blanket

coperta

Grande pezzo di tessuto spesso con cui ti copri per stare al caldo.

In inglese semplice: A large piece of thick cloth that you cover yourself with to stay warm.

• I need another blanket.
• She covered the sleeping child with a blanket.
• We brought blankets for the cold evening.

Espressioni comuni: warm blanket, wool blanket, under a blanket, woollen blanket

coltre, strato

Strato spesso di qualcosa che copre un’ampia superficie.

In inglese semplice: A thick layer of something that covers a wide area.

• A blanket of snow covered the road.
• The hills disappeared under a blanket of fog.
• A thick blanket of smoke hung over the town.

Come si usa: a blanket of something (The fields lay beneath a blanket of frost.)

Sinonimi: layer, covering

Espressioni comuni: blanket of snow, blanket of fog, blanket of smoke

caucciù, tessuto gommato

Foglio spesso di gomma che trasferisce l’inchiostro da una lastra di stampa alla carta.

In inglese semplice: A thick rubber sheet that carries ink from a printing plate onto paper.

• The printer cleaned the blanket.
• Ink passes from the plate to the blanket.
• Worn blankets can leave marks on the paper.

Espressioni comuni: printing blanket, rubber blanket, blanket cylinder

generale, totale

Che vale per tutte le persone o situazioni, senza eccezioni.

In inglese semplice: Applying to every person or situation, without making any exceptions.

• The town introduced a blanket ban on fireworks.
• They gave blanket approval to all the requests.
• A blanket rule may be unfair to some workers.

Sinonimi: general, overall, universal

Contrari: selective

Espressioni comuni: blanket ban, blanket approval, blanket policy

ricoprire, coprire

Ricoprire interamente una zona o un oggetto con qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To cover an area or thing completely with something.

• Snow blanketed the garden.
• Thick fog had blanketed the valley overnight.
• The fields were blanketed with ash.

Come si usa: blanket something with something (The storm blanketed the roads with snow.); be blanketed in something (The village was blanketed in thick fog.)

Sinonimi: cover

Contrari: uncover

Espressioni comuni: blanket something, blanket the city

battere, perlustrare

Visitare, perlustrare o lavorare in ogni parte di una zona.

In inglese semplice: To visit, search, or work across every part of an area.

• Sales teams blanketed the neighborhood.
• Volunteers blanketed the district with door-to-door visits.
• Police blanketed the area in their search for the child.

Sinonimi: cover, comb

Espressioni comuni: blanket an area, blanket the neighborhood