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64 pump
1. noun1) (a machine for making water etc rise from under the ground: Every village used to have a pump from which everyone drew their water.) bomba2) (a machine or device for forcing liquid or gas into, or out of, something: a bicycle pump (for forcing air into the tyres).) bomba
2. verb1) (to raise or force with a pump: Oil is being pumped out of the ground.) bombear2) (to get information from by asking questions: He tried to pump me about the exam.) sonsacar, sacar información de alguien•- pump uppump1 n1. bomba2. surtidorpump2 vb bombeartr[pʌmp]1 (machine) bomba2 (act) bombeo1 bombear1 (of heart) latir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto pump iron hacer pesasto pump money into something invertir dinero en algoto pump somebody for information (tratar de) sonsacar información a alguiento pump somebody's hand darle un fuerte apretón de manos a alguien————————tr[pʌmp]1 (plimsoll) zapatilla de lona, playera; (for dancing) zapatilla de ballet2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (shoe) zapato de salónpump ['pʌmp] vt1) : bombearto pump water: bombear aguato pump (up) a tire: inflar una llanta2) : mover (una manivela, un pedal, etc.) de arriba abajoto pump someone's hand: darle un fuerte apretón de manos (a alguien)3)to pump out : sacar, vaciar (con una bomba)pump n1) : bomba fwater pump: bomba de agua2) shoe: zapato m de tacónn.• zapato de tacón bajo s.m.n.• bomba (Fluido) s.f.• escarpín s.m.• jervilla s.f.• pompa s.f.v.• bombear v.• elevar con bomba v.• llenar de aire con una bomba v.• sacar con bomba v.pʌmp
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1) bomba f; ( gasoline o (BrE) petrol pump) surtidor m2) ( Clothing)a) ( court shoe) (AmE) zapato m (de) salónb) ( gym shoe) (BrE dated) zapatilla f
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1)a) ( supply) bombearto pump something INTO something — \<\<water/oil\>\> bombear algo a algo
to pump air into a tire — inflar or (Esp tb) hinchar un neumático
they pumped him full of lead — (colloq) lo acribillaron a balazos
b) ( drain)to pump something OUT OF something — sacar* algo de algo con una bomba
to pump somebody's stomach out — hacerle* un lavado de estómago a alguien
c) ( ask) (colloq)2) \<\<handle/pedaleadle\>\> mover* de arriba abajoto pump iron — (colloq) hacer* pesas
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via) \<\<machine/heart\>\> bombearb) ( move vigorously) moverse* con fuerzaPhrasal Verbs:- pump up
I [pʌmp]1. N1) (for liquid, gas, air) bomba fbicycle 2., bilge 2., petrol 2., suction 2.foot/hand pump — bomba f de pie/de mano
2) (also: petrol pump) surtidor m de gasolina3) (=act of pumping)I gave the tyre a quick pump — le metí un poco de aire al neumático, inflé un poco el neumático
after a few pumps water came gushing forth — después de darle a la bomba un par de veces, empezó a salir agua a borbotones
2. VT1) (lit)a) (with a pump) bombear•
the tank was pumped full of water each day — el tanque se llenaba de agua todos los días•
oil is pumped into the house from a tank outside — el combustible se bombea a la casa desde un depósito que hay fuera•
they are pumping oil out of the wrecked tanker — están bombeando el petróleo del buque cisterna siniestrado•
the heart pumps blood round the body — el corazón hace circular la sangre por el cuerpo- pump sb dryb) (Naut)2) (fig)prime 3., 2)we can't go on pumping money into this project — no podemos seguir metiendo tanto dinero en or inyectándole tanto dinero a este proyecto
3) (=move up and down) [+ pedal] pisar repetidamente; [+ handle] darle repetidamente ahe pumped the accelerator — pisó repetidamente el pedal del acelerador, se puso a darle al pedal del acelerador
- pump iron4) * (=question)I pumped him discreetly about his past — le sonsaqué discretamente todo lo que pude acerca de su pasado, le tiré de la lengua discretamente acerca de su pasado *
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to pump sb for information — sonsacar información a algn3. VI1) [person]a) (at pump)here's a bucket, get pumping! — aquí tienes un balde, ¡a trabajar la bomba!
