text

文章、本文

本や文書などに書かれている言葉や文章。

やさしい英語で： The written words in a book, document, or other piece of writing.

• The text is hard to read.
• She edited the text before printing it.
• The pictures explain ideas from the text.

類義語： writing, words

よく使う表現： printed text, main text, text on something

メッセージ、ショートメッセージ

携帯電話から別の携帯電話に送る短い文章。

やさしい英語で： A short written message sent from one phone to another.

• I sent her a text.
• Your text arrived while I was driving.
• Did you get my text about dinner?

使い方： text from someone (I received a text from my sister.); text to someone (He sent a text to his boss.)

類義語： text message, message

よく使う表現： send a text, receive a text, text from someone

教科書

ある科目や内容を教えるために使う本。

やさしい英語で： A book used to teach a particular subject.

• Bring your text to class.
• The professor recommended a new history text.
• We bought used texts for our courses.

類義語： textbook, course book

よく使う表現： course text, required text, chemistry text

ゴシック書体

大きな文字を使う古いゴシック風の書体や、それをまねた印刷書体。

やさしい英語で： An old style of lettering with large letters, or a printing style resembling it.

• The printer used Gothic text for the heading.
• German text gave the page an old appearance.
• The label was printed in a heavy text type.

よく使う表現： Gothic text, German text, text type

メッセージを送る

携帯電話で相手に文章のメッセージを送ること。

やさしい英語で： To send someone a written message on a phone.

• Text me when you arrive.
• She texted him the address.
• Can you text back after lunch?

使い方： text someone something (I texted my brother the train times.); text someone to do something (She texted me to ask about dinner.)

類義語： message

よく使う表現： text someone, text someone something, text back