terrier

terrier

Tipo de perro vivaz, generalmente pequeño, criado originalmente para cazar animales que viven bajo tierra.

En inglés sencillo: A lively type of dog, usually small, originally used to hunt small animals living underground.

• Our terrier loves long walks.
• Two terriers chased each other around the garden.
• She adopted a lively terrier from the shelter.

Expresiones frecuentes: small terrier, terrier puppy, terrier breed

persona tenaz

Persona que sigue esforzándose y se niega a rendirse.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who keeps trying hard and refuses to give up.

• That reporter is a real terrier.
• The lawyer was a terrier when questioning witnesses.
• Once she starts investigating, she is an absolute terrier.

Expresiones frecuentes: little terrier, real terrier

registro de tierras

Documento antiguo que describe terrenos, su tamaño, sus límites y sus propietarios.

En inglés sencillo: An old written record describing land, its size, its boundaries, and who owns it.

• The terrier lists the church's land.
• A seventeenth-century terrier describes the estate boundaries.
• Historians compared two terriers to trace changes in ownership.

Sinónimos: land register

Expresiones frecuentes: parish terrier, estate terrier, land terrier

barrena

Herramienta que sirve para hacer agujeros.

En inglés sencillo: A tool used to make holes.

• He used a terrier to make the hole.
• The carpenter turned the terrier slowly.
• An old terrier lay among the workshop tools.

Sinónimos: auger, borer

Expresiones frecuentes: use a terrier, terrier tool