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121 precipitate
1. n хим. осадок2. a стремительный3. a внезапный, неожиданный; быстрый4. a опрометчивый, поспешный, неосмотрительный, безрассудный5. a стремительно падающий, камнем устремляющийся вниз; кубарем скатывающийся6. v низвергать; повергать; бросать7. v бросать в пучину, ввергать8. v ускорять; торопить9. v тех. осаждать; отмучивать10. v тех. осаждаться; отмучиваться11. v тех. метеор. выпадатьСинонимический ряд:1. abrupt (adj.) abrupt; hasty; hurried; precipitant; rushing; subitaneous; sudden; violent2. rash (adj.) brash; foolhardy; headlong; hot-headed; impetuous; impulsive; indiscreet; rash; reckless; slapdash3. steep (adj.) arduous; bold; precipitous; sheer; sideling; steep; steepdown; steep-to; steep-up4. effect (noun) aftereffect; aftermath; causatum; consequence; corollary; effect; end product; event; eventuality; fruit; harvest; issue; outcome; result; sequel; sequence; upshot5. sediment (noun) deposit; dregs; grounds; lees; precipitation; sediment; settlings6. arouse (verb) arouse; motivate; stimulate; trigger7. deposit (verb) deposit; lay down8. fall (verb) cast down; fall; fall down; fling down; hurl down; plunge9. settle (verb) settle; sink10. speed (verb) accelerate; advance; dispatch; expedite; hasten; hurry; quicken; rush; speed11. spur (verb) bring on; prompt; spurАнтонимический ряд:cautious; considered; delay; deliberate; discourage; gradual; intentional; moderate; preclude; retard; slow; willful -
122 полететь
совер.
1) см. лететь
2) без доп. start to fly;
fly forth/off
3) без доп.;
разг. перен. fall, go headlongполет|еть - сов.
1. fly* up, take* wing;
(о самолёте) take* off, become* airborne;
(на самолёте) fly*, make* a flight;
2. разг. (упасть) tumble, fall*;
всё ~ело со стола everything went flying off the table;
3. (стремительно двинуться) dash off;
go* dashing/rushing/speeding;
4. (о письмах, донесениях и т. п.) flash, fly*, be* flashed;
5. (быстро распространяться) flash round;
6. (о времени) flash by;
дни ~ели the days flashed by.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > полететь
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123 pitch
I 1. pi verb1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) slå opp (et telt)2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) kaste, slenge3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) falle tungt mot, deise; kyle4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) hogge, stampe, duve5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) sette tonehøyden, stemme2. noun1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) område mellom gjerdene; bane2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tone(høyde), stemmeleie3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) intensitet4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) fast plass, (salgs)område5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) kast6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) hogging, stamping, duving•- - pitched- pitcher
- pitched battle
- pitchfork II pi noun(a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) bek- pitch-darkbek--------tjæreIsubst. \/pɪtʃ\/1) bek2) kvae, harpikspitch pine se ➢ pitch pineIIsubst. \/pɪtʃ\/1) grad, nivå2) høyde, høydepunkt, topp3) ( om lyd) tone, tonehøyde, stemmehøyde, tonefall, toneleie4) kast5) ( i cricket) kastelengde, kastehøyde, kast, nedslagsplass (ved gjerdet)6) ( i baseball) kast til slagmannen, kast7) ( i golf) forklaring: høyt slag der ballen ikke triller langt etter nedslag (også kalt pitch shot forklaring:)8) cricketbane (mellom kastefeltet og slagfeltet)9) (britisk, i fotball, rugby e.l.) bane10) torgplass, fast plass (for gateselger, gatemusikant e.l.)11) ( hverdagslig) pågående salgsprat12) ( hverdagslig) slagplan, strategi13) fiskeplass14) teltplass, leirplass15) forklaring: høyden en falk stiger til før den stuper mot byttet18) helling, skråning, hellingsvinkel19) ( om propell eller skrue) stigningat concert pitch stemt etter kammertonen ( overført) i beredskap, klar, på huggetconcert pitch eller standard pitch kammertone, normaltonegive the pitch ( musikk) gi tonen, angi tonenpitch angle stigningsvinkel (luftfart, om propell) bladvinkelqueer somebody's pitch ( britisk) ødelegge sjansen for noen (særlig i hemmelighet eller med