swap

交換する、取り替える

相手に何かを渡し、代わりに別の物を受け取ること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone one thing and receive another thing from them in return.

• Let’s swap seats.
• I swapped books with my brother.
• Would you swap your sandwich for mine?

使い方： swap something for something (I swapped my blue shirt for her red one.); swap something with someone (Can I swap seats with you?)

類義語： exchange, trade

よく使う表現： swap something, swap with someone, swap for something, swap goods

交換、物々交換

互いに何かを渡し、代わりに別の物を受け取ること。

やさしい英語で： An exchange in which each person gives something and receives something else.

• That sounds like a fair swap.
• We organized a clothes swap at school.
• The swap gave each of us a different book.

使い方： a swap of something (They arranged a swap of tickets.)

類義語： exchange, trade

よく使う表現： a fair swap, book swap, make a swap

スワップ領域

主記憶がいっぱいのとき、追加の記憶領域として使うディスク上の場所。

やさしい英語で： Disk space a computer can use as extra memory when its main memory is full.

• The computer needs more swap.
• This system has four gigabytes of swap.
• Heavy use of swap can slow the machine down.

類義語： swap space

よく使う表現： swap space, swap file, available swap