-
1 squeamish
squeamish ['skwi:mɪʃ](a) (oversensitive) trop émotif, impressionnable;∎ it makes me feel squeamish ça me donne mal au cœur;∎ I'm very squeamish about the sight of blood je ne supporte pas la vue du sang;∎ she's squeamish about physical violence elle ne supporte pas les scènes de violence;∎ he was too squeamish even to taste it il n'a même pas eu le courage d'y goûter;∎ don't be so squeamish ne fais pas le délicat;∎ he wasn't squeamish about evicting them in the middle of winter il n'a eu aucun scrupule à les expulser en plein hiver∎ the squeamish les âmes fpl sensibles, les petites natures fpl;∎ this film is not for the squeamish ce film n'est pas conseillé aux âmes sensibles -
2 squeamish
1 ( easily sickened) qui a l'estomac délicat ; ( by screen violence etc) impressionnable ; don't be so squeamish! ne fais pas le délicat! ; he's too squeamish to be a surgeon il est trop émotif pour devenir chirurgien ; he's squeamish about snakes les serpents le dégoûtent ; this film is not for the squeamish ce film n'est pas pour les âmes sensibles ;2 ( prudish) prude.
См. также в других словарях:
the squeamish — squeamish people : people who are easily shocked or offended by unpleasant things The movie is not for the squeamish. • • • Main Entry: ↑squeamish … Useful english dictionary
The Bad Beginning — … Wikipedia
The Thing? — is an Arizona roadside attraction hyped by signs along Interstate 10 between El Paso, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona. Teaser ads, such as The Thing? What is it? and Mystery of the Desert , entice travelers along this sparse stretch of desert highway… … Wikipedia
squeamish — squeam|ish [ˈskwi:mıʃ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: escoymous] 1.) easily shocked or upset, or easily made to feel sick by seeing unpleasant things 2.) the squeamish [plural] people who are squeamish ▪ His new novel is not for… … Dictionary of contemporary English
The Eternal Jew — Der ewige Jude Directed by Fritz Hippler Produced by Deutsche Film Gesellschaft … Wikipedia
The Machine's Child — infobox Book | name = The Machine s Child title orig = translator = image caption = First edition hardback cover, 2006 author = Kage Baker illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Company genre =… … Wikipedia
The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage — The text The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage was the solution to a challenge ciphertext posed by the inventors of the RSA cipher in 1977. The problem appeared in Martin Gardner s Mathematical Games column in Scientific American . It was… … Wikipedia
Squeamish — Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Country Wife — is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time … Wikipedia
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax — by Arthur Conan Doyle Released 1911 Series His Last Bow Client(s) Miss Dobney Set in 1901, by William S. Baring Gould Villain(s) Holy Peters and his wife The Disappearance of Lady France … Wikipedia
The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage — El texto The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage (del inglés «Las Palabras Mágicas son Quebrantahuesos Aprensivo») era la solución de un reto de factorización propuesto por los inventores de RSA en 1977. El problema apareció en la columna de… … Wikipedia Español
