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1 undergrowth
(low bushes or large plants growing among trees: She tripped over in the thick undergrowth.) botngróður -
2 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) brak, braml2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) árekstur3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) fjárhagslegt hrun4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) skellast2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) klessa3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) brotlenda4) ((of a business) to fail.) fara á hausinn5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) ryðjast, brjótast6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) skyndi-- crash-land -
3 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) (erfiðis)vinna2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) verkamenn3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) hríðir4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Verkamannaflokkurinn2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) vinna, strita2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) erfiða, paufa•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving
См. также в других словарях:
Undergrowth — usually refers to the vegetation in a forest, which can obstruct passage through the forest. The height of undergrowth is usually considered to be 0,3 3 m (1 9 ft.). Undergrowth can also refer all vegetation in a forest, which isn t in the canopy … Wikipedia
Undergrowth — Un der*growth , n. That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
undergrowth — (n.) c.1600, from UNDER (Cf. under) + GROWTH (Cf. growth) … Etymology dictionary
undergrowth — ► NOUN ▪ a dense growth of shrubs and other plants … English terms dictionary
undergrowth — [un′dər grōth΄] n. 1. UNDERBRUSH 2. an animal s undercoat 3. the state of being undergrown … English World dictionary
undergrowth — (BrE) noun ⇨ See also ↑underbrush ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, dense, lush, tangled, thick … OF UNDERGROWTH ▪ patch, tangle … Collocations dictionary
undergrowth — n. 1) to clear the undergrowth 2) dense, heavy; thick undergrowth 3) in the undergrowth * * * [ ʌndəgrəʊθ] heavy thick undergrowth dense in the undergrowth to clear the undergrowth … Combinatory dictionary
undergrowth — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)groʊθ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Undergrowth consists of bushes and plants growing together under the trees in a forest. [BRIT] ...plunging through the undergrowth. (in AM, use underbrush) … English dictionary
undergrowth — noun (U) bushes, small trees, and other plants growing around and under bigger trees: Something rustled in the undergrowth … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
undergrowth — noun the undergrowth is a habitat for various small mammals and certain birds Syn: shrubbery, vegetation, underbrush, greenery, ground cover, underwood, brushwood, brush, scrub, bush, covert, thicket, copse; bushes, plants, brambles, herbage;… … Thesaurus of popular words
undergrowth — jaunamiškis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Jaunas medynas nuo pomiškio, žėlinių atsiradimo, želdinių įveisimo iki kartinių susiformavimo. Skiriamos dvi augimo fazės: susidarymo (iki medelių lajų susivėrimo) ir formavimosi,… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
