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1 ♦ strict
♦ strict /strɪkt/a.1 stretto (fig.); severo; rigoroso; rigido; austero: (med.) to be on a strict diet, essere a dieta stretta; strict medical supervision, stretto controllo medico; DIALOGO → - Talking about children- The teachers are very strict, gli insegnanti sono molto severi; strict rules, regole rigide; strict discipline, disciplina rigorosa; strict morals, morale austera NOTA D'USO: - strict o severe?-2 stretto; esatto; preciso: in the strict sense of the word, nel senso stretto della parola; (mus.) strict time, tempo esatto; to give strict orders, dare ordini precisi (o rigorosi, severi)● (leg.) a strict construction, un'interpretazione restrittiva ( della legge) □ (leg.) strict law, diritto positivo □ (leg.) strict liability, responsabilità assoluta; ( anche) presunzione di colpa □ the strict truth, la pura verità □ strict watch, stretta sorveglianza □ in strict confidence (o secret), in confidenza; in gran segreto □ to keep strict watch on sb. [st.], far buona guardia a q. [a qc.] NOTA D'USO: - parlare stretto-.NOTA D'USO: - strict o close?- -
2 loose
I [luːs]on the loose — [criminal, animal] libero, in libertà
II [luːs]there is a gang of hooligans on the loose in the town — c'è una banda di teppisti che scorrazzano per la città
1) (not firm or tight) [ knot] largo, allentato; [ screw] allentato; [ handle] che si stacca; [ component] fissato male; [ button] che si stacca, penzolante; [ tooth] che dondolato come o work loose [knot, screw] allentarsi; [ handle] stare per staccarsi; [ tooth] dondolare; to hang loose — [ hair] essere sciolto; [ thread] penzolare
2) (free)to break loose — [ animal] slegarsi ( from da); fig. rompere ( from con), staccarsi ( from da)
to cut sb. loose — liberare qcn.
to let o set o turn loose — liberare [animal, prisoner]
3) comm. (not packed) [tea, sweets] sfuso4) (that has come apart) [ page] staccato, volante; [ fragment] staccato; [ paint] che si stacca, si scrostato come loose — [ pages] staccarsi
"loose chippings" — BE
"loose gravel" — AE (roadsign) "materiale instabile sulla strada"
5) (not tight) [jacket, trousers] largo, ampio; [ collar] (troppo) largo; (flaccid) [ skin] flaccido6) (not compacted) [ soil] smosso; [ link] lasco, tenue; [ weave] a trama largato have loose bowels — avere la dissenteria o diarrea
7) (not strict or exact) [ translation] approssimativo; [ wording] impreciso; [ interpretation] libero; [ guideline] vago; [ style] trasandato8) (dissolute) [ morals] dissoluto, licenzioso••to be at a loose end — BE o
III [luːs]at loose ends — AE non sapere che cosa fare
verbo transitivo lett.1) (release) liberare* * *[lu:s]1) (not tight; not firmly stretched: a loose coat; This belt is loose.) largo2) (not firmly fixed: This button is loose.) sciolto3) (not tied; free: The horses are loose in the field.) slegato, in libertà4) (not packed; not in a packet: loose biscuits.) sfuso•- loosely- looseness
- loosen
- loose-leaf
- break loose
- let loose* * *I [luːs]on the loose — [criminal, animal] libero, in libertà
II [luːs]there is a gang of hooligans on the loose in the town — c'è una banda di teppisti che scorrazzano per la città
1) (not firm or tight) [ knot] largo, allentato; [ screw] allentato; [ handle] che si stacca; [ component] fissato male; [ button] che si stacca, penzolante; [ tooth] che dondolato come o work loose [knot, screw] allentarsi; [ handle] stare per staccarsi; [ tooth] dondolare; to hang loose — [ hair] essere sciolto; [ thread] penzolare
2) (free)to break loose — [ animal] slegarsi ( from da); fig. rompere ( from con), staccarsi ( from da)
to cut sb. loose — liberare qcn.
to let o set o turn loose — liberare [animal, prisoner]
3) comm. (not packed) [tea, sweets] sfuso4) (that has come apart) [ page] staccato, volante; [ fragment] staccato; [ paint] che si stacca, si scrostato come loose — [ pages] staccarsi
"loose chippings" — BE
"loose gravel" — AE (roadsign) "materiale instabile sulla strada"
5) (not tight) [jacket, trousers] largo, ampio; [ collar] (troppo) largo; (flaccid) [ skin] flaccido6) (not compacted) [ soil] smosso; [ link] lasco, tenue; [ weave] a trama largato have loose bowels — avere la dissenteria o diarrea
7) (not strict or exact) [ translation] approssimativo; [ wording] impreciso; [ interpretation] libero; [ guideline] vago; [ style] trasandato8) (dissolute) [ morals] dissoluto, licenzioso••to be at a loose end — BE o
III [luːs]at loose ends — AE non sapere che cosa fare
verbo transitivo lett.1) (release) liberare -
3 lax
[læks]* * *[læks](careless or not strict in discipline or morals: Pupils have been rather lax about some of the school rules recently.) lassista, negligente- laxity- laxness* * *lax /læks/a.1 fiacco ( moralmente); lassista; lasso; troppo permissivo; negligente; snervato: lax conduct, condotta negligente; lax morals, morale lassista5 (fon.) rilassatolaxly avv.* * *[læks] -
4 Victorian
[vɪk'tɔːrɪən] 1. 2.nome = persona vissuta in epoca vittoriana* * *[vik'to:riən] 1. adjective1) (of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901): Victorian writers; Victorian households/furniture.) vittoriano2) ((of an attitude towards morals etc) strict and conservative: a Victorian attitude to life.) vittoriano2. noun(a person living in Queen Victoria's reign: The Victorians were great engineers and industrialists.) vittoriano* * *Victorian (1) /vɪkˈtɔ:rɪən/A a.1 (stor., arte, letter., ecc.) vittoriano: Victorian furniture, mobili vittoriani; the Victorian age, l'età vittoriana ( della Regina Vittoria)2 (spreg.) vittoriano; moralista: Victorian hypocrisy, ipocrisia vittoriana; Victorian attitudes, atteggiamenti moralisticiB n.(stor., letter.) vittoriano: great Victorians, grandi vittorianiVictorianismn. [u](stor., letter., ecc.) «vittorianesimo»; carattere (o gusto, ecc.) vittoriano.Victorian (2) /vɪkˈtɔ:rɪən/a. e n.(abitante, nativo) dello Stato di Victoria (in Austral.).* * *[vɪk'tɔːrɪən] 1. 2.nome = persona vissuta in epoca vittoriana
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