabric of our society
* * *= corrode, gnaw (at), consume, eat away at.Ex. At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.* * *verbo transitivoa) carcoma to eat away (at)b) < salud> to underminelos celos/la envidia le carcomían — he was eaten up o consumed with jealousy/envy
un vicio que carcome las bases de nuestra sociedad — a vice which eats away at the fabric of our society
* * *= corrode, gnaw (at), consume, eat away at.Ex: At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.
Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.* * *carcomer [E1 ]vt1«carcoma»: la pata de la mesa está totalmente carcomida the table leg is completely worm-eaten o is riddled with woodworm2 «cáncer» to riddleel cáncer le ha carcomido los pulmones his lungs are riddled with cancer3 «envidia» to consumelos celos le carcomían las entrañas he was eaten up o consumed with jealousyes una duda que me carcome it is something that constantly preys on my mind* * *
carcomer ( conjugate carcomer) verbo transitivo
carcomer verbo transitivo to eat away (at): el odio le carcome, he's eaten up with hatred
* * *♦ vt1. [madera] to eat away at2. [persona] to eat away at;la enfermedad está carcomiendo su salud the sickness is eating away at his health;le carcome la envidia he's eaten up with envy;me carcome una duda there's a doubt niggling away at me* * *v/t eat away; fig: de envidia eat away at, consume* * *carcomer vt: to eat away at, to consume
См. также в других словарях:
motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first … Universalium
Alcohol in the Bible — Alcoholic beverages appear repeatedly in biblical literature – from Noah planting a vineyard and getting drunk in the Hebrew Bible [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ge+9:20 27 Ge 9:20–27] ] to Jesus in the New Testament miraculously… … Wikipedia
History of economic thought — The history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the field of political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day. British philosopher Adam Smith is cited by many as the father of modern… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium
