Le mot anglais du jour

straw

paille

Définitions

anglais > français
straw
1. n. Paille.
anglais > anglais
straw
1. n. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2. n. Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3. n. A drinking straw.
4. n. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
(color panel, F2D594)
5. n. (figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
6. adj. Made of straw.
straw hat
7. adj. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
8. adj. (figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.
A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.
9. v. To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
10. v. (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
français > anglais
paille
1. n-f. straw (dried grass)
2. n-f. (drinking) straw
3. n-f. flaw in a gem or metal

Exemples de phrases

Which weighs more: a kilo of straw or a kilo of iron?

Qu'est-ce qui pèse le plus lourd : un kilo de paille ou un kilo de fer ?
For the first month after the accident she could only drink liquids through a straw.

Durant le premier mois suivant l'accident, elle ne pouvait que boire des liquides à la paille.
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

C'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase.