demo

実演、デモ

物の動きや作業のやり方を短く見せたり説明したりすること。

やさしい英語で： A short display or explanation showing how something works or is done.

• Can you give us a demo?
• The teacher used a demo to explain the experiment.
• We watched a live demo of the software.

使い方： a demo of something (We watched a demo of the new phone.)

類義語： demonstration

よく使う表現： give a demo, live demo, demo of something

デモ音源、デモテープ

完成時の響きを伝えるために作る、曲の初期の録音。

やさしい英語で： An early recording of a song that shows how it could sound when finished.

• The band recorded a demo.
• She sent three demos to a record company.
• Their first demo was made in a bedroom.

類義語： demo recording

よく使う表現： record a demo, demo tape, send a demo

体験版の、試用版の

ソフトを試すために、一定期間無料で使える。

やさしい英語で： Available free for a limited period so people can try the software.

• I installed the demo version.
• The demo software works for seven days.
• Can we try a demo copy first?

類義語： trial

よく使う表現： demo version, demo software, demo copy

実演する

製品の仕組みや何かのやり方を、実際に見せる。

やさしい英語で： To show how a product works or how to do something.

• Can you demo the app?
• She demoed the new camera to customers.
• They are demoing their software at the conference.

使い方： demo something to someone (He demoed the app to a group of teachers.)

類義語： demonstrate, show

よく使う表現： demo a product, demo the software, demo something live

デモ音源を録音する

曲の完成版を制作する前に、試しの録音をする。

やさしい英語で： To make an early recording of a song before producing the finished recording.

• We will demo the song tomorrow.
• The band demoed six tracks at home.
• She is demoing songs for her next album.

よく使う表現： demo a song, demo new material, demo a track