egg

卵

鳥などの動物が産む丸長いもの。中で子が育ち、食べられるものもある。

やさしい英語で： An oval object produced by a bird or other animal, often containing a growing baby and sometimes eaten.

• There is an egg in the nest.
• The turtle laid her eggs in the sand.
• Would you like an egg for breakfast?

よく使う表現： lay an egg, bird egg, boiled egg, egg shell

卵、玉子

鶏などの鳥が産む、食用の丸長い卵。

やさしい英語で： An oval object laid by a chicken or similar bird, used as food.

• I fried an egg for lunch.
• This cake needs two eggs.
• Would you like your egg boiled?

類義語： ey, huevo, oeuf

よく使う表現： fried egg, boiled egg, egg yolk, egg sandwich

卵子

精子と結びつくと、新しい命に成長し始めることがある雌の生殖細胞。

やさしい英語で： A female reproductive cell that can begin developing into a baby after joining with a male cell.

• An egg joins with a sperm cell.
• The doctor examined the fertilized eggs.
• She decided to become an egg donor.

類義語： egg cell, ovum

よく使う表現： fertilized egg, egg cell, egg donor, donor egg

卵

自分がトランスジェンダーだとまだ気づいていない状態。

やさしい英語で： A person's state of not yet realizing that they are transgender.

• My egg cracked when I recognized my feelings about gender.
• Discovering that community helped crack her egg.
• He described his egg as years of unexplained discomfort.

よく使う表現： crack someone's egg, someone's egg cracks

卵を投げつける

人や物に卵を投げつけ、困らせたり損害を与えたりする。

やさしい英語で： To throw eggs at a person or thing, usually to upset someone or cause damage.

• Someone egged our car.
• The teenagers threatened to egg his house.
• Protesters egged the politician outside the hall.

よく使う表現： egg someone's house, egg a car, egg someone

楕円形に変形させる

丸い管などを変形させ、開口部を楕円形にする。

やさしい英語で： To change a round tube or similar object so that its opening becomes oval.

• Too much pressure can egg the tube.
• The clamp egged the thin metal pipe.
• Check whether the vise has egged the tubing.

類義語： ovalize

よく使う表現： egg the tube, egg a pipe, egg the tubing