hatch

escotilla

Abertura que permite acceder a otro espacio y que suele tener una tapa que puede cerrarse.

En inglés sencillo: An opening that gives access to another space, often with a cover that can be closed.

• He climbed through the hatch.
• The boat has an escape hatch in its roof.
• We lowered the tools through a narrow hatch.

Sinónimos: opening, access hole

Expresiones frecuentes: escape hatch, access hatch, through the hatch

trampilla, escotilla

Puerta o tapa colocada a ras del suelo o del techo.

En inglés sencillo: A door or cover set flat in a floor or ceiling.

• She lifted the wooden hatch.
• An old hatch in the floor led to the cellar.
• Can you open the ceiling hatch so I can reach the attic?

Sinónimos: trapdoor

Expresiones frecuentes: attic hatch, floor hatch, open the hatch

pasaplatos, ventanilla

Abertura en una pared por la que se pasan alimentos u otros objetos.

En inglés sencillo: An opening in a wall through which food or other things are passed.

• Collect your food at the hatch.
• The cook passed a plate through the serving hatch.
• They closed the kitchen hatch after lunch.

Sinónimos: serving window, pass-through

Expresiones frecuentes: serving hatch, kitchen hatch, through the hatch

salir del huevo, nacer

Salir una cría del huevo en el que se ha desarrollado.

En inglés sencillo: If a young animal does this, it comes out of its egg.

• The chicks will hatch soon.
• Five ducklings hatched yesterday.
• Baby turtles hatch from eggs buried in the sand.

Cómo se usa: hatch from/out of an egg (A tiny turtle hatched from the egg.)

Sinónimos: emerge

Expresiones frecuentes: hatch from eggs, hatch in spring, hatch into something

eclosionar

Abrirse un huevo al romperse su cáscara cuando sale la cría.

En inglés sencillo: If an egg does this, it breaks open as the young animal comes out.

• The eggs will hatch soon.
• Only three of the eggs hatched.
• Keep the eggs warm until they hatch.

Expresiones frecuentes: hatch after something, hatch in days

rayar, sombrear

Oscurecer una parte de un dibujo mediante líneas finas muy próximas entre sí.

En inglés sencillo: To make part of a drawing look darker using closely spaced thin lines.

• Hatch the shadow with thin lines.
• The artist hatched the background in ink.
• She carefully hatched the darker areas of her sketch.

Sinónimos: shade

Expresiones frecuentes: hatch a drawing, hatch the background, hatch with lines