atrium

アトリウム、吹き抜けホール

上から光が入り、各階の部屋が面している、建物中央の大きなホール。

やさしい英語で： A large central hall in a building, lit from above, with rooms opening onto it on different floors.

• We met in the hotel atrium.
• Sunlight poured through the atrium’s glass roof.
• Several floors of offices overlook the central atrium.

よく使う表現： hotel atrium, glass atrium, central atrium

心房

静脈から血液を受け取る、心臓の上部にある二つの部屋の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the two upper spaces in the heart that receive blood from the veins.

• Blood enters the right atrium.
• The doctor checked the size of her left atrium.
• Both atria pass blood into the lower heart chambers.

よく使う表現： left atrium, right atrium, atrium wall

アトリウム、中庭

特に古代ローマの家で、建物の中央にある空に向かって開いた空間。

やさしい英語で： A central space inside a building, especially an ancient Roman house, with an opening to the sky.

• The house had an open atrium.
• Rainwater collected in the pool inside the Roman atrium.
• Visitors entered through an atrium with no roof in its centre.

類義語： courtyard

よく使う表現： Roman atrium, open atrium, atrium courtyard

体腔、前室

体のある部分の内部にある空洞や入口の通路。

やさしい英語で： A hollow space or entrance passage within a body part.

• The diagram shows a small atrium.
• The passage opens into an atrium within the lung.
• The researcher examined the tissue surrounding the atrium.

類義語： cavity, chamber

よく使う表現： pulmonary atrium, atrium wall, atrium of something