batter

frapper, rouer de coups

Frapper quelqu’un ou quelque chose très fort à plusieurs reprises.

En anglais simple : To hit someone or something hard many times.

• Waves battered the boat.
• They tried to batter the door down.
• Heavy rain had battered the roof all night.

Comment l'utiliser : batter someone/something (The storm battered the island.); batter something down (They battered the gate down.)

Synonymes : beat, pound, pummel

Expressions courantes : batter someone, batter a door, batter the coast

écraser

Battre un adversaire avec une très grande avance.

En anglais simple : To beat an opponent by a very large amount.

• We battered them yesterday.
• The home team battered their opponents by six goals.
• Can they batter the champions again this season?

Comment l'utiliser : batter someone (Our team battered the visitors.)

Synonymes : thrash, crush, trounce

Expressions courantes : batter a team, batter an opponent

enivrer, soûler

Rendre quelqu’un très ivre.

En anglais simple : To make someone very drunk.

• That strong cocktail will batter you.
• Two drinks like that could batter anyone.
• The cheap spirits had battered him before midnight.

Comment l'utiliser : batter someone (That whisky could batter you.)

Synonymes : intoxicate, get drunk

Contraires : sober up

Expressions courantes : batter someone, batter you quickly

batteur

Joueur dont c’est le tour de frapper la balle avec une batte.

En anglais simple : A player whose turn it is to hit the ball with a bat.

• The batter hit the ball.
• The next batter walked onto the field.
• Our best batter scored fifty runs.

Synonymes : hitter, batsman

Expressions courantes : first batter, next batter, left-handed batter

pâte, pâte à frire

Mélange de farine et de liquide pour faire des gâteaux ou des crêpes, ou enrober des aliments à frire.

En anglais simple : A mixture of flour and liquid used to make cakes or pancakes, or to cover food before frying.

• Pour the batter into the pan.
• She dipped the fish in batter before frying it.
• Is the pancake batter too thick?

Expressions courantes : pancake batter, cake batter, batter mixture

beuverie

Période pendant laquelle on boit beaucoup trop d’alcool.

En anglais simple : A period of drinking far too much alcohol.

• He went on a batter.
• After a three-day batter, she felt terrible.
• His weekend batter ended with a painful hangover.

Comment l'utiliser : go on a batter (He went on a batter after payday.)

Synonymes : binge, bender

Expressions courantes : on a batter, weekend batter