extract

brano, estratto

Una breve parte di un libro, documento o registrazione, presentata separatamente dal resto.

In inglese semplice: A short part of a book, document, or recording presented separately from the whole.

• Read this extract from the novel.
• The programme played extracts from several interviews.
• Which chapter does this extract come from?

Come si usa: extract from something (We read an extract from her diary.)

Sinonimi: excerpt, passage, quotation

Espressioni comuni: extract from something, short extract, read an extract

estratto

Una sostanza ricavata da una pianta o da un altro materiale, spesso usata negli alimenti o nei medicinali.

In inglese semplice: A substance taken out of a plant or another material, often for use in food or medicine.

• The cream contains a plant extract.
• These extracts give the soap its fresh smell.
• They tested an extract from the leaves.

Come si usa: extract from something (This cream contains an extract from rose petals.)

Espressioni comuni: plant extract, herbal extract, natural extract

estratto, essenza

Un liquido contenente aromi o altre sostanze utili ricavate da una pianta o da un altro materiale.

In inglese semplice: A liquid containing flavor or other useful substances taken from a plant or another material.

• Add a little vanilla extract.
• This extract gives the cake an almond flavor.
• Keep the bottle of extract away from sunlight.

Sinonimi: essence

Espressioni comuni: vanilla extract, almond extract, add some extract

estrarre, ricavare

Togliere qualcosa da un insieme più grande, anche ricavando informazioni utili da un testo o una raccolta.

In inglese semplice: To take something out of a larger thing, including useful information from a text or collection.

• We can extract useful information from this report.
• She extracted the dates from each letter.
• Can you extract the files from this folder?

Come si usa: extract something from something (The program extracts names from the records.)

Sinonimi: take out, remove, draw out

Espressioni comuni: extract information, extract data, extract something from something

estrarre, rimuovere

Togliere qualcosa che è fissato o incastrato, tirandolo fuori.

In inglese semplice: To remove something fixed in place by pulling it out.

• The dentist will extract the tooth.
• They extracted the bullet from his shoulder.
• She carefully extracted a thorn from her foot.

Come si usa: extract something from something (The doctor extracted a splinter from my hand.)

Sinonimi: pull out, remove

Espressioni comuni: extract a tooth, extract a splinter, extract a bullet

estrarre

Ottenere una sostanza da un materiale mediante un procedimento fisico o chimico.

In inglese semplice: To obtain a substance from a material by using a physical or chemical process.

• They extract juice from fresh fruit.
• The laboratory extracted a chemical from the leaves.
• Heat helps us extract the oil more quickly.

Come si usa: extract something from something (They extract oil from the seeds.)

Sinonimi: draw out, separate

Espressioni comuni: extract oil, extract juice, extract something from something