birch

abedul

Árbol o arbusto de corteza fina, normalmente clara, que se desprende en capas.

En inglés sencillo: A tree or bush with thin, often pale bark that comes off in layers.

• A birch grows beside the lake.
• The birches have pale bark.
• She planted a young birch in the garden.

Expresiones frecuentes: silver birch, birch tree, birch bark

vara de abedul

Vara o manojo de ramas finas de abedul usado para golpear a alguien como castigo.

En inglés sencillo: A stick or bundle of thin branches used to hit someone as a punishment.

• The guard carried a birch.
• Prisoners feared punishment with the birch.
• The museum displays birches once used in schools.

Sinónimos: rod, switch

Expresiones frecuentes: use the birch, punishment with birch, birch rod

canoa de corteza de abedul

Embarcación pequeña y ligera hecha con corteza de abedul.

En inglés sencillo: A small, light boat made using tree bark.

• They crossed the lake in a birch.
• He carried his birch to the river.
• Two birches rested on the shore.

Sinónimos: birch-bark canoe

Expresiones frecuentes: paddle a birch, birch canoe

azotar

Castigar a alguien golpeándolo con una vara o un manojo de ramas finas.

En inglés sencillo: To punish someone by hitting them with a stick or bundle of thin branches.

• The guards threatened to birch him.
• Boys were once birched for breaking school rules.
• The court ordered that the prisoner be birched.

Sinónimos: beat, flog

Expresiones frecuentes: birch someone, birch a prisoner