field

champ

Étendue de terre dégagée, souvent couverte d’herbe ou utilisée pour cultiver des aliments.

En anglais simple : An open area of land, often covered in grass or used for growing food.

• We walked across a field.
• Wild flowers covered the fields near our house.
• A farmer was working in the field.

Expressions courantes : open field, green field, across a field, wheat field

domaine

Domaine de travail, d’étude ou de connaissances.

En anglais simple : An area of work, study, or knowledge.

• She works in the field of medicine.
• His research changed the field completely.
• Which fields of study interest you most?

Comment l'utiliser : the field of something (He is an expert in the field of education.)

Synonymes : area, domain, specialty

Expressions courantes : field of study, in this field, medical field

terrain

Terrain où l’on pratique un sport ou participe à une course.

En anglais simple : An area of ground where people play a sport or take part in a race.

• The players ran onto the field.
• Our school has two football fields.
• Rain made the field too wet to use.

Synonymes : pitch, playing ground

Expressions courantes : soccer field, playing field, on the field

répondre à, traiter

Répondre à des questions ou traiter des demandes, souvent venant de plusieurs personnes.

En anglais simple : To answer questions or deal with requests, often from several people.

• She will field questions after lunch.
• He fielded calls from worried parents all morning.
• Can you field any complaints while I am away?

Synonymes : handle, answer, deal with

Expressions courantes : field questions, field calls, field requests

aligner

Choisir une équipe ou des joueurs et les faire participer à un match.

En anglais simple : To choose and put a team or players into a game.

• We cannot field a full team today.
• The coach fielded three new players yesterday.
• They are fielding their strongest side for the final.

Synonymes : select, put forward

Expressions courantes : field a team, field young players, field someone

jouer en défense

Attraper et lancer la balle pendant que l’équipe adverse essaie de la frapper.

En anglais simple : To catch and throw the ball while the other team tries to hit it.

• Our team will field first.
• She fielded well throughout the match.
• Are they batting or fielding now?

Contraires : bat

Expressions courantes : field first, field the ball, field well