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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > single-point heater
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- nнагревательный прибор; отопительный прибор, радиатор, калорифер; отопительный агрегат
- after heater
- air heater
- asphalt heater
- automatic gas-fired water heater
- balanced-flue heater
- batch heater
- binder storage heater
- blast heater
- block storage heater
- builder's air heater
- circulating space heater
- combustion air heater
- direct fired air heater
- direct-flow water heater
- domestic hot-water heater
- duct heater
- electric heater
- electric air heater
- electric immersion heater
- electric space heater
- electric storage heater
- electric water heater
- fan heater
- fan-assisted ducted warm air heater
- finned strip heater
- floor-type unit heater
- flued heater
- flueless heater
- forced convection air heater
- freestanding heater
- gas-fired air heater
- gas radiant heater
- gas water heater
- hot-water heater
- hot water storage heater
- immersion heater
- independent insulated hot water heater
- instantaneous gas water heater
- instantaneous water heater
- multipass air heater
- multipoint water heater
- oil-fired heater
- overhead heater
- pipeline heater
- quick-action water heater
- radiant heater
- radiant convector heater
- radiant convector gas heater
- radiant gas heater
- rail heater
- regenerative air heater
- road heater
- seduct heater
- single-point heater
- skirting heater
- solar heater
- space heater
- steam water heater
- storage heater
- storage water heater
- straight-through gas-fired water heater
- strip heater
- surface water heater
- switch heater
- system water heater
- tempering heater
- unit heater
- unit air heater
- vented gas heater
- wall mounting heater
- water heater
- water-to-water heater
- winter-protection heater
- zone heater
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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отопительный прибор; радиатор; подогреватель; теплообменник, нагреватель; калорифер- asphalt heater - batch heater - bitumen heater - blow-through heater - direct-fired heater - double-coil heater - floor-type heater - floor-type unit heater - forced convection heater - gravity heater - immersion-type heater - instantaneous water heater - low-pressure heater - movable heater - solar water heater - tube heater - water heater* * *нагревательный прибор; отопительный прибор, радиатор, калорифер; отопительный агрегат- after heater
- air heater
- asphalt heater
- automatic gas-fired water heater
- balanced-flue heater
- batch heater
- binder storage heater
- blast heater
- block storage heater
- builder's air heater
- circulating space heater
- combustion air heater
- direct fired air heater
- direct-flow water heater
- domestic hot-water heater
- duct heater
- electric heater
- electric air heater
- electric immersion heater
- electric space heater
- electric storage heater
- electric water heater
- fan heater
- fan-assisted ducted warm air heater
- finned strip heater
- floor-type unit heater
- flued heater
- flueless heater
- forced convection air heater
- freestanding heater
- gas-fired air heater
- gas radiant heater
- gas water heater
- hot-water heater
- hot water storage heater
- immersion heater
- independent insulated hot water heater
- instantaneous gas water heater
- instantaneous water heater
- multipass air heater
- multipoint water heater
- oil-fired heater
- overhead heater
- pipeline heater
- quick-action water heater
- radiant heater
- radiant convector heater
- radiant convector gas heater
- radiant gas heater
- rail heater
- regenerative air heater
- road heater
- seduct heater
- single-point heater
- skirting heater
- solar heater
- space heater
- steam water heater
- storage heater
- storage water heater
- straight-through gas-fired water heater
- strip heater
- surface water heater
- switch heater
- system water heater
- tempering heater
- unit heater
- unit air heater
- vented gas heater
- wall mounting heater
- water heater
- water-to-water heater
- winter-protection heater
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Russian-English dictionary of railway terminology > стрелочный обогреватель
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1) Engineering: switch heater2) Railway term: point heaterУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > стрелочный обогреватель
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13 проточный водонагреватель с одной водоразборной точкой
Construction: single-point heaterУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > проточный водонагреватель с одной водоразборной точкой
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1) (электрический) ток || токовый2) поток; течение || текущий; протекающий3) скорость потока; скорость течения4) течение; ход событий || текущий; относящийся к рассматриваемому моменту времени; современный6) общая тенденция; курс || общепринятый; общераспространённый•- acoustoelectric current
- action current
- active current
- alternating current
- anode current
- antenna current
- arc current
- armature current
- avalanche current
- average current
- back current
- balanced currents
- band-to-band current
- base current
- beam current
- bias current
- biasing current
- bidirectional current
- biphase current
- bleeder current
- blowing current
- branch current
- breakaway current
- breakaway starting current
- breakdown current
- breaking current
- breakover current
- bulk current
- carrier current
- catcher current
- cathode current
- cathode covering current
- cathode-ray current
- channel current
- charging current
- collector current
- collector cutoff current
- collector-junction current
- collector leakage current
- collector-saturation current
- complex current
- complex sinusoidal current
- conduction current
- conjugate complex current
- conjugate complex sinusoidal current
- constant current
- continuous current
- control current
- convection current
- conventional fusing current
- conventional nonfusing current
- critical current
- critical controlling current
- critical grid current
- crystal current
- cutoff current
- cyclic current
- damped current
- dark current
- decaying current
- demarcation current
- diacritical current
- dielectric current
- diffusion current
- digit current
- direct current
- discharge current
- displacement current
- double-injection current
- drain current
- drift current
- drop-away current
- drop-out current
- earth current
- echo current
- eddy currents
- edge leakage current
- effective current
- electric current
- electric induction current
- electrode current
- electrode dark current
- electrode inverse current
- electron current
- emission current
- emitter current
- equivalent input offset current
- equivalent noise current
- erasing current
- excess current
- excitation current
- exciting current
- exponential excess current
- external current
- extra current
- extraction current
- extraneous current
