sun

1. noun

1) (the round body in the sky that gives light and heat to the earth: The Sun is nearly 150 million kilometres away from the Earth.) sonce

2) (any of the fixed stars: Do other suns have planets revolving round them?) sonce

3) (light and heat from the sun; sunshine: We sat in the sun; In Britain they don't get enough sun; The sun has faded the curtains.) sonce

2. verb

(to expose (oneself) to the sun's rays: He's sunning himself in the garden.) sončiti se

- sunless

- sunny
- sunniness
- sunbathe
- sunbeam
- sunburn
- sunburned
- sunburnt
- sundial
- sundown
- sunflower
- sunglasses
- sunlight
- sunlit
- sunrise
- sunset
- sunshade
- sunshine
- sunstroke
- suntan
- catch the sun
- under the sun

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I [sʌn]

noun

(često moškega spola) sonce, sončna svetloba (sij, toplota); poetically dan, leto; poetically sončni vzhod ali zahod; astronomy zvezda s sateliti; figuratively sijaj, sreča, blagostanje; ecclesiastic sončna monštranca; (= sun burner) močan svečnik; colloquially (sun stroke) sončarica

against the sun — v smeri, ki je nasprotna premikanju kazalcev na uri

from sun to sun — od sončnega vzhoda do sončnega zahoda, ves dan

in the sun — na soncu

under the sun — pod soncem, na zemlji

with the sun — s soncem, ob svitanju; sledeč poti sonca; v smeri premikanja kazalcev na uri

the midnight sun — polnočno sonce polarnih krajev

mock sun — pasonce, jasna svetloba, ki se včasih vidi ob soncu

nothing new under the sun — nič novega pod soncem

a place in the sun — prostor (mesto) na soncu, figuratively ugoden položaj, ugodne razmere

the sun rises (sets, goes down) — sonce vzhaja (zahaja)

his sun is set figuratively njegova zvezda je zašla, minili so časi njegove slave

to hail (to adore) the rising sun — častiti vzhajajoče sonce, figuratively klanjati se novemu oblastniku

to have the sun in one's eyes, to have been in the sun slang biti v rožicah, pijan

to hold a candle to the sun — držati svečo soncu, figuratively odveč nekaj delati, opravljati nepotrebno in brezuspešno delo, nositi vodo v Savo

let not the sun go down upon your wrath — tvoja jeza naj traja le en dan

make hay while the sun rises — kuj železo, dokler je vroče

to rise with the sun — zgodaj, s soncem vstati

to see the sun — biti živ, živeti

to sit in the sun — sedeti na soncu

to take the sun — sončiti se, greti se na soncu, sprehajati se po soncu

to take (to shoot) the sun nautical meriti višino sonca nad obzorjem

II [sʌn]

transitive verb & intransitive verb

sončiti (se), postaviti (se) na sonce, izpostaviti (se) soncu, sončnim žarkom; sušiti (se) na soncu, greti (se) na soncu

to sun o.s. — sončiti se, greti se na soncu

to be sunned — biti obsijan od sonca