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"tube top"

Russian translation: топ / майка

04:34 Dec 17, 2009
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
English term or phrase: "tube top"
Топ без бретелей? Звучит, как на показе мод в СССР в 1975 году. Википедия даёт вариант "топик-трубочка", что тоже не радует. Просто топ?

As he fell [from the stage], he reached out and grasped at something, which turned out to be the blonde tourist’s tube top.

Для контекста описание девушки и её подруг: They were women who had squeezed into tube tops, and they had reddish too-much-sun-too-early tans, and they were all young enough to be his daughters.
Sophia Shishatskaya
Armenia
Local time: 21:27
Russian translation:топ / майка
Explanation:
русского эквивалента, мне кажется, не существует. это просто верх без бретелек (см. ссылку-пример). главное показать, что дамы были полу-раздеты :)
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Angleterre (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:27
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Спасибо всем, оба варианта равноценны, выбрала тот, что появился первым :)
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Summary of answers provided
4топ / майка
Angleterre (X)
4Здесь: майка, плотно облегающая тело блондинки ...
Irina Hood


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топ / майка


Explanation:
русского эквивалента, мне кажется, не существует. это просто верх без бретелек (см. ссылку-пример). главное показать, что дамы были полу-раздеты :)


    Reference: http://www.europemoda.ru/product.asp?prodid=135583&category=...
Angleterre (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Спасибо всем, оба варианта равноценны, выбрала тот, что появился первым :)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Здесь: майка, плотно облегающая тело блондинки ...


Explanation:
Я тоже думаю, что вам не стоит вдаваться в технические подробности, вам ведь главное смысл передать.
А дальше наверно можно написать про открытые откровенно облегающие майки (топы) девушек.



Example sentence(s):
  • Tube top - A tube top (British: boob tube) is a shoulderless, sleeveless "tube" that wraps the torso (not reaching higher than the armpits). It is kept in place by elasticity or by a single strap that passes round the back of the neck and has both ends at

    Reference: http://el16.mti-relays.com/tubeampkit.html
Irina Hood
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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