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1 pille
pile, pill, pillar, tamper* * *I. (en -r)( støtte) pillar, column;( bropille) pier;(med.) pill;(fig) a bitter pill.II. vb pick ( fx the meat from the bone; pick one's toes);(tage skal etc af) peel ( fx an orange, potatoes), shell ( fx peas, shrimps, an egg);( tage stilk af) stem ( fx red currants);( plukke fjer af) pluck;( røre ved ting man ikke må) fiddle;[ ikke pille!] don't touch! hands off! keep your fingers off![ pille næse, pille sig i næsen] pick one's nose;[ fuglen pillede sig] the bird preened itself (el. its feathers);[ pille stikkelsbær] top and tail gooseberries;[ med præp & adv:][ pille af](dvs forsvinde) T buzz off, clear out, hop it;[ pille noget af] pick (, peel) something off;[ pille fra hinanden] take ( fx a toy) apart,(fig) take ( fx his arguments) to pieces,(om argumenter etc også) pick holes in,( fuldstændigt) demolish ( fx his arguments, the plan);[ gå og pille med noget] potter about something; busy oneself with something;[ pille ned]( skyde) pick off, bring down;[ pille en ned](fig) take somebody down a peg,( helt ned) cut somebody down to size;(se også piedestal);[ pille op](dvs samle op) pick up,( knude, strikning etc) undo,( om strikning også) unravel;[ pille ud](dvs fjerne) take out, remove,( udvælge) choose, pick out;[ de nykker skal vi snart få pillet ud af ham] we'll soon cure him of that nonsense;[ pille ved] fiddle with, toy with, finger,( nervøst) fidget with,( for at forbedre, reparere) fiddle with ( fx new translators fiddling with the text of the Bible; he fiddled with the engine and got it going),( ødelægge, bringe uorden i) tamper with ( fx a machine, the lock, one's papers, their rights), meddle with;( drage i tvivl) question ( fx his right),( antaste) tamper with ( fx their rights),( kritisere) pick holes in ( fx his arguments, the plan).
См. также в других словарях:
fingerering — fin|ge|re|ring sb., en, er, erne (det at pille ved noget) … Dansk ordbog
