metal

金属

鉄や金など、普通は硬く光沢があり、熱や電気を通す物質。

やさしい英語で： A usually hard, shiny material, such as iron or gold, that carries heat and electricity.

• The box is made of metal.
• Some metals are softer than others.
• We collected scrap metal from the old factory.

よく使う表現： made of metal, scrap metal, metal door

メタル、ヘヴィメタル

大音量のエレキギターと力強いドラムが特徴のロック音楽。

やさしい英語で： A type of rock music with loud electric guitars and strong drum sounds.

• My brother listens to metal.
• She plays guitar in a metal band.
• We heard three metal bands at the festival.

類義語： heavy metal

よく使う表現： heavy metal, metal band, metal music

運航航空会社

他社が販売した便を、自社の飛行機と乗務員で実際に運航する航空会社。

やさしい英語で： The airline whose aircraft and crew actually provide a flight sold by another airline.

• The flight is on Lufthansa metal.
• We booked through a partner but flew on their own metal.
• Is the return flight on United metal?

使い方： on an airline’s metal (Our tickets are from Delta, but we fly on Air France metal.)

よく使う表現： on someone’s metal, own metal