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1 cloud over
intransitive verbsich bewölken; [Spiegel:] beschlagen* * *vi1. (become cloudy)the sky has \cloud overed over der Himmel ist bewölkt [o bedeckt]* * *vi(sky) sich bewölken, sich bedecken; (mirror etc) (sich) beschlagen, anlaufenhis face clouded over — seine Stirn umwölkte sich (geh)
* * *intransitive verbsich bewölken; [Spiegel:] beschlagen -
2 cloud
cloud [klaʊd]1 noun∎ he resigned under a cloud (of suspicion) en butte aux soupçons, il a dû démissionner; (in disgrace) tombé en disgrâce, il a dû démissionner;∎ to be on cloud nine être aux anges ou au septième ciel;∎ to come down from the clouds revenir sur terre;∎ to have one's head in the clouds être dans les nuages ou la lune;∎ proverb every cloud has a silver lining à quelque chose malheur est bon∎ a clouded sky un ciel couvert ou nuageux∎ don't cloud the issue ne brouillez pas les cartes►► Meteorology cloud bank banc m de nuages;Nuclear cloud chamber chambre f de détente ou d'ionisation;cloud formation formation f de nuages;cloud mass masse f nuageuse;Meteorology cloud seeding ensemencement m des nuages∎ it clouded over in the afternoon ça s'est couvert dans l'après-midi -
3 confuso
adj.1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.* * *► adjetivo1 (ideas) confused2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred4 (mezclado) mixed up* * *(f. - confusa)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurredtiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up
2) (=desconcertado) confusedno sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed
* * *- sa adjetivoa) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confusedb) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.----* de manera confusa = hazily.* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.* masa confusa = mush.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.* ser confuso = be deceiving.* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.* * *- sa adjetivoa) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confusedb) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.* de manera confusa = hazily.* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.* masa confusa = mush.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.* ser confuso = be deceiving.* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.* * *confuso -sa1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazydio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanationlas noticias son confusas reports are confused2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *
confuso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
‹ información› confused
confuso,-a adjetivo
1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
' confuso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confusa
- apabullar
- despistado
- enmarañado
English:
confused
- confusing
- flounder
- fuzzy
- garbled
- indistinct
- mixed-up
- muddy
- spin
- unclear
- foggy
- hazy
- muddled
* * *confuso, -a adj1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;[contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;estar confuso to be confused o bewildered* * *adj confused* * *confuso, -sa adj1) : confused, mixed-up2) : obscure, indistinct* * *confuso adj1. (persona) confused2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing -
4 couvert
couvert, e [kuvεʀ, εʀt]1. adjectivea. ( = habillé) tu n'es pas assez couvert you're not dressed warmly enoughb. couvert de [+ boutons, taches] covered in or withc. [ciel] overcastd. [piscine, court de tennis] indoor2. masculine nouna. ( = ustensiles) place setting ; ( = couteaux, fourchettes, cuillères) cutlery (Brit), silverware (US)c. (au restaurant = prix) cover charge* * *
1.
2.
1) ( plein) covered (de in, with)2) ( en intérieur) [piscine] indoor; [marché, stade, passage] covered3) Météorologie [ciel, temps] overcast
3.
nom masculin1) ( accessoires pour un repas) place settingavoir son couvert chez quelqu'un — fig to be a frequent dinner guest at somebody's house
un couvert en argent — a silver knife, fork and spoon
2) ( à payer au restaurant) cover charge3) ( abri) coversous le couvert d'un arbre/bois — under the cover of a tree/wood
4.
à couvert locution adverbiale under cover
5.
sous le couvert de locution prépositive ( apparence) under the pretence [BrE] of* * *kuvɛʀ, ɛʀt couvert, -e1. ppSee:2. adj1) (ciel) overcast2) (= coiffé d'un chapeau) wearing a hat3) (= habillé)bien couvert — well wrapped up, warmly dressed
4)couvert de — covered with, covered in
Cet arbre est couvert de fleurs au printemps. — This tree is covered with blossom in the spring.
Le chien est revenu couvert de boue. — The dog came back covered with mud., The dog came back covered in mud.
