mushroom

champignon

Organisme poussant sur le sol ou le bois, souvent avec un chapeau rond porté par un pied court.

En anglais simple : A fungus that grows on soil or wood, often with a round top on a short stem.

• A mushroom grew beside the tree.
• We found mushrooms in the damp wood.
• Some mushrooms are poisonous.

Expressions courantes : wild mushroom, edible mushroom, poisonous mushroom, mushroom species

champignon

Partie d’un champignon qui pousse au-dessus du sol, souvent avec un chapeau et un pied ; certaines se mangent.

En anglais simple : The part of a fungus that grows above ground, often with a cap and stem; some are eaten.

• I added mushrooms to the soup.
• The mushroom had a wide brown cap.
• She sliced three mushrooms for the sauce.

Synonymes : shroom, mushrump

Expressions courantes : mushroom cap, mushroom soup, sliced mushroom, mushroom stem

proliférer, croître rapidement

Grandir ou augmenter en nombre très rapidement.

En anglais simple : To grow or increase very quickly.

• Costs mushroomed last year.
• The village has mushroomed into a busy town.
• Online shops are mushrooming across the country.

Comment l'utiliser : mushroom into something (The small dispute mushroomed into a national debate.); mushroom from A to B (The population mushroomed from two thousand to twenty thousand.)

Synonymes : expand, balloon, grow rapidly

Contraires : shrink

Expressions courantes : mushroom into something, mushroom overnight, mushroom rapidly

cueillir des champignons

Ramasser des champignons comestibles dans la nature.

En anglais simple : To collect edible fungi in the countryside.

• We mushroom in these woods every autumn.
• They went mushrooming after the rain.
• She mushroomed with her grandfather as a child.

Expressions courantes : mushroom in woods, mushroom with someone

en forme de champignon

En forme de champignon à chapeau rond, ou semblable à un champignon par sa croissance ou sa texture.

En anglais simple : Shaped like a fungus with a round cap, or similar to one in growth or feel.

• A mushroom cloud rose above the explosion.
• The smoke took on a mushroom shape.
• The town's mushroom growth surprised its older residents.

Expressions courantes : mushroom cloud, mushroom shape, mushroom growth