mercury

水銀

常温で液体になる銀色の金属で、人体に害を及ぼすことがある。

やさしい英語で： A silver metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures and can harm people.

• Mercury is a liquid metal.
• The broken thermometer spilled mercury onto the floor.
• Workers tested the water for mercury.

類義語： quicksilver

よく使う表現： liquid mercury, mercury poisoning, mercury spill

水銀柱、気温

測定器の水銀を通して、その示す温度や気圧を指す言い方。

やさしい英語で： The liquid in a measuring instrument, used to refer to the temperature or air pressure it shows.

• The mercury rose all morning.
• By midnight, the mercury had fallen below zero.
• The mercury in the barometer dropped before the storm.

よく使う表現： the mercury rises, the mercury falls, the mercury drops

ヤマアイ

森によく生える、葉があり小さな緑の花をつける植物。

やさしい英語で： A kind of leafy plant, often found in woods, with small green flowers.

• Mercury grows beneath these trees.
• The botanist identified the plant as annual mercury.
• Dog's mercury covered the shaded woodland floor.

よく使う表現： dog's mercury, annual mercury, wild mercury