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3 крышка кожуха
1) Engineering: cowl cover, enclosure cover, shroud cover2) Chemical weapons: shell cover -
4 крышка корпуса
1) Engineering: closure head (ядерного реактора), closure head assembly (ядерного реактора), housing end plate, reactor dome (ядерного реактора), reactor vessel head (ядерного реактора)2) Mechanic engineering: shell cover3) Sakhalin energy glossary: housing door4) General subject: case cover, housing cover -
5 Mantel
Mantel m 1. BÖRSE share certificate, (AE) stock certificate (Wertpapiere bestehen einerseits aus dem Mantel, der Wertpapierurkunde i.e.S., die für Aktien das Anteilsrecht und für Anleihen das Forderungsrecht verbriefen, und andererseits aus dem Bogen oder den Coupons, die den Dividendenanspruch bzw. den Zinsanspruch ausweisen; Mantel und Bogen sind, außer bei stripbaren Anleihen = strippable bonds, nur gemeinsam verkäuflich); 2. RECHT corporate shell (Synonym: Firmenmantel; ein leerer Gesellschaftsmantel ist als Aktienmantel oder GmbH-Mantel ohne den ursprünglichen Geschäftsbetrieb verkäuflich; vgl. Mantelkauf)* * *Mantel
(Firma) mantle, shell, cover, (Wertpapier) stock certificate ;
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6 кожух
bonnet, box, cage, case, casing, clothing, cover, covering, encasing, enclosure, envelope, drop-down hood, hood, housing, jacket, mantle, pocket, sheath, shell, cover unitРусско-английский исловарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства > кожух
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7 обвивка
cover, wrapper, envelope(люспа) husk, shell(на книга) dust-jacketанат. membrane, coat, tunic* * *обвѝвка,ж., -и cover, wrapper, envelope; бот., зоол. galea; ( люспа) husk, shell; (на книга) dust-jacket; анат. membrane, coat, tunic; външна \обвивкаа outer casing; ципеста \обвивкаа анат. veil; техн. jacket; casing.* * *wrapping; casing; envelope){`envxloup}; envelopment; hull{hXl}; husk; investment (биол.) jacket (на книга); tegument; tunic (биол.); veil (ципеста, анат.); wrappage; wrapper; wrapper (на подвързана книга) ; wraps* * *1. (люспа) husk, shell 2. (на книга) dust-jacket 3. cover, wrapper, envelope 4. анат. membrane, coat, tunic 5. външна ОБВИВКА outer casing 6. ципеста ОБВИВКА анат. veil;mex. jacket;casing -
8 оболочка
shell имя существительное:integument (оболочка, наружный покров)involucre (оболочка, обвертка соцветия) -
9 кожух
cover имя существительное: -
10 selongsong
cover; a muzzle (dog); shell of bullet -
11 selongsong
cover. 2 a muzzle k.r(dog). 3 shell of bullet. -
12 кожух
2) Computers: envelope3) Naval: frame work (гирокомпаса)4) Military: cowl cover, cowling cover, jacket (пулемёта)5) Engineering: banjo, boot, box, cabinet, cage, case, casing, cope, cover plate (агрегата, узла), encasement, enclosure, enclosure group, hood, house, immantle, jacket, sheath, shrouding6) Construction: casing (вокруг колонны или трубы), closed hood, complete enclosure, envelop, outer cover, outer sheath, outer shell, total enclosure7) Railway term: body, casing shell (вентилятора), encasing (котла), lagging sheet, shell (тонки)8) Automobile industry: cowl, inclosure, protecting cover, shield9) Mining: skirt10) Metallurgy: upper shell (ДСП)11) Polygraphy: safety cover13) Information technology: cubicle15) Silicates: outer stack (печи)17) Oil&Gas technology guard19) Arms production: flash cover20) General subject: cab (натяжной пружины), case (маховика), housing (маховика)21) Makarov: blister (обтекатель), casing (дымовой трубы), coat, cover unit, cup, dome, helmet, housing (корпус), jacket (печи), pod, protection fence, protector, scroll (центробежного вентилятора), shell (котла), shell (напр. конвертера), shell (напр., конвертера), shroud (защитный), spat, spiral (центробежного вентилятора)22) Security: (термо) housing23) Building materials: sheating24) Combustion gas turbines: muff (в камере сгорания поверх жаровой трубы, образующий с последней кольцевое пространство для прохода охлаждающего воздуха) -
