paddock

paddock, enclos

Petit terrain herbeux, généralement clôturé, où chevaux et autres animaux de ferme mangent ou se dépensent.

En anglais simple : A small grassy field, usually fenced, where horses or other farm animals eat or exercise.

• The pony is in the paddock.
• We watched the horses running around their paddock.
• She closed the paddock gate after feeding the mare.

Synonymes : enclosure, field

Expressions courantes : horse paddock, small paddock, in the paddock, paddock fence

pâturage, pré

Terrain herbeux où l'on garde des bovins ou des moutons, notamment en Australie et en Nouvelle-Zélande.

En anglais simple : A grassy field, especially in Australia or New Zealand, where cattle or sheep are kept.

• The sheep filled the paddock.
• We moved the cattle into a larger paddock.
• The dry paddocks stretched for miles beyond the farmhouse.

Synonymes : pasture, field

Expressions courantes : sheep paddock, large paddock, back paddock, paddock gate

grenouille

Petit animal à peau lisse et longues pattes arrière, qui saute et vit près de l'eau.

En anglais simple : A small animal with smooth skin and long back legs that jumps and lives near water.

• A paddock jumped into the pond.
• We heard paddocks calling beside the marsh.
• The old poem describes a green paddock on a stone.

Synonymes : frog

Expressions courantes : a green paddock, paddock in water

crapaud

Petit animal ressemblant à une grenouille, à peau rugueuse, qui vit généralement sur terre.

En anglais simple : A small animal like a frog, with rough skin, that usually lives on land.

• A paddock hid under the stone.
• The witch kept a paddock beside her door.
• The tale mentions paddocks crawling through the damp garden.

Synonymes : toad

Expressions courantes : a brown paddock, paddock under something

mettre au pré

Mettre ou garder des animaux de ferme dans un terrain herbeux où ils peuvent brouter.

En anglais simple : To put or keep farm animals in a grassy field where they can eat.

• We paddock the horses overnight.
• The farmer paddocked her cattle near the river.
• All the sheep were paddocked before the storm arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : paddock animals in something (They paddocked the horses in a field near the house.)

Synonymes : pasture

Expressions courantes : paddock the horses, paddock cattle, paddock the sheep

clôturer

Entourer un terrain d'une clôture pour pouvoir y garder des animaux.

En anglais simple : To put a fence around land so that animals can be kept there.

• They paddocked the land last spring.
• We plan to paddock another five acres.
• The farmer had paddocked the field with wire fencing.

Synonymes : fence, enclose

Expressions courantes : paddock the land, paddock a field

excaver un dépôt métallifère

Extraire de la terre peu profonde contenant assez de métal pour que son lavage soit rentable.

En anglais simple : To dig out shallow earth containing enough metal to make washing it worthwhile.

• The miners paddocked the shallow deposit.
• They paddocked the ground before washing the gravel.
• This patch had already been paddocked by earlier gold miners.

Synonymes : excavate

Expressions courantes : paddock a deposit, paddock the ground