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121 shriveled
shriv·elled, AM shriv·eled[ˈʃrɪvəld]* * *(US) ['ʃrɪvld]adj(= withered) vegetation verwelkt, verdorrt; person verwelkt; body part verrunzelt, runz(e)lig; fruit verschrumpelta shrivelled old lady — eine kleine, vertrocknete alte Dame
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123 withering
1) ( destructive)\withering fire verzehrendes Feuer ( geh)to be under \withering fire from sb ( fig) von jdm vernichtend kritisiert werden;\withering heat sengende Hitze2) ( contemptuous) vernichtend;to treat sth with \withering contempt etw mit tiefster Verachtung strafen;to give sb a \withering look jdn vernichtend anblicken n -
124 brown leaves
brown/yellow (drooping, shrivelled, faded) leaves пожелтевшие (поникшие, сморщенные, увядшие) листья -
125 leaf
[liːf]n(pl leaves [liːvz])1) лист, листочек, листик (дерева, какого-либо растения)The ground was covered with dead leaves. — Земля была покрыта опавшими листьями.
Many of the leaves were blown off. — Много листьев сдуло ветром.
Not a leaf stirred. — Ни один лист не шелохнулся.
- dried up leafTremble like an aspen leaf. — ◊ Дрожать, как осиновый лист.
- worm nibbled leaves
- brown leaves
- cabbage leaf
- large leaves
- small leaves
- fleshy leaves
- oak leaf
- tobacco leaves
- tea leaves
- drooping leaves
- faded leaves
- maple leaves
- leaf litters
- leaf veins
- leaf vegetables
- leaves shining in every hue and shade
- tender leaves of early plants
- leaf from a tree
- rustle of leaves
- in the shape of the leaf
- linden leaf
- heap of leaves
- leaved trees
- fall of leaf
- break off a leaf
- burn up dead leaves
- cast off leaves
- come into leaf
- crush the leaves
- drive dead leaves
- gather leaves
- press leaves
- rake leaves into a pile
- rinse the tea leaves out of the tea pot
- roll the meat in cabbage leaves
- strip a branch of the leaves
- sweep up all the dry leaves
- tremble like an aspen leaf
- weave leaves into garlands
- trees shoot new leaves
- trees come into leaf
- leaves fall
- leaves fade
- leaves tremble
- leaves die down
- leaves are beginning to colour
- leaves are touched with the frost
- leaves are shrivelled of heat
- as the leaves began to fall
- trees were in full leaf
- leaves turn red2) лист бумаги, страница, листок бумаги, лист, пластинаCould you put the leaf up and set the table for breakfast? — Не могла бы ты раздвинуть стол и накрыть завтрак
- loose leaf- thin metal leaf
- folded leaf
- leaf gold
- leaf from a book
- leaf of the door
- leaf of a table
- book with uncut leaves
- book with turned down leaves
- beat metal into a thin leaf
- roll the dough into a thin leaf
- detach a leaf from a book
- fold down a leaf
- tear a few leaves from a book
- tear a leaf off the calendar
- turn over a new leaf
- turn over the leaves of a book
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prep.1 arrugar, doblar, encoger (wrinkle).2 estrechar; disminuir el alcance, vigor o actividad de algo (narrow).vt.1 marchitar (Estados Unidos)2 perder vitalidad.3 arrugarse, arrugarse por la sequedad, achicharronarse.4 consumirse.vi.marchitarse.(pt & pp shriveled o shrivelled (Brit.)) -
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adj infmlI wish you wouldn't talk about me as if I'm a shrivelled old woman without a clue in her head — Я не хочу, чтобы ты говорила обо мне как о дряхлой старухе, которая выжила из ума
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128 cock on his own dunghill
"петух на своей навозной куче"; ≈ царь и бог у себя дома [часть пословицы a cock is valiant on his own dunghill; см. a cock is valiant on his own dunghill]Some men want to be considered gods in their own homes; you'll generally find that sort of men very small potatoes outside; if they weren't they wouldn't bother so much about being cock on their own little dunghills. (H. Lawson, ‘Send Round the Hat’, ‘The Sex Problem Again’) — Некоторые мужчины хотят, чтобы дома их боготворили. В обществе такие люди, как правило, немногого стоят. Потому-то у себя дома они и петушатся.
Mr. Meek was a little shrivelled man, but by all accounts he was cock on his own dunghill. (DEI) — Мистер Мик был маленьким сморщенным человечком, но дома, судя по всему, он держался важной персоной.
См. также в других словарях:
Shrivelled — Shrivel Shriv el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or {Shrivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriveling} or {Shrivelling}.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shrivelled — adjective a) Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant. A prune is a shrivelled plum. b) Collapsed in size. His insults, from someone I respect so much, make me want to shrivel up and… … Wiktionary
shrivelled grain — suskurdę grūdai statusas Aprobuotas sritis grūdinių augalų auginimas apibrėžtis Grūdai, kurie, atskyrus visas kitas Grūdų priemaišų nustatymo taisyklėse aprašytas priemaišas, išbyra per sietą, kurio pailgų akučių plotis sijojant paprastuosius… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
shrivelled — adj. wrinkled and shrunken, dried out, withered shriv·el || ʃrɪvl v. shrink and dry up, wither; cause to wither, cause to dry out; dwindle, decline, decrease in strength or intensity … English contemporary dictionary
shrivelled — See: shrivel … English dictionary
shrivelled — adjective 1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture dried up grass the desert was edged with sere vegetation shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings withered vines • Syn: ↑dried up, ↑sere, ↑sear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shrivel — UK [ˈʃrɪv(ə)l] / US or shrivel up UK / US verb Word forms shrivel : present tense I/you/we/they shrivel he/she/it shrivels present participle shrivelling past tense shrivelled past participle shrivelled 1) a) [intransitive] if something such as a … English dictionary
shrivel up — shrivel UK [ˈʃrɪv(ə)l] / US or shrivel up UK / US verb Word forms shrivel : present tense I/you/we/they shrivel he/she/it shrivels present participle shrivelling past tense shrivelled past participle shrivelled 1) a) [intransitive] if something… … English dictionary
shrivel — shriv|el [ˈʃrıvəl] v also shrivel up past tense and past participle shrivelled present participle shrivelling BrE past tense and past participle shriveled present participle shriveling AmE [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from a … Dictionary of contemporary English
shrivel — [[t]ʃrɪ̱v(ə)l[/t]] shrivels, shrivelling, shrivelled V ERG When something shrivels, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains. The plant shrivels and dies. [V n] ...dry weather that … English dictionary
shrivel — also shrivel up verb shrivelled, shrivelling BrE, shriveled, shriveling AmE (I, T) if something shrivels or is shrivelled, it becomes smaller and its surface is covered in lines because it is very dry or old: The grapes are left out in the sun to … Longman dictionary of contemporary English