keystone

UK
/ˈkiːstəʊn/
US
/ˈkiˌstoʊn/

Переводы

keystoneсуществительное
keystones
множ.
UK
/ˈkiːstəʊn/
US
/ˈkiˌstoʊn/
clé de voûteSens architectural.
The keystone was carefully placed to ensure the stability of the ancient bridge.
La clé de voûte a été soigneusement mise en place pour assurer la stabilité du vieux pont.
clé de voûteSens figuré : élément central ou fondamental.
Education is the keystone of the government's reform agenda.
L'éducation est la clé de voûte du programme de réforme du gouvernement.
Дополнительные переводы
espèce cléÉcologie.
Синонимы
keystoneглагол
keystoned
Прошедшее простое время
keystoned
Причастие прошедшего времени
keystoning
Герундий
Rare transitive verb meaning ‘to secure (an arch) with a keystone’.
Дополнительные переводы
soutenirSens figuré.
coifferArchitecture ; emploi rare et approximatif selon le contexte.
keystoneприлагательное
UK
/ˈkiːstəʊn/
US
/ˈkistoʊn/
Usually attributive and not comparable
cléSens figuré : essentiel, central.
Access to clean water is a keystone factor in public health.
L'accès à l'eau potable est un facteur clé de la santé publique.

Определения

keystoneсуществительное
A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole arch together.
The keystone was carefully placed to ensure the stability of the ancient bridge.
The central principle or part of a policy, system, etc., on which all else depends.
Education is the keystone of the government's reform agenda.
A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem relative to its abundance (short for ‘keystone species’).
Sea otters are a keystone in the kelp-forest ecosystem.
keystoneглагол
To secure or complete (an arch) by inserting the keystone.
The stonemasons keystoned the arch before the mortar set.
To act as the crucial element that completes or supports something.
Her detailed analysis keystoned the team’s proposal.
keystoneприлагательное
Central, crucial, or foundational; on which all else depends.
Access to clean water is a keystone factor in public health.