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keystone

/ˈkiːstəʊn/

/ˈkiˌstoʊn/

Переводы

keystoneсуществительное

keystones

множ.

/ˈkiːstəʊn/

/ˈkiˌstoʊn/

замковый камень

The keystone of the arch was carefully placed.

Замковый камень арки был тщательно установлен.

основа

Trust is the keystone of any successful relationship.

Доверие — это основа любых успешных отношений.

Дополнительные переводы

основной принцип

ключевой элемент

Синонимы

essential element

keystoneглагол

keystoned

Прошедшее простое время

keystoned

Причастие прошедшего времени

keystoning

Герундий

Rare transitive verb meaning ‘to secure (an arch) with a keystone’.

Синонимы

keystoneприлагательное

/ˈkiːstəʊn/

/ˈkistoʊn/

Usually attributive and not comparable

Синонимы

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.