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1 siero della verità
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f truth* * *verità s.f. truth, verity: le verità della scienza, the truths of science; le verità eterne, the eternal verities; la verità storica, the historical truth; cercare, negare la verità, to seek, to deny the truth; dire la verità, to tell the truth: dimmi la verità, sei ancora preoccupato?, be truthful (o tell me the truth), are you still worried?; accertare la verità, to ascertain the truth; dubitare della verità delle affermazioni di qlcu., to doubt the truth (o veracity) of s.o.'s statements; questa è la pura verità, this is Gospel truth // in verità, really // quella donna è la bocca della verità, that woman is truth itself // a dire la verità, per la verità, to tell the truth // macchina della verità, lie detector; siero della verità, truth serum // (log.) valore di verità, truth value.* * *[veri'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile truthè la pura verità — it's the honest o simple truth
a dire la verità, per la o in verità to tell the truth; una verità universale — a universal truth
* * *verità/veri'ta/f.inv.truth; siero della verità truth drug; macchina della verità lie detector; mezza verità half-truth; è la pura verità it's the honest o simple truth; dire la verità to tell the truth; a dire la verità, per la o in verità to tell the truth; una verità universale a universal truth. -
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m medicine serum* * *siero s.m. ( del sangue) serum*; ( del latte) whey // siero antivipera, snake (o viper) serum // siero della verità, truth drug.* * *['sjɛro]sostantivo maschile1) (del latte) whey2) med. serum** * *siero/'sjεro/sostantivo m.1 (del latte) whey2 med. serum*. -
4 siero della verità
truth serum o drug
См. также в других словарях:
truth drug — truth .drug BrE truth .serum AmE n [U and C] a drug that is supposed to make people tell the truth … Dictionary of contemporary English
truth drug — trüth n TRUTH SERUM … Medical dictionary
truth drug — ☆ truth drug n. an anesthetic or hypnotic, as thiopental sodium, regarded as tending to make a subject responsive while being questioned: also ☆ truth serum * * * … Universalium
truth drug — ☆ truth drug n. an anesthetic or hypnotic, as thiopental sodium, regarded as tending to make a subject responsive while being questioned: also ☆ truth serum … English World dictionary
truth drug — noun an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely • Syn: ↑truth serum • Hypernyms: ↑intravenous anesthetic • Hyponyms: ↑amobarbital, ↑thiopental … Useful english dictionary
Truth drug — A truth drug or truth serum is a psychoactive medication used to obtain information from subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide it otherwise. The unethical use of truth drugs is classified as a form of torture according to international… … Wikipedia
truth drug — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms truth drug : singular truth drug plural truth drugs a drug used for trying to make someone tell the truth … English dictionary
truth drug — BrE truth serum, AmE noun (C, U) a drug that is supposed to make people tell the truth … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
truth drug — n. intravenous anesthetic drug that is believed to be able to cause a person to answer questions truthfully … English contemporary dictionary
truth drug — noun a drug supposedly able to induce a state in which a person answers questions truthfully … English new terms dictionary
truth drug — /ˈtruθ drʌg/ (say troohth drug) noun sodium pentothal when used as a mild anaesthetic to render a person incapable of answering questions untruthfully …
