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A n1 ( period of work) to do a three-year stint in Africa/with a company travailler trois ans en Afrique/pour une entreprise ; to do a six-month stint as president/as a teacher être président/professeur pendant six mois ; to do one's stint at the wheel conduire à son tour ; during my three-day stint as a secretary pendant la période de trois jours où j'étais secrétaire ; I've done my stint for today j'en ai assez fait pour aujourd'hui ;2 ( limitation) without stint généreusement. -
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stint [stɪnt]1 noun∎ she did a stint in Africa/as a teacher elle a travaillé pendant un certain temps en Afrique/comme professeur;∎ she had a two-year stint in the army elle a fait deux ans dans l'armée;∎ we expect everybody to do their stint nous attendons de chacun qu'il fournisse sa part du travail;∎ I'll take or I'll do another stint at the wheel je vais reprendre le volant(a) (skimp on) lésiner sur;∎ don't stint the cream ne lésine pas sur la crème∎ he's incapable of stinting himself of anything il est incapable de se priver de quoi que ce soit∎ British to stint on sth lésiner sur qch -
3 XOCHITLALPAN
xôchitlâlpan, locatif.1.\XOCHITLALPAN jardin de fleurs.Esp., tierra de flores, o floresta (M)." xôchitlâlpan tlamochîuhtoc, tlacenquîztoc ", in the flower garden things spread growing; they spread without stint. Sah11,200.Without stint = sans restriction.2.\XOCHITLALPAN terre pleine de fleurs, désigne en particulier des régions méridionalesEst dit du pays des Totonaques. Sah11,256." in închân, in întlâlpan, huel tônacâtlâlpan, xôchitlâlpan ", leur pays leur territoire est un pays de bonnes récoltes, un pays de fleurs.Est dit des Olmèques et des Mixtèques. Sah10,187 = Launey II 260.3.\XOCHITLALPAN désigne métaphoriquement une région mythique, Tlalocan.Tierra florida, designacion del Tlalocan. Unido comunmente con tônacâtlâlli(Sah HG I 261 etc.). Garibay 1971 II 409.Otro nombre del Tlalocan Cf. Sah HG X 29,84.Usado para alguna region tropical, por metafora.Par extension, paradis terrestre.Esp., parayso terrenal (M I 92r.b xuchitlalpan).Mais Bnf 362 (s xochitlapan) proteste: Parayso terrestre, dice el Padre Molina y lo mismo el Padre Fray Juan Baptista, y otros Ahutores pero esto me parece Arbitrario, porque lo que quiere decir es en la tierra de flores, ô en la buena tierra y esto no es Parayso.4.\XOCHITLALPAN vers le Sud.Allem., nach der Richtung des Blumenlandes." in âmilpampa in xôchitlâlpa ", vers le Sud - gen Süden. W.Lehmann 1938,65 §44." xitlamînacân huitztlân huitznâhuatlâlpan âmîlpan xôchitlâlpan ", tirez des flèches vers le sud, vers la région des épines, vers les champs irrigués, vers les terres en fleur. W.Lehmann 1938,49.R. Siméon dit 'Bocage, lieu garni de fleurs; paradis terrestre, lieu de délices. On désignait ainsi le pays des Panotèques renommé pour ses productions et ses fleurs (Sah.)'.
См. также в других словарях:
without stint — index profuse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
without stint — Without limit; without any specified number … Black's law dictionary
without stint — Without limit or restriction on number or amount … Ballentine's law dictionary
stint — 1 noun (countable usually singular) 1 a limited or fixed period of work or effort (+ as): the beginning of her stint as waitress | do a stint: Mark did a two year stint in the army. | do your stint (=do some work that other people also have to do … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stint — I. /stɪnt / (say stint) verb (t) 1. to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict. 2. Obsolete to discontinue, cease, or bring to an end. –verb (i) 3. to be sparing or frugal; get along on a… …
stint — stint1 stintedly, adv. stintedness, n. stinter, n. stintingly, adv. stintless, adj. /stint/, v.i. 1. to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don t stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money … Universalium
stint´less — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on … Useful english dictionary
stint´ing|ly — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on … Useful english dictionary
stint´er — stint1 «stihnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to keep on short allowance; be saving or careful in using or spending; limit: »The parents stinted themselves of food to give it to their children. 2. Archaic. to stop; cease. –v.i. 1. be saving; get along on … Useful english dictionary
stint — v. & n. v.tr. 1 supply (food or aid etc.) in a niggardly amount or grudgingly. 2 (often refl.) supply (a person etc.) in this way. n. 1 a limitation of supply or effort (without stint). 2 a fixed or allotted amount of work (do one s stint). 3 a… … Useful english dictionary
stint — Limit; restriction. An allotment. Blackstone says that a right of common of pasture which has not been admeasured is erroneously called a common without stint. See 3 Bl Comm 239 … Ballentine's law dictionary
