vapor trail in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for vapor trail in the English»Italian Dictionary

vapour trail [Brit ˈveɪpə treɪl, Am ˈveɪpər treɪl] N

vapour trail

scia f di condensazione

Translations for vapor trail in the Italian»English Dictionary

scia di condensazione

contrail, vapour trail

scia di condensazione

contrail, vapour trail

Translations for vapor trail in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.vapour, vapor [Brit ˈveɪpə, Am ˈveɪpər] N

vapour

vapore m

water vapour

vapore acqueo

II.vapours N

vapours npl arch:

to have a fit of the vapours

avere una crisi isterica

vapor

vapor → vapour

See also vapour

I.vapour, vapor [Brit ˈveɪpə, Am ˈveɪpər] N

vapour

vapore m

water vapour

vapore acqueo

II.vapours N

vapours npl arch:

to have a fit of the vapours

avere una crisi isterica

I.trail [Brit treɪl, Am treɪl] N

1. trail (path):

trail

sentiero m

trail

pista f

to set off on the trail to

mettersi in cammino per

2. trail (trace, mark):

trail (blood, slime)

striscia f

trail (blood, slime)

scia f

trail (of dust)

traccia f

trail (of dust)

macchia f (of di)

he left a trail of clues behind him

lasciò dietro di sé una serie di indizi

to leave a trail of destruction behind one

lasciare dietro di sé una scia di distruzione

3. trail (trace):

trail

traccia f

trail

orma f

trail

impronta f (of di)

trail HUNT

traccia f (of di)

to pick up, lose sb's trail

trovare, perdere le tracce di qn

to be on sb's trail

essere sulla pista di qn

the police are on his trail

la polizia è sulle sue tracce

they were hot on our trail

ci stavano alle calcagna

4. trail (circuit):

to be on the campaign trail POL

essere in campagna elettorale

to follow the hippy trail to Nepal

seguire il percorso degli hippy fino al Nepal

II.trail [Brit treɪl, Am treɪl] VB trans

1. trail (follow):

trail animal, person:

seguire le tracce di

trail car:

seguire

they are being trailed by the police

sono inseguiti dalla polizia

we trailed him to his front door

lo abbiamo seguito fino alla porta di casa sua

the hounds trailed the fox to his den

i segugi seguirono la volpe fin nella tana

2. trail (drag along):

trail

trascinare

trail

strascicare

to trail one's hand in the water

sfiorare l'acqua con le dita

to trail sth along the ground

trascinare qc sul terreno

III.trail [Brit treɪl, Am treɪl] VB intr

1. trail (hang, droop):

trail skirt, scarf:

strisciare

trail plant:

pendere

your belt is trailing along the ground

la tua cintura striscia per terra

2. trail (lag, dawdle):

they trailed back after dark

tornarono indietro trascinandosi dopo il crepuscolo

the children trailed back into the classroom

i bambini si trascinarono in classe or rientrarono in classe svogliatamente

3. trail (fall behind):

he was trailing far behind the rest of the group

rimase molto indietro rispetto al resto del gruppo

our team were trailing by 3 goals to 1 SPORTS

la nostra squadra era in svantaggio di tre reti a uno

to trail badly racehorse, team:

rimanere molto indietro or essere molto distanziato

they are trailing in the polls POL

sono in svantaggio nei sondaggi

the company is trailing behind its European competitors

la ditta sta arrancando dietro ai concorrenti europei

vapor trail in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for vapor trail in the English»Italian Dictionary

vapor trail N AVIAT

vapor trail

scia f

Translations for vapor trail in the English»Italian Dictionary

vapor [ˈveɪ·pɚ] N

vapor

vapore m

water vapor

vapore acqueo

I.trail [treɪl] N

1. trail (path):

trail

sentiero m

2. trail (track):

trail

traccia f

trail of airplane

scia f

a trail of destruction

una scia di distruzione

to be on the trail of sth/sb

essere sulle tracce di qc/qn

to be hot on the trail of sb

essere alle calcagna di qn

to follow a trail (in hunting)

seguire una traccia

II.trail [treɪl] VB trans

1. trail (follow):

trail

seguire le tracce di

to trail an animal

seguire le orme di un animale

2. trail (drag):

trail

trascinare

3. trail (be losing to):

to trail sb/sth

essere in svantaggio rispetto a qn/qc

III.trail [treɪl] VB intr

1. trail (drag):

to trail (somewhere)

trascinarsi (in qualche posto)

2. trail SPORTS:

trail

essere in svantaggio

to trail by 6 points

essere in svantaggio di 6 punti

to trail behind sth/sb

trascinarsi dietro qc/qn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They just have to believe they're up there, making vapor trails.

espn.go.com

A contrail is the visible vapor trail behind airplanes or rockets traveling at high altitudes.

www.cnn.com

Vapor trails left by aircraft can be significantly reduced by adding a negligible distance to the length of flights, say researchers.

www.mnn.com

Like airplanes, we all leave behind a vapor trail.

www.triplepundit.com

I especially remember one afternoon, there was a really big boom, like a plane breaking the sound barrier, but even louder, and we saw a vapor trail.

www.washingtontimes.com

The camera follows a flaming rocket engine and a white vapor trail or smoke against a blue sky as the debris plummets toward the ground.

en.wikipedia.org

In a reference to one of the ubiquitous symbols of the 1970s (rainbows) the vapor trail creates a spectral refraction effect akin to a rainbow.

en.wikipedia.org