definition: Amber is a hard, yellowish material that comes from trees.
example: The necklace was made from pieces of amber.
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Hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity.
A honey-yellow colour typical of amber:
A yellow light used as a cautionary signal between green for ‘go’ and red for ‘stop’:
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Unfortunately, dinosaurs almost never get trapped in tree amber.
Whether buying the spiced local gingerbread or scouting for the region's best amber, it's hard to resist picking something up.
The 130-million-year-old spider silk was found in fossilized amber from Lebanon.
These letters come in three colours - green, amber and red.
Even at this time of the year, the very beginning of summer, it sprawls dry, thorny and desiccated, in shades of tan, amber, and a hundred browns.
Furniture includes chairs and couches upholstered in amber, magenta, and burgundy.
He warned that cyclists ran the same risk of being stopped as drivers for going through reds or late ambers.
The signal, a red, green or amber light to direct traffic to stop, proceed with caution or go, revolutionized traffic control.
The signal lights blinking only amber meant that one hapless policeman made a valiant effort to control traffic which seemed to swamp him from all directions.
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янтарь ; окаменелая смола желтый цвет , цвет янтаря дор. желтый сигнал, желтый свет (светофора) янтарный , из янтаря amber beads — янтарные бусы
definition: Charcoal is a black material that is used as fuel for fire.
example: There was burnt charcoal left on the ground from an old fire.
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A porous black solid, consisting of an amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in the absence of air.
Briquettes of charcoal used for barbecuing:
Charcoal used for drawing:
A drawing made with charcoal.
A dark grey colour:
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When burnt, charcoal gives off carbon monoxide which can kill in a confined space.
Carbon, in the forms of charcoal, graphite, and diamond, was one of the earliest elements known to man.
He also proved that diamond and charcoal both consist of carbon atoms, so are chemically identical.
They include such materials as soil, sand, rice flour, ash, white cement, charcoal or pigment, rubbed onto paper or canvas.
These 60 drawings show Picasso's work on paper with pencil, charcoal, ink and gouache.
Since then, Jayant has dabbled with oil on canvas, watercolour, charcoal, acrylic, clay and plaster of Paris.
On view until October 29, the exhibit presents 55 of the 300 known watercolors, pastels and charcoals by the late artist - many of which have never been seen before.
His first two solo shows were a blizzard of styles, combining watercolours and charcoals, landscapes and portraits, and religious paintings crafted lovingly by a committed atheist.
If a visitor familiar with the charcoals had come in not knowing this was a show of Weiss's prints, it would have become apparent only when she or he came face to face with the central image in Thoughts, a lithograph.
The sky was a deep charcoal gray outside of the bus.
In the distance, bare branches sketched a thin pencil outline against the charcoal gray sky.
High cheekbones emphasized her straight nose, full lips, and stunning charcoal gray eyes.
журналист-комментатор, постоянно ведущий какую-л. рубрику; обозреватель the columnist of a New York paper — обозреватель одной из нью-йоркских газет Синоним: commentator
редактор отдела в газете или журнале корреспондент Hollywood columnist — корреспондент в Голливуде Синоним: commentator
definition: A cricket is an insect that makes loud noises, usually at night.
example: In the country, we could see the stars and hear the crickets at night.
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A low stool, typically with a rectangular or oval seat and four legs splayed out.
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not ˈcricket unfair; not honourable
сверчок (Gryllus spp.) спорт. крикет разг. честная игра his behaviour was not cricket — он поступил неэтично /некорректно/ not cricket! — не по правилам! ; нечестно!
низкий стул, табурет ; скамеечка для ног играть в крикет
definition: A delta is flat area where a river splits into smaller rivers that flow into the sea.
example: The archeologists found many ancient materials in the delta of the Nile River.
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A triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets:
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It and many other old zircons come from metamorphosed sediments deposited in river deltas some 3 billion years ago in what is now southwestern Australia.
Discriminating between deposits of tidally influenced deltas and tide-dominated coastal mud flats in the rock record is often difficult.
