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1 mother-tongue
noun (a person's native language: My mother-tongue is Hindi.) materinščina* * *[mʌðətʌŋ]nounmaterinščina; linguistics prvotni jezik, prajezik -
2 tongue
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) jezik2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) jezik3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) jezik4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) jezik* * *[tʌŋ]1.nounjezik; figuratively človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja; figuratively (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala); technical tračnica, kretnicafurred (coated) tongue — medicine obložen jezika fluent tongue, a sharp tongue — dobro namazan, odrezav jezika long tongue, a sharp tongue — dolg, oster jeziktongue in cheek figuratively ironičnoslanderous tongue — zlobni jeziki, obrekovalcigift of tongues — dar, talent za jezikeon the tip of one's tongue — na konici jezika, na jezikuhe is all tongue — on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanjehis tongue is too long for his teeth — on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezikato give tongue — glasno govoriti, vpitito have a long tongue — imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčavhe has too much tongue — kar ima na srcu, ima na jezikuhold your tongue! — drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek — govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)to wag one's tongue — neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati;2.transitive verbdotakniti se, polizati z jezikom; colloquially ozmerjati, ošteti; intransitive verb klepetati, jezik vrteti -
3 mother
1. noun1) (a female parent, especially human: John's mother lives in Manchester; ( also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.) mati2) ((often with capital: also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.) mati prednica2. verb(to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much): His wife tries to mother him.) po materinsko skrbeti- motherless
- motherly
- motherliness
- mother-country
- motherland
- mother-in-law
- mother-of-pearl
- mother-tongue* * *I [mʌðə]nounmati; mati prednica (v samostanu); archaic medicine histerijacolloquially to kiss mother earth — pastizoology Mother Carey's chicken — viharnica (ptica)Mother Hubbard — široka, ohlapna ženska oblekabotany mother of thousands — vrsta divjega lanuII [mʌðə]transitive verbroditi (navadno figuratively); po materinsko skrbeti, priznati materinstvoto mother a novel on s.o. — pripisati komu avtorstvo romanaIII [mʌðə]nounchemistry octov cvet -
4 lap
I [læp] past tense, past participle - lapped; verb1) (to drink by licking with the tongue: The cat lapped milk from a saucer.) lokati2) ((of a liquid) to wash or flow (against): Water lapped the side of the boat.) pljuskati•- lap upII [læp] noun1) (the part from waist to knees of a person who is sitting: The baby was lying in its mother's lap.) naročje2) (one round of a racecourse or other competition track: The runners have completed five laps, with three still to run.) krog•- lap dog- the lap of luxury* * *I [læp]nounkrilo, naročje; privihnjeno krilo, volan pri obleki, guba; anatomy (ušesna) mečicain Fortune's lap — srečen, v naročju srečeto sit on s.o.'s lap — sedeti komu v naročjuII [læp]nounprevesa, prevesni del; posamezen navoj (vrvi), svitek (bombaža na valju); brusilnik (za drago kamenje in kovino)sport krog (dirka); sport colloquially two laps — tek na 800 metrovtechnical half lap — prekrivalen spojIII [læp]1.transitive verbzaviti, oviti, ogrniti (about, round, in); figuratively obsipati, obdati (in s, z); figuratively gojiti; prekriti, zgibati ( over); brusiti, polirati (drago kamenje, kovino); sport prehiteti za en ali več krogov, preteči krog;2.intransitive verbčez viseti ( over); prekrivati seIV [læp]nounpljuskanje (valov); tekoča pasja hrana; slang vodena pijača, brozgaV [læp]transitive verb & intransitive verbpljuskati, udarjati (at, against na, ob); (po)lokati (up, down), pohlepno pogoltniti
См. также в других словарях:
Mother tongue — Mother Moth er, a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. [1913 Webster] It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mother tongue — n especially BrE your mother tongue is the first and main language that you learnt when you were a child = ↑native language/tongue ▪ children for whom English is not their mother tongue … Dictionary of contemporary English
Mother Tongue — bezeichnet: Mother Tongue (Journal), eine linguistische Fachzeitschrift Mother Tongue (Band), eine kalifornische Alternative Rockband Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort … Deutsch Wikipedia
mother tongue — mother tongues also mother tongue N COUNT: oft poss N Your mother tongue is the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby. Syn: native tongue … English dictionary
mother tongue — mother ,tongue noun count usually singular the main language you learn as a child … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mother tongue — ► NOUN ▪ a person s native language … English terms dictionary
mother tongue — n. 1. one s native language 2. a language in its relation to another derived from it … English World dictionary
mother tongue — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms mother tongue : singular mother tongue plural mother tongues the main language that you learn as a child … English dictionary
mother tongue — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Native language; I live in Delhi but my mother tongue is Oriya … English dialects glossary
mother-tongue — see mother tongue … English dictionary
mother tongue — noun (C) the first and main language that you learn as a child: Her mother tongue is French … Longman dictionary of contemporary English