leach

filtrare, trasudare

Scorrere lentamente fuori da qualcosa o al suo interno attraverso piccoli spazi.

In inglese semplice: To flow slowly out of something or into something through small spaces.

• Chemicals leached into the river.
• Dye slowly leaches out of the fabric.
• Toxic liquid may leach from the buried waste.

Come si usa: leach into something (Chemicals leached into the nearby stream.); leach out of something (A dark liquid leached out of the waste.)

Sinonimi: seep, leak, bleed

Espressioni comuni: leach into water, leach out, leach from something

lisciviare, dilavare

Rimuovere una sostanza da un materiale facendo passare un liquido attraverso di esso.

In inglese semplice: To remove a substance from something by passing liquid through it.

• Rain leaches nutrients from soil.
• The process leached copper from the rock.
• Can this liquid leach out harmful chemicals?

Come si usa: leach something from something (Rain can leach nutrients from the soil.); leach something out of something (The liquid leaches metals out of the crushed rock.)

Sinonimi: extract, wash out

Espressioni comuni: leach out minerals, leach nutrients, leach something from something

lisciviarsi

Perdere sostanze che si sciolgono al passaggio di un liquido.

In inglese semplice: To lose substances that dissolve as liquid passes through.

• Sandy soils leach easily.
• The crushed ore was leached to recover copper.
• The soil had leached badly after weeks of rain.

Espressioni comuni: leach under rainfall, leach in water, leach readily

mucchio di cenere

Mucchio di cenere di legna attraverso cui si fa passare acqua per ottenere un liquido detergente forte.

In inglese semplice: A pile of wood ash through which water is passed to make a strong cleaning liquid.

• She poured water over the leach.
• The leach supplied liquid for making soap.
• They prepared a fresh leach from wood ashes.

Espressioni comuni: a leach of ashes, prepare a leach

vasca di lisciviazione

Vasca in cui si fa passare acqua attraverso cenere o corteccia per raccogliere le sostanze disciolte.

In inglese semplice: A tub used to pass water through ash or bark and collect substances dissolved in it.

• They filled the leach with ashes.
• Water drained from the bottom of the leach.
• The old workshop had two wooden leaches.

Sinonimi: leaching vat

Espressioni comuni: a wooden leach, fill the leach

dolce di gelatina

Dolce compatto, simile a una gelatina, che si mangiava nel Medioevo.

In inglese semplice: A firm, jelly-like sweet food eaten in medieval times.

• The cook served leach after dinner.
• She made leach from a medieval recipe.
• Guests ate slices of leach at the feast.

Espressioni comuni: sweet leach, a slice of leach, serve the leach