Смысл: air division

air division[ʹeədı͵vıʒ(ə)n]
амер. воен.
<Í> военно-воздушная дивизия

div Идиома

dumpster diving

searching in the garbage to find bottles etc. No. This college does not offer a course in dumpster diving.

take a dive

plan to lose, throw a game The boxer was paid to take a dive. He allowed his opponent to win.

take a nosedive

collapse, fail, decrease in value The stock market took a nosedive when the earnings of the oil company began to weaken.

div

prison slang for a stupid or foolish person

dive

an unpleasant place or a place of low resort; a dispreputable bar or nightclub; a dingy hotel; a joint

dividends

money

divulge dinner

to vomit

divide by

find out how many times one number contains or is contained in another number除
If you divide 24 by 6，the answer is 4．6除 24等于 4。

divide into

separate into分成
The river is divided into two streams at this point．大河这里分成两条支流。
The teacher divided the class into five groups．老师把班上同学分为5组。

divorced from

completely separated from脱离
His dreams are often divorced frow reality．他的梦想常常脱离现实。

go into a nosedive

Idiom(s): go into a nosedive AND take a nosedive

Theme: WORSEN

to go into a rapid emotional or financial decline, or a decline in health. (Informal.)
• Our profits took a nosedive last year.
• After he broke his hip, Mr. Brown's health went into a nosedive, and he never recovered.

divide sth fifty-fifty

Idiom(s): divide something fifty-fifty AND split something fifty-fifty

Theme: SHARE

to divide something into two equal parts. (Informal. The fifty means "50 percent.")
• Tommy and Billy divided the candy fifty-fifty.
• The robbers split the money fifty-fifty.

divide and conquer

Idiom(s): divide and conquer

Theme: DIVISION

to cause the enemy to divide and separate into two or more warring factions, and then move in to conquer all of them. (Fixed order.)
• Mary thought she could divide and conquer the board of directors, but they had survived such tactics many times, and her efforts failed.
• Sam led his men to divide and conquer the enemy platoon, and his strategy succeeded

To err is human, to forgive divine

It is human nature to make mistakes, therefore one should forgive.

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.

Divide up

distribute : "We can divide up the commission among the sales staff."

crash dive(1)|crash|crash dive|dive

n. A sudden dive made by a submarine to escape an enemy; a dive made to get deep under water as quickly as possible. The captain of the submarine told his crew to prepare for a crash dive when he saw the enemy battleship approaching.

crash-dive(2)|crash|crash dive|dive

v. 1. To dive deep underwater in a submarine as quickly as possible. We shall crash-dive if we see enemy planes coming. 2. To dive into (something) in an airplane. When the plane's motor was hit by the guns of the enemy battleship, the pilot aimed the plane at the ship and crash-dived into it.

go into a tailspin|go|go into a nose dive|nose div

v. phr., informal To fall or go down badly; collapse; give up trying. The team went into a tailspin after their captain was hurt, and they were badly beaten. 2. informal To become very anxious, confused, or mentally sick; give up hope. The man went into a tailspin after his wife died and he never got over it.

take a nose dive|dive|nose dive|take

v. phr. To plummet; fall sharply. The stock market took a nose dive after the news of the President's heart attack.

divinity

divinity
the Divinity
God

Great Divide

Great Divide
cross the Great Divide
to die