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zigzag

['zɪgzæg] брит. / амер.

  1. сущ.

    зигзаг

  2. прил.

    1. зигзагообразный

    2. воен.; жарг. пьяный

  3. нареч.

    зигзагообразно

  4. гл.

    1. делать зигзаги; двигать зигзагообразно

    2. шить зигзагообразными стежками

Examples from texts

Up grades on which the car knocked and panted, into lonely hills, by a zigzag of roads, they jerked toward Canada.
То одолевая подъем, на котором автомобиль дрожал и натужно гудел, то петляя между холмов, они пробирались к Канаде.
Lewis, Sinclair / It can't happen hereЛьюис, Синклер / У нас это невозможно
У нас это невозможно
Льюис, Синклер
© Издательство "Правда", 1965
It can't happen here
Lewis, Sinclair
© Sinclair Lewis, 1935
© renewed, Michael Lewis, 1963
The glass cliff overlooks a lake where the beavers built a dam about a mile and a half long in a zigzag line, as their necessities prompted.
В одном месте над озером возвышался стекловидный утес, а на самом озере бобры возвели плотину мили полторы в длину. Плотина шла зигзагом, как этого требовали бобриные нужды.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / From sea to seaКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / От моря до моря
От моря до моря
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© Издательство "Мысль", 1983
From sea to sea
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© BiblioLife, LLC
His gray clothes and jerky, zigzag, irregular progress made him not unlike some huge moth himself.
Серый костюм и порывистые движения придавали ему самому сходство с какой-то огромной бабочкой.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the BaskervillesКонан Дойль, Артур / Собака Баскервилей
Собака Баскервилей
Конан Дойль, Артур
© "Нижне-Волжское книжное издательство", 1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle
To this end, the device rod can not obligatory have a straight line form but also any other form suitable for obtaining the claimed result, for example wave-form and zigzag- form, and surface thereof can be designed contoured.
С той же целью стержень устройства может иметь не обязательно прямолинейную, но и любую другую подходящую для получения заявленного результата форму, например, волнообразную или зигзагообразную, а его поверхность может быть выполнена рельефной.
In the zigzag course of oil diplomacy since the War he had been accustomed to defeating Standard, and especially in Moscow.
За время своей послевоенной зигзагообразной дипломатии он привык наносить поражения Стандарт Ойль, особенно в Москве.
Denny, Ludwell / America conquers BritainДенни, Людвелл / Америка завоевывает Британию
Америка завоевывает Британию
Денни, Людвелл
© Государственное издательство, 1930
America conquers Britain
Denny, Ludwell
© 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
The zigzag light fittings on the ceiling resemble street barriers.
Своеобразное расположение светильников в виде ломаной линии создает впечатление уличных заграждений.
© 2007 Moscow Metro
The guide members can have any of the known forms, for example, the form of a ring, zigzag, helical, rectilinear, etc.
Направляющие элементы могут быть выполнены любой из известных форм, например, кольцевой, зигзагообразной, винтообразной, прямолинейной и т.д.
In his inexperience Quoyle did not understand how to tack a zigzag across the bay, a long run with the wind and waves on his bow and then a short leg with the wind on his quarter.
Куойл не знал, как вести лодку по зигзагообразной траектории, чтобы пересечь бухту: длинный отрезок с волнами к носу лодки и короткий с волной в корму.
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
Then like a zigzag of lightning came the change.
А потом в один миг все изменилось.
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / This Side of ParadiseФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / По эту сторону рая
По эту сторону рая
Фицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977
This Side of Paradise
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key
© 2000 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
At such orientation of the pump sources 4 the zigzag path of the major part of the pump light is provided due to sufficiently large angle of divergence or convergence of the light shaped by the pump sources 4.
При такой ориентации источников 4 накачки зигзагообразное прохождение большей части формируемого источником 4 пучка света накачки обеспечивается благодаря достаточно большому углу расхождения или схождения света, формируемого источником 4 накачки.
This allows to provide a zigzag propagation of the entire pump radiation inside the laser slab as well as to enlarge the number of optical pumping sources, which can be placed near each of the first lateral faces.
Это позволяет обеспечить зигзагообразное распространение всего излучения накачки внутри активного элемента, а также позволяет увеличить число источников оптической накачки, которые могут быть размещены около каждой из первых боковых граней.
The tires were wide balloon jobs with deep zigzag treads.
С широкими баллонными шинами и глубоким зигзагообразным протектором.
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
The zigzag path of the major part of pump radiation inside the slab 1 provides for an increased path length through the laser medium.
Зигзагообразное прохождение большей части излучения накачки внутри пластины 1 обеспечивает увеличение длины пути этого излучения в активной среде.
The needle rod can be designed contoured or wave- formed or zigzag-formed.
Стержень иглы может быть выполнен рельефным или волнообразным, или зигзагообразным.
At the same time high transparency of such polymer and its low refraction index assist to provide the zigzag path of laser radiation to be output and of pump light inside the slab 1 with small losses.
В то же время высокая прозрачность такого полимера и его низкий показатель преломления обеспечивают зигзагообразное прохождение лазерного излучения и света накачки внутри пластины 1 активного элемента с малыми потерями.