13 оболочка
1) General subject: carcase, (пустая) carcass, casket, coat, cod, cover, covering, envelope, film, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, shell, skin, tegument, tissue, tunic2) Geology: conch, hood, operculum (на спорангиях споровых растений)3) Biology: capsule, coating, membrana, membrane (в термодинамике), opercle, tegument (наружный покрову плоских червей), tunica4) Aviation: enclosing capsule6) Botanical term: cover (лат. tegmen), cover (лат. tunica), envelope (лат. tegmen), envelope (лат. tunica), membrane (лат. membrana), pellicle (лат. membrana)7) Poetical language: vehicle8) Military: casing, container, (нарукавная) patch (пули), sleeve9) Engineering: can (тепловыделяющего элемента), case, case casing, clad (тепловыделяющего элемента), clad layer (напр. оптического волокна), cladding, cladding layer (напр. оптического волокна), encapsulation (полупроводникового прибора), enclosure (ограждение), housing (кожух), jacket (кожух), outer cover, proofing, sheathing, shell structure, wall, wrap10) Agriculture: envelope (органеллы), inclosure11) Construction: building envelop (здания, сооружения), building envelope (здания, сооружения), cladding (тепловыделяющего элемента), envelopment, serving, (трубчатая) sheath, shell (в теории упругости), shell conduit, fringe, thin-slab, wrapper12) Anatomy: involucre, involucrum, sheath13) Mathematics: hull14) Railway term: clothing15) Linguistics: (в структуре метафоры) vehicle16) Automobile industry: mantle18) Mining: core-shell, (предохранительная) enclosure, mantle (земли), wall (в термодинамике), wrapper (взрывчатого вещества)20) Telecommunications: fiber cladding (оптокабеля)22) Information technology: cladding (внешний слой, покрывающий стекловолокно кабел), command processor, coverage, framework, span23) Oil: shealth24) Astronautics: bag, body, cloth, confinement, containment, encasement25) Silicates: cladding (оптического стекловолокна)26) Coolers: blanket27) Ecology: crust29) Crystallography: overgrowth30) Drilling: bark31) Polymers: pellicle33) Makarov: atmosphere (небесного тела и т.п.), blanket (в реакторе), cachet, cage (морского сейсмического источника), capsula, casing (у колбасных изделий), cladding (волоконного световода), cladding (световедущей жилы; в волоконной оптике), coating (световедущей жилы; в волоконной оптике), cytolemma, cytomembrane, cytoplastic membrane, dress, encapsulant, envelope (мягкая; дирижабля), hull (полужёсткая, жёсткая; дирижабля), jacket (кабеля), lagging, pack, package, panel, plasmalemma, pod, rind, scale, sheath (в реакторе), sheath (наружное покрытие), shell (любая непрерывная концентрическая зона), shell (напр. электронная в атоме), shell (электронная)34) Gold mining: envelope (наружная часть складки или её покров: мигматизированная и/или метаморфизированная часть)35) oil&gas: hull36) Building materials: sheating37) Electrical engineering: core flux test infrared camera38) Pharmacy: overpouch (о внешней упаковке лекарственных средств) -
14 Hülle
f; -, -n1. cover; für Ausweis, Buch etc.: auch jacket; für Schallplatte: auch (record) sleeve (bes. Am. jacket); für Schirm etc.: sheath; (Futteral, Gehäuse) case; (Schleier) veil; (Überzug) coat; seine / die letzten Hüllen fallen lassen umg. strip off / strip off the remaining layer3. BOT. (Hochblätter) involucre5. fig.: ... in Hülle und Fülle... galore, plenty of...; sterbliche oder irdische Hülle lit. mortal remains; die Hülle des Schweigens über etw. breiten lit. draw a veil of silence over s.th.* * *die Hüllepall; envelope; wrapper; integument; jacket; velum; sheath; capsule* * *Hụ̈l|le ['hʏlə]f -, -n1) cover; (für Ausweiskarten etc) holder, case; (= Cellophanhülle) wrapping; (liter, hum = Kleidung) clothes pl, piece of clothing; (liter eines Menschen) exterior; (= abgestreifte Schlangenhaut) skindie Hüllen fallen lassen — to peel or strip off