Innumerable lagoons, lakes, canals, estuaries and the deltas of 44 rivers make up the 900 km of backwater network of the State.
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дельта (4-я буква греческого алфавита Δ) дельта (реки) the Delta — дельта Нила bay delta — дельта заполнения interior delta — внутренняя дельта river delta — речная дельта submerged delta — погруженная дельта
эл. треугольник ; соединение треугольником delta connection — соединение треугольником
мат. дельта-функция геогр. (the Delta) ист. дельта Нила фигура , напоминающая по внешнему виду треугольник delta wing — крыло треугольное
информ. допустимая ошибка , дельта within delta of — в пределах дельты, почти точно
фин. , бирж. ( коэффициент ) "дельта" (показатель чувствительности рассчитываемой стоимости опциона к незначительным колебаниям цены базового актива, рассчитывается как отношение прироста цены опциона к приросту цены финансового инструмента, лежащего в его основе; изменяется в интервале от 0 до 1 для опционов "колл" и в интервале от -1 до 0 для опционов "пут") Синоним: hedge ratio
эвфемизм to express by a euphemism — выразить эвфемистически, смягчить for him work is a mere euphemism for pastime — свое безделье он для приличия называет работой Синоним: circumlocution Антоним: dysphemism
(замена слов, которое имеет достаточно сильное эмоциональное или осуждающее воздействие, на более мягкую, обтекаемую формулировку, не способную обидеть кого-л.) пол. (один из восьми способов влияния на общественное сознание по классификации Института анализа пропаганды; использование смягчающих формулировок для скрытия реального отрицательного содержания фактов; напр., использование слова "ликвидация" вместо слова "убийство" в информационных сообщениях о военных действиях)
definition: To expire is to no longer be effective because its use has come to an end.
example: The man’s driver’s license was going to expire in two days.
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(Of a document, authorization, or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity:
(Of a period of time) come to an end:
(Of a person) die:
Exhale (air) from the lungs:
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The current five-year lease agreement expires in 2002.
The nearly 10,000 flight attendants have been working without a new contract since their old agreement expired at the end of 1996.
The old collective agreement expired in May and talks began shortly thereafter.
The National Conference president also predicted that he will not hand over reigns of power to Congress after his three year term expires in November 2005.
There have been no indications on whether the team want him to stay beyond the summer of 2006 when his three-year term expires.
You were allowed to leave eight months before your term expired.
If two doctors agree that the condition has reached the point of no return then it should be agreed to let the person expire with dignity.
The mortality rate within the ghettos rose and people expired on the street.
If someone starves, a hero will give up their own food and die before letting that person expire.
The vocal cords vibrate when air is expired through the glottis, creating sound waves in the column of air within the pharynx, nose, and mouth.
An index of alcohol intoxication was measured with a fuel-cell analyzer in air expired after breath was held for 15 sec.
The drug is primarily metabolized by the lungs and expired as carbon dioxide.
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run out, become invalid, become void, be no longer valid, lapse, cease, become obsolete;
end, finish, stop, come to an end, conclude, terminate, be over, be at an end
die, pass away/on, decease, perish, depart this life, be no more, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, meet one's Maker, give up the ghost, go to the great beyond, cross the great divide, shuffle off this mortal coil, go the way of the/all flesh, go to one's last resting place
informal kick the bucket, bite the dust, croak, conk out, buy it, turn up one's toes, cash in one's chips, go belly up
British informal snuff it, peg out, pop one's clogs
испустить последний вздох, угаснуть , скончаться ; поэт. угасать he expired (his last breath) — он испустил последний вздох, он умер the fire expired — костер погас Синоним: die
оканчиваться , истекать (о сроке) his term of office expires next year — срок его пребывания на посту истечет в будущем году the subscription expires with the current number — ваша подписка истекает с получением этого номера
терять силу (о законе и т. п.) закончиться , истечь (о сроках) My passport expires next year. — Срок действия моего паспорта истекает в следующем году.
definition: Granite is a very hard type of rock that is often black or pink.
example: The kitchen counter was made of granite.
