boomer

baby-boomer, boomer

Personne née pendant la hausse des naissances après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, généralement entre 1946 et 1964.

En anglais simple : A person born during the rise in births after the Second World War, usually between 1946 and 1964.

• My dad is a boomer.
• Many boomers are now retired.
• The survey compared boomers with younger generations.

Synonymes : baby boomer

Expressions courantes : a baby boomer, boomer generation, boomer parents

engin tonitruant

Chose qui produit un son grave et très fort.

En anglais simple : Something that makes a deep, loud sound.

• That cannon is a real boomer.
• The old gun was a powerful boomer.
• Those big boomers shook the windows with every shot.

Expressions courantes : a loud boomer, a big boomer

tendeur de chaîne

Outil qui tend une chaîne pour maintenir une charge solidement en place.

En anglais simple : A tool that tightens a chain to hold a load securely in place.

• Use a boomer to tighten the chain.
• The driver released the boomer before unloading.
• Check all the boomers before moving the truck.

Synonymes : load binder, chain binder

Expressions courantes : chain boomer, tighten the boomer, release the boomer

butor étoilé

Oiseau brun des zones humides dont le cri est grave et puissant.

En anglais simple : A brown wetland bird whose call is a deep, loud sound.

• A boomer called from the reeds.
• We heard a boomer across the marsh.
• The boomer remained hidden in the tall wetland plants.

Synonymes : Eurasian bittern, bittern

Expressions courantes : hear a boomer, boomer call