blanket

couverture

Grande pièce de tissu épais dont on se couvre pour avoir chaud.

En anglais simple : A large piece of thick cloth that you cover yourself with to stay warm.

• I need another blanket.
• She covered the sleeping child with a blanket.
• We brought blankets for the cold evening.

Expressions courantes : warm blanket, wool blanket, under a blanket, woollen blanket

manteau, nappe

Couche épaisse d’une matière qui recouvre une grande surface.

En anglais simple : A thick layer of something that covers a wide area.

• A blanket of snow covered the road.
• The hills disappeared under a blanket of fog.
• A thick blanket of smoke hung over the town.

Comment l'utiliser : a blanket of something (The fields lay beneath a blanket of frost.)

Synonymes : layer, covering

Expressions courantes : blanket of snow, blanket of fog, blanket of smoke

blanchet

Feuille épaisse de caoutchouc qui transfère l’encre d’une plaque d’impression au papier.

En anglais simple : A thick rubber sheet that carries ink from a printing plate onto paper.

• The printer cleaned the blanket.
• Ink passes from the plate to the blanket.
• Worn blankets can leave marks on the paper.

Expressions courantes : printing blanket, rubber blanket, blanket cylinder

général, global

Qui s’applique à toutes les personnes ou situations, sans exception.

En anglais simple : Applying to every person or situation, without making any exceptions.

• The town introduced a blanket ban on fireworks.
• They gave blanket approval to all the requests.
• A blanket rule may be unfair to some workers.

Synonymes : general, overall, universal

Contraires : selective

Expressions courantes : blanket ban, blanket approval, blanket policy

recouvrir, couvrir

Recouvrir entièrement un lieu ou une chose avec quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To cover an area or thing completely with something.

• Snow blanketed the garden.
• Thick fog had blanketed the valley overnight.
• The fields were blanketed with ash.

Comment l'utiliser : blanket something with something (The storm blanketed the roads with snow.); be blanketed in something (The village was blanketed in thick fog.)

Synonymes : cover

Contraires : uncover

Expressions courantes : blanket something, blanket the city

quadriller, couvrir

Parcourir, fouiller ou travailler dans toutes les parties d’une zone.

En anglais simple : To visit, search, or work across every part of an area.

• Sales teams blanketed the neighborhood.
• Volunteers blanketed the district with door-to-door visits.
• Police blanketed the area in their search for the child.

Synonymes : cover, comb

Expressions courantes : blanket an area, blanket the neighborhood