interval

間隔

二つの物や出来事の間にある時間や距離。

やさしい英語で： The time or space between two things or events.

• There was a brief interval between calls.
• Take the medicine at regular intervals.
• The trees were planted at intervals of five metres.

使い方： an interval between A and B (There was a short interval between the two calls.); at intervals of a stated amount (The posts stand at intervals of two metres.)

類義語： gap, space

よく使う表現： regular interval, short interval, interval between something

休憩、幕間

演劇やコンサートなどの各部の間に設けられる短い休憩。

やさしい英語で： A short break between parts of a play, concert, or other performance.

• We bought drinks during the interval.
• The play has a fifteen-minute interval.
• After the interval, the orchestra performed a new piece.

類義語： intermission, break

よく使う表現： during the interval, after the interval, twenty-minute interval

音程

二つの音の高さの違い。

やさしい英語で： The difference in how high or low two musical notes sound.

• The interval between these notes is small.
• She can sing wide intervals accurately.
• An octave is the interval between one C and the next.

使い方： an interval of a musical distance (These notes form an interval of a fifth.)

よく使う表現： musical interval, wide interval, interval of something

区間

二つの端の間の数をすべて含む範囲。端の数を含む場合もある。

やさしい英語で： A range of numbers containing every number between its ends, sometimes including the ends.

• Choose a number in this interval.
• A closed interval includes both endpoints.
• The function is positive throughout the interval from two to four.

よく使う表現： open interval, closed interval, bounded interval

休憩時間

クリケットで、その日の試合中に昼食やお茶のために取る休憩。

やさしい英語で： A lunch or tea break between periods of play during a day of cricket.

• Rain began during the tea interval.
• The players left the field for the lunch interval.
• Play resumed after the interval with a new bowler.

類義語： break

よく使う表現： lunch interval, tea interval, scheduled interval