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/heː/ /hɛ(ə)ɹ/ [hiə] /hɛə/

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Волос

A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

Examples :

"My son's new haircut revealed his dark brown hair. "

Новая стрижка моего сына открыла его темно-каштановые волосы.

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Волосы

The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

Examples :

"In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair."

На Западе у женщин обычно длинные волосы, а у мужчин обычно короткие.

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Волосок (у насекомых, пауков, ракообразных и других беспозвоночных)

A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

Examples :

"The scientist examined the tiny hairs on the insect's leg under a microscope. "

Ученый исследовал крошечные волоски на ноге насекомого под микроскопом.

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Волос, волосы

A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Examples :

"Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)."

Внутренние волоски встречаются в цветоножке желтой кувшинки (Nuphar).

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Волосяная пружина

A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

Examples :

"The marksman's rifle had a very sensitive hair-trigger, making it difficult to shoot accurately. "

У винтовки стрелка была очень чувствительная волосяная пружина, из-за чего было трудно стрелять точно.

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Власяница

Haircloth; a hair shirt.

Examples :

"The monk wore a hair shirt for penance. "

Монах носил власяницу для покаяния.

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Волосяная нить

Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Examples :

"Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right."

Пожалуйста, немного погромче — поверните эту ручку на волосок вправо.

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Сложность, трудность

Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy

Examples :

"The project had a lot of hair—it was very complicated and hard to understand. "

У проекта было много сложностей — он был очень сложным и трудным для понимания.

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verb

Удалять волосы

To remove the hair from.

Examples :

"Before the party, she had to hair the rug. "

Перед вечеринкой ей пришлось удалить волосы с ковра.

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verb

Отращивать волосы

To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).

Examples :

"After the accident, he had to hair a large patch on his head. "

После аварии ему пришлось отращивать волосы на большом участке головы.

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verb

Наращивать волосы, снабжать волосами

To cause to have hair; to provide with hair

Examples :

"The farmer's special feed will hair the chickens more quickly. "

Специальный корм фермера быстрее нарастит волосы курам.

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verb

Натягивать струны смычка

To string the bow for a violin.

Examples :

"Before playing his violin solo in the school concert, the boy carefully haired his bow. "

Перед тем, как сыграть соло на скрипке на школьном концерте, мальчик тщательно натянул струны смычка.

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