- faradic current
- fault current
- fault electrode current
- feedback current
- field-free emission current
- filament starting current
- filament surge current
- firing current
- flash current
- flection-point emission current
- fluctuating current
- focus current
- focusing current
- follow current
- forward current
- forward-bias current
- Foucault currents
- Frenkel-Poole current
- full-select current
- fusing current
- galvanic current
- gap current
- gas current
- gas ionization current
- gate current
- gate-body leakage current
- gate holding current
- gate nontrigger current
- gate trigger current
- gate turn-off current
- generation-recombination current
- grid current
- ground current
- gun current
- half-select current
- Hall current
- harmonic current
- heater current
- heater-cathode current
- heater-cathode insulation current
- heater starting current
- heater surge current
- heavy current
- high-frequency current
- high-tension current
- high-voltage direct current
- hold current
- holding current
- hole current
- hot-electron current
- hump current
- idle current
- idling current
- image current
- impurity diffusion current
- incident current
- induced current
- inflection-point emission current
- initial symmetrical short-circuit current
- initial-velocity current
- injection current
- input offset current
- interbase current
- intermittent current
- inverse current
- ion current
- ionic current
- ionization current
- irradiation saturation current
- Josephson tunnel current
- lagging current
- latching current
- leading current
- leakage current
- leakage tube current
- Leduc current
- light current
- limiting slider current
- load current
- local current
- locked-rotor current
- longitudinal current
- loop current
- magnetization current
- magnetizing current
- majority current
- majority-carrier current
- make-and-break current
- making current
- marker current
- marking current
- mesh current
- minority current
- minority-carrier current
- Morton wave current
- nerve-action current
- net current
- noise current
- no-load current
- offset current
- off-state current
- one-carrier current
- one-particle current
- open-circuit current
- operating current
- oscillating current
- oscillatory current
- over current
- paired-electron current
- particle current
- peak inverse anode current
- peak plate current
- peak-point current
- peak-switching current
- peak-withstand current
- pedestal current
- periodic current
- persistent current
- phasor current
- photoelectric current
- photon-induced current
- pick-up current
- piezoelectric current
- pinch current
- pinch-off current
- plate current
- poloidal current
- post-arc current
- prebreakdown current
- preconduction current
- preionization current
- preoscillation current
- primary current
- probability current
- probe current
- prospective current
- pull-in current
- pulsating current
- push-pull currents
- push-push currents
- pyroelectric current
- quiescent current
- radiation-induced current
- radiation-induced thermally activated current
- rated current
- rated ac discharge current
- rated coil current
- rated contact current
- rated follow current
- reactive current
- read current
- read-out current
- recombination-generation current
- recording audio-frequency current
- recovery current
- rectified current
- reflected current
- regeneration current
- release current
- residual current
- residual stored current
- resistor-substrate leakage current
- return current
- reverse current
- reverse-bias current
- reverse blocking current
- reverse leakage current
- reverse recovery current
- reverse saturation current
- reversible absorption current
- RF current
- ringing current
- ripple current
- saturation current
- sawtooth current
- SCL current
- secondary current
- selection current
- short-circuit current
- short-circuit current per unit wavelength
- short-time withstand current
- signal output current
- simple harmonic current
- single-electron current
- single-injection current
- sinusoidal current
- skinned current
- sneak current
- source current
- space current
- space-charge-limited current
- spacing current
- spin-polarized current
- split-phase current
- sputtering current
- standing current
- starter transfer current
- starting current
- steady current
- steady short-circuit current
- steady-state current
- stray current
- subthreshold current
- surface current
- surge current
- surge electrode current
- sustaining current
- sweeping-out current
- switching current
- synaptic current
- take-off current
- target current
- telephone current
- telephone carrier current
- telluric current
- thermal current
- thermal-convection current
- thermally activated current
- thermionic current
- three-phase current
- threshold current
- toroidal current
- total current
- transfer current
- transient current
- transient-decay current
- tree-branch current
- tunnel current
- tunneling current
- turn-on base current
- turnover current
- two-carrier current
- undulating current
- undulatory current
- unidirectional current
- unit-step current
- vacancy current
- valley current
- valley-point current
- vector current
- video current
- video record current
- voltage saturation current
- voltaic current
- write current
- Zener current
- zero-field emission current
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1) (электрический) ток || токовый2) поток; течение || текущий; протекающий3) скорость потока; скорость течения4) течение; ход событий || текущий; относящийся к рассматриваемому моменту времени; современный5) вчт. рабочий (напр. о файле); текущий (напр. о записи)6) общая тенденция; курс || общепринятый; общераспространённый•- acoustoelectric current
- action current
- active current
- alternating current
- anode current
- antenna current
- arc current
- armature current
- avalanche current
- average current
- back current
- balanced currents
- band-to-band current
- base current
- beam current
- bias current
- biasing current
- bidirectional current
- biphase current
- bleeder current
- blowing current
- branch current
- breakaway current
- breakaway starting current
- breakdown current
- breaking current
- breakover current
- bulk current
- carrier current
- catcher current
- cathode covering current
- cathode current
- cathode-ray current
- channel current
- charging current
- collector current
- collector cutoff current
- collector leakage current
- collector-junction current
- collector-saturation current
- complex current
- complex sinusoidal current
- conduction current
- conjugate complex current
- conjugate complex sinusoidal current
- constant current
- continuous current
- control current
- convection current
- conventional fusing current
- conventional nonfusing current
- critical controlling current
- critical current
- critical grid current
- crystal current
- cutoff current
- cyclic current
- damped current
- dark current
- decaying current
- demarcation current
- diacritical current
- dielectric current
- diffusion current
- digit current
