bandage

包帯

けがをした体の部分を覆ったり支えたりするために巻く、細長い布。

やさしい英語で： A strip of cloth wrapped around an injured part of the body to cover or support it.

• The nurse changed my bandage.
• He had a bandage around his knee.
• Keep the bandages clean and dry.

使い方： bandage around/on something (She wore a bandage around her wrist.)

類義語： dressing

よく使う表現： a clean bandage, bandage around something, elastic bandage

応急処置、一時しのぎ

問題を根本から解決せず、その場だけをしのぐための対策。

やさしい英語で： A temporary answer to a problem that does not properly solve it.

• This plan is just a bandage.
• The payment provides a temporary bandage for the crisis.
• We need lasting solutions instead of more bandages.

使い方： bandage for/on something (Extra funding is only a bandage for a much larger problem.)

類義語： stopgap, temporary fix

よく使う表現： temporary bandage, bandage for something, bandage on something

包帯を巻く

けがをした部分を覆ったり支えたりするために布を巻く。

やさしい英語で： To wrap cloth around an injured body part to cover or support it.

• Please bandage my finger.
• She cleaned and bandaged the wound.
• He bandaged his ankle before walking home.

使い方： bandage something up (The nurse bandaged my hand up.)

類義語： dress, wrap

よく使う表現： bandage a wound, bandage an ankle, bandage someone up