pouch

ポーチ、小袋

物を入れたり持ち運んだりする小さな袋やポケット。

やさしい英語で： A small bag or pocket used to hold or carry things.

• She keeps coins in a pouch.
• He attached a small pouch to his belt.
• The travel pouches have separate sections for cables.

類義語： bag, pocket

よく使う表現： leather pouch, coin pouch, pouch of something

育児嚢、頬袋

動物の体にある、子を育てたり食べ物を蓄えたりする袋。

やさしい英語で： A pocket in an animal’s body where it carries its babies or stores food.

• The baby kangaroo climbed into its mother’s pouch.
• Hamsters store food in their cheek pouches.
• The joey peered out of the pouch.

類義語： marsupium

よく使う表現： kangaroo pouch, cheek pouch, inside the pouch

巾着袋

口の周りに通したひもを引いて閉じる小さな袋。

やさしい英語で： A small bag that usually closes when you pull a string around its opening.

• The beads came in a velvet pouch.
• Pull the string to close the pouch.
• She sold small pouches for storing jewelry.

類義語： drawstring bag

よく使う表現： drawstring pouch, velvet pouch, pouch of coins

袋に入れる

物を小さな袋やポケットに入れること。

やさしい英語で： To put something into a small bag or pocket.

• She pouched the seeds for later.
• He carefully pouched the loose coins.
• They pouched the samples before leaving the field.

類義語： bag, pocket

よく使う表現： pouch the seeds, pouch the coins, pouch a coin, pouch the samples

袋状に膨らむ

小さな袋のように、たるんだ丸い形で外側に膨らむこと。

やさしい英語で： To stick out in a loose, rounded shape like a small bag.

• The fabric began to pouch near the seam.
• His old trousers pouched at the knees.
• The loose material pouches outward when you sit.

類義語： bulge, bag

よく使う表現： pouch at knees, pouch outward

外交行嚢で送る

特に政府と在外公館の間で、封印された公用の袋に入れて送ること。

やさしい英語で： To send something in an official sealed bag, especially between a government and its offices abroad.

• They pouched the documents to the embassy.
• The device was pouched to our office abroad.
• Can these papers be pouched tomorrow?

使い方： pouch something to someone/somewhere (The ministry pouched the papers to its embassy.)

類義語： dispatch, send

よく使う表現： pouch something to, pouch official documents