buck

dollaro

Un dollaro, nel linguaggio informale.

In inglese semplice: One dollar.

• It costs one buck.
• I paid twenty bucks for this shirt.
• Can you lend me a few bucks until Friday?

Sinonimi: dollar

Espressioni comuni: one buck, a buck each, a buck apiece

soldi, denaro

Denaro, soprattutto quello che si guadagna o si spera di guadagnare.

In inglese semplice: Money, especially money someone earns or hopes to earn.

• He sells old furniture to make a buck.
• They were only interested in making a quick buck.
• She'll try any honest way to earn an extra buck.

Sinonimi: money, cash

Espressioni comuni: make a buck, a quick buck, a fast buck, earn a buck

cervo maschio, caprone

Maschio del cervo o della capra.

In inglese semplice: A male deer or goat.

• A buck stood beside the trees.
• The buck lowered his antlers and turned towards us.
• The farmer keeps one buck with her female goats.

Sinonimi: stag

Contrari: doe

Espressioni comuni: young buck, buck deer, buck goat, large buck

responsabilità, colpa

Responsabilità o colpa per un problema o una decisione, soprattutto quando qualcuno cerca di scaricarla su altri.

In inglese semplice: Responsibility for a problem or decision, especially when someone tries to give it to another person.

• Don't pass the buck to me.
• The buck stops with whoever made the decision.
• Every department passed the buck when the project failed.

Come si usa: pass the buck to someone (The manager passed the buck to his assistant.); the buck stops with someone (The buck stops with the team leader.)

Sinonimi: responsibility, blame

Espressioni comuni: pass the buck, the buck stops, buck stops here

coniglio maschio, lepre maschio

Maschio del coniglio o della lepre.

In inglese semplice: A male rabbit or hare.

• This rabbit is a buck.
• Keep the buck in a separate hutch.
• The breeder chose a healthy buck for mating.

Sinonimi: male rabbit, male hare

Contrari: doe

Espressioni comuni: rabbit buck, breeding buck, young buck, adult buck

maschio

Maschio di alcuni altri animali, come il furetto o il canguro.

In inglese semplice: A male of certain other animals, such as a ferret or kangaroo.

• The keeper identified the kangaroo as a buck.
• A large buck led the group of kangaroos.
• The breeder recorded this male animal as a buck.

Sinonimi: male

Contrari: doe

Espressioni comuni: kangaroo buck, adult buck, breeding buck

opporsi, resistere

Opporsi con forza a una regola, una decisione o un modo abituale di fare le cose.

In inglese semplice: To strongly resist a rule, decision, or usual way of doing things.

• She refused to buck the system.
• Sales rose, bucking the general downward trend.
• He bucked against the board's decision to close the factory.

Come si usa: buck something (The company bucked the trend by hiring more staff.); buck against something (The workers bucked against the new rules.)

Sinonimi: resist, oppose, defy

Contrari: obey, accept

Espressioni comuni: buck the trend, buck the system, buck convention, buck against something

sgroppare

Fare salti bruschi alzando la schiena, come un animale che può disarcionare chi lo cavalca.

In inglese semplice: If an animal jumps sharply with its back raised, it may throw its rider off.

• The horse began to buck.
• A frightened pony bucked her off.
• The bull bucked wildly as the rider held on.

Come si usa: buck someone off (The horse bucked its rider off.)

Espressioni comuni: buck wildly, buck someone off, begin to buck