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A very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone:
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Finally the hardest stones such as granite and porphyry require the most tempered steel tools.
The views from these heights are simply stunning, with glacial ice fields and granite peaks as far as the eye can see.
Pine units are fitted at ground and eye-level, topped by granite worktops and a tiled splashback.
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мин. гранит as hard as granite — твердый как гранит ; упрямый granite set — дор. гранитная брусчатка granite slab — гранитная плита The Granite City — Абердин (Шотландия)
твердость (характера и т. п.) изделие из гранита красноватый цвет
definition: Gravel is a combination of small stones mixed with sand.
example: The ground around the swing set was covered with gravel.
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Cover (an area) with gravel:
Make (someone) angry or annoyed:
Confuse or puzzle (someone):
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Outside, the back garden is landscaped with a rockery area, lawn, patio area and gravelled area incorporating shrubs and climbers.
A small gravelled area is the first thing one encounters, southwest - facing and with a thin layer of soil covering spoil from a demolition.
‘A roughly graveled area used for parking cars grabbed my imagination,’ she says.
English gravelled him to death, because he had not the command of English that he had of his native tongue.
It really gravels me that everything was cut; they clear-cut everything.
That woman's hypocrisy really gravels me for some reason.
The most difficult questions in the Cabinet never gravelled him; the most novel situations could not bewilder his clear judgment.
No, I take my oath that the thing that gravelled him most, to start with, was not this, but the price he had fetched! He couldn't seem to get over that seven dollars.
And this question gravelled them, and ran them aground, and served to shame them before the people.
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посыпать гравием , песком to gravel a path — посыпать гравием тропинку
разг. приводить в замешательство , ставить в тупик , поражать ; приводить в недоумение it will perhaps gravel even a philosopher — это может поставить в тупик даже философа he was so gravel led that he had not a word to say — он был так поражен, что не мог произнести ни слова Синоним: perplex, bewilder, confound
прервать , остановить (докладчика, оратора) he was gravel led for lack of time — его остановили из-за недостатка времени
притон , логово диал. место , посещаемое привидениями; часто посещаемое призраком диал. призрак , привидение Синоним: ghost
часто посещаемое, любимое место his favourite haunt — место, где он больше всего любит бывать
убежище , пристанище , приют a haunt of fashion — излюбленное место отдыха, фешенебельный курорт, модный ресторан и т. п.
уст. частое посещение (какого-л. места) место кормления или логовище животных, птиц и т. п. диал. привычка , обыкновение часто посещаемое место (для отдыха и т. п.) , прибежище quiet haunt — тихое пристанище Синоним: resort
нора (лисья и т. п.) Синоним: den, nest, lair
место кормежки или выпаса диких птиц и животных уст. привычка или обычай часто ездить или навещать одно и то же место часто посещать, навещать (какое-л. место) , часто бывать (где-л., у кого-л.) ; часто заезжать to haunt smb.'s house — часто бывать в чьем-л. доме, часто наведываться к кому-л. to haunt bad company — бывать в плохой компании the house is haunted by artists — в доме часто собираются художники Синоним: frequent
появляться , являться , обитать (о привидении, призраке и т. п.) ; жить phantoms seem to haunt those gloomy streets — кажется, что эти мрачные улицы наводнены призраками to haunt in /about/ a place — слоняться вокруг какого-л. места, бродить как призрак (часто о животных) My father's ghost still haunted our house. — Призрак моего отца все еще появлялся в нашем доме.
преследовать , тревожить ; терзать , не давать покоя (о мыслях и т. п.) remorse haunts him continually — угрызения совести не перестают мучить его old memories haunt his mind — воспоминания о прошлом не дают ему покоя the tune haunts me — эта мелодия все время звучит у меня в голове he was haunted by doubt — его не оставляли сомнения The tune haunted her all day long. — Эта мелодия целый день преследовала ее. Синоним: trouble
ходить по пятам (за кем-л.) , не отходить ни на шаг (от кого-л.) , преследовать бывать (где-л.) Синоним: frequent
неотступно преследовать (кого-л.) , ходить хвостом My brother haunts me all the time! — Мой брат вечно ходит за мной как хвост!