- direct current
- discharge current
- displacement current
- double-injection current
- drain current
- drift current
- drop-away current
- drop-out current
- earth current
- echo current
- eddy currents
- edge leakage current
- effective current
- electric current
- electric induction current
- electrode current
- electrode dark current
- electrode inverse current
- electron current
- emission current
- emitter current
- equivalent input offset current
- equivalent noise current
- erasing current
- excess current
- excitation current
- exciting current
- exponential excess current
- external current
- extra current
- extraction current
- extraneous current
- faradic current
- fault current
- fault electrode current
- feedback current
- field-free emission current
- filament starting current
- filament surge current
- firing current
- flash current
- flection-point emission current
- fluctuating current
- focus current
- focusing current
- follow current
- forward current
- forward-bias current
- Foucault currents
- Frenkel-Poole current
- full-select current
- fusing current
- galvanic current
- gap current
- gas current
- gas ionization current
- gate current
- gate holding current
- gate nontrigger current
- gate trigger current
- gate turn-off current
- gate-body leakage current
- generation-recombination current
- grid current
- ground current
- gun current
- half-select current
- Hall current
- harmonic current
- heater current
- heater starting current
- heater surge current
- heater-cathode current
- heater-cathode insulation current
- heavy current
- high-frequency current
- high-tension current
- high-voltage direct current
- hold current
- holding current
- hole current
- hot-electron current
- hump current
- idle current
- idling current
- image current
- impurity diffusion current
- incident current
- induced current
- inflection-point emission current
- initial symmetrical short-circuit current
- initial-velocity current
- injection current
- input offset current
- interbase current
- intermittent current
- inverse current
- ion current
- ionic current
- ionization current
- irradiation saturation current
- Josephson tunnel current
- lagging current
- latching current
- leading current
- leakage current
- leakage tube current
- Leduc current
- light current
- limiting slider current
- load current
- local current
- locked-rotor current
- longitudinal current
- loop current
- magnetization current
- magnetizing current
- majority current
- majority-carrier current
- make-and-break current
- making current
- marker current
- marking current
- mesh current
- minority current
- minority-carrier current
- Morton wave current
- nerve-action current
- net current
- noise current
- no-load current
- offset current
- off-state current
- one-carrier current
- one-particle current
- open-circuit current
- operating current
- oscillating current
- oscillatory current
- over current
- paired-electron current
- particle current
- peak inverse anode current
- peak plate current
- peak-point current
- peak-switching current
- peak-withstand current
- pedestal current
- periodic current
- persistent current
- phasor current
- photoelectric current
- photon-induced current
- pick-up current
- piezoelectric current
- pinch current
- pinch-off current
- plate current
- poloidal current
- post-arc current
- prebreakdown current
- preconduction current
- preionization current
- preoscillation current
- primary current
- probability current
- probe current
- prospective current
- pull-in current
- pulsating current
- push-pull currents
- push-push currents
- pyroelectric current
- quiescent current
- radiation-induced current
- radiation-induced thermally activated current
- rated ac discharge current
- rated coil current
- rated contact current
- rated current
- rated follow current
- reactive current
- read current
- read-out current
- recombination-generation current
- recording audio-frequency current
- recovery current
- rectified current
- reflected current
- regeneration current
- release current
- residual current
- residual stored current
- resistor-substrate leakage current
- return current
- reverse blocking current
- reverse current
- reverse leakage current
- reverse recovery current
- reverse saturation current
- reverse-bias current
- reversible absorption current
- RF current
- ringing current
- ripple current
- saturation current
- sawtooth current
- SCL current
- secondary current
- selection current
- short-circuit current per unit wavelength
- short-circuit current
- short-time withstand current
- signal output current
- simple harmonic current
- single-electron current
- single-injection current
- sinusoidal current
- skinned current
- sneak current
- source current
- space current
- space-charge-limited current
- spacing current
- spin-polarized current
- split-phase current
- sputtering current
- standing current
- starter transfer current
- starting current
- steady current
- steady short-circuit current
- steady-state current
- stray current
- subthreshold current
- surface current
- surge current
- surge electrode current
- sustaining current
- sweeping-out current
- switching current
- synaptic current
- take-off current
- target current
- telephone carrier current
- telephone current
- telluric current
- thermal current
- thermal-convection current
- thermally activated current
- thermionic current
- three-phase current
- threshold current
- toroidal current
- total current
- transfer current
- transient current
- transient-decay current
- tree-branch current
- tunnel current
- tunneling current
- turn-on base current
- turnover current
- two-carrier current
- undulating current
- undulatory current
- unidirectional current
- unit-step current
- vacancy current
- valley current
- valley-point current
- vector current
- video current
- video record current
- voltage saturation current
- voltaic current
- write current
- Zener current
- zero-field emission current
- zero-voltage currentThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > current
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17 termo
m.1 Thermos®.2 Thermos bottle, Thermos, Thermos flask, vacuum-bottle.* * *1 (recipiente) flask, thermos flask2 (termosifón) boiler, water heater* * *SM1) (=frasco) Thermos flask ®2) (=calentador) water heater* * *® masculino ( recipiente) Thermos®, vacuum flask* * *= thermos, immersion heater, thermos flask.Ex. His mind, alert from the strong coffee he sipped periodically from a large thermos, reconstructed his professional career up to that point.Ex. This new system supplies its own heating via a solar roof plus heat-pumps, with an immersion heater as standby.Ex. It is full of gimmicks and gadgets: thermos flasks, cans of beer, mobile phones, and traffic cones.* * *® masculino ( recipiente) Thermos®, vacuum flask* * *= thermos, immersion heater, thermos flask.Ex: His mind, alert from the strong coffee he sipped periodically from a large thermos, reconstructed his professional career up to that point.
