floor

床

部屋の中で、人が歩いたり立ったりする面。

やさしい英語で： The surface inside a room that you walk or stand on.

• Your bag is on the floor.
• She swept the kitchen floor.
• The children sat on the floor to play.

よく使う表現： on the floor, wooden floor, clean the floor

階

建物の上下に重なる各層。

やさしい英語で： One of the levels in a building.

• My office is on the second floor.
• The lift stops at every floor.
• How many floors does this building have?

類義語： storey, story

よく使う表現： first floor, top floor, ground floor

底、地面

森や洞窟、海などの自然の場所の底にある面。

やさしい英語で： The bottom surface of a natural place, such as a forest, cave, or sea.

• Leaves covered the forest floor.
• They found shells on the ocean floor.
• Water flowed across the cave floor.

類義語： bottom, ground

よく使う表現： forest floor, ocean floor, cave floor

盤底、鉱床

有用な鉱物を含む平らな層、またはほぼ水平な鉱床のすぐ下の岩。

やさしい英語で： A flat layer containing valuable minerals, or the rock directly beneath a nearly flat deposit.

• The ore floor extends beneath the valley.
• The miners examined the rock in the floor.
• A hard floor lies beneath the coal seam.

よく使う表現： ore floor, floor rock, floor of something

アクセルを踏み込む

車を速く走らせるため、アクセルペダルをいっぱいに踏む。

やさしい英語で： To press the accelerator pedal all the way down so a vehicle goes faster.

• The driver floored the accelerator.
• She floored it to get up the hill.
• He suddenly floored the pedal, and the engine roared.

よく使う表現： floor it, floor the accelerator, floor the pedal

殴り倒す

相手が地面に倒れるほど強く殴る。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground.

• One punch floored him.
• The boxer floored his opponent in the second round.
• A sudden blow to the jaw can floor someone.

類義語： knock down

よく使う表現： floor someone, floor an opponent

床を張る

部屋や建物に、歩くための床を取り付ける。

やさしい英語で： To fit a room or building with a surface for walking on.

• They plan to floor the whole house.
• We floored the hallway with oak boards.
• The builder is flooring the bathroom today.

使い方： floor something with something (They floored the kitchen with ceramic tiles.)

よく使う表現： floor a room, floor with something

言い負かす

相手が何も言い返せなくなるほど強い答えを返すこと。

やさしい英語で： To give an answer so strong that the other person cannot reply.

• Her sharp reply floored him.
• He floored his opponent with one clear answer.
• That final argument floored everyone who had objected.

類義語： silence, confound

よく使う表現： floor an opponent, floor someone