BANANA SKIN

Meaning of BANANA SKIN in English

noun

( BrE , informal ) something that could cause difficulty or embarrassment, especially to sb in a public position

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BANANA SKIN — baˈnana ˌskin BrE AmE noun [countable] British English an embarrassing mistake made by someone in a public position, especially a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BANANA SKIN — ( banana skins) 1. The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin . ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BANANA SKIN — (~s) 1. The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a ~. (BRIT; in AM, use banana …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BANANA SKIN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A tug-o'-war ensued and suddenly the rope came - unzipping all those carefully placed runners …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BANANA — n banana
Interlingua English vocab
BANANA — banane
English interlingue dictionary
BANANA — saging
English-Visayan vocabulary
BANANA — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banaana ~ Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BANANA — Fruit of the genus Musa (family Musaceae), a gigantic herbaceous plant spread by rhizome s, and one of the most …
Английский словарь Британика
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BANANA — bəˈnanə, chiefly Brit -ˈnȧ- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BANANA — (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Английский словарь Webster
BANANA — ( n. ) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIN — — skinlike , adj. /skin/ , n. , v. , skinned, skinning , adj. n. 1. the external covering or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BANANA — /beuh nan"euh/ , n. 1. a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BANANA — n. tropical plant; crescent-shaped yellow fruit which grows on this plant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English scinn skin, Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BANANA — -ˈnä- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish, from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banaana banana …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKIN — vi to become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. 2. skin ·noun a vessel made of skin, used …
Webster English vocab
SKIN — [skin] n, often attrib [ME, fr. ON skinn; akin to OE scinn skin, MHG schint fruit peel] (13c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BANANA — [ba.nana] n, often attrib [Sp or Pg; Sp, fr. Pg, of African origin; akin to Wolof banana banana] (1597) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIN — in human anatomy, the covering, or integument, of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from …
Britannica English vocabulary
BANANA — fruit of the genus Musa, of the family Musaceae, one of the most important food crops of the world. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
BANANA — port on the Atlantic coast in far southwestern Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa, at the mouth of the Congo River. One …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKIN — skin BrE AmE skɪn ▷ skinned skɪnd ▷ skinning ˈskɪn ɪŋ ▷ skins skɪnz ▶ ˈ skin ˌ diver BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BANANA — banana BrE AmE bə ˈnɑːn ə AmE \ -ˈnæn- ▷ banana|s z ▶ ba ˈ nana oil BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKIN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN — I. skin 1 S2 W2 /skɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: skinn ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BANANA — n. 1 a long curved fruit with soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe, growing in clusters. 2 (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKIN — n. & v. n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BANANA — n. 1 a long curved fruit with soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe, growing in clusters. 2 (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1. the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Oxford English vocab
BANANA — n.1 a long curved fruit with soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe, growing in clusters. 2 (in full …
Oxford English vocab
SKIN — ( skins, skinning, skinned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BANANA — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch of bananas ▪ Bunches of bananas hung in the trees. apple/corn/banana etc fritter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKIN — [verb] [T] -nn-To skin something is to remove its skin.The hunters skinned the deer they had killed.You can skin tomatoes …
Cambridge English vocab
BANANA — [noun] - a long curved fruit with a usually yellow skin and soft, sweet flesh insideHave a banana, Roger. [C]Decorate …
Cambridge English vocab
BANANA — n. Fruit of the genus Musa (family Musaceae), a gigantic herbaceous plant spread by rhizome s, and one of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SKIN — See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED …
Slang English vocab
BANANA — Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody, which is much stronger than NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). I first saw …
Slang English vocab
SKIN — I. noun 1 covering of a human/animal body ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful , clear , fine , flawless , good , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BANANA — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ripe ▪ overripe ▪ green ▪ mashed … OF BANANAS ▪ bunch ▪ I bought a small bunch …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SKIN — n. 25B6; noun these chemicals could damage the skin : EPIDERMIS, dermis, derma. Mary's fair skin : COMPLEXION, colouring, skin …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIN — See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED …
Словарь английских идиом
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Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
SKIN — 1. сущ. 1) а) кожа (человека) to cast, shed, slip one's skin ≈ сбрасывать кожу, линять The snake shed its …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BANANA — сущ. банан to peel a banana ≈ очищать банан от кожуры green banana ≈ зеленый банан ripe banana ≈ спелый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKIN — skin.ogg 1. skın n 1. 1> кожа clear dry, tender skin - чистая сухая, нежная кожа fair dark skin - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BANANA — banana.ogg bəʹnɑ:nə n 1. 1> бот. банан ( Musa gen. ) 2> банан ( плод ), a hand of bananas …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKIN — 1) наружный [поверхностный] слой; оболочка; покрытие; плёнка 2) окалина 3) корка ( слитка, заготовки ) 4) плена ( дефект проката …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SKIN — 1) наружный [поверхностный] слой; оболочка; покрытие; плёнка 2) окалина 3) корка (слитка, заготовки) 4) плена (дефект проката) 5) обшивка (напр. фюзеляжа, автомобиля) 6) кожура, кожица …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SKIN — 1) кожа 2) кожный 3) наружный слой 4) геогр. нилас 5) оболочка 6) обшивка самолета 7) пленка 8) пленочный 9) поверхностный 10) покрытие 11) скин- 12) эпидерма • fabric aircraft skin — аэро …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BANANA — banana сущ.банан to peel a banana — очищать банан от кожуры green banana — зеленый банан ripe banana — спелый …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SKIN — 1. skın n 1. 1> кожа clear dry, tender skin - чистая сухая, нежная кожа fair dark skin - светлая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKIN — 1. сущ. 1) а) кожа ( человека ) chapped skin — обветренная кожа coarse, rough skin — грубая кожа delicate, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BANANA — сущ. банан to peel a banana — очищать банан от кожуры green banana — зеленый банан ripe banana — спелый …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SKIN — 1. сущ. 1) а) кожа (человека) chapped skin — обветренная кожа coarse, rough skin — грубая кожа delicate, fine skin — тонкая кожа dry / oily …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BANANA — сущ. банан to peel a banana — очищать банан от кожуры green banana — зеленый банан ripe banana — спелый банан rotten banana — гнилой …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BANANA — банан (Musa) - common banana - cooking banana - false banana - plantain banana
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BANANA — банан ( Musa ) - common banana - cooking banana - false banana - plantain banana
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SKIN — 1. _n. 1> кожа; шкура; outer skin - _анат. эпидерма 2> кожура, кожица; baked potatoes in their skins - картофель …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SKIN — 1. n. 1. кожа; шкура; outer skin - анат. эпидерма 2. кожура, кожица; baked potatoes in their skins - картофель …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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