hairline

髪の生え際

頭の髪が生えている部分の境目、特に額の上の境目。

やさしい英語で： The edge of the area where hair grows on your head, especially above your forehead.

• He has a high hairline.
• Her hairline was hidden beneath her fringe.
• His hairline began to recede in his thirties.

よく使う表現： receding hairline, high hairline, along the hairline

極細線、ヘアライン

文字や絵、印刷された文字に使われる、非常に細い線。

やさしい英語で： An extremely thin line used in writing, drawing, or printed letters.

• Draw a hairline beneath the heading.
• The letters have delicate hairlines.
• A fine pen produced the hairline in this drawing.

類義語： fine line

よく使う表現： fine hairline, hairline stroke, draw a hairline

細いひび、微細亀裂

表面にできた、ごく細い割れ目。

やさしい英語で： A very narrow crack in a surface.

• A hairline appeared in the glaze.
• The inspector found hairlines in several tiles.
• Water seeped through a hairline in the concrete.

類義語： fine crack

よく使う表現： hairline in something, tiny hairline, visible hairline

毛製の釣り糸

毛を使って作った釣り糸。

やさしい英語で： A fishing line made from strands of hair.

• The angler used a hairline.
• He tied a small hook to his hairline.
• Old fishing books describe making hairlines from horsehair.

よく使う表現： horsehair hairline, fishing hairline, cast a hairline