RUBY WASP

Meaning of RUBY WASP in English

noun

or ruby-tail wasp or ruby fly

: cuckoo wasp

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WASP — or Wasp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Date: 1957 an American of Northern European and especially British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUBY — Gemstone composed of transparent red corundum . Its colour varies from deep to pale red, in some cases with a …
Английский словарь Британика
WASP — I. ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæfs, wæsp; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUBY — I. ˈrübē, -bi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French rubi, from Old French, irregular from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUBY — (a.) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
Английский словарь Webster
RUBY — (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
Английский словарь Webster
RUBY — (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
Английский словарь Webster
RUBY — ( a. ) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — /wosp/ , Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUBY — — rubylike , adj. /rooh"bee/ , n. , pl. rubies , adj. n. 1. a red variety of corundum, used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — see WASP
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUBY — I. ˈrü-bē noun ( plural rubies ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rubi, rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — or Wasp ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp Usage: often attributive Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant Date: 1957 sometimes disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUBY — noun ·see agate, ·noun, 2. 2. ruby ·adj ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips. 3. ruby ·noun the color of a …
Webster English vocab
WASP — (also WASP ) ■ noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class North American white Protestant, regarded as a member of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — [wasp] n [ME waspe, fr. OE waeps, waesp; akin to OHG wafsa wasp, L vespa wasp] (bef. 12c) 1: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RUBY — [ru.by] n, pl rubies [ME, fr. MF rubis, rubi, alter. of robin, fr. ML rubinus, fr. L rubeus reddish; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP — any stinging member (formerly called Aculeata) of the insect suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), other than bees and ants, as well …
Britannica English vocabulary
RUBY — Ruby gemstone composed of transparent red corundum (q.v.), a mineral form of aluminum oxide, Al2O3. Its colour varies from deep …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASP — wasp, WASP, Wasp BrE AmE wɒsp AmE wɑːsp ▷ wasps, WASPs, Wasps wɒsps AmE wɑːsps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RUBY — ruby, Ruby BrE AmE ˈruːb i ▷ rubies ˈruːb iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASP — / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun a black and yellow flying insect that can sting : a wasp sting a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun ( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUBY — / ˈruːbi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a dark red precious stone : a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wæps , wæsp ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RUBY — Ruby, Jack BrE AmE (1911–67) the man who killed Lee Harvey ↑ Oswald two days after Oswald was charged with …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RUBY — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a rare precious stone consisting of corundum with a colour varying from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RUBY — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a rare precious stone consisting of corundum with a colour varying from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASP — n.1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and …
Oxford English vocab
RUBY — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a rare precious stone consisting of corundum with a colour varying from …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( WASPs) WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUBY — ( rubies) A ruby is a dark red jewel. ...a ruby and diamond ring. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adult …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RUBY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All there was around her was endless waves of ruby and ice with the fog …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a black and yellow flying insect which can sting youKeep still - there's a wasp near …
Cambridge English vocab
RUBY — [noun] [C] - a dark red jewelThe ring was set with two rubies.She had ruby (= ruby-coloured) lips.
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — (PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from …
Cambridge English vocab
RUBY — n. Gemstone composed of transparent red corundum . Its colour varies from deep to pale red, in some cases with …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RUBY — Synonyms and related words : Titian, Titian-red, adamant, agate, alexandrite, amethyst, aquamarine, beryl, bloodstone, bricky, brilliant, carbuncle, cardinal, carmine, carnation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUBY — (Murray) Noun. Curry. Cockney rhyming slang. Ruby Murray, Belfast born singer, popular in 1950s. E.g."I'm starving! Let's go for a …
Slang English vocab
WASP — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl , fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ nest …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RUBY — < language > 1. A relational language designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in 1986 for describing and designing circuits …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
RUBY — (1911–67) the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. Oswald had been arrested two days before for …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocab
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocabulary
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд (тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто ярко-красного цвета …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — wasp.ogg wɒsp n зоол. оса ( Vespoidae ) wasp s' nest, nest of wasps - осиное гнездо, скопище врагов
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RUBY — рубин, рубинный - ruby laser - ruby maser
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WASP — I wasp сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RUBY — 1. ʹru:bı n 1. рубин, чистый красный корунд ( тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2. ярко-красный, рубиновый цвет 3. красный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд ( тж. true ruby, oriental ruby ) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WASP — I wasp.wav сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant "белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд (тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто ярко-красного цвета а) красный прыщик (обыкн. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WASP — 1) оса (Vespa); pl настоящие осы (Vespidae), pl складчатокрылые осы (Vespidae) 2) pl роющие осы (Sphecidae) • - agaontid wasps - aphid wasps - bedeguar …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WASP — 1) оса ( Vespa ) ; pl настоящие осы ( Vespidae ) , pl складчатокрылые осы ( Vespidae ) 2) …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
RUBY — 1. сущ. 1) рубин, красный корунд (тж. true ruby, oriental ruby) 2) цвет рубина, ярко-красный цвет 3) нечто ярко-красного цвета …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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