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1 бойница
1) General subject: arrow loop, arrow slit, arrow-loop, arrow-slit, loophole, porthole, loop-hole, gun-slot2) Naval: loop hole3) Military: embrasure, fire slit, firing port, gun port (БМ), gun slit, port, sighting slit4) Engineering: firing opening5) History: shot hole6) Construction: notch7) Architecture: loophole (loop hole)8) Security: gunport -
2 амбразура
3) Obsolete: crenelle4) Military: fire slit, firing opening, firing port, firing slit, gun slit, sighting slit5) Engineering: breast (шахтной печи)6) History: balistraria (крепости)7) Construction: battlement, crenel(le) apx.8) Railway term: loop hole9) Architecture: crenel, oeillet (в средневековой архитектуре - небольшие проемы в стенах оборонительных сооружений, через которые можно было метать ядра - род бойниц)10) Metallurgy: burner arch, recess (печи)11) Arms production: blindage -
3 лазейка
1. trap-door2. loop-hole3. loopholeСинонимический ряд:лаз (сущ.) лаз; пролаз -
4 лазейка в законе
1) Law: hole hold-up in law, hole in law, loop-hole in law2) Business: loophole in the law -
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6 увёртка
1) General subject: come off, creephole, dodge, dodgery, doubling, elusion, evasion, game, jink, jinks, loophole, parry, quibble, quibbling, quiddity, quip, quirk, salvo, shift, shuffle, stalling, stalling (бокс), subterfuge, tergiversation2) Colloquial: come-off4) Law: double5) Australian slang: lurk6) Diplomatic term: loop-hole7) Jargon: tweak8) Business: letout -
7 Закон, что дышло: куда повернешь, туда и вышло
The law can be used arbitrarily, as a rule it is in favo(u)r of those who are powerful or have moneyVar.: Закон - дышло: куда хочешь, туда и воротишьCf: Every law has a loophole (Br.). Every loop has a hole (Br.). The law is like an axle: you can turn it whichever way you please if you give it plenty of grease (Am.). Laws are made to be broken (evaded) (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Закон, что дышло: куда повернешь, туда и вышло
См. также в других словарях:
loop·hole — /ˈluːpˌhoʊl/ noun, pl holes [count] : an error in the way a law, rule, or contract is written that makes it possible for some people to legally avoid obeying it She took advantage of a loophole in the tax law. a tax loophole His attorney has been … Useful english dictionary
Loophole — Loop hole , n. 1. (Mil.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loophole — A technicality in some legislation or regulation that makes it possible to avoid certain consequences or circumvent a rule without breaking the law, such as in the use of a tax shelter. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * loophole loop‧hole… … Financial and business terms
loophole — loop|hole [ˈlu:phəul US houl] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: loop hole in a wall for shooting through (14 19 centuries) + hole] a small mistake in a law that makes it possible to avoid doing something that the law is supposed to make you do… … Dictionary of contemporary English
loophole — (n.) also loop hole, mid 15c., from M.E. loupe opening in a wall for shooting through or admitting light (c.1300), perhaps related to M.Du. lupen to watch, peer; + HOLE (Cf. hole) (n.). Figurative sense of outlet, means of escape is from 1660s … Etymology dictionary
loophole — loop|hole [ lup,houl ] noun count something that has been left out of a law or legal document that people can use to avoid obeying it: He exploited a legal loophole in order to avoid paying child support. close a loophole in something (=correct… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
loophole — loop•hole [[t]ˈlupˌhoʊl[/t]] n. 1) for a narrow opening in the wall of a fortification for observation, the admission of light or air, or the discharge of weapons 2) any similar opening or aperture 3) a means of escape or evasion, esp. a means or … From formal English to slang
loophole — loop·hole … English syllables
loophole — ► NOUN 1) an ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules. 2) an arrow slit in a wall. ORIGIN from obsolete loop «embrasure» + HOLE(Cf. ↑holey) … English terms dictionary
loop — Synonyms and related words: O, air hole, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, arc, arch, areola, armhole, association, aureole, band, bank, beat, begird, belt, belt in, bend, bend back, beset, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, blowhole, boss, bow,… … Moby Thesaurus
loophole — Synonyms and related words: Texas tower, abatis, advanced work, air hole, alternative, armhole, avenue, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, beacon, belvedere,… … Moby Thesaurus
