bandage

bandage, bande

Bande de tissu enroulée autour d’une partie blessée du corps pour la couvrir ou la soutenir.

En anglais simple : A strip of cloth wrapped around an injured part of the body to cover or support it.

• The nurse changed my bandage.
• He had a bandage around his knee.
• Keep the bandages clean and dry.

Comment l'utiliser : bandage around/on something (She wore a bandage around her wrist.)

Synonymes : dressing

Expressions courantes : a clean bandage, bandage around something, elastic bandage

solution provisoire, pansement

Mesure temporaire qui atténue un problème sans vraiment le résoudre.

En anglais simple : A temporary answer to a problem that does not properly solve it.

• This plan is just a bandage.
• The payment provides a temporary bandage for the crisis.
• We need lasting solutions instead of more bandages.

Comment l'utiliser : bandage for/on something (Extra funding is only a bandage for a much larger problem.)

Synonymes : stopgap, temporary fix

Expressions courantes : temporary bandage, bandage for something, bandage on something

bander, panser

Enrouler une bande de tissu autour d’une partie blessée du corps pour la couvrir ou la soutenir.

En anglais simple : To wrap cloth around an injured body part to cover or support it.

• Please bandage my finger.
• She cleaned and bandaged the wound.
• He bandaged his ankle before walking home.

Comment l'utiliser : bandage something up (The nurse bandaged my hand up.)

Synonymes : dress, wrap

Expressions courantes : bandage a wound, bandage an ankle, bandage someone up