label

ラベル、札

物に付けて、その物の情報を示す小さな紙など。

やさしい英語で： A small piece of paper or other material attached to something, giving information about it.

• Read the label on the bottle.
• The labels show the price.
• She put a name label on her bag.

類義語： tag, sticker

よく使う表現： read the label, price label, label on something

ブランド、レコード会社

衣服を売るブランドや、音楽を制作して販売する会社。

やさしい英語で： A brand or company that sells clothes or produces and sells music.

• She buys clothes from that label.
• The band signed with a small record label.
• Several fashion labels showed their new collections.

類義語： brand, record company

よく使う表現： record label, fashion label, independent label

レッテル

人や物を、ある集団や種類に属するとして呼ぶ名前。

やさしい英語で： A name used to describe someone or something as belonging to a particular group.

• He dislikes the label of genius.
• These labels can make people feel excluded.
• She rejected the label that others gave her.

類義語： description, designation, category

よく使う表現： unfair label, attach a label, reject a label

ラベル、別名

コンピューターで番号の付いた項目を識別するために付ける名前。

やさしい英語で： A name chosen to identify a numbered item in a computer system.

• The disk has the label BACKUP.
• You can find the device by its label.
• Each numbered entry has a user-defined label.

類義語： alias, identifier

よく使う表現： volume label, device label, assign a label

ラベルを付ける

物に情報を書いたり、小さな札を付けたりする。

やさしい英語で： To write information on something or attach a small sign to it.

• Please label every box.
• She labelled the jars with their contents.
• Have you labeled your luggage?

使い方： label something with something (Label each bag with your name.)

類義語： tag, mark

よく使う表現： label a box, label something clearly, label with something, label a bottle

レッテルを貼る、分類する

人や物をある種類だと決めつける。公平でないことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To describe someone or something as a particular type, often unfairly.

• Do not label her lazy.
• Critics labelled the film a failure.
• He was labeled as a troublemaker at school.

使い方： label someone/something as something (The report labelled the plan as dangerous.); label someone/something + adjective (They labelled him lazy.)

類義語： classify, categorize, brand

よく使う表現： label someone lazy, label as something, label someone dangerous