b) (on lever)c) (on pedal)he was pumping away, trying to get the car to start — pisaba repetidamente el pedal, intentando arrancar el coche
2) [pump, machine]the machine is pumping (away) all the time — la máquina de bombeo está en funcionamiento constantemente
3) [heart] (=circulate blood) bombear la sangre; (=beat) latir; [blood, adrenaline] correr por las venas4) [liquid]•
the oil was pumping along the pipeline — el petróleo corría por el tubo•
blood pumped from the severed artery — la sangre salía a borbotones de la arteria cortada4.CPDpump attendant N — encargado(-a) m / f de la gasolinera
pump house N — sala f de bombas
pump price N — [of petrol] precio m de la gasolina
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a rise in pump prices — una subida en los precios de la gasolina- pump in- pump out- pump up
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[pʌmp]N (esp Brit) (=sports shoe) zapatilla f ; (esp US) (=dancing shoe) bailarina f ; (=slip-on shoe) zapato m de salón* * *[pʌmp]
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1) bomba f; ( gasoline o (BrE) petrol pump) surtidor m2) ( Clothing)a) ( court shoe) (AmE) zapato m (de) salónb) ( gym shoe) (BrE dated) zapatilla f
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1)a) ( supply) bombearto pump something INTO something — \<\<water/oil\>\> bombear algo a algo
to pump air into a tire — inflar or (Esp tb) hinchar un neumático
they pumped him full of lead — (colloq) lo acribillaron a balazos
b) ( drain)to pump something OUT OF something — sacar* algo de algo con una bomba
to pump somebody's stomach out — hacerle* un lavado de estómago a alguien
c) ( ask) (colloq)2) \<\<handle/pedal/treadle\>\> mover* de arriba abajoto pump iron — (colloq) hacer* pesas
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via) \<\<machine/heart\>\> bombearb) ( move vigorously) moverse* con fuerzaPhrasal Verbs:- pump up -
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n. dolaşım, dönme; devre, aşama, zaman; devir; dizi, seri; bisiklet; motosiklet————————v. devir yaptırmak, devreden geçirmek; bisiklete binmek; pedal çevirmek* * *1. döngü 2. siklus 3. bisiklete bin (v.) 4. dönüşüm (n.)* * *I 1. verb(to go by bicycle: He cycles to work every day.) bisiklete binmek, bisikletle gitmek2. noun(shortened form of bicycle: They bought the child a cycle for his birthday.) 'bicycle' sözcüğünün kısaltılmışı- cyclistII noun1) (a number of events happening one after the other in a certain order: the life-cycle of the butterfly.) çevrim, dönem, devir2) (a series of poems, songs etc written about one main event etc: a song cycle.) dizi;...topluluğu3) ((of alternating current, radio waves etc) one complete series of changes in a regularly varying supply, signal etc.) devir•- cyclic- cyclically -
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n. serbest arka tekerlek————————v. pedal çevirmeden gitmek* * *bisiklette pedal çevirmeden git* * *verb (to travel (downhill) on a bicycle, in a car etc without using mechanical power.) pedalsız boş vitesle gitmek -
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n. lastik, tekerlek, teker, direksiyon, dümen, dişli, çark, araba, bisiklet, işkence çarkı, dönme, çark etme————————v. çark etmek, döndürmek, tekerlekli bir şeyi itmek, el arabasıyla götürmek, araba ile götürmek, dönmek, yuvarlanmak, pedal çevirmek* * *1. teker 2. eksen etrafında dön (v.) 3. tekerlek (n.)* * *[wi:l] 1. noun1) (a circular frame or disc turning on a rod or axle, on which vehicles etc move along the ground: A bicycle has two wheels, a tricycle three, and most cars four; a cartwheel.) tekerlek2) (any of several things similar in shape and action: a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car.) tekerlek cinsi şeyler2. verb1) (to cause to move on wheels: He wheeled his bicycle along the path.) iterek/çekerek götürmek2) (to (cause to) turn quickly: He wheeled round and slapped me.) âniden dönmek3) ((of birds) to fly in circles.) daireler çizerek uçmak•- wheeled- - wheeled
