paddock

recinto, paddock

Piccolo terreno erboso, solitamente recintato, dove cavalli o altri animali da fattoria mangiano o fanno movimento.

In inglese semplice: A small grassy field, usually fenced, where horses or other farm animals eat or exercise.

• The pony is in the paddock.
• We watched the horses running around their paddock.
• She closed the paddock gate after feeding the mare.

Sinonimi: enclosure, field

Espressioni comuni: horse paddock, small paddock, in the paddock, paddock fence

pascolo

Terreno erboso dove si tengono bovini o pecore, soprattutto in Australia e Nuova Zelanda.

In inglese semplice: A grassy field, especially in Australia or New Zealand, where cattle or sheep are kept.

• The sheep filled the paddock.
• We moved the cattle into a larger paddock.
• The dry paddocks stretched for miles beyond the farmhouse.

Sinonimi: pasture, field

Espressioni comuni: sheep paddock, large paddock, back paddock, paddock gate

rana

Piccolo animale dalla pelle liscia e dalle lunghe zampe posteriori, che salta e vive vicino all'acqua.

In inglese semplice: A small animal with smooth skin and long back legs that jumps and lives near water.

• A paddock jumped into the pond.
• We heard paddocks calling beside the marsh.
• The old poem describes a green paddock on a stone.

Sinonimi: frog

Espressioni comuni: a green paddock, paddock in water

rospo

Piccolo animale simile alla rana, dalla pelle ruvida, che vive soprattutto sulla terraferma.

In inglese semplice: A small animal like a frog, with rough skin, that usually lives on land.

• A paddock hid under the stone.
• The witch kept a paddock beside her door.
• The tale mentions paddocks crawling through the damp garden.

Sinonimi: toad

Espressioni comuni: a brown paddock, paddock under something

mettere al pascolo

Portare o tenere animali da fattoria in un terreno erboso dove possano pascolare.

In inglese semplice: To put or keep farm animals in a grassy field where they can eat.

• We paddock the horses overnight.
• The farmer paddocked her cattle near the river.
• All the sheep were paddocked before the storm arrived.

Come si usa: paddock animals in something (They paddocked the horses in a field near the house.)

Sinonimi: pasture

Espressioni comuni: paddock the horses, paddock cattle, paddock the sheep

recintare

Mettere una recinzione intorno a un terreno per potervi tenere degli animali.

In inglese semplice: To put a fence around land so that animals can be kept there.

• They paddocked the land last spring.
• We plan to paddock another five acres.
• The farmer had paddocked the field with wire fencing.

Sinonimi: fence, enclose

Espressioni comuni: paddock the land, paddock a field

scavare terra metallifera

Scavare terra poco profonda contenente abbastanza metallo da renderne conveniente il recupero mediante lavaggio.

In inglese semplice: To dig out shallow earth containing enough metal to make washing it worthwhile.

• The miners paddocked the shallow deposit.
• They paddocked the ground before washing the gravel.
• This patch had already been paddocked by earlier gold miners.

Sinonimi: excavate

Espressioni comuni: paddock a deposit, paddock the ground