♦ driver

♦ driver
♦ driver /ˈdraɪvə(r)/
n.
1 conducente, autista (di autobus, tram, ecc.); automobilista: Drivers are sick of paying more and more for petrol, gli automobilisti sono stufi dei continui aumenti del prezzo della benzina; He's a very bad driver, guida malissimo; a learner driver, un guidatore principiante; a taxi driver, un tassista; a lorry driver, un camionista
2 (ferr., = train driver) macchinista
3 (mecc.) elemento motore (ingranaggio, biella, ecc.); menabrida (di un tornio)
4 (fig.) motore (fig.), fattore determinante: economic drivers, i motori dell'economia; What are the main drivers of social change?, quali sono i principali fattori che determinano i cambiamenti sociali?
5 arnese che serve per piantare, ecc.: pile driver, battipalo
6 (sport) pilota: racing driver, pilota da corsa
7 (golf) «driver»; legno 1
8 (ipp.) driver; guidatore (nelle corse al trotto)
9 (elettron.) pilota; stadio pilota
10 (comput.) driver: device driver, driver di una periferica
● (autom.) driver's door mirror, specchietto laterale □ (USA) driver's education, insegnamento dei principi della guida (come materia scolastica) □ (elettron.) driver element, elemento attivo (o eccitatore) □ (autom. USA) driver's license, patente di guida □ driver's mate, secondo autista (di camion) □ driver's seat, (autom.) posto di guida; (fig.) posto di comando; (il) timone (fig.) □ cattle driver, mandriano □ (stor., fig.) slave driver, negriero.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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