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1 plain clothes
ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (also adjective) (a plain-clothes job.) civilna obleka; neuniformiran -
2 plain-clothes man
[pléinklouðzmæn]noundetektiv v civilni obleki -
3 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) preprost2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) jasen3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) odkrit4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) očiten5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) puščoben2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) ravnina2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) desna petlja•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English* * *I [pléin]adjective ( plainly adverb)preprost, enostaven, navaden; brez okraskov, preprost (soba itd.); nevzorčast, enobarven (blago); črno-bel (fotografija, risba); nemikaven, neprivlačen, neuglajen (obraz, dekle); jasen, razumljiv, nedvoumen, brez ovinkov (pogovor), očiten, razločen; nerazredčen (alkohol); odkrit, pošten; srednji, nepomemben, povprečen; metallurgy nelegiran (npr. jeklo); raven, plosk (dežela); figuratively gol, čist (nesmisel)plain card — navadna karta (razen kralja, dame in fanta)as plain as plain can be — ali as plain as the nose on one's face — ali plain as a pikestaff — ali as plain as point — jasno kot beli danplain dealer — poštenjak, odkrit človekplain dealing — odkritost, iskrenost, pošteno trgovanjeplain sewing — bela vezenina, šivanje belega perilaII [pléin]adverbjasno, razumljivo; odkrito, poštenoIII [pléin]nounravnina, ravan, nižava, poljana; bojišče; plural prerijaIV [pléin]intransitive verb British English archaic & poetically žalovati, tožiti, tarnati -
4 clothes
[kləu‹, ]( American[) klouz]1) (things worn as coverings for various parts of the body: She wears beautiful clothes.) oblačila2) (bedclothes: The child pulled the clothes up tightly.) rjuhe* * *[klouðz]nounplural obleka, oblačila; perilo; posteljnina; plenice -
5 uniformed
adjective ((eg of police) wearing a uniform, not plain clothes.) uniformiran -
6 style
1. noun1) (a manner or way of doing something, eg writing, speaking, painting, building etc: different styles of architecture; What kind of style are you going to have your hair cut in?; a new hairstyle.) slog2) (a fashion in clothes etc: the latest Paris styles; I don't like the new style of shoe.) moda3) (elegance in dress, behaviour etc: She certainly has style.) stil2. verb1) (to arrange (hair) in a certain way: I'm going to have my hair cut and styled.) modno oblikovati2) (to design in a certain style: These chairs/clothes are styled for comfort.) oblikovati•- stylish- stylishly
- stylishness
- stylist
- in style* * *I [stáil]nounslog, stil, način (govora, pisanja, življenja itd.); dober, pravilen način; architecture slog; moda, model, kroj; sport stil, tehnika; uglajeno vedenje, fin način, okus, eleganca, imenitnost; (službeni) naslov, naziv, ogovarjanje, titula; economy juridically tvrdka, ime tvrdke; vrsta, kategorija; štetje časa (koledar); history pisalo, poetically pero ali svinčnik; igla (bakrorezna, gramofonska itd.); medicine sonda; kazalec sončne ure; printing stil pisanja in pravopisunder the style of — pod naslovom (imenom, firmo)that's the style! colloquially tako je (prav)!the matter is worth more than the style figuratively vsebina je več vredna kot oblikamy style is plain John Smith — moje ime je preprosto J. S.to put on style American colloquially delati se finegaII [stáil]transitive verbnazivati, ogovarjati, da(ja)ti naslov, titulirati, naslavljati, imenovati, označiti; narediti (zasnovati, ukrojiti) po najnovejši modi; economy American slang delati reklamo zathe King's eldest son is styled the Prince of Wales — najstarejši kraljev sin ima naslov P. of. W. (knez Valizije, valizijski princ)to style a new type of shoe — uvesti, spraviti v modo nov tip čevlja -
7 take up
1) (to use or occupy (space, time etc): I won't take up much of your time.) vzeti2) (to begin doing, playing etc: He has taken up the violin/teaching.) začeti3) (to shorten (clothes): My skirts were too long, so I had them taken up.) skrajšati4) (to lift or raise; to pick up: He took up the book.) dvigniti* * *transitive verb dvigniti, pobrati; gor odnesti, vzeti s seboj gor; vpi(ja)ti, absorbirati (tekočino, vlago); zavzemati, jemati (čas, prostor); vzeti (na ladjo, na vlak itd.) (potnike); ujeti, prijeti, aretirati; prekinitit, pasti v besedo, ugovarjati, motiti, popraviti (govornika); vzeti (koga) za varovanca; začeti (študij, branje itd.), lotiti se (posla, poklica, dela), vzeti v roke; baviti se (s čim); nadaljevati (govor, preiskavo, izpraševanje, zasliševanje itd.); medicine podvezati (žilo); povzeti (refren); pobrati (zanko); prevzeti (delnice); zategniti (jermen); pokupiti (knjige); sprejeti (službo); stanovati v; technical zatesniti; grajati; intransitive verb zadovoljiti se, strinjati se ( with z), vdati se v; technical zapreti se sam od sebe (spah, stik, vrzel); colloquially začeti ljubezensko razmerje; American začeti se (šola)to take up the cudgels for figuratively krepko, goreče braniti, se zavzemati zato take up the gauntlet ( —ali glove) — pobrati rokavico, figuratively sprejeti izzivanjeto take up a thief — prijeti, ujeti tatuto take up time — vzeti, jemati často take up under debate economy diskontirati (menico)to be taken up with — biti zaposlen z, biti poglobljen vthe train stopped to take up passengers — vlak se je ustavil, da bi vzel (nove) potnike
См. также в других словарях:
plain-clothes — adj [only before noun] plain clothes police are police who wear ordinary clothes so that they can work without being recognized … Dictionary of contemporary English
plain|clothes — «PLAYN KLOHZ, KLOHTHZ», adjective. not in uniform when on duty. plain clothes, the ordinary dress of civil life; nonofficial dress … Useful english dictionary
plain clothes — plain clothes, adj. clothing other than one s uniform, esp. civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer. Also, plainclothes. [1815 25] * * * … Universalium
plain clothes — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ ordinary clothes rather than uniform, especially when worn by police officers … English terms dictionary
plain clothes — ordinary dress (as opposed to military uniform), 1822; of police detectives, it is attested from 1842. Also plainclothes … Etymology dictionary
plain clothes — noun ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. • Syn: ↑civilian clothing, ↑civilian dress, ↑civilian garb • Hypernyms: ↑clothing, ↑article of clothing, ↑vesture, ↑wear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plain clothes — n. in plain clothes (the police officer was in plain clothes) * * * [ˌpleɪn kləʊ(ð)z] in plain clothes (the police officer was in plain clothes) … Combinatory dictionary
plain-clothes — also plainclothes ADJ: ADJ n Plain clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform. in plain clothes → see plain He was arrested by plain clothes detectives as he walked through the customs hall. Ant: uniformed … English dictionary
plain-clothes — adjective plain clothes police are police who wear ordinary clothes so that they can work without being recognised: plain clothes detectives … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
plain-clothes — UK / US noun [plural] ordinary clothes that police wear instead of a uniform in order to do their job without being recognized Derived word: plain clothes UK / US adjective a plain clothes detective … English dictionary
plain·clothes — /ˈpleınˈkloʊz/ adj, always used before a noun : dressed in ordinary clothes and not a uniform while on duty a plainclothes police officer see also plain clothes at ↑plain, 1 … Useful english dictionary
