floating

浮いている

水などの液体に沈まず、表面にとどまっている。

やさしい英語で： Staying on the surface of water or another liquid instead of sinking.

• Floating leaves covered the pond.
• We crossed the lake on a floating platform.
• The rescue boat avoided the floating debris.

類義語： afloat

反対語： sunken

よく使う表現： floating debris, floating island, floating platform

変動する、定まっていない

位置や意見、仕組みが固定されず、変化したり動いたりする。

やさしい英語で： Not fixed in one position, opinion, or arrangement, and able to change or move.

• Floating voters may decide the election.
• The country uses a floating exchange rate.
• A floating population moves between towns looking for work.

類義語： unfixed, changeable

反対語： fixed

よく使う表現： floating voter, floating exchange rate, floating population

浮遊の

言語の音の仕組みに存在するが、特定の音や音節には結びつかない。

やさしい英語で： Represented in a language’s sound structure but not attached to a particular sound or syllable.

• The analysis includes a floating tone.
• A floating feature may attach to the next syllable.
• Researchers disagree about the position of this floating tone.

よく使う表現： floating tone, floating feature

浮遊、漂流

液体の表面に浮いているものが動くこと。

やさしい英語で： The movement of something resting on a liquid’s surface.

• The gentle floating of the leaves was calming.
• We watched the floating of logs down the river.
• A weak current caused the slow floating of the raft.

類義語： drifting

よく使う表現： gentle floating, floating of logs

浮遊物

液体の表面に浮いている物質。

やさしい英語で： Material that rests on the surface of a liquid.

• The floating formed a thin layer on the water.
• Workers removed the floating from the tank.
• The sample contained floating as well as heavier material.

類義語： floating material

よく使う表現： remove the floating, floating in water

左官仕上げ

壁に柔らかい塗り材を広げ、表面を滑らかにする作業。

やさしい英語で： The work of spreading and smoothing a soft covering on walls.

• Floating gives the wall a smooth surface.
• The plaster needs floating before it dries.
• Careful floating removed the marks left by the tool.

よく使う表現： floating of plaster, wall floating

馬の歯のやすりがけ

馬の歯の鋭い部分を道具で削り、滑らかにする処置。

やさしい英語で： The treatment of making sharp parts of a horse’s teeth smooth with a tool.

• The horse needs floating.
• Regular floating can help a horse chew comfortably.
• The vet checked its teeth before floating.

よく使う表現： dental floating, routine floating