horn

クラクション

車などに付いていて、大きな音で人に注意を促す装置。

やさしい英語で： A device on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people.

• Press the horn to warn him.
• The driver sounded her horn twice.
• Why are all those car horns beeping?

類義語： hooter, klaxon

よく使う表現： car horn, sound the horn, horn button

角

動物の頭に生える硬くとがった部分、またはその素材。

やさしい英語で： A hard pointed growth on an animal’s head, or the material it is made of.

• The goat has a broken horn.
• The bull lowered its horns.
• Her old comb was made of horn.

類義語： keratin

よく使う表現： curved horn, horn handle, horn on something

ホルン

通常は金属製で、息を吹き込んで演奏する楽器。

やさしい英語で： A musical instrument, usually metal, that you play by blowing into it.

• She plays the horn.
• The orchestra needs two more horn players.
• A horn solo opened the concert.

よく使う表現： play the horn, french horn, horn section

角笛

息を吹き込んで、大きな音で合図をする道具。

やさしい英語で： An instrument you blow into to make a loud signal.

• The hunter blew his horn.
• A horn sounded across the valley.
• They used horns to call everyone together.

よく使う表現： hunting horn, blow a horn, sound a horn

クラクションを鳴らす

車などの警音器を鳴らす。

やさしい英語で： To make a vehicle’s warning device sound.

• The driver horned twice.
• She horned at the cyclist ahead.
• Cars kept horning outside the gate.

使い方： horn at someone/something (He horned at a car blocking the entrance.)

類義語： honk

よく使う表現： horn at someone, horn loudly