Солярис Flashcards
кстати
1) by the way, incidentally
2) at the right time, with good timing [вовремя]
3) [очень кстати] - useful, handy, helpful, convenient
4) to the point, apropos, relevant [к месту]
5) decently, appropriately, properly (dated) [прилично, пристойно]
экипаж
1) crew (aviation, military, nautical)
2) horse-drawn carriage (equipage) (hist.)
плёнка
film, tape
новшество
innovation, novelty
высадка
1) landing, debarkation, disembarkation (navy, aviation)
2) transplanting
глиссер
speedboat
взвесь
suspension, dredge
(in the sense of particles being suspended in a gas or liquid)
коллоидный
glue-like, gelatinous
(relational from [коллоид] – colloid: a mixture in which one substance consisting of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance)
липкий
adhesive, sticky
обороты
скорость вращения (only in the plural; technical, aviation)
[У меня упали обороты и я начал терять высоту]
выскакивать/выскочить
1) to jump out, to leap out
2) to appear, come up (of a sore, pimple, etc.)
3) to drop out, fall out
ил
silt, clay, mud, ooze, sludge
пениться
to foam
[пена] - foam, froth, etc.
слизь
mucus, slime
комок
1) lump, wad
2) (fig.) spasm in the throat or chest
изгородь
light fence, barrier
[живая изгородь] - hedge (wall or fence of shrubs/bushes)
акация
acacia (shrub or tree)
гипс
1) gypsum
2) plaster cast (medicine)
трескаться/по
to crack, chap
[трещать/треснуть, треск]
[весёлым треском трещит затопленная печь]
расщелина
1) cleft, crevice, fissure (crack in rock or ice)
2) crack
выдавливать/выдавить
to squeeze out, press out
биоток
biocurrent, bioelectrical current
отверстие
1) opening, aperture, hole, perforation
комбинезон
overalls (clothing in which pants and torso are together)
разворачивать/развернуть
1) to unroll, unwind, unwrap
2) to show, display
3) to start (up)
4) to widen, expand, broaden
5) to deploy, extend, expand (into) (military)
6) to turn, swing about, make a U-turn
[развёртывать] - alt. imperfective
заседание
session, meeting
омерзительный
disgusting, loathsome, sickening, revolting
помрачение
1) darkening
2) exceeding, overshadowing (fig.)
3) obscuring (fig.)
4) saddening (fig.)
5) darkness, gloom
кора
1) bark (of trees)
2) crust (of the earth, planets)
[кора (больших полушарий) головного мозга] = cerebral cortex
добросовестный
conscientious, fair
порог
1) doorstep, threshold
2) rapid (i.e., in a river)
топтаться
1) shift one’s feet
2) hang about, idle about, loiter
3) dillydally, dawdle
[топтаться на месте] - to make no headway, mark time
разрозненный
1) odd, incomplete
2) separate, uncoordinated
втискивать/втиснуть
(coll.) to squeeze (in, into), to cram (in, into)