meter

メートル

百センチメートルに当たる長さの単位。

やさしい英語で： A unit for measuring length, equal to one hundred centimeters.

• The table is one meter wide.
• We stood a few meters from the door.
• How many meters of cloth do you need?

類義語： metre

よく使う表現： one meter, square meter, cubic meter

パーキングメーター

駐車などのサービス料金を支払う機械。

やさしい英語で： A machine that takes payment for parking or another service.

• Put a coin in the meter.
• The parking meter only accepts cards.
• We got a ticket because the meter had expired.

類義語： parking meter

よく使う表現： parking meter, feed the meter, meter money

韻律

詩の言葉における強弱の規則的な並び。

やさしい英語で： The pattern of strong and weak beats in the words of a poem.

• The poem has a regular meter.
• She changed the meter in the final verse.
• Can you hear the meter when I read this aloud?

類義語： metre, rhythm

よく使う表現： poetic meter, regular meter, meter of verse