speck
A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirtA tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
» There wasn't even a speck of dust on the table.
Auf dem Tisch war nicht ein einziges Staubkörnchen.
На столе не было ни пылинки.
Жодної пилинки не було на столі.
Значение
значений: 7A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
a tiny speck of soot
Fleck
пылинкаpylinka, пятнышкоpjatnyško
a very small spot
A very small amount; a particle; a whit.
He has not a speck of money.
not a speck of truth in her story.
A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
(неисчисляемое)Fat; lard; fat meat.
салоsalo
(неисчисляемое)A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
(неисчисляемое)The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
(неисчисляемое)The fat of the hippopotamus.
Примеры
предложений: 11There wasn't even a speck of dust on the table.
На столе не было ни пылинки.
ukЖодної пилинки не було на столі.
deAuf dem Tisch war nicht ein einziges Staubkörnchen.
This world is a mere speck of dust.
ukЦей всесвіт лише пилинка.
deDiese Welt ist nur ein Staubkorn.
He had blue eyes with small golden specks.
deEr hatte blaue Augen mit winzigen goldenen Flecken darin.
We're all just a speck of dust in the universe.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 2
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English spekke, from Old English specca (“small spot, stain”), from the same uFrom Middle English spekke, from Old English specca (“small spot, stain”), from the same ultimate source as Proto-Germanic *sprakô (“spark”). Cognate with Low German spaken (“to spot with wet”).
From earlier specke, spycke (probably reinforced by Dutch spek, German Speck), from Middle English spik, spyk, spike, spich, from Old English spic (“bacon; lard; fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką (“bacon”).
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