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1. n расположение гуськом2. n упряжка цугом, тандемtandem foils — крыльевое устройство типа "тандем"
3. n тандем, велосипед для двоихtandem type — система "тандем"
4. n грузовик с прицепом; автомобиль с прицепом5. n физ. тандемный ускоритель6. n двое работников, выполняющих последовательные операции7. n пара8. a последовательно расположенный или соединённый; тандемный9. adv цугом, гуськомСинонимический ряд:two-wheeler (noun) bicycle; bike; cycle; moped; mountain bike; pedal-powered machine; push bike; ten speed; two-wheeler -
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n двухколёсное транспортное средствоСинонимический ряд:bicycle (noun) bicycle; bike; cycle; moped; mountain bike; pedal-powered machine; push bike; tandem; ten speed -
70 Macmillan, Kirkpatrick
SUBJECT AREA: Land transport[br]b. 1810d. 1878[br]Scottish inventor and builder of the first pedal-operated bicycle.[br]Macmillan was the blacksmith at the village of Courthill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Before 1839, bicycles were of the draisienne or hobby-horse type, which were propelled by the rider's feet pushing alternately on the ground. Macmillan was the first to appreciate that two wheels placed in line could be balanced while being propelled by means of treadles and cranks fitted to one of the axles. His machine, completed in 1839, had wooden wheels shod with iron tyres, and a curved wooden frame which was forked to take the rear axle; the front, steering wheel was carried in an iron fork. The axles ran in brass bearings. Cranks were keyed to the rear axle which was driven by rods connected to two swinging arms; these were pivotted from the frame near the pivot of the front fork, and had foot treadles at their lower ends. Macmillan frequently rode this machine the 22.5 km (14 miles) from Courthill to Dumfries. In 1842 he was fined five shillings at the Gorbals Police Court for knocking over a child at the end of a 64 km (40 mile) ride from Courthill to Glasgow.Although several people copied Macmillan's machine over the next twenty years and it anticipated the rear-driven safety bicycle by some forty years, it did not prove popular.[br]Further ReadingC.F.Caunter, 1955, The History and Development of Cycles, London: HMSO.IMcN -
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- n1. гусеничная цепь, гусеничная лента, гусеница (тж. pl)
2. трак, звено гусеничной цепи
3. колея; рельсовый путь
4. полоса наката ( на проезжей части при движении автомобилей)
5. дорога; путь
6. конвейер
7. трек
- tracks of overhead traveling cranes
- approach track
- ballastless track
- bicycle track
- caterpillar track
- continuous track
- continuous welded rail track
- crawler track
- curved track
- dead-end track
- fast track
- floor track
- ladder track
- main line track
- main track
- marshaling track
- overhead tracks
- pedal cycle track
- railway track
- rail track
- running track
- side track
- standard-gauge single track
- station track
- storage track
- tangent track
- yard track
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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72 QBP
1) Военный термин: Quick Bullet Penetration2) Грубое выражение: Queen Britney Palace3) Политика: Queen's Birthday Party4) Шахматы: Queen's Bishop's Pawn5) Фирменный знак: Quality Bicycle Products6) ООН: Quick Back- Pedal7) Программное обеспечение: Quick Books Pro -
73 pump
1. noun 2. intransitive verb 3. transitive verb1) pumpenpump bullets into something — Kugeln in etwas (Akk.) jagen (ugs.)
