fibre

食物繊維

植物性食品に含まれ、十分に消化されず、腸の中で食べ物の移動を助ける成分。

やさしい英語で： The part of plant foods your body cannot fully digest, which helps food move through your body.

• Fruit provides useful fibre.
• We switched to bread with more fibre.
• How much fibre does this meal contain?

類義語： roughage, dietary fibre

よく使う表現： dietary fibre, fibre intake, rich in fibre

繊維

布や植物に含まれる、ごく細い糸状のもの。

やさしい英語で： Very thin threads found in cloth or plants.

• The cloth contains cotton fibre.
• Tough fibres run through the vegetable stems.
• These plant fibres can be woven into cloth.

類義語： strand, filament

よく使う表現： cotton fibre, plant fibre, vegetable fibre, a cotton fibre

光ファイバー

光で情報を伝える細いガラス繊維。高速インターネットなどの通信に使う。

やさしい英語で： Thin glass threads that carry information as light, used for fast internet and other connections.

• Our street now has fibre.
• The company installed fibre throughout the building.
• Is fibre broadband available in your village?

類義語： optical fibre, fibre optics

よく使う表現： fibre broadband, fibre connection, fibre cable

繊維素材、繊維

多くの細い繊維からなる素材。布などの製品を作るために使う。

やさしい英語で： Material consisting of many thin threads, used to make cloth and other products.

• The bag is made from plant fibre.
• They use natural fibre for their carpets.
• This factory produces synthetic fibre for clothing.

よく使う表現： natural fibre, synthetic fibre, plant fibre