lantern

ランタン、提灯

保護用の覆いに入った明かりで、多くは持ち運ぶための取っ手がある。

やさしい英語で： A light inside a protective cover, often with a handle for carrying it.

• Bring a lantern for the tent.
• She carried a lantern along the dark path.
• We hung two lanterns above the table.

よく使う表現： carry a lantern, hang a lantern, camping lantern

灯具の覆い

炎などの光源を守る、透明または半透明の覆い。

やさしい英語で： A clear or partly clear case that protects a flame or another source of light.

• The lantern protected the flame.
• He replaced the cracked glass in the lantern.
• This metal lantern surrounds the lamp and keeps rain out.

類義語： lamp housing

よく使う表現： glass lantern, lamp lantern, lantern housing

頂塔

大きなドームの頂上にある、装飾や採光のための小さな建造物。

やさしい英語で： A small structure on top of a larger dome, added for decoration or to let light in.

• A lantern crowns the dome.
• Sunlight entered through the windows of the lantern.
• The cathedral’s stone lantern was restored last year.

よく使う表現： dome lantern, roof lantern, stone lantern

ランタンを取り付ける

場所や建物に、覆いのある明かりを取り付ける。

やさしい英語で： To provide a place or structure with a covered light.

• They decided to lantern the lighthouse.
• Workers lanterned the tower before winter.
• The keeper was hired to lantern the new lighthouse.

よく使う表現： lantern a lighthouse, lantern a tower