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1 roads with hard covering
Дорожное дело: дорога с твёрдым покрытиемУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > roads with hard covering
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2 дорога с твёрдым покрытием
1) General subject: hard-top road (АД)2) Construction: paved road3) Automobile industry: hard road, hard-surface road, surfaced road4) Road works: roads with hard covering5) oil&gas: hard top road6) Aluminium industry: paved walkwayУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > дорога с твёрдым покрытием
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3 escaso
adj.scarce, bare, scrimpy, poor.* * *► adjetivo1 (insuficiente) scarce, scant, very little, small3 (poco de algo) few4 (que le falta poco) hardly, scarcely, barely5 (mezquino) miserly, mean\andar escaso,-a de algo to be short of something* * *(f. - escasa)adj.scarce, scant* * *ADJ1) (=limitado)las posibilidades de encontrarlo vivo son muy escasas — the chances of finding him alive are very slim
el recital tuvo escaso público — the recital was poorly o sparsely attended
2)3) (=muy justo)hay dos toneladas escasas — there are barely o scarcely two tons
duró una hora escasa — it lasted barely o scarcely an hour
tiene 15 años escasos — he's barely o hardly 15
4) †† (=tacaño) mean, stingy* * *- sa adjetivoa) < recursos económicos> limited, scant; < posibilidades> slim, slender; < visibilidad> poor; <conocimientos/experiencia> limitedb) (en expresiones de medida, peso)pesa un kilo escaso — it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo
a escasos tres días/dos meses — (AmL) barely three days/two months away
c) [estar] ( falto)escaso de algo — de dinero/tiempo short of something
* * *= light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].Ex. Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Ex. If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.Ex. The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Ex. Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.Ex. However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.Ex. The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.----* andar escaso de = be short of.* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).* escasa comunicación = poor communication.* escasa probabilidad = slim chance.* escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strapped.* escaso de ideas = short of ideas.* escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.* evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.* hacerse escaso = become + scarce.* ser escaso = be few and far between.* ser muy escaso = be at a premium.* ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.* * *- sa adjetivoa) < recursos económicos> limited, scant; < posibilidades> slim, slender; < visibilidad> poor; <conocimientos/experiencia> limitedb) (en expresiones de medida, peso)pesa un kilo escaso — it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo
a escasos tres días/dos meses — (AmL) barely three days/two months away
c) [estar] ( falto)escaso de algo — de dinero/tiempo short of something
* * *= light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].Ex: Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.
Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Ex: If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Ex: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.Ex: The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.* andar escaso de = be short of.* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.* con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).* escasa comunicación = poor communication.* escasa probabilidad = slim chance.* escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strapped.* escaso de ideas = short of ideas.* escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.* evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.* hacerse escaso = become + scarce.* ser escaso = be few and far between.* ser muy escaso = be at a premium.* ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.* * *escaso -sa1(poco, limitado): un país de escasos recursos económicos a country with limited o scant o slender economic resourcesante un público escaso in front of a small audienceescasas posibilidades de éxito slim o slender chances of success, little chance of successla visibilidad en la zona del aeropuerto es escasa there is poor o limited visibility around the airportla comida resultó escasa there wasn't enough foodobras de escasa calidad works of mediocre qualityuna persona de escasa inteligencia a person of limited intelligencemis conocimientos sobre este tema son escasos my knowledge of this subject is limited2(en expresiones de medida, peso): falta un mes escaso para que llegue there's barely o scarcely a month to go before it arrivesestá a una distancia de cinco kilómetros escasos it's barely o scarcely five kilometers awaypesa un kilo escaso it weighs barely o scarcely a kiloa escasos tres días/dos meses ( AmL); barely three days/two months awayse despertó luego de escasas tres horas de sueño ( AmL); she awoke having slept for barely three hours3 (falto) escaso DE algo short OF sthde momento ando escaso de dinero I'm a little o a bit short of money at the moment, money's a bit scarce o tight at the momentandamos escasos de personal we're short-staffed* * *
escaso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ posibilidades› slim, slender;
‹ visibilidad› poor;
‹conocimientos/experiencia› limited
escaso,-a adj (alimentos, recursos) scarce, scant
(dinero, tiempo) short
(luz) poor
♦ Locuciones: andar escaso de, to be short of
' escaso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- contada
- contado
- corta
- corto
- delgada
- delgado
- escasa
- mezquina
- mezquino
- mínima
- mínimo
- pelada
- pelado
- apurado
- dinero
- pobre
English:
low
- marginal seat
- pressed
- run
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- short
- slender
- slim
- small
- sparse