der Körper als Hülle der Seele — the body as the temple of the soul
4) (PHYS = Atomhülle) shell5)in Hülle und Fülle — in abundance
Äpfel/Whisky/Frauen/Sorgen etc in Hülle und Fülle — apples/whisky/women/worries etc galore
es gab alles in Hülle und Fülle — there was plenty or an abundance of everything
* * *die1) (something which covers like a blanket: a blanket of mist.) blanket2) (something that covers: a shroud of mist.) shroud3) (a long close-fitting covering: The rocket is encased in a metal sheath.) sheath* * *Hül·le<-, -n>[ˈhʏlə]* * *die; Hülle, Hüllen1) cover; (für Ausweis, Zeitkarte) cover; holder; (SchallplattenHülle) cover; sleevedie sterbliche Hülle — (geh. verhüll.) the mortal remains pl.
2) (ugs. scherzh.): (Kleidung)3)in Hülle und Fülle — in abundance; in plenty
* * *1. cover; für Ausweis, Buch etc: auch jacket; für Schallplatte: auch (record) sleeve (besonders US jacket); für Schirm etc: sheath; (Futteral, Gehäuse) case; (Schleier) veil; (Überzug) coat;seine/die letzten Hüllen fallen lassen umg strip off/strip off the remaining layer5. fig:… in Hülle und Fülle … galore, plenty of …;irdische Hülle liter mortal remains;die Hülle des Schweigens über etwas breiten liter draw a veil of silence over sth* * *die; Hülle, Hüllen1) cover; (für Ausweis, Zeitkarte) cover; holder; (SchallplattenHülle) cover; sleevedie sterbliche Hülle — (geh. verhüll.) the mortal remains pl.
2) (ugs. scherzh.): (Kleidung)seine od. die Hülle fallen lassen — strip off [one's clothes]
3)in Hülle und Fülle — in abundance; in plenty
* * *coat n.cover n.envelope n.jacket n.wrapper n. -
15 кожух
1. fur-coat2. (кожа на животно) fur, pelt, coat3. тех. jacket, mantle, hood, cowl, cowling, cover, sheathing; casing, case; housing; shellкожух на двигател an engine cowling/casingкожух на висока пещ a blast furnace jacketкожух на пещ a furnace shell* * *кожу̀х,м., -си, (два) кожу̀ха 1. fur-coat;3. техн. jacket, mantle, hood, cowl, cowling, cover, sheathing; casing, encasing, case; housing; shell; защитен/предпазен \кожухх техн. hood, shield; \кожухх на висока пещ метал. blast furnace jacket; \кожухх на двигател авт. engine cowling/casing; \кожухх на пещ метал. furnace shell; котелен \кожухх техн. boiler casing.* * *fur coat; jacket (на животно): a furnace кожух - кожух на пещ* * *1. (кожа на животно) fur, pelt, coat 2. fur-coat 3. КОЖУХ на висока пещ a blast furnace jacket 4. КОЖУХ на двигател an engine cowling/casing 5. КОЖУХ на пещ a furnace shell 6. котелен КОЖУХ a boiler casing. защитен/предпазен КОЖУХ hood, shield 7. тех. jacket, mantle, hood, cowl, cowling, cover, sheathing;casing, case;housing;shell -
16 caparazón
m.shell, caparison, carapace.* * *1 shell, carapace2 figurado cover, protection* * *SM1) (=concha) shell2) [para caballo] [con comida] nosebag; (=manta) caparison* * *masculino o femenino shell* * *= shell, casing.Ex. It describes the annual hobby exchanges week for 6th grade pupils at King's Cristian School library, when pupils swap collectable items eg baseball cards, stamps, coins and shells.Ex. They can also provide casings in steel or aluminium, powder coated to a colour of your choice.----* caparazón del edificio = building shell.* * *masculino o femenino shell* * *= shell, casing.Ex: It describes the annual hobby exchanges week for 6th grade pupils at King's Cristian School library, when pupils swap collectable items eg baseball cards, stamps, coins and shells.
