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1 обрывистый
precipitous имя прилагательное: -
2 стремительное ухудшение
Русско-английский политический словарь > стремительное ухудшение
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3 стремителен
precipitousrapidrash -
4 жестокое волнение
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5 скачкообразное изменение
Русско-английский словарь по радиационной безопасности > скачкообразное изменение
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6 жестокое волнение
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > жестокое волнение
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7 обрывистый
2) Naval: precipitous (берег), steep, steep-to3) Poetical language: steepy4) Special term: cuspate (о береге)5) Makarov: cuspate (о береге и т.п.), steep-to (имеющий крутой, почти вертикальный склон, напр. берег моря)6) General subject: bold (о береге) -
8 рельеф
relief; расчленённый рельеф - broken reliefрельеф грандиозной изрезанности - stupendous earth feature, comparable with walls of lunar craters– пропиленными ледником - rock scored by glacial actions– пропиленными водными потоками - mountain side scored by torrentsсклоны каменистые с уступами - stony slopes, often structured by stony ledgesсклоны крутые, но не обрывистые - steep but generally not precipitousРусско-английский словарь по этологии (поведению животных) > рельеф
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9 cis
1) n path: precipitous2) n path: steep winding3) n precipitous path4) n steep winding path5) vi sing (bird)6) vi weep7) vi cry8) vi howl -
10 не менее
•A shield of no less than 2 in....
•They synthesized no fewer than ten amino acids.
•If the reasons for the development of this art are remarkable, the reasons for its precipitous decline are no less so.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > не менее
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11 низвергающееся волнение град.
Marine science: precipitous sea (8 баллов по шкале Дугласа)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > низвергающееся волнение град.
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12 безудержный
1) General subject: abandoned, effuse, fast and furious (о веселье), headlong, hog wild, impetuous, incoercible, irrestrainable, lickety split, madcap, rampant, riotous, uncontainable, unrestrained, untamable, uncontrollable (uncontrollable sobs - безудержные рыдания), immoderate2) Colloquial: lickety-split (о росте)3) American: hog-wild4) Accounting: runaway (об инфляции)5) Makarov: irrepressible, lawless, precipitous6) Taboo: hell-bent -
13 жестокое волнение
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14 исключительное волнение
Naval: confused sea, precipitous seaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > исключительное волнение
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15 крутой спуск
1) General subject: chute the chute, chute-the-chute (на санях, коврике), rapid descent3) American: chute-the-chute (на санях, коврике и т.п.)4) Military: sharp decline5) Engineering: steep6) Automobile industry: high grade, steep descent7) Transport: steep hill downwards, steep hill upwards8) Makarov: precipitous descent, sharp descent -
16 крутой спуск к морю
Makarov: precipitous descent to the seaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > крутой спуск к морю
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17 крутые волны
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18 опрометчивый
1) General subject: Icarian, gadarene, hair-brained, hardy, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasteful, hasty, headlong, heady, hell bent, hell-bent, hot brained, hot-brained, hot-headed, hotheaded, ill advised, ill considered, ill-considered, imprudent, incautious, inconsiderate, inconsideration, overbold, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, rash, reckless, slap bang, slap-bang, swashbuckling, unadvised (о поступках, словах), unwary, ill-advised, over-hasty, temerarious, audacious2) Colloquial: previous3) Psychology: indiscreet4) Jargon: mad5) Makarov: harebrain, precipitous -
19 отвесные скалы
1) General subject: krantz2) South African slang: kranz3) Makarov: headlong rocks, precipitous cliffs -
20 отвесный
1) General subject: bluff, bluffy, craggy, evendown (о дожде), mural, perpendicular, plumb, precipitous, prone, sheer, up and down, up-and-down, upright, upright (о холме, горе и т.п.), vertical3) Naval: bold4) Poetical language: steepy5) Construction: scarping6) Architecture: out of plumb7) Oilfield: abrupt8) Makarov: direct, headlong, sheer cliff
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Precipitous — Pre*cip i*tous, a. [L. praeceps, cipitis: cf. OF. precipiteux. See {Precipice}.] 1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. [1913 Webster] 2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall. [1913 Webster] 3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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precipitous — index impulsive (rash), precipitate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
precipitous — (adj.) 1640s, rash, headlong, from obsolete Fr. precipiteux (16c.), from V.L. *praecipitosus, from praecipitare (see PRECIPITATION (Cf. precipitation)). Related: Precipitously. Precipitate (adj.) hasty is attested from 1650s … Etymology dictionary
precipitous — *steep, abrupt, sheer Analogous words: soaring, towering, rocketing, ascending, rising (see RISE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
precipitous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) dangerously high or steep. 2) (of a change in a condition or situation) sudden and dramatic. 3) hasty; precipitate. DERIVATIVES precipitously adverb … English terms dictionary
precipitous — [prē sip′ə təs, prisip′ə təs] adj. [MFr precipiteux < LL * precipitosus < L praeceps: see PRECIPICE] 1. steep like a precipice; sheer 2. having precipices 3. PRECIPITATE SYN. STEEP1 precipitously adv. precipitousne … English World dictionary
precipitous — [[t]prɪsɪ̱pɪtəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A precipitous slope or drop is very steep and often dangerous. The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff. Derived words: precipitously ADV GRADED usu ADV after v, also ADV adj The… … English dictionary
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precipitous — adjective Etymology: French précipiteux, from Middle French, from Latin precipitium precipice Date: 1646 1. precipitate 2 2. a. very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging in rise or fall < a precipitous slope > b. having precipitous sides < a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
precipitous — adjective a) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today. b) Headlong; as, precipitous fall … Wiktionary