deck

甲板

船の床。特に、外にある屋根のない部分。

やさしい英語で： A floor on a ship or boat, especially the open area outside.

• We stood on deck and watched the sea.
• The sailors cleaned the wooden deck.
• Passengers gathered on the upper deck.

よく使う表現： on deck, upper deck, deck of something

トランプ一組

ゲームに使うカードの、必要な枚数がそろった一組。

やさしい英語で： A complete set of cards used for playing games.

• I bought a new deck of cards.
• Shuffle the deck before we play.
• Two jokers were missing from the deck.

類義語： pack

よく使う表現： deck of cards, shuffle the deck

ウッドデッキ、展望台

建物につながる屋外の平らな場所。座ったり景色を眺めたりできる。

やさしい英語で： A flat outdoor area attached to a building, where people can sit or enjoy the view.

• We ate lunch on the deck.
• They built a wooden deck behind the house.
• The observation deck offers views across the city.

類義語： terrace

よく使う表現： wooden deck, observation deck, on the deck

階、デッキ

乗り物や構造物にある、船の甲板に似た床や階。

やさしい英語で： A floor or level of a vehicle or structure, similar to a ship’s floor.

• We sat on the bus’s top deck.
• The lower deck has space for bags.
• Cars filled both decks of the parking structure.

類義語： level, floor

よく使う表現： top deck, upper deck, lower deck

甲板、船内の階

船の内部の一つの階。床から上の階の床までの空間も含む。

やさしい英語で： A level inside a ship, including the space between one floor and the next.

• The crew slept on the lower deck.
• Guns filled the ship’s gun deck.
• This deck contains cabins for forty passengers.

類義語： level

よく使う表現： gun deck, lower deck

橋床

人や車が通る、橋の平らな部分。

やさしい英語で： The flat part of a bridge that carries people or vehicles.

• The bridge deck needs repairs.
• Engineers inspected the concrete deck.
• Traffic stopped while workers replaced part of the deck.

類義語： roadway

よく使う表現： bridge deck, concrete deck

殴り倒す

相手が地面に倒れるほど強く殴ること。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone hard enough to make them fall to the ground.

• He threatened to deck me.
• She decked the attacker with one punch.
• The boxer was decked in the first round.

類義語： knock down, floor

よく使う表現： deck someone, threaten to deck

飾る

物を飾ったり、人を美しい服で着飾らせたりすること。特別な日に多い。

やさしい英語で： To decorate something or dress someone in attractive clothes, often for a special occasion.

• They decked the hall with flowers.
• She decked herself out in bright clothes.
• We decked out the room for the party.

使い方： deck something with something (They decked the doorway with ribbons.); deck someone/something out in something (He decked himself out in a gold jacket.)

類義語： decorate, adorn

よく使う表現： deck out something, deck with something