pod

さや

エンドウや豆などの種を包んでいる、細長い外側の部分。

やさしい英語で： The long outer covering that holds the seeds of plants such as peas and beans.

• The pod contains five peas.
• We picked fresh bean pods from the garden.
• Split the pod and remove the seeds.

類義語： seedpod

よく使う表現： pea pod, bean pod, open a pod

カプセル、個室ブース

一人が滞在したり眠ったりできる、囲まれた非常に小さな空間。

やさしい英語で： A very small enclosed space where one person can stay or sleep.

• My pod had a bed and a light.
• The airport offers sleeping pods for tired travellers.
• We each booked a pod for the night.

類義語： capsule, sleeping compartment

よく使う表現： sleeping pod, hotel pod, stay in a pod

オフィスブース、執務区画

大きなオフィス内で、特定の仕事用に設けられた小さな独立区画。

やさしい英語で： A small separate area within a larger office, arranged for a particular kind of work.

• Our team shares a pod near the window.
• The office has quiet pods for private calls.
• They moved the sales staff into a larger pod.

類義語： workspace, office section

よく使う表現： office pod, meeting pod, work in a pod

電子たばこカートリッジ

電子たばこで使う、ニコチン入りの液体を入れた小さな交換式容器。

やさしい英語で： A small replaceable container of nicotine liquid used in an electronic cigarette.

• The pod is empty.
• This device uses replaceable nicotine pods.
• He fitted a new pod into his vape.

類義語： cartridge

よく使う表現： vape pod, refill a pod, replace the pod

ポッドキャスト

ネットで聴ける録音番組。「podcast」の略。

やさしい英語で： A recorded programme you can listen to online; a short way of saying podcast.

• I listened to your pod yesterday.
• Who is the guest on this week's pod?
• They discussed the match on their latest pod.

類義語： podcast

よく使う表現： weekly pod, listen to a pod, on the pod

収容区画、監房棟

複数の独房や居住空間をまとめた、刑務所内の小さな区画。

やさしい英語で： A small section of a prison containing a group of cells or living spaces.

• The guard entered the pod.
• Each prison pod holds twenty inmates.
• Prisoners in this pod share a common room.

類義語： prison unit, cell block

よく使う表現： prison pod, housing pod, pod of cells

さやをつける

植物が、種の入ったさやをつけること。

やさしい英語で： If a plant does this, it produces cases containing seeds.

• The beans are starting to pod.
• These peas pod well in cool weather.
• Our plants podded earlier than expected.

よく使う表現： begin to pod, pod well, pod early

さやから取り出す

エンドウの実をさやから取り出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To take peas out of their outer cases.

• Please pod the peas.
• We podded a bowl of fresh peas before dinner.
• She was podding peas at the kitchen table.

類義語： shell

よく使う表現： pod peas, pod fresh peas, pod the peas