reactor

原子炉

原子を分裂させて熱を生み、主に発電に使う装置。

やさしい英語で： A machine that produces heat by splitting atoms, often to make electricity.

• The reactor produces heat.
• Engineers shut down the nuclear reactor yesterday.
• The plant’s two reactors supply electricity to nearby cities.

類義語： nuclear reactor

よく使う表現： nuclear reactor, reactor core, power reactor

反応器、反応装置

薬品を混ぜたり加熱したりして化学反応を起こす容器や装置。

やさしい英語で： A container or machine in which chemicals change when they are mixed, heated, or treated.

• The chemicals enter a reactor.
• They heated the mixture inside the reactor.
• The factory uses three reactors to make this material.

類義語： reaction vessel

よく使う表現： chemical reactor, reactor vessel, inside the reactor

反応する人

出来事や提案に反応する人。

やさしい英語で： A person who responds to something that happens or is suggested.

• He is a slow reactor.
• Quick reactors answered before the question was finished.
• As a reactor to criticism, she tends to stay calm.

使い方： reactor to something (She is a quick reactor to sudden changes.)

類義語： responder

よく使う表現： quick reactor, slow reactor

反応物、試薬

別の物質と触れたり混ざったりして化学反応を起こす物質。

やさしい英語で： A chemical that changes when it touches or mixes with another chemical.

• This substance acts as a reactor.
• The reactor changed color when acid was added.
• They tested several reactors with the same solution.

類義語： reactant, reagent

よく使う表現： chemical reactor, add a reactor