2)pump somebody for information — Auskünfte aus jemandem herausholen
3)* * *1. noun1) (a machine for making water etc rise from under the ground: Every village used to have a pump from which everyone drew their water.) die Pumpe2) (a machine or device for forcing liquid or gas into, or out of, something: a bicycle pump (for forcing air into the tyres).) die Pumpe2. verb1) (to raise or force with a pump: Oil is being pumped out of the ground.) pumpen2) (to get information from by asking questions: He tried to pump me about the exam.) ausfragen•- academic.ru/90583/pump_up">pump up* * *pump1[pʌmp]n1. BRIT, AUS (for gymnastics) Gymnastikschuh m; (for dancing) Tanzschuh m; (for ballet) Ballettschuh mpump2[pʌmp]I. n Pumpe ffuel/petrol/water \pump Treibstoff-/Benzin-/Wasserpumpe fII. vt▪ to \pump sth etw pumpenblood is \pumped round the body das Blut wird durch den Körper gepumptto \pump the brakes mehrmals kurz auf das Bremspedal tretento \pump iron ( fam) Gewichte heben [o stemmen]to \pump one's fists mit den Fäusten [in die Luft] schlagento \pump sb for news jdn ausfragen [o fam ausquetschen]they tried to \pump the information out of him sie versuchten ihm die Informationen zu entlocken* * *I [pʌmp]1. nPumpe f2. vtpumpen; stomach auspumpen; pedal mehrmals tretento pump oil/water out of sth — Öl/Wasser aus etw (heraus)pumpen
to pump sth dry — etw leer pumpen
he pumped my arm up and down — er riss meinen Arm wie einen Pumpenschwengel auf und ab
to pump money into sth — Geld in etw (acc) hineinpumpen
3. vi1) pumpen; (water, blood) herausschießen2) (Brit music, rhythm) hämmern, stampfenIIshe likes to drive with the music pumping — sie dreht die Musik im Auto gern voll auf
n(= dancing shoe) Lackschuh m; (= ballet shoe) Ballettschuh m; (esp Brit = gym shoe) Turnschuh m; (US = court shoe) Pumps m* * *pump1 [pʌmp]A s1. a) Pumpe fb) (Tank-, Zapf) Säule f2. Pumpen(stoß) n(m)3. umg Pumpe f (Herz)B v/t1. pumpen:pump sb’s stomach MED jemandem den Magen auspumpen;pump dry auspumpen, leer pumpen;pump out auspumpen (a. fig erschöpfen);a) hochpumpen,b) einen Reifen etc aufpumpen;pump bullets into sb jemanden mit Blei vollpumpen sl;pump iron sl Bodybuilding machen;4. betätigen, besonders Pedale tretenC v/i1. pumpen (auch fig Herz etc)pump2 [pʌmp] s1. Pumps m (leichter Halbschuh)2. Br Turnschuh m (aus Segeltuch)* * *1. noun(machine; also fig.) Pumpe, die2. intransitive verb 3. transitive verb1) pumpenpump bullets into something — Kugeln in etwas (Akk.) jagen (ugs.)
2)3)* * *n.Luftpumpe f.Pumpe -n f. v.aufpumpen v.pumpen v. -
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колесо имя существительное:рулевое колесо (steering wheel, wheel, helm)глагол:описывать круги (spin, wheel) -
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1) дорога; путь; рельсовый путь2) траншея, котлован для фундамента стены3) гусеница (тж. мн. ч.), гусеничная цепь4) трак, звено гусеничной цепи5) трек6) конвейер•- car track - caterpillar track - caterpillar track width - clear track - conveying track - crane track - curved track - cycle race track - dead-end track - delivery track - double track - downway track - dumping track - electrified track - elevated track - fast track - gravelled track - gravity track - industrial track - industrial portable tracks - level track - monorail track - narrow gauge track - proposed railway track - rail track - railroad track - railway track - roller track - sorting track - spur track - standard gauge track - station track - stub-end track - temporary track - wear track - yard trackto remove, to take up track — снимать железнодорожный путь
* * *1. гусеничная цепь, гусеничная лента, гусеница (тж. pl)2. трак, звено гусеничной цепи3. колея; рельсовый путь4. полоса наката ( на проезжей части при движении автомобилей)5. дорога; путь6. конвейер7. трек- tracks of overhead traveling cranes
- approach track
- ballastless track
- bicycle track
- caterpillar track
- continuous track
- continuous welded rail track
- crawler track
- curved track
- dead-end track
- fast track
- floor track
- ladder track
- main line track
- main track
- marshaling track
- overhead tracks
- pedal cycle track
- railway track
- rail track
- running track
- side track
- standard-gauge single track
- station track
- storage track
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76 bearing
