prog

プログレッシブロック、プログレ

複雑な旋律やリズムを持ち、長い曲が多いロック音楽。

やさしい英語で： Rock music with complex tunes and rhythms, often played in long pieces.

• My dad loves prog.
• The band mixes prog with folk music.
• That album is a classic of British prog.

類義語： progressive rock

よく使う表現： prog rock, prog band, classic prog

テレビ番組

テレビの番組を指す略語。

やさしい英語で： A short name for a show on television.

• What prog are you watching?
• There is a good nature prog on tonight.
• I missed my favourite prog yesterday.

類義語： show, programme

よく使う表現： tv prog, favourite prog, watch a prog

プログラム

ソフトウェアや活動計画を指すprogramの略。

やさしい英語で： A short name for a program, such as software or a planned set of activities.

• This prog sorts my files.
• I installed a new prog yesterday.
• Have you seen the prog for next week’s events?

類義語： program

よく使う表現： new prog, computer prog, run a prog

プロゲステロン、黄体ホルモン

妊娠や月経周期に関わるホルモン、プロゲステロンの略。

やさしい英語で： A short name for progesterone, a hormone involved in pregnancy and the monthly cycle.

• The clinic checked my prog levels.
• Her prog was low this month.
• They measured prog alongside other hormones.

類義語： progesterone

よく使う表現： prog levels, low prog, prog test

プログラムする

コンピューターの命令を書く、または機械を作業に合わせて設定する。

やさしい英語で： To write computer instructions or set a machine to perform a task.

• Can you prog the timer?
• He progged the controller to open the gate.
• She is progging a simple game for the computer.

使い方： prog something to do something (I progged the timer to start at six.)

類義語： program

よく使う表現： prog a controller, prog a timer

予測する、予報する

特に天気など、これから起こることを予想する。

やさしい英語で： To predict what will happen, especially the weather.

• The models prog heavy rain tomorrow.
• Forecasters progged snow across the region.
• Strong winds are progged to arrive tonight.

使い方： be progged to do something (The storm is progged to reach us tonight.)

類義語： forecast, predict

よく使う表現： prog a storm, prog heavy rain

突く、つつく

人や物を尖った先で突く。動かすために行うことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To poke someone or something with a sharp point, often to make them move.

• He progged the cow with a stick.
• She felt someone prog her arm.
• The farmer kept progging the stubborn animal forward.

使い方： prog someone/something with something (He progged the animal with a stick.)

類義語： prod, prick, goad

よく使う表現： prog with something, prog a cow