gulf

湾

海が陸地の内側に大きく入り込んだ所。

やさしい英語で： A large area of sea that reaches into the land.

• The ship crossed the gulf.
• Fishing boats lined the shore of the gulf.
• Several rivers flow into this gulf.

類義語： bay

よく使う表現： gulf coast, gulf waters, gulf of mexico

隔たり、溝

人や集団、考え方の間にある大きな違いや隔たり。

やさしい英語で： A large difference or distance between people, groups, or ideas.

• A gulf separates their opinions.
• Education can help bridge the gulf between rich and poor.
• The gulf between the two generations grew wider.

使い方： gulf between A and B (There is a gulf between their lifestyles.)

類義語： gap, divide, distance

よく使う表現： gulf between people, bridge the gulf, a widening gulf

深淵、裂け目

地面に開いた、とても深く広い穴や裂け目。

やさしい英語で： A very deep, wide opening in the ground.

• A deep gulf lay below.
• He peered over the cliff into the dark gulf.
• The bridge stretched across a gulf between the rocks.

類義語： chasm, abyss

よく使う表現： deep gulf, dark gulf, gulf below

渦、渦巻き

渦巻く水など、物を引き込んで逃れられなくするもの。

やさしい英語で： Something, such as swirling water, that pulls things in so they cannot escape.

• The boat vanished into the swirling gulf.
• The gulf of waters swallowed the wreckage.
• Sailors feared the devouring gulf near the rocks.

類義語： whirlpool, vortex

よく使う表現： swirling gulf, devouring gulf, gulf of waters

飲み込む、包み込む

何かを取り囲んで完全に覆ったり、飲み込んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To surround and completely cover or swallow something.

• The waves gulf the boat.
• Darkness gulfed the valley as night fell.
• The rising flood threatened to gulf the village.

類義語： engulf, swallow up

よく使う表現： gulf a ship, gulf the shore, gulf in darkness