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1 detect
[dɪ'tekt]* * *[di'tekt](to notice or discover: She thought she could detect a smell of gas.) scoprire- detention* * *[dɪ'tekt] -
2 detect de·tect vt
[dɪ'tɛkt](signs, traces, drug, motive) scoprire, (feeling) avvertire, Radar individuare, (gas, smoke) avvertire la presenza di -
3 ♦ (to) detect
♦ (to) detect /dɪˈtɛkt/v. i.1 rilevare, individuare: Astronomers have detected the presence of water on Mars, gli astronomi hanno rilevato la presenza di acqua su Marte; These cameras can detect the smallest movement even in the dark, queste videocamere possono rilevare il più piccolo movimento anche al buio; a test for detecting tumors in the very early stages, un esame per individuare i tumori ai primissimi stadi; to detect a virus on a computer, individuare un virus in un computer; to detect a disease early, scoprire una malattia nelle prime fasi; prendere una malattia per tempo2 notare; osservare: I detected a note of sarcasm in his voice, ho notato una nota di sarcasmo nella sua voce; She thought she detected a change in his manner, pensava di aver osservato un cambiamento nel suo modo di faredetectablea.rilevabile. -
4 ♦ (to) detect
♦ (to) detect /dɪˈtɛkt/v. i.1 rilevare, individuare: Astronomers have detected the presence of water on Mars, gli astronomi hanno rilevato la presenza di acqua su Marte; These cameras can detect the smallest movement even in the dark, queste videocamere possono rilevare il più piccolo movimento anche al buio; a test for detecting tumors in the very early stages, un esame per individuare i tumori ai primissimi stadi; to detect a virus on a computer, individuare un virus in un computer; to detect a disease early, scoprire una malattia nelle prime fasi; prendere una malattia per tempo2 notare; osservare: I detected a note of sarcasm in his voice, ho notato una nota di sarcasmo nella sua voce; She thought she detected a change in his manner, pensava di aver osservato un cambiamento nel suo modo di faredetectablea.rilevabile. -
5 pick up
1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi* * *1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) imparare2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) prendere su3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) trovare4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rialzarsi5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) prendere6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) ricevere7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) ritrovare; prendere* * *1. vt + adv1) (lift: sth dropped) raccogliere, raccattare, (sb fallen) tirar suto pick o.s. up — rialzarsi
2) (collect: goods, person) passare a prenderewe'll come to the airport to pick you up — veniamo a prenderti all'aeroporto, (subj : bus etc) far salire, caricare, (rescue) raccogliere, (from sea) ripescare, (arrest) arrestare
the car picked up speed — la macchina ha acquistato velocità or ha accelerato
3) (acquire: sale bargain) trovare, (information, points in exam, germ) prendere, (learn: habit, ideas) prendere, (skill, language, tricks) impararecan you pick up some information while you're there? — puoi prendere delle informazioni mentre sei lì?
4) Radio TV Telec captare2. vi + adv1) (improve: gen) migliorare, (wages) aumentare, (invalid, business) riprendersi, (weather) rimettersi2) (continue) continuare, riprendere* * *1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [ sick person] ristabilirsi2) (resume) riprendereto pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]
3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [ object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [ person]4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [ hitcher]; caricare [ cargo]; fare salire [ passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]
5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [ signal]11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [ person]; rimorchiare [ partner]; caricare (in macchina) [ prostitute]15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [ person] (on su); pick oneself up16) (get up) alzarsi17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi -
6 pattern
I ['pætn]1) (design) disegno m., motivo m.pattern of behaviour behaviour pattern schema o modello di comportamento; working patterns in industry l'organizzazione del lavoro nell'industria; the current pattern of events l'attuale quadro degli avvenimenti; a clear pattern emerges from these statistics da queste statistiche emerge un quadro molto preciso; he could detect a pattern in the plot riusciva a intravedere uno schema di fondo o un nesso logico nel complotto; to follow a set pattern seguire uno schema fisso o ben preciso; traffic pattern controllo del traffico aereo nella zona aeroportuale; weather patterns — condizioni climatiche
