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1 essere teso come una corda di violino
essere teso come una corda di violinoto be like a coiled spring.\→ teso————————essere teso come una corda di violinoto be like a coiled spring.\→ violinoDizionario Italiano-Inglese > essere teso come una corda di violino
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2 teso
1. past part vedere tendere2. adj tautfig tense* * *teso agg.1 tight, taut, strained, stretched; tense: una corda tesa, a tight (o taut) string; nervi tesi, tense nerves: avere i nervi tesi, to be on edge; essere in rapporti tesi con qlcu., to be on strained terms with s.o.; atmosfera tesa, tense atmosphere; il direttore oggi è teso e preoccupato, the manager is tense and worried today; un viso teso, a tense face // stare con le orecchie tese, (fig.) to be all ears // stare con la mano tesa, ( chiedere l'elemosina) to stand with one's hand out* * *['teso] teso (-a)1. ppSee:2. agg* * *['teso] 1.participio passato tendere2.2) (nervoso) [ persona] tense, nervous; (che rivela tensione) [ viso] drawn; [sorriso, espressione] strained; [relazioni, situazione, atmosfera] tense, fraught, strained3) (proteso, disteso) [mano, braccia, gambe] outstretchedteso alla o verso la vittoria intent on victory; questo provvedimento è teso a impedire il traffico di droga — this measure aims at preventing o is intended to prevent drug dealing
5) mar.••stare con le orecchie -e — to strain one's ears, to keep one's ears cocked
* * *teso/'teso/→ tendereII aggettivo1 (tirato) [ corda] taut, tight, tense, stretched; [ muscoli] taut, tense, stretched; ho i nervi -i my nerves are on edge2 (nervoso) [ persona] tense, nervous; (che rivela tensione) [ viso] drawn; [sorriso, espressione] strained; [relazioni, situazione, atmosfera] tense, fraught, strained3 (proteso, disteso) [mano, braccia, gambe] outstretched4 (rivolto) aimed (a, verso at), intended, meant (a, verso to); teso alla o verso la vittoria intent on victory; questo provvedimento è teso a impedire il traffico di droga this measure aims at preventing o is intended to prevent drug dealing5 mar. brezza -a fresh breezestare con le orecchie -e to strain one's ears, to keep one's ears cocked; essere teso come una corda di violino to be like a coiled spring. -
3 violino
m violin* * *violino s.m. violin; (fam.) fiddle: chiave di violino, treble clef; primo, secondo violino, first, second violin; è il primo violino della Scala, he is the first violin at La Scala; suonare il violino, to play the violin.* * *[vjo'lino]sostantivo maschile1) (strumento) violin2) (musicista)primo, secondo violino — first, second violin
••* * *violino/vjo'lino/ ⇒ 34sostantivo m.1 (strumento) violin2 (musicista) primo, secondo violino first, second violinessere teso come una corda di violino to be like a coiled spring. -
4 attorcigliare
"to kink;Verdrillen;retorcimento"* * *attorcigliarsi twist* * *attorcigliare v.tr. to twist; to twine, to wind*: attorcigliare qlco. intorno a qlco., to twist (o to twine) sthg. round sthg.◘ attorcigliarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron. to wind*, to twine; ( di serpente) to coil: l'edera si attorciglia ( intorno) alla quercia, the ivy is twining round the oak; il serpente si attorcigliò intorno alla sua preda, the serpent coiled (itself) round its prey.* * *[attortʃiʎ'ʎare]1. vt2. vip (attorcigliarsi)3. vr (attorcigliarsi)(serpente) to coil* * *[attortʃiʎ'ʎare] 1.verbo transitivo to twirl, to twist [capelli, baffi] ( attorno a, intorno a around); to wind*, to twine, to twist [filo, nastro] ( attorno a, intorno a around)2.verbo pronominale attorcigliarsi [serpente, verme] to coil oneself, to coil up, to twine oneself, to squirm; [filo, corda] to tangle, to twist; [ pianta] to tangle, to twine oneself* * *attorcigliare/attort∫iλ'λare/ [1]to twirl, to twist [ capelli, baffi] ( attorno a, intorno a around); to wind*, to twine, to twist [ filo, nastro] ( attorno a, intorno a around)II attorcigliarsi verbo pronominale[ serpente, verme] to coil oneself, to coil up, to twine oneself, to squirm; [ filo, corda] to tangle, to twist; [ pianta] to tangle, to twine oneself; - rsi i baffi to twirl one's moustache. -
5 serpe
f grass snake* * *serpe1 s.f.1 (zool.) snake, serpent // a serpe, ( serpeggiando) winding // fatto a serpe, ( a spirale) coiled // nutrire, scaldarsi una serpe in seno, to nurse (o to nourish) a viper in one's bosom* * *['sɛrpe]sostantivo femminile snake (anche fig.)••* * *serpe/'sεrpe/sostantivo f.snake (anche fig.)\allevare una serpe in seno to nurse a viper in one's bosom lett.
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