Ex: They can also provide casings in steel or aluminium, powder coated to a colour of your choice.* caparazón del edificio = building shell.* * *orshelltienes que salir de tu caparazón you have to come out of your shell* * *
caparazón m or f
shell
caparazón sustantivo masculino shell
' caparazón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
coraza
English:
shell
* * *caparazón nm2. [psicológico] shell* * *m ZO shell* * ** * *caparazón n shell -
17 guscio
m (pl -sci) shell* * *guscio s.m.1 shell; (di molluschi) test: guscio di lumaca, chiocciola, snail shell; guscio di tartaruga, turtle (o tortoise) shell; guscio d'uovo, eggshell; uscire dal guscio, to shell // restarsene, chiudersi nel proprio guscio, to go into (o to retire into) one's shell (anche fig.); uscire dal proprio guscio, to come out of one's shell (anche fig.)2 (di legumi, cereali ecc.) husk, hull, pod, shuck: guscio di noce, nutshell; togliere il guscio, to unhusk3 (involucro) covering, cover4 (minuscola imbarcazione) nutshell5 (arch.) cove6 (aer.) (struttura a guscio) monocoque; (fonderia) shell: semi- guscio, semi-monocoque; struttura metallica a guscio a rivestimento lavorante, stressed skin metal monocoque construction (o structure); formatura a guscio, shell moulding7 (fis.) (anello elettronico) shell: guscio elettronico, electronic shell.* * *1) (di uovo, lumaca, crostacei) shell; (di mollusco) shell, test2) (di noce, nocciola) shell; (di cereali) husk; (di legumi) pod•guscio di noce — nutshell; fig. (barchetta) cockleshell
••chiudersi nel proprio guscio — to withdraw o go back into one's shell
* * *gusciopl. - sci /'gu∫∫o, ∫i/sostantivo m.1 (di uovo, lumaca, crostacei) shell; (di mollusco) shell, testchiudersi nel proprio guscio to withdraw o go back into one's shell; uscire dal proprio guscio to come out of one's shell\ -
18 прибирам
(реколта и пр.) harvest, gather (in), bring in, put under cover(добитък) drive in(при себе си) take in(подслонявам) put up(багаж) pack(нещо от земята, куче и пр. от улицата) pick up(скътвам) put/tuck away(рога-за охлюв) draw in(деца от училище и пр.) collectприбирам класове gleanприбирам котвата stow the anchorприбирам веслата boat oarsприбирам платната furl the sails, take in the sails, strike sailприбирам ножа в ножницата (и прен.) sheathe o.'s swordприбирам си ръката withdraw o.'s handприбирам си краката get o.'s feet/legs out of the way(под себе си) tuck o.'s feet under oneприбирам в къщата си take into o.'s home/under o.'s roofприбирамв джоб pocket2. (поставям в ред) arrange, put in order; tidy (up).clean upприбирам масата clear the tableприбирам стаята tidy/do the room, put the room in orderприбирам легло make a bedприбирам косата си tidy/adjust o.'s hair3. (арестувам) разг. clap upприбирам се4. come/go home; come back, returnредовно се прибирам рано/късно keep early/late hoursприбирам се в черупката си retire into o.'s shellприбирам се отново при родителите си be reunited with o.'s parentsреката се е прибрала (спаднала е) the river is down/has subsided5. (ставам прибран, примерен) settle down* * *прибѝрам,гл.1. ( събирам) gather, collect; take in; store; stow (away); ( реколта и пр.) harvest, gather (in), bring in, put under cover; ( добитък) drive in; ( при себе си) take in; ( подслонявам) put up; ( багаж) pack; ( нещо от земята, куче и пр. от улицата) pick up; ( скътвам) put/tuck