sheet

シーツ

マットレスを覆ったり、寝るときに体にかけたりする大きな薄い布。

やさしい英語で： A large, thin piece of cloth that covers a mattress or lies over you in bed.

• Put a clean sheet on the bed.
• We washed the sheets this morning.
• The fitted sheet keeps slipping off the mattress.

類義語： bed sheet

よく使う表現： bed sheet, clean sheet, fitted sheet, cotton sheet

紙、用紙

書いたり印刷したり、ほかの用途に使ったりする一枚の紙。

やさしい英語で： One flat piece of paper used for writing, printing, or other purposes.

• I need a sheet of paper.
• Write your answers on separate sheets.
• She folded the sheet and put it in an envelope.

使い方： a sheet of paper (Take a sheet of paper and write your name.)

類義語： piece of paper

よく使う表現： sheet of paper, blank sheet, answer sheet, paper sheet

薄板、天板

薄く平らな材料。オーブンで使う平らな金属製の天板も指す。

やさしい英語で： A thin, flat piece of material, including a flat metal tray used for baking.

• Put the cookies on a baking sheet.
• They covered the hole with a sheet of plastic.
• Thin metal sheets lined the walls.

使い方： a sheet of something (He cut a sheet of metal to the right size.)

よく使う表現： baking sheet, metal sheet, sheet of glass, plastic sheet

層、一面の覆い

表面を広く平らに覆っている層。

やさしい英語で： A wide, flat layer of something covering a surface.

• The lake became a sheet of ice.
• Rain fell in sheets all afternoon.
• A thin sheet of water spread across the floor.

使い方： a sheet of something (A sheet of ice covered the pond.)

類義語： layer, covering

よく使う表現： sheet of ice, sheet of water, sheet of rain

シート、帆脚索

船の帆の角度を調節するための綱。

やさしい英語で： A rope used to control the angle of a sail on a boat.

• Pull the sheet tighter.
• The sailor loosened the sheet as the wind changed.
• Keep both sheets clear of your feet.

類義語： rope

よく使う表現： jib sheet, main sheet, tighten the sheet

覆う、包む

布や紙などの薄い材料で物を覆ったり包んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To cover or wrap something with cloth, paper, or another thin material.

• Sheet the floor before painting.
• The workers sheeted the walls with protective material.
• We sheeted over the equipment to keep out dust.

使い方： sheet something with something (They sheeted the furniture with plastic before painting.)

類義語： cover, wrap

反対語： uncover, unwrap

よく使う表現： sheet the floor, sheet something over, sheet with plastic

激しく降る

雨が広い範囲に途切れず激しく降ること。

やさしい英語で： When rain does this, it falls very heavily in a wide, continuous flow.

• Rain started to sheet down.
• Water sheeted off the roof during the storm.
• We watched the rain sheeting down outside.

使い方： sheet down (Rain began to sheet down over the fields.)

類義語： pour

よく使う表現： sheet down, sheet off something