wafer

ウエハース

クリームやチョコ、アイスとよく食べる、薄く軽いサクサクした菓子。

やさしい英語で： A very thin, light, crisp biscuit, often eaten with cream, chocolate, or ice cream.

• Would you like a wafer?
• She put two wafers beside the ice cream.
• The chocolate wafer broke into small pieces.

よく使う表現： chocolate wafer, vanilla wafer, wafer biscuit

聖体パン

キリスト教の聖体拝領の儀式で使う、小さく薄い平らなパン。

やさしい英語で： A small, thin piece of flat bread used in the Christian ceremony of communion.

• The priest held up a wafer.
• They received wafers during communion.
• The consecrated wafer was placed on her tongue.

類義語： host

よく使う表現： communion wafer, consecrated wafer, receive a wafer

ウエハー、シリコンウエハー

微細な電子回路を作るための、薄く平らな材料の円盤。

やさしい英語で： A thin, flat disc of material on which tiny electronic circuits are made.

• The chip is made on a wafer.
• Workers inspected each silicon wafer for damage.
• The factory produces thousands of wafers every month.

よく使う表現： silicon wafer, semiconductor wafer, wafer production

封緘用の薄片

手紙を封じたり紙を貼り合わせたりする、小さく柔らかい粘着性の円盤。

やさしい英語で： A small, soft, sticky disc used to close letters or attach papers.

• She sealed the letter with a wafer.
• He moistened a red wafer before closing the envelope.
• Old wafers still held the papers together.

よく使う表現： sealing wafer, red wafer, wafer seal

薄片で封をする

小さな粘着性の円盤で手紙を封じたり、紙を貼り合わせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To close a letter or attach papers using a small, sticky disc.

• She wafered the letter shut.
• He wafered the folded papers together.
• The clerk wafered each envelope before sending it.

類義語： seal, fasten

よく使う表現： wafer a letter, wafer the envelope, wafer papers together