away; ( рога за охлюв) draw in; ( деца от училище и пр.) collect; ( печалба) net; \прибирам в джоб pocket; \прибирам весла boat oars; \прибирам класове glean; \прибирам коса put/do up o.’s hair; \прибирам котва stow the anchor; \прибирам крака get o.’s feet/legs out of the way; \прибирам ножа в ножницата (и прен.) sheathe o.’s sword; \прибирам платна furl the sails, take in the sails, strike sail; \прибирам ръка withdraw o.’s hand;3. ( арестувам) разг. clap up;\прибирам се come/go home; come back, return; не се \прибирам до късно stay out (late); \прибирам се в черупката си retire into o.’s shell; \прибирам се отново при родителите си be reunited with o.’s parents; редовно се \прибирам рано/късно keep early/late hours.* * *gather (събирам): прибирам the harvest - прибирам реколтата; take in; store (складирам); get in; stow{slou}; put up (подслонявам); put in order: Put your clothes in order. - Прибери си дрехите.; come home (се); come back (се): When did you прибирам last night? - Кога се прибра снощи?* * *1. (арестувам) разг. clap up 2. (багаж) pack 3. (деца от училище и пр.) collect 4. (добитък) drive in 5. (нещо от земята, куче и пр. от улицата) pick up 6. (под себе си) tuck o.'s feet under one 7. (подслонявам) put up 8. (поставям в ред) arrange, put in order;tidy (up).clean up 9. (при себе си) take in 10. (реколта и пр.) harvest, gather (in), bring in, put under cover 11. (рога- за охлюв) draw in 12. (скътвам) put/tuck away 13. (ставам прибран, примерен) settle down. 14. (събирам) gather, collect;take in;store;stow (away) 15. II ПРИБИРАМ се 16. come/go home;come back, return 17. ПРИБИРАМ в къщата си take into o.'s home/under o.'s roof 18. ПРИБИРАМ веслата boat oars 19. ПРИБИРАМ класове glean 20. ПРИБИРАМ косата си tidy/adjust o.'s hair 21. ПРИБИРАМ котвата stow the anchor 22. ПРИБИРАМ легло make a bed 23. ПРИБИРАМ масата clear the table 24. ПРИБИРАМ ножа в ножницата (и прен.) sheathe o.'s sword 25. ПРИБИРАМ платната furl the sails, take in the sails, strike sail 26. ПРИБИРАМ се в черупката си retire into o.'s shell 27. ПРИБИРАМ се отново при родителите си be reunited with o.'s parents 28. ПРИБИРАМ си краката get o.'s feet/legs out of the way 29. ПРИБИРАМ си ръката withdraw o.'s hand 30. ПРИБИРАМ стаята tidy/do the room, put the room in order 31. ПРИБИРАМв джоб pocket 32. не се ПРИБИРАМ до късно stay out (late) 33. редовно се ПРИБИРАМ рано/ късно keep early/late hours 34. реката се е прибрала (спаднала е) the river is down/has subsided -
19 оболочка
( тепловыделяющего элемента) can, case, casing, cladding, cover, covering, skin, ( полупроводникового прибора) encapsulation, enclosure, envelope метал., film, housing, jacket, (напр. оптического волокна) clad(ding) layer, mantle, proofing, sheath, sheathing, shell, shell structure, wall* * *оболо́чка ж.1. ( в теории упругости) стр. shellзаключа́ть в оболо́чку напр. паропрово́д — encase, e. g., a steam pipe in a jacket3. ( в термодинамике) wall, membraneадиабати́ческая оболо́чка — adiabatic membraneоболо́чка а́тома — atom shellбольшепролё́тная оболо́чка — large-span shellва́нтовая оболо́чка — guy [catenary, suspension] shellоболо́чка враще́ния — shell of revolutionоболо́чка дирижа́бля — ( полужёсткой и жёсткой систем) hull of an airship; ( мягкой системы) envelope of an airshipобеспе́чивать неизме́нность вне́шней фо́рмы оболо́чки дирижа́бля — maintain