splinter

とげ、破片

木などから割れてできた、小さく細く尖ったかけら。

やさしい英語で： A small, thin, sharp piece broken off wood or another material.

• I have a splinter in my finger.
• She removed the splinter with tweezers.
• Sharp splinters of glass covered the floor.

類義語： sliver, fragment

よく使う表現： a wood splinter, remove a splinter, a glass splinter

裂ける、砕ける

細く尖った破片に割れる。

やさしい英語で： To break into thin, sharp pieces.

• The dry wood splintered easily.
• The window frame splintered under the weight.
• Will this board splinter if I bend it?

使い方： splinter into something (The wooden handle splintered into sharp pieces.)

類義語： shatter, break

よく使う表現： splinter into pieces, wood can splinter

砕く、裂く

物を細く尖った破片に砕く。

やさしい英語で： To make something break into thin, sharp pieces.

• The blow splintered the wood.
• Falling branches splintered the fence.
• He splintered the door frame with a hammer.

類義語： shatter, break

よく使う表現： splinter the wood, splinter a door