straw

cannuccia

Tubetto sottile usato per bere liquidi da un bicchiere o da un altro recipiente.

In inglese semplice: A thin tube that you use to drink liquid from a glass or other container.

• Can I have a straw?
• She drank her juice through a paper straw.
• We use reusable straws at home.

Come si usa: through a straw (He drank his juice through a straw.)

Espressioni comuni: drinking straw, paper straw, reusable straw

paglia

Steli secchi di cereali usati come lettiera per animali o per fabbricare oggetti.

In inglese semplice: Dried stems of grain plants, used for animal beds or for making things.

• The horse slept on straw.
• They covered the floor with fresh straw.
• Farmers stacked bales of straw beside the barn.

Espressioni comuni: bale of straw, straw bedding, dry straw, chopped straw

filo di paglia

Un singolo stelo secco di una pianta di cereale, come il grano.

In inglese semplice: One dried stem from a grain plant such as wheat.

• He picked up a straw.
• A single straw stuck out of the bale.
• She twisted two straws together between her fingers.

Sinonimi: stalk

Espressioni comuni: a single straw, a long straw, broken straw

giallo paglierino

Colore giallo pallido con una leggera sfumatura marrone.

In inglese semplice: A pale yellow colour with a little brown in it.

• The walls were painted straw.
• Her hair was the colour of straw.
• The fabric ranges from pale straw to deep gold.

Espressioni comuni: pale straw, straw yellow

di paglia

Fatto con steli secchi di piante di cereali.

In inglese semplice: Made from dried stems of grain plants.

• She wore a straw hat.
• He carried fruit in a straw basket.
• The old house had a straw roof.

Sinonimi: strawen

Espressioni comuni: straw hat, straw basket, straw roof

immaginario, fittizio

Inventato ma presentato come reale, spesso per poterlo attaccare o respingere facilmente.

In inglese semplice: Invented but described as real, often so it can easily be attacked or rejected.

• They created a straw enemy.
• His speech attacked a straw opponent rather than our actual position.
• The article builds a straw argument and then rejects it.

Sinonimi: imaginary, fictitious

Contrari: real

Espressioni comuni: straw enemy, straw opponent, straw argument