raft
Значение (English)
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- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
- A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- (slang) A slice of toast.
- A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
- A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
Synonyms
good deal
tidy sum
quite a little
erst
flat-bottomed boat
molto
timber float
log raft
wooden raft
bamboo raft
affluence
Частота
Произносится как (IPA)
/ɹɑːft/
Этимология (English)
In summary
Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep- (“stake, beam”). See also Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).
Новый
reave
- To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.
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