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twine

[twaɪn] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. бечёвка, шнурок, шпагат
2. 1. кольцо, сплетённый клубок
  2. узел
  3. сплетённый стебель, сплетённая ветвь (растения)
3. скручивание, сплетение
гл.
1. вить; свивать, скручивать; плести, сплетать
2. = twine about / round
  1. обвиваться
  2. обвивать
3. обносить, окружать, опоясывать, охватывать
4. 1. виться (о дороге)
  2. извиваться (о змее)

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

twine

шпагат м, бечёвка ж

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He pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down, heavily. The cat slunk over and began to twine round his ankles.
Он тяжело опустился на стул, и кошка принялась увиваться вокруг его лодыжек.
Tartt, Donna / The Secret HistoryТартт, Донна / Тайная история
Тайная история
Тартт, Донна
© 1992 by Donna Tartt
© Д. Бородкин, Н. Ленцман, перевод на русский язык, 2007
© ООО "Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2009
The Secret History
Tartt, Donna
© 1992 by Donna Tartt

He was only able to go on wearing the boots because he'd been able to weave long grass into a rough twine. With it he'd bound what remained of them to his feet.
Так что из одежды у него остались только сапоги, да и лишь потому, что он сумел сплести из длинных травинок какое‑то подобие веревки и привязал их к своим ногам.
King, Stephen / The Dark tower 7: The Dark TowerКинг, Стивен / Темная башня 7: Темная башня
Темная башня 7: Темная башня
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 2004
© Перевод. В.А.Вебер, 2005
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2005
The Dark tower 7: The Dark Tower
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King

Jennsen stared down at a dark pile of dried mountain fever roses that had spilled out after the twine.
А следом за ней, к удивлению Дженнсен, на пол посыпались маленькие звездочки сушеные сердцевинки горной розы, розы лихорадки.
Goodkind, Terry / The pillars of creationГудкайнд, Терри / Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Гудкайнд, Терри
© Теrry Goodkind, 2001
© Перевод Н.Романецкий, 2003
© ООО "Издательство ACT", 2003
The pillars of creation
Goodkind, Terry
© 2001 by Теrry Goodkind

After some twenty paces he stopped, reaching down, and stroked the air in a vertical line by his feet. Then he looped the twine around the invisible post and walked on.
Шагов через двадцать он остановился, потрогал воздух ногой, обвязал бечеву вокруг невидимого столба и пошел дальше.
Gemmell, David / The Hawk EternalГеммел, Дэвид / Вечный ястреб
Вечный ястреб
Геммел, Дэвид
The Hawk Eternal
Gemmell, David
© 1995 by David A. Gemmell

On top were a flint, bone buttons, a small ball of twine, and a folded handkerchief.
Сверху был кремень, костяные пуговицы, маленький моток веревки и сложенный носовой платок.
Goodkind, Terry / The pillars of creationГудкайнд, Терри / Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Седьмое правило Волшебника: Столпы творения
Гудкайнд, Терри
© Теrry Goodkind, 2001
© Перевод Н.Романецкий, 2003
© ООО "Издательство ACT", 2003
The pillars of creation
Goodkind, Terry
© 2001 by Теrry Goodkind

And when she clasped him with her supple curving arms, he half expected to see her, so slight and slender she was, twine herself around him.
А когда она обвивала его голыми, гибкими, как змейки, руками, ему так хотелось, чтобы эта худенькая девочка свернулась рядом с ним калачиком, да так и заснула бы, тесно прильнув к нему.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

The knobs of the kitchen dresser sported tassels like a stripper in a bawd house, the kettle handle knitted over in snake-ribs, the easy chairs wore archipelagoes of thread and twine flung over the reefs of arms and backs.
Ручки кухонных шкафов дразнили кисточками, как стриптизерши в баре, ручку чайника оплетала причудливая змейка, а стулья утопали в ажурном плетении, полностью покрывавшем спинки и подлокотники.
Proulx, Annie / The Shipping NewsПрул, Энни / Корабельные новости
Корабельные новости
Прул, Энни
© 1993 by Annie Proulx
© Издание на русском языке, перевод. ЗАО ТИД "Амфора", 2005
The Shipping News
Proulx, Annie
© 1993 by Annie Proulx

Do you know why a kite soars when pulled forward by the twine?
Пытались ли вы объяснить себе, почему бумажный змей взлетает вверх, когда его тянут за бечевку вперед?
Перельман, Яков / Занимательная физика. Часть 1Perelman, Yakov / Physics for entertainment. Book 1
Physics for entertainment. Book 1
Perelman, Yakov
Занимательная физика. Часть 1
Перельман, Яков

You and me must twine,' I said.
Надо нам расстаться.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / KidnappedСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Похищенный
Похищенный
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
Kidnapped
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© 1909, by The Macmillan Company

By groping right across it he managed to locate the twine of his outward journey and join it to the string.
Ощупью ему удалось найти бечевку, которая тянулась от фермы, и он связал ее с бечевкой из деревни.
Wyndham, John / The Day of the TriffidsУиндем, Джон / День триффидов
День триффидов
Уиндем, Джон
© 1951 by John Wyndham
© Перевод. С. Бережков, 2009
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
The Day of the Triffids
Wyndham, John
© 1979 by Grace Isabel Harris
© 1951 by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

Flames leaped up the oiled twine.
Пламя молнией взметнулось вверх по пропитанной маслом веревке.
Salvatore, Robert / The Crystal ShardСальваторе, Роберт / Магический кристалл
Магический кристалл
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 1988 TSR, Inc.
© С. Топоров, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
The Crystal Shard
Salvatore, Robert
© 1988 TSR, Inc.

