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white ant

  • 1 white

    1. adjective
    1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) bel
    2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) belopolt
    3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) bled
    4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) bel
    2. noun
    1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) bela barva
    2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) belec
    3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) beljak
    4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) beločnica
    •
    - whiteness
    - whitening
    - whitish
    - white-collar
    - white elephant
    - white horse
    - white-hot
    - white lie
    - whitewash     3. verb
    (to cover with whitewash.) beliti z apnom
    - white wine
    * * *
    I [wáit]
    adjective
    bel; belopolt; belokožen; bled; svetel; bel ali siv (lasje); poetically blond, plav; brezbarven, prozoren; figuratively čist, nedolžen, neomadeževan, preprost; politics bel, rojalističen, reakcionaren; technical pocinan; srebrn, beložareč, razbeljen; economy dovoljen, dopuščen; (redko) srečen; printing prazen, nepotiskan; colloquially poštèn
    as white as a sheet — bled kot zid (stena, smrt)
    white ant — bela mravlja, termit
    white book politics bela knjiga
    white brass technical bela med, novo srebro
    white bear — beli, polarni medved
    white coal technical beli premog, vodna moč
    white coffee — bela, mlečna kava
    white father American beli oče (indijanski vzdevek za predsednika ZDA)
    white feather — belo pero (znak strahopetnosti), figuratively strahopetec
    white sale economy razprodaja platnenega blaga, beli teden
    white paper politics bela knjiga (poročilo angleške vlade)
    white supremacy — prevlada, nadvlada belcev
    to bleed white — pustiti (tele) izkrvaveti; figuratively izsesati, kri puščati (komu)
    II [wáit]
    noun
    belina, bela barva, belilo; bel predmet; belokožnost; belec, človek bele rase; beljak; belo vino; obsolete srebro, srebrnik; (šah) bela figura; beli krog pri tarči; politics beli, reakcionar, rojalist; figuratively čistost, nedolžnost; printing vrzel, prazen prostor
    in the white technical surov, nepleskan (les, kovina itd.)
    III [wáit]
    transitive verb
    (po)beliti, prebeliti; napraviti belo; figuratively površno napraviti lepo (dobro)
    to white out printing pustiti bel (prazen) prostor

    English-Slovenian dictionary > white

  • 2 ant

    [ænt]
    (a type of small insect, related to bees, wasps etc, thought of as hard-working.) mravlja
    - ant-hill
    * * *
    [ænt]
    noun
    zoology mravlja

    English-Slovenian dictionary > ant

См. также в других словарях:

  • White ant — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • white ant — noun count a TERMITE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • white ant — white′ ant′ n. ent termite • Etymology: 1675–85 …   From formal English to slang

  • white ant — n. TERMITE …   English World dictionary

  • white ant — Termite Ter mite, n.; pl. {Termites}. [F. See {Termes}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to {Termes} and allied genera; called also {white ant}. See Illust. of {White ant}. [1913 Webster] Note: They… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • white-ant — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: white ant : to wreck or take over surreptitiously as if by the boring of termites : undermine by underhanded means the popular front was white anted by a Communist minority …   Useful english dictionary

  • white-ant — /ˈwaɪt ænt/ (say wuyt ant) verb (t) Colloquial to subvert or undermine from within (an organisation or enterprise). –white anter, noun –white anting, noun …  

  • white ant — /ˈwaɪt ænt/ (say wuyt ant) noun 1. any of various species of wood eating isopterous insects which, like ants, exhibit social organisation and often form enormous moist colonies; destructive of trees, wooden fences, houses, etc.; termite. –phrase… …  

  • white-ant — /hwuyt ant , wuyt /, v.t. Australian Informal. to undermine or subvert from within. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium

  • white ant — noun whitish soft bodied ant like social insect that feeds on wood • Syn: ↑termite • Hypernyms: ↑insect • Hyponyms: ↑dry wood termite, ↑Reticulitermes flanipes, ↑Reticulitermes lucifugus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • white ant — noun Date: 1684 termite …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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