butterfly

farfalla

Un insetto dal corpo sottile e dalle grandi ali, spesso di colori vivaci.

In inglese semplice: An insect with a thin body and large, often brightly coloured wings.

• A butterfly landed on the flower.
• We saw yellow butterflies in the garden.
• This caterpillar will become a butterfly.

Espressioni comuni: colourful butterfly, butterfly wings, butterfly garden

cerotto a farfalla, striscia di sutura

Una piccola striscia medica adesiva che tiene uniti i bordi di un taglio.

In inglese semplice: A small strip of sticky medical tape used to hold the edges of a cut together.

• The nurse applied a butterfly bandage.
• Butterfly strips held the small cut closed.
• Keep the butterfly tape dry until tomorrow.

Sinonimi: wound closure strip

Espressioni comuni: butterfly bandage, butterfly strips, butterfly tape

cambiamento indiretto

Un cambiamento inatteso in una storia immaginata, causato indirettamente dalla modifica di un evento precedente.

In inglese semplice: An unexpected change in an imagined history caused indirectly by an earlier event changing.

• That different birth date is a butterfly.
• The writer added several butterflies to the alternate timeline.
• This butterfly has little connection to the original change.

Sinonimi: ripple effect

Espressioni comuni: unexpected butterfly, possible butterfly, historical butterfly

aprire a farfalla

Tagliare un alimento quasi a metà e aprirlo in piano, lasciando unite le due parti.

In inglese semplice: To cut food almost in half and open it out flat, leaving the two sides joined.

• Butterfly the chicken before cooking it.
• She butterflied the prawns with a sharp knife.
• Can you butterfly this piece of meat?

Sinonimi: split open

Espressioni comuni: butterfly a chicken, butterfly the shrimp, butterfly the meat

alterare il corso della storia

Modificare un evento precedente per cambiare indirettamente eventi successivi o impedire che certe persone esistano.

In inglese semplice: To indirectly change later events or prevent particular people from existing by changing an earlier event.

• That change would butterfly her birth away.
• The author butterflied the election by changing an earlier war.
• An altered timeline can butterfly people who were born later.

Come si usa: butterfly someone/something away (The earlier peace treaty butterflied several future leaders away.)

Espressioni comuni: butterfly someone away, butterfly later events