Le mot anglais du jour

bark

écorce

Définitions

anglais > français
bark
1. n. (Botanique) Écorce.
Bark of a tree.
Écorce d'un arbre.
2. n. Aboiement, aboi.
The dog let out a single, loud bark.
Le chien laissa échapper un seul et lourd aboiement.
His bark is worse than his bite. (vieil adage)
Il fait plus de bruit que de mal. (idiomatique)
Chien qui aboie ne mord pas. (Proverbe)
(traduction littérale) Son aboi est pire que sa morsure.
3. n. (Marine) (Plus rare) Barque (petit bateau).
4. v. Aboyer.
anglais > anglais
bark
1. v. (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
The neighbour's dog is always barking.
The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
2. v. (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
3. v. To speak sharply.
The sergeant barked an order.
4. n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
5. n. (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
6. n. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
7. n. (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
8. n. Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
9. n. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
10. v. To strip the bark from; to peel.
11. v. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
to bark one’s heel
12. v. To girdle.
13. v. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
bark the roof of a hut
14. n. (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
15. n. (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
16. n. (nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
français > anglais
écorce
1. n-f. bark (of a tree)
2. n-f. peel (of certain fruits)
3. n-f. crust (of the Earth)