Signification visuelle de 'weasels'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

noun

Belette

The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.

"A small brown weasel darted across the farmer's field. "

Une petite belette brune a traversé en courant le champ de l'agriculteur.

animal nature

noun

Belettes

Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.

"The farmer set traps to protect his chickens from the weasels that were sneaking into the hen house. "

L'agriculteur a tendu des pièges pour protéger ses poulets des belettes qui s'introduisaient furtivement dans le poulailler.

animal biology nature

noun

Belettes

The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.

"Scientists sometimes refer to the Mustelidae family as the family of weasels. "

Les scientifiques désignent parfois la famille des Mustélidés comme la famille des belettes.

animal biology nature ecology

noun

Fripouille, personne sournoise

A devious or sneaky person or animal.

""My brother and his friends are such weasels; they always try to cheat at board games." "

Mon frère et ses amis sont de vraies fripouilles ; ils essaient toujours de tricher aux jeux de société.

character animal person

noun

Bobinoir

A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.

"After spinning her own wool yarn, Grandma used her weasels to measure exactly how many yards she had made for her knitting project. "

Après avoir filé sa propre laine, grand-mère a utilisé son bobinoir pour mesurer exactement le nombre de yards qu'elle avait produits pour son projet de tricot.

utensil machine item work technical

verb

Duper, soutirer

To achieve by clever or devious means.

"She weaseled her way into the front row by pretending to be a journalist. "

Elle a dupé tout le monde pour se retrouver au premier rang en se faisant passer pour une journaliste.

action achievement character business

verb

S'approprier par la ruse, soutirer

To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.

"The student weaseled out of doing the extra homework assignment by claiming a sudden illness. "

L'étudiant s'est débrouillé pour éviter le devoir supplémentaire en prétextant une maladie soudaine.

character moral attitude action business

verb

user de manœuvres, ruser

To engage in clever or devious behavior.

"He tried to weasel out of doing his chores by pretending to be sick. "

Il a essayé de se soustraire à ses corvées en feignant d'être malade.

character moral action