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| Inglês | Português |
| blood drive n | (event: blood donation) | doação de sangue sf |
| I'll be giving my 95th pint at the blood drive on Monday. |
| cattle drive n | (herding livestock) | transporte de gado loc sm |
| tocar boiada expres |
| chain drive n | (mechanism: roller chain) | transmissão por corrente loc sf |
| My first motorcycle had a chain drive and I had to remember to check the tension. The chain drive on a bicycle transfers power from the pedals to turn the wheels. |
| Minha primeira moto tinha uma transmissão por corrente e eu tinha que me lembrar de verificar a tensão. A transmissão por corrente em uma bicicleta transfere a força dos pedais para mover as rodas. |
| disk drive n | (computing: hardware) (informática) | unidade de disco loc sf |
| drink and drive v expr | (operate vehicle while drunk) | beber e dirigir loc v |
| It is illegal to drink and drive. |
| drive a bargain v expr | (negotiate a deal) | fazer um bom negócio loc v |
| pechinchar vt |
| I got a good price on my new car because I drove a hard bargain with the salesman. |
| drive a hard bargain v expr | (be tough negotiator) (numa negociação) | não ceder fácil expres |
| The shopkeeper drove a hard bargain, but we eventually agreed on a price for the vase. |
| drive at [sth] vi + prep | figurative (suggest, intend to say) | insinuar, aludir vt |
| What are you driving at? |
| drive [sb/sth] away vtr + adv | (repel, force to leave) | repelir, afugentar, expulsar vt |
| fazer sair expres v |
| She drove him away with her constant nagging. |
| Ela o repeliu com as constantes reclamações dela. |
| drive [sb/sth] back vtr + adv | (cause [sb/sth] to retreat) (de carro) | retornar vi |
| The soldiers were making good progress across the snowy terrain until a blizzard drove them back. |
| drive-by n | (shooting from a passing car) | tiroteio feito de um carro passando expres |
| Osman admitted that he was the gunman in a drive-by. |
| drive-by adj | (shooting: from passing car) | tiroteio feito de um carro passando expres |
| A man has life-threatening injuries after a drive-by incident in Tucson. |
| drive [sb] crazy v expr | informal (make insane) (informal) | deixar louco expres v |
| Staying at home all day with young three kids has driven me crazy. |
| drive [sb] crazy v expr | informal (annoy) (figurado) | deixar louco expres v |
| irritar vt |
| That hip-hop music just drives me crazy! |
| drive [sb] crazy v expr | informal (arouse sexually) (figurado, excitar sexualmente) | deixar louco expres v |
| The way you kiss drives me crazy. |
| drive [sb] home vtr + adv | (take [sb] home in car) | levar para casa expres |
| drive [sth] home vtr + adv | (propel into place) | impulsionar vt |
| A sharp blow of the hammer drove the nail home. |
| drive [sth] home vtr + adv | figurative (instil or impress the truth of [sth]) | fazer entender loc v |
| My dad's funeral really drove home the fact that he was gone forever. |
| drive-in n | US (restaurant) | drive-in sm |
| When my father met my mother she was a waitress at the drive-in. |
| drive-in n | US (cinema) | drive-in sm |
| Danny invited Sandy to the drive-in to see a movie. |
| drive-in adj | US (cinema, restaurant) (estrangeirismo) | drive-in adj |
| There are very few drive-in theaters left in North America. |
| drive [sth/sb] off⇒ vtr | (chase away) | afugentar vt |
| We had to drive off the wolves that were stalking the sheep. |
| Tivemos de afugentar os lobos que estavam perseguindo as ovelhas. |
| drive on vi + adv | (keep driving without stopping) (dirigindo) | seguir, continuar vt |
| Shall I drop you off here, or do you want me to drive on? |
drive [sb] out of his mind,
drive [sb] out of her mind v expr | figurative, informal (annoy) (irritar alguém intensamente) | deixar louco expres v |
| The baby's constant crying drove James out of his mind. |
drive [sb] out of his mind,
drive [sb] out of her mind v expr | figurative, informal (arouse sexually) (ser sexualmente atraente) | deixar louco expres v |
