border

国境

一つの国と別の国を分ける線や地域。

やさしい英語で： The line or area where one country ends and another begins.

• We crossed the border yesterday.
• Police checked our passports at the border.
• Their village is close to the border.

使い方： border between A and B (They live near the border between France and Spain.)

類義語： frontier, boundary

よく使う表現： cross the border, border guard, border crossing, state border

縁取り、枠

物の端を囲む帯や線。飾りとして使われることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A strip or line around the edge of something, often used as decoration.

• The card has a gold border.
• She added borders to all the pictures.
• A narrow blue border runs around the page.

使い方： border around something (She drew a border around the photo.)

類義語： edging, trim

よく使う表現： decorative border, red border, border around something

接する、隣接する

別の場所のすぐ隣にあり、共通の境界を持つ。

やさしい英語で： To be next to another place, sharing an edge with it.

• The farm borders a river.
• Three countries border this lake.
• Their property borders on the forest.

使い方： border something (Germany borders Poland.); border on something (Our land borders on a nature reserve.)

類義語： adjoin

よく使う表現： border a country, border on something, border the sea, border with something

囲む、縁取る

物の端に沿って並び、線や帯を形作る。

やさしい英語で： To form a line or strip around the edge of something.

• Trees border the path.
• The garden was bordered with a low hedge.
• A silver line borders each page.

使い方： be bordered with something (The tablecloth is bordered with lace.); be bordered in something (The announcement was bordered in black.)

類義語： surround, edge

よく使う表現： border a path, border something with, border something in

縁取る

物の端の周りに線や飾りの帯を付ける。

やさしい英語で： To add a line or decorative strip around the edge of something.

• Border the picture with a thin line.
• She bordered the blanket with soft fabric.
• He carefully bordered each card in blue.

使い方： border something with something (She bordered the cloth with ribbon.); border something in something (Border the invitation in gold.)

類義語： edge, trim

よく使う表現： border a page, border something with, border something in