опора; подшипник; вкладыш (подшипника); цапфа; опорная площадь; точка опоры; II направляющий; опорный; несущий; содержащий; поддерживающий- bearing body - bearing bolt - bearing bond - bearing box - bearing burning-out - bearing bush - bearing bushing - bearing cage - bearing cap - bearing capacity - bearing capacity of soil - bearing carrier - bearing clearance - bearing cone - bearing cup - bearing cup inserter - bearing cup inserter set - bearing disc - bearing driver - bearing driver set - bearing edge - bearing extractor - bearing face - bearing feed pipe - bearing flange - bearing friction - bearing friction loss - bearing housing - bearing journal - bearing lining - bearing load - bearing metal - bearing oil - bearing oil pipe - bearing oil pipe union - bearing plate - bearing power - bearing preload indicator - bearing pressure - bearing puller - bearing race - bearing reaction - bearing release lever - bearing remover - bearing replacer - bearing retainer puller - bearing roller - bearing saddle bore - bearing seat - bearing shell - bearing spring - bearing strip - bearing stud - bearing support - bearing surface - bearing surface area - bearing take-up - bearing tension indicator - bearing-up pulley - bearing value - bearing wheel - bearing with side plate - bearing with taper bore - bearing wrench - line up the bearing - air-lubricated thrust bearing - big-end bearing - blade bearing - block bearing - bottom-end bearing - bracket bearing - bronze bearing - bronze-backed bearing - bush bearing - cadmium-alloy bearing - cageless bearing - camshaft bearing - central bearing - centre bearing - centre main bearing - clearance bearing - clutch bearing - clutch pilot bearing - clutch release bearing - clutch throwout bearing - clutch thrust bearing - clutch withdrawal bearing - collar bearing - collar step bearing - collar thrust bearing - composite bearing - compound bearing - conical bearing - conical roller bearing - conical roller thrust bearing - connecting rod bearing - connecting rod big-end bearing - copper-lead bearing - crank bearing - crankpin bearing - crankshaft bearing - crankshaft main bearing - cup-and-cone bearing - cylindrical roller bearing - cylindrical roller bearing with long rollers - cylindrical roller bearing without inner and outer rings - deep-groove bearing - differential bearing - discoloured bearing - divided bearing - double angular bearing - double-cone bearing - double-cup bearing - double-plate bearing - double-row bearing - double-row angular contact ball bearing - double-row radial-thrust ball bearing - double seal bearing - double sealed bearing - double-shield bearing - double-shield ball bearing - double-thrust bearing - drop-hanger bearing - duplex bearing - elastically yielding bearing - end bearing - end journal bearing - end thrust bearing - even bearing - fabri-seal bearing - fan and pump shaft bearing - fan spindle bearing - filling slot-type bearing - fitted bearing - fixed bearing - flanged cup bearing - flat bearing - flexible roller bearing - floating bearing - foot-step bearing - fork bearing - free bearing - front main bearing - front-wheel bearing - fulcrum bearing - full-journal bearing - full-type bearing without retainer - graphite bearing - graphited oilless bearing - gudgeon bearing - guide bearing - half-bearing - hanger-bearing - head bearing - heavy-duty bearing - high-speed bearing - hot bearing - inner bearing - intermediate bearing - iron base bearing - jeweled bearing - journal bearing - king-pin bearing - king pin thrust bearing - knife bearing - knife-edge bearing - knuckle bearing - lay shaft bearing - leading-screw bearing - lignum vital bearing - locating bearing - location bearing - lower bearing - lubri-seal bearing - magneto bearing - main bearing - main shaft pilot bearing - middle bearing - nail bearing - narrow-type bearing - neck journal bearing - needle bearing - needle bearing with closed end - needle roller bearing - non-filling slot-type bearing - notched type bearing - oblique pillow-block bearing - oblique plummer-block bearing - oilless bearing - oil-ring bearing - one-shield bearing - oscillation bearing - outboard bearing - outborne bearing - outer bearing - overhung bearing - oversize bearing - parallel bearing - parallel roller bearing - partial journal bearing - pedal bearing - pedestal bearing - pendulum bearing - permanently sealed bearing - pilot bearing - pin rocker bearing - pivot bearing - pivoted bearing - plain bearing - plain-and-ball bearing - plain journal bearing - pockwood bearing - preloaded bearing - prelubricated bearing - primary shaft bearing - propeller shaft centre bearing - quarter box bearing - quill bearing - radial bearing - radial ball bearing - radial-thrust bearing - radial-thrust ball bearing - rear main bearing - reciprocating bearing - release bearing - reverse idler gear bearing - rigid-type bearing - ring lubricating bearing - ring oiling bearing - ring step bearing - rocker bearing - roller bearing - roller bearing with spiral - roller step bearing - roller thrust bearing - rolling bearing - rolling contact bearing - round bearing - sealed bearing - self-setting bearing - Seller's