3) (model) campione m., modello m.4) (in dressmaking) cartamodello m.; (in knitting) modello m.5) (style of manufacture) stile m.6) (sample) campione m.II ['pætn]* * *['pætən]1) (a model or guide for making something: a dress-pattern.) modello, campione2) (a repeated decoration or design on material etc: The dress is nice but I don't like the pattern.) disegno, motivo3) (an example suitable to be copied: the pattern of good behaviour.) modello•* * *I ['pætn]1) (design) disegno m., motivo m.pattern of behaviour behaviour pattern schema o modello di comportamento; working patterns in industry l'organizzazione del lavoro nell'industria; the current pattern of events l'attuale quadro degli avvenimenti; a clear pattern emerges from these statistics da queste statistiche emerge un quadro molto preciso; he could detect a pattern in the plot riusciva a intravedere uno schema di fondo o un nesso logico nel complotto; to follow a set pattern seguire uno schema fisso o ben preciso; traffic pattern controllo del traffico aereo nella zona aeroportuale; weather patterns — condizioni climatiche
3) (model) campione m., modello m.4) (in dressmaking) cartamodello m.; (in knitting) modello m.5) (style of manufacture) stile m.6) (sample) campione m.II ['pætn] -
7 sense
I 1. [sens]1) (faculty, ability) senso m.sense of smell — olfatto, odorato
to dull, sharpen the senses — offuscare, acuire i sensi
2) (feeling) senso m., sensazione f.3) (practical quality) buonsenso m.4) (reason)to make sense — [sentence, film, theory] avere (un) senso
5) (meaning) senso m., significato m. (anche ling.)2.in a o one o some sense... — in un certo senso
to bring sb. to his senses — riportare o ridurre qcn. alla ragione
to take leave of one's senses — perdere la ragione, uscire di senno
••II [sens]to knock o pound AE some sense into sb. riportare qcn. alla ragione, far rinsavire qcn.; to see sense intendere ragione; to talk sense — parlare in modo sensato
1) (be aware of) sentire, percepire, avvertire3) inform. rilevare [ location]* * *[sens] 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) senso2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) senso3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) senso4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) buonsenso5) (a meaning (of a word).) senso, significato6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) senso2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) sentire- senselessly
- senselessness
- senses
- sixth sense* * *I 1. [sens]1) (faculty, ability) senso m.sense of smell — olfatto, odorato
to dull, sharpen the senses — offuscare, acuire i sensi
2) (feeling) senso m., sensazione f.3) (practical quality) buonsenso m.4) (reason)to make sense — [sentence, film, theory] avere (un) senso
5) (meaning) senso m., significato m. (anche ling.)2.in a o one o some sense... — in un certo senso
to bring sb. to his senses — riportare o ridurre qcn. alla ragione
to take leave of one's senses — perdere la ragione, uscire di senno
••II [sens]to knock o pound AE some sense into sb. riportare qcn. alla ragione, far rinsavire qcn.; to see sense intendere ragione; to talk sense — parlare in modo sensato
1) (be aware of) sentire, percepire, avvertire3) inform. rilevare [ location] -
8 smell
I [smel]1) (odour) odore m.; (pleasant) profumo m.; (unpleasant) puzzo m., puzza f., fetore m.2) (sense)(sense of) smell — olfatto, odorato
3) (action)to have a smell of o at sth. — odorare o annusare qcs
4) fig. (of dishonesty) puzzo m., sentore m.II 1. [smel]verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. smelled, smelt BE)1) (notice) sentire odore di; (sniff deliberately) annusare; [ animal] fiutare2) fig. (detect) fiutare [danger, problem]; scoprire [liar, cheat]2.verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. smelled, smelt BE)1) (have odour) avere odore; (pleasantly) profumare; (unpleasantly) puzzare2) fig.to smell of — puzzare di [racism, corruption]
3) (have sense of smell) avere l'olfatto, sentire gli odori•* * *1. [smel] noun1) (the sense or power of being aware of things through one's nose: My sister never had a good sense of smell.) odorato, olfatto2) (the quality that is noticed by using this power: a pleasant smell; There's a strong smell of gas.) odore3) (an act of using this power: Have a smell of this!) annusata2. [smelt] verb1) (to notice by using one's nose: I smell gas; I thought I smelt (something) burning.) sentire2) (to give off a smell: The roses smelt beautiful; Her hands smelt of fish.) odorare, sapere di3) (to examine by using the sense of smell: Let me smell those flowers.) odorare, annusare•- - smelling- smelly
- smelliness
- smell out* * *I [smel]1) (odour) odore m.; (pleasant) profumo m.; (unpleasant) puzzo m., puzza f., fetore m.2) (sense)(sense of) smell — olfatto, odorato
3) (action)to have a smell of o at sth. — odorare o annusare qcs
4) fig. (of dishonesty) puzzo m., sentore m.II 1. [smel]verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. smelled, smelt BE)1) (notice) sentire odore di; (sniff deliberately) annusare; [ animal] fiutare2) fig. (detect) fiutare [danger, problem]; scoprire [liar, cheat]2.verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. smelled, smelt BE)1) (have odour) avere odore; (pleasantly) profumare; (unpleasantly) puzzare2) fig.to smell of — puzzare di [racism, corruption]
3) (have sense of smell) avere l'olfatto, sentire gli odori• -
9 test
I [test]1) (of person, ability, resources) prova f., test m.; psic. test m.; scol. (written) test m., interrogazione f. scritta; (oral) interrogazione f. (orale); univ. (written) (esame) scritto m.; (oral) (esame) orale m.to put sb., sth. to the test — mettere qcn., qcs. alla prova
Monday's poll should be a good test of... — il sondaggio di lunedì dovrebbe darci un'idea di...
