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1 string
1. [striŋ] noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) vrvica2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) vlakno3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) struna4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) vrsta2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) nanizati2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) napeti3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) odstraniti nitke4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) obesiti•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
- stringent
- stringently
- stringency* * *I [striŋ]1.nounvrvica, vezalka, trak, nit, žica; music struna, žica; tetiva (pri loku); botany vlakno, nit (stroka); niz (biserov itd.) (tudi figuratively); garnitura; serija; dolga vrsta; truma (živali); (večinoma plural) American colloquially pogoj, težava, tajna klavzula; American slang bahanje, (pretirana) lažna zgodbathe strings plural music godalaa string of lies — vrsta, niz lažiheart-strings plural figuratively najgloblja, najnežnejša čustva, srcéto be a second string — spadati k drugi garnituri, biti drugovrsten, figuratively igrati drugo violinoto harp on one (on the same) string figuratively neprestano govoriti o isti stvari, vedno isto góstito have s.o. on a string — imeti koga na vrvicihe has all the world in a string figuratively vse mu gre po željito have s.o. on the string figuratively pustiti koga v negotovostito have (to lead) s.th. in (by) a string — brzdati, obvladati, biti gospodar (česa)to keep s.o. on a string figuratively držati koga dolgo časa v negotovostito hold all the strings — držati vse niti v rokah, upravljati, voditi (kaj)to have a string (attached) to it — biti oviran, ne iti gladkoto pull (the) strings — premikati lutke (v lutkovnem gledališču); figuratively biti neviden, a glavni vodjato touch a string — udariti na struno, figuratively zadeti v živec, na občutljivo mesto (čustva itd.)to touch the strings — gosti (na godalo);2.adjectivegodalenII [striŋ]1.transitive verbopremiti s strunami (violino itd.) ali z žicami; opremiti (lok) s tetivo; nategniti, napeti (vrvico, tetivo itd.); zadrgniti, zavezati; privezati z vrvico; odstraniti nitke (pri fižolu); poetically uglasiti (violino itd.); razširiti, nategniti, figuratively napeti (živce, moči itd.); (na)nizati (bisere), obesiti ( across prek); figuratively povezati; American slang za nos koga voditi, norčevati se iz;2.intransitive verbpostati vlaknat; razvleči se (lepilo itd.); tvoriti vrsto ali verigostringed instruments music godala, godalni instrumentistrung up — napet, živčen, razburjen, razburljivto string along with American colloquially pridružiti se (komu), iti s kom, plesati, kot (nekdo) žvižgato string out — napeti, nategnitito string up — napeti (živce itd.); pripravljati (koga) na kaj, spodbujati; colloquially obesitito string o.s. up for a deed — opogumiti se za neko dejanjeto be strung up — biti v stiski, v zagati, v težavah -
2 bow
I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) prikloniti se2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) ukloniti se2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) poklon- bowedII 1. [bəu] noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) lok2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) godalni lok3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) vozel2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) premec* * *I [bou]nounlok; music godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj; plural okvir za naočnike; vulgar trebuh, vampto draw ( —ali pull, shoot with) the long bow — pretiravati, širokoustiti seto draw a bow at a venture — streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dnibows under — premagan, ki težko napredujeslang bow window — velik trebuh, vampII [bou]transitive verbmusic gosti; usločitiIII [bau]nounpoklon, klanjanje; spoštovanjeto make one's bow — umakniti se, oditi, posloviti seIV [bau]intransitive verb & transitive verbpripogniti, pripogibati se; (to, before) pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odslovitito bow and scrape — ponižati se, biti pretirano vljudenV [bau]nounnautical ladijski nos, kljun, krn, premec; veslač, ki sedi najbliže premcu -
3 violin
(a type of musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow: She played the violin in the school orchestra; Can you play that on the violin?) violina* * *[vaiəlín]nounmusic violina, gosli; figuratively violinistviolin clef music violinski ključ -
4 crossbow
noun (a medieval type of bow fixed to a shaft with a mechanism for pulling back and releasing the string.) samostrel* * *[krɔsbou]nounsamostrel
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