♦ belt

♦ belt
♦ belt /bɛlt/
n.
1 cintura; cinturone; cintola; cinta; cinghia: a leather belt, una cintura di cuoio
2 (autom., aeron., = seat belt) cintura di sicurezza
3 (mecc.) cinghia; nastro: conveyor belt, nastro trasportatore; fan belt, cinghia del ventilatore; belt drive, tramissione a cinghia
4 (mil.) cartucciera (di mitragliatrice)
5 (judo, karate, ecc.) cintura (fascia e persona): black belt, cintura nera
6 (USA) tangenziale; raccordo anulare
7 zona; cintura; fascia: green belt, cintura di verde; (astron.) asteroid belt, fascia di asteroidi; industrial belt, cintura industriale; commuter belt, zona abitata da pendolari
8 (fam.) the belt, colpi (pl.) di cinghia; cinghiate (pl.)
9 (fam.) colpo; botta sberla
● (fam. GB) belt-and-braces, (fatto, deciso, ecc.) per duplice precauzione □ belt elevator, elevatore a nastro □ (USA) belt line, anello ferroviario; circolare (di autobus o filobus) □ belt-tightening, il tirare la cinghia; il fare economia; vita frugale □ below the belt, sotto la cintola (o la cintura); (fig.) slealmente, sleale, scorretto: to hit sb. belt the belt, (boxe) colpire q. sotto la cintura; (fig.) assestare un colpo basso a q.; (di commento, ecc.) essere un colpo basso □ (fig.) to tighten one's belt, stringere (o tirare) la cinghia, fare economie □ (fig.) under one's belt, in mano; in tasca; al proprio attivo; (anche) nello stomaco, in pancia: He has two degrees under his belt, ha in tasca due lauree; I have ten years as a manager under my belt, ho al mio attivo dieci anni di dirigenza; He's already got a few under his belt, ha già bevuto qualche bicchiere.
(to) belt /bɛlt/
A v. t.
1 allacciare la cintura di: I belted my coat, mi sono allacciato la cintura del cappotto
2 (anche to belt on) cingere; allacciarsi al fianco: to belt on a sword, cingere una spada
3 legare, assicurare (con una cintura, una cinghia)
4 prendere a cinghiate
5 colpire con forza; scagliare; scaraventare
6 (fam.) picchiare
B v. i.
1 (di indumento, ecc.) allacciarsi, chiudersi (con una cintura)
2 (con avv. o compl. di direzione) (fam. GB) andare a gran velocità; precipitarsi; correre; galoppare; andare a tutta birra (fam.): to belt along (the motorway), andare a tutta birra (in autostrada); He belted down the lane, si è buttato di corsa giù per il sentiero; to belt out, uscire di botto; schizzare fuori; We belted up to Scotland, ci siamo precipitati in Scozia; (di pioggia) DIALOGO-Weather- It's absolutely belting down!, piove a dirotto!

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