expire

期限が切れる、失効する

期限を迎え、有効でなくなる、または利用できなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To reach an end date and no longer be valid or available.

• My passport expires next month.
• The offer expired yesterday.
• When does your parking ticket expire?

類義語： end, run out, lapse

よく使う表現： expire next month, expire in June

使用期限が切れる、賞味期限が切れる

食品や薬を使うべき期限が過ぎる。

やさしい英語で： For food or medicine, to pass the date by which it should be used.

• This milk expires tomorrow.
• The tablets expired last year.
• Check whether the yoghurt has expired.

類義語： go out of date

よく使う表現： expire this week, expire in May

死亡する、息を引き取る

命が終わる。息を引き取る。

やさしい英語で： To die.

• The patient expired during the night.
• He expired peacefully with his family beside him.
• Several injured prisoners expired before help arrived.

類義語： die, pass away

よく使う表現： expire peacefully, expire suddenly

息を吐く

呼吸の際に、肺の空気を外へ出す。

やさしい英語で： To push air out of your lungs when breathing.

• Inspire deeply, then expire slowly.
• The patient expired air through a tube.
• Measure the volume of air expired during each breath.

類義語： breathe out, exhale

反対語： inhale, inspire

よく使う表現： expire slowly, expire air