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1 waterfowl
noun or noun plural (a bird or birds which live on or beside water.) vodna ptica* * *[wɔ:təfaul]nounvodna ptica (zlasti kot divjačina) -
2 water
['wo:tə] 1. noun(a colourless, transparent liquid compound of hydrogen and oxygen, having no taste or smell, which turns to steam when boiled and to ice when frozen: She drank two glasses of water; `Are you going swimming in the sea?' `No, the water's too cold'; Each bedroom in the hotel is supplied with hot and cold running water; ( also adjective) The plumber had to turn off the water supply in order to repair the pipe; transport by land and water.) voda2. verb1) (to supply with water: He watered the plants.) zaliti2) ((of the mouth) to produce saliva: His mouth watered at the sight of all the food.) sliniti se3) ((of the eyes) to fill with tears: The dense smoke made his eyes water.) solziti se•- waters- watery
- wateriness
- waterborne
- water-closet
- water-colour
- watercress
- waterfall
- waterfowl
- waterfront
- waterhole
- watering-can
- water level
- waterlily
- waterlogged
- water main
- water-melon
- waterproof 3. noun(a coat made of waterproof material: She was wearing a waterproof.) dežni plašč4. verb(to make (material) waterproof.) napraviti nepremočljivo- water-skiing
- water-ski
- watertight
- water vapour
- waterway
- waterwheel
- waterworks
- hold water
- into deep water
- in deep water
- water down* * *I [wɔ:tə]1.nounvoda, vodna površina; reka, morje; plural vodé, vodovje, voda, morje; slatina, mineralna voda; plima in oseka; chemistry vodna raztopina; technical vodni sijaj, blesk (na draguljih); spreminjanje barv (na tkanini); medicine seč, urin; solze; slina; znojabove water — nad vodo, plavajoč; figuratively finančno trdenby water — po vodi, po vodni potion the water — v čolnu, na ladji; na morjuas a fish out of water figuratively kot riba na suhemin deep water(s) — v težavah, v neprilikah, v škripcihbetween wind and water figuratively na ranljivem mestu, v ranljivo mestoin low water figuratively (biti) v slabih razmerah, na suhemlike water figuratively izdatno, potratnoof the first water — (dragulj) prvega sijaja, najboljše vrstewater bewitched colloquially zvodenela redka pijača (čaj, alkoholna pijača)water on the brain figuratively vodenoglavechigh water — plima; figuratively vrhunec, kulminacijalow water — oseka; figuratively najnižji nivó, najslabši rezultatmineral water — slatina, mineralna vodared water — krvav urin, sečstrong water obsolete žganjewritten in water figuratively prehoden, kratkotrajen, na pesku zgrajen; ki se bo uresničilto be on the water — biti na ladji, na poti z ladjoto be in hot water — biti v nepriliki, v škripcihto be in smooth water — biti v ugodnih razmerah, uspevatito cast one's bread upon the waters — izkazati dobroto, ne da bi pričakovali zahvaloto fish in troubled waters figuratively v kalnem ribaritito get into hot water for — priti (zaiti) v neprilike (v stisko, v škripce)to make foul water nautical jadrati v plitvi vodito pour oil on the waters figuratively izgladiti, poravnati, odstraniti zapreke; umiritito spend money like water figuratively za prazen nič trošiti denarto throw cold water on figuratively posmehovati se (čemu), ohladiti, politi z mrzlo vodo; zmanjšati veselje ali navdušenje za; spodnesti, preprečiti, onemogočitito take the water — (o ladji) biti splavljen, porinjen v vodoto take ( —ali to drink) the waters — piti mineralno vodo, zdraviti se s slatino ( at Radenci — v Radencih)still waters run deep — tiha voda globoko dere (bregove podira);2.adjectivevodniwater balance technical libelawater bus — vodni avtobus, hidrobuswater ski — vodna smučka; intransitive verb smučati se na vodiII [wɔ:tə]transitive verb(po)škropiti ( streets — ceste); zalivati ( plants — rastline); namočiti, namakati, ovlažiti, napeljati vodo na; razredčiti z vodo, zvodeniti (milk, wine — mleko, vino); napojiti, napajati ( animals — živali); oskrbeti, oskrbovati z vodo ( an engine — stroj); economy povečati dolg ali kapital (podjetja) z izdajo novih delnic brez kritja; moarirati (tkanino)to water down — zvodeniti, razredčiti; figuratively omiliti, ublažitito water down one's claims — ublažiti, zmanjšati svoje zahtevehe watered his lecture — zavlačeval (razvlekel) je svoje predavanje; intransitive verb puščati vodo; liti solze, solziti se (oči); izločati vodo, slino; zmočiti se, ovlažiti se; napajati se, piti, iti se napajat (živali); oskrbeti se z vodo; piti mineralno (delati kuro z) zdravilno vodo, zdraviti se s slatino; hunting iti v vodo (pes)to make s.o.'s mouth water — napraviti, da se komu pocedijo slinemy mouth watered (for, after) — sline so se mi pocedile (po, za)to water the stock economy izda(ja)ti nove delnice (brez povečanja glavnice), zvodeniti (delniški kapital) -
3 web
[web]1) (a type of trap for flies etc made of fine silk threads, spun by a spider etc: a spider's web.) pajčevina2) (the skin between the toes of a waterfowl.) plavalna kožica•- webbed- webbing
- web-footed
- web-toed
- Web site
- World Wide Web* * *[web]1.nountkanina, tkanje; splet, mreža, nizmedicine tkivo; plavalna kožica; pajčevina; puhasti del (ptičjega peresa); technical dolg zvitek papirja (zlasti za tiskanje); list, ostrina (velike žage); tanek, ploščat kovinski del, plošča (ki veže dele kovinske konstrukcije); nautical prečni del rebra (ladje); adjective web of railway lines — mreža železniških proga web of lies — niz laži;2.transitive verbujeti, zaplesti v mrežo; zoology opremiti s plavalno kožico
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