Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rainbow
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Rainbow
rainbow
I. noun Date: before 12th century 1. an arc or circle that exhibits in concentric bands the colors of the spectrum and that is formed opposite the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in raindrops, spray, or mist 2. a. a multicolored array b. a wide assortment or range a ~ of flavors 3. from the impossibility of reaching the ~, at whose foot a pot of gold is said to be buried an illusory goal or hope 4. ~ trout • ~like adjective II. adjective Date: 1652 1. having many colors 2. of, relating to, or being people of different races or cultural backgrounds a ~ coalition
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n. & adj. --n. 1 an arch of colours (conventionally red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) formed in the sky (or across a cataract etc.) opposite the sun by reflection, twofold refraction, and dispersion of the sun's rays in falling rain or in spray or mist. 2 a similar effect formed by the moon's rays. --adj. many-coloured. Phrases and idioms rainbow lorikeet a small brightly coloured Polynesian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus. rainbow trout a large trout, Salmo gairdneri, orig. of the Pacific coast of N. America. secondary rainbow an additional arch with the colours in reverse order formed inside or outside a rainbow by twofold reflection and twofold refraction. Etymology: OE regnboga (as RAIN, BOW(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) радуга 2) радужная плёнка (нефти на поверхности воды, бурового раствора) - primary rainbow - reflection rainbow ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. радуга all the colours of the rainbow —- все цвета радуги primary rainbow —- метеор. первичная радуга 2. зоол. форель радужная (Salmo irideus) 3. в грам. знач. прил.: радужный; переливчатый; многоцветный 4. геол. ирризирующий Id: rainbow hunt, chasing the rainbow —- погоня за недосягаемым ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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hunt погоня за недосягаемым RAINBOW noun 1) радуга 2) attr. радужный, многоцветный - rainbow hunt RAINBOW trout zool. радужная форель ...Англо-русский словарь
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(rainbows) A rainbow is an arch of different colours that you can sometimes see in the sky when it is raining. ...silk brocade of every colour of the rainbow. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a large curve of different colours that can appear in the sky when there is both sun and rain ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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