bearing - shaft bearing - shielded bearing - shielded ball bearing - single-plate ball bearing - single-row angular contact ball bearing with split outer race - single-row ball bearing - single-row deep groove ball bearing - single-row maximum capacity bearing - single-row radial ball bearing - single-shield bearing - single-thrust bearing - sintered metal powder bearing - sleeve bearing - sleeve half-bearing - sliding bearing - snap-ring bearing - snap-ring ball bearing - solid bearing - solid roller bearing - spherangular roller bearing - spherical bearing - spherical roller bearing - spherical seating ring bearing - spigot bearing - split bearing - split clamping bearing - split inner race bearing - split outer race bearing - spring bearing - steel-backed bearing - steep-angle bearing - steering knuckle thrust bearing - steering shaft thrust bearing - step bearing - straddle-mounted bearings - stuffing box bearing - supporting bearing - swing bearing - swiveling bearing - tail bearing - taper roller bearing - taper roller bearing with flanged cup - taper thrust bearing - tapered bearing - tapered roller bearing - thin wall bearing - thin walled bearing - throw bearing - throw-out bearing - thrust bearing - thrust clutch bearing - thrust roller bearing - thrust taper roller bearing - tilting bearing - Timken bearing - tip bearing - toe bearing - tooth bearing - transmission bearing - transmission countershaft bearing - transmission main drive gear bearing - transmission main shaft pilot bearing - transverse bearing - trunnion bearing - tumbler bearing - two-direction thrust bearing - two-part bearing - unbushed bearing - universal-joint bearing - unnotched bearing - upper bearing - water-cooled bearing - water-sealed bearing - white metal bearing - wide inner ring bearing - wiped bearing - wound roller bearing - wound roller bearing with solid outer race - wound roller bearing with split outer race - wound roller bearing without inner ring - wrist pin bearing -
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1. n диал. осиное или пчелиное гнездо; рой2. n диал. толпа народа3. n разг. велосипед4. n разг. мотоцикл; мотороллер; мопед5. v разг. ездить на велосипеде6. v разг. ездить на мотоцикле, мотороллере или мопедеСинонимический ряд:two-wheeler (noun) bicycle; cycle; moped; mountain bike; pedal-powered machine; push bike; tandem; ten speed; two-wheeler; velocipede -
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n мопед, мотовелосипедСинонимический ряд:1. two-wheeler (noun) bicycle; bike; cycle; mountain bike; pedal-powered machine; push bike; tandem; ten speed; two-wheeler2. petted (verb) petted; pouted; sulked3. sauntered (verb) ambled; drifted; lingered; moseyed; sauntered; strolled4. worried (verb) brooded; desponded; dwell on; fretted; worried -
79 Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield
[br]b. 10 October 1877 Worcester, Englandd. 22 August 1963 Nuffield Place, England[br]English industrialist, car manufacturer and philanthropist.[br]Morris was the son of Frederick Morris, then a draper. He was the eldest of a family of seven, all of whom, except for one sister, died in childhood. When he was 3 years old, his father moved to Cowley, near Oxford, where he attended the village school. After a short time with a local bicycle firm he set up on his own at the age of 16 with a capital of £4. He manufactured pedal cycles and by 1902 he had designed a motor cycle and was doing car-repair work. By 1912, at the Motor Show, he was able to announce his first car, the 8.9 hp, two-seater Morris Oxford with its characteristic "bull-nose". It could perform at up to 50 mph (80 km/h) and 50 mpg (5.65 1/100 km). It cost £165.Though untrained, Morris was a born engineer as well as a natural judge of character. This enabled him to build up a reliable team of assistants in his growing business, with an order for four hundred cars at the Motor Show in 1912. Much of his business was built up in the assembly of components manufactured by outside suppliers. In he moved out of his initial premises by New College in Longwall and bought land at Cowley, where he brought out his second model, the 11.9hp Morris Oxford. This was after the First World War, during which car production was reduced to allow the manufacture of tanks and munitions. He was awarded the OBE in 1917 for his war work. Morris Motors Ltd was incorporated in 1919, and within fifteen months sales of cars had reached over 3,000 a year. By 1923 he was producing 20,000 cars a year, and in 1926 50,000, equivalent to about one-third of Britain's output. With the slump, a substantial overdraft, and a large stock of unsold cars, Morris took the bold decision to cut the prices of cars in stock, which then sold out within