rig Význam & definícia

Význam rig v slovenčine

• 0 to arrange dishonestly for the result of something, for example an election, to be changed:

  • Previous elections in the country have been rigged by the ruling party.

• 1 to fix a piece of equipment in place:

  • We rigged up a tent between two trees.

  • The sailors rigged the ship with new sails.

• 2 a large structure that is used for removing oil or gas from the ground or the bottom of the sea:

  • Safety precautions on oil rigs are designed to cope with fires and small-scale explosions.

• 3 a truck consisting of two or more parts that bend where they are joined so that the vehicle can turn corners more easily

• 4 to arrange an event or amount in a dishonest way:

  • The station had rigged gasoline prices.

  • Until this year, all elections were rigged by the ruling party.

• 5 to fix a piece of equipment in place, or to put something together quickly, for temporary use:

  • [ M ] I rigged up a TV antenna from a coat hanger.

• 6 a structure used to support machinery and equipment for a particular purpose:

  • an oil rig

  • a camera/plow rig

• 7 a large truck consisting of at least two sections, including an engine to drive it and another part to hold a load:

  • A huge rig, a sixteen-wheeler, rolling downhill, flew right by me.

• 8 to dishonestly influence or change something in order to get the result that you want:

  • Several insurance companies have been accused of rigging their computer programs to produce artificially low values for injury claims.

  • rig an election/vote/poll

  • rig prices/bids/systems The airline has been fined for rigging prices.

• 9 to unfairly or illegally control the sale or the price of products, shares, etc. in order to make a profit:

  • The energy regulator accused the big electricity generators of rigging the market to keep prices deliberately high.

• 10 a tall structure built in the sea or on the ground that is used for getting oil or gas from under the earth's surface:

  • oil/drilling/offshore rigs

• 11 a very large truck consisting of two or more parts:

  • For some truckers, driving a big rig is more than just a job.