skadefrohet)IIIverb \/pɪtʃ\/1) sette opp, stille opp, slå opp, reise2) slå leir3) forklaring: plassere eller sette fast på et bestemt sted eller i en bestemt posisjon4) kaste, slenge, hive, kyle, kaste til slagmann (i baseball)• pitch him out!5) (baseball, om kamp) være kaster6) ( i cricket) få ballen til å ta bakken på et gitt sted, treffe bakken (om ball)7) ( i golf) pitche, slå en pitch8) steinsette, steinlegge, brolegge9) ( om stein) kanthugge, meisle11) sette\/legge på et visst nivå12) ( i enkelte kortspill) bestemme som trumffarge13) (spesielt amer., hverdagslig) selge, drive reklame for16) falle, stupe, falle hodestupspitch a yarn ( hverdagslig) dra en historie, slå en platepitch camp slå leirpitch into hive seg over, gå løs pågå løs på, fly på, skjelle utpitch it strong ( hverdagslig) smøre tykt på, overdrivepitch one's tent ( overført) slå seg ned, oppslå sitt paulunpitch on\/upon plukke ut, velgepitch pennies kaste på stikka kaste mynt og kron spille klinkekulerpitch wickets ( i cricket) sette opp pinnene og legge på overliggerenIVverb \/pɪtʃ\/beke -
124 HRATA
(að), v.1) to reel, stagger (hann hrataði við, en féll eigi);2) to tumble down, fall (hrataði hann ofan af þekjunni).* * *að, better and older rata (q. v.), vrata: [in mod. usage the aspirated form is used in the sense to stagger, stumble, but rata in the sense to find one’s way; but that in both senses rata is the true form is shewn by alliteration, as in Skv. 1. 36, cp. also Vsp. 51; also by the form rati, a headlong fool]:—to stagger, fall, tumble; ok hrataði hann ofan af þekjunni, Nj. 114; þau hrata í gil nokkut ofan, Bs. i. 442, Sturl. ii. 137; hann hrataði af ok kom niðr standandi, 138; þá reið at honum brúnássinn ok hrataði hann inn aptr, Nj. 202; nema menn rati (hrati?) á eðr hrindisk á, Grág. ii. 96: to stagger, Önundr rataði (hrataði, v. l.) við lagit, Eg. 379; hann hrataði við en féll eigi, Fms. vi. 66; hann var hrumr ok hrataði áfram, vii. 22, Fs. 38, 52. -
125 corpo
"body;Schaft;Körper;corpo"* * *m bodymilitary corpscorpo celeste heavenly bodycorpo diplomatico diplomatic corpscorpo di ballo dancers pl(a) corpo a corpo hand-to-hand* * *corpo s.m.1 body; ( corporatura) physique, build: il corpo umano, the human body; ha un corpo molto slanciato, his body (o physique) is very slim; un corpo atletico, an athletic body (o build); ( ginnastica) esercizi a corpo libero, freestyle gymnastics; mente sana in corpo sano, (prov.) a sound mind in a sound body // corpo di Bacco!, by Jove! // lotta corpo a corpo, hand-to-hand struggle, ( boxe) infighting; lottare corpo a corpo, to struggle hand-to-hand; ( boxe) bloccare in un corpo a corpo, to clinch // darsi a qlco. anima e corpo, to throw oneself body and soul into sthg. // a corpo morto, head-long; furiously: si è buttato a corpo morto in quel lavoro, he threw himself headlong into the job // i piaceri del corpo, the pleasures of the flesh; mortificare il corpo, to mortify the flesh // passare sul corpo di qlcu., to pass over s.o. // avere il diavolo in corpo, to be possessed; l'avrebbe strozzato con la rabbia che aveva in corpo, she was so angry she could have strangled him // senza corpo, bodiless (o incorporeal) // dar corpo a qlco., to make sthg. come true; è riuscito a dar corpo ai suoi sogni, he managed to make his dreams come true; dar corpo alle ombre, to imagine things; a mio avviso stai solo dando corpo alle ombre, I think you're just imagining things (o you're letting your imagination run away with you)2 ( cadavere) body, corpse; (non com.) corpus: seppellire un corpo, to bury a body; il corpo si trovava sul pavimento in biblioteca, the body was lying on the floor in the library3 ( parte principale) body, main part, core: il corpo di un edificio, the body (o main part) of a building; il corpo di un discorso, the core of a speech // far corpo con qlco., to be an integral part of sthg. // corpo di una nave, hull // corpo di una caldaia, boiler shell4 ( oggetto) body; corpo semplice, simple body; corpo composto, compound body; i corpi celesti, heavenly (o celestial) bodies; (med.) corpo estraneo, foreign body (o foreign matter); (mar.) corpo morto, anchor log // (fis.) corpo nero, blackbody // (dir.): corpo del reato, material evidence; corpo contundente, blunt instrument5 ( organismo) corps: corpo diplomatico, diplomatic corps; corpo