мучить ; назойливо звучать в ушах (о мелодии и т. п.) Синоним: trouble
definition: When someone is liberal, they accept different ideas and people.
example: My grandparents aren’t as liberal as my parents.
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A person of liberal views:
A supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.
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Many economic liberals have an optimistic view of economic globalization.
Leftists and liberals find this turn of events an indication of bad days to come.
How could he be defended in the pages of our press by supposed liberals and left-wingers?
To essentially claim that he is no better than the Liberals or Tories is plain sectarianism.
The Tories and Liberals were easily beaten into third and fourth places.
The Liberals said they were opposed to the war but supported it once it began.
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с широкими взглядами; свободомыслящий ; не связанный предрассудками; без предрассудков She is known to have liberal views on divorce and contraception. — Известно, что она без всяких предрассудков относится к разводу и применению противозачаточных средств. Синоним: broad-minded
либеральный ; прогрессивный , передовой (о взглядах и т. п.) ; свободный a liberal democracy with a multiparty political system — либеральная демократия с многопартийной политической системой liberal trade policy — либеральная торговая политика Liberal import policies will curb smuggling. — Либеральное регулирование импорта воспрепятствует контрабанде. There were those who claimed that a more liberal market would provide the required food for a growing and increasingly urbanised population. — Были и те, кто утверждал, что более свободный рынок обеспечит необходимым продовольствием растущее городское население. liberal translation — свободный перевод liberal government — либеральное правительство Liberal Party — Либеральная партия
щедрый , великодушный liberal in praise — щедрый на похвалы to be a liberal giver — щедро давать, дарить, жертвовать to be liberal of promises — не скупиться на обещания the magazines were liberal with their space for his articles — в журналах не жалели места для его статей a liberal giver — щедрый даритель The company is being far too liberal with giving out the information. — Компания слишком щедро распоряжается информацией. Синоним: open-handed, generous
обильный , щедрый , богатый liberal helping — солидная порция liberal gift — щедрый /богатый/ подарок liberal table — обильный стол ; широкое гостеприимство liberal share — большая доля to make liberal provision for one's family — полностью обеспечить свою семью liberal meal — обильная еда As always he was liberal with his jokes. — Как всегда, он беспрестанно шутил. She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes. — Она весьма активно пользовалась косметикой и нарядами старшей сестры. liberal feeding — обильное кормление, питание Синоним: generous
гуманитарный liberal education — гуманитарное образование ; широкое общее образование liberal arts — гуманитарные науки
(Liberal) либеральный , состоящий из членов либеральной партии the Liberal government — правительство либералов
свободный , вольный , небуквальный liberal interpretation — вольное толкование liberal translation — вольный перевод Синоним: loose
тех. с запасом (прочности и т. п.) ист. присущий или подобающий свободному человеку, особ. дворянину терпимый to be liberal towards alcoholics — быть терпимым к алкоголикам Protestants were more liberal towards alcoholics. — Протестанты были более терпимы к алкоголикам.
мягкий значительный (о количестве или объеме) after a very liberal amount — через значительный промежуток времени
расширительный (о толковании) liberal interpretation — расширительное толкование
либерал , человек либеральных убеждений; сторон ник либерализма; человек ; придерживающийся либеральных взглядов knee-jerk liberal — либерал, от которого знаешь, чего можно ждать (не способный ни на что новое) staunch liberal — убежденный либерал
(Liberal) член партии либералов, либерал (особ. в Великобритании) ; (Liberal) полит. член Либеральной партии He is a liberal of pure heart. — Он либерал с чистым сердцем. The Liberals vote as a block — Либералы голосуют блоком.
definition: A maze is a system of paths that is complicated and easy to get lost in.
example: We got lost in the maze in the garden.
