dope

drogue, herbe

Substances prises pour le plaisir, surtout celles dont la consommation est interdite.

En anglais simple : Drugs taken for pleasure, especially illegal ones.

• They were smoking dope outside.
• The police found dope in his bag.
• She stopped buying dope after leaving college.

Synonymes : drugs, weed

Expressions courantes : smoke dope, sell dope, buy dope

renseignements, tuyaux

Informations sur un sujet, notamment des détails connus de peu de personnes.

En anglais simple : Information about something, especially facts that few people know.

• Give me the latest dope.
• He had the inside dope on tomorrow’s race.
• What’s the dope on the proposed merger?

Comment l'utiliser : dope on someone/something (Have you got the latest dope on the new manager?)

Synonymes : information, news, inside information

Expressions courantes : the latest dope, dope on something, inside dope

enduit, vernis

Liquide épais ou pâte appliquée sur une surface pour la protéger ou la préparer.

En anglais simple : A thick liquid or paste put on a surface to protect or prepare it.

• Brush the dope onto the fabric.
• The coating of dope dried overnight.
• They used dope to protect the aircraft’s fabric covering.

Synonymes : coating compound

Expressions courantes : aircraft dope, apply dope, coat with dope

matière absorbante

Matière qui absorbe un liquide et le retient.

En anglais simple : A material that takes in liquid and holds it.

• The dope holds the liquid.
• They chose a porous material as the dope.
• The liquid was absorbed into the dope.

Synonymes : absorbent, absorbent material

Expressions courantes : absorbent dope, liquid in dope

se doper, se droguer

Prendre des drogues, notamment des substances interdites qui améliorent les performances sportives.

En anglais simple : To take drugs, especially banned ones that improve performance in sport.

• Some athletes dope to win.
• He denied doping before the race.
• Cyclists caught doping may receive lengthy bans.

Comment l'utiliser : dope with something (The cyclist admitted doping with steroids.)

Expressions courantes : dope before competing, dope with steroids

droguer, doper

Donner à une personne ou un animal des substances qui modifient ses sensations ou ses performances.

En anglais simple : To give someone or an animal drugs that change how they feel or perform.

• Someone had doped her drink.
• The horse was doped before the race.
• They found that the athlete had been doped with a banned substance.

Comment l'utiliser : dope someone/something with something (The horse had been doped with a banned drug.)

Synonymes : drug

Expressions courantes : dope someone, dope a horse, dope with something

enduire, vernir

Recouvrir ou traiter une surface avec un liquide épais ou une pâte protectrice.

En anglais simple : To cover or treat a surface with a thick protective liquid or paste.

• They doped the aircraft’s wings.
• The worker doped the fabric and left it to dry.
• This surface must be doped before use.

Comment l'utiliser : dope something with something (They doped the fabric with a protective liquid.)

Synonymes : coat, treat

Expressions courantes : dope the fabric, dope a surface, dope with something

doper

Ajouter une petite quantité d’une autre substance à un matériau pour modifier ses propriétés électriques.

En anglais simple : To add a small amount of another substance to a material to change its electrical properties.

• The engineers doped the silicon.
• This crystal was doped with arsenic.
• Manufacturers dope semiconductors to control how they conduct electricity.

Comment l'utiliser : dope something with something (They dope silicon with boron to change its conductivity.)

Expressions courantes : dope silicon, dope a semiconductor, dope with boron