Palavra Inglês do Dia
glass
copo
Definições
| inglês > português |
| glass |
| 1. Substantivo. (incontável) vidro |
| This thing was made of glass! (Essa coisa foi feita de vidro!) |
| 2. Substantivo. (contável) copo |
| He asked for a glass of beer. (Ele pediu um copo de cerveja) |
| 3. Substantivo. (contável, plural) óculos |
| I lost my glasses! (Perdi meus óculos!) |
| inglês > inglês |
| glass |
| 1. n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime. |
| The tabletop is made of glass. |
| A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid. |
| 2. n. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material. |
| Fill my glass with milk, please. |
| 3. n. (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel. |
| There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce. |
| 4. n. Glassware. |
| We collected art glass. |
| 5. n. A mirror. |
| She adjusted her lipstick in the glass. |
| 6. n. A magnifying glass or telescope. |
| 7. n. (sport) A barrier made of solid, transparent material. |
| 8. n. (basketball, colloquial) The backboard. |
| He caught the rebound off the glass. |
| 9. n. (ice hockey) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink. |
| He fired the outlet pass off the glass. |
| 10. n. A barometer. |
| 11. n. (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent. |
| glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm |
| 12. n. (obsolete) An hourglass. |
| 13. v. To fit with glass; to glaze. |
| 14. v. To enclose in glass. |
| 15. v. (clipping of fibreglass). To fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass). |
| 16. v. (transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury. |
| 17. v. (science fiction) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass. |
| 18. v. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars. |
| 19. v. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. |
| 20. v. (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror. |
| 21. v. To become glassy. |
| português > inglês |
| copo |
| 1. n-m. glass, id=vessel (vessel from which one drinks) |
Pronúncia
Exemplos
| The glass is half full or half empty? O copo está meio cheio ou meio vazio? As I stepped out of the bank, I banged my head against the glass door. I hate transparent doors. Ao sair do banco, dei uma cabeçada na porta de vidro. Odeio portas transparentes. A plastic glass is better than one made of real glass. Um copo de plástico é melhor que um feito de vidro de verdade. Would you like another glass of wine? Gostaria de mais um copo de vinho? Aluminium and glass are important materials in civil construction, even though not as important as steel and wood, for instance. O alumínio e o vidro são materiais importantes na construção civil, embora não tão importantes quanto o aço e a madeira, por exemplo. |
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