(the Loop) "Луп" ("Петля") Деловой, торговый и культурный центр г. Чикаго, шт. Иллинойс. Здесь находятся такие городские достопримечательности, как "Архицентр" ArchiCenter, Чикагский институт искусства Art Institute of Chicago, Чикагская торговая палата Chicago Board of Trade, Чикагская товарная биржа Chicago Mercantile Exchange, знаменитый универсальный магазин "Маршалл Филдс" Marshall Field's. Район назван так потому, что вокруг него разворачивается поезд надземной железной дороги El Train ...
n. & v. --n. 1 a a figure produced by a curve, or a doubled thread etc., that crosses itself. b anything forming this figure. 2 a similarly shaped attachment or ornament formed of cord or thread etc. and fastened at the crossing. 3 a ring or curved piece of material as a handle etc. 4 a contraceptive coil. 5 (in full loop-line) a railway or telegraph line that diverges from a main line and joins it again. 6 a manoeuvre in which an aeroplane describes a vertical loop. 7 Skating a manoeuvre describing a curve that crosses itself, made on a single edge. 8 Electr. a complete circuit for a current. 9 an endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. 10 Computing a programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. --v. 1 tr. form (thread etc.) into a loop or loops. 2 tr. enclose with or as with a loop. 3 tr. (often foll. by up, back, together) fasten or join with a loop or loops. 4 intr. a form a loop. b move in looplike patterns. 5 intr. (also loop the loop) Aeron. perform an aerobatic loop. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
I. noun Etymology: Middle English loupe; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer Date: 14th century archaic ~hole 1a II. noun Etymology: Middle English loupe, of unknown origin Date: 14th century 1. a. a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked b. such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament 2. a. something shaped like or suggestive of a ~ b. a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane 3. a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch 4. a closed electric circuit 5. a. a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously b. a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images a drum ~ 6. a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached 7. a sports league 8. a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making out of the policy ~ III. verb Date: 1832 intransitive verb 1. to make or form a ~ 2. to execute a ~ in an airplane 3. to move in ~s or in an arc transitive verb 1. a. to make a ~ in, on, or about b. to fasten with a ~ 2. to join (two courses of ~s) in knitting 3. to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a ~ 4. to cause to move in an arc ...
(loops, looping, looped) 1. A loop is a curved or circular shape in something long, for example in a piece of string. Mrs. Morrell reached for a loop of garden hose. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. If you loop something such as a piece of rope around an object, you tie a length of it in a loop around the object, for example in order to fasten it to the object. He looped the rope over the wood... He wore the watch and chain looped round his neck like a medallion. VERB: V n prep, V-ed 3. If something loops somewhere, it goes there in a circular direction that makes the shape of a loop. The helicopter took off and headed north. Then it looped west, heading for the hills. VERB: V prep/adv 4. If someone is in the loop, they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions. If they are out of the loop, they do not make or know about important decisions. (mainly AM INFORMAL) I think that the vice president was in the loop... These activists don’t want to feel out of the loop. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
~1 n 1 »SHAPE OR LINE« a shape like a curve or a circle made by a line curving back towards itself (The road formed a loop around the peninsula.) 2 »TO FASTEN STH« something that has this curved shape, especially when used as a handle or to hold something in place (a belt loop | The best bicycle locks are made of a loop of solid metal.) 3 »IN WOMAN'S BODY« a curved metal or plastic object that is put inside a woman's uterus (=place where a baby develops) to prevent her from becoming pregnant 4 »COMPUTER« a set of commands in a computer program1 (1) that are intended to be followed repeatedly 5 »PLANE« a pattern like a circle made by a plane flying upwards, backwards, and then downwards 6 »FILM/TAPE« a film or tape1 (1a) loop contains images or sounds that are repeated again and again 7 »RAILWAY« a railway line that leaves the main track and then joins it again further on 8 in the loop/out of the loop AmE informal part of a group of people who make decisions about important subjects, or not part of this group (White House officials insist the Secretary of State is still in the loop.) 9 knock/throw sb for a loop AmE informal to surprise and upset someone (Yeah, the news really knocked me for a loop.) ~2 v 1 T always + adv/prep to fasten or join something with a loop (loop sth over/around/together etc) (Loop the wire over the gate to keep it shut.) 2 to make a loop or make something into a loop (a rug with looped threads) 3 to move in a circular direction that forms the shape of a loop (little streams that loop through the valley) 4 loop the loop to fly a plane in a loop ...
- c.1390, of Celtic origin (cf. Gael. lub "bend," Ir. lubiam), influenced by O.N. hlaup "a leap, run." Looped "drunk" is from 1934; loopy "crazy" is from 1925. ...