nit
The egg of a louseThe egg of a louse.
» Stop nit-picking.
Хватит придираться.
Перестань придираться.
Перестаньте придираться.
Значение
значений: 9The egg of a louse.
Nisse
гни́даgnída
гни́даhnýda
egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
A young louse.
(Ирландия, Британия, шире)A head louse regardless of its age.
(Британия, сленг)A fool, a nitwit.
деби́лdebíl
A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
A nitpicker.
A candela per square metre.
This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
Примеры
предложений: 8Stop nit-picking.
Хватит придираться.
The bed is infested with lice and nits.
You can use a fine-toothed comb to check for nits.
It is not the case now, but wasn't I the nit-picky type?
He's always nit-picking.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare DutcFrom Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).
From Latin nitēre (“to shine”).
Possibly a blend of Neperian + digit, as is nepit.
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