| Watching you sunbathe used to drive me out of my mind. |
| drive over [sth] vi + prep | (vehicle: go on top of [sth]) | dirigir sobre v int + prep |
| The driver slowly drove over the loose gravel. |
| drive [sb] potty v expr | mainly UK, informal (greatly annoy [sb]) (gíria) | deixar doido expres v |
| drive [sb] round the bend v expr | figurative, informal (make insane) | enervar vt |
| You're driving me round the bend! |
drive shaft,
drive-shaft,
US: driveshaft n | (mechanism) | eixo de transmissão sm |
drive train,
drivetrain n | (automotive system) (automotivo) | unidade de tração loc sf |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | figurative, informal (irritate [sb]) | tirar do sério expres |
| Dan's non-stop ranting about the boss is driving us all up the wall. |
| drive yourself to [sth] v expr | (go by car) | dirigir para vt |
| I don't think you should drive yourself to the hospital. |
| drive yourself to [sth] v expr | figurative (motivate yourself) | levar-se para vp + prep |
| dirigir-se para vp + prep |
| guiar-se para vp + prep |
| drive-by shooting n | (gunfire from car) | ataque a tiros disparados de um veículo expres |
| The police have arrested an 18-year-old gang member in connection with a drive-by shooting. |
| drive-in theater n | US (car-park cinema) | cinema drive-in loc sm |
drive-through,
drive-thru n | (takeaway restaurant) (restaurante) | drive thru sm |
| Dave made a quick detour to the drive-through for fries on his way home from the office. |
drive-through,
drive-thru n as adj | (used from a car) (algo usado dentro de um carro) | drive thru sm |
| The drive-through restaurant is inaccessible to pedestrians. |
flash drive,
also UK: pen drive n | (computer: memory device) (dispositivo de memória, portátil) | USB sm |
| Every paper I wrote this year is on this flash drive. |
| fly-drive adj | (including flight and car hire) | que inclui passagem aérea e aluguel de carro loc adj |
| food drive n | (charity event) (caridade) | coleta de doações de alimentos sf |
| The church is holding a food drive this weekend to help needy families. |
| four-wheel drive n | (vehicle: SUV) | tração nas quatro rodas |
| Drivers in rural areas need a four-wheel drive to cope with winter conditions. |
| four-wheel drive n as adj | (vehicle: of SUV type) | de tração nas quatro rodas loc adj |
| front-wheel drive n | (car: power to front wheels only) (carro: onde motor ativa as rodas dianteiras) | tração dianteira loc sf |
| Her new car's got front-wheel drive; it's a lot better on slippery roads than her old one was. |
| go for a drive v expr | (take: car trip) | passear de carro loc v |
| Let's go for a drive to the beach with our children. |
| Vamos passear de carro até a praia com nossas crianças. |
| hard drive n | (data-reading hardware) | disco rígido loc sm |
| (sigla, anglicismo, hard drive) | HD sm |
| The police were able to retrieve information from the fraudster's hard drive. |
| Insira o disquete no disco rígido. |
| liner n | colloquial (baseball hit) (beisebol) | bola a meia altura expres |
| The batter hit a liner in the second inning. |
| propaganda drive n | (political campaign) | campanha política loc sf |
| respiratory drive n | (instinct to breathe) (instinto de respirar) | estímulo respiratório loc sm |
| self-drive adj | UK (rented vehicle: driven by the renter) | conduzido por si próprio expres |
| self-drive adj | UK (vacation: driving your own car) | conduzido por si próprio expres |
| sex drive n | (sexual desire) (desejo por relação sexual) | instinto sexual sm |
| desejo sexual sm |
| libido sf |
| After his surgery he had little sex drive. |
| tape drive n | (transfers data between computer and tape) (dispositivo, armazenamento de dados) | unidade de fita, unidade de fita streamer loc sf |
| We used to load reels of tape onto the tape drive so old data could be read. |
| test drive n | (trial of car before buying) | test drive estrang |
