rabbit

coniglio

Piccolo animale dalle orecchie lunghe, dal pelo morbido e dalla coda corta, che si muove saltando.

In inglese semplice: A small animal with long ears, soft fur, and a short tail that moves by jumping.

• Our rabbit has white fur.
• Two rabbits were eating grass in the garden.
• Did you feed the rabbit this morning?

Sinonimi: bunny

Espressioni comuni: pet rabbit, wild rabbit, rabbit hole, feed a rabbit

coniglio, carne di coniglio

Carne di coniglio consumata come alimento.

In inglese semplice: Meat from a small, long-eared animal, eaten as food.

• We had rabbit for dinner.
• She cooked rabbit with onions and wine.
• The restaurant serves a rich rabbit stew.

Espressioni comuni: rabbit stew, roast rabbit, braised rabbit, cook rabbit

lepre

Corridore che stabilisce il ritmo di una gara per aiutare gli altri o metterli alla prova.

In inglese semplice: A runner who sets the speed in a race to help or challenge other runners.

• The rabbit led the first lap.
• They hired a rabbit to help the runner break the record.
• The rabbit dropped out after setting a fast pace.

Sinonimi: pacemaker, pacer

Espressioni comuni: race rabbit, rabbit sets pace, use a rabbit

cianciare, blaterare

Continuare a parlare in modo fastidioso, spesso di cose poco importanti.

In inglese semplice: To keep talking in an annoying way, often about things that do not matter.

• Please stop rabbiting on.
• She rabbited about her neighbours for an hour.
• He kept rabbiting while I tried to read.

Come si usa: rabbit on about something (He rabbited on about his new phone all evening.)

Sinonimi: babble, chatter, prattle

Espressioni comuni: rabbit on, rabbit about something, rabbit on about something

fuggire, scappare

Allontanarsi correndo velocemente, di solito per paura o per sfuggire a qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid or want to escape.

• He looked ready to rabbit.
• The thief rabbited when he saw the police.
• She rabbited out of the room before anyone could stop her.

Come si usa: rabbit from someone/something (The suspect tried to rabbit from the police.)

Sinonimi: flee, bolt, run away

Contrari: stay

Espressioni comuni: rabbit away, rabbit from someone