cork

tappo, turacciolo

Piccolo oggetto, spesso di sughero, inserito nell’apertura di una bottiglia per chiuderla.

In inglese semplice: A small object pushed into a bottle's opening to close it, often made from light tree bark.

• Pull the cork out.
• The champagne cork flew across the room.
• Where did you put the cork from this bottle?

Sinonimi: stopper, plug

Espressioni comuni: bottle cork, remove the cork, pop the cork

sughero

Materiale leggero e morbido ricavato dalla corteccia di alcuni alberi, usato per tappi e altri prodotti.

In inglese semplice: A light, soft material from the outer covering of certain trees, used for bottle stoppers and other products.

• The floor is made of cork.
• We pinned the photographs to a sheet of cork.
• Workers carefully remove cork from the trees.

Espressioni comuni: cork flooring, cork board, made of cork

tappare

Chiudere una bottiglia inserendo un tappo nella sua apertura.

In inglese semplice: To close a bottle by pushing a stopper into its opening.

• Cork the bottle tightly.
• We corked the wine before storing it.
• The machine fills and corks hundreds of bottles an hour.

Sinonimi: stopper, seal

Contrari: uncork

Espressioni comuni: cork a bottle, cork the wine, cork something tightly

annerire con sughero

Rendere nera una superficie strofinandola con un tappo di sughero bruciato.

In inglese semplice: To make a surface black by rubbing it with a burned bottle stopper.

• He corked the wooden surface until it looked black.
• The performer corked his face for the old stage act.
• They used a burned stopper to cork the pale wood.

Sinonimi: blacken

Espressioni comuni: cork a surface, cork someone's face

riempire una mazza di sughero

Alleggerire di nascosto una mazza da baseball, svuotandola e riempiendola di sughero o altro materiale leggero.

In inglese semplice: To secretly make a baseball bat lighter by hollowing it out and putting light material inside.

• The player corked his bat.
• They discovered he had corked the bat when it broke.
• Did anyone help him cork his baseball bat?

Espressioni comuni: cork a bat, cork someone's bat

contundere

Ferire un muscolo con un colpo, provocando gonfiore doloroso e sanguinamento sotto la pelle.

In inglese semplice: To injure a muscle by hitting it, causing painful swelling and bleeding under the skin.

• The tackle corked his thigh.
• She corked her leg when she hit the table.
• An opponent's knee corked his muscle during the match.

Sinonimi: bruise, contuse

Espressioni comuni: cork someone's thigh, cork a leg