log
noun/lɔːɡ/
Слово англійською: log
Переклад log українською: полі́но, коло́да (де́рево), офіційний запис подій протягом певного періоду часу, особливо подорожі на кораблі чи літаку
Детальний опис
- a thick piece of wood that is cut from or has fallen from a tree
- logs for the fire
- (also logbook)an official record of events during a particular period of time, especially a journey on a ship or plane
- The captain keeps a log.
- a written or digital record of activity on a computer or phone line
- I checked the server's error logs.
- The lawyers will review phone logs and other records.
- (informal, mathematics) a logarithm (= any of a series of numbers set out in lists that make it possible to work out problems by adding and subtracting instead of multiplying and dividing)
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘bulky mass of wood’): of unknown origin; perhaps symbolic of the notion of heaviness.
Idioms
as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log
- (informal) very easy or very easily
- The whole procedure is as easy as ABC.
- Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log.
sleep like a log/baby
- (informal) to sleep very well
- He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby.
- I usually sleep like a log.