quad

中庭

学校や大学などにある、建物に囲まれた四角い屋外の空間。

やさしい英語で： An open square space with buildings around it, often at a school or college.

• We met in the quad.
• Students were eating lunch on the quad.
• She crossed the quad on her way to the library.

類義語： quadrangle, courtyard

よく使う表現： college quad, across the quad, in the quad

エスプレッソの4ショット

エスプレッソを４ショット入れたコーヒー飲料。

やさしい英語で： A coffee drink containing four shots of espresso.

• I ordered a quad.
• She asked for a quad latte.
• The barista warned that a quad contains a lot of caffeine.

よく使う表現： order a quad, quad latte, quad espresso

ローラースケート

前後に２輪ずつ、計４輪が付いたローラースケート。

やさしい英語で： A roller skate with four wheels arranged in two pairs.

• She learned to skate on quads.
• These quads have soft wheels for outdoor skating.
• He prefers quads to inline skates.

類義語： roller skate

よく使う表現： quad skates, ride a quad, quad wheels

映画ポスター

幅40インチ、高さ30インチの映画ポスター。

やさしい英語で： A film poster measuring forty inches wide and thirty inches high.

• The collector bought a rare quad.
• An original quad for that film sold at auction.
• The cinema displayed a quad beside the entrance.

よく使う表現： british quad, quad poster, original quad

4倍の、四重の

四つの部分からなること。また、量や大きさが通常の４倍であること。

やさしい英語で： Having four parts, or four times the usual amount or size.

• The machine has a quad processor setup.
• They ordered a quad dose of the mixture.
• The new model offers quad storage capacity.

類義語： quadruple, fourfold

よく使う表現： quad size, quad dose, quad processor

方眼の

小さな正方形が並ぶ模様が付いていること。

やさしい英語で： Marked with a pattern of small squares.

• Use quad paper for the graph.
• She bought a pad of quad paper.
• The quad notebook made drawing straight lines easier.

類義語： squared, graph-ruled

よく使う表現： quad paper, quad notebook

込め物を入れる

活字の行の空いた部分に、印刷されない小さなブロックを入れること。

やさしい英語で： To fill empty spaces in a line of printing type with small blank blocks.

• Quad out the last line.
• The compositor quadded the gaps between the words.
• She quadded out the line before locking the type in place.

使い方： quad out something (The printer quadded out the short line.)

類義語： space out

よく使う表現： quad out, quad a line

揃える

文字をページの左端、右端、または中央に揃えること。

やさしい英語で： To position text against the left or right edge of a page, or in the center.

• Quad the heading center.
• She quadded the paragraph left.
• The printer quadded the address right to match the layout.

使い方： quad something left/right (Quad the address right.)

類義語： align

よく使う表現： quad left, quad right, quad center