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Peru

N ประเทศ เปรู  pra-thed-pe-ru

 

Peru

N เปรู  pe-ru

 

Peruvian

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ประเทศ เปรู  kiao-kab-pra-thed-pe-ru

 

Peruvian

N ชาว เปรู  chow-pe-ru

 

peruke

N ผมปลอม ยาว (โดยเฉพาะ ชาย ยุโรป สมัย ศตวรรษ17และ18  wig periwig pom-plom-yao

 

perusal

N การพินิจพิเคราะห์  การ ตรวจ ละเอียด  การ พิจารณา  scrutiny survey kan-pi-nid-pi-kor

 

peruse

VT อ่าน  look through look over an

 

peruvian

A เกี่ยวกับ ประเทศ เปรู 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERURIOUSNESS

n.Parsimony; a sordid disposition to save money. 1. Scantiness; not plenty.

 

PERUKE

n.An artificial cap of hair; a periwig.

 

PERUKE-MAKER

n.A maker of perukes; a wig-maker.

 

PERUSAL

n.s as z. [from peruse. ] The act of reading. This treatise requires application in the perusal.
1. Careful view or examination. [Unusual. ]

 

PERUSE

v.t.s as z. [Some of the senses of this word would lead to the inference that it is from the Latin perviso. If not, I know not its origin. ] 1. To read, or to read with attention.
2. To observe; to examine with careful survey.
I have perus'd her well.
Myself I then perus'd, and limb by limb
Survey'd.

 

PERUSED

pp. Read; observed; examined.

 

PERUSER

n.One that reads or examines.

 

PERUSING

ppr. Reading; examining.

 

PERUVIAN

a.Pertaining to Peru, in South America. Peruvian bark, the bark of the Cinchona, a tree of Peru; called also Jesuits' bark. The taste is bitter and pungent, and it is used as an astringent and tonic, in cases of debility, and particularly as a febrifuge in intermittents.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERUKE

Per "uke, n. Etym: [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr. L. pilus hair. Cf. Periwig, Wig, Peel to strip off, Plush, Pile a hair. ]

 

Defn: A wig; a periwig.

 

PERUKE

PERUKE Per "uke, v. t.

 

Defn: To dress with a peruke. [R.]

 

PERULA

Per "u *la, n.; pl. Perulæ. Etym: [L., dim. of pera wallet, Gr. pérule.]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: One of the scales of a leaf bud.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.

 

PERULE

PERULE Per "ule, n.

 

Defn: Same as Perula.

 

PERUSAL

Pe *rus "al, n. Etym: [From Peruse. ]

 

1. The act of carefully viewing or examining. [R.] Tatler.

 

2. The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care. Woodward.

 

PERUSE

Pe *ruse ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perused; p. pr. & vb. n. Perusing. ]Etym: [Pref. per- + use. ]

 

1. To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

 

2. To read through; to read carefully. Shak.

 

PERUSER

PERUSER Pe *rus "er, n.

 

Defn: One who peruses.

 

PERUVIAN

Pe *ru "vi *an, a. Etym: [Cf. F. péruvien, Sp. peruviano.]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n.

 

Defn: A native or an inhabitant of Peru. Peruvian balsam. See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam. -- Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc. , and their compounds; -- called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Peru

Pe ru |pəˈro͞o pəˈru | a country in South America on the Pacific coast, crossed throughout its length by the Andes; pop. 29,547,000 (est. 2009 ); capital, Lima; languages, Spanish and Quechua. The center of the Inca empire, Peru was conquered by the Spanish conquistador Pizarro in 1532. Liberated by Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín in 1820 –24, a republic was established. It lost territory in the south in a war with Chile 1879 –83 and also had border disputes with Colombia and Ecuador in the 1930s and 1940s. Peru was troubled by revolutionary guerrilla and terrorist activity in the 1980s and 1990s. DERIVATIVES Pe ru vi an |-vēən |adjective & noun

 

Perugia

Pe ru gia |pəˈro͞oj (ē )ə pəˈruʤə | a city in central Italy, the capital of Umbria; pop. 165,207 (2008 ).

