stereotype

固定観念、ステレオタイプ

ある集団の人々についての、単純化されすぎた決まった見方。

やさしい英語で： A fixed, too simple idea about what people in a particular group are like.

• That claim is a stereotype.
• The film challenges a common stereotype about older people.
• Children can learn stereotypes from television.

類義語： preconception

よく使う表現： gender stereotype, racial stereotype, challenge a stereotype

鉛版

組んだ活字の型から作り、ページの印刷に使う金属の板。

やさしい英語で： A metal plate made from a mould of arranged letters, used to print copies of a page.

• The printer cast a stereotype.
• A damaged stereotype produced blurred letters.
• The museum displays stereotypes from an old newspaper press.

類義語： stereotype plate

よく使う表現： metal stereotype, stereotype plate

鉛版にする

活字を組んだページの型から、印刷用の金属板を作ること。

やさしい英語で： To make metal printing plates from moulds of pages of arranged letters.

• They stereotyped the pages for later editions.
• The printer planned to stereotype the entire book.
• Once stereotyped, the text could be printed again easily.

よく使う表現： stereotype a book, stereotype the pages