blanket

毛布

体を暖かく保つためにかける、大きく厚い布。

やさしい英語で： A large piece of thick cloth that you cover yourself with to stay warm.

• I need another blanket.
• She covered the sleeping child with a blanket.
• We brought blankets for the cold evening.

よく使う表現： warm blanket, wool blanket, under a blanket, woollen blanket

層、覆い

広い範囲を覆う、何かの厚い層。

やさしい英語で： A thick layer of something that covers a wide area.

• A blanket of snow covered the road.
• The hills disappeared under a blanket of fog.
• A thick blanket of smoke hung over the town.

使い方： a blanket of something (The fields lay beneath a blanket of frost.)

類義語： layer, covering

よく使う表現： blanket of snow, blanket of fog, blanket of smoke

ブランケット

印刷版のインクを紙に移す、厚いゴムのシート。

やさしい英語で： A thick rubber sheet that carries ink from a printing plate onto paper.

• The printer cleaned the blanket.
• Ink passes from the plate to the blanket.
• Worn blankets can leave marks on the paper.

よく使う表現： printing blanket, rubber blanket, blanket cylinder

一律の、全面的な

例外を設けず、すべての人や状況に当てはまること。

やさしい英語で： Applying to every person or situation, without making any exceptions.

• The town introduced a blanket ban on fireworks.
• They gave blanket approval to all the requests.
• A blanket rule may be unfair to some workers.

類義語： general, overall, universal

反対語： selective

よく使う表現： blanket ban, blanket approval, blanket policy

覆う

場所や物の全体を何かで覆う。

やさしい英語で： To cover an area or thing completely with something.

• Snow blanketed the garden.
• Thick fog had blanketed the valley overnight.
• The fields were blanketed with ash.

使い方： blanket something with something (The storm blanketed the roads with snow.); be blanketed in something (The village was blanketed in thick fog.)

類義語： cover

反対語： uncover

よく使う表現： blanket something, blanket the city

くまなく回る、くまなく調べる

ある地域の隅々まで訪ねたり、調べたり、作業したりする。

やさしい英語で： To visit, search, or work across every part of an area.

• Sales teams blanketed the neighborhood.
• Volunteers blanketed the district with door-to-door visits.
• Police blanketed the area in their search for the child.

類義語： cover, comb

よく使う表現： blanket an area, blanket the neighborhood