speed

速度、速さ

人や物がどれほど速く動くかを示すもの。

やさしい英語で： How fast someone or something moves.

• The car increased its speed.
• What is the speed limit here?
• We measured the wind speed every hour.

使い方： at a speed of + amount (The train runs at a speed of ninety kilometres per hour.)

類義語： velocity, pace

よく使う表現： speed limit, average speed, at full speed

速さ、俊敏さ

速く動ける能力、または速く動くこと。

やさしい英語で： The ability to move fast, or the state of doing so.

• Her speed surprised everyone.
• The team needs players with speed and skill.
• He relied on his speed to win the race.

類義語： quickness, swiftness

反対語： slowness

よく使う表現： great speed, speed and strength, speed of movement

好み

その人が好きなものや、心地よく感じるものの種類。

やさしい英語で： The kind of thing someone likes or feels comfortable with.

• Quiet evenings are more my speed.
• That busy restaurant is not really her speed.
• Would a smaller party be more your speed?

類義語： taste, style

よく使う表現： more my speed, not your speed, just my speed

速度違反をする

法律で認められた速度を超えて運転する。

やさしい英語で： To drive faster than the law allows.

• Do not speed on this road.
• Police caught him speeding near the school.
• She was fined because she had been speeding.

よく使う表現： caught speeding, speed on roads, speed through town

疾走する、急ぐ

とても速く移動したり、物事を行ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To move or do something very fast.

• A train sped past.
• She sped through her work before lunch.
• The boat was speeding towards the shore.

使い方： speed through something (He sped through his homework.); speed past someone/something (A motorbike sped past us.)

類義語： race, rush, hurry

よく使う表現： speed past something, speed through something, speed along something