cross

十字、十字架

二本の線や棒が交わってできる形や印。

やさしい英語で： A shape or mark made by two lines or bars that meet across each other.

• Draw a cross in this box.
• She wore a silver cross around her neck.
• The map marks the hospital with a red cross.

よく使う表現： draw a cross, red cross, cross shape

十字架

昔、処刑に使われた、横木の付いた背の高い木の柱。

やさしい英語で： A tall wooden post with a bar across it, used in the past to kill people.

• The prisoner was tied to a cross.
• Roman soldiers nailed him to a wooden cross.
• The painting shows Jesus carrying his cross.

類義語： crucifix

よく使う表現： wooden cross, on a cross, carry a cross

十字を切る動作

キリスト教で、体の前に手で十字の形を描く動作。

やさしい英語で： A Christian hand movement that follows a cross shape over the body.

• She made the cross before praying.
• The priest traced a cross over the child.
• He made a cross with his hand as the procession passed.

類義語： sign of the cross

よく使う表現： make a cross, trace a cross

怒った、不機嫌な

怒りやいらだちを感じている、またはそれを表している。

やさしい英語で： Feeling angry or annoyed, or showing these feelings.

• Mum looks cross today.
• He was cross with me for losing his keys.
• They exchanged a few cross words before leaving.

使い方： be cross with someone (Dad was cross with me for being late.); be cross about something (She was cross about the delay.)

類義語： annoyed, angry, irritated

よく使う表現： cross with someone, look cross, cross words

横方向の、横断する

物の主な向きに対して、横向きや斜めに位置する。

やさしい英語で： Positioned across the main line or direction of something.

• A cross beam supports the roof.
• They fitted cross bars between the posts.
• Cross benches stood at the ends of the long rows.

類義語： transverse, crosswise

反対語： longitudinal

よく使う表現： cross beam, cross bar, cross bench

相互の

二つの側が互いに反対向きに働きかける。

やさしい英語で： Going in opposite directions between two sides, with each side acting on the other.

• The parties submitted cross demands.
• The lawyers prepared cross interrogatories for the opposing parties.
• The two firms brought cross claims against each other.

類義語： reciprocal, mutual

よく使う表現： cross claims, cross demands, cross interrogatories

外積

二つのベクトル名の間で、別のベクトルを求める演算を表す。

やさしい英語で： Used between two vector names to show a mathematical operation that produces another vector.

• Calculate a cross b.
• The direction of u cross v follows the right-hand rule.
• In this equation, v cross B describes a vector product.

よく使う表現： a cross b, v cross b

渡る、横断する

物や場所の一方の側から反対側へ移動する。

やさしい英語で： To move from one side of something to the other.

• Be careful when you cross the road.
• We crossed the river by boat.
• How many countries did you cross on your journey?

類義語： go across, traverse

よく使う表現： cross the road, cross a bridge, cross the border