d'armata, army corps; il corpo degli Alpini, the Alpine corps // corpo insegnante, teaching staff // corpo di ballo, (corps de) ballet // corpo di guardia, guards // corpo di spedizione, task force // spirito di corpo, team spirit6 ( raccolta, insieme) body: corpo di case, body of houses; corpo di leggi, body of laws // (econ.) vendita a corpo, bulk sale // (miner.) corpo minerario, orebody // (mat.) corpo non commutativo, corpo sghembo, skew field7 (fam.) ( ventre) stomach; belly: avere dolori di corpo, to have a stomachache; mettersi in corpo, to eat; andare di corpo, to evacuate one's bowels (o to have a bowel movement)* * *['kɔrpo]1. smcorpo liquido/gassoso — liquid/gaseous substance
darsi anima e corpo a — to give o.s. heart and soul to
prendere corpo — (idea, progetto) to take shape
a corpo morto fig — like a dead weight, heavily
2.* * *['kɔrpo]sostantivo maschile1) body2) (cadavere) (dead) body, corpsepassare sul corpo di qcn. — fig. to do sth. over sb.'s dead body
3) (gruppo)spirito di corpo — team spirit, esprit de corps
4) mil. corps*corpo dei pompieri — fire service o brigade
5) (di dottrina, testo)6) tecn. (parte principale) body8) (oggetto) object9) fis. body10) tip. (di carattere) type size, point size•corpo di ballo — ballet company, corps de ballet
corpo celeste — celestial o heavenly body
corpo di guardia — (guardie) guards pl.; (luogo) guardhouse
corpo del reato — dir. corpus delicti
••andare di corpo — to have a bowel movement o a motion
buttarsi a corpo morto in qcs. — to fling oneself into sth.
* * *corpo/'kɔrpo/sostantivo m.1 body; corpo umano human body; linguaggio del corpo body language; lotta corpo a corpo hand-to-hand fight; lottare corpo a corpo to fight hand to hand3 (gruppo) corpo medico medical profession; corpo insegnante teaching staff; il corpo elettorale the electorate; spirito di corpo team spirit, esprit de corps4 mil. corps*; corpo d'armata army corps; corpo di polizia police force; corpo dei pompieri fire service o brigade5 (di dottrina, testo) un corpo di leggi a body of laws6 tecn. (parte principale) body8 (oggetto) object; corpo contundente blunt instrument9 fis. body10 tip. (di carattere) type size, point sizeandare di corpo to have a bowel movement o a motion; avere il diavolo in corpo to be like someone possessed; buttarsi a corpo morto in qcs. to fling oneself into sth.; cadere a corpo morto to fall heavily\corpo di ballo ballet company, corps de ballet; corpo celeste celestial o heavenly body; corpo di Cristo body of Christ; corpo diplomatico diplomatic corps; corpo estraneo foreign body; corpo di guardia (guardie) guards pl.; (luogo) guardhouse; corpo del reato dir. corpus delicti. -
126 fitto
1. adj ( denso) thickfitto di full of2. adv nevicare, piovere hard3. m rent* * *fitto1 agg.1 ( conficcato) embedded; driven in; thrust in // a capo fitto, head downwards (o head foremost o headlong); buttarsi a capo fitto nel lavoro, to throw oneself into one's job2 ( denso, spesso) thick, dense (anche fig.); ( pieno) packed: coperta, stoffa fitta, thick blanket, cloth; pettine fitto, fine (o tooth) comb; nebbia fitta, thick (o dense) fog; una rete fitta, a close net; scrittura fitta, crabbed writing; un giornale fitto di notizie, a newspaper packed with news; è buio fitto, notte fitta, it is pitch dark // nel più fitto inverno, in the depths of winter; una giornata fitta di appuntamenti, a day crammed (o packed) with appointments; una fitta serie di riunioni, an uninterrupted series of meetings (o one meeting after another)◆ s.m. thick: nel fitto della foresta, in the thick (o depths) of the forest◆ avv. densely, non-stop: parlare fitto, to talk non-stop; piove fitto (fitto), it's raining heavily (o hard).* * *['fitto] I fitto (-a)1. agg1) (bosco, pelo) thick, (nebbia) thick, dense, (tessuto) closely-woven, (pettine) fine, (mistero) impenetrable2) (intenso: fuoco d'artiglieria), (pioggia) heavy2. avv(nevicare, piovere) hard3. smPAROLA CHIAVE: fitto non si traduce mai con la parola inglese fit II ['fitto] smnel fitto del bosco — in the heart o depths of the wood
(affitto) rent* * *I 1. ['fitto]1) (conficcato) embedded, driven2) (folto) [foresta, vegetazione] thick3) (denso) [programma, scaletta] crowded, tight5) (compatto) [grafia, stampa, tessuto] close2.3.parlare fitto fitto — to talk nonstop, to rattle on colloq.
