nutcracker

['nʌtˌkrækə] брит. / амер.

сущ.

= nutcrackers, брит. щипцы для орехов
зоол. ореховка (птица)
Щелкунчик (герой сказки Гофмана)

Biology (En-Ru)

nutcracker

орнит.

кедровка, ореховка (Nucifraga); кедровка, ореховка (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
поползень (Sitta)
см. тж. nuthatch

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Would you take a nutcracker and smash walnuts with it as if it were a hammer?
Вы будете щипцами колоть орехи так же, как молотком?
Kyte, Tom / Expert One-on-One OracleКайт, Том / Oracle для профессионалов
Oracle для профессионалов
Кайт, Том
© Перевод на русский язык. ООО «ДиаСофтЮП», 2003
© Wrox Press Ltd, 2002
Expert One-on-One Oracle
Kyte, Tom
© Wrox Press Ltd, 2002

He loved it when she would clamp his face between her damp thighs like a nut in a nutcracker and come.
Ему нравилось, когда она судорожно зажимала его лицо между влажных ляжек, как орех в орехоколке, и бурно кончала.
Updike, John / Rabbit At RestАпдайк, Джон / Кролик успокоился
Кролик успокоился
Апдайк, Джон
© Перевод. Н. Роговская, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
© John Updike, 1990
Rabbit At Rest
Updike, John
© 1990 by John Updike

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'nʌtˌkrækəNounщипцы для орехов

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щелкунчик
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nutcracker strategy

стратегия одновременного удара с фронта и тыла

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nutcracker

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	nutcracker	nutcrackers
Possessive case	nutcracker's	nutcrackers'

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