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1 shuttle
1) (in weaving, a piece of equipment for carrying the thread backwards and forwards across the other threads.) čolniček2) (a piece of machinery for making loops in the lower thread in a sewing-machine.) čolniček3) (an air, train or other transport service etc which operates constantly backwards and forwards between two places: an airline shuttle between London and Edinburgh; space shuttle (= a craft travelling between space stations).) vozilo, plovilo•* * *[šʌtl]1.nounčolniček v šivalnem stroju; suvalnica, tkalski čolniček; technical prestavljiva vrata na zatvornici; vlak (avtobus, letalo itd.), ki vozi na stalni progi sem in tja; American (= shuttle train) lokalni vlakshuttle bus — avtobus, ki vozi na stalni progi sem in tja;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb(hitro) sem in tja (se) premikati; prečkati; voziti (se), potovati sem in tja; figuratively omahovati, kolebatihe shuttled the Atlantic many times — mnogokrat je prečkal, prevozil Atlantik -
2 steam
[sti:m] 1. noun1) (a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid: Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; ( also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.) para2) (power or energy obtained from this: The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; ( also adjective) steam power, steam engines.) para; paren2. verb1) (to give out steam: A kettle was steaming on the stove.) izparevati2) ((of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam: The ship steamed across the bay.) premikati se s pomočjo pare3) (to cook by steam: The pudding should be steamed for four hours.) kuhati v pari•- steam-- steamer
- steamy
- steamboat
- steamship
- steam engine
- steam roller
- full steam ahead
- get steamed up
- get up steam
- let off steam
- run out of steam
- steam up
- under one's own steam* * *I [sti:m]noun(vodna) para, hlap; sopara; izparina; moč pare; figuratively moč, sila, energija; parnik, vožnja s parnikomto get up steam — zakuriti, naložiti (kotel), figuratively zbrati vse svoje moči (energijo)to keep up steam — vzdrževati paro, biti pod paroto let off steam — izpustiti paro, odpreti ventile, figuratively dati duška svojim čustvom, jezi itd.to put the steam on figuratively potruditi seII [sti:m]transitive verbizpostaviti (kaj) delovanju pare, pariti, kuhati v pari; premikati, voziti (kaj) s pomočjo pare; oskrbeti s paro; colloquially razburiti (koga), razjeziti; intransitive verb izpuščati paro, delati paro; izparevati, pariti se, kaditi se; gibati se s pomočjo pare; voziti se s parnikomsteaming hot — vroč, da se kar kadi
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