ROOF

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roof I. substantiv

1. acoperiş, acoperământ;

flat roof terasă;

pent / lean-to roof acoperiş cu o singură pantă;

umbrella roof acoperiş cu streaşină;

jutting-out roof acoperiş care iese în afară;

under one’s roof acasă, sub acoperişul său.

2. (av.) plafon.

3. imperială (la diligenţă, tramvaie etc.).

4. (mine) tavan (al unei excavaţii, galerii etc.).

5. boltă (de tunel, peşteră.);

the roof of heaven bolta cerului;

(anat.) the roof of the mouth cerul gurii.

6. capotă (de trăsură; maşină etc.);

sliding roof capotă mobilă (la automobilele decapotabile).

7. (sl.) pălărie, găină;

go-to-meeting roof pălărie de sărbătoare.

◊ (fam.) to lift / to raise the roof a) a aplauda foarte puternic; b) a face zgomot mare;

(fam.) that would put the gilded roof on it asta ar fi culmea; asta ar pune capac la toate.

roof II. verb tranzitiv

1. a acoperi (o casă etc.).

2. (fig.) a adăposti.

3. to roof in / over a înveli.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He swung himself up onto the roof.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And of what could a roof be made?

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The roof barely cleared her head.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I seemed to have left the Doctor's roof with a dark cloud lowering on it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The roof is made after the same manner, and so are the doors.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

That was clear from the instant that I determined the fact that it was from the roof, and not from a carriage, that he had fallen.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

The bird flew down and took the red shoes in his left claw, and then he went back to the roof and sang.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

If the roof of the house had suddenly flown off, the old gentleman wouldn't have been more astonished.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized—and, in addition to all the rest, this roof was to be the roof of an abbey!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

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