- meager
- narrow
- poor
- skimpy
- slight
- under
* * *escaso, -a adj1. [insuficiente] [conocimientos, recursos, medios] limited, scant;[víveres, trabajo] scarce; [cantidad, número, temperaturas] low; [visibilidad, luz] poor, low;escaso público se dio cita para ver el partido a poor crowd turned out to see the match;sus posibilidades son más bien escasas her chances are rather slim;vino tanta gente que la comida se quedó escasa so many people came that there wasn't enough food;joyas de escaso valor jewellery of scant o little value;la obra tuvo escaso éxito the play had little success;debido al escaso tiempo con el que contaban due to the little time they had, since time was shortando escaso de dinero I don't have much money;el hotel está escaso de personal the hotel is short-staffed;la comida está un poco escasa de sal the food is in need of a bit more saltdura dos horas escasas it lasts barely two hours;a un mes escaso de las elecciones with barely a month to go to the elections;pesó dos kilos escasos al nacer she weighed barely two kilos at birth* * *adj1 recursos limited;escasas posibilidades de not much chance of, little chance of2:andar escaso de algo falto be short of sth3 ( justo):falta un mes escaso it’s barely a month away;un kilo escaso a scant kilo, barely a kilo* * *escaso, -sa adj1) : scarce, scant2)escaso de : short of* * *escaso adj1. (con incontables) little2. (con contables en singular) small / low3. (con contables en plural) few4. (apenas) just under / barelyandar/estar escaso de tiempo/dinero to be short of time/money -
4 cover
1. [ʹkʌvə] n1. (по)крышка; обёртка; покрывало; чехол; футляр, колпакglass cover - стеклянный колпак /футляр/
under plain cover - в конверте /в бандероли/ без фирменного штампа, в простом конверте
under separate cover - канц. в отдельном конверте /пакете и т. п./
this is a receipt, the goods will be sent under separate cover - посылаем вам расписку, а товар будет выслан отдельно
3. переплёт; обложкаsoft [hard] cover - мягкая [твёрдая] обложка
cover from fire - воен. укрытие от огня
cover from view - воен. укрытие от наблюдения
to take cover - найти убежище, спрятаться
to break cover - внезапно появиться; выйти из укрытия
the spy's cover was to act as a bartender - шпион скрывался под видом бармена
2) спорт. прикрытие, защита5. 1) покровland /vegetation/ cover - растительный покров
sky /cloud/ cover - облачность, облачный покров
2) (of) поэт. покрывало, покровunder cover of darkness [of night] - под покровом темноты [ночи]
3) лесной покров, полог леса4) бот. покров семяпочки или семени6. охот. нора, логовище7. личина, маскаunder cover of friendship - под личиной /под видом/ дружбы
8. 1) (обеденный) прибор, куверт2) = cover charge9. 1) ком. гарантийный фонд2) страхование10. геол. покрывающие породы11. авт. покрышка12. театр. замена; заменяющий актёр или -ая актриса; исполнитель из второго состава2. [ʹkʌvə] v♢
under cover - а) тайный; секретный; he kept his activities under cover - он держал свою деятельность в тайне; б) тайно; секретно1. 1) покрывать, закрывать, накрывать (тж. cover up)2) редк. покрывать (голову, плечи); укрыватьpray be covered - арх. прошу надеть шляпу
2. 1) прикрывать, ограждать, защищатьthe warships covered the landing of the army - военные корабли прикрывали высадку армии
the father covered the boy from the fire with his own body - отец своим телом укрыл мальчика от огня
2) спорт. держать, закрывать ( игрока)3. (тж. cover up)1) прятать, скрыватьthe enemy were covered from our sight by woods - лес скрывал от нас неприятеля
to cover one's shame [confusion, annoyance, anxiety, mistake] - скрыть стыд [смущение, досаду, беспокойство, ошибку]
2) (for) покрывать (кого-л.); находить оправдания (кому-л.)his family kept covering for him - семья постоянно покрывала /выгораживала/ его
to cover up for a friend - покрывать друга; выручать друга (ложью, лжесвидетельством и т. п.)
to cover oneself with glory [with shame] - покрыть себя славой [позором]
5. (with)1) покрывать, обдаватьa passing motor covered me with mud - проезжавшая мимо машина обдала меня грязью
2) обивать; оклеивать6. покрывать; распространяться; расстилатьсяsnow covered the ground - земля была покрыта снегом, на земле лежал снег
enemy troops covered the whole country - вражеские войска наводнили всю страну
the floods covered a large area - наводнение распространилось на /охватило/ большую территорию
7. покрывать, охватывать; относитьсяhis researches cover a wide field - его исследования охватывают широкую область
documents covering the sale - документы, касающиеся продажи
8. 1) (for) разг. заменять, подменять ( отсутствующего работника)please cover for me at the counter for a few minutes - пожалуйста, подмени меня у прилавка на несколько минут
2) театр. заменять ( другого исполнителя)9. держать под наблюдениемthe police got all the roads [ports] covered - полиция перекрыла все дороги [установила наблюдение за всеми портами]
10. 1) пройти, проехать ( расстояние)he covered the distance in an hour - он прошёл /проехал/ расстояние за час
by evening we had covered sixty miles - к вечеру мы проехали /проплыли/ шестьдесят миль
2) спорт. пробежать дистанциюto cover the distance in great style - показать на дистанции высокую технику бега
11. освещать в печатиto cover the theatres [events in Lebanon] - освещать театральную жизнь [события в Ливане]
12. предусматривать (об инструкциях, пунктах, статьях договора и т. п.)13. 1) ком. обеспечить покрытие ( денежное); покрыватьto cover one's expenses [losses] - покрыть расходы [убытки]
2) страховатьmy policy covers me against loss from fire - моё имущество застраховано от пожара /огня/
you should get yourself covered as soon as possible - тебе надо поскорее застраховаться
14. карт. покрывать, крыть15. принять пари; поставить ( при заключении пари)16. с.-х. случать, крыть ( матку)17. сидеть ( на яйцах)18. 1) воен. держать под обстрелом2) держать под прицеломdon't move, I have you covered - не шевелись, буду стрелять
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