stretcher

camilla

Armazón o cama plana que sirve para transportar a una persona herida, enferma o fallecida.

En inglés sencillo: A flat frame or bed used to carry a person who is injured, ill, or dead.

• They carried him on a stretcher.
• Paramedics lifted the patient onto the stretcher.
• Two stretchers were waiting beside the ambulance.

Sinónimos: litter

Expresiones frecuentes: on a stretcher, carry a stretcher, stretcher bearer

ensanchador de zapatos, ensanchador de guantes

Dispositivo que se introduce en un zapato o guante para ensancharlo o aumentar su tamaño.

En inglés sencillo: A device placed inside a shoe or glove to make it wider or larger.

• The stretcher made my shoes wider.
• She left a shoe stretcher inside the tight boot overnight.
• A glove stretcher helped loosen the stiff leather.

Expresiones frecuentes: shoe stretcher, glove stretcher, wooden stretcher

bastidor

Armazón que mantiene una tela tensa para que un artista pueda pintar sobre ella.

En inglés sencillo: A frame that holds a piece of cloth tight so an artist can paint on it.

• She fixed the canvas to a stretcher.
• The artist made a wooden stretcher for his painting.
• Loose stretcher bars allowed the canvas to sag.

Expresiones frecuentes: canvas stretcher, wooden stretcher, stretcher bars

estirador, tensor

Persona o aparato que tira de algo para alargarlo, ensancharlo o tensarlo.

En inglés sencillo: A person or device that pulls something to make it longer, wider, or tighter.

• The stretcher pulled the fabric tight.
• A mechanical stretcher made the material longer.
• The worker used a wire stretcher to tighten the fence.

Expresiones frecuentes: fabric stretcher, mechanical stretcher, wire stretcher

llevar en camilla

Transportar a una persona herida sobre una estructura o cama plana especial.

En inglés sencillo: To carry an injured person on a special flat frame or bed.

• They stretchered the injured player off the field.
• Rescuers stretchered her down the mountain.
• He was stretchered into the waiting ambulance.

Cómo se usa: stretcher someone off something (Medics stretchered the player off the pitch.); be stretchered to somewhere (She was stretchered to the ambulance.)

Expresiones frecuentes: stretcher someone off, stretcher someone away, stretcher someone out