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1 racing-car
noun (a car specially designed and built for racing.) kappakstursbíll -
2 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) keppni, kapphlaup2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) taka þátt í hlaupi2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) þreyta kapphlaup3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) þjóta•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) kynþáttur/-stofn2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) kynþáttur/-stofn3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) kynstofn/-þáttur•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race -
3 cockpit
['kokpit](a compartment in which the pilot of an aeroplane, driver of a racing-car etc sits: He climbed into the cockpit and drove off.) stjórnklefi -
4 length
[leŋƟ]1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) lengd2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) tiltekin lengd af e-u3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) hestslengd, bátslengd•- lengthen- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
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5 pit
I 1. [pit] noun1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) gryfja2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) (kola)náma3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) viðgerðasvæði2. verb((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.) etja (gegn)- pitfallII 1. [pit] noun(the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.) ávaxtasteinn2. verb(to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).) taka stein/kjarna úr ávexti -
6 racer
noun (a car, bicycle etc built for competitive racing.) kappakstursbíll/-hjól
См. также в других словарях:
racing car — ► NOUN ▪ a car built for racing … English terms dictionary
racing car — n a very fast car that is specially designed for races … Dictionary of contemporary English
racing car — racing ,car noun count a RACE CAR … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
racing car — noun a fast car that competes in races • Syn: ↑racer, ↑race car • Derivationally related forms: ↑race (for: ↑racer) • Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
racing car — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms racing car : singular racing car plural racing cars British a car that is designed and used for racing … English dictionary
racing car — lenktyninis automobilis statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Specialus vienvietis automobilis su atviru kėbulu, pritaikytas greičio lenktynėms. atitikmenys: angl. racing car vok. Rennwagen, m rus. гоночный автомобиль … Sporto terminų žodynas
racing car — a car used for racing, as a specially designed and modified car or stock car. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
racing car — /reɪsɪŋ ˈka/ (say raysing kah) noun a car designed for racing, particularly a Formula One car, being able to accelerate rapidly and travel at high speed; performance car …
racing car — noun a car built for racing … English new terms dictionary
racing car — noun (C) BrE a car that is specially designed for car races; race car AmE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
racing car — small and very quick car that is used in car races … English contemporary dictionary
