emblem

紋章、エンブレム

人や団体、組織を表す絵や図柄。

やさしい英語で： A picture or design that represents a person, group, or organization.

• The club's emblem is a lion.
• Their jackets carry the school emblem.
• Which national emblems can you recognize?

類義語： symbol, badge, logo

よく使う表現： a national emblem, a club emblem, a school emblem

象徴

より広い考えや状況、集団を表すもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that stands for a wider idea, situation, or group.

• The dove is an emblem of peace.
• That empty factory became an emblem of the town's decline.
• For her, the garden was an emblem of renewal.

使い方： an emblem of something (The rebuilt bridge became an emblem of hope.)

類義語： symbol, representation

よく使う表現： an emblem of hope, an emblem of freedom, an emblem of failure

紋章図形

紋章の盾に描かれた絵や形。

やさしい英語で： A picture or shape shown on the shield in a coat of arms.

• The shield bears a lion emblem.
• Three emblems appear on the blue field.
• The family chose an eagle as its heraldic emblem.

類義語： charge

よく使う表現： a heraldic emblem, a lion emblem, a shield emblem