floss

デンタルフロス、糸ようじ

歯の間に挟まった食べ物を取り除くための細い糸。

やさしい英語で： Thin thread used to remove food from between your teeth.

• I use floss every evening.
• The dentist gave me some dental floss.
• This floss slides easily between my teeth.

類義語： dental floss

よく使う表現： dental floss, use floss, waxed floss

綿あめ

砂糖を細い糸状にして作る、軽くふわふわしたお菓子。

やさしい英語で： A light, fluffy sweet made from thin threads of sugar.

• We shared some candy floss.
• Pink floss stuck to her fingers.
• The stall sells bags of freshly made candy floss.

類義語： cotton candy, candy floss

よく使う表現： candy floss, pink floss, sugar floss

刺繍糸、撚りのない糸

細い糸を強くねじらずに束ねた、刺繍などに使う柔らかい糸。

やさしい英語で： A soft material made of several thin threads lying together without being tightly twisted.

• She bought red embroidery floss.
• Thread the needle with silk floss.
• Separate two strands from the cotton floss before stitching.

類義語： thread

よく使う表現： embroidery floss, silk floss, cotton floss

ダチョウの体羽

ダチョウの胴体に生える柔らかい羽。

やさしい英語で： A soft feather from the body of an ostrich.

• A soft floss fell from the ostrich.
• The female bird’s flosses were grey.
• Black flosses covered the male’s body.

よく使う表現： ostrich floss, soft floss

フロスで歯を掃除する

細い糸を使って歯と歯の間を掃除する。

やさしい英語で： To clean between your teeth using a thin thread.

• I floss my teeth every night.
• She brushed and flossed before bed.
• Do you floss after eating?

よく使う表現： floss your teeth, floss every day, brush and floss