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1 ♦ shelf
♦ shelf /ʃɛlf/n. (pl. shelves)1 scaffale a muro; mensola● (edil.) shelf angle, angolare dormiente □ shelf ice, banchisa □ (market.) shelf items, prodotti da banco □ shelf life, durata, scadenza ( di un prodotto deperibile); durata del successo, ‘tenuta’ ( di una persona, un'idea, ecc.); periodo della vita attiva (o dell'età da marito) □ shelf mark, segnatura ( di un libro di biblioteca) □ (market.) shelf-stacking, allestimento ordinato ( della merce) sugli scaffali □ (comm.) an off-the-shelf model, un modello disponibile, già in negozio □ (fig.) to be on the shelf, essere tenuto in disparte (o in un canto); essere nel dimenticatoio; ( di donna) essere attempatella (o passatella); non essere più in età da marito □ (fig.) to be put on the shelf, essere messo in disparte (o a riposo) □ a set of shelves, una scaffalatura; una libreria. -
2 continental
[ˌkɒntɪ'nentl] 1.nome continentale m. e f.2.1) geogr. continentale2) BE [universities, philosophy] continentale* * *[-'nen-]adjective continentale* * *continental /kɒntɪˈnɛntl/A a.2 del continente; sul continente; continentale: Continental Europe, l'Europa continentale; continental wars, guerre combattute sul continente (rispetto a un'isola, per es. l'Inghilterra, il Giappone, ecc.)3 (GB; anche Continental) del (o sul) continente europeo; dell'Europa continentale, europeo: continental countries, i paesi dell'Europa continentaleB n.● continental breakfast, colazione leggera; prima colazione all'europea (cfr. English breakfast, sotto English) □ (stor.) Continental Congress, il Congresso delle colonie americane (1774-76, che istituì l'esercito coloniale e promulgò la Dichiarazione di indipendenza) □ (geogr.) Continental Divide, spartiacque delle Montagne Rocciose □ (geol.) continental drift, deriva dei continenti □ (geol.) continental formation, formazione dei continenti □ (GB) continental quilt, piumino; trapunta □ (geol.) continental shelf, piattaforma continentale.* * *[ˌkɒntɪ'nentl] 1.nome continentale m. e f.2.1) geogr. continentale2) BE [universities, philosophy] continentale -
3 continental shelf
noun (the part of a continent that is under a relatively shallow sea.) piattaforma continentale -
4 continent
I ['kɒntɪnənt]nome (land mass) continente m.the Continent — BE il continente (l'Europa continentale)
II ['kɒntɪnənt]on the Continent — BE in continente
aggettivo continente* * *I ['kontinənt] noun1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.)2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.)•- continental breakfast
- continental shelf II ['kontinənt] adjective(able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.)* * *continent (1) /ˈkɒntɪnənt/a.1 continente; morigerato; casto2 (med.) continentecontinencen. [u]1 continenza; morigeratezza; castità2 (med.) continenzacontinentlyavv.con continenza; con morigeratezza.♦ continent (2) /ˈkɒntɪnənt/n.1 (geogr.) continente* * *I ['kɒntɪnənt]nome (land mass) continente m.the Continent — BE il continente (l'Europa continentale)
II ['kɒntɪnənt]on the Continent — BE in continente
aggettivo continente
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