shore

岸、海岸

海や湖などの水域に接する陸地。

やさしい英語で： The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other area of water.

• We walked along the shore.
• Waves washed against the rocky shore.
• They could see both shores of the lake.

類義語： waterfront, coast

よく使う表現： on the shore, sandy shore, lake shore, rocky shore

陸、陸地

特に海上の船と対比していう、陸のこと。

やさしい英語で： Dry land, especially when compared with being on a ship at sea.

• The crew spent the night on shore.
• We returned to shore before dark.
• The sailors were given shore leave.

類義語： land, dry land

よく使う表現： on shore, shore leave, shore duty

支柱

建物などの重い構造物を支える、丈夫な木材や金属の部材。

やさしい英語で： A strong piece of wood or metal that holds up a building or another heavy structure.

• A timber shore supports the ceiling.
• Workers placed shores beneath the damaged floor.
• The engineer checked each shore before work began.

類義語： prop, strut

よく使う表現： timber shore, temporary shore, install a shore

支える、補強する

弱った物や傷んだ物が倒れたり機能を失ったりしないよう、支える。

やさしい英語で： To support something weak or damaged so that it does not fall or fail.

• They shored up the wall with beams.
• New funding will shore up the business.
• Her friends helped shore up her confidence.

使い方： shore up something (They used wooden posts to shore up the roof.)

類義語： support, reinforce, strengthen

反対語： weaken

よく使う表現： shore up something, shore something up, shore someone up