Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - still
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Still
still
~1 adv 1 up to a particular point in time and continuing at that moment (Do you still play tennis? | With 30 minutes still to go, neither team had scored.) 2 in spite of what has just been said or done (Clare didn't do much work, but she still passed the exam.) sentence adverb (The hotel was terrible. Still, we were lucky with the weather. | still and all (=all the same)) (Still and all, you have to admire her.) 3 even more extreme than the situation or thing that you have just described (It's cold today, but it'll be still colder tonight. | The first question is very difficult, and the second is more difficult still.) 4 still more/another/other etc even more in amount (There were still more reasons why the programme shouldn't go ahead.) ( USAGE NOTE: STILL WORD CHOICE still, already, yet Still suggests surprise that something has continued for longer than you might expect After fifty lessons I still can't drive very well. Already is usually used in positive sentences to express surprise that something has happened earlier than you thought it would Are they here already? Yet is used in negatives and questions to talk about things that you expect to happen, but have not happened or might not have happened I haven't had breakfast yet.|Has Bill | Has Bill arrived yet? Compare yet with already in a question. Have you had lunch yet? asks for information, while Have you had your lunch already? expresses surprise that lunch has already been eaten. Yet used instead of still in a positive sentence is rare and a little formal We have yet to hear the truth. | The Council may yet surprise us. In conversation, however, you are more likely to say something like We don't know the truth yet. GRAMMAR Still usually comes immediately before any negative word She still isn't ready. | They still don't know. | A solution has still not been found (or ...still hasn't, NOT ...has not still). Still usually comes immediately after a positive modal v I can still remember (NOT still can remember).).| He may still be there (or ...be still there...). Otherwise still comes after the verb to be and immediately before any main v He's still eating (NOT still is eating).| It's still wet outside. | We still have time. (NOT have still time).).| I still love her.
) ~2 adj 1 not moving (a still pool | keep/stand/lie etc still) (Keep still while I tie your shoe.) 2 not windy (a hot, still, airless day) 3 quiet, calm, and without any activity (It was so still you could have heard a pin drop.) 4 BrE a still drink does not contain gas 5 stillwaters run deep used to say that someone who is quiet may have very strong feelings or a lot of knowledge - stillness n ~3 n 1 a photograph of a scene from a cinema film 2 a piece of equipment for making alcoholic drinks out of grain or potatoes 3 the still of the night/evening etc literary the calm and quiet of the night etc ~4 v literary 1 to make someone or something become quiet or calm (The food stilled the baby's cries.) 2 if a doubt or fear is stilled, it becomes weaker or goes away
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I. [c red]ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If a situation that used to exist still exists, it has continued and exists now. I still dream of home... Brian’s toe is still badly swollen and he cannot put on his shoe... If you don’t like the job, why are you still there?... ADV: ADV before v, ADV group 2. If something that has not yet happened could still happen, it is possible that it will happen. If something that has not yet happened is still to happen, it will happen at a later time. Big money could still be made if the crisis keeps oil prices high... The details have still to be worked out... ADV: ADV before v 3. If you say that there is still an amount of something left, you are emphasizing that there is that amount left. There are still some outstanding problems... There’s still time to catch up with them. ADV: be ADV n 4. You use still to emphasize that something remains the case or is true in spite of what you have just said. I’m average for my height. But I still feel I’m fatter than I should be... Despite the ruling, Boreham was still found guilty. = nonetheless ADV: ADV before v 5. You use still to indicate that a problem or difficulty is not really worth worrying about. ‘Any idea who is going to be here this weekend?’—‘No. Still, who cares?’ ADV: ADV with cl 6. You use still in expressions such as still further, still another, and still more to show that you find the number or quantity of things you are referring to surprising or excessive. We look forward to strengthening still further our already close co-operation with the police service... = even ADV: ADV n/adv c darkgreen]emphasis 7. You use still with comparatives to indicate that something has even more of a quality than something else. Formula One motor car racing is supposed to be dangerous. ‘Indycar’ racing is supposed to be more dangerous still. ADV: ADV with compar c darkgreen]emphasis II. [c red]NOT MOVING OR MAKING A NOISE...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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1. adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1 not or hardly moving. 2 with little or no sound; calm and tranquil (a still evening). 