sostantivo maschileII ['fitto]sostantivo maschile (affitto) rent* * *fitto1/'fitto/1 (conficcato) embedded, driven2 (folto) [foresta, vegetazione] thick3 (denso) [programma, scaletta] crowded, tight4 (denso, spesso) [ grandine] driving; [ neve] hard, thick; [ nebbia] thick, heavy; buio fitto pitch dark5 (compatto) [grafia, stampa, tessuto] close; pettine a denti -i fine-tooth(ed) combII avverbioscritto fitto closely written; cadere fitto (fitto) to fall thickly; parlare fitto fitto to talk nonstop, to rattle on colloq.III sostantivo m.nel fitto del bosco in the depths of the wood.————————fitto2/'fitto/sostantivo m.(affitto) rent. -
127 caducum
cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].I.That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:B.glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,
Cato, R. R. 23, 2:spica,
that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:aqua,
id. ib. 3, 5, 2:aquae,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:frondes,
Verg. G. 1, 368:frons,
Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:folia,
id. Am. 2, 16, 45:lacrimae,
id. M. 6, 396:poma,
Prop. 2, 32, 40:oliva,
Col. 12, 52, 22:fulmen,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,
id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.ligna,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:tela,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:moro coma nigrior caduco,
Mart. 8, 64, 7.—Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—2. 3. II.Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):2.vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,
Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;B.Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,
Veg. 1, 25, 2:asellus morbo detestabili caducus,
App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:morbus,
the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—Trop.1.In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):2.in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,
Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:ignis,
quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:res humanae fragiles caducaeque,
Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,
id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,
id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:tituli,
Plin. Pan. 55, 8:tempus,
id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:labores,
id. ib. 9, 3, 2:fama,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:spes,
vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:preces,
ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:pars voti,
id. Ib. 88.—Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):b.quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,
Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,
Juv. 9, 88:caduca occupare,
Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—Transf., of other things:nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,
Non. p. 91, 1 sq. -
128 caducus
cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].I.That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:B.glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,
Cato, R. R. 23, 2:spica,
that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:aqua,
id. ib. 3, 5, 2:aquae,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:frondes,
Verg. G. 1, 368:frons,
Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:folia,
id. Am. 2, 16, 45:lacrimae,
id. M. 6, 396:poma,
Prop. 2, 32, 40:oliva,
Col. 12, 52, 22:fulmen,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,
id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.ligna,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:tela,
Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:moro coma nigrior caduco,
Mart. 8, 64, 7.—Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—2. 3. II.Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):2.vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,
Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;B.Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,
Veg. 1, 25, 2:asellus morbo detestabili caducus,
App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:morbus,
the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—Trop.1.In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):2.in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,
Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:ignis,
quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:res humanae fragiles caducaeque,
Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,
id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,
id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:tituli,
Plin. Pan. 55, 8:tempus,
id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:labores,
id. ib. 9, 3, 2:fama,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:spes,
vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:preces,
ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:pars voti,
id. Ib. 88.—Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):b.quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,
Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,
Juv. 9, 88:caduca occupare,
Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—Transf., of other things:nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,
Non. p. 91, 1 sq.
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headlong — head|long1 [ hed,lɔŋ ] adverb MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) with your head in such a position that it hits something before the rest of your body: He was hurled headlong down the stairs. 2. ) very quickly and without looking where you are going: He ran… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
headlong — I UK [ˈhedˌlɒŋ] / US [ˈhedˌlɔŋ] adverb mainly literary 1) with your head in such a position that it hits something before the rest of your body He was hurled headlong down the stairs. 2) very quickly and without looking where you are going He ran … English dictionary