thick

厚い、太い

向かい合う面や側面の間の距離が大きい。

やさしい英語で： Having a large distance between opposite sides or surfaces.

• The book is thick.
• He cut a thick slice of bread.
• These walls are thicker than the old ones.

反対語： thin

よく使う表現： thick wall, thick slice, thick book, thick board

密な、濃い

物や成分が、すき間をあまり空けずに多く集まっている。

やさしい英語で： Having many things or a lot of material packed closely together.

• She has thick hair.
• We could barely see through the thick fog.
• The path disappeared into thick forest.

類義語： dense

反対語： sparse

よく使う表現： thick hair, thick fog, thick forest

粘りのある、濃い

液体がゆっくり流れ、簡単には注げない。

やさしい英語で： A liquid like this flows slowly and does not pour easily.

• The soup is thick.
• Add water if the sauce becomes too thick.
• This paint is thicker than I expected.

類義語： viscous

反対語： thin, watery

よく使う表現： thick soup, thick sauce, thick cream, thick gravy

厚く、濃く

厚い層になるように、または多くの物が密集するように。

やさしい英語で： In a deep layer or with many things close together.

• Dust lay thick on the shelves.
• The snow fell thick around the cabin.
• Smoke hung thick in the air.

類義語： thickly

反対語： thinly

よく使う表現： lie thick, spread thick, fall thick

次々に、大量に

数が多く、または頻繁にやって来る形で。

やさしい英語で： In large numbers or arriving very often.

• Questions came thick and fast.
• Bullets flew thick and fast over their heads.
• Complaints arrived thick and fast after the announcement.

類義語： frequently, profusely

反対語： rarely

よく使う表現： thick and fast, come thick

真っただ中、中心

出来事や状況の最も忙しく、危険で、激しい部分。

やさしい英語で： The busiest, most dangerous, or most intense part of an event or situation.

• He was in the thick of the action.
• We found ourselves in the thick of a fierce argument.
• The camera caught her in the thick of the crowd.

使い方： in the thick of something (She was in the thick of the election campaign.)

類義語： midst, heart

よく使う表現： the thick of, in the thick