cane

杖、棒

歩く支えや、昔は罰を与えるために使われた、長く細い棒。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin stick, often used for walking or, in the past, for punishment.

• He walks with a cane.
• She used her cane to find the steps.
• The teacher kept a cane beside his desk.

類義語： stick

よく使う表現： walking cane, bamboo cane, use a cane

アシ

草に似た背の高い植物で、長く細い茎を持つ。

やさしい英語で： A tall grass-like plant with long, thin stems.

• Cane grows beside the river.
• They planted cane in the wet field.
• Tall canes hid the water from view.

類義語： reed

よく使う表現： sugar cane, wild cane, grow cane

茎、竹の幹

竹などの植物の、長く細くしなやかな茎。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin, flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo.

• The cane bent in the wind.
• Tie the young plant to a bamboo cane.
• She cut several canes from the bamboo plant.

類義語： stem

よく使う表現： bamboo cane, cut a cane, long cane

杖で打つ

通常は罰として、人を長く細い棒で打つ。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone with a long, thin stick, usually as punishment.

• The teacher used to cane pupils.
• He was caned for breaking the school rules.
• The guards caned the prisoner across his back.

類義語： beat

よく使う表現： cane someone, cane a pupil, cane a prisoner

籐を張る

植物の細い帯を編んで、家具を作ったり修理したりする。

やさしい英語で： To make or repair furniture using thin strips of plant material woven together.

• She learned to cane chairs.
• The craft worker caned the damaged seat.
• We need someone to cane this old chair.

よく使う表現： cane a chair, cane a seat