Then does she twirl and twine, a pastoral nymph of good family, through the mazes of the dance.
Тогда эта буколическая нимфа знатного рода кружится и вертится, выполняя сложные фигуры танца.
Dickens, Charles / Bleak HouseДиккенс, Чарльз / Холодный дом
Холодный дом
Диккенс, Чарльз
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1960
Bleak House
Dickens, Charles
© 1894, by Macmillan & Co.

He quickly retrieved his twine, silently laughing at the perplexity sure to result when the fuller tried to figure out how the gold had been taken.
Потом быстро смотал веревку и тихонько засмеялся, когда представил, как будет озадачен сукновал пропажей золота.
Feist, Raymond / SilverthornФэйст, Раймонд / Долина Тьмы
Долина Тьмы
Фэйст, Раймонд
Silverthorn
Feist, Raymond
© 1985 by Raymond Elias Feist

She wore a woven piece of twine on one scrawny yellow wrist like a junior-high-school kid's friendship bracelet.
Одно желтое морщинистое запястье обвивала плетенка из веревочки, вроде школьного браслета дружбы у школьников помладше.
King, Stephen / Hearts in AtlantisКинг, Стивен / Сердца в Атлантиде
Сердца в Атлантиде
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1999
© Перевод И.Гурова, 2000
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2001
Hearts in Atlantis
King, Stephen
© 1999 by Stephen King

Then gripping jaws 6 and 7 are slightly opened and taken out from under the stitched string, the twining round string is tightened.
Затем губки 6, 7 слегка раскрывают и выводят из-под прошитой нити, Обвивную нить затягивают.
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twaɪnNounбечёвка; шнурок; шпагатExamples

nylon twine — нейлоновый шпагат
paper twine — бумажный шпагат
a ball of twine — моток шпагата

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шпагат
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Collocations

binder twine

сноповязальный шпагат

binder's twine

сноповязальный шпагат

binding twine

шпагат

hemp wrapping twine

пеньковый шпагат

hemp wrapping twine

шпагат пеньковый

nylon twine

капроновый шпагат

packing twine

бечевка

packing twine

шпагат

paper twine

бумажная пряжа

pulp twine

целлюлозная пряжа

sausage twine wrapping

вязка колбасных батонов шпагатом

twine binding

веревочный бандаж

twine cutter

нож узловязателя

twine grip

зажим узловязателя

wrapping twine

шпагат-жгутик

Word forms

twine

verb

Basic forms
Past	twined
Imperative	twine
Present Participle (Participle I)	twining
Past Participle (Participle II)	twined

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I twine	we twine
you twine	you twine
he/she/it twines	they twine

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am twining	we are twining
you are twining	you are twining
he/she/it is twining	they are twining

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have twined	we have twined
you have twined	you have twined
he/she/it has twined	they have twined

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been twining	we have been twining
you have been twining	you have been twining
he/she/it has been twining	they have been twining

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I twined	we twined
you twined	you twined
he/she/it twined	they twined

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was twining	we were twining
you were twining	you were twining
he/she/it was twining	they were twining

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had twined	we had twined
you had twined	you had twined
he/she/it had twined	they had twined

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been twining	we had been twining
you had been twining	you had been twining
he/she/it had been twining	they had been twining

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will twine	we shall/will twine
you will twine	you will twine
he/she/it will twine	they will twine

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be twining	we shall/will be twining
you will be twining	you will be twining
he/she/it will be twining	they will be twining

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have twined	we shall/will have twined
you will have twined	you will have twined
he/she/it will have twined	they will have twined

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been twining	we shall/will have been twining
you will have been twining	you will have been twining
he/she/it will have been twining	they will have been twining

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would twine	we should/would twine
you would twine	you would twine
he/she/it would twine	they would twine

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be twining	we should/would be twining
you would be twining	you would be twining
he/she/it would be twining	they would be twining

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have twined	we should/would have twined
you would have twined	you would have twined
he/she/it would have twined	they would have twined

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been twining	we should/would have been twining
you would have been twining	you would have been twining
he/she/it would have been twining	they would have been twining

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am twined	we are twined
you are twined	you are twined
he/she/it is twined	they are twined

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being twined	we are being twined
you are being twined	you are being twined
he/she/it is being twined	they are being twined

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been twined	we have been twined
you have been twined	you have been twined
he/she/it has been twined	they have been twined

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was twined	we were twined
you were twined	you were twined
he/she/it was twined	they were twined

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being twined	we were being twined
you were being twined	you were being twined
he/she/it was being twined	they were being twined

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been twined	we had been twined
you had been twined	you had been twined
he/she/it had been twined	they had been twined

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be twined	we shall/will be twined
you will be twined	you will be twined
he/she/it will be twined	they will be twined

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been twined	we shall/will have been twined
you will have been twined	you will have been twined
he/she/it will have been twined	they will have been twined

twine

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	twine	twines
Possessive case	twine's	twines'

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