sampler

selección, surtido

Pequeña selección que permite conocer las distintas variedades de una colección más amplia.

En inglés sencillo: A small selection that shows the different kinds available in a larger collection.

• We ordered a dessert sampler.
• This booklet is a sampler of her poems.
• Try our cheese sampler before choosing your favourite.

Cómo se usa: a sampler of something (The album offers a sampler of local music.)

Sinónimos: selection, assortment

Expresiones frecuentes: a chocolate sampler, a sampler of something, a dessert sampler

muestreador

Máquina o herramienta que recoge pequeñas cantidades de algo o graba fragmentos para analizarlos o usarlos después.

En inglés sencillo: A machine or tool that collects or records small amounts of something for testing or later use.

• The sampler collects water every hour.
• We used a soil sampler in the field.
• She recorded a short sound with her digital sampler.

Expresiones frecuentes: an automatic sampler, a digital sampler, a soil sampler

dechado

Tela con distintos diseños bordados, hecha para practicar o mostrar la habilidad con la aguja.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of cloth showing different sewn designs, often made to practise or display sewing skills.

• She stitched a sampler.
• The sampler shows flowers and letters in red thread.
• An old sampler hangs above the fireplace.

Expresiones frecuentes: an embroidered sampler, stitch a sampler

muestreador

Persona cuyo trabajo consiste en recoger pequeñas cantidades de algo para analizarlas.

En inglés sencillo: Someone whose job is to collect small amounts of something for testing.

• The sampler collected some water.
• A sampler checked the grain before it entered the factory.
• The company employs two samplers to collect soil for testing.

Expresiones frecuentes: a water sampler, a trained sampler