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1 backbone
1) (the spine: the backbone of a fish.) hrbtenica2) (the chief support: The older employees are the backbone of the industry.) steber* * *[baekboun]nounanatomy hrbtenica; figuratively glavna oporato the backbone — docela, stoodstotno -
2 spine
1) (the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone: She damaged her spine when she fell.) hrbtenica2) (something like a backbone in shape or function: the spine of a book.) hrbet3) (a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant.) bodica•- spinal- spineless
- spiny
- spinal cord* * *[spáin]nounmedicine zoology hrbtenica; gorski hrbet; hrbet knjige; zoology botany bodica, trn, drevesna igla (smreke itd.); figuratively pogum, energija -
3 earthworm
noun ((usually worm) a kind of small animal with a ringed body and no backbone, living in damp earth.) deževnik* * *[ɜ:mwə:m]nounzoology deževnik -
4 back
[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) hrbet2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) hrbet3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) hrbtna stran, zadnji del4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) branilec2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) zadnji3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) nazaj2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) stran3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) zadaj4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) nazaj5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) nazaj4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) vzvratno peljati2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) podpreti3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) staviti na•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) z backhandom; nazaj nagnjeno- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seat* * *I [bæk]nounhrbet, hrbtišče; zadnja, spodnja stran; naslonilo, hrbtnik; velik čeber, sod; sport branilec, zaščitnikat the back — zabehind the back of s.o. figuratively za hrbtom komuto break the back of s.th. — opraviti glavni del nalogeto have s.o. on one's back — imeti koga na vratuto see the back of s.o. — znebiti se kogato turn one's back upon s.o. — obračati hrbet komu, zapustiti kogaII [bæk]adjectivehrbten; nazadujoč, zaostal; zadnji; zastarel, nazadnjaškiback number — stara številka (časopisa); slang nemoderen človek, starokopitnež; zastarel načinto take a back seat — imeti skromno službo, ne siliti v ospredjeIII [bæk]adverbnazaj; zadaj; nekoč, prej; spet, znovato go back on s.o. — pustiti koga na cediluto pay s.o. back (in his own coin) — vrniti komu milo za dragoto go back from ( —ali upon) one's word — besedo snesti, preklicatito hang back — mečkati, omahovatito talk ( —ali answer) back — ugovarjati, oporekatiIV [bæk]1.intransitive verbnazaj stopiti, umikati se; zmuzniti se;2.transitive verbnazaj potisniti, nazaj gnati, nazaj voziti; podpreti, podpirati; pomagati; staviti; (o)krepiti; biti opora; biti ozadje; indosiratito back a horse — zajahati konja; staviti na konjato back the wrong horse — ušteti se, staviti na napačno kartoto back the oars, to back astern — nazaj veslatito back and fill — kolebati, ne se odločitito back on s.o. — izdati koga, pustiti ga na cedilumarine back her! — vozi nazaj! -
5 invertebrate
[in'və:tibrət]adjective, noun((an animal eg a worm or insect) not having a backbone.) brez vretenc; brezvretenčar* * *[invɜ:tibrit]1.adjective zoologybrez vretenc, brez hrbtenice; figuratively šibek, neodločen, brez hrbtenice;2.nounzoologybrezvretenčar; figuratively slabič, človek brez hrbtenice -
6 rib
[rib]1) (any one of the bones which curve round and forward from the backbone, enclosing the heart and lungs.) rebro2) (one of the curved pieces of wood which are joined to the keel to form the framework of a boat.) rebro3) (a vertical raised strip in eg knitted material, or the pattern formed by a row of these.) rebro4) (any of a number of things similar in shape, use etc to a rib, eg one of the supports for the fabric of an aeroplane wing or of an umbrella.) rebro•- ribbed- ribbing* * *I [rib]nounrebro; rebrce, žila (v listu); humorously žena, "boljša polovica"dig (poke) in the ribs colloquially sunek v (pod) rebrato poke s.o. in the ribs — dregniti koga v rebra, figuratively s tako kretnjo šaljivo pritegniti pozornost kake osebeto smite s.o. under the fifth rib — zabosti koga, zasaditi komu nož med rebraII [rib]transitive verbojačiti, okrepiti z rebri; agronomy na pol orati; slang nagajati, dražiti, rogati se, zasmehovati (koga) -
7 vertebrate
[-brət]noun, adjective ((an animal) having a backbone: Insects are not vertebrates.) vretenčar* * *[vɜ:tibrit]1.adjectivevretenčen; ki ima hrbtenico, ki spada k vretenčarjem; figuratively čvrst;2.nounzoologyvretenčar -
8 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) črv2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) zriniti se2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) izvleči* * *I [wə:m]nounzoology črv, črv deževnik, glista, technical orodje spiralne oblike, vzvoj na vijaku, cevasta naprava za kondenziranje, za hlajenje, kita (vez) pod pasjim jezikom; figuratively podel, potuhnjen človek (kreatura); figuratively notranja muka, trpljenje, glodajoča žalost, skrb; plural medicine gliste, glistavostworm of conscience — grizenje vesti; pekoča vestfood for worms — hrana za črve, mrlič, mrtveca worm will turn figuratively še taka potrpežljivost ima svoje mejeII [wə:m]transitive verbosvoboditi, očistiti črvov (žival, rastlino); figuratively premikati, obračati v vijugah; nautical spiralno omotati vrv sidra; figuratively izvleči, izvabiti; prerezati kito (vez) pod pasjim jezikomto worm o.s. — plaziti se kot črvto worm one's way ( —ali o.s.) into s.o.'s confidence — vriniti se, vtihotapiti se v zaupanje kake osebehe wormed his way through the thicket — kradoma se je splazil skozi goščavo; intransitive verb iskati črve; vijugati se, viti se, vijugasto se plaziti; zvleči se (v), skrivaj se premikati
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