barrel

樽

液体、物、ごみなどを入れる、側面が膨らんだ大きな丸い容器。

やさしい英語で： A large round container with curved sides, used to hold liquids, goods, or rubbish.

• The barrel is empty.
• They stored wine in wooden barrels.
• Put the rubbish in that metal barrel.

類義語： cask

よく使う表現： wooden barrel, empty barrel, trash barrel

銃身

発射された弾が通る、銃の長い管状の部分。

やさしい英語で： The long tube of a gun through which a bullet travels when fired.

• The gun has a long barrel.
• He cleaned the barrel of his rifle.
• Never look down a gun barrel.

よく使う表現： gun barrel, rifle barrel, barrel of something

バレル、樽

大きな樽一つに入る量。石油の量を測る単位にも使う。

やさしい英語で： The amount that fills one large round container, also used as a measure for oil.

• We bought a barrel of beer.
• Oil prices rose to eighty dollars per barrel.
• The company produces thousands of barrels each day.

よく使う表現： barrel of oil, barrel of beer, per barrel

シリンダー、金属管

機械や器具の一部になっている、丈夫な金属の管。

やさしい英語で： A strong metal tube forming part of a machine or other equipment.

• The pump barrel is made of steel.
• A piston moves inside the barrel.
• The engineer replaced the damaged barrel.

類義語： tube, cylinder

よく使う表現： pump barrel, steel barrel, barrel assembly

バレル

クラリネットの吹き口と上部の本体をつなぐ短い管。

やさしい英語で： The short tube joining a clarinet’s mouthpiece to its main upper section.

• The clarinet needs a new barrel.
• A longer barrel can lower the pitch.
• She fitted the mouthpiece into the barrel.

よく使う表現： clarinet barrel, barrel length, barrel joint

胴

肋骨と腹を含む、馬の体の丸みのある中央部分。

やさしい英語で： The rounded middle part of a horse’s body, including its ribs and belly.

• The pony has a broad barrel.
• The girth passes around the horse’s barrel.
• Her legs rested against the barrel as she rode.

よく使う表現： horse barrel, broad barrel, rounded barrel

突進する、疾走する

勢いよく進むこと。動きを十分に制御できないことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To move very fast, often with little control.

• The truck barrelled down the hill.
• He came barreling around the corner.
• A cyclist barrelled past us without slowing down.

使い方： barrel down/along something (The bus barrelled along the narrow road.); barrel into someone/something (He barrelled into me outside the shop.)

類義語： rush, race, charge

よく使う表現： barrel down something, barrel through something, barrel into something