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1 waste
I 1. [weɪst]1) U (of food, energy) spreco m.to let sth. go to waste — sprecare qcs
3) (wasteland) deserto m., landa f.2.1) (wilderness) terre f. incolte2) AE (detritus) scarti m., rifiuti m.3.1) (discarded) [food, heat, energy] sprecato; [ water] di scolowaste materials o matter materiale di scarto, scarti; waste products — ind. prodotti di scarto; fisiol. med. materiali di rifiuto
3)II 1. [weɪst]to lay waste (to) — devastare, distruggere
1) (squander) sciupare, sprecare [food, energy, money, talents]; perdere [ time]; esaurire [ strength]2) (make weaker) indebolire [person, limb]3) AE colloq. ammazzare, fare fuori2.verbo intransitivo consumarsi••waste not want not — prov. il risparmio è il miglior guadagno
* * *[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) sprecare2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) scarto; di scarto2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) spreco, perdita3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) (terreno incolto/desolato)•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *I 1. [weɪst]1) U (of food, energy) spreco m.to let sth. go to waste — sprecare qcs
3) (wasteland) deserto m., landa f.2.1) (wilderness) terre f. incolte2) AE (detritus) scarti m., rifiuti m.3.1) (discarded) [food, heat, energy] sprecato; [ water] di scolowaste materials o matter materiale di scarto, scarti; waste products — ind. prodotti di scarto; fisiol. med. materiali di rifiuto
3)II 1. [weɪst]to lay waste (to) — devastare, distruggere
1) (squander) sciupare, sprecare [food, energy, money, talents]; perdere [ time]; esaurire [ strength]2) (make weaker) indebolire [person, limb]3) AE colloq. ammazzare, fare fuori2.verbo intransitivo consumarsi••waste not want not — prov. il risparmio è il miglior guadagno
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2 storage
['stɔːrɪdʒ] 1.1) (keeping) (of food, fuel, goods) immagazzinamento m.; (of heat, energy) accumulazione f.2) (space) magazzino m., deposito m.2.modificatore [compartment, space] di immagazzinamento* * ** * *['stɔːrɪdʒ] 1.1) (keeping) (of food, fuel, goods) immagazzinamento m.; (of heat, energy) accumulazione f.2) (space) magazzino m., deposito m.2.modificatore [compartment, space] di immagazzinamento -
3 extract
I ['ekstrækt] II [ɪk'strækt]1) (pull out) estrarre [tooth, bullet]; estrarre, tirare fuori [wallet, object]to extract money from sb. — spillare denaro a qcn
3) chim. estrarre [mineral, oil]* * *1. [ik'strækt] verb1) (to pull out, or draw out, especially by force or with effort: I have to have a tooth extracted; Did you manage to extract the information from her?) estrarre2) (to select (passages from a book etc).) ricavare3) (to take out (a substance forming part of something else) by crushing or by chemical means: Vanilla essence is extracted from vanilla beans.) estrarre2. ['ekstrækt] noun1) (a passage selected from a book etc: a short extract from his novel.) brano2) (a substance obtained by an extracting process: beef/yeast extract; extract of malt.) estratto•* * *extract /ˈɛkstrækt/n.1 [cu] estratto; essenza; concentrato: beef extract, estratto di manzo; vanilla extract, essenza di vaniglia(to) extract /ɪkˈstrækt/v. t.1 estrarre: He extracted a folder from the drawer, estrasse dal cassetto una cartella; (med.) to extract a tooth, estrarre un dente; to extract the juice of apples to make cider, estrarre il succo delle mele per fare il sidro; to extract copper from copper ore, estrarre il rame dal minerale ramifero; (mat.) to extract the square root of a number, estrarre la radice quadrata di un numero2 ottenere ( con sforzo o con la forza); strappare; tirare fuori; spremere, spillare ( denaro): to extract information [a promise] from sb., strappare informazioni [una promessa] da q.; to extract money from sb., spillare denaro a q.3 trarre; prendere; togliere; scegliere: to extract passages from a book, scegliere brani da un libro.* * *I ['ekstrækt] II [ɪk'strækt]1) (pull out) estrarre [tooth, bullet]; estrarre, tirare fuori [wallet, object]to extract money from sb. — spillare denaro a qcn
3) chim. estrarre [mineral, oil] -
4 produce
I ['prɒdjuːs] [AE -duːs]nome U prodotti m.pl.II [prə'djuːs] [AE -'duːs]"produce of Spain" — "prodotto spagnolo"
2) agr. ind. [region, farmer, company] produrre ( from a partire da); [worker, machine] fabbricare, produrre3) (biologically) [gland, animal, plant] produrre4) (generate) produrre [heat, sound, energy, profits, returns]5) (form, create) [school, era] produrre [scientist, artist]6) (present) presentare, esibire [ passport]; fare [ report]; fornire [evidence, argument]; dare [ example]to produce sth. from — estrarre qcs. da [pocket, bag]
