"ruin" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

ruin sustantivo

sustantivo + ruin
Kolokacji: 8
ruin of one's house • stone ruin • ruin of buildings • ruin of a settlement • ruin of one's home • ...
ruin + verbo
Kolokacji: 15
ruin remains • ruin stands • ruin lies • ruin includes • ruin survives • ...
verbo + ruin
Kolokacji: 17
see the ruins • ruin is found • lay in ruins • leave in ruins • ruin is discovered • ...
adjetivo + ruin
Kolokacji: 48
ancient ruin • Roman ruin • Mayan ruin • old ruin • extensive ruin • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(2) Roman, Greek, Byzantine
Kolokacji: 3
(6) classical, architectural
Kolokacji: 2
(7) picturesque, beautiful
Kolokacji: 2
1. picturesque ruin = malownicza ruina picturesque ruin
  • The colossal and picturesque ruins attracted particularly intrepid Westerners since the 18th century.
  • Before us lay some picturesque ruins, which betrayed the hand of man and not that of the Creator.
  • Fountains and classical statues greeted me at every turn, even in the picturesque ruins of a stone hay barn.
  • The hillside northern monastery, mostly reduced to picturesque ruins, is undergoing restoration work.
  • Philae proper, although the smaller island, is, from the numerous and picturesque ruins formerly there, the more interesting of the two.
  • After the Second World War picturesque ruins of castles became unfashionable.
  • The building, a sizable stone structure, was destroyed by fire and its picturesque ruins are proteced within the state park.
  • Today the fortress stands in partial but very picturesque ruins.
  • These picturesque ruins dominate the peaceful course of the Canal de la Somme.
  • Some stand as picturesque ruins, others have disappeared without a trace.
2. beautiful ruin = piękna ruina beautiful ruin
(8) overgrown, desolate
Kolokacji: 2
(10) romantic, flaming
Kolokacji: 2
(11) Inca, monastic
Kolokacji: 2
(12) decaying, roofless, tumbled
Kolokacji: 3
(13) jagged, underwater
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + ruin
Kolokacji: 13
into ruins • in ruins • with ruins • among the ruins • through the ruins • ...

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