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Be dazed and confused:
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Beyond this garden, abrupt, there was a grey stone wall overgrown with velvet moss that uprose as, gazing, Matthew stood long, all mazed and blinking, to see this place so eerie and fair.
He was regarded with suspicion, considered an outsider and a very strange young man, being called ‘funny’ or even ‘mazed’ by the locals.
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лабиринт a maze of streets — лабиринт улиц bureaucratic maze — бюрократическая неразбериха Синоним: labyrinth
беспорядок , неразбериха , путаница to be in a maze — быть растерянным /сбитым с толку/ ; запутаться she was in a maze — она не соображала, что происходит ; она была в трансе to tread a maze — запутаться в сложном переплетении (неприятностей и т. п.) Синоним: confusion, muddle
definition: Moss is a small green or yellow plant that grows on wet dirt, rocks, or tree trunks .
example: Be careful not to slip on the moss that’s covering those rocks.
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Cover with moss:
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We would have had difficulty identifying it as a logging site as the stumps were mossed and the beech seedlings and undergrowth were abundant - a total contrast from the sites we were accustomed to seeing after harvesting by the old method.
You are invited to come along to The Convent Flower Shop to see all the mossed swags, door and cemetery wreaths, logs and Christmas decorations.
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a rolling ˈstone gathers no ˈmoss a person who moves from place to place, job to job, etc. does not have a lot of money, possessions or friends but is free from responsibilities
definition: When a bird pecks, it bites or hits something with its beak.
example: The birds pecked at the seeds on the ground.
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(Of a horse) pitch forward or stumble as a result of striking the ground with the front rather than the flat of the hoof:
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However, Chilling Place pecked on landing and weakened into third, giving the Grade One race to 3-1 shot Marcel, who kept on to hold It's Just Harry by two lengths.
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a/the ˈpecking order the order of importance in relation to one another among the members of a group
клевать , долбить клювом birds pecked at the grapes — птицы поклевали виноград That bird makes such a terrible noise, pecking at the tree in search of insects. — Эта птица громко стучит, когда долбит дерево в поисках насекомых.
( on ) шутл. легко поцеловать, «клюнуть»; чмокнуть They pecked the hostess farewell. — На прощание они чмокнули хозяйку (в щеку).
разг. мало есть, «клевать»; "клевать" I'll peck a bit — я немного поем she merely pecked at the partridge — она только поковыряла вилкой куропатку Try to eat your dinner, Mary, you've only pecked at it. — Мэри, попытайся съесть ужин, ты же только чуть к нему притронулась.
( at ) пилить , бранить , «клевать» (кого-л.) That new teacher is always pecking at our spelling mistakes. — Новый учитель все время ругает нас за орфографические ошибки.
копать киркой выклевывать , продалбливать дырку долбить острым инструментом father was pecking ice off — отец сбивал лед
бросать камни бросаться камнями бросаться вперед (о лошади) the horse pecked and stumbled — лошадь рванулась вперед и споткнулась
пробивать , продалбливать клювом драться клювом почти ничего не получить, мало получить (от чего-л.) I fear you can peck but little satisfaction out of it. — Вряд ли это принесет вам большое удовлетворение.
питать , кормить разг. (peck at) заниматься (чем-л.) поверхностно ; затрагивать (какую-л. тему) Let's deal properly with the question, instead of just pecking at it. — Давайте займемся этим вопросом серьезно, а не так, на скорую руку.
разг. большое количество ; куча , масса , множество a peck of trouble — куча неприятностей Синоним: multitude, heap, lot
клевок шутл. легкий поцелуй to give smb. a peck — чмокнуть кого-л.
сл. пища , харч peck and perch — ночлег и харчи peck and tipple /booze/ — еда и выпивка the peck was served at once — на стол собрали сразу to be of one's peck — потерять аппетит Синоним: food, provender
пек (мера объема сыпучих тел; англ. ≈ 8,81 л ; амер. ≈ 7,7 л) след клевка, укола, дырочка ; углубление a bird peck — поклев на плоде
мера сыпучих тел (= 1/4 бушеля или 9,08 л) (в Великобритании эквивалентна 554.84 кубическим дюймам) мерный сосуд (для измерения объема сыпучих тел) удар клювом след от удара, от поцелуя; пятнышко , впадина , вмятина , засос Синоним: prick, hole, dint, dot
definition: A reservoir is a place for storing water for a tow n to use.
example: If it doesn’t rain soon, the reservoir is going to dry up completely.