8) (put together) preparare [meal, package]; mettere a punto [argument, timetable, solution]; pubblicare [brochure, guide]* * *1. [prə'dju:s] verb1) (to bring out: She produced a letter from her pocket.) (tirare fuori)2) (to give birth to: A cow produces one or two calves a year.) partorire3) (to cause: His joke produced a shriek of laughter from the children.) produrre, provocare4) (to make or manufacture: The factory produces furniture.) produrre5) (to give or yield: The country produces enough food for the population.) produrre6) (to arrange and prepare (a theatre performance, film, television programme etc): The play was produced by Henry Dobson.) produrre, realizzare2. ['prodju:s] noun(something that is produced, especially crops, eggs, milk etc from farms: agricultural/farm produce.) prodotto- producer- product
- production
- productive
- productivity* * *produce /ˈprɒdju:s/, ( USA) /ˈproʊdu:s/n. [u]1 prodotto, produzione (spec. della terra o d'una miniera); prodotti agricoli; derrate: agricultural produce, prodotti agricoli; home produce, prodotto nazionale● produce broker, operatore di borsa merci □ (fin.) produce exchange, borsa merci □ produce importer, importatore di prodotti agricoli.♦ (to) produce /prəˈdju:s/, ( USA) /prɒˈdu:s/A v. t.1 produrre; dare ( un frutto, un prodotto); ( di un investimento finanziario) fruttare; causare, cagionare; fabbricare; mettere in scena, rappresentare: (econ.) to produce for export, produrre per l'esportazione; to produce cotton goods, fabbricare tessuti di cotone; to produce milk, produrre (o dare) latte; to produce a play [a film], mettere in scena un dramma [produrre un film]2 produrre (bur.); esibire; mostrare; presentare; tirare fuori (fam.): to produce one's driving licence, esibire la patente di guida; (leg.) to produce evidence, produrre (o presentare, repertare) prove; The ref produced a red card, l'arbitro ha tirato fuori il cartellino rosso5 estrarre; tirare fuori: to produce a gun, estrarre una pistola; to produce a silver coin, tirar fuori una moneta d'argento7 ( sport) dimostrare di possedere; sfoggiare; esprimere: to produce good play, esprimere un bel giocoB v. i.rendere; essere produttivo; produrre● (leg.) to produce an alibi, produrre un alibi.* * *I ['prɒdjuːs] [AE -duːs]nome U prodotti m.pl.II [prə'djuːs] [AE -'duːs]"produce of Spain" — "prodotto spagnolo"
2) agr. ind. [region, farmer, company] produrre ( from a partire da); [worker, machine] fabbricare, produrre3) (biologically) [gland, animal, plant] produrre4) (generate) produrre [heat, sound, energy, profits, returns]5) (form, create) [school, era] produrre [scientist, artist]6) (present) presentare, esibire [ passport]; fare [ report]; fornire [evidence, argument]; dare [ example]to produce sth. from — estrarre qcs. da [pocket, bag]
8) (put together) preparare [meal, package]; mettere a punto [argument, timetable, solution]; pubblicare [brochure, guide] -
5 store up
store up [sth.] fare provvista, scorta di [food, supplies]; accumulare [energy, heat]; fig. accumulare [ hatred]* * *(to collect and keep (for future need): I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines.) conservare* * *vt + adv* * *store up [sth.] fare provvista, scorta di [food, supplies]; accumulare [energy, heat]; fig. accumulare [ hatred] -
6 much
[mʌtʃ] 1.1) (to a considerable degree) moltodoes it hurt much? — fa tanto o molto male?
2) (often) molto, spesso3) (nearly) più o meno, pressappoco, all'incircavery much — (a lot) molto; (absolutely) moltissimo, tantissimo
thanks very much — molte o mille grazie
however much — sebbene, per quanto
you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — dovrai accettare la decisione anche se non sei d'accordo
5) (emphatic)not so much X as Y — non tanto X, ma piuttosto Y
6) much as per quanto, anche semuch as we regret our decision we have no choice — anche se ci dispiace o per quanto ci dispiaccia dover prendere una tale decisione non abbiamo scelta
7) much less tanto menoI've never seen him much less spoken to him — non l'ho mai visto, né tanto meno gli ho parlato
8) so much aswithout so much as saying goodbye, as an apology — senza neanche salutare, senza neanche scusarsi
9) so much forso much for equality — colloq. addio uguaglianza
10) much- in composti2.quantisostantivo femminile molto, tanto3.1) (a great deal) molto m., tanto m.to make much of sth. — (focus on) dare importanza a qcs.
