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酸素

空気や水に含まれ、人や動物が生きるために必要な元素。

やさしい英語で： A chemical element found in air and water, needed by people and animals to live.

• Air contains oxygen.
• Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
• Many metals react with oxygen.

類義語： sourstuff

よく使う表現： oxygen atom, oxygen gas, oxygen molecule

酸素

呼吸を助けるために人に供給する酸素ガス。

やさしい英語で： A gas supply given to someone to help them breathe.

• The nurse gave him oxygen.
• She needed oxygen during the flight.
• The patient was still on oxygen the next morning.

使い方： on oxygen (He is on oxygen while his lungs recover.)

よく使う表現： give oxygen, oxygen mask, on oxygen

活力源

考えや活動、感情を育てたり持続させたりするもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that allows an idea, activity, or feeling to grow or continue.

• Freedom is oxygen for creativity.
• Public attention became the oxygen of the movement.
• Open debate provides oxygen for new ideas.

使い方： oxygen for something (Encouragement is oxygen for young talent.)

類義語： lifeblood, fuel

よく使う表現： oxygen of something, oxygen for something

酸素原子

元素記号Oで表される酸素の原子一つ。

やさしい英語で： One atom of the chemical element with the symbol O.

• Each molecule has one oxygen.
• The terminal oxygen forms a bond with carbon.
• Two oxygens are attached to the central atom.

よく使う表現： one oxygen, terminal oxygen