-
1 ♦ stuff
♦ stuff /stʌf/n. [u]1 materia; materiale; roba; sostanza: What's this stuff?, che cos'è questa roba?; This is good stuff, questa è roba buona; DIALOGO → - New clothes- They've got some really nice stuff in that shop, hanno della roba veramente carina in quel negozio; hard stuff, superalcolici; droga pesante2 stoffa (fig., ma arc. in senso concreto); tessuto (spec. di lana): a stuff gown, una toga di lana ( indossata dagli avvocati che non vestono la seta)5 (spreg.) cosa senza valore; robaccia; (fig.) sciocchezze: Take that stuff away!, porta via quella robaccia!; What stuff he writes!, che sciocchezze scrive!6 faccenda; storia: What's this stuff about you giving up college?, che cos'è questa storia che vuoi lasciare l'università?9 (fam.) campo; materia; ramo: Our teacher knows his stuff, il nostro insegnante conosce bene la sua materia● (leg., in Inghil.) stuff-gown barristers, avvocati patrocinanti «ordinari» ( sono la quasi totalità; cfr. to take silk, sotto silk) □ (fam. ingl.) a bit of stuff, un bel pezzo di roba; una bella donna □ (fam.) to do one's stuff, fare quello che si deve fare; fare la propria parte; ( anche) esibirsi; far vedere quel che si sa fare: (fam.) Do your stuff!, fa' vedere quel che sai fare! □ (fam.) doctor's stuff, medicine □ to know one's stuff, sapere il fatto proprio: That boy knows his stuff, quel ragazzo sa il fatto suo (o ha tutti i numeri) □ (fam.) to be short of stuff, essere a corto di quattrini □ Stuff and nonsense!, balle!; fesserie!; sciocchezze! □ That's the stuff!, bravo!; proprio così!; ben fatto!; ben detto! □ (spreg.) political stuff, cose della politica; (la) politica: I don't know much about political stuff, di politica non me ne intendo □ (fam.) That's the stuff to give them!, questo è quello che ci vuole per loro! □ This book is good stuff, questo è un buon libro □ This wine is sorry stuff, questo vino è una porcheria □ He is made of sterner stuff than his brother, ha più forza di carattere che suo fratello.(to) stuff /stʌf/A v. t.1 riempire; imbottire ( anche fig.); turare: to stuff a bag with straw, riempire di paglia un sacco; to stuff a cushion with down, imbottire di piume un cuscino; to stuff one's ears with cotton wool, turarsi le orecchie con la bambagia; to stuff sb. 's head with nonsense, imbottire di sciocchezze la testa a q.4 rimpinzare; ingrassare: to stuff a child with sweets, rimpinzare un bambino di dolci; to stuff a goose, ingrassare un'oca5 cacciare; ficcare; comprimere: He stuffed a handkerchief into his pocket, si è cacciato un fazzoletto in tasca9 (volg.) chiavare, scopare, fottere (volg.)B v. i.rimpinzarsi; ingozzarsi; abbuffarsi: He stuffed with crisps, si è abbuffato di patatine● to stuff dates into one's mind, riempirsi la testa di date □ to stuff food into one's mouth, riempirsi la bocca di cibo; ( anche) ingozzarsi di cibo □ ( slang) to stuff it, abbozzare; mandare giù (fig.) □ to stuff oneself, rimpinzarsi; ingozzarsi; abbuffarsi.
См. также в других словарях:
One Life Stand — Studio album … Wikipedia
One Tree Hill (season 5) — One Tree Hill: Season 5 One Tree Hill Season 5 DVD Cover Country of origin … Wikipedia
One Tree Hill (season 6) — One Tree Hill: Season 6 One Tree Hill Season 6 DVD Cover Country of origin … Wikipedia
Time out of Mind — Infobox Album Name = Time Out of Mind Type = studio Artist = Bob Dylan Released = September 30 1997 Recorded = January–February 1997 Genre = Blues rock, rock, country blues Length = 72:44 Label = Columbia Producer = Daniel Lanois Reviews =… … Wikipedia
List of One Tree Hill characters — The original five from the first season; Upper row (L R) Lucas, Peyton and Haley. Lower row (L R) Brooke and Nathan. One Tree Hill is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN … Wikipedia
Characters of One Tree Hill — This article contains main and recurring character information for the American Teen drama television series One Tree Hill . Main charactersCharacters are listed by credit order and alphabetically. Starring season(s) refers to the season in which … Wikipedia
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… … Wikipedia
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Anaxagoras and the atomists — C.C.W.Taylor ANAXAGORAS In the course of the fifth century BC the political and cultural pre eminence of Athens attracted to the city a considerable number of intellectuals of various kinds from all over the Greek world. This phenomenon, the so… … History of philosophy
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Dating — This article is about the form of courtship. For other uses, see Dating (disambiguation). Double Date redirects here. For the episode of How I Met Your Mother , see Double Date (How I Met Your Mother). For the episode of The Office , see Double… … Wikipedia