 

peruke

pe ruke |pəˈro͞ok pəˈruk | noun archaic term for periwig. archaic term for wig 1. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a natural head of hair ): from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, of unknown origin.

 

perusal

pe rus al |pəˈro͞ozəl pəˈruzəl | noun formal the action of reading or examining something: I continued my perusal of the instructions | a quick perusal of the index to the book reveals an interesting fact.

 

peruse

pe ruse |pəˈro͞oz pəˈruz | verb [ with obj. ] formal read (something ), typically in a thorough or careful way: he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues. examine carefully or at length: Laura perused a Caravaggio. DERIVATIVES pe rus er noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense use up, wear out ): perhaps from per- thoroughly + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser examine. usage: Note that peruse means read,typically with an implication of thoroughness and care. It does not mean read through quickly; glance over,as in documents will be perused rather than analyzed thoroughly.

 

Perutz, Max Ferdinand

Perutz, Max Ferdinand |ˈpɛrʊts | (1914 –2002 ), British biochemist, born in Austria. Through his use of X-ray crystallography he discovered the molecular structure of haemoglobin. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1962 ).

 

Peruvian bark

Pe ru vi an bark |pəˈro͞ovēən pəˌruviən ˈbɑrk | noun cinchona bark.

 

Peruvian Current

Pe ru vi an Cur rent a cold ocean current that moves north from the Antarctic Ocean along the Pacific coast of Chile and Peru before turning west into the South Equatorial Current.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Peru

Peru |pəˈruː | a country in South America on the Pacific coast, traversed throughout its length by the Andes; pop. 29,547,000 (est. 2009 ); official languages, Spanish and Quechua; capital, Lima. The centre of the Inca empire, Peru was conquered by the Spanish conquistador Pizarro in 1532. Peru was liberated by Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín in 1820 –4, and a republic established. It lost territory in the south in a war with Chile (1879 –83 ) and also had border disputes with Colombia and Ecuador in the 1930s and 1940s. DERIVATIVES Peruvian adjective & noun

 

Perugia

Perugia |pəˈrʊːdʒə | a city in central Italy, the capital of Umbria; pop. 165,207 (2008 ). It flourished in the 15th century as a centre of the Umbrian school of painting. A papal possession from 1540, it became a part of united Italy in 1860. DERIVATIVES Perugian noun & adjective

 

peruke

peruke |pəˈruːk | noun archaic a wig or periwig. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a natural head of hair ): from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, of unknown origin.

 

perusal

per |usal |pəˈruːz (ə )l | noun [ mass noun ] formal the action of reading or examining something: I continued my perusal of the instructions | [ count noun ] : a quick perusal of the index to the book reveals an interesting fact. usage: See usage at peruse .

 

peruse

peruse |pəˈruːz | verb [ with obj. ] formal read (something ), typically in a thorough or careful way: he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues. I perused several online reviews. examine carefully or at length: Laura perused a Caravaggio. DERIVATIVES peruser noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense use up, wear out ): perhaps from per- thoroughly + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser examine . usage: Note that peruse means read ’, typically with an implication of thoroughness and care. It does not mean read through quickly; glance over ’, as in documents will be perused rather than analysed thoroughly.

 

Perutz, Max Ferdinand

Perutz, Max Ferdinand |ˈpɛrʊts | (1914 –2002 ), British biochemist, born in Austria. Through his use of X-ray crystallography he discovered the molecular structure of haemoglobin. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1962 ).

 

Peruvian bark

Peru |vian bark noun [ mass noun ] cinchona bark.

 

Peruvian Current

Peru |vian Current a cold ocean current that moves northwards from the Southern Ocean along the Pacific coast of Chile and Peru before turning westwards into the South Equatorial Current.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

peruse

peruse verb perusing the racing forms: read, study, scrutinize, inspect, examine, wade through, look through; browse through, leaf through, scan, run one's eye over, glance through, flick through, skim through, thumb through, dip into.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

perusal

perusal noun I continued my perusal of the instructions. See reading (sense 1 ).

