dragoon

1. (noun существительное) (military военный) драгун 2. (verb глагол) - посылать карательную экспедицию - принуждать силой тж. (jocular шутливый; комический) (into) It was easy in those days to dragoon the younger children into helping with the farm work.

см. также другие слова , начинающиеся на D:

drain away - а) привлекать (to) Some of the cleverest men in Britain (were) drained away to the United States after the war. б) ослаблять This hard work has drained away my keenness. My strength is draining away. в) использоваться, расходоваться The rise in costs has drained all our profit away. Now that prices are rising so fast, all my money is draining away.

drain cock - спускной кран

drain from - уезжать Thousands of clever men drained from Britain in the years just after the war. The chance of better pay and advantages has drained many good men away from Britain.

drain out - заканчиваться All his strength drained out when he was discouraged in what he was doing.

drain valve - спускной кран

drain-away - 1. (noun существительное) `утечка мозгов` (о переманивании ученых, специалистов) 2. (verb глагол) переманивать (ученых, специалистов)