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1 blackout
['blækaʊt]1) (in wartime) oscuramento m.2) (power cut) blackout m.3) rad. telev. oscuramento m.4) giorn. blackout m.5) (faint) svenimento m., perdita f. dei sensi; (loss of memory) perdita f. di memoria* * *1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) interruzione della corrente elettrica2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) oscuramento3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) perdita dei sensi4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.) vuoto di memoria5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.) interruzione della corrente elettrica6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) oscuramento* * *blackout /ˈblækaʊt/n.2 blackout; interruzione della corrente elettrica3 ( per estens.) interruzione delle comunicazioni; soppressione di notizie: news (o press) blackout, silenzio stampa; radio blackout, silenzio radio4 perdita dei sensi; svenimento6 (TV) oscuramento totale● blackout blinds, tende oscuranti.* * *['blækaʊt]1) (in wartime) oscuramento m.2) (power cut) blackout m.3) rad. telev. oscuramento m.4) giorn. blackout m.5) (faint) svenimento m., perdita f. dei sensi; (loss of memory) perdita f. di memoria -
2 Black
I 1. [blæk]to paint sth. black — pitturare qcs. di nero
to turn black — diventare nero, annerirsi
a black man, woman — un uomo, una donna di colore
3) (without milk) [ coffee] nero; [ tea] senza latte4) (dirty) [face, towel] nero6) (gloomy) [mood, thoughts] nero, tetro; [ picture] nero, a tinte fosche; [ despair] cupo; [ future] fosco; [ news] funesto; [ day] nero2.1) (colour) nero m.3) econ.to be in the black — essere in credito o in attivo
4) (in chess, draughts) nero m., neri m.pl.; (in roulette) nero m.; (in snooker or pool) (palla) nera f.••to beat sb. black and blue — fare qcn. nero di botte
II [blæk]to give sb. a black eye — fare un occhio nero a qcn
1) (put black onto) annerire, sporcare [sb.'s face, hands]; lucidare (di nero) [ boots]2) BE (boycott) boicottare•* * *[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) nero2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) nero, scuro3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) nero4) (without milk: black coffee.) nero5) (evil: black magic.) nero6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) negro7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) nero2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) nero2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) nero3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) negro, nero3. verb(to make black.) annerire- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) mettere sulla lista nera5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) ricatto- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white* * *(Surnames) Black /blæk/* * *I 1. [blæk]to paint sth. black — pitturare qcs. di nero
to turn black — diventare nero, annerirsi
a black man, woman — un uomo, una donna di colore
3) (without milk) [ coffee] nero; [ tea] senza latte4) (dirty) [face, towel] nero6) (gloomy) [mood, thoughts] nero, tetro; [ picture] nero, a tinte fosche; [ despair] cupo; [ future] fosco; [ news] funesto; [ day] nero2.1) (colour) nero m.3) econ.to be in the black — essere in credito o in attivo
4) (in chess, draughts) nero m., neri m.pl.; (in roulette) nero m.; (in snooker or pool) (palla) nera f.••to beat sb. black and blue — fare qcn. nero di botte
II [blæk]to give sb. a black eye — fare un occhio nero a qcn
1) (put black onto) annerire, sporcare [sb.'s face, hands]; lucidare (di nero) [ boots]2) BE (boycott) boicottare•
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