submarine

潜水艦

海面の下に潜って移動し、活動できる船。

やさしい英語で： A vessel that can travel and operate below the surface of the sea.

• The submarine went underwater.
• Several submarines took part in the naval exercise.
• The crew spent a month aboard a nuclear submarine.

類義語： sub

よく使う表現： nuclear submarine, submarine crew, aboard a submarine

海底の、水中の

海の中にある、海中に関係する、または海中で使うための。

やさしい英語で： Under the sea, connected with being under the sea, or designed for use there.

• A submarine cable connects the islands.
• Scientists mapped a submarine volcano near the coast.
• The company repaired its submarine pipeline last summer.

類義語： undersea, underwater

よく使う表現： submarine cable, submarine volcano, submarine pipeline

隠された、未公開の

人に知られないように隠されている、または公表されていない。

やさしい英語で： Kept hidden or not made known to other people.

• The company faced a submarine patent claim.
• A submarine patent remained hidden while the industry adopted the technology.
• Lawyers warned that submarine patents could threaten the new product.

類義語： hidden, undisclosed, secret

反対語： disclosed, public

よく使う表現： submarine patent, submarine patent application

シートベルトの下に滑り込む

衝突や急停止の際、体が前へ滑り、シートベルトの下に入り込む。

やさしい英語で： To slide forward under your seat belt during a crash or sudden stop.

• The dummy submarined during the crash test.
• A reclining passenger can submarine under the lap belt.
• The new seat design reduces the chance that occupants will submarine.

使い方： submarine under a seat belt (A badly positioned passenger may submarine under the seat belt.)

よく使う表現： submarine under something, submarine during impact