spray

spray, produit en aérosol

Produit liquide diffusé en fines gouttelettes pour nettoyer, peindre, protéger ou entretenir quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A liquid product released in tiny drops, used for cleaning, painting, protecting, or caring for something.

• I bought some insect spray.
• Use this spray to clean the mirror.
• Which spray keeps mosquitoes away?

Expressions courantes : hair spray, insect spray, cleaning spray

embruns, pulvérisation

De nombreuses petites gouttes de liquide qui se déplacent dans l’air.

En anglais simple : Many tiny drops of liquid moving through the air.

• Sea spray wet my face.
• The hose produced a fine spray.
• We stood back to avoid the spray from the waterfall.

Synonymes : mist

Expressions courantes : sea spray, fine spray, spray of water

vaporisateur

Récipient qui libère un liquide en fines gouttelettes quand on appuie dessus.

En anglais simple : A container that releases liquid in tiny drops when you press it.

• This spray has a broken nozzle.
• Refill the spray with clean water.
• She held the spray upright and pressed the button.

Synonymes : sprayer, atomizer

Expressions courantes : refillable spray, handheld spray, empty spray

vaporiser, pulvériser

Projeter un liquide en fines gouttelettes, souvent sur une surface.

En anglais simple : To send liquid out in tiny drops, often onto a surface.

• Spray the plants with water.
• She sprayed perfume on her wrist.
• Can you spray this cleaner onto the glass?

Comment l'utiliser : spray something with something (We sprayed the roses with water.); spray something on/onto something (He sprayed paint onto the fence.)

Synonymes : spritz

Expressions courantes : spray something with, spray water on, spray the plants

pulvériser la mémoire

Remplir de nombreuses zones de mémoire informatique avec des données répétées, souvent pour faciliter une attaque.

En anglais simple : To fill many computer memory areas with repeated data, often to help an attack work.

• The attacker tried to spray the heap.
• This exploit sprays memory with repeated bytes.
• The script sprayed several memory regions before triggering the bug.

Expressions courantes : spray the heap, spray memory