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1 column
['kɒləm]1) colonna f.2) giorn. rubrica f.* * *['koləm]1) (a stone or wooden pillar used to support or adorn a building: the carved columns in the temple.) colonna2) (something similar in shape: a column of smoke.) colonna3) (a vertical row (of numbers): He added up the column (of figures) to find the answer.) colonna4) (a vertical section of a page of print: a newspaper column.) colonna5) (a section in a newspaper, often written regularly by a particular person: He writes a daily column about sport.) rubrica6) (a long file of soldiers marching in short rows: a column of infantry.) colonna7) (a long line of vehicles etc, one behind the other.) colonna•* * *['kɒləm]1) colonna f.2) giorn. rubrica f. -
2 spine
[spaɪn]1) (spinal column) spina f. dorsale, colonna f. vertebraleit sent shivers up and down my spine — (of fear) un brivido mi corse lungo la schiena; (of pleasure) fui percorso da un brivido di piacere
2) fig. (backbone) spina f. dorsale, carattere m.3) (of plant) spina f., aculeo m.; (of animal) aculeo m., pungiglione m.4) (of book) dorso m.* * *1) (the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone: She damaged her spine when she fell.) spina dorsale, colonna vertebrale2) (something like a backbone in shape or function: the spine of a book.) dorso3) (a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant.) spina•- spinal- spineless
- spiny
- spinal cord* * *spine /spaɪn/n.1 (anat.) spina dorsale ( anche fig.); colonna vertebrale: He's the spine of his team, è la spina dorsale della sua squadra● spine-chilling, agghiacciante; terrificante □ spine tingling, che fa venire i brividi □ (med.) spine pad, corsetto rigido; busto ortopedico.* * *[spaɪn]1) (spinal column) spina f. dorsale, colonna f. vertebraleit sent shivers up and down my spine — (of fear) un brivido mi corse lungo la schiena; (of pleasure) fui percorso da un brivido di piacere
2) fig. (backbone) spina f. dorsale, carattere m.3) (of plant) spina f., aculeo m.; (of animal) aculeo m., pungiglione m.4) (of book) dorso m. -
3 twisted
['twɪstɪd] 1. 2.1) [wire, metal, rod] torto, ritorto; [rope, cord] ritorto, attorcigliato; [ankle, wrist] che ha subito una storta* * *adjective (bent out of shape: a twisted branch; a twisted report.) storto; confuso* * *twisted /ˈtwɪstɪd/a.1 torto; ritorto; contorto; storto: twisted thread, filo ritorto; a face twisted with horror, una faccia distorta dall'orrore; a twisted bar, una sbarra storta2 a spirale; a torciglione: a twisted column, una colonna a spirale; twisted moustache, baffi a torciglione● ( di persona) to be twisted, essere storto □ a twisted mind, una mente malata (o perversa) □ (tecn.) twisted pair, doppino intrecciato.* * *['twɪstɪd] 1. 2.1) [wire, metal, rod] torto, ritorto; [rope, cord] ritorto, attorcigliato; [ankle, wrist] che ha subito una storta
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