three weeks. Other makers followed suit, but Morris was ahead of them.Morris was part-founder of the Pressed Steel Company, set up to produce car bodies at Cowley. A clever operation with the shareholding of the Morris Motors Company allowed Morris a substantial overall profit to provide expansion capital. By 1931 his "empire" comprised, in addition to Morris Motors, the MG Car Company, the Wolseley Company, the SU Carburettor Company and Morris Commercial Cars. In 1936, the value of Morris's financial interest in the business was put at some £16 million.William Morris was a frugal man and uncomplicated, having little use for all the money he made except to channel it to charitable purposes. It is said that in all he gave away some £30 million during his lifetime, much of it invested by the recipients to provide long-term benefits. He married Elizabeth Anstey in 1904 and lived for thirty years at Nuffield Place. He lived modestly, and even after retirement, when Honorary President of the British Motor Corporation, the result of a merger between Morris Motors and the Austin Motor Company, he drove himself to work in a modest 10 hp Wolseley. His generosity benefited many hospitals in London, Oxford, Birmingham and elsewhere. Oxford Colleges were another class of beneficiary from his largesse.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsViscount 1938; Baron (Lord Nuffield) 1934; Baronet 1929; OBE 1917; GBE 1941; CH 1958. FRS 1939. He was a doctor of seven universities and an honorary freeman of seven towns.Further ReadingR.Jackson, 1964, The Nuffield Story.P.W.S.Andrews and E.Brunner, The Life of Lord Nuffield.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield
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80 Sinclair, Sir Clive Maries
[br]b. 30 July 1940[br]English electronic engineer and inventor.[br]The son of G.W.C.Sinclair, a machine tool engineer, the young Sinclair's education was disrupted by the failure of his father's business. Aged 12 he left Boxgrove preparatory school and went through twelve more schools before leaving St George's School, Weybridge, at the age of 17. His first job was as an editorial assistant on a hobbyist's magazine, Practical Wireless, and his next as an editor at Bernard Books, writing a series of technical manuals. In 1961 he registered Sinclair Radionics and in the following year announced its first product, a micro-amplifier. This was the first of a series of miniaturized radio products that he put on the market while retaining his editorial job. In 1972 he launched the Sinclair Executive calculator, selling originally at £79.95 but later at £24.95. In 1976, the Black Watch, an electronic watch with digital light-emitting diode (LED) display, was marketed, to be followed by the TV1A, a miniature television with a 2 in. (5 cm) monochrome screen. During the latter part of this period, Sinclair Radionics was supported by investment from the UK National Enterprise Board, who appointed an outside managing director; after making a considerable loss, they closed the company in 1979. However, Sinclair Electronics had already been set up and started to market the UK's first cheap computer kit, the MK 14, which was followed by the ZX 80 and later the ZX 81. Price was kept at a minimum by the extensive use of existing components, though this was a restriction on performance. The small memory was enhanced from one kilobyte to seventeen kilobytes with the addition of a separate memory unit. In January 1985 Sinclair produced the Sinclair C5, a small three-wheeled vehicle driven by a washing-machine engine, intended as a revolutionary new form of personal transport; perceived as unsafe and impractical, it did not prove popular, and the failure of this venture resulted in a contraction of Sinclair's business activities. Later in 1985, a rival electronics company, Amstrad, paid £35,000,000 for all rights to existing Sinclair computer products.In March 1992, the irrepressible Sinclair launched his latest brainchild, the Zike electric bicycle; a price of £499 was forecast. This machine, powered by an electric motor but with pedal assistance, had a top speed of 19 km/h (12 mph) and, on full power, would run for up to one hour. Its lightweight nickel-cadmium battery could be recharged either by a generator or by free-wheeling. Although more practical than the C5, it did not bring Sinclair success on the scale of his earlier micro-electronic products.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1983.Further ReadingI.Adamson and R.Kennedy, 1986, Sinclair and the "Sunrise" Technology, Harmondsworth: Penguin.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Sinclair, Sir Clive Maries
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