hank

かせ

糸や毛糸、縄をゆるい輪にして束ねたもの。

やさしい英語で： A length of thread, wool, or rope wound into a loose bundle of loops.

• She bought a hank of wool.
• Two hanks of yarn lay beside her needles.
• He unwound the hank of rope carefully.

使い方： a hank of something (I need another hank of cotton yarn.)

類義語： skein, coil

よく使う表現： hank of yarn, hank of rope

疑念、困難

物事を不確かにしたり、進めにくくしたりする疑いや困難。

やさしい英語で： A doubt or difficulty that makes something uncertain or hard to do.

• A hank remained in his mind.
• They faced a hank in settling the matter.
• She resolved the last hank before proceeding.

類義語： doubt, difficulty

よく使う表現： a troublesome hank, a lingering hank

もつれ

物が絡み合ったり混ざったりして、乱れたかたまり。

やさしい英語で： A confused mass of things twisted or mixed together.

• The thread was a hank.
• He pulled at the tangled hank of rope.
• She spent an hour sorting out the hank.

類義語： tangle, mess

よく使う表現： a tangled hank, hank of thread

門を留める縄

門を閉じたままにしておくための縄やしなやかな枝。

やさしい英語で： A piece of rope or a flexible branch used to hold a gate shut.

• He tied the gate with a hank.
• The old hank broke in the wind.
• She replaced the hank before the cattle escaped.

よく使う表現： gate hank, a rope hank

かせにする

糸や毛糸、縄をゆるい輪に巻いて束ねること。

やさしい英語で： To wind thread, wool, or rope into loose bundles of loops.

• She hanked the yarn.
• We hank the wool before dyeing it.
• He carefully hanked each length of thread.

よく使う表現： hank the yarn, hank the wool