paperweight
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to…A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
» This paperweight belonged to my grandfather.
Это пресс-папье принадлежало моему дедушке.
Значення
значень: 3A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Briefbeschwerer
пресс-папье́press-papʹjé
прес-пап'є́pres-papʺjé
Any object used for this purpose.
John used his coffee mug as a paperweight.
Briefbeschwerer
пресс-папье́press-papʹjé
(сленг)A useless piece of equipment.
On Windows, the card has a working driver. On Linux right now, it's a paperweight.
- a weight used to hold down a stack of papers
Приклади
речень: 7This paperweight belonged to my grandfather.
ruЭто пресс-папье принадлежало моему дедушке.
Where can I buy a paperweight?
You can use it as a paperweight.
This is just a paperweight.
ruЭто всего лишь пресс-папье.
It's nothing but a glorified paperweight now.
deSie ist nurmehr ein besserer Briefbeschwerer.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
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Походження
From paper + weight.From paper + weight.
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