2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)so much of the time, it's a question of patience — nella maggior parte dei casi è una questione di pazienza
it's too much! — è troppo! (in protest) questo è troppo!
I'll say this much for him, he's honest — posso dirti questo di lui: è una persona onesta
this much is certain, we'll have no choice — una cosa è certa, non avremo scelta
3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)it's not o nothing much non è niente di che; it's not up to much BE non è un granché; he's not much to look at (fisicamente) non è un granché; she doesn't think much of him non ha una buona opinione di lui; I'm not much of a reader non sono un gran lettore, non amo molto leggere; it wasn't much of a life così non era vivere; I'm not much of a one for cooking — colloq. cucinare non è il mio forte
••there isn't much in — BE o
to — AE
it — (in contest) = sono molto vicini
••there isn't much in it for us — (to our advantage) non ci guadagnamo un granché
Note:When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by molto: it's much longer = è molto più lungo; she doesn't talk much = lei non parla molto. For particular usages, see I below. - When much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by molto: there is much to learn = c'è molto da imparare. However, in negative sentences non... un granché is also used: I didn't learn much = non ho imparato un granché. - When much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by molto or molta according to the gender of the following noun: they don't have much money / much luck = non hanno molto denaro / molta fortuna. For particular usages, see II below* * *comparative of; see more* * *[mʌtʃ] 1.1) (to a considerable degree) moltodoes it hurt much? — fa tanto o molto male?
2) (often) molto, spesso3) (nearly) più o meno, pressappoco, all'incircavery much — (a lot) molto; (absolutely) moltissimo, tantissimo
thanks very much — molte o mille grazie
however much — sebbene, per quanto
you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — dovrai accettare la decisione anche se non sei d'accordo
5) (emphatic)not so much X as Y — non tanto X, ma piuttosto Y
6) much as per quanto, anche semuch as we regret our decision we have no choice — anche se ci dispiace o per quanto ci dispiaccia dover prendere una tale decisione non abbiamo scelta
7) much less tanto menoI've never seen him much less spoken to him — non l'ho mai visto, né tanto meno gli ho parlato
8) so much aswithout so much as saying goodbye, as an apology — senza neanche salutare, senza neanche scusarsi
9) so much forso much for equality — colloq. addio uguaglianza
10) much- in composti2.quantisostantivo femminile molto, tanto3.1) (a great deal) molto m., tanto m.to make much of sth. — (focus on) dare importanza a qcs.
2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)so much of the time, it's a question of patience — nella maggior parte dei casi è una questione di pazienza
it's too much! — è troppo! (in protest) questo è troppo!
I'll say this much for him, he's honest — posso dirti questo di lui: è una persona onesta
this much is certain, we'll have no choice — una cosa è certa, non avremo scelta
3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)it's not o nothing much non è niente di che; it's not up to much BE non è un granché; he's not much to look at (fisicamente) non è un granché; she doesn't think much of him non ha una buona opinione di lui; I'm not much of a reader non sono un gran lettore, non amo molto leggere; it wasn't much of a life così non era vivere; I'm not much of a one for cooking — colloq. cucinare non è il mio forte
••there isn't much in — BE o
to — AE
it — (in contest) = sono molto vicini
••there isn't much in it for us — (to our advantage) non ci guadagnamo un granché
Note:When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by molto: it's much longer = è molto più lungo; she doesn't talk much = lei non parla molto. For particular usages, see I below. - When much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by molto: there is much to learn = c'è molto da imparare. However, in negative sentences non... un granché is also used: I didn't learn much = non ho imparato un granché. - When much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by molto or molta according to the gender of the following noun: they don't have much money / much luck = non hanno molto denaro / molta fortuna. For particular usages, see II below -
7 radiant
['reɪdɪənt] 1.1) (shining) raggiante, brillante2) fig. [person, beauty, smile] raggiante, radiosoto be radiant with — essere raggiante di [joy, health]
