tundra

ツンドラ

寒さで木が育たない、北方の広く平らな土地。

やさしい英語で： A large, flat area in the far north where cold weather prevents trees from growing.

• No trees grew on the tundra.
• Reindeer crossed the frozen tundra.
• Small plants cover parts of the tundra in summer.

よく使う表現： arctic tundra, frozen tundra, across the tundra

果てしない広がり

時間などが、何もないように感じられながら長く続く広がり。

やさしい英語で： A long, seemingly empty stretch of time or something else.

• A tundra of silence separated them.
• He wandered through a tundra of lonely years.
• The afternoon became a tundra of waiting.

使い方： tundra of something (She faced a tundra of empty days.)

類義語： expanse, stretch

よく使う表現： tundra of time, tundra of silence