Ex: This new system supplies its own heating via a solar roof plus heat-pumps, with an immersion heater as standby.Ex: It is full of gimmicks and gadgets: thermos flasks, cans of beer, mobile phones, and traffic cones.* * *termo®A (recipiente) Thermos®, vacuum flaskB ( Chi) (calentador) water heater, boiler* * *
termo® sustantivo masculino ( recipiente) Thermos®, vacuum flask
termo sustantivo masculino flask, Thermos(r) (flask)
' termo' also found in these entries:
English:
flask
- Thermos
- vacuum flask
- immersion
- Thermos® (flask)
- vacuum
* * *termo nm1. [para bebida, comida] Thermos® (flask)2. [calentador de agua] water heater* * *m thermos® (flask)* * *termo nm: thermos* * *termo n flask -
18 turn
turn [tɜ:n]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of wheel] tour mb. ( = bend) virage m• take the next turn on the left prenez la prochaine route (or rue) à gauche• the patient took a turn for the worse/better l'état du malade s'est aggravé/améliorée. ( = action) to do sb a good turn rendre un service à qnf. ( = act) numéro mg. (in game, queue) tour m• whose turn is it? c'est à qui (le tour) ?► by turns• my sister and I visit our mother by turns ma sœur et moi rendons visite à notre mère à tour de rôle► in turn ( = one after another) à tour de rôle ; ( = then) à mon (or son or notre etc) tour• and they, in turn, said... et, à leur tour, ils ont dit...► out of turn• I don't want to speak out of turn but... je ne devrais peut-être pas dire cela mais...► to a turn• done to a turn [food] à point► turn of + noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For turn + adverb/preposition combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. [+ handle, key, wheel, page] tournerb. [+ mattress] retournerd. ( = reach) [+ age, time] as soon as he turned 18 dès qu'il a eu 18 ans• he would turn in his grave if he knew... il se retournerait dans sa tombe s'il savait...► to turn on sth ( = depend)b. ( = move in different direction) [person, vehicle] tourner ; ( = reverse direction) faire demi-tour ; [road, river] faire un coude ; [tide] changer de directionc. ( = become)► turn + adjective• to turn nasty/pale devenir méchant/pâle• the whole thing turned into a nightmare c'est devenu un véritable cauchemar► to turn to + nound. ( = change) [weather] changer ; [leaves] jaunir4. compounds[+ business, economy] remettre sur pied[traveller] faire demi-tour ; ( = reverse a decision) faire marche arrièrea. ( = send back) faire faire demi-tour à ; [+ demonstrators] faire refluer• we can't turn the clock back on ne peut pas revenir en arrière► turn down separable transitive verbb. [+ heat, sound] baissera. to turn in to a driveway [car, person] tourner dans une alléeb. ( = go to bed) (inf) aller se couchera. ( = hand over) [+ wanted man] livrer (à la police)• to turn o.s. in se rendrea. [person, vehicle] tournerb. to turn off automatically [heater, oven] s'éteindre automatiquement[+ road] quittera. [+ water, tap] fermer ; [+ radio, television, electricity, gas, heater] éteindre ; [+ water, electricity] (at main) couper• what turns teenagers off science? qu'est-ce qui fait que les sciences n'attirent pas les adolescents ?► turn onb. millions of viewers turn on at 6 o'clock des millions de téléspectateurs allument la télé à 6 heures( = attack) attaquera. [+ tap] ouvrir ; [+ gas, electricity, television, heater] allumer ; [+ engine, machine] mettre en marchec. ( = happen) se passer• as it turned out, nobody came en fin de compte personne n'est venu• it turned out nice [weather] il a fait beau en fin de comptea. [+ light] éteindreb. ( = empty out) [+ pockets, suitcase] vider ; [+ room, cupboard] nettoyer à fond ; ( = expel) [+ tenant] expulserc. ( = produce) fabriquera. ( = roll over) se retournerb. ( = change channel) changer de chaîne ; ( = turn page) tourner la pagea. [+ page] tourner ; [+ mattress, earth, playing card, tape] retournerb. ( = hand over) [+ person] livrer (to à)• the firm turns over $10,000 a week l'entreprise réalise un chiffre d'affaires de 10 000 dollars par semaine► turn rounda. [person] se retourner ; ( = change direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour ; ( = rotate) [object] tournerb. ( = improve) se redressera. tourner ; [+ person] faire tourner• he turned the ship round [captain] il a fait demi-tourb. ( = make successful) redresser ; ( = rephrase) reformuler( = arrive) arriver• don't worry about your ring, I'm sure it will turn up ne t'en fais pas pour ta bague, je suis sûr que tu finiras par la retrouvera. [+ collar] relever ; [+ sleeve] retrousserb. ( = find) [+ evidence] trouver• a survey turned up more than 3,000 people suffering from AIDS une enquête a révélé que plus de 3 000 personnes étaient atteintes du sidac. [+ radio, television] mettre plus fort* * *[tɜːn] 1.1) (in games, sequence) tour m‘miss a turn’ — ‘passez votre tour’
to have a turn on ou at ou with the computer — utiliser l'ordinateur à son tour
to take turns at doing —
to speak out of turn — fig commettre un impair
2) ( circular movement) tour mto do a turn — [dancer] faire un tour
3) ( in vehicle) virage mto make ou do a left/right turn — tourner à gauche/à droite
‘no left turn’ — ‘défense de tourner à gauche’
4) (bend, side road) tournant m, virage mtake the next right turn —
5) (change, development) tournure fto take a turn for the better — [person, situation] s'améliorer; [things, events] prendre une meilleure tournure
to take a turn for the worse — [situation] se dégrader; [health] s'aggraver
to be on the turn — [luck, milk] commencer à tourner; [tide] commencer à changer; century
6) (colloq) GB ( attack) crise fa giddy ou dizzy turn — un vertige
to have a funny turn — se sentir tout/-e chose (colloq)
it gave me quite a turn —
7) ( act) numéro m2.in turn adverbial phrase1) ( in rotation) [answer, speak] à tour de rôle2) ( linking sequence) à son tour3.transitive verb1) ( rotate) [person] tourner [wheel, handle]; serrer [screw]; [mechanism] faire tourner [cog, wheel]to turn the key in the door ou lock — ( lock up) fermer la porte à clé; ( unlock) tourner la clé dans la serrure
