Определение a-spring в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- Spring Heeled Jack
- A mythical character from England, recognized during the 19th century
- bow spring
- A spring in the shape of a bow
- box spring
- A box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress
- box-spring
- Any of a set of spiral springs set into a box spring
- hand-spring
- A variant spelling of handspring
- hot spring
- A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20°C (68°F)
- leaf spring
- A spring in the form of a curved length of steel, used in the suspension of wheeled vehicles
- leaf-spring
- Alternative spelling of leaf spring
- mid-spring
- The middle of spring
- mid-spring
- Happening in the middle of spring
- mid-spring
- In the middle of spring
- no spring chicken
- Said of a person who is no longer particularly young
He doubtless hoped for a sympathetic ruling from President Reagan, at 70 no spring chicken himself.
- proxigean spring tide
- An unusually high high tide that occurs when the Moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the Earth and in its new or full moon phase
- rare spring-sedge
- A sedge species, Carex ericetorum
- rare spring-sedges
- plural form of rare spring-sedge
- return spring
- The spring that returns a door handle or knob to its original position when rotated
- spring
- Spring tide; a tide of greater-than-average range, that is, around the first or third quarter of a lunar month, or around the times of the new or full moon
- spring
- Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions, in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom, following winter and preceding summer
- spring
- To start to exist
Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.
- spring
- A place where water emerges from the ground
- spring
- The source of an action
discover, at least in some degree, the secret springs and principles, by which the human mind is actuated in its operations?.
- spring
- An erection of the penis
- spring
- The property of a body of springing to its original form after being compressed, stretched, etc
- spring
- A rope attaching the bow of a vessel to the stern-side of the jetty, or vice versa, to stop the vessel from surging
- spring
- The astronomically delineated period from the moment of vernal equinox, approximately March 20 in the northern hemisphere to the moment of the summer solstice, approximately June 21. (See 15px Spring (season) on Wikipedia. for other variations.)
- spring
- To release or set free, especially from prison
- spring
- To jump or leap
Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.
- spring
- Meteorologically, the months of March, April and May in the northern hemisphere (or September, October and November in the southern)
- spring
- A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force when it is bent, compressed or stretched
- spring beauty
- Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia
- spring break
- A time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring
- spring chicken
- A chicken for eating while it is still young
- spring clean
- A systematic clean or clear out of something
- spring cleaning
- A systematic cleaning of a residence at the end of winter
- spring cleaning
- A systematic cleaning, reorganization, or weeding out of a system
- spring cleans
- plural form of spring clean
- spring constant
- A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it
- spring equinox
- synonym for vernal equinox
- spring festival
- Chinese New Year
- spring fever
- A feeling of laziness or listlessness associated with the arrival of the warm, comfortable weather of the spring season
Endymion and the Secretary, after sitting on a pier-end watching some barges, . . . were stricken with the very crisis of spring fever and lassitude. They considered the possibility of hiring one of the soldiers' two-tiered beds for the afternoon.
- spring fever
- A feeling of invigoration and restlessness associated with the arrival of the warm weather and renewal of nature in the spring season
Was it a case of spring fever, or just a horse longing for its stable? Whatever the reason, one of the city's normally well-disciplined police horses bolted yesterday, injuring its rider and leading several patrol cars on a milelong chase through Lower Manhattan.
- spring for
- To pay for; to offer money
Wal-Mart . . . would pay the town $100,000 in annual taxes and cover much needed road improvements too. The store even agreed to spring for an archaeological dig on the site, once an Indian campground.
- spring green
- Of a fresh green colour, that reminds one of spring
- spring green
- A fresh green colour, that reminds one of spring
spring green colour:.
- spring greens
- the dark green leaves of the borecole plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, used as a vegetable; collard greens
- spring gun
- a gun rigged to fire when a string is tripped
- spring in one's step
- enthusiasm, energy or a positive outlook or cheerful attitude
You could see by the spring in his step that he was in love with the girl next door.
- spring line
- A line stretched longways between a docked vessel and a cleat on the pier, or used during berthing to guide the vessel into its slip
- spring lines
- plural form of spring line
- spring onion
- several similar types of onion
- spring onion
- a species of onion (Allium fistulosum) from Asia, with slender bulbs
- spring onions
- plural form of spring onion
- spring roll
- A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried
- spring roll
- An egg roll
- spring rolls
- plural form of spring roll
- spring tide
- The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced this type of tide is of maximum range
- spring tides
- plural form of spring tide
- spring to mind
- To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something
Two good reasons spring to mind at once.
- spring training
- Of or pertaining to the set of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season
The spring training schedule has been released.
- spring training
- A set of practices and exhibition games for each Major League Baseball team, preceding the start of the regular season, which are used by a manager to determine the roster for the regular season
Spring training for the Cactus League begins tomorrow.
- spring up
- To appear suddenly
- spring up
- To come rapidly into existence
- spring water
- A variant spelling of springwater
- spring-clean
- To engage in spring-cleaning
- spring-clean
- To carry out spring-cleaning on (a room, a house, etc)
- spring-cleaning
- A major cleanup, usually done during the season of spring
- spring-heeled
- Having, or seeming to have, springs on one's heels, and so able to jump much higher than usual
- spring-like
- A variant spelling of springlike
- spring-loaded
- Of a mechanical device, containing a spring that holds a component in a particular position
- spring-release
- Of a mechanical device, containing a component that compresses or extends a spring while held in place and so springs free when released
- spring-roll
- Attributive form of spring roll, noun
- spring-water
- A variant spelling of springwater
- sulfur spring
- a spring of naturally sulfurous water, often of volcanic origin and therefore hot
- sulphur spring
- Alternative spelling of sulfur spring
- thermal spring
- A hot spring
- box spring
- A box-spring (or Divan in the UK) is a type of bed base typically consisting of a sturdy wooden frame covered in cloth and containing springs
- spring
- {n} a season of the year, elastic force, leap, skip, leak, fountain, source, rise, cause, original, a transverse crack in a mast or yard, a rope from a ship's stern to a cable
- spring
- {v} to grow, arise, start, bound, leap, fire a mine, crack a mast or yard
- Arab Spring
- The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that has been taking place in the Arab world starting on 18 December 2010
- Spring greens
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) (plural noun) the leaves of young cabbage plants of a variety that does not develop a heart
- air spring
- (Also air cushion) A device that uses trapped air to absorb the shock of motion, especially in vehicles
- spring
- (Nautical) A rope put out from a vessel and made fast for anchorage or to aid movement or manoeuvring
- spring lamb
- A milk-fed lamb, usually three to five months old, born in late winter or early spring
- spring line
- 1. (Nautical) A rope put out from a vessel and made fast for anchorage or to aid movement or manoeuvring.2. a line where the water table reaches the surface and along which springs are numerous
- spring scale
- spring balance
- spring to mind
- occur to someone