stripe

rayure, bande

Zone longue et étroite dont la couleur diffère de celle de la surface voisine.

En anglais simple : A long, narrow area of colour that differs from the surface beside it.

• My shirt has a blue stripe.
• Zebras have black and white stripes.
• She painted a red stripe along the wall.

Comment l'utiliser : stripe on something (There is a yellow stripe on the door.)

Synonymes : band, line

Expressions courantes : black stripe, vertical stripe, stripe on something

tendance, genre

Type de personne ou de chose, surtout défini par des convictions ou des caractéristiques particulières.

En anglais simple : A kind of person or thing, especially one with particular beliefs or characteristics.

• Politicians of every stripe attended.
• I distrust leaders of that stripe.
• The group welcomes people of any political stripe.

Comment l'utiliser : of a particular stripe (She works with politicians of every stripe.)

Synonymes : kind, type, sort

Expressions courantes : political stripe, of every stripe, of that stripe

rayer

Marquer une surface de lignes longues et étroites d’une autre couleur.

En anglais simple : To mark a surface with long, narrow lines of a different colour.

• We stripe the fabric by hand.
• She striped the wall with blue paint.
• They will stripe the road after the surface dries.

Comment l'utiliser : stripe something with something (They striped the cloth with narrow bands of red.)

Expressions courantes : stripe something, stripe with something