2) (turn over, reverse) retourner [mattress, soil, steak, collar]; tourner [page]3) ( change direction of) tourner [chair, head, face, car]to turn one's back on — lit tourner le dos à [group, place]; fig laisser tomber [friend, ally]; abandonner [homeless, needy]
4) ( focus direction of)to turn something on somebody — braquer quelque chose sur quelqu'un [gun, hose, torch]; fig diriger quelque chose sur quelqu'un [anger, scorn]
5) ( transform)to turn something white/black — blanchir/noircir quelque chose
to turn something milky/opaque — rendre quelque chose laiteux/opaque
to turn something into — transformer quelque chose en [office, car park, desert]
to turn water into ice/wine — changer de l'eau en glace/vin
to turn somebody into — [magician] changer quelqu'un en [frog]; [experience] faire de quelqu'un [extrovert, maniac]
7) (colloq) ( pass the age of)she has just turned 20/30 — elle vient d'avoir 20/30 ans
8) ( on lathe) tourner [wood, piece, spindle]4.1) ( change direction) [person, car, plane, road] tourner; [ship] virerto turn down ou into — tourner dans [street, alley]
to turn towards — tourner en direction de [village, mountains]
the conversation turned to Ellie — on en est venu/ils en sont venus à parler d'Ellie
2) ( reverse direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour; [tide] changer; [luck] tourner; turn around3) ( revolve) [key, wheel, planet] tourner; [person] se tournerto turn on — [argument] tourner autour de [point, issue]; [outcome] dépendre de [factor]
5) ( spin round angrily)to turn on somebody — [dog] attaquer quelqu'un; [person] se retourner contre quelqu'un
to turn to — se tourner vers [person, religion]
to turn to drink/drugs — se mettre à boire/se droguer
I don't know where ou which way to turn — je ne sais plus où donner de la tête (colloq)
7) ( change)to turn into — [person, tadpole] se transformer en [frog]; [sofa] se transformer en [bed]; [situation, evening] tourner à [farce, disaster]
to turn to — [substance] se changer en [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] faire place à [horror, relief]
8) ( become by transformation) devenir [pale, cloudy, green]to turn white/black/red — blanchir/noircir/rougir
the weather is turning cold/warm — le temps se rafraîchit/se réchauffe
9) (colloq) ( become) devenir [Conservative, Communist]10) ( go sour) [milk] tourner11) [trees, leaves] jaunir•Phrasal Verbs:- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up••at every turn — ( all the time) à tout moment; ( everywhere) partout
one good turn deserves another — Prov c'est un prêté pour un rendu
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turn [tɜ:n]tourner ⇒ 1A (a), 1B (a), 1B (d), 1C (d), 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (f) faire tourner ⇒ 1A (a) retourner ⇒ 1B (a) changer ⇒ 1C (a) faire devenir ⇒ 1C (a) se tourner ⇒ 2 (a) se retourner ⇒ 2 (b) devenir ⇒ 2 (d) se changer ⇒ 2 (e) tour ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (d), 3 (f), 3 (g) tournant ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c) virage ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c) tournure ⇒ 3 (d)A.(a) (cause to rotate, move round) tourner; (shaft, axle) faire tourner, faire pivoter; (direct) diriger;∎ she turned the key in the lock (to lock) elle a donné un tour de clé (à la porte), elle a fermé la porte à clé; (to unlock) elle a ouvert la porte avec la clé;∎ turn the wheel all the way round faites faire un tour complet à la roue;∎ Cars to turn the (steering) wheel tourner le volant;∎ turn the knob to the right tournez le bouton vers la droite;∎ turn the knob to "record" mettez le bouton en position "enregistrer";∎ she turned the oven to its highest setting elle a allumé ou mis le four à la température maximum;∎ she turned her chair towards the window elle a tourné sa chaise face à la fenêtre;∎ he turned the car into the drive il a engagé la voiture dans l'allée;∎ we turned our steps homeward nous avons dirigé nos pas vers la maison;∎ turn your head this way tournez la tête de ce côté∎ she turned the conversation to sport elle a orienté la conversation vers le sport;∎ their votes could turn the election in his favour leurs voix pourraient faire basculer les élections en sa faveur;∎ he would not be turned from his decision to resign il n'y a pas eu moyen de le faire revenir sur sa décision de démissionner;∎ nothing would turn the rebels from their cause rien ne pourrait détourner les rebelles de leur cause;∎ you've turned my whole family against me vous avez monté toute ma famille contre moi;∎ we turned his joke against him nous avons retourné la plaisanterie contre lui;∎ let's turn our attention to the matter in hand occupons-nous de l'affaire en question;∎ she turned her attention to the problem elle s'est concentrée sur le problème;∎ to turn one's thoughts to God tourner ses pensées vers Dieu;∎ research workers have turned the theory to practical use les chercheurs ont mis la théorie en pratique;∎ how can we turn this policy to our advantage or account? comment tirer parti de cette politique?, comment tourner cette politique à notre avantage?;∎ to turn one's back on sb tourner le dos à qn;∎ she looked at the letter the minute his back was turned dès qu'il a eu le dos tourné, elle a jeté un coup d'œil à la lettre;∎ how can you turn your back on your own family? comment peux-tu abandonner ta famille?;∎ she turned her back on her friends elle a tourné le dos à ses amis;∎ to turn one's back on the past tourner la page, tourner le dos au passé;∎ she was so pretty that she turned heads wherever she went elle était si jolie que tout le monde se retournait sur son passage;∎ success had not turned his head la réussite ne lui avait pas tourné la tête, il ne s'était pas laissé griser par la réussite;∎ all their compliments had turned her head tous leurs compliments lui étaient montés à la tête ou lui avaient tourné la tête;∎ to turn the tables on sb reprendre l'avantage sur qn;∎ figurative now the tables are turned maintenant les rôles sont renversésB.