acute

鋭い、激しい

感情が激しい、または意識や物事を感じ取る力が鋭い。

やさしい英語で： Very strong or sharp, especially a feeling, awareness, or ability to notice things.

• She felt acute embarrassment.
• Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
• His acute awareness of danger kept them safe.

類義語： keen, sharp, intense

よく使う表現： acute sense, acute pain, acute embarrassment, acute awareness

鋭角の

角が９０度未満であること。三角形なら三つの角すべてが９０度未満。

やさしい英語で： An angle smaller than 90 degrees; a triangle with three angles smaller than 90 degrees.

• Draw an acute angle.
• This triangle has three acute angles.
• Is a forty-degree angle acute?

類義語： acute-angled

反対語： obtuse

よく使う表現： acute angle, acute triangle

短時間の

短い間だけ続く。

やさしい英語で： Lasting for only a short time.

• It was an acute event.
• An acute episode interrupted their otherwise quiet stay.
• The disturbance was acute and soon passed.

類義語： brief, short-lived

反対語： prolonged

よく使う表現： acute event, acute episode

アキュートアクセント

一部の言語で文字の上につける「´」という記号。

やさしい英語で： The mark ´ placed above a letter in some languages.

• Put an acute above the e.
• The printed acute was barely visible.
• Does this vowel need an acute?

類義語： acute accent

よく使う表現： an acute, the acute

音を高くする

音や声の一部分の高さを上げる。

やさしい英語で： To make a sound or part of your voice higher in pitch.

• He acuted the final syllable.
• The speaker acutes her voice at each question.
• Try not to acute the last vowel so strongly.

類義語： raise

反対語： lower

よく使う表現： acute a syllable, acute the voice