wallpaper

壁紙

部屋を飾るために壁に貼る、色や模様のある紙。

やさしい英語で： Paper with colors or patterns that you stick onto walls to decorate a room.

• The wallpaper is blue.
• We chose striped wallpaper for the bedroom.
• Old wallpaper was peeling off the wall.

類義語： wall covering

よく使う表現： floral wallpaper, hang wallpaper, strip the wallpaper, patterned wallpaper

壁紙、背景画像

パソコンや電話の画面で、アイコンの後ろに表示される画像や模様。

やさしい英語で： A picture or pattern behind the icons on a computer or phone screen.

• I changed my phone wallpaper.
• Her desktop wallpaper shows a snowy mountain.
• You can use this photo as wallpaper.

類義語： background, desktop background

よく使う表現： desktop wallpaper, change the wallpaper, phone wallpaper

壁紙の柄、壁紙のデザイン

壁を飾る紙の、特定の模様やデザイン。

やさしい英語で： A particular pattern or style of decorative paper for walls.

• This wallpaper comes in three colors.
• She compared several wallpapers before choosing a floral design.
• The shop sells wallpapers with bold geometric patterns.

類義語： wallpaper design

よく使う表現： choose a wallpaper, a floral wallpaper, different wallpaper designs

壁紙を貼る

部屋の壁を、装飾用の紙で覆う。

やさしい英語で： To cover the walls of a room with decorative paper.

• We will wallpaper the bedroom.
• She wallpapered the hall last weekend.
• Have you ever wallpapered a ceiling?

使い方： wallpaper something (We plan to wallpaper the bedroom.); wallpaper over something (They wallpapered over the old paint.)

類義語： paper

よく使う表現： wallpaper a room, wallpaper the hallway, wallpaper over something