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1 captain
I ['kæptɪn]nome mil. sport capitano m.; AE (precinct commander) (in police) capitano m., comandante m. di polizia; (in fire service) comandante m. di compagnianaval, army captain — capitano di vascello, dell'esercito
II ['kæptɪn]captain of industry — fig. capitano d'industria
verbo transitivo capitanare [ team]; comandare [ship, platoon]* * *['kæptən] 1. noun1) (the commander of a ship, an aircraft, or a group of soldiers.) capitano2) ((abbreviated to Capt., when written in titles) the leader of a team or club.) capitano2. verb(to be captain of (something non-military): John captained the football team last year.) capitanare* * *I ['kæptɪn]nome mil. sport capitano m.; AE (precinct commander) (in police) capitano m., comandante m. di polizia; (in fire service) comandante m. di compagnianaval, army captain — capitano di vascello, dell'esercito
II ['kæptɪn]captain of industry — fig. capitano d'industria
verbo transitivo capitanare [ team]; comandare [ship, platoon] -
2 ■ run down
■ run downA v. i. + avv.3 (fig.) rallentare; diminuire; ( di azienda, industria, ecc.) ridimensionarsi: Oil production has run down lately, la produzione di petrolio è diminuita di recente; The steel industry has been running down for decades now, è da diversi decenni che l'industria dell'acciaio si va ridimensionando4 ( di un edificio, una proprietà) degradarsi: The hospital has been allowed to run down, l'ospedale è stato abbandonato al degradoB v. t. + avv.1 (autom.) investire; mettere sotto (fam.): He ran down a man on a bicycle, ha investito un ciclista2 denigrare; sparlare di (q.): She's always running down her colleagues, denigra sempre suoi colleghi4 ridurre ( scorte, prodotti finiti, ecc.); rallentare l'attività di; ridimensionare ( un'azienda, una struttura, ecc.): to run down a military base, ridimensionare una base militare5 scorrere; leggere rapidamente: The teacher ran down the list of those present, l'insegnante ha scorso la lista dei presenti6 trovare, scovare ( oggetti nascosti, un libro, ecc.); riuscire a rintracciare ( una persona): We finally ran him down in Madrid, finalmente siamo riusciti a rintracciarlo a Madrid9 ( baseball) intrappolare, tentare di eliminare (un ‘corridore’): to run down a base runner, intrappolare uno che corre verso una base.
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