Translations for „rocks“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

rock¹ [rɒk, Am rɑ:k] N

1. rock geo:

rock

скала́ f

2. rock (music):

rock

рок m

Phrases:

to be between a rock and hard place

быть в безвы́ходном положе́нии

as solid as a rock

твёрдый как ка́мень

to be on the rocks fig

быть „на мели́”

to be on the rocks fig

быть без гроша́

whisky on the rocks

ви́ски nt со льдо́м

I . rock² [rɒk, Am rɑ:k] VB trans

1. rock (swing):

rock

ука́чивать

rock

кача́ть

2. rock (shock):

rock

огорча́ть

rock

потряса́ть

Phrases:

to rock the boat inf

создава́ть опа́сное положе́ние

II . rock² [rɒk, Am rɑ:k] VB intr

rock

шата́ться

rock

пока́чиваться

rock band N

rock band

рок-гру́ппа f

rock bottom N

rock bottom

ни́жний преде́л m

prices have hit rock bottom

це́ны дости́гли ни́жнего преде́ла

she is at rock bottom

она́ на преде́ле отча́яния

rock bun N, rock cake N Brit, Aus

rock bun

пече́нье nt из круто́го те́ста

rock climber N

rock climber

скалола́з m

rock climbing N no pl

rock climbing

скалола́зание nt

rock face N

rock face

гру́бая облицо́вка f

rock festival N

rock festival

фестива́ль m рок-му́зыки

rock garden N Am

rock garden

альпина́рий m

rock music N no pl

rock music

рок-му́зыка f

rock plant N BOT

rock plant

ска́льное расте́ние nt

rock salt N no pl

rock salt

ка́менная соль f

rock star N

rock star

рок-звезда́ f

rock-and-roll N no pl

rock-and-roll

рок-н-ро́лл m

Usage examples with rocks

whisky on the rocks

ви́ски nt со льдо́м

an outcrop of rocks

обнаже́ние nt скал

to be on the rocks fig

быть без гроша́

to wash along the rocks sea, wave

разбива́ться о ска́лы

a Scotch on the rocks

ви́ски nt со льдом

the waves battered against the rocks

во́лны разбива́лись о ска́лы

to run ashore/onto the rocks naut

наскочи́ть на мель/ска́лы

the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

рука́ f , кача́ющая колыбе́ль, пра́вит ми́ром fig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Rocks may reach the bottom of the glacier and begin to scrape along the earth.

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Rocks, sticks, corrugated wash boards, and other rudimentary tools were often used to help in the washing process.

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Rocks include pebbly mudstone, conglomerate siltstone and shale.

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Rocks were then placed in a v-shape formation to try to prevent erosion, much like the groyne.

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Rocks of the former group bear geochemical signatures implying island arc and back-arc basin provenance.

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Rocks are placed into a tumbling barrel with varying degrees of abrasive grit and or water.

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Rocks with feldspathoids are silica-undersaturated, because feldspathoids can not coexist in a stable association with quartz.

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Rocks jut out of the earth all over the site.

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Rocks that are rich in kaolinite are known as kaolin or china clay.

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Rocks should vary in size and color but from each other, but not have bright colors, which would lack subtlety.

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