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spago, cordicella

Cordicella sottile e flessibile usata per legare oggetti o tenerli insieme.

In inglese semplice: A thin, flexible cord used to tie or hold things together.

• Tie the bag with string.
• He cut a piece of string for the parcel.
• Have you got any string in that drawer?

Sinonimi: cord, twine

Espressioni comuni: piece of string, ball of string, tie with string

corda, filo

Pezzo lungo, sottile e flessibile di un materiale, come la corda di uno strumento musicale.

In inglese semplice: A long, thin, flexible piece of material, such as a wire on a musical instrument.

• One guitar string broke.
• She tightened the strings before playing the violin.
• Pluck this string and listen to the sound.

Sinonimi: strand

Espressioni comuni: guitar string, violin string, broken string, pluck a string

serie, successione

Più eventi o azioni che si verificano uno dopo l’altro.

In inglese semplice: Several events or actions that happen one after another.

• A string of mistakes cost us the game.
• She enjoyed a long string of successes.
• Police are investigating a string of recent robberies.

Come si usa: a string of something (The team suffered a string of defeats.)

Sinonimi: series, succession, sequence

Espressioni comuni: string of successes, string of failures, string of victories, string of accidents

fila, filza

Più oggetti uniti o disposti uno dopo l’altro lungo una linea.

In inglese semplice: Several things joined or arranged together in a line.

• A string of lights hung above us.
• He bought two strings of sausages.
• She kept her grandmother's string of pearls in a box.

Come si usa: a string of something (She wore a string of blue beads.)

Sinonimi: chain, row

Espressioni comuni: string of beads, string of pearls, string of lights, string of sausages

stringa

Sequenza di lettere, numeri o altri segni scritti che il computer tratta come un unico testo.

In inglese semplice: A sequence of letters, numbers, or other written signs that a computer treats as one piece of text.

• The program stores your name as a string.
• An empty string contains no characters.
• These two strings have the same length.

Sinonimi: character sequence

Espressioni comuni: text string, empty string, string length, search string

strumento a corde, arco

Strumento come il violino, che produce musica con corde tese, spesso citato come parte di un gruppo.

In inglese semplice: An instrument such as a violin that makes music with tight cords, often mentioned as part of a group.

• The strings began to play.
• This piece is written for strings and piano.
• The conductor asked the strings to play more quietly.

Sinonimi: stringed instrument

Espressioni comuni: the strings, strings and brass, solo string

appendere, tendere

Appendere o tendere qualcosa lungo un luogo o da un lato all’altro, spesso usando una corda.

In inglese semplice: To hang or stretch something along or across a place, often using a cord.

• Let's string lights around the window.
• They strung flags across the street.
• Small bells had been strung between the branches.

Come si usa: string something across something (They strung lights across the courtyard.); string something between A and B (We strung a rope between two trees.)

Sinonimi: hang, stretch

Espressioni comuni: string up lights, string something across, string something between

infilare

Far passare un filo o una cordicella attraverso perline o altri oggetti.

In inglese semplice: To put beads or other objects onto a thin cord or thread.

• Let's string the beads together.
• He strung shells on a thread to make a necklace.
• She is stringing pearls for a bracelet.

Come si usa: string something on/onto something (She strung colorful beads onto a thin cord.)

Sinonimi: thread

Espressioni comuni: string beads, string pearls, string something together