runaway

fuggiasco

Persona scappata da casa o da un luogo dove era trattenuta.

In inglese semplice: Someone who has left home or escaped from a place where they were kept.

• The runaway needed a safe place to sleep.
• Police found two runaways near the station.
• The shelter helps runaways contact their families.

Sinonimi: escapee

Espressioni comuni: a young runaway, a teenage runaway

perdita di controllo

Situazione in cui una macchina o un processo supera i limiti di sicurezza perché non è più controllato.

In inglese semplice: A machine or process that continues beyond safe limits because control has been lost.

• A motor runaway damaged the equipment.
• The pilot struggled to stop the trim runaway.
• Engineers added protection against thermal runaways.

Espressioni comuni: a trim runaway, a motor runaway

vittoria schiacciante

Vittoria ottenuta con un vantaggio molto grande sull’avversario.

In inglese semplice: A victory in which one side wins by a very large amount.

• The game was a runaway.
• Their team won in a runaway.
• Everyone expected a close race, but it became a runaway.

Sinonimi: landslide, rout

Espressioni comuni: win in a runaway, a complete runaway

fuggitivo

Che è scappato da casa o da un luogo senza permesso.

In inglese semplice: Having left home or escaped from somewhere without permission.

• The runaway child was safe.
• They offered food to a runaway prisoner.
• Her parents searched for their runaway daughter.

Sinonimi: escaped, fugitive

Espressioni comuni: a runaway child, a runaway prisoner

fuori controllo

Che si muove senza che la persona responsabile riesca a fermarlo o guidarlo.

In inglese semplice: Moving without the person in charge being able to stop or direct it.

• A runaway horse crossed the road.
• The runaway truck crashed into a wall.
• Workers managed to stop the runaway train.

Sinonimi: uncontrolled

Contrari: controlled

Espressioni comuni: a runaway horse, a runaway train, a runaway truck