pellet

ペレット、粒

材料を押し固めて丸い形にした、小さく硬いもの。

やさしい英語で： A small, hard piece of material pressed into a rounded shape.

• The stove burns wood pellets.
• She pressed the paper into a pellet.
• The rabbits ate small pellets of dry food.

類義語： ball, lump

よく使う表現： wood pellet, pellet of something, plastic pellet

丸薬

飲み込んで使う丸い形の薬で、かなり大きいものもある。

やさしい英語で： A rounded piece of medicine that you swallow, sometimes quite large.

• The patient swallowed the pellet.
• The doctor prescribed two medicinal pellets daily.
• These pellets contain a measured dose of medicine.

類義語： pill

よく使う表現： medicinal pellet, swallow a pellet