slide

滑る、滑らせる

表面に沿って滑らかに動く、または物をそう動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move, or make something move, smoothly along a surface.

• The box slid across the floor.
• Slide the door open, please.
• He slid a note under my door.

使い方： slide something across/along something (She slid the plate across the table.); slide down something (The children slid down the snowy hill.)

類義語： glide, slip

よく使う表現： slide across something, slide down something, slide something open, slide something across something

下がる、下落する

数、価格、価値、量などが下がる。

やさしい英語で： To become lower in number, price, value, or amount.

• Oil prices continue to slide.
• The company’s profits slid last year.
• Sales have slid to their lowest level since May.

使い方： slide to something (Sales slid to their lowest level in years.); slide by something (Share prices slid by five percent.)

類義語： fall, drop, decline

反対語： rise, increase

よく使う表現： prices slide, slide in value, slide to something

滑り台、スライダー

子どもが座って斜面を滑り降りて遊ぶ、表面の滑らかな遊具。

やさしい英語で： A smooth sloping structure that children sit on and travel down for fun.

• The children played on the slide.
• She climbed the ladder to the slide.
• We tried all the water slides at the pool.

よく使う表現： water slide, playground slide, down the slide

低下、衰退

品質、成功の程度、価値、状態などが徐々に下がること。

やさしい英語で： A gradual fall in quality, success, value, or condition.

• The team’s downward slide continued.
• New investment helped stop the slide in sales.
• Her debts marked the beginning of a slide into poverty.

使い方： a slide into something (The country faced a slide into recession.); a slide in something (There was a steady slide in house prices.)

類義語： decline, fall, drop

よく使う表現： downward slide, slide into something, halt the slide

滑走、滑り

表面に触れたまま、その上を滑らかに動くこと。

やさしい英語で： A smooth movement along a surface while staying in contact with it.

• One slide took him across the ice.
• The dancer finished with a sideways slide.
• Her smooth slide across the floor impressed the judges.

類義語： glide

よく使う表現： slide on ice, sideways slide, smooth slide

スライド写真、ポジフィルム

小さな透明フィルム上の写真。光を通してスクリーンに映す。

やさしい英語で： A photograph on a small transparent sheet, shown on a screen by shining light through it.

• Dad showed us a slide of Rome.
• She loaded the slides into the projector.
• These old colour slides have faded badly.

類義語： transparency

よく使う表現： colour slide, slide projector, photographic slide

スライドガラス

顕微鏡で見る試料を載せる、小さく平らなガラス板。

やさしい英語で： A small flat piece of glass that holds a sample for viewing through a microscope.

• Put the sample on a slide.
• She examined the cells on the glass slide.
• The lab prepared several slides from the tissue sample.

よく使う表現： microscope slide, glass slide, slide preparation

スライド、滑り子

機械や楽器の中で、滑らかに前後へ動く部品。

やさしい英語で： A part of a machine or musical instrument that moves smoothly back and forth.

• The trombone’s slide was stuck.
• He cleaned and oiled the slide.
• Moving the slide changes the length of the instrument’s tube.

よく使う表現： trombone slide, slide mechanism, lubricate the slide