extraction

estrazione

Operazione con cui si toglie qualcosa da un luogo o da una sostanza.

In inglese semplice: The process of taking something out of a place or substance.

• The dentist recommended a tooth extraction.
• Oil extraction provides jobs in this region.
• The extraction of useful data took several hours.

Come si usa: extraction of something from something (The extraction of oil from these rocks is expensive.)

Sinonimi: removal

Contrari: insertion

Espressioni comuni: tooth extraction, oil extraction, extraction of something

estrazione dentale

Operazione con cui si toglie un dente dalla bocca di una persona.

In inglese semplice: The act of taking a tooth out of someone’s mouth.

• The dentist recommended an extraction.
• My gum hurt after the tooth extraction.
• Will I need an extraction for this broken tooth?

Sinonimi: tooth removal

Espressioni comuni: tooth extraction, dental extraction, extraction site

evacuazione, estrazione

Operazione con cui si porta qualcuno da un luogo pericoloso a uno sicuro.

In inglese semplice: The act of taking someone away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.

• The team arranged an extraction.
• A helicopter carried out the soldiers’ extraction.
• Bad weather delayed our extraction from the island.

Come si usa: extraction from somewhere (Their extraction from the war zone took two hours.)

Sinonimi: evacuation

Espressioni comuni: emergency extraction, extraction team, extraction point

origine, discendenza

Paese o popolo da cui proviene originariamente la famiglia di una persona.

In inglese semplice: The country or people that someone’s family originally comes from.

• He is of French extraction.
• Several families of Chinese extraction live here.
• The writer was of mixed European extraction.

Come si usa: of + nationality + extraction (Her grandparents were of Italian extraction.)

Sinonimi: descent, ancestry, origin

Espressioni comuni: of French extraction, of Chinese extraction, of Irish extraction

estratto

Sostanza ricavata da una pianta, un animale o un’altra fonte.

In inglese semplice: Something taken out of a plant, an animal, or another source.

• The extraction contained oil from the leaves.
• They examined the extraction under a microscope.
• Each extraction was stored in a small glass bottle.

Sinonimi: extract

Espressioni comuni: plant extraction, chemical extraction