capsule

カプセル、カプセル剤

薬を入れた小さな殻で、そのまま丸ごと飲み込むもの。

やさしい英語で： A small case filled with medicine that you swallow whole.

• Take one capsule with water.
• The doctor prescribed two capsules a day.
• Can you swallow the capsule without opening it?

類義語： pod

よく使う表現： take a capsule, swallow a capsule, medicine capsule

カプセル

普通は丸形や短い筒形をした、小さな密閉容器。

やさしい英語で： A small closed container, usually round or shaped like a short tube.

• The sample is inside a capsule.
• She opened the small metal capsule carefully.
• These sealed capsules protect their contents from water.

類義語： container, case

よく使う表現： sealed capsule, metal capsule, small capsule

被膜、臓器被膜

腎臓や肝臓などの臓器を包む、丈夫な組織の層。

やさしい英語で： A strong outer layer of tissue around a body organ, such as a kidney or liver.

• A capsule surrounds each kidney.
• The surgeon checked the liver capsule for damage.
• The kidney's fibrous capsule protects its delicate tissue.

よく使う表現： renal capsule, fibrous capsule, liver capsule

テノン嚢

眼球を包んでいる、薄い組織の層。

やさしい英語で： A thin layer of tissue around the eyeball.

• A thin capsule surrounds the eyeball.
• The surgeon examined Tenon's capsule before moving the eye muscle.
• Inflammation had affected the capsule around her eyeball.

類義語： Tenon's capsule

よく使う表現： tenon's capsule, ocular capsule, eyeball capsule

蒴果

熟すと裂けて種を放出する、乾いた果実。

やさしい英語で： A dry fruit that splits open when ready, letting its seeds out.

• The capsule contains many seeds.
• These dry capsules split open when ripe.
• A ripe poppy capsule releases seeds through small openings.

よく使う表現： seed capsule, ripe capsule, poppy capsule

キャップシール

ワイン瓶のコルクと上部を覆う、金属箔やプラスチックのカバー。

やさしい英語で： A foil or plastic cover over the cork and top of a wine bottle.

• Remove the capsule before pulling the cork.
• A red foil capsule covered the bottle's neck.
• The waiter cut the capsule neatly below the bottle's lip.

類義語： bottle foil

よく使う表現： wine capsule, foil capsule, remove the capsule