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1 stream
[stri:m] 1. noun1) (a small river or brook: He managed to jump across the stream.) potok2) (a flow of eg water, air etc: A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses.) tok3) (the current of a river etc: He was swimming against the stream.) vodni tok4) (in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability.) razred enakovrednih2. verb1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) zlivati se, teči; plapolati2) (to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability: Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.) kategorizirati•- streamer- streamlined* * *I [stri:m]nounvodni tok, vodotok; tok, struja; reka (tudi figuratively), potok; figuratively smer, usmeritev; dolg niz (česa), obilica, velika množinawith the stream — s tokom (tudi figuratively)three-stream school British English šola s tremi različnimi usmeritvamito go with the stream figuratively slediti toku, delati (misliti) isto kot večinaII [stri:m]intransitive verbteči, strujati, izlivati se; curljati, cediti se, biti moker; (kri) močnó teči; (zastava) plapolati, viti se, vihrati; (meteor) švigniti; transitive verb pustiti teči (izteči, strujati); preplaviti; pustiti vihrati (zastavo); British English (učence) razdeliti v različne usmeritve -
2 pour
[po:]1) (to (cause to) flow in a stream: She poured the milk into a bowl; Water poured down the wall; People were pouring out of the factory.) nalivati2) ((only with it as subject) to rain heavily: It was pouring this morning.) liti* * *I [pɔ:]nounnaliv, nalivanje; metallurgy količina taljene kovine, vlitekII [pɔ:]1.transitive verbnaliti, nalivati, točiti, natočiti (from, out of iz; in, into v; on, upon na); izliti, izlivati se (forth, out); figuratively izliti srce, potožiti (forth, out); zasuti (s posmehom, kletvicami, besedami itd.);2.intransitive verbtechnical ulivati; figuratively to pour cold water on — politi z mrzlo vodo, vzeti pogumfiguratively to pour oil on troubled waters — pomiriti duhoveAmerican slang to pour it on — politi z mrzlo vodo; pritisniti na plin (avto) -
3 rain
[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) dež2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) dež2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) deževati2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) deževati•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain* * *I [réin]noundež (& figuratively), naliv, plural deževje, nalivithe Rains nautical deževna cona (Atlantika, ɔ°-10° sev. širine)a rain of compliments (congratulations) — dež, ploha komplimentov (čestitk)rain or shine — ob vsakem vremenu, figuratively v vseh okoliščinah, naj se zgodi, kar hočea heavy rain — naliv, plohawe shall go rain or shine — šli bomo, pa naj dežuje ali sije sonce, ob vsakem vremenuII [réin]intransitive verbdeževati; liti; (o nebu) poslati dež; (o solzah) teči, liti; figuratively padati, priti v gomilah, v množicah; deževati s prasketanjem ( upon na); transitive verb liti, deževati (kaj), pustiti padati (dež), figuratively prelivati (solze); metati (kamenje) ( upon na)it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining pitch forks — lije kot iz škafait is likely to rain — kaže na dež, dež pretito rain stair-rods slang deževati v ravnih, vertikalnih curkihher eyes rained tears — iz oči so ji lile, tekle solzeit never rains but it pours figuratively nesreča nikoli ne pride sama
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