jacket

giacca, giubbotto

Indumento corto con maniche, indossato sopra altri vestiti sulla parte superiore del corpo.

In inglese semplice: A short piece of clothing with sleeves, worn over other clothes on your upper body.

• Put on your jacket.
• She took her keys from her jacket pocket.
• Do you need a warmer jacket?

Sinonimi: sleeve

Espressioni comuni: leather jacket, denim jacket, wear a jacket, winter jacket

giacca

Parte superiore di un completo, indossata sulla camicia e solitamente abbinata ai pantaloni.

In inglese semplice: The upper part of a suit, worn over a shirt and usually matching the trousers.

• His suit jacket is black.
• She hung her jacket beside the matching trousers.
• He buttoned his jacket before entering the meeting.

Espressioni comuni: suit jacket, jacket and trousers, button a jacket

sovraccoperta, custodia

Copertura esterna che protegge qualcosa, come un libro o un disco.

In inglese semplice: An outer covering that protects something, such as a book or record.

• The book has a blue jacket.
• She removed the torn dust jacket.
• The record jacket features a photograph of the band.

Sinonimi: cover, sleeve

Espressioni comuni: dust jacket, book jacket, record jacket

rivestire

Mettere un rivestimento protettivo intorno a qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To put a protective outer covering around something.

• We need to jacket the pipe.
• The manufacturer jackets each cable with plastic.
• They jacketed the tank to reduce heat loss.

Come si usa: jacket something with something (The workers jacketed the pipe with insulating material.)

Sinonimi: cover, encase, sheathe

Espressioni comuni: jacket a pipe, jacket a cable, jacket with something, jacket something