row

列、並び

人や物が隣り合って一列に並んだもの。

やさしい英語で： A line of people or things placed next to one another.

• We sat in the front row.
• There are two rows of chairs.
• Someone planted a row of flowers beside the fence.

使い方： a row of something (A row of trees stands beside the road.); in a row (The children stood in a row.)

類義語： line

よく使う表現： front row, back row, row of houses

行

表の中で左から右へ横に並ぶ情報のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A line of information running from left to right across a table.

• Read the first row.
• Each row contains one student’s results.
• Can you add another row to the spreadsheet?

類義語： line

よく使う表現： table row, header row, delete a row

口論、けんか

怒った人たちが大声で言い争うこと。

やさしい英語で： A loud, angry argument between people.

• They had a row yesterday.
• A loud row broke out in the kitchen.
• She left after another row with her parents.

使い方： a row with someone over/about something (He had a row with his brother over money.)

類義語： argument, quarrel, fight

よく使う表現： have a row, a blazing row, row over something

ボート漕ぎ

オールで漕ぐボートに乗って出かけること。

やさしい英語で： A trip in a boat that you move through the water using oars.

• We went for a row.
• A short row across the lake woke me up.
• Their morning row ended when the wind became stronger.

類義語： rowing trip

よく使う表現： go for a row, morning row, a short row

漕ぐ

オールを動かしてボートを水上で進ませること。

やさしい英語で： To move a boat through water by pulling on long poles with flat ends called oars.

• Can you row a boat?
• We rowed across the lake.
• He was rowing against the current when an oar broke.

使い方： row someone/something across something (She rowed us across the river.)

類義語： paddle

よく使う表現： row a boat, row across something, row to shore

櫂で進む

ボートが漕がれた時に、楽に、滑らかに進むなどの性質を表す。

やさしい英語で： If a boat does this easily or smoothly, it moves that way when someone uses oars.

• The boat rows easily.
• Our new dinghy rows smoothly on calm water.
• That heavy boat never rowed well against the current.

使い方： something rows + adverb (This little boat rows surprisingly well.)

よく使う表現： row easily, row smoothly, row well