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1 sordo
deaf* * *sordo agg.1 deaf: sordo da un orecchio, deaf in one ear // sordo come una campana, as deaf as a (door) post // fare il sordo, to turn a deaf ear (to sthg.)2 (fig.) ( insensibile) deaf; indifferent, insensitive: fu sordo a tutti i miei ammonimenti, he was deaf to all my warnings3 (di suono, rumore) dull, hollow, muffled: rumore sordo, dull (o hollow) noise; suono sordo, dull (o hollow o muffled) sound; colpo sordo, dull (o muffled) blow; cadde con un colpo sordo, it fell with a thump (o thud) // sala sorda, echoless (o echo-proof) room4 ( di dolore) dull5 ( nascosto, subdolo) veiled, secret; underhand, sly: opposizione sorda, underhand opposition; ostilità sorda, veiled hostility // guerra sorda, secret war◆ s.m. deaf person; pl. the deaf // parlare ai sordi, (fig.) to waste one's breath // non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire, (prov.) none so deaf as those that will not hear.* * *['sordo] sordo (-a)1. agg1) (persona) deaf3) Fonetica voiceless2. sm/f* * *['sordo] 1.1) deafehi, sei sordo? — iron. hey, cloth ears! hey, are you deaf or what?
2) fig. (insensibile) deaf, insensitive, indifferent (a to)rumore sordo — thud, thump
6) fon. voiceless, unvoiced2.••non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire — prov. there are none so deaf as those who will not hear. Come al posto di sordo si usa spesso in italiano l'espressione non udente, anche l'equivalente inglese deaf può essere sostituito da hearing-impaired
* * *sordo/'sordo/1 deaf; diventare sordo to go deaf; essere sordo da un orecchio to be deaf in one ear; ehi, sei sordo? iron. hey, cloth ears! hey, are you deaf or what?2 fig. (insensibile) deaf, insensitive, indifferent (a to)6 fon. voiceless, unvoiced(f. -a) deaf person; i -i the deafdialogo tra -i dialogue of the deaf; fare il sordo to turn a deaf ear; essere sordo come una campana to be as deaf as a post; parlare ai -i to waste one's breath; non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire prov. there are none so deaf as those who will not hear. Come al posto di sordo si usa spesso in italiano l'espressione non udente, anche l'equivalente inglese deaf può essere sostituito da hearing-impaired. -
2 campana
f bell* * *campana s.f.1 bell: suonare le campane, to ring the bells; suonare le campane a martello, to sound (o to ring) the alarm-bell; suonare la campana a morto, to knell (o to toll); campana da palombaro, diving bell; boa a campana, bell-buoy // a campana, bell-shaped // sordo come una campana, as deaf as a post // sentir tutte e due le campane, to hear both sides (of the question)2 ( vaso di vetro per coprire oggetti delicati) bell-glass, bell-jar // tenere sotto una campana di vetro, (fig.) to mollycoddle* * *[kam'pana]sostantivo femminile1) (strumento) bell2) (forma)a campana — [oggetto, gonna] bell-shaped
campana di vetro — bell jar, glass case, cloche
4) gioc. (settimana) hopscotch5) (contenitore per il vetro) bottle bank•campana subacquea — mar. diving bell
••crescere qcn. sotto una campana di vetro — = to mollycoddle sb.
sentire un'altra campana — = to hear another opinion
* * *campana/kam'pana/sostantivo f.3 (come protezione) campana di vetro bell jar, glass case, cloche4 gioc. (settimana) hopscotch5 (contenitore per il vetro) bottle bankcrescere qcn. sotto una campana di vetro = to mollycoddle sb.; sentire un'altra campana = to hear another opinion; essere sordo come una campana to be as deaf as a post; stare in campana to be on one's toes\campana subacquea mar. diving bell. -
3 sordo
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4 essere sordo come una campana
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5 spaccato
spaccato agg. split, cleft; ( rotto) broken: legna spaccata, chopped wood // è suo padre spaccato, (fig. fam.) he is the image of his father◆ s.m.1 (arch.) vertical section2 ( rappresentazione, descrizione) cross-section: il libro presenta uno spaccato della società della fine dell'Ottocento, the book gives a cross-section of society at the end of the nineteenth century.* * *[spak'kato] spaccato (-a)1. agg1) (terreno, labbra) cracked2) fig2. smArchit vertical section, (fig : descrizione) outline* * *[spak'kato] 1.participio passato spaccare2.1) (rotto) broken2) (screpolato) [ labbro] split3) colloq. (identico)4) (preciso)3.alle sei -e — at six o'clock on the dot o sharp
sostantivo maschile1) arch. tecn. cutaway2) fig. cross-section* * *spaccato/spak'kato/→ spaccareII aggettivo1 (rotto) broken2 (screpolato) [ labbro] splitIII sostantivo m.1 arch. tecn. cutaway2 fig. cross-section. -
6 spaccato
[spak'kato] spaccato (-a)1. agg1) (terreno, labbra) cracked2) fig2. smArchit vertical section, (fig : descrizione) outline
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