Перевод: с английского на все языки

со всех языков на английский

to reduce to submission

См. также в других словарях:

  • submission — (n.) late 14c., act of referring to a third party for judgment or decision, from O.Fr. submission, from L. submissionem (nom. submissio) a lowering, sinking, yielding, noun of action from pp. stem of submittere lower, reduce, yield (see SUBMIT… …   Etymology dictionary

  • prostrate — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English prostrat, from Anglo French, from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere, from pro before + sternere to spread out, throw down more at strew Date: 14th century 1. stretched out with face on the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • quell — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to kill, quell, from Old English cwellan to kill; akin to Old High German quellen to torture, kill, quāla torment, Lithuanian gelti to hurt Date: 13th century 1. to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • — 【정】 (먼 곳에 여행) 가다; (군대를 파견하여 악당을) 치다; 취하다; 구실받다; 구실; 축 (바둑) (자축거릴척) + 正 (바를정) 두인변부 5획 (총8획) [1] [v] invade; attack; conquer; reduce to submission; tame [2] [v] journey far away [3] [v] levy taxes; collect taxes [4] [v] take; snatch [5] a Chinese… …   Hanja (Korean Hanzi) dictionary

  • term — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. word, expression, locution; limit, bound; period, time, tenure, duration; semester. See nomenclature. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A name] Syn. expression, terminology, phrase, word, locution, indication,… …   English dictionary for students

  • term — term1 [tʉrm] n. [ME terme < OFr < L terminus, a limit, boundary, end < IE * termṇ, a boundary stake < base * ter , to cross over, go beyond > TRANS , Gr terma, goal] 1. Archaic a point of time designating the beginning or end of a… …   English World dictionary

  • overpower — v.tr. 1 reduce to submission, subdue. 2 make (a thing) ineffective or imperceptible by greater intensity. 3 (of heat, emotion, etc.) be too intense for, overwhelm. Derivatives: overpowering adj. overpoweringly adv …   Useful english dictionary

  • snool — I. ˈsnül noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown Scotland : a cringing person II. verb ( ed/ ing/ s) transitive verb …   Useful english dictionary

  • bring someone/something to their/its knees — reduce someone or something to a state of weakness or submission …   Useful english dictionary

  • France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»