scale

I [skeil] noun

1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) lestvica

2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) lestvica

3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) lestvica

4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) merilo

5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) obseg

II [skeil] verb

(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) povzpeti se

III [skeil] noun

(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) luska

- scaly

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I [skéil]

1.

noun

music

lestvica, skala; figuratively lestvica (družbena itd.); stopnja; merilo, mera; razmerje; obseg; številčni sestav

at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile — v merilu (razmerju) 1 cola: 1 milja

in (to) scale — po merilu

on a large (small) scale — v velikem (majhnem) obsegu

on a scale economy ob različnih tečajnih vrednostih

scale of duties — carinska tabela

scale of salaries — plačilna lestvica

a scale to success — lestev k uspehu

large-scale map — zemljevid v velikem merilu

reduced(enlarged) scale — zmanjšano (povečano) merilo

social scale — družbena stopnja

to live on a large scale — razkošno živeti

to play (to sing, to run over) one's scale music vaditi skale, vaditi prste za instrument ali glas za petje

to sink in the scale — zdrkniti navzdol na lestvi, v nivoju;

2.

transitive verb

(s)plezati, povzpeti se (z lestvijo figuratively), vzpenjati se (na); določiti (merilo); dvigniti (cene); military napasti, jurišati z lestvami (na trdnjavsko obzidje); risati merilo

to scale down — znižati (mezde, plače)

to scale up — povišati (cene); intransitive verb plezati, vzpenjati se

to scale down — upasti, pasti

to scale up — kvišku plezati, dvigati se

II [skéil]

1.

noun

skledica pri tehtnici; plural tehtnica; tehtanje (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)

the Scales astronomy Tehtnica

a pair of scales — tehtnica

his fate was in the scale — njegova usoda je bila na tehtnici

to go to scale figuratively biti premagan

to hold the scales even — držati tehtnico v ravnotežju, figuratively soditi nepristransko, objektivno

to throw one's influence into scale figuratively zastaviti ves svoj vpliv

to throw one's sword into the scale figuratively podpreti svojo zahtevo z orožjem

to turn the scale figuratively odločiti

it turned the scale into my favour — to je nagnilo tehtnico v mojo korist;

2.

transitive verb

tehtati (tudi figuratively); intransitive verb (redko) biti težak, tehtati, biti stehtan (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)

it scales 5 pounds — (to) tehta ɜ funtov

III [skéil]

1.

noun

luska, luskina (ribe itd.); zoology košeniljka; medicine zobni kamen; usedlina, kotlovec; tanka plast, obloga; technical vžigalo

the scales fell from his eyes figuratively oči so se mu odprle, spregledal je

to come off in scales — oluščiti se (o koži)

to remove the scale — odstraniti zobni kamen ali kotlovec;

2.

transitive verb

ostrgati (luske), (o)luščiti; technical sestrugati, ostrugati, očistiti od kotlovca; odstraniti (zobni kamen); intransitive verb luščiti se

to scale almonds, peas — oluščiti mandlje, grah

to scale s.o.'s teeth — odstraniti komu zobni kamen

to scale off — luščiti se; osmukati se (listje)