the best test of a good novel... — il modo migliore per verificare le qualità di un romanzo
2) comm. ind. tecn. collaudo m.3) med. (of blood, urine) analisi f.pl., esame m.; (of organ) esame m.; (to detect virus, cancer) esame m.; chim. farm. analisi f.4) aut. (anche driving test) esame m. di guidaII 1. [test]1) (assess, examine) mettere alla prova, valutare [intelligence, efficiency]; scol. (in classroom) interrogare [ student] (on in, di); (at exam time) esaminare [ student]; psic. sottoporre a un test [ person]2) comm. tecn. collaudare [ vehicle]; testare [ product]; med. farm. chim. analizzare, fare un'analisi di [blood, sample]; sperimentare [ new drug]to be tested for faults — [ equipment] essere sottoposto a collaudo
to test the water — [ swimmer] sentire la temperatura dell'acqua; fig. sondare il terreno
3) (strain) mettere alla prova [strength, patience]2.* * *[test] 1. noun1) (a set of questions or exercises intended to find out a person's ability, knowledge etc; a short examination: an arithmetic/driving test.) test, esame, prova2) (something done to find out whether a thing is good, strong, efficient etc: a blood test.)3) (an event, situation etc that shows how good or bad something is: a test of his courage.) prova4) (a way to find out if something exists or is present: a test for radioactivity.)5) (a test match.) (incontro internazionale)2. verb(to carry out a test or tests on (someone or something): The students were tested on their French; They tested the new aircraft.) esaminare- test pilot
- test-tube* * *I [test]1) (of person, ability, resources) prova f., test m.; psic. test m.; scol. (written) test m., interrogazione f. scritta; (oral) interrogazione f. (orale); univ. (written) (esame) scritto m.; (oral) (esame) orale m.to put sb., sth. to the test — mettere qcn., qcs. alla prova
Monday's poll should be a good test of... — il sondaggio di lunedì dovrebbe darci un'idea di...
the best test of a good novel... — il modo migliore per verificare le qualità di un romanzo
2) comm. ind. tecn. collaudo m.3) med. (of blood, urine) analisi f.pl., esame m.; (of organ) esame m.; (to detect virus, cancer) esame m.; chim. farm. analisi f.4) aut. (anche driving test) esame m. di guidaII 1. [test]1) (assess, examine) mettere alla prova, valutare [intelligence, efficiency]; scol. (in classroom) interrogare [ student] (on in, di); (at exam time) esaminare [ student]; psic. sottoporre a un test [ person]2) comm. tecn. collaudare [ vehicle]; testare [ product]; med. farm. chim. analizzare, fare un'analisi di [blood, sample]; sperimentare [ new drug]to be tested for faults — [ equipment] essere sottoposto a collaudo
to test the water — [ swimmer] sentire la temperatura dell'acqua; fig. sondare il terreno
3) (strain) mettere alla prova [strength, patience]2. -
10 detectable
[dɪ'tektəbl]aggettivo rilevabile, percepibile* * *detectable► to detect* * *[dɪ'tektəbl]aggettivo rilevabile, percepibile -
11 ♦ disease
♦ disease /dɪˈzi:z/n. [cu]malattia ( anche fig.); morbo: heart [skin] disease, malattie del cuore [della pelle]; Parkinson's disease, il morbo di Parkinson; an infectious [a contagious] disease, una malattia infettiva [contagiosa]; an hereditary disease, una malattia ereditaria; to have (o to suffer from) a disease, avere (o soffrire di) una malattia; to catch (o to contract) a disease, prendere (o contrarre) una malattia; to treat (o to cure) a disease, curare una malattia; to detect a disease, scoprire una malattia; to prevent a disease, prevenire una malattia; a terminal [an incurable] disease, una malattia terminale [incurabile]; a fatal (o deadly) disease, una malattia mortale; a disease of the lungs [of the nervous system], una malattia polmonare [del sistema nervoso]; Rats spread disease, i ratti sono portatori di malattie; The disease spread rapidly through the country, la malattia si è diffusa rapidamente nel paese; occupational disease, malattia professionale; blood disease, malattia del sangue; Dissatisfaction is a disease of modern society, l'insoddisfazione è una malattia della società moderna. -
12 sniff out
sniff out [sth.] fiutare (anche fig.)* * *(to discover or detect (by using the sense of smell): The police used dogs to sniff out the explosives.) scovare* * *vt + advfiutare, fig fiutare, subodorare* * *sniff out [sth.] fiutare (anche fig.)
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