 

peruse

peruse verb as he sipped his coffee, he perused the newspaper. See read (sense 1 of the verb ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Peru

Pe ru Substantiv, Neutrum |Per u |Perus Staat in Südamerika

 

Peruaner

Pe ru a ner Substantiv, maskulin , der |Peru a ner |der Peruaner; Genitiv: des Peruaners, Plural: die Peruaner Einwohnerbezeichnung

 

Peruanerin

Pe ru a ne rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Peru a nerin |weibliche Form zu Peruaner

 

peruanisch

pe ru a nisch Adjektiv |peru a nisch |Peru, die Peruaner betreffend; aus Peru stammend

 

Perubalsam

Pe ru bal sam Substantiv, maskulin , der |Per u balsam |von einem Baum des tropischen Mittel- und Südamerika gewonnener Balsam, der als Wundheilmittel und in der Parfümerie verwendet wird

 

Perücke

Pe cke Substantiv, feminin , die |Per ü cke |die Perücke; Genitiv: der Perücke, Plural: die Perücken französisch perruque, ursprünglich = Haarschopf, Herkunft ungeklärt 1 [unechtes ] Haar, das wie eine Kappe als Ersatz für fehlendes Haar, zu Kostümen 2 2, 3 , aus modischen o. ä. Gründen getragen wird 2 Jägersprache krankhafte Wucherung am Gehörn oder Geweih

 

Perückenmacher

Pe cken ma cher Substantiv, maskulin , der |Per ü ckenmacher |jemand, der Perücken anfertigt Berufsbezeichnung

 

Perückenmacherin

Pe cken ma che rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Per ü ckenmacherin |weibliche Form zu Perückenmacher

 

Perugia

Pe ru gia Eigenname |Per u gia …d͜ʃa |italienische Stadt

 

French Dictionary

péruvien

péruvien , ienne adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Du Pérou. : Le drapeau péruvien. Un Péruvien, une Péruvienne. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule.

 

Spanish Dictionary

Perú

Perú coloquial Palabra que se usa en la expresión costar (o valer ) un Perú, que significa ‘ser [una cosa ] muy cara . VÉASE bálsamo del Perú .

 

peruanismo

peruanismo nombre masculino 1 Palabra, expresión o giro propios del español de Perú :la palbra ‘metete con el significado ‘de persona entremetida ’ es un peruanismo .2 Estima o admiración por la cultura y las tradiciones de Perú .

 

peruano, -na

peruano, -na adjetivo 1 Relativo a Perú, país de América del Sur, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO peruviano .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Perú .SINÓNIMO peruviano .

 

perulero

perulero 1 nombre masculino Vasija de barro, panzuda y estrecha de boca .

 

perulero, -ra

perulero, -ra 2 nombre masculino y femenino Persona, especialmente adinerada, que va a España procedente de Perú :peruleros, indianos y negreros consiguieron riquezas con comercio legal e ilegal .

 

peruviano, -na

peruviano, -na adjetivo 1 Relativo a Perú, país de América del Sur, o a sus habitantes .SINÓNIMO peruano .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Perú .SINÓNIMO peruano .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Peru

Pe ru /pərúː /名詞 ペルー 〘南米の共和国; 首都Lima 〙.

 

perusal

pe rus al /pərúːz (ə )l /名詞 U かたく 〖時にa 1 熟読, 精読 ; 通読 .2 精査 .

 

peruse

pe ruse /pərúːz /動詞 他動詞 1 かたく …を熟読 [精読 ]する ; ⦅時におどけて ⦆…を読む, …に目を通す (read ).2 かたく …を精査する, くわしく吟味する .

 

Peruvian

Pe ru vi an /pərúːviən /形容詞 ペルー (人 )の .名詞 C ペルー人 .~̀ b rk キナ皮 〘キニーネの原料 〙.