straw

paille

Petit tube fin permettant de boire un liquide dans un verre ou un autre récipient.

En anglais simple : A thin tube that you use to drink liquid from a glass or other container.

• Can I have a straw?
• She drank her juice through a paper straw.
• We use reusable straws at home.

Comment l'utiliser : through a straw (He drank his juice through a straw.)

Expressions courantes : drinking straw, paper straw, reusable straw

paille

Tiges séchées de céréales utilisées comme litière pour les animaux ou pour fabriquer des objets.

En anglais simple : Dried stems of grain plants, used for animal beds or for making things.

• The horse slept on straw.
• They covered the floor with fresh straw.
• Farmers stacked bales of straw beside the barn.

Expressions courantes : bale of straw, straw bedding, dry straw, chopped straw

brin de paille

Une seule tige séchée d’une céréale, comme le blé.

En anglais simple : One dried stem from a grain plant such as wheat.

• He picked up a straw.
• A single straw stuck out of the bale.
• She twisted two straws together between her fingers.

Synonymes : stalk

Expressions courantes : a single straw, a long straw, broken straw

jaune paille

Couleur jaune pâle légèrement teintée de brun.

En anglais simple : A pale yellow colour with a little brown in it.

• The walls were painted straw.
• Her hair was the colour of straw.
• The fabric ranges from pale straw to deep gold.

Expressions courantes : pale straw, straw yellow

en paille

Fabriqué avec des tiges séchées de céréales.

En anglais simple : Made from dried stems of grain plants.

• She wore a straw hat.
• He carried fruit in a straw basket.
• The old house had a straw roof.

Synonymes : strawen

Expressions courantes : straw hat, straw basket, straw roof

imaginaire, fictif

Inventé mais présenté comme réel, souvent pour pouvoir facilement le critiquer ou le rejeter.

En anglais simple : Invented but described as real, often so it can easily be attacked or rejected.

• They created a straw enemy.
• His speech attacked a straw opponent rather than our actual position.
• The article builds a straw argument and then rejects it.

Synonymes : imaginary, fictitious

Contraires : real

Expressions courantes : straw enemy, straw opponent, straw argument