stretcher

担架

けが人や病人、亡くなった人を運ぶための平らな枠や寝台。

やさしい英語で： A flat frame or bed used to carry a person who is injured, ill, or dead.

• They carried him on a stretcher.
• Paramedics lifted the patient onto the stretcher.
• Two stretchers were waiting beside the ambulance.

類義語： litter

よく使う表現： on a stretcher, carry a stretcher, stretcher bearer

靴伸ばし器、手袋伸ばし器

靴や手袋の中に入れて、幅や大きさを広げる器具。

やさしい英語で： A device placed inside a shoe or glove to make it wider or larger.

• The stretcher made my shoes wider.
• She left a shoe stretcher inside the tight boot overnight.
• A glove stretcher helped loosen the stiff leather.

よく使う表現： shoe stretcher, glove stretcher, wooden stretcher

キャンバス木枠

画家が絵を描けるように、布をぴんと張って支える枠。

やさしい英語で： A frame that holds a piece of cloth tight so an artist can paint on it.

• She fixed the canvas to a stretcher.
• The artist made a wooden stretcher for his painting.
• Loose stretcher bars allowed the canvas to sag.

よく使う表現： canvas stretcher, wooden stretcher, stretcher bars

伸張器、引き伸ばす人

物を引っ張って、長くしたり広げたり張ったりする人や器具。

やさしい英語で： A person or device that pulls something to make it longer, wider, or tighter.

• The stretcher pulled the fabric tight.
• A mechanical stretcher made the material longer.
• The worker used a wire stretcher to tighten the fence.

よく使う表現： fabric stretcher, mechanical stretcher, wire stretcher

担架で運ぶ

けがをした人を、運搬用の平らな枠や寝台に載せて運ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To carry an injured person on a special flat frame or bed.

• They stretchered the injured player off the field.
• Rescuers stretchered her down the mountain.
• He was stretchered into the waiting ambulance.

使い方： stretcher someone off something (Medics stretchered the player off the pitch.); be stretchered to somewhere (She was stretchered to the ambulance.)

よく使う表現： stretcher someone off, stretcher someone away, stretcher someone out