Palabra Inglés del Día
vice
tornillo de banco
Definiciones
| inglés > español | |
| vice | |
| 1. s. Vicio | |
| inglés > inglés | |
| vice | |
| 1. s. A bad habit. |  |
| Gluttony is a vice, not a virtue. | |
| 2. s. (legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | |
| 3. s. A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. | |
| 4. s. A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise). | |
| 5. s. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements. | |
| 6. s. (obsolete) A grip or grasp. | |
| 7. s. (architecture) A winding or spiral staircase. | |
| 8. v. To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. | |
| 9. adj. in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank | |
| vice president | |
| vice admiral | |
| 10. prep. instead of, in place of | |
| A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned. | |
| español > inglés | |
| tornillo de banco | |
| 1. n-m. (US) vise, (UK) vice (an instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing) | |
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| I guess that would have to be the vice president. This is the inexorably closing vice that has the power to destroy thousands of innocent lives and some very prominent political careers. My only vice is alcohol, Father, and it takes a whole lot to even get me tipsy! Last week, both teachers and vice chancellors expressed concern about the financial settlement universities received from the higher education funding council for England, with many institutions getting less money for teaching, supposedly their core activity. He would have had a more uphill struggle following the progress of two Albanian gangsters anxious to get their share of London's lucrative vice market. |
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