towel

serviette

Pièce de tissu qui sert à sécher le corps, les mains ou d’autres choses mouillées.

En anglais simple : A piece of cloth used to dry your body, hands, or other wet things.

• I need a clean towel.
• She dried her hair with a towel.
• Please hang the wet towels in the bathroom.

Expressions courantes : bath towel, clean towel, beach towel

sécher avec une serviette

Sécher quelqu’un ou quelque chose à l’aide d’une serviette.

En anglais simple : To dry someone or something with a cloth made for drying.

• He toweled himself dry.
• She toweled her wet hair carefully.
• I toweled off after getting out of the pool.

Comment l'utiliser : towel someone/something dry (She toweled the dog dry.); towel off (He toweled off after his swim.)

Synonymes : dry, wipe dry

Expressions courantes : towel someone dry, towel off, towel something dry