Англо-русский биологический словарь - umbrella
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umbrella
колокол (у медузы)
aerostatic umbrella
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noun 1) зонтик 2) mil. барраж; заградительный огонь 3) mil. авиационное прикрытие 4) fig. прикрытие, ширма 5) attr. зонтичный; umbrella antenna radio - зонтичная антенна ...Англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1) зонтик 2) зонтичный 3) зонтообразный - n-dimensional umbrella - one-dimensional umbrella - umbrella antenna ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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n. 1 a light portable device for protection against rain, strong sun, etc., consisting of a usu. circular canopy of cloth mounted by means of a collapsible metal frame on a central stick. 2 protection or patronage. 3 (often attrib.) a coordinating or unifying agency (umbrella organization). 4 a screen of fighter aircraft or a curtain of fire put up as a protection against enemy aircraft. 5 Zool. the gelatinous disc of a jellyfish etc., which it contracts and expands to move through the water. Phrases and idioms umbrella bird any S. American bird of the genus Cephalopterus, with a black radiating crest and long wattles. umbrella pine 1 = stone pine. 2 a tall Japanese evergreen conifer, Sciadopitys verticillata, with leaves in umbrella-like whorls. umbrella stand a stand for holding closed upright umbrellas. umbrella tree a small magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, with leaves in a whorl like an umbrella. Derivatives umbrellaed adj. umbrella-like adj. Etymology: It. ombrella, dimin. of ombra shade f. L umbra: see UMBRA ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: Italian ombrella, modification of Latin umbella, diminutive of umbra Date: 1611 1. a collapsible shade for protection against weather consisting of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole; especially a small one for carrying in the hand 2. the bell-shaped or saucer-shaped largely gelatinous structure that forms the chief part of the body of most jellyfishes 3. something which provides protection: as a. defensive air cover (as over a battlefront) b. a heavy barrage 4. something which covers or embraces a broad range of elements or factors decided to expand…by building new colleges under a federation ~ — Diane Ravitch II. transitive verb (-laed; -laing) Date: 1834 to protect, cover, or provide with an ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(umbrellas) 1. An umbrella is an object which you use to protect yourself from the rain or hot sun. It consists of a long stick with a folding frame covered in cloth. Harry held an umbrella over Dawn. N-COUNT 2. Umbrella is used to refer to a single group or description that includes a lot of different organizations or ideas. Does coincidence come under the umbrella of the paranormal?... Within the umbrella term ‘dementia’ there are many different kinds of disease. N-SING: usu N of n, supp N, N n 3. Umbrella is used to refer to a system or agreement which protects a country or group of people. The major powers have chosen to act under the moral umbrella of the United Nations... N-SING: N of n, supp N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a circular folding frame covered in cloth that you hold above you when it is raining (- compare sunshade, parasol) 2 umbrella organization an organization that in- cludes many smaller groups 3 umbrella term/word a word whose meaning includes many different types of a particular object 4 the protection given by a powerful country, army, a weapons system etc (the political umbrella of the United Nations) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1609, from It. ombrello, from L.L. umbrella, altered (by influence of umbra) from L. umbella "sunshade, parasol," dim. of umbra "shade, shadow," from PIE *andho- "blind, dark." A sunshade in the Mediterranean, a shelter from the rain in England; in late 17c. usage, usually as an Oriental or African symbol of dignity. Said to have been used by women in England from c.1700; the first rain-umbrella carried by a man there was traditionally c.1760, by Jonas Hathaway, noted traveler and philanthropist. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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