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urchins

/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/

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Gamin, chenapan

A mischievous child.

Examples :

"The baker shooed the urchins away from his stall, hoping they wouldn't steal any more cookies. "

Le boulanger a chassé les gamins de son étal, espérant qu'ils ne voleraient plus de biscuits.

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Gamin des rues

A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.

Examples :

"The baker often gave leftover bread to the urchins who slept in the alley behind his shop. "

Le boulanger donnait souvent du pain rassis aux gamins des rues qui dormaient dans la ruelle derrière sa boutique.

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Oursin

Examples :

"While snorkeling, we saw many spiky urchins clinging to the coral reef. "

En faisant de la plongée avec tuba, nous avons vu de nombreux oursins épineux accrochés au récif corallien.

animal ocean food biology

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Ourson, hérisson

One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.

Examples :

"During the tour of the textile mill, the guide pointed out the urchins, explaining that these spiky cylinders helped prepare the fibers for spinning. "

Pendant la visite de l'usine textile, le guide a montré les oursons, expliquant que ces cylindres épineux aidaient à préparer les fibres pour le filage.

machine industry

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Dispositif générateur de neutrons

A neutron-generating device that triggered the nuclear detonation of the earliest plutonium atomic bombs.

Examples :

"Historians now understand that the precise timing of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb's detonation depended on the reliable function of its urchins. "

Les historiens comprennent maintenant que le moment précis de la détonation de la bombe atomique « Fat Man » dépendait du fonctionnement fiable de ses dispositifs générateurs de neutrons.

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Hérisson

Examples :

"We saw two small urchins snuffling around in the garden at dusk, searching for insects. "

Nous avons vu deux petits hérissons fouiner dans le jardin au crépuscule, à la recherche d'insectes.

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Lutin, gobelin

A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form of a hedgehog.

Examples :

"The old woman blamed the garden gnome's disappearance on the urchins, whispering tales of mischievous hedgehog-elves. "

La vieille femme a accusé les lutins de la disparition du gnome de jardin, chuchotant des histoires de lutins-hérissons espiègles.

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