∎ the very thought of food turns my stomach l'idée même de manger me soulève le cœur;∎ to turn sth on its head bouleverser qch, mettre qch sens dessus dessous;∎ recent events have turned the situation on its head les événements récents ont retourné la situation∎ he turned the beggar from his door il a chassé le mendiant;∎ they turned the poachers off their land ils ont chassé les braconniers de leurs terres(c) (release, let loose)∎ he turned the cattle into the field il a fait rentrer le bétail dans le champ(d) (go round → corner) tourner(e) (reach → in age, time) passer, franchir;∎ I had just turned twenty je venais d'avoir vingt ans;∎ she's turned thirty elle a trente ans passés, elle a dépassé le cap de la trentaine;∎ it has only just turned four o'clock il est quatre heures passées de quelques secondes(f) (do, perform) faire;∎ the skater turned a circle on the ice la patineuse a décrit un cercle sur la glace;∎ to turn a cartwheel faire la roue∎ I've turned my ankle je me suis tordu la chevilleC.∎ to turn sth into sth transformer ou changer qch en qch;∎ bitterness turned their love into hate l'amertume a transformé leur amour en haine;∎ she turned the remark into a joke elle a tourné la remarque en plaisanterie;∎ they're turning the book into a film ils adaptent le livre pour l'écran;∎ the sight turned his heart to ice le spectacle lui a glacé le cœur ou l'a glacé;∎ Stock Exchange you should turn your shares into cash vous devriez réaliser vos actions;∎ time had turned the pages yellow le temps avait jauni les pages(b) (make bad, affect)∎ the lemon juice turned the milk (sour) le jus de citron a fait tourner le lait∎ to turn a good profit faire de gros bénéfices;∎ he turns an honest penny il gagne sa vie honnêtement;∎ familiar he was out to turn a fast buck il cherchait à gagner ou faire du fric facilement∎ a well-turned leg une jambe bien faite;∎ figurative to turn a phrase faire des phrases∎ to turn on an axis tourner autour d'un axe;∎ the crane turned (through) 180° la grue a pivoté de 180°;∎ the key won't turn la clé ne tourne pas;∎ he turned right round il a fait volte-face;∎ they turned towards me ils se sont tournés vers moi ou de mon côté;∎ they turned from the gruesome sight ils se sont détournés de cet horrible spectacle;∎ turn (round) and face the front tourne-toi et regarde devant toi∎ figurative the smell made my stomach turn l'odeur m'a soulevé le cœur(c) (change direction → person) tourner; (→ vehicle) tourner, virer; (→ luck, wind) tourner, changer; (→ river, road) faire un coude; (→ tide) changer de direction;∎ Military right turn! à droite!;∎ we turned towards town nous nous sommes dirigés vers la ville;∎ he turned (round) and went back il a fait demi-tour et est revenu sur ses pas;∎ the road turns south la route tourne vers le sud;∎ the car turned into our street la voiture a tourné dans notre rue;∎ we turned onto the main road nous nous sommes engagés dans ou nous avons pris la grand-route;∎ we turned off the main road nous avons quitté la grand-route;∎ Stock Exchange the market turned downwards/upwards le marché était à la baisse/à la hausse;∎ figurative I don't know where or which way to turn je ne sais plus quoi faire∎ it's turning cold il commence à faire froid;∎ the weather's turned bad le temps s'est gâté;∎ the argument turned nasty la dispute s'est envenimée;∎ she turned angry when he refused elle s'est mise en colère quand il a refusé;∎ to turn red/blue virer au rouge/bleu;∎ he turned red il a rougi;∎ a lawyer turned politician un avocat devenu homme politique;∎ to turn professional passer ou devenir professionnel;∎ the whole family turned Muslim toute la famille s'est convertie à l'islam(e) (transform) se changer, se transformer;∎ the pumpkin turned into a carriage la citrouille s'est transformée en carrosse;∎ the rain turned to snow la pluie s'est transformée en neige;∎ the little girl had turned into a young woman la petite fille était devenue une jeune femme;∎ their love turned to hate leur amour se changea en haine ou fit place à la haine∎ the weather has turned le temps a changé3 noun(a) (revolution, rotation) tour m;∎ he gave the handle a turn il a tourné la poignée;∎ give the screw another turn donnez un autre tour de vis;∎ with a turn of the wrist avec un tour de poignet∎ take the second turn on the right prenez la deuxième à droite;∎ no right turn (sign) défense de tourner à droite;∎ figurative at every turn à tout instant, à tout bout de champ(c) (bend, curve in road) virage m, tournant m;∎ there is a sharp turn to the left la route fait un brusque virage ou tourne brusquement à gauche(d) (change in state, nature) tour m, tournure f;∎ the conversation took a new turn la conversation a pris une nouvelle tournure;∎ it was an unexpected turn of events les événements ont pris une tournure imprévue;∎ things took a turn for the worse/better les choses se sont aggravées/améliorées;∎ the patient took a turn for the worse/better l'état du malade s'est aggravé/amélioré;∎ the situation took a tragic turn la situation a tourné au tragique∎ at the turn of the year vers la fin de l'année;∎ at the turn of the century au tournant du siècle(f) (in game, order, queue) tour m;∎ it's my turn c'est à moi, c'est mon tour;∎ it's his turn to do the dishes c'est à lui ou c'est son tour de faire la vaisselle;∎ you'll have to wait your turn il faudra attendre ton tour;∎ they laughed and cried by turns ils passaient tour à tour du rire aux larmes;∎ to take it in turns to do sth faire qch à tour de rôle;∎ let's take it in turns to drive relayons-nous au volant;∎ we took turns sleeping on the floor nous avons dormi par terre à tour de rôle;∎ turn and turn about à tour de rôle(g) (action, deed)∎ to do sb a good/bad turn rendre service/jouer un mauvais tour à qn;∎ he did them a bad turn il leur a joué un mauvais tour;∎ I've done my good turn for the day j'ai fait ma bonne action de la journée;∎ proverb one good turn deserves another = un service en vaut un autre, un service rendu en appelle un autre∎ she had one of her (funny) turns this morning elle a eu une de ses crises ce matin∎ you gave me quite a turn! tu m'as fait une sacrée peur!, tu m'as fait une de ces peurs!;∎ it gave me such a turn! j'ai eu une de ces peurs!∎ let's go for or take a turn in the garden allons faire un tour dans le jardin(k) (tendency, style)∎ to have an optimistic turn of mind être optimiste de nature ou d'un naturel optimiste;∎ he has a strange turn of mind il a une drôle de mentalité;∎ to have a good turn of speed rouler vite;∎ turn of phrase tournure f ou tour m de phrase;∎ she has a witty turn of phrase elle est très spirituelle ou pleine d'esprit(l) (purpose, requirement) exigence f, besoin m;∎ this book has served its turn ce livre a fait son temps(n) Stock Exchange (transaction) transaction f (qui comprend l'achat et la vente); British (difference in price) écart m entre le prix d'achat et le prix de vente∎ a comedy turn un numéro de comédie∎ she interviewed each of us in turn elle a eu un entretien avec chacun de nous l'un après l'autre;∎ I told Sarah and she in turn told Paul je l'ai dit à Sarah qui, à son tour, l'a dit à Paul;∎ I worked in turn as a waiter, an actor and a teacher j'ai travaillé successivement ou tour à tour comme serveur, acteur et enseignant∎ to be on the turn être sur le point de changer;∎ the tide is on the turn c'est le changement de marée; figurative le vent tourne;∎ the milk is on the turn le lait commence à tourner∎ don't play out of turn attends ton tour pour jouer;∎ figurative to speak out of turn faire des remarques déplacées, parler mal à proposAmerican turn signal lever (manette f de) clignotant mse retourner contre, s'en prendre à∎ she turned aside to blow her nose elle se détourna pour se moucheralso figurative écarter, détourner∎ she turned her head away from him elle s'est détournée de lui∎ the college turned away hundreds of applicants l'université a refusé des centaines de candidats;∎ she turned the salesman away elle chassa le représentant;∎ to turn people away (in theatre etc) refuser du monde;∎ we've been turning business away nous avons refusé du travailse détourner;∎ he turned away from them in anger en ou de colère, il leur a tourné le dos∎ it was getting dark so we decided to turn back comme il commençait à faire nuit, nous avons décidé de faire demi-tour;∎ my mind is made up, there is no turning back ma décision est prise, je ne reviendrai pas dessus∎ turn back to chapter one revenez ou retournez au premier chapitre∎ to turn the clock back remonter dans le temps, revenir en arrière(a) (heating, lighting, sound) baisser∎ to turn down the corner of a page corner une page;∎ to turn down the bed ouvrir le lit∎ they offered him a job but he turned them down ils lui ont proposé un emploi mais il a rejeté leur offre;∎ familiar she turned me down flat elle m'a envoyé balader(move downwards) tourner vers le bas;∎ the corners of his mouth turned down il a fait la moue ou une grimace désapprobatrice➲ turn in(a) (return, give in → borrowed article, equipment, piece of work) rendre, rapporter; (→ criminal) livrer à la police;∎ they turned the thief in (took him to the police) ils ont livré le voleur à la police; (informed on him) ils ont dénoncé le voleur à la police∎ turn in the edges rentrez les bords∎ the actor turned in a good performance l'acteur a très bien joué;∎ the company turned in record profits l'entreprise a fait des bénéfices record(a) (feet, toes)∎ my toes turn in j'ai les pieds en dedans∎ he turned in at the gate arrivé à la porte, il est entré∎ to turn in on oneself se replier sur soi-même➲ turn off(a) (switch off → light) éteindre; (→ heater, radio, television) éteindre, fermer; (cut off at mains) couper; (tap) fermer;∎ she turned the ignition/engine off elle a coupé le contact/arrêté le moteur∎ her superior attitude really turns me off son air suffisant me rebute(a) (leave road) tourner;∎ we turned off at junction 5 nous avons pris la sortie d'autoroute 5(b) (switch off) s'éteindre;∎ the heater turns off automatically l'appareil de chauffage s'éteint ou s'arrête automatiquement➲ turn on(a) (switch on → electricity, heating, light, radio, television) allumer; (→ engine) mettre en marche; (→ water) faire couler; (→ tap) ouvrir; (open at mains) ouvrir;∎ figurative she can turn on the charm/the tears whenever necessary elle sait faire du charme/pleurer quand il le faut(b) familiar (person → interest) intéresser□ ; (→ sexually) exciter; (→ introduce to drugs) initier à la drogue□ ;∎ to be turned on (sexually) être excité;∎ the movie didn't turn me on at all le film ne m'a vraiment pas emballé;∎ he turned us on to this new pianist il nous a fait découvrir ce nouveau pianiste(attack) attaquer;∎ the dogs turned on him les chiens l'ont attaqué ou se sont jetés sur lui;∎ his colleagues turned on him and accused him of stealing ses collègues s'en sont pris à lui et l'ont accusé de vol(take drugs) se droguer(a) (switch on) s'allumer;∎ the oven turns on automatically le four s'allume automatiquement(b) (depend, hinge on) dépendre de, reposer sur;∎ the whole case turned on or upon this detail toute l'affaire reposait sur ce détail;∎ everything turns on whether he continues as president tout dépend s'il reste président ou non➲ turn out∎ she turns her toes out when she walks elle marche en canard∎ he turned his daughter out of the house il a mis sa fille à la porte ou a chassé sa fille de la maison;∎ he was turned out of his job il a été renvoyé∎ turn the cake out onto a plate démoulez le gâteau sur une assiette∎ to turn out a room faire une pièce à fond∎ he turns out a book a year il écrit un livre par an;∎ few schools turn out the kind of people we need peu d'écoles forment le type de gens qu'il nous faut(g) (police, troops) envoyer;∎ turn out the guard! faites sortir la garde!