dope

麻薬、大麻

快感を得るために使う薬物。特に違法なものを指す。

やさしい英語で： Drugs taken for pleasure, especially illegal ones.

• They were smoking dope outside.
• The police found dope in his bag.
• She stopped buying dope after leaving college.

類義語： drugs, weed

よく使う表現： smoke dope, sell dope, buy dope

情報、内部情報

ある事柄についての情報。特に、少数の人しか知らない事情。

やさしい英語で： Information about something, especially facts that few people know.

• Give me the latest dope.
• He had the inside dope on tomorrow’s race.
• What’s the dope on the proposed merger?

使い方： dope on someone/something (Have you got the latest dope on the new manager?)

類義語： information, news, inside information

よく使う表現： the latest dope, dope on something, inside dope

塗布剤、ドープ塗料

表面を保護したり加工の準備をしたりするために塗る、濃い液体やペースト。

やさしい英語で： A thick liquid or paste put on a surface to protect or prepare it.

• Brush the dope onto the fabric.
• The coating of dope dried overnight.
• They used dope to protect the aircraft’s fabric covering.

類義語： coating compound

よく使う表現： aircraft dope, apply dope, coat with dope

吸収材

液体を吸い込み、そのまま保持する材料。

やさしい英語で： A material that takes in liquid and holds it.

• The dope holds the liquid.
• They chose a porous material as the dope.
• The liquid was absorbed into the dope.

類義語： absorbent, absorbent material

よく使う表現： absorbent dope, liquid in dope

ドーピングする、薬物を使う

薬物を使うこと。特に、運動能力を高める禁止薬物を使うこと。

やさしい英語で： To take drugs, especially banned ones that improve performance in sport.

• Some athletes dope to win.
• He denied doping before the race.
• Cyclists caught doping may receive lengthy bans.

使い方： dope with something (The cyclist admitted doping with steroids.)

よく使う表現： dope before competing, dope with steroids

薬物を投与する、薬を盛る

人や動物に、感覚や能力を変える薬物を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give someone or an animal drugs that change how they feel or perform.

• Someone had doped her drink.
• The horse was doped before the race.
• They found that the athlete had been doped with a banned substance.

使い方： dope someone/something with something (The horse had been doped with a banned drug.)

類義語： drug

よく使う表現： dope someone, dope a horse, dope with something

塗布する、ドープ塗料を塗る

保護用の濃い液体やペーストを表面に塗る。

やさしい英語で： To cover or treat a surface with a thick protective liquid or paste.

• They doped the aircraft’s wings.
• The worker doped the fabric and left it to dry.
• This surface must be doped before use.

使い方： dope something with something (They doped the fabric with a protective liquid.)

類義語： coat, treat

よく使う表現： dope the fabric, dope a surface, dope with something

ドープする、不純物を添加する

材料の電気的な性質を変えるため、別の物質を少量加える。

やさしい英語で： To add a small amount of another substance to a material to change its electrical properties.

• The engineers doped the silicon.
• This crystal was doped with arsenic.
• Manufacturers dope semiconductors to control how they conduct electricity.

使い方： dope something with something (They dope silicon with boron to change its conductivity.)

よく使う表現： dope silicon, dope a semiconductor, dope with boron