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A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply:
A supply or source of something:
A place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body:
A receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid:
A population, tissue, etc. which is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection:
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Some hover above fresh water lakes or reservoirs.
Herbicides and other pesticides can reach streams, lakes, and reservoirs in water that runs off treated fields.
If more reservoirs or artificial lakes are needed, they should be built.
The bank, as a reservoir of funds, borrows amounts deposited with it by its customer and pays them out as his agent.
Others have shown interest in the unconscious mind as a reservoir of universal truths or a place where the ‘true self’ dwells.
Michael will always be remembered for his wit, his sense of fun and his great reservoir of information about all things regarding the Stephenites.
This article is geared primarily to individuals, students as well as professionals, who are relatively new to carbonate diagenesis and petroleum reservoir rocks.
Carrier-bed rocks are lithologically the same as reservoir rocks, that is, sandstones, limestones, or fractured rocks of all types.
The low water contents strongly suggest that the erupted tephras were derived from a shallow magma reservoir or reservoirs.
Engineering machine metal-cutting fluid reservoirs are used as coolants and lubricants in metal machining processes.
Remember to top up the windscreen washer fluid reservoirs - new anti-freeze windscreen solutions are widely available
At present, oil operators have to pump the well fluid from a sub-sea reservoir to a production platform, where the mixture is separated into oil and water.
Our results provide further support for the hypothesis that the male genital tract may serve as a reservoir of HPV infection.
Shigellosis is a highly contagious disease caused by Shigella spp. and humans are the principal reservoir of infection.
Asymptomatic young men are an important reservoir for infection and are less likely than women to be detected in the course of usual care.
Synonyms
pool, lake, pond;
water supply
technical waterbody
stock, store, stockpile, reserve(s), supply, accumulation, bank, pool, fund;
cache, hoard
receptacle, container, holder, repository, tank;
sump
Idioms
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бассейн ; водоем ; водохранилище ; резервуар artificial reservoir — искусственное водохранилище natural reservoir — естественное водохранилище Синоним: vessel, tank
резервуар the reservoir of an oil lamp — резервуар керосиновой лампы reservoir rock — геол. пористая порода
сокровищница ; хранилище ; запас ; источник (знаний и т. п.) reservoir of knowledge — кладезь знании reservoir of strength — источник силы reservoir of reserve material — хранилище резервных материалов
definition: A streak is a long, thin mark that is easy to see.
example: Her hair was brown except for a streak which she dyed blonde.
Extra definition
Cover (a surface) with streaks:
Dye (hair) with long, thin lines of a different colour to that of one’s natural hair colour:
Smear (a needle, swab, etc.) over the surface of a solid culture medium to initiate a culture:
Move very fast in a specified direction:
Run naked in a public place so as to shock or amuse others:
Extra example
It was streaked with tears and his shirt was covered in blood.
Out on the roof, the sky was black streaked with light.
He uncovered his face, which was streaked with tears.
Liz nudged her towards a chair next to a boy with naturally streaked blond hair that was down past his ears.
So all he had to do to gain passage into the Vodas Village main Undertunnel was tell his name and peel back the hood on his cloak to show his odd blue streaked blond hair.
He'd be sitting on the kitchen counter most likely, running his hands through his red streaked blonde hair.
To determine the presence of yeast in cloacae, swabs were streaked onto Sabouraud's dextrose agar and incubated for 14 days.
They did germinate on synthetic medium, but were inviable when streaked onto solid rich medium.
Deletion suppressors obtained were streaked onto SD medium and incubated at 35.5° for 5 days.
There was a flash of light between them, streaking down so fast Jennifer didn't catch any glare until it was over.
