Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
- (eläin)tumbleweed amaranth
- (eläin)white amaranth
- (eläin)tumble pigweed
- hair grass
- (eläin)prostrate pigweed
- (eläin)pigweed amaranth
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | estepicursor |
| esperanto | rultigaro |
| hollanti | steppenroller |
| japani | タンブル・ウィード (tanburu uィーdo / tamburu wiido) |
| liettua | druskė |
| portugali | salsola |
| ranska | virevoltant |
| saksa | Steppenläufer |
| suomi | arokierijä, valkorevonhäntä |
| unkari | ördögszekér |
| venäjä | перекати-поле (perekati-pole) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
- (attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
- A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
Esimerkit
- Putting an ad in the local paper that Spock's Beard and Arena are in town will get you a tumbleweed response and some wasted revenue.
- "Why do families argue?" may only induce the tumbleweed response. (Could you answer that question out of the blue?)
- A tumbleweed came rolling down the street.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | tumbleweeds |