3 (of sounds) hushed, stilled. 4 (of a drink) not effervescing. --n. 1 deep silence (in the still of the night). 2 an ordinary static photograph (as opposed to a motion picture), esp. a single shot from a cinema film. --adv. 1 without moving (stand still). 2 even now or at a particular time (they still did not understand; why are you still here?). 3 nevertheless; all the same. 4 (with compar. etc.) even, yet, increasingly (still greater efforts; still another explanation). --v.tr. & intr. make or become still; quieten. Phrases and idioms still and all colloq. nevertheless. still life (pl. still lifes) 1 a painting or drawing of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers. 2 this genre of painting. still waters run deep a quiet manner conceals depths of feeling or knowledge or cunning. Derivatives stillness n. Etymology: OE stille (adj. & adv.), stillan (v.), f. WG 2. n. an apparatus for distilling spirituous liquors etc. Phrases and idioms still-room Brit. 1 a room for distilling. 2 a housekeeper's storeroom in a large house. Etymology: obs. still (v.), ME f. DISTILL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) перегонный аппарат, перегонный куб, дистиллятор перегонять, дистиллировать 2) ректификационная колонна 3) аппарат для получения хлора 4) отдельная фотография 5) неподвижный кадр, стоп-кадр; видеокадр 6) тлв заставка 7) декорации; (павильонные) кинодекорации 8) фотореклама - accumulator still - alternating stills - atmospheric still - beer still - circular radiant pipe still - coking still - column still - cracking still - crude still - cylinder still - distillating still - down convection pipe still - falling-film molecular still - fire-and-steam still - iron still - lubriceting oil still - molecular still - oil still - once-through pipe still - overhead convection pipe still - petroleum still - pipe still - pot still - pressure still - pressurized still - rectifying still - semiconvection pipe still - series pipe stills - shell still - side-fired recirculating still - single-flash pipe still - solar still - steam still - steam-bottom still - stripping still - sulfur still - sweetening still - tar still - tar dehydrating still - thermal still - tilled solar still - topping pipe still - tower still - tube still - vacuum still - vacuum extract still - water still - wick-type solar still ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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ректификационная колонна дистиллятор маслоотделитель (в абсорбционной холодильной машине) ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) все еще 2) дистиллятор 3) до сих пор 4) еще 5) котел 6) кубовый 7) неподвижный 8) однако 9) перегнать 10) перегонять 11) погон 12) спокойный 13) стоп-кадр 14) тихий - ammonia still - continuous still - pipe still - rectifying still - stand still - still air freezing - still air - still hologram - two-furnace still ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. тишина, безмолвие in the still of (the) night —- в ночной тиши 2. фотоснимок 3. стоп-кадр 4. кин. рекламный кадр, фотореклама to collect movie star stills —- собирать фото кинозвезд 5. тлв. студийная заставка 6. диаграмма, фотография и т. п. 7. ам. пожарная тревога, объявляемая по телефону, радио и т. п. (а не с помощью обычного сигнала) 8. неподвижный, спокойный still waters of the lake —- неподвижная гладь озера still rain —- дождь без ветра to keep still —- не двигаться the woods were still —- лес стоял не шелохнувшись she couldn't keep still —- ей не сиделось 9. тихий, безмолвный, бесшумный still evening —- тихий вечер still watches of the night —- ночная тишина, безмолвие ночи to be (to hold oneself) still —- не шуметь, не разговаривать 10. тихий, негромкий, приглушенный still voice —- тихий голос the still small voice —- голос совести 11. неигристый (о вине) Id: (as) still as death (as the grace) —- безмолвный как могила Id: to keep a still tongue in one's head —- молчать, держать язык за зубами Id: still waters run deep —- посл. воды глубокие мирно текут, происходящее внутри не всегда отражается на поверхности; в тихом омуте черти водятся 12. неподвижно, спокойно, тихо to stand still —- не двигаться, оставаться неподвижным; остановиться time stood still —- время остановилось his heart stood still —- у него замерло...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. adj. 1) тихий, бесшумный; to keep still - не шуметь 2) неподвижный, спокойный; to stand still - остановиться; keep still! - не шевелись! 3) не игристый (о вине) to keep still about smth. - молчать о чем-л. a still small voice - голос совести Syn: see silent see tranquil 2. noun 1) poet. тишина, безмолвие; in the still of (the) night - в ночной тиши 2) = still picture 3) рекламный кадр 3. v. 1) успокаивать; утихомиривать; to still a child - убаюкивать ребенка 2) успокаивать, утолять; to still hunger - утолить голод 3) rare успокаиваться; when the tempest stills - когда буря утихнет 4. adv. 1) до сих пор, (все) еще, по-прежнему 2) все же, тем не менее, однако 3) еще (в сравнении); still longer - еще длиннее; still further - еще дальше; более того II 1. noun 1) перегонный куб; дистиллятор 2) винокуренный завод 2. v. перегонять, опреснять, дистиллировать STILL birth рождение мертвого плода STILL life paint. натюрморт STILL overground coll. еще жив STILL picture фотоснимок ...Англо-русский словарь
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