stretcher

barella

Struttura o letto piatto usato per trasportare una persona ferita, malata o morta.

In inglese semplice: A flat frame or bed used to carry a person who is injured, ill, or dead.

• They carried him on a stretcher.
• Paramedics lifted the patient onto the stretcher.
• Two stretchers were waiting beside the ambulance.

Sinonimi: litter

Espressioni comuni: on a stretcher, carry a stretcher, stretcher bearer

allargascarpe, allargaguanti

Dispositivo inserito in una scarpa o un guanto per allargarlo o ingrandirlo.

In inglese semplice: A device placed inside a shoe or glove to make it wider or larger.

• The stretcher made my shoes wider.
• She left a shoe stretcher inside the tight boot overnight.
• A glove stretcher helped loosen the stiff leather.

Espressioni comuni: shoe stretcher, glove stretcher, wooden stretcher

telaio per tela

Struttura che tiene una tela ben tesa per permettere a un artista di dipingerci sopra.

In inglese semplice: A frame that holds a piece of cloth tight so an artist can paint on it.

• She fixed the canvas to a stretcher.
• The artist made a wooden stretcher for his painting.
• Loose stretcher bars allowed the canvas to sag.

Espressioni comuni: canvas stretcher, wooden stretcher, stretcher bars

tenditore

Persona o dispositivo che tira qualcosa per renderlo più lungo, più largo o più teso.

In inglese semplice: A person or device that pulls something to make it longer, wider, or tighter.

• The stretcher pulled the fabric tight.
• A mechanical stretcher made the material longer.
• The worker used a wire stretcher to tighten the fence.

Espressioni comuni: fabric stretcher, mechanical stretcher, wire stretcher

trasportare in barella

Portare una persona ferita su una struttura o un letto piatto apposito.

In inglese semplice: To carry an injured person on a special flat frame or bed.

• They stretchered the injured player off the field.
• Rescuers stretchered her down the mountain.
• He was stretchered into the waiting ambulance.

Come si usa: stretcher someone off something (Medics stretchered the player off the pitch.); be stretchered to somewhere (She was stretchered to the ambulance.)

Espressioni comuni: stretcher someone off, stretcher someone away, stretcher someone out