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1 tårnhøj
* * *adj towering,(fig) sky-high, soaring ( fx prices);[ det tårnhøje helvede] the towering inferno. -
2 arbejde
sg - árbejdet, pl - árbejderрабо́та ж, труд м; слу́жба жgå på árbejde — ходи́ть на рабо́ту
nédlægge árbejdet — бастова́ть, прекраща́ть рабо́ту
* * *business, employment, handiwork, job, labour, work* * *I. (et -r) work ( fx the work of building a house; hard work; set somebody to work);( strengt) labour;( beskæftigelse) employment ( fx find employment; this will give employment to 30 men),( job) job ( fx get a job);( stykke arbejde) job ( fx do a job well); piece of work ( fx a fine piece of work);( om kunstværk) work ( fx an early work of Renoir; a literary work);( hverv) task ( fx a thankless task);(god el. dårlig udførelse) workmanship ( fx bad workmanship);( tilvirkning) make ( fx British make);[ køb dansk arbejde] buy Danish;[ få arbejde] get a job;[ gå i arbejde] set to work;( efter strejke) go back (to work);[ gå på arbejde] go to work;[ ved sine hænders arbejde] by the labour of one's hands;[ arbejde og kapital] Capital and Labour;[ spildt arbejde] a waste of energy;[ et stykke arbejde] a piece (el. job) of work;(dvs en indsats) make an effort;[ sætte noget i arbejde] put something in hand (el. into work);[ sætte en i arbejde] set somebody to work;[ tage arbejde] take a job ( som as),F take up employment;[ under arbejdet] while working;[ være i arbejde] be working, be employed;( om ting) be in hand;[ være i arbejde igen] be back at work again; be working again;[ være uden arbejde] be unemployed, be out of work, be out of a job;[ være under arbejde] be under (el. in process of) construction,(dvs under forberedelse) be in (course of) preparation.II. vb work;( arbejde hårdt, slide) labour;( fungere) operate, function;[ arbejde en gæld af] work off a debt;[ den arbejdende befolkning] the working population;[ hans bryst arbejdede] his breast heaved;[ arbejde med] work at ( fx a problem), work on ( fx a new book);[ arbejde en forretning op] work up a business;[ arbejde over] work overtime;[ arbejde på] work on ( fx a new book), work at ( fx an invention; being accepted); be engaged in ( fx writing a novel);[ arbejde sammen] work together;( forene) unify, fuse,( koordinere) coordinate;[ de arbejder godt sammen] they pull well together;[ arbejde ud fra den teori at] work on the theory that;[ arbejde sig frem] work one's way forward (, up),( om karriere) rise from the ranks;[ arbejde sig fri] work oneself free;[ arbejde sig igennem] work one's way through;[ arbejde sig ihjel] work oneself to death;(om skrue etc) work loose;[ arbejde sig op til et sandt raseri] work oneself into a towering rage. -
3 kolossal
колосса́льный, грома́дный* * *colossal, enormous, stupendous, towering* * *adj colossal.
См. также в других словарях:
Towering — Tow er*ing, a. 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. [1913 Webster] A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
towering — [tou′ər iŋ] adj. 1. that towers; very high or tall 2. very great, intense, violent, etc. [a towering rage] … English World dictionary
towering — index prodigious (enormous), salient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
towering — [adj] huge, excessive aerial, airy, colossal, elevated, extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, gigantic, great, high, immoderate, imperial, imposing, impressive, inordinate, intense, lofty, magnificent, massive, mighty, monumental,… … New thesaurus
towering — toweringly, adv. /tow euhr ing/, adj. 1. very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak. 2. surpassing others; very great: a towering figure in American poetry. 3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage. 4. beyond the… … Universalium
towering — [[t]ta͟ʊərɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n If you describe something such as a mountain or cliff as towering, you mean that it is very tall and therefore impressive. [LITERARY] ...towering cliffs of black granite which rise straight out of the sea. 2) ADJ:… … English dictionary
towering — adjective Date: 1592 1. impressively high or great ; imposing < towering pines > 2. reaching a high point of intensity ; overwhelming < a towering rage > 3. going beyond proper bounds ; excessive … New Collegiate Dictionary
towering — tow|er|ing [ˈtauərıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) very tall ▪ great towering cliffs 2.) much better than other people of the same kind = ↑outstanding ▪ a towering genius of his time 3.) in a towering rage very angry … Dictionary of contemporary English
towering — tow|er|ing [ taurıŋ ] adjective 1. ) much taller than surrounding people or things: towering snow covered mountains 2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM extremely impressive, important, or successful: Picasso is a towering figure in the history of 20th century … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
towering — adjective (only before noun) 1 very tall: great towering cliffs 2 much better than other people of the same kind; outstanding (1): a towering genius of his time 3 in a towering rage very angry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
towering — UK [ˈtaʊərɪŋ] / US [ˈtaʊrɪŋ] adjective 1) much taller than surrounding people or things towering snow covered mountains 2) mainly journalism extremely impressive, important, or successful Picasso is a towering figure in the history of 20th… … English dictionary
