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1 tank
[tæŋk]1) (a large container for liquids or gas: a hot-water / cold-water tank.) geymir, tankur2) (a heavy steel-covered vehicle armed with guns.) skriðdreki•- tanker -
2 septic tank
(a tank in which sewage is partially purified by the action of bacteria.) rotþró -
3 aquarium
[ə'kweəriəm]plurals - aquariums, aquaria; noun(a glass tank, or a building containing tanks, for keeping fish and other water animals.) fiskabúr; lagardÿrasafn/sædÿrasafn -
4 armament
((usually in plural) equipment for war, eg the guns etc of a ship, tank etc.) hergögn -
5 capacity
[kə'pæsəti]plural - capacities; noun1) (ability to hold, contain etc: This tank has a capacity of 300 gallons.) rúmtak; rÿmi2) (ability: his capacity for remembering facts.) geta3) (position: in his capacity as a leader.) staða -
6 cistern
['sistən](a tank etc for storing water (especially for a lavatory).) vatnsgeymir -
7 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) þurrka upp, ræsa fram2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) renna af/í burtu3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) láta renna af4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) þurrausa, tæma5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) þurrausa; gera örmagna2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) ræsi, framræsluskurður2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) e-ð sem hægt og hægt gengur á fjármagn eða krafta•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
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8 fill up
(to make or become completely full: Fill up the petrol tank, please.) fylla (á) -
9 filter
['filtə] 1. noun1) (a strainer or other device through which liquid, gas, smoke etc can pass, but not solid material: A filter is used to make sure that the oil is clean and does not contain any dirt; ( also adjective) filter paper.) sía, filter2) (a kind of screening plate used to change or correct certain colours: If you are taking photographs in sun and snow, you should use a blue filter.) filter; ljóssía, litsía2. verb1) ((of liquids) to (become) clean by passing through a filter: The rain-water filtered into a tank.) sía (út)2) (to come bit by bit or gradually: The news filtered out.) síast út• -
10 full
[ful] 1. adjective1) (holding or containing as much as possible: My basket is full.) fullur2) (complete: a full year; a full account of what happened.) allur, heill, fullur3) ((of clothes) containing a large amount of material: a full skirt.) efnismikill, rúmur, víður2. adverb1) (completely: Fill the petrol tank full.) algjörlega; í fullri lengd2) (exactly; directly: She hit him full in the face.) beint•- fully- full-length
- full moon
- full-scale
- full stop
- full-time
- fully-fledged
- full of
- in full
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11 heater
noun (an apparatus which gives out heat in order to warm a room etc, or which heats water etc eg in a water-tank.) hitari -
12 immersion heater
(an electric water-heater which is immersed in water which is to be heated, usually inside a hot-water tank.) vatnshitari, hitaketill -
13 it's no joke
(it is a serious or worrying matter: It's no joke when water gets into the petrol tank.) það er ekkert gamanmál -
14 outlet
(a way or passage outwards or for releasing: That pipe is an outlet from the main tank; an outlet for his energy.) afrennsli -
15 septic
['septik]((of a wound etc) full of or caused by germs that are poisoning the blood: a septic finger; septic poisoning.) eitrunar-, ígerðar- -
16 siphon
1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) vökvasuga, sogari2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sogari (fyrir sódavatnsflösku)2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) soga með sogara -
17 spout
1. verb1) (to throw out or be thrown out in a jet: Water spouted from the hole in the tank.) spúa, sprauta2) (to talk or say (something) loudly and dramatically: He started to spout poetry, of all things!) buna/romsa út úr sér; þruma2. noun1) (the part of a kettle, teapot, jug, water-pipe etc through which the liquid it contains is poured out.) stútur2) (a jet or strong flow (of water etc).) vatnssúla -
18 turret
1) (a small tower: A fortress often has turrets.) smáturn2) (steel protecting gunners on a tank, plane etc.) byssuturn/-stæði -
19 vat
(a large vessel or tank, especially one for holding fermenting spirits.) tankur, geymir; vínáma -
20 volume
['voljum]1) (a book: This library contains over a million volumes.) bók2) (one of a series of connected books: Where is volume fifteen of the encyclopedia?) bindi3) (the amount of space occupied by something, expressed in cubic measurement: What is the volume of the petrol tank?) rúmtak, rúmmál4) (amount: A large volume of work remains to be done.) magn5) (level of sound eg on a radio, television etc: Turn up the volume on the radio.) hljóðstyrkur
См. также в других словарях:
tank — tank … Dictionnaire des rimes
Tank — Tank … Deutsch Wörterbuch
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Tank — Sm std. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. tank, das mit port. tanque auf hindī tānkh Wasserbehälter zurückgeht. Es war zuvor schon im 17. Jh. in deutschen Reisebeschreibungen erwähnt worden. Die Übertragung auf gepanzerte Kraftwagen erfolgte … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Tank — Tank, Kampf oder Sturmwagen mit eigener Fahrbahn und Raupenantrieb. Aus den Streit und Sichelwagen des Altertums entwickelten sich im Mittelalter die Turmwagen zum Berennen von Festungen. Leonardo da Vinci, Roberto Valturio und Berthold… … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
tank up — (something) to fill the fuel container of a vehicle with gas or other fuel. There won t be any gas stations for miles and miles, so we d better tank up now. It s always a good idea to tank up a rented car before you return it … New idioms dictionary
Tank — »(meist transportabler) Flüssigkeitsbehälter (z. B. für Benzin)«, früher auch in der übertragenen Bedeutung »Panzerwagen« (ursprünglich als Deckname) gebraucht: Das seit dem 17. Jh. bezeugte Fremdwort ist in beiden Bedeutungen aus engl. tank… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
