cluster

集まり、群れ、房

物が互いに近い位置に集まったまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A group of things gathered close together.

• We found a cluster of berries.
• A small cluster of houses stood near the river.
• The bananas grew in large clusters.

使い方： a cluster of something (A cluster of flowers grew beside the path.)

類義語： group, bunch

よく使う表現： cluster of something, small cluster, tight cluster, cluster of islands

星団、銀河団

宇宙で互いに近く見える星や銀河、ガス雲のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A group of stars, galaxies, or clouds of gas that appear close together in space.

• This cluster contains many stars.
• Astronomers discovered a new galaxy cluster.
• Can you see the star cluster without a telescope?

使い方： a cluster of stars/galaxies (The telescope revealed a distant cluster of galaxies.)

類義語： clump

よく使う表現： star cluster, galaxy cluster, globular cluster

集まる、群がる

互いにすぐ近くに集まり、一つのまとまりになる。

やさしい英語で： To gather or form a group close together.

• People clustered near the door.
• The children clustered around the puppy.
• Small houses cluster together on the hillside.

使い方： cluster around someone/something (The children clustered around their teacher.); cluster together (The sheep clustered together for warmth.)

類義語： gather, group, bunch

反対語： scatter, disperse

よく使う表現： cluster around someone, cluster together, cluster near something

集まる、群がる

一か所に寄り集まり、互いに近くにまとまる。

やさしい英語で： To come together in a close group.

• The birds cluster together at night.
• People clustered around the street musician.
• Why do these insects cluster near the light?

使い方： cluster around someone/something (Visitors clustered around the painting.)

類義語： gather, group, bunch together

反対語： scatter, disperse

よく使う表現： cluster around someone, cluster together

まとめて配置する

物を小さな集まりに分けて、ある範囲に配置する。

やさしい英語で： To place things in small groups across an area.

• Cluster the chairs together near the window.
• They clustered the flowers in small patches.
• The map was clustered with red dots.

使い方： cluster something around something (The designer clustered the buttons around the screen.); be clustered with something (The hillside was clustered with little houses.)

類義語： group, bunch

反対語： scatter

よく使う表現： cluster something together, cluster something around something