path

小道、歩道

人が歩く細い道で、畑や森、庭などを通ることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A narrow way that people walk along, often through fields, woods, or a garden.

• Follow this path to the lake.
• The garden paths were covered with leaves.
• We walked along a muddy path through the woods.

使い方： path through something (A narrow path through the woods leads to the lake.)

類義語： trail, footpath, track

よく使う表現： garden path, narrow path, follow a path, foot path

軌道、進路

何かが移動するときに通る道筋。

やさしい英語で： The route that something follows as it moves.

• The ball followed a curved path.
• Scientists tracked the satellite’s path around Earth.
• The storm changed its path during the night.

使い方： path of something (We watched the path of the ball.)

類義語： course, route, trajectory

よく使う表現： flight path, circular path, path of something, storm path

移動する

目的のファイルやフォルダーに着くまで、フォルダーをたどる。

やさしい英語で： To move through computer folders until you reach a particular file or folder.

• Path to the downloads folder.
• She pathed to the directory containing the executable.
• You must path through several folders to reach that file.

使い方： path to something (Path to the folder containing the program.)

類義語： navigate

よく使う表現： path to something, path through directories