3) fis. radiante2.nome astr. punto m. radiante* * *['reidiənt]1) (showing great joy: a radiant smile.) raggiante2) (sending out rays of heat, light etc or carried, sent etc in the form of, or by means of, rays of heat, light etc.) radiante•- radiance* * *radiant /ˈreɪdɪənt/A a.1 raggiante; splendente: a radiant smile, un sorriso raggiante (o radioso); radiant beauty, bellezza radiosa; a radiant morning, uno splendido mattinoB n.1 (astron.) punto radiante2 (fis.) radiante● radiant heater, pannello radiante □ radiant heating, riscaldamento a pannelli radiantiradiantly avv.* * *['reɪdɪənt] 1.1) (shining) raggiante, brillante2) fig. [person, beauty, smile] raggiante, radiosoto be radiant with — essere raggiante di [joy, health]
3) fis. radiante2.nome astr. punto m. radiante -
8 thermal
['θɜːml] 1.aggettivo [spring, treatment] termale; [garment, energy, insulation] termico2.nome corrente f. ascensionale* * *[əƟə:məl](of heat: thermal springs (= natural springs of warm or hot water); thermal units.) termale, termico* * *thermal /ˈɵɜ:ml/A a.2 (fis.) termico: thermal energy, energia termica; British thermal unit (abbr. BTU), unità termica britannica; thermal lance, lancia termica; thermal equator, equatore termicoB n.(di solito al pl.) (meteor., aeron.) corrente ascensionale d'aria calda; termica● (aeron.) the thermal barrier, la barriera termica □ thermal baths, terme □ thermal blanket, Termocoperta® □ (fis. nucl.) thermal breeder ( reactor), reattore termico autofertilizzante □ thermal bulb, termometro a bulbo □ (tecn.) thermal compression, termocompressione □ (mecc.) thermal compressor, termocompressore □ thermal insulation, isolamento termico □ thermal paper, carta termica (o termosensibile) □ (ecol.) thermal pollution, inquinamento termico □ (elettr.) thermal power station, centrale termoelettrica □ thermal printer, stampante termica □ thermal reactor, (chim.) reattore termico; (fis. nucl.) reattore termico (o a neutroni termici) □ (elettr.) thermal relay, relè termico (o a temperatura) □ (mecc.) thermal relief, valvola di sfogo □ (fis. nucl., miss.) thermal shield, scudo termico □ (fis.) thermal value, potere calorifico.* * *['θɜːml] 1.aggettivo [spring, treatment] termale; [garment, energy, insulation] termico2.nome corrente f. ascensionale -
9 calorie
['kælərɪ]nome caloria f.* * *['kæləri]1) (a unit of heat.) caloria2) (a unit of energy given by food: My diet allows me 1,200 calories per day.) caloria•* * *calorie /ˈkælərɪ/n.(fis., biol.) caloria● calorie content, contenuto calorico □ calorie count, conteggio delle calorie □ calorie intake, assunzione calorica.* * *['kælərɪ]nome caloria f. -
10 transform
[træns'fɔːm]* * *[træns'fo:m](to change the appearance or nature of completely: He transformed the old kitchen into a beautiful sitting-room; His marriage has transformed him.) trasformare- transformer* * *transform /trænsˈfɔ:m/n. (mat.)♦ (to) transform /trænsˈfɔ:m/v. t.trasformare; cambiare; mutare radicalmente: to transform heat into energy, trasformare calore in energia● to transform sb. beyond recognition, rendere q. irriconoscibile □ to be transformed, essere trasformato; trasformarsi.* * *[træns'fɔːm] -
11 solar panel
noun (a piece of equipment, usually installed on a roof, that absorbs energy from the sun to heat water or turn it into electricity.) pannello solare* * *n -
12 electricity
[ˌɪlek'trɪsətɪ] 1.nome elettricità f. (anche fig.)2.to turn on, off the electricity — attaccare, staccare la corrente
* * *[elek'trisəti](a form of energy used to give heat, light, power etc: worked by electricity; Don't waste electricity.) elettricità- electric- electrical
- electrically
- electrician
- electrified
- electrify
- electrification
- electrifying
- electric chair* * *[ˌɪlek'trɪsətɪ] 1.nome elettricità f. (anche fig.)2.to turn on, off the electricity — attaccare, staccare la corrente
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13 engine
['endʒɪn]1) (in car, train, aeroplane, boat) motore m.; (in jet aircraft) reattore m.; (in ship) macchine f.pl.jet engine — motore a getto o a reazione
2) ferr. locomotiva f., locomotore m., motrice f.* * *['en‹in] 1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) motore2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) locomotiva•- engineer 2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) architettare, dirigere, macchinare* * *['endʒɪn]1) (in car, train, aeroplane, boat) motore m.; (in jet aircraft) reattore m.; (in ship) macchine f.pl.jet engine — motore a getto o a reazione
2) ferr. locomotiva f., locomotore m., motrice f.
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