Translations for „shocking“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

shocking [ˈʃɒkɪŋ, Am ˈʃɑ:kɪŋ] ADJ

1. shocking (causing indignation, distress):

shocking

ужаса́ющий

shocking news

сканда́льный

2. shocking (surprising):

shocking

неожи́данный

3. shocking (offensive):

shocking

отврати́тельный

shocking crime

потряса́ющий

4. shocking Brit inf (terrible):

shocking

ужа́сный

I . shock¹ [ʃɒk, Am ʃɑ:k] N

1. shock (unpleasant surprise):

shock

у́жас m

the shock of my life inf

потрясе́ние nt в мое́й жи́зни

look of shock

ужаса́ющий взгляд m

to give sb a shock

потрясти́ кого́-ли́бо

2. shock inf (electric shock):

shock

электри́ческий уда́р m

3. shock MED:

shock

шок m

to die from shock

умере́ть от шо́ка

4. shock (impact):

shock of explosion, earthquake

толчо́к m

Phrases:

shock, horror! iron

о, у́жас!

II . shock¹ [ʃɒk, Am ʃɑ:k] VB trans

1. shock (appal):

shock

ужаса́ть

shock

потряса́ть

2. shock (scare):

shock

пуга́ть

III . shock¹ [ʃɒk, Am ʃɑ:k] VB intr

shock

вызыва́ть шок

shock² [ʃɒk, Am ʃɑ:k] N

a shock of hair

копна́ f воло́с

shell-shock N

shell-shock

психи́ческая тра́вма f , полу́ченная во вре́мя бо́я

shock absorber [ˈʃɒkæbˌzɔ:bəɐ, Am ˈʃɑ:kəbˌsɔ:rbɚ] N

shock absorber

амортиза́тор m

shock therapy N, shock treatment N

shock therapy

шокотерапи́я f

shock troops N pl

shock troops

уда́рные ча́сти f мн

shock wave N

1. shock wave PHYS:

shock wave

уда́рная взрывна́я волна́ f

2. shock wave fig:

shock wave

чу́вство nt потрясе́ния

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English

Shocking footage of the aftermath of the crash shows desperate passersby trying to rescue the boy from the top-deck.

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It would be shocking to find out that the free-range chicken you bought was actually battery farmed.

www.telegraph.co.uk

It's a shocking and disheartening turn of events for one of the more intriguing metal bands of the '90s.

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In a shocking act of savagery, she says he set fire to a bowl of nail polish remover while her hand was in it.

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Some early accounts blamed a gas lamp, as people tried to make sense of the shocking tragedy amid old and new technology, but the church was not equipped with gas.

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His arguments were seen as shocking and unseemly for someone in his position, held as a hero by many children.

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But are we inured, nowadays, to anything that would have been shocking back in the swinging '60s?

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A high school girl is discovered dead on a rooftop in town, shocking the residents and pressuring the incompetent police to find the killer.

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The crafty veteran outlasted the competition on a shocking no stop strategy to win.

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Her slide show included her negative comments about black women wearing natural hairstyles in the workplace, calling them shocking, inappropriate, and political.

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