hatch

écoutille, trappe

Ouverture permettant d’accéder à un autre espace, souvent munie d’un couvercle qui se ferme.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : opening, access hole

Expressions courantes : escape hatch, access hatch, through the hatch

trappe

Porte ou couvercle installé à plat dans un plancher ou un plafond.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : trapdoor

Expressions courantes : attic hatch, floor hatch, open the hatch

passe-plat, guichet

Ouverture dans un mur par laquelle on fait passer des plats ou d’autres objets.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : serving window, pass-through

Expressions courantes : serving hatch, kitchen hatch, through the hatch

éclore, sortir de l'œuf

Pour un jeune animal, sortir de l’œuf dans lequel il s’est développé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : hatch from/out of an egg (A tiny turtle hatched from the egg.)

Synonymes : emerge

Expressions courantes : hatch from eggs, hatch in spring, hatch into something

éclore

Pour un œuf, s’ouvrir lorsque le jeune animal brise la coquille pour sortir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : hatch after something, hatch in days

hachurer

Assombrir une partie d’un dessin avec de fines lignes rapprochées.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : shade

Expressions courantes : hatch a drawing, hatch the background, hatch with lines