beetle

coléoptère

Insecte dont les ailes extérieures dures couvrent et protègent celles qui servent à voler.

En anglais simple : An insect with hard outer wings that cover and protect the wings it uses to fly.

• A beetle crawled across the leaf.
• We found several beetles under the log.
• Can this beetle fly?

Expressions courantes : black beetle, dung beetle, beetle larvae, beetle wings

filer, se dépêcher

Aller rapidement quelque part, souvent à petits pas pressés.

En anglais simple : To move somewhere quickly, often with small, hurried steps.

• He beetled off to work.
• The children beetled away down the path.
• She was beetling along with a bag in each hand.

Synonymes : scurry, hurry, scuttle

Contraires : dawdle

Expressions courantes : beetle off, beetle away, beetle along

surplomber

Dépasser au-dessus de quelque chose, souvent en paraissant massif ou menaçant.

En anglais simple : To stick out above something, often looking large or threatening.

• A rock beetled over the entrance.
• The cliffs beetle above the sea.
• His thick brows beetled over his eyes.

Comment l'utiliser : beetle over something (Dark cliffs beetled over the narrow path.)

Synonymes : overhang, jut out, loom

Expressions courantes : beetle over something, beetle above something

proéminent, saillant

Qui dépasse au-dessus de quelque chose, notamment en parlant de sourcils épais.

En anglais simple : Sticking out over something, especially when describing thick eyebrows.

• He had beetle brows.
• Her beetle eyebrows gave her a stern expression.
• Two sharp eyes watched from beneath his beetle brows.

Synonymes : overhanging, protruding, jutting

Expressions courantes : beetle brows, beetle eyebrows