tile

タイル、瓦

床や壁、屋根を覆うための、硬い素材でできた平たい部品。

やさしい英語で： A flat piece of hard material used to cover a floor, wall, or roof.

• One tile on the floor is broken.
• They replaced the old roof tiles.
• We chose blue tiles for the bathroom walls.

よく使う表現： floor tile, roof tile, ceramic tile, wall tile

画像タイル

大きな画像や地図、画面の一部となる長方形の画像。

やさしい英語で： A rectangular image used as one part of a larger picture, map, or screen.

• Each tile shows part of the map.
• The game loads new tiles as you move.
• This tile is missing from the image grid.

よく使う表現： map tile, image tile, tile size

タイルを張る

床や壁などを、粘土や石などでできた平たい部品で覆う。

やさしい英語で： To cover a floor, wall, or other surface with flat pieces of material such as clay or stone.

• We plan to tile the kitchen floor.
• She tiled the bathroom walls herself.
• The builder will tile the shower tomorrow.

使い方： tile something with something (They tiled the wall with small blue squares.)

よく使う表現： tile a floor, tile a bathroom, tile with something

ロッジを警護する

フリーメイソンの集会に部外者が入らないよう見張る。

やさしい英語で： To keep people who are not members from entering a Freemasons’ meeting.

• His duty was to tile the lodge.
• They tiled the meeting before the ceremony began.
• A member was appointed to tile the lodge that evening.

類義語： guard

よく使う表現： tile a lodge, tile the meeting