He came slowly in through the plants, the cat streaking past him in alarm.
My anger wore off quickly as I walked home, but not before I had unnecessarily kicked a stone hard and barely missed a giant black cat that had streaked past.
He became famous for such antics as dancing on table tops, enlivening parties by performing bump and grind striptease acts and, once, streaking naked around a swimming pool.
Two men arrested for streaking naked at a rugby match in Newlands on Saturday would no longer be welcome at the ground, the Western Province Rugby Football Union said yesterday.
And in the 1970s, the fad was streaking: running naked through campus.
informal tear, belt, pelt, scoot, zap, zip, whip, step on it, get a move on, hotfoot it, leg it, steam, put on some speed, go like a bat out of hell, burn rubber
British informal bomb, go like the clappers, bucket, put one's foot down
Idioms
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полоска (обыкн. неровная, изогнутая) ; жилка , прожилка ; тонкий слой black streak — черная полоска, жилка и т. п. streaks of red — красные прожилки a streak of light — полоска света the first streak of day — первый проблеск дня ; рассвет a streak of lightning — вспышка молнии Bacon with a streak of lean and a streak of fat. — Бекон с прожилками жира и постного мяса. to put blonde streaks in one's hair — окрасить некоторые пряди в светлый цвет, сделать мелирование like a streak of lightning — с быстротою молнии the silver streak — Ла-Манш
черта (характера) a nervous streak — некоторая нервозность ; склонность к паникерству yellow streak — трусоватость he has a streak of eccentricity in his character — ему присуща /свойственна/ (некоторая) эксцентричность cruel streak — некоторая жестокость jealous streak — склонность к ревности mean streak — низость, нечистоплотность He has a streak of obstinacy. — Ему присуще некоторое упрямство.
разг. период , промежуток ; полоса a (long) streak of (good) luck — (долгая) полоса везения /удач/ lucky streak — полоса везения, удач
бросок , рывок we made a streak for the house — мы ринулись /помчались/ к дому
биол. полоска , бороздка геол. тонкий прослоек мин. черта минерала pl метеор. дрожание воздуха тлв. временная развертка вспышка света разг. быстрое движение; быстрый темп to talk a streak — быстро говорить
линия , штрих проводить полосы, испещрять полосками; испещрять полосами The sudden line of white foam every now and then streaked the dark green waves. — Время от времени на темно-зеленых волнах появлялись белые гребни пены. Tears streaked her face. — На ее щеках были следы от слез.
разг. быстро двигаться , мчаться стрелой; проноситься как молния; мелькать ; стремительно двигаться; мчаться ; проноситься he streaked off (as fast as his legs would carry him) — он умчался (со всех ног) I opened the door and the cat streaked out. — Я открыл дверь, и кошка пулей вылетела из дома. Синоним: rush, flash, dart
прочертить (о молнии) бегать нагишом (в знак протеста против условностей) he streaked across the pitch to win a bet — на пари он промчался голым через крикетное поле to streak the hotel lobby — носиться нагишом по гостиничному вестибюлю
обесцвечивать или красить отдельные пряди волос амер. попасть в полосу (удач и т. п.) разг. пробегать нагишом (по стадиону, улице и т. п.) At Memphis State University, the dean issued a warning that students caught "streaking" would be suspended. — В Мемфисском университете декан издал приказ о том, что студенты, задержанные за пробежки нагишом в общественных местах, будут отчислены.
окрашивать волосы прядями, мелировать to streak one's hair blonde — сделать мелирование со светлыми прядями
пол. , гос. упр. верительные грамоты (документ, которым снабжается глава дипломатического представительства класса послов или посланников для удостоверения его представительного характера и аккредитования в иностранном государстве; подписывается главой государства, назначающего дипломатического представителя; скрепляется подписью министра иностранных дел; адресуется главе государства пребывания; вручается главе государства пребывания в торжественной обстановке) Синоним: letters of credence
удостоверение личности ; полномочия, данные для установления подлинности личности
