globe

地球儀

表面に地球や他の惑星の地図を描いた、球形の模型。

やさしい英語で： A ball-shaped model with a map of Earth or another planet on its surface.

• Find Japan on the globe.
• The teacher spun the globe to show the Pacific Ocean.
• We bought a globe for our daughter’s desk.

よく使う表現： world globe, classroom globe, globe of earth

世界、地球

あらゆる場所や人々を含めていう、地球全体。

やさしい英語で： The Earth, especially when talking about all its places or people.

• People across the globe watched.
• She has travelled around the globe twice.
• The disease spread to every corner of the globe.

類義語： world, Earth

よく使う表現： around the globe, across the globe, entire globe

球体、球

丸い球の形をした物。地図が描かれたり、照明の一部になったりする。

やさしい英語で： An object shaped like a ball, sometimes showing a map or forming part of a lamp.

• A glass globe covers the light.
• He placed a metal globe on the shelf.
• The lamp’s globe cracked when it fell.

類義語： sphere, ball

よく使う表現： glass globe, lamp globe, round globe