eddy

tourbillon

Petite zone où l’eau ou l’air tourne en rond.

En anglais simple : A small area of water or air that moves around in a circle.

• A leaf spun in the eddy.
• Small eddies formed beside the rocks.
• An eddy of air lifted the dust.

Comment l'utiliser : an eddy of something (An eddy of water turned the floating branch.)

Synonymes : whirlpool, swirl

Expressions courantes : swirling eddy, eddy of water, small eddy

contre-courant

Petit courant d’eau ou d’air qui va dans le sens opposé au courant principal.

En anglais simple : A small flow of water or air moving against the main flow.

• An eddy carried the leaf upstream.
• The boat entered an eddy behind the rock.
• Air eddies formed along the wall.

Synonymes : backflow, countercurrent

Expressions courantes : eddy current, river eddy, eddy behind something

aliment au cannabis

Aliment contenant du cannabis, consommé pour ses effets sur l’esprit et le corps.

En anglais simple : A food containing cannabis, eaten for its effects on the mind and body.

• He called the cannabis brownie an eddy.
• She bought two eddies at the shop.
• That eddy contains cannabis.

Synonymes : edible

Expressions courantes : eat an eddy, cannabis eddy

tourbillonner

Tourner en rond dans un petit espace, comme l’eau ou l’air.

En anglais simple : To move around in circles, like water or air turning in a small area.

• Smoke eddied around the doorway.
• Water eddies behind the rocks.
• Dry leaves were eddying in the wind.

Comment l'utiliser : eddy around something (The stream eddied around her boots.)

Synonymes : swirl, whirl

Expressions courantes : eddy around something, eddy past something, eddy in circles