plane

飛行機

翼があり、人や荷物を空中で運ぶ乗り物。

やさしい英語で： A vehicle with wings that carries people or goods through the air.

• We went there by plane.
• Our plane landed an hour late.
• Have you ever flown in a small plane?

類義語： airplane, aircraft, aeroplane

よく使う表現： by plane, catch a plane, board a plane, on a plane

平面

あらゆる方向に限りなく広がると考える平らな面、またはその一部。

やさしい英語で： A completely flat surface, imagined as continuing forever in every direction, or part of that surface.

• The points lie in one plane.
• These two planes are parallel.
• Draw a line across the horizontal plane.

よく使う表現： horizontal plane, vertical plane, in a plane, a flat plane

次元、段階

生命、思考、精神的な体験があるとされる次元や段階。

やさしい英語で： A level of life, thought, or spiritual experience.

• She imagined life on another plane.
• Their conversation moved to a higher intellectual plane.
• The novel explores several planes of existence.

類義語： level

よく使う表現： astral plane, a higher plane, spiritual plane

かんな

木の表面を薄く削って滑らかにする手道具。

やさしい英語で： A hand tool that makes wood smooth by cutting off very thin layers.

• He smoothed the board with a plane.
• The carpenter sharpened her plane.
• Thin shavings fell from the plane onto the floor.

よく使う表現： a hand plane, use a plane, a sharp plane

かんなをかける

かんなで木を薄く削り、滑らかにしたり厚みを減らしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make wood smooth or thinner by cutting off thin layers with a hand tool.

• Plane the edge of the door.
• He planed the boards before painting them.
• The carpenter is planing the wooden surface flat.

使い方： plane something smooth/flat (She planed the rough board smooth.)

類義語： shave

よく使う表現： plane a board, plane the edge, plane something smooth

滑空する

羽ばたいたり動力を使ったりせず、空中を滑らかに進むこと。

やさしい英語で： To move smoothly through the air without beating wings or using power.

• The bird planed toward the valley.
• An eagle was planing above the cliffs.
• The glider planed smoothly through the cool air.

類義語： glide, soar

よく使う表現： plane through something, plane over something, plane downward