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1 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) železnica2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) železnica* * *I [réilwei]nounBritish English železniška proga, železnicaat railway speed — s hitrostjo železnice, figuratively z veliko hitrostjo, bliskovito, hitrocable-railway, electric street railway, elevated railway, narrow-gauge railway, rack-railway, suspended railway, underground railway — žična, električna cestna, nadzemeljska, ozkotirna, zobata, viseča, podzemeljska železnicaII [réilwei]adjectiveželezniškirailway board — žel. direkcijarailway car — železniški voz, vagonrailway company — žel. družbarailway crossing — žel. križiščerailway-engine — žel. lokomotivarailway gauge — širina žel. tirarailway guard — žel. čuvaj ali sprevodnikrailway guide British English žel. vozni redrailway junction — žel. križiščerailway-line — žel. progarailway sleeper — žel. pragrailway station — žel. postajarailway switch — žel. kretnicarailway ticket — žel. vozovnicarailway time-table — žel. vozni redrailway terminus — končna žel. postajarailway traffic — žel. prometIII [réilwei]intransitive verbpotovati, peljati se z železnico; graditi železniške proge -
2 switch
[swi ] 1. noun1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) stikalo2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) sprememba3) (a thin stick.) šiba2. verb(to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) prestaviti, premakniti- switchboard
- switch on/off* * *[swič]1.nounšiba, udarec s šibo; botany mladika; railway kretnica; electrical stikalo, prekinjevalec; ponarejena kita (las); technical pipa; (bridge) prehod k drugi barviswitch bargain — ovinkarska kupčija;2.transitive verbudariti, bičati s šibo (z repom); šibati z, hitro mahati z; naglo pograbiti; railway ranžirati, zapeljati (usmeriti) (vlak) na drug tir; electrical vključiti, vklopiti; spremeniti (pogovor), obrniti drugam (tok misli); intransitive verb railway (vlak) zapeljati na drug tir; spremeniti (smer)to switch back to figuratively (v mislih) vrniti se na -
3 spring switch
[spríŋswič]nounrailway kretnica na vzmet
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Switch — Switch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Switched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Switching}.] 1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. [1913 Webster] 3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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