the shape of the envelope [hull]оболо́чка ка́беля — cable sheathоболо́чка ка́беля, шла́нговая — cable sheathingколба́сная оболо́чка — sausage casingколба́сная, иску́сственная оболо́чка — artificial sausage casingколба́сная, кише́чная оболо́чка — natural sausage casingнеподкреплё́нная оболо́чка ав., косм. — unstiffened shellпла́зменная оболо́чка — plasma sheathподкреплё́нная оболо́чка ав., косм. — stiffened shellрезиноко́рдная оболо́чка — rubber-cord casingоболо́чка световеду́щей жи́лы ( в волоконной оптике) — cladding, coatingоболо́чка покрыва́ет световеду́щую жи́лу — the cladding sheaths the fibre coreэлектро́нная оболо́чка — electron shellзаполня́ть электро́нную оболо́чку — fill [close, complete] an electron shellэлектро́нная, вне́шняя оболо́чка — outermost electron shellэлектро́нная, вну́тренняя оболо́чка — inner electron shell* * * -
20 enveloppe
c black enveloppe [ɑ̃v(ə)lɔp]feminine nouna. ( = pli postal) envelope• sous enveloppe [envoyer] under coverc black b. ( = somme d'argent) sum of money ; ( = crédits) budget━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Le mot anglais s'écrit avec un seul p.* * *ɑ̃vlɔp1) ( de lettre) envelope2) ( emballage) wrapping; ( gaine) sheath; ( tégument) husk; ( cosse) pod; ( d'organe) membrane; ( peau) skin; (coquille, carapace) shellenveloppe charnelle or mortelle — mortal coil
3) ( budget) budget4) ( gratification) bonus; ( indemnité de départ) golden handshake; ( pot-de-vin) bribe* * *ɑ̃v(ə)lɔp nf1) [lettre] envelope2) (enveloppe budgétaire) budget3) TECHNIQUE casing4) (= partie extérieure) outer layer* * *enveloppe nf1 ( de lettre) envelope; sous enveloppe in an envelope; enveloppe timbrée pour la réponse stamped self-addressed envelope;2 ( emballage) wrapping; ( gaine) sheath; ( revêtement) ( souple) cover; ( rigide) casing; Bot ( tégument) husk; ( cosse) pod; Anat ( d'organe) membrane; ( peau) skin; Zool (coquille, carapace) shell; enveloppe charnelle or mortelle mortal coil;3 ( extérieur) exterior; sous une enveloppe rude/de cynisme beneath a rough/cynical exterior;4 ( budget) budget; l'enveloppe de la défense the defenceGB budget;5 ( commission) commission; ( gratification) bonus; ( indemnité de départ) golden handshake; ( pot-de-vin) bribe;6 Math envelope.enveloppe autocollante self-seal envelope; enveloppe par avion Postes airmail envelope; enveloppe budgétaire Écon budget; enveloppe électronique Phys electron cloud; enveloppe à fenêtre window envelope; enveloppe financière globale Écon overall budget; enveloppe gommée gummed envelope; enveloppe matelassée padded envelope; enveloppe de pneu Aut tyre GB ou tire US casing; enveloppe premier jour Postes first day cover; enveloppe de réexpédition Postes envelope provided by the Post Office for forwarding mail.[ɑ̃vlɔp] nom féminin1. [pour lettre] envelopeenveloppe matelassée ou rembourrée padded envelope, Jiffy bag®2. BOTANIQUE [membrane] covering membrane[cosse] husk3. [revêtement - d'un pneu] cover, casing ; [ - d'un tuyau] lagging (substantif non comptable), jacket[don illégal] bribe[crédits] budgetil a touché une enveloppe [pot-de-vin] he got a backhandersous enveloppe locution adverbialemettre/envoyer sous enveloppe to put/to send in an envelopeenvoyer un magazine sous enveloppe [pour le dissimuler] to send a magazine under plain cover
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