blanket

manta, cobija

Pieza grande de tela gruesa con la que te cubres para mantenerte caliente.

En inglés sencillo: A large piece of thick cloth that you cover yourself with to stay warm.

• I need another blanket.
• She covered the sleeping child with a blanket.
• We brought blankets for the cold evening.

Expresiones frecuentes: warm blanket, wool blanket, under a blanket, woollen blanket

manto, capa

Capa gruesa de una sustancia que cubre una zona amplia.

En inglés sencillo: A thick layer of something that covers a wide area.

• A blanket of snow covered the road.
• The hills disappeared under a blanket of fog.
• A thick blanket of smoke hung over the town.

Cómo se usa: a blanket of something (The fields lay beneath a blanket of frost.)

Sinónimos: layer, covering

Expresiones frecuentes: blanket of snow, blanket of fog, blanket of smoke

mantilla

Lámina gruesa de goma que transfiere la tinta de una plancha de impresión al papel.

En inglés sencillo: A thick rubber sheet that carries ink from a printing plate onto paper.

• The printer cleaned the blanket.
• Ink passes from the plate to the blanket.
• Worn blankets can leave marks on the paper.

Expresiones frecuentes: printing blanket, rubber blanket, blanket cylinder

general, total

Que se aplica a todas las personas o situaciones sin hacer excepciones.

En inglés sencillo: Applying to every person or situation, without making any exceptions.

• The town introduced a blanket ban on fireworks.
• They gave blanket approval to all the requests.
• A blanket rule may be unfair to some workers.

Sinónimos: general, overall, universal

Antónimos: selective

Expresiones frecuentes: blanket ban, blanket approval, blanket policy

cubrir

Cubrir por completo una zona o una cosa con algo.

En inglés sencillo: To cover an area or thing completely with something.

• Snow blanketed the garden.
• Thick fog had blanketed the valley overnight.
• The fields were blanketed with ash.

Cómo se usa: blanket something with something (The storm blanketed the roads with snow.); be blanketed in something (The village was blanketed in thick fog.)

Sinónimos: cover

Antónimos: uncover

Expresiones frecuentes: blanket something, blanket the city

recorrer, cubrir

Visitar, registrar o trabajar en todas las partes de una zona.

En inglés sencillo: To visit, search, or work across every part of an area.

• Sales teams blanketed the neighborhood.
• Volunteers blanketed the district with door-to-door visits.
• Police blanketed the area in their search for the child.

Sinónimos: cover, comb

Expresiones frecuentes: blanket an area, blanket the neighborhood