temperature

温度、気温

物や空気などがどれくらい熱いか、冷たいかを示すもの。

やさしい英語で： How hot or cold something is.

• The temperature is twenty degrees.
• Keep the milk at a low temperature.
• Temperatures fell sharply during the night.

使い方： the temperature of something (Check the temperature of the water first.)

よく使う表現： room temperature, high temperature, temperature of something

熱、発熱

通常より体温が高い状態。多くは病気が原因で起こる。

やさしい英語で： A body heat level that is higher than normal, usually because you are ill.

• The baby has a temperature.
• I stayed home because I was running a temperature.
• Has your temperature gone down yet?

類義語： fever

よく使う表現： have a temperature, run a temperature, high temperature

温度

物質内で動く粒子のエネルギーに関係する物理的な尺度。

やさしい英語で： A physical measure related to how much energy the moving particles in a substance have.

• Temperature is measured in kelvin.
• The experiment linked temperature to the motion of molecules.
• Two systems in thermal equilibrium have the same temperature.

使い方： the temperature of something (The temperature of the gas increased as its particles gained energy.)

よく使う表現： absolute temperature, thermodynamic temperature, temperature of something