whim

capriccio, ghiribizzo

Desiderio improvviso di fare qualcosa, senza un motivo chiaro né molta riflessione.

In inglese semplice: A sudden wish to do something, without a clear reason or much thought.

• I bought the hat on a whim.
• Her latest whim is to learn the violin.
• We cannot change our plans at his every whim.

Sinonimi: impulse, fancy

Espressioni comuni: on a whim, passing whim, at someone’s whim

argano da miniera

Grande macchina rotante, azionata da cavalli o vapore, che solleva materiali da una miniera.

In inglese semplice: A large turning machine, powered by horses or steam, that lifts material from a mine.

• A horse powered the whim.
• The miners used a whim to raise buckets of ore.
• The old whim stood beside the mine shaft.

Sinonimi: winding engine

Espressioni comuni: horse whim, steam whim, whim drum

fischione

Tipo di anatra diffuso in Europa e Asia.

In inglese semplice: A kind of duck found across Europe and Asia.

• A whim landed on the pond.
• The hunter pointed out a male whim among the ducks.
• Several whim fed at the edge of the marsh.

Sinonimi: Eurasian wigeon, wigeon

Espressioni comuni: a male whim, flock of whim