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1 the Scavenger's daughter
ист.≈ тиски ( орудие пытки) [Scavenger - искажённая фамилия коменданта Тауэра Скевингтона (Skevington), который в царствование Генриха VIII изобрёл это орудие пытки] -
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3 daughter
[ʹdɔ:tə] n1. дочь, дочка2. 1) порождение; отпрыскFortune and its daughter Confidence - удача и её /богатство и его/ неизменная спутница - уверенность
the United States is a daughter of Great Britain - Великобритания - родоначальница Соединённых Штатов
2) физ., хим. продукт (чего л.)long-lived [short-lived] daughter - долгоживущий [короткоживущий] дочерний изотоп
3. уст. девочка; девушка♢
daughter of Eve, Eve's daughter - дочь Евы, женщинаthe daughter of Jezebel - библ. дочь Иезавели; образн. тж. преступная /наглая/ женщина
the daughter of the horse-leech - кровопийца; вымогательница
the Duke of Exeter's daughter - ист. дыба
Scavenger's daughter - ист. ≅ тиски ( орудие пытки)
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4 daughter
ˈdɔ:tə сущ. дочь to adopt a daughter ≈ удочерить to marry off a daughter ≈ выдать дочь замуж an only daughter ≈ единственная дочь She was like a daughter to me. ≈ Она была мне как дочь. adopted daughter foster daughter step daughter дочь, дочка - * child дочь - * of the soil дочь природы порождение;
отпрыск - Fortune and its * Confidence удача и ее неизменная спутница - уверенность - the United States is а * of Great Britain Великобритания - родоначальница Соединенных Штатов (физическое) (химическое) продукт - long-lived * долгоживущий дочерний изотоп( устаревшее) девочка;
девушка > * of Eve, Eve's * дочь Евы, женщина;
> the * of Jezebel( библеизм) дочь Иезавели;
(образное) тж. преступная женщина;
> the * of the horse-leech кровопийца;
вымогательница, > skipper's *s высокие волны с белыми гребнями;
> the Duke of Fxeter's * (историческое) дыба;
> Scavenger's * (историческое) тиски (орудие пытки) adopted ~ приемная дочь adoptive ~ приемная дочь daughter дочь ~ attr. дочерний;
родственный scavenger's ~ ист. тиски (орудие пытки)Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > daughter
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