∎ nicely or smartly turned out élégant;∎ he was turned out in a suit and a tie il portait un costume-cravate;∎ she always turns her children out beautifully elle habille toujours bien ses enfants(a) (show up) venir, arriver; Military (guard) (aller) prendre la faction; (troops) aller au rassemblement;∎ thousands turned out for the concert des milliers de gens sont venus ou ont assisté au concert;∎ the doctor had to turn out in the middle of the night le docteur a dû se déplacer au milieu de la nuit(b) (car, person) sortir, partir;∎ the car turned out of the car park la voiture est sortie du parking∎ my feet turn out j'ai les pieds en canard ou en dehors∎ his statement turned out to be false sa déclaration s'est révélée fausse;∎ her story turned out to be true ce qu'elle a raconté était vrai;∎ he turned out to be a scoundrel il s'est révélé être un vaurien, on s'est rendu compte que c'était un vaurien;∎ it turns out that… il se trouve que… + indicative∎ I don't know how it turned out je ne sais pas comment cela a fini;∎ how did the cake turn out? le gâteau était-il réussi?;∎ the story turned out happily l'histoire s'est bien terminée ou a bien fini;∎ the evening turned out badly la soirée a mal tourné;∎ everything will turn out fine tout va s'arranger ou ira bien;∎ as it turns out, he needn't have worried en l'occurrence ou en fin de compte, ce n'était pas la peine de se faire du souci(a) (playing card, mattress, person, stone) retourner; (page) tourner; (vehicle) retourner; (boat) faire chavirer;∎ I was turning over the pages of the magazine je feuilletais la revue;∎ figurative to turn over a new leaf s'acheter une conduite;∎ Agriculture to turn over the soil retourner la terre(b) (consider) réfléchir à ou sur;∎ I was turning the idea over in my mind je tournais et retournais ou ruminais l'idée dans ma tête(c) (hand over, transfer) rendre, remettre;∎ he turned the responsibility over to his deputy il s'est déchargé de la responsabilité sur son adjoint;∎ to turn sb over to the authorities livrer qn aux autorités∎ he's turning the land over to cattle farming il reconvertit sa terre dans l'élevage du bétail∎ the store turns over £1,000 a week la boutique fait un chiffre d'affaires de 1000 livres par semaine(f) (search through) fouiller(g) British familiar (rob → person) voler□, dévaliser□ ; (→ store) dévaliser□ ; (→ house) cambrioler□(a) (roll over → person) se retourner; (→ vehicle) se retourner, faire un tonneau; (→ boat) se retourner, chavirer(c) (when reading) tourner;∎ please turn over (in letter) TSVP∎ she turned round and waved goodbye elle se retourna et dit au revoir de la main;∎ the dancers turned round and round les danseurs tournaient ou tournoyaient (sur eux-mêmes)(b) (face opposite direction → person) faire volte-face, faire demi-tour; (→ vehicle) faire demi-tour;∎ figurative she turned round and accused us of stealing elle s'est retournée contre nous et nous a accusés de vol(a) (rotate → head) tourner; (→ object, person) tourner, retourner; (→ vehicle) faire faire demi-tour à;∎ could you turn the car round please? tu peux faire demi-tour, s'il te plaît?(b) (quantity of work) traiter∎ to turn a situation round renverser une situation;∎ Commerce to turn a company round sauver une entreprise de la faillite(d) (sentence, idea) retourner∎ turn to chapter one allez au premier chapitre(b) (seek help from) s'adresser à, se tourner vers;∎ to turn to sb for advice consulter qn, demander conseil à qn;∎ I don't know who to turn to je ne sais pas à qui m'adresser ou qui aller trouver;∎ he turned to his mother for sympathy il s'est tourné vers sa mère pour qu'elle le console;∎ she won't turn to me for help elle ne veut pas me demander de l'aide;∎ he turned to the bottle il s'est mis à boire∎ her thoughts turned to her sister elle se mit à penser à sa sœur;∎ the discussion turned to the war on se mit à discuter de la guerre(d) (address → subject, issue etc) aborder, traiter;∎ we shall now turn to the problem of housing nous allons maintenant aborder le problème du logement;∎ let us turn to another topic passons à un autre sujet➲ turn up(a) (heat, lighting, radio, TV) mettre plus fort;∎ to turn the sound up augmenter ou monter le volume;∎ she turned the oven up elle a mis ou réglé le four plus fort, elle a augmenté la température du four;∎ British very familiar turn it up! la ferme!∎ her research turned up some interesting new facts sa recherche a révélé de nouveaux détails intéressants(c) (point upwards) remonter, relever;∎ she has a turned-up nose elle a le nez retroussé(d) (collar) relever; (trousers) remonter; (sleeve) retrousser, remonter; (in order to shorten) raccourcir en faisant un ourlet(e) (uncover → card) retourner∎ she turned up at my office this morning elle s'est présentée à mon bureau ce matin;∎ he'll turn up again one of these days il reviendra bien un de ces jours;∎ I'll take the first job that turns up je prendrai le premier poste qui se présentera(b) (be found) être trouvé ou retrouvé;∎ her bag turned up eventually elle a fini par retrouver son sac∎ don't worry, something will turn up ne t'en fais pas, tu finiras par trouver quelque chose;∎ until something better turns up en attendant mieux -
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Margret Heater — Origin Baltimore Maryland, United States Genres Metal, rock Years active 1997–2003 Labels eyeless kitty records Fowl Record … Wikipedia
Fan heater — Unreferenced|date=May 2008A fan heater is a heater that works by using a fan to pass air over a heating element. This heats up the air, which then leaves the heater, warming up the surrounding area. They can provide very rapid heating of a room,… … Wikipedia
Flameless ration heater — A flameless ration heater, or FRH, is a water activated exothermic chemical heater included with Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs), used to heat the food. US military specifications for the heater require that it be capable of raising the temperature of … Wikipedia
Steam heater — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Instantaneous water heater — Also called a tankless or point of use water heater. The water is heated at the point of use as it is needed. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary … Energy terms
Dropping point — The dropping point of a soap thickened lubricating grease is the temperature at which it passes from a semi solid to a liquid state under specific test conditions. It is an indication of the type of thickener used, and a measure of the… … Wikipedia
