gum

ガム

飲み込まずにかむ、柔らかく甘いもの。

やさしい英語で： A soft, sweet substance that you chew but do not swallow.

• Would you like some gum?
• She chewed gum on the bus.
• I bought a packet of mint gum.

類義語： chewing gum

よく使う表現： chew gum, sugarless gum, stick of gum

歯茎

歯の根元を囲む、引き締まったピンク色の組織。

やさしい英語で： The firm pink flesh around the roots of your teeth.

• The gum around this tooth is sore.
• My gums bleed when I brush my teeth.
• The dentist checked her teeth and gums.

類義語： gingiva

よく使う表現： sore gum, gum disease, gum tissue

樹脂

植物や木から出る粘りのある物質で、乾くと固くなるもの。

やさしい英語で： A thick, sticky substance from a plant or tree that becomes hard as it dries.

• Sticky gum covered the tree bark.
• They collected gum from several damaged branches.
• The gum hardened in the sun.

よく使う表現： tree gum, natural gum, gum from trees

糊、接着剤

もの同士を貼り合わせるための、粘りのある液体。

やさしい英語で： A thick, sticky liquid used to make things stick together.

• Apply a little gum to the paper.
• The dried gum held the label in place.
• She sealed the envelope with gum.

類義語： glue, adhesive

よく使う表現： liquid gum, gum on paper, bottle of gum

植物ガム

乾くと固くなり水に溶け、ものを固めたり粘りを加えたりする植物由来の物質。

やさしい英語で： A sticky plant substance that hardens when dry, dissolves in water, and is used to thicken or bind things.

• The paint contains gum arabic.
• This gum dissolves easily in water.
• They added plant gums to thicken the mixture.

よく使う表現： gum arabic, acacia gum, dissolve gum

詰まらせる、妨げる

機械や作業の進み具合を悪くしたり、止めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make a machine or process work badly or stop working.

• Dirt can gum up the engine.
• The new rules gummed up the approval process.
• Old oil had gummed the valves up.

使い方： gum up something (Too much paperwork can gum up the whole process.)

類義語： clog, jam, disrupt

よく使う表現： gum up something, gum things up

歯茎で噛む

特に歯がないときに、歯茎でものをかむこと。

やさしい英語で： To chew something using the flesh around your teeth, especially when you have no teeth.

• The baby gummed a soft biscuit.
• Our toothless dog was gumming a piece of bread.
• He could only gum the food without his dentures.

類義語： chew

よく使う表現： gum something, gum a biscuit

糊を塗る

別の面に貼り付くように、ものに糊を塗ること。

やさしい英語で： To cover something with a sticky substance so it will stick to another surface.

• Gum the edges of the paper.
• She gummed the labels before attaching them.
• The envelope flap was already gummed.

類義語： glue

よく使う表現： gum an envelope, gum the edges