3. nmsous le couvert de — under the shelter of, figunder cover of
4. couverts nmpl(places) place settings, (couteaux et fourchettes) cutlery sg* * *A pp ⇒ couvrir.B pp adj1 ( plein) covered (de in, with); pages couvertes d'écriture closely-written pages; être couvert de diplômes to have a lot of qualifications;2 ( en intérieur) [piscine] indoor; [court de tennis] indoor, covered; [marché, stade, passage] covered;C nm1 ( accessoires pour un repas) place setting; un lave-vaisselle pour 12 couverts a dishwasher for 12 place settings; retirer un couvert to take away a place setting; ajouter un couvert to set another place; une table de six couverts a table set for six; mettre le couvert to lay the table; mettre trois couverts to lay ou set the table for three; mets-lui un couvert set a place for him/her; avoir son couvert chez qn fig to be a frequent dinner guest at sb's house; un repas de 12 couverts a meal for 12 (people);2 ( ustensiles) mettre les couverts to put out the knives and forks; un couvert en argent a silver knife, fork and spoon; ils mangent avec des couverts en argent they eat with silver cutlery; il manque les couverts ( sur la table) the knives and forks aren't on the table; couvert à dessert dessert knife, fork and spoon; un couvert à poisson a fish knife and fork;D à couvert loc adv under cover; se mettre à couvert to take cover; mettre sa fortune à couvert to safeguard one's fortune.E à couvert de loc prép être or rester à couvert de la pluie to be sheltered from the rain; être or rester à couvert d'un bois to take cover in a wood; se mettre à couvert de to shelter from.F sous le couvert de loc prép1 ( apparence) under the pretenceGB of; sous couvert de la plaisanterie under the guise of a joke;2 Admin écrire à X, sous le couvert de Y to write to X, care of Y.G couverte nf1 Imprim covering, facing;2 Art glaze.I→ link=couvrir couvrir————————2. [vêtu - chaudement] warmly-dressed, (well) wrapped-up ou muffled-up ; [ - décemment] covered (up)rester couvert [garder son chapeau] to keep one's hat on————————nom masculin————————à couvert locution adverbialea. [de projectiles] to be under coverb. [de critiques, de soupçons] to be safea. [de projectiles] to get under ou to take coverb. [de critiques, de soupçons] to cover ou to safeguard oneself————————à couvert de locution prépositionnelleici, nous serons à couvert de la pluie here, we'll be sheltered from the rain————————sous couvert de locution prépositionnellesous couvert de sollicitude, elle me suit partout under the pretext of being concerned for me, she follows me around everywheresous le couvert de locution prépositionnelle1. [sous l'apparence de] in the guise of2. [sous la responsabilité de]il l'a fait sous le couvert de son chef/frère he did it using his boss/brother as a shield3. (littéraire) [à l'abri de]II[kuvɛr] nom masculin[avec assiette et verre] place settingmettre le couvert to lay ou to set the tablej'ai mis trois couverts I've laid three places ou the table for three2. [prix d'une place au restaurant] cover charge -
5 nublar
v.1 to cloud (also figurative).Su inteligencia nubló su belleza Her intelligence clouded her beauty.2 to dim, to becloud, to blur, to bedim.Ricardo nubló su entendimiento Richard dimmed his understanding.* * *1 (cielo) to cloud1 to cloud over* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [gen] to darken, obscure2) [+ vista, mente] to cloud; [+ razón] to affect, cloud; [+ felicidad] to cloud, mar2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < vista> to cloudb) (liter) < felicidad> to cloud (liter)2.nublarsev prona) cielo to cloud overb) vista to cloud overc) (liter) razón to become clouded* * *= shadow.Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < vista> to cloudb) (liter) < felicidad> to cloud (liter)2.nublarsev prona) cielo to cloud overb) vista to cloud overc) (liter) razón to become clouded* * *= shadow.Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
* * *nublar [A1 ]vt1 ‹ojos/mirada› to cloudlas lágrimas le nublaron la vista tears clouded her eyes o blurred her visionpasiones que te nublan la razón passions which cloud your reasoning■ nublarse1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] «cielo» to cloud overse está nublando it's getting cloudy, it's clouding over2 «mirada/ojos» to cloud over3 ( liter); «razón» to become cloudedsu felicidad se nubló con la noticia his happiness was marred o clouded by the news* * *
nublar ( conjugate nublar) verbo transitivo
nublarse verbo pronominal
nublar verbo transitivo
1 Meteor to cloud
2 figurado to mar: esas últimas hazañas han nublado su brillante expediente, those recent events have marred his brilliant record
' nublar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nublarse
English:
cloud
* * *♦ vt1. [cielo] to cloud;[sol] to hide2. [vista, entendimiento] to cloud* * *nublar vt1) : to cloud2) oscurecer: to obscure -
6 ensombrecer
v.1 to cast a shadow over (also figurative).2 to obscure, to dim, to cast a shadow over, to cast a shadow on.* * *1 to cast a shadow over1 to darken2 figurado (entristecerse) to become gloomy* * *1. VT1) [+ cielo] to darken, cast a shadow over2) (=cubrir de sombra) to overshadow, cast a shadow over2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <felicidad/juventud> to cloud, cast a shadow overb) < cielo> to darken2.ensombrecerse v pron (liter)a) vida/día to be saddenedb) cielo/paisaje to darken, grow dark* * *= overshadow, shadow, darken.Ex. And when the maintenance of structure is permitted to overshadow the functional performance of the institution, it will move toward extinction.Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex. Gum arabic containing inks darken more than inks without it.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <felicidad/juventud> to cloud, cast a shadow overb) < cielo> to darken2.ensombrecerse v pron (liter)a) vida/día to be saddenedb) cielo/paisaje to darken, grow dark* * *= overshadow, shadow, darken.Ex: And when the maintenance of structure is permitted to overshadow the functional performance of the institution, it will move toward extinction.
Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex: Gum arabic containing inks darken more than inks without it.* * *ensombrecer [E3 ]vt1 ‹felicidad/juventud/momento› to cloud, cast a shadow over2 ‹cielo/paisaje› to darken( liter)1 «vida» to be saddened o darkened; «día» to be saddened o clouded2 «cielo/paisaje» to darken, grow dark* * *
ensombrecer verbo transitivo
1 to cast a shadow over
2 (entristecer) to sadden
' ensombrecer' also found in these entries:
English:
darken
* * *♦ vt1. [dar sombra a, oscurecer] to cast a shadow over2. [dar aire triste a] to cast a shadow over;la noticia ensombreció el acto the news cast a shadow over the proceedings;una repentina sospecha ensombreció su rostro a sudden suspicion caused his face to darken* * *v/t cast a shadow over* * *ensombrecer {53} vt: to cast a shadow over, to darken
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