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'zɪgzægNounзигзагExamples

to make zigzag — делать зигзаги
in zigzag — зигзагом

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Collocations

plane zigzag
плоский зигзаг
skew zigzag
асимметричный зигзаг
zigzag connection
соединение зигзагом
zigzag connection
соединение по схеме "зигзаг"
zigzag folding rule
складная линейка
zigzag folding rule
складной метр
zigzag harrow
зигзагообразная борона
zigzag laser
зигзагообразный лазер
zigzag laying
настилание "лицом к лицу"
zigzag lightning
зигзагообразная молния
zigzag line
ломаная линия
zigzag marking
зигзагообразная дорожная разметка, запрещающая стоянку автомобиля
zigzag riveting
зигзагообразная клепка
zigzag separator
сепаратор с зигзагообразно расположенными ситами
zigzag spot weld
зигзагообразный точечный шов

Word forms

zigzag

verb
Basic forms
Pastzigzagged
Imperativezigzag
Present Participle (Participle I)zigzagging
Past Participle (Participle II)zigzagged
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I zigzagwe zigzag
you zigzagyou zigzag
he/she/it zigzagsthey zigzag
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am zigzaggingwe are zigzagging
you are zigzaggingyou are zigzagging
he/she/it is zigzaggingthey are zigzagging
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have zigzaggedwe have zigzagged
you have zigzaggedyou have zigzagged
he/she/it has zigzaggedthey have zigzagged
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been zigzaggingwe have been zigzagging
you have been zigzaggingyou have been zigzagging
he/she/it has been zigzaggingthey have been zigzagging
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I zigzaggedwe zigzagged
you zigzaggedyou zigzagged
he/she/it zigzaggedthey zigzagged
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was zigzaggingwe were zigzagging
you were zigzaggingyou were zigzagging
he/she/it was zigzaggingthey were zigzagging
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had zigzaggedwe had zigzagged
you had zigzaggedyou had zigzagged
he/she/it had zigzaggedthey had zigzagged
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been zigzaggingwe had been zigzagging
you had been zigzaggingyou had been zigzagging
he/she/it had been zigzaggingthey had been zigzagging
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will zigzagwe shall/will zigzag
you will zigzagyou will zigzag
he/she/it will zigzagthey will zigzag
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be zigzaggingwe shall/will be zigzagging
you will be zigzaggingyou will be zigzagging
he/she/it will be zigzaggingthey will be zigzagging
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have zigzaggedwe shall/will have zigzagged
you will have zigzaggedyou will have zigzagged
he/she/it will have zigzaggedthey will have zigzagged
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been zigzaggingwe shall/will have been zigzagging
you will have been zigzaggingyou will have been zigzagging
he/she/it will have been zigzaggingthey will have been zigzagging
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would zigzagwe should/would zigzag
you would zigzagyou would zigzag
he/she/it would zigzagthey would zigzag
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be zigzaggingwe should/would be zigzagging
you would be zigzaggingyou would be zigzagging
he/she/it would be zigzaggingthey would be zigzagging
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have zigzaggedwe should/would have zigzagged
you would have zigzaggedyou would have zigzagged
he/she/it would have zigzaggedthey would have zigzagged
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been zigzaggingwe should/would have been zigzagging
you would have been zigzaggingyou would have been zigzagging
he/she/it would have been zigzaggingthey would have been zigzagging
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am zigzaggedwe are zigzagged
you are zigzaggedyou are zigzagged
he/she/it is zigzaggedthey are zigzagged
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being zigzaggedwe are being zigzagged
you are being zigzaggedyou are being zigzagged
he/she/it is being zigzaggedthey are being zigzagged
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been zigzaggedwe have been zigzagged
you have been zigzaggedyou have been zigzagged
he/she/it has been zigzaggedthey have been zigzagged
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was zigzaggedwe were zigzagged
you were zigzaggedyou were zigzagged
he/she/it was zigzaggedthey were zigzagged
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being zigzaggedwe were being zigzagged
you were being zigzaggedyou were being zigzagged
he/she/it was being zigzaggedthey were being zigzagged
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been zigzaggedwe had been zigzagged
you had been zigzaggedyou had been zigzagged
he/she/it had been zigzaggedthey had been zigzagged
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be zigzaggedwe shall/will be zigzagged
you will be zigzaggedyou will be zigzagged
he/she/it will be zigzaggedthey will be zigzagged
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been zigzaggedwe shall/will have been zigzagged
you will have been zigzaggedyou will have been zigzagged
he/she/it will have been zigzaggedthey will have been zigzagged

zigzag

noun
SingularPlural
Common casezigzagzigzags
Possessive casezigzag'szigzags'