the counterweight stumped with its diverter
Italian translation: v.s.
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peer agreement (net): +1v.s. Explanation: non c'è nulla di più frustrante di una domanda senza risposta per cui ti fornisco alcuni spunti... Nell'Hazon trovo (fam. am.) urtare (il piede) contro una pietra, una protuberanza poi, a giudicare dai contesti EN qui sotto, "stump" significa bloccarsi a causa di un ostacolo … All this is fine in theory Ð but the research team has been stumped in its search for a vehicle to modify into a working prototype, until recently, when ... www.strath.ac.uk/press/prism/iss185.htm - Stump" turns out to be quite a word. The definition in the Oxford English Dictionary takes up nearly three full pages, mostly covering literal or figurative variations on the basic theme of "the part remaining after the main part of something has been broken or worn away." The original meaning of the old German word that gave us "stump" was that of "tree stump," and we need look no further to answer your question. What's so frustrating about tree stumps? In the inimitable tone of the Oxford Dictionary, which considers this strictly an American usage, "stumped" refers to "the obstruction caused by stumps in ploughing imperfectly cleared land." Translated to American English, this means that you're trying to plant your crops and can't because the field is full of tree stumps http://www.word-detective.com/020798.html Tuttavia una puleggia di deviazione, a semplice o a doppio avvolgimento, può essere installata al disopra del tetto della cabina per la deviazione del tratto di fune lato contrappeso, a condizione che il suo albero possa essere raggiunto in tutta sicurezza dal tetto della cabina stessa http://www.capannone.it/rubriche/normative/ascens/dmcpc-1987... quindi in termini generici il contrappeso si è bloccato sul suo stesso dispositivo di deviazione puoi decidere tu se usare termini più specifici come quelli del sito sopra indicato, in base al contesto ... |
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