rib

costola

Uno degli ossi curvi del torace che proteggono il cuore e i polmoni.

In inglese semplice: One of the curved bones around your chest that protect your heart and lungs.

• He broke a rib in the fall.
• Her ribs hurt when she coughed.
• The doctor checked his rib cage for injuries.

Espressioni comuni: broken rib, rib cage, crack a rib, human rib

stecca, costola

Un pezzo sottile, solitamente curvo, che sostiene qualcosa e contribuisce a dargli forma.

In inglese semplice: A thin, usually curved piece that supports something and helps give it its shape.

• One rib of the umbrella is bent.
• Wooden ribs support the boat's outer shell.
• The builder replaced a damaged rib in the roof.

Sinonimi: support, strut

Espressioni comuni: umbrella rib, wooden rib, supporting rib

prendere in giro, canzonare

Prendere bonariamente in giro qualcuno con battute amichevoli.

In inglese semplice: To make gentle jokes about someone in a friendly way.

• My friends love to rib me.
• We ribbed Dan about his terrible singing.
• She was gently ribbed for forgetting her own birthday.

Come si usa: rib someone about something (They ribbed him about his new haircut.); rib someone for something (Her friends ribbed her for arriving in slippers.)

Sinonimi: tease, kid

Espressioni comuni: rib someone, rib someone about something, rib someone for something