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1 -cloth, clothes o clothing?-
Nota d'usoCloth è una stoffa di fibre naturali o sintetiche tessute o lavorate a maglia, oppure un pezzo di tessuto usato per asciugare, pulire, coprire qualcosa, ecc.: a dish cloth, uno strofinaccio; a soft damp cloth, una pezza morbida e umida. Il plurale di cloth è cloths: Where do you keep your cloths and washing up liquid?, dove tieni gli strofinacci e il detersivo?Clothes significa, invece, “vestiti, indumenti” ed è un sostantivo soltanto plurale; al singolare si usano espressioni formali come garment, piece of clothing o article of clothing oppure il nome specifico del tipo di vestito ( shirt, dress, trousers, ecc.). -
2 facecloth
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3 sponge
I [spʌndʒ]1) (for cleaning) spugna f.2) U (material) spugna f.3) zool. spugna f.4) (anche sponge cake) pan m. di Spagna5) med. (pad) tampone m. di garzaII 1. [spʌndʒ]1) (wipe) pulire con la spugna [garment, stain]; lavare con la spugna [ surface]; detergere, tamponare [ wound]; assorbire [ excess liquid]2) colloq. spreg.2.to sponge sth. off o from sb. — scroccare qcs. a qcn
verbo intransitivo colloq. spreg.to sponge off o on — vivere alle spalle di [family, State]
* * *1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) spugna2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) spugna3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) (pan di Spagna)4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) (passata di spugna)2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) pulire con una spugna2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) (vivere alle spalle di)•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *[spʌndʒ]1. nspugna, Culin, (also: sponge cake) pan m di Spagna2. vt(wash) lavare con una spugna3. vi(fam: scrounge) scroccareto sponge off or on sb — vivere alle spalle di qn
•* * *sponge /spʌndʒ/n.2 (med.) tampone di garza5 (fig. fam.) parassita; scroccone● sponge bag, borsa per oggetti da toeletta □ sponge bath, spugnatura □ ( cucina) sponge cake, pan di Spagna: DIALOGO → - Dessert- We've got a chocolate sponge cake, abbiamo un pan di Spagna al cioccolato □ sponge cloth, tessuto di spugna; spugna □ sponge-diver (o sponge-fisher), pescatore di spugne □ (metall.) sponge iron, spugna di ferro □ sponge rubber, gomma-spugna; gomma spugnosa □ to have a sponge-down, fare una spugnatura □ ( anche fig.) to pass the sponge over st., passar la spugna su qc. □ to throw in (o up) the sponge, ( boxe) gettare la spugna; (fig.) arrendersi, darsi per vinto.(to) sponge /spʌndʒ/A v. t.1 asciugare (o inumidire, pulire, ecc.) con una spugna; passare la spugna su (qc.); spugnare ( coralli, ecc.)2 (ind. tess.) decatizzareB v. i.2 (fam.) vivere a scrocco; fare lo scroccone.* * *I [spʌndʒ]1) (for cleaning) spugna f.2) U (material) spugna f.3) zool. spugna f.4) (anche sponge cake) pan m. di Spagna5) med. (pad) tampone m. di garzaII 1. [spʌndʒ]1) (wipe) pulire con la spugna [garment, stain]; lavare con la spugna [ surface]; detergere, tamponare [ wound]; assorbire [ excess liquid]2) colloq. spreg.2.to sponge sth. off o from sb. — scroccare qcs. a qcn
verbo intransitivo colloq. spreg.to sponge off o on — vivere alle spalle di [family, State]
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4 washcloth
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5 towel
I ['taʊəl]nome asciugamano m.••II ['taʊəl]to throw o chuck in the towel — colloq. gettare la spugna
* * *1. noun(a piece of any of several types of absorbent cloth or paper for drying oneself, dishes etc after washing etc: After her swim she dried herself with a towel; a roll of paper kitchen towels.) asciugamano2. verb(to rub with a towel.) asciugare (con un asciugamano)* * *I ['taʊəl]nome asciugamano m.••II ['taʊəl]to throw o chuck in the towel — colloq. gettare la spugna
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