hatch

ハッチ、出入り口

別の空間へ通じる開口部。閉じられるふたが付いていることが多い。

やさしい英語で： An opening that gives access to another space, often with a cover that can be closed.

• He climbed through the hatch.
• The boat has an escape hatch in its roof.
• We lowered the tools through a narrow hatch.

類義語： opening, access hole

よく使う表現： escape hatch, access hatch, through the hatch

床の開き戸、天井の点検口

床や天井に、その面と平らになるように設けられた扉やふた。

やさしい英語で： A door or cover set flat in a floor or ceiling.

• She lifted the wooden hatch.
• An old hatch in the floor led to the cellar.
• Can you open the ceiling hatch so I can reach the attic?

類義語： trapdoor

よく使う表現： attic hatch, floor hatch, open the hatch

料理の受け渡し口、配膳口

食べ物などを向こう側へ渡すために壁に設けた開口部。

やさしい英語で： An opening in a wall through which food or other things are passed.

• Collect your food at the hatch.
• The cook passed a plate through the serving hatch.
• They closed the kitchen hatch after lunch.

類義語： serving window, pass-through

よく使う表現： serving hatch, kitchen hatch, through the hatch

孵化する、卵からかえる

動物の子が卵の殻を破って外へ出る。

やさしい英語で： If a young animal does this, it comes out of its egg.

• The chicks will hatch soon.
• Five ducklings hatched yesterday.
• Baby turtles hatch from eggs buried in the sand.

使い方： hatch from/out of an egg (A tiny turtle hatched from the egg.)

類義語： emerge

よく使う表現： hatch from eggs, hatch in spring, hatch into something

かえる、孵化する

中の動物の子が出てくるときに、卵の殻が割れて開く。

やさしい英語で： If an egg does this, it breaks open as the young animal comes out.

• The eggs will hatch soon.
• Only three of the eggs hatched.
• Keep the eggs warm until they hatch.

よく使う表現： hatch after something, hatch in days

ハッチングする、線で陰影をつける

細い線を密に引いて、絵の一部を暗く見せる。

やさしい英語で： To make part of a drawing look darker using closely spaced thin lines.

• Hatch the shadow with thin lines.
• The artist hatched the background in ink.
• She carefully hatched the darker areas of her sketch.

類義語： shade

よく使う表現： hatch a drawing, hatch the background, hatch with lines