kettle

やかん、電気ケトル

特にお茶やコーヒーのために湯を沸かす容器や電気器具。

やさしい英語で： A container or electric appliance used to boil water, especially for making tea or coffee.

• Fill the kettle with water.
• I boiled the kettle to make tea.
• Has the kettle switched itself off?

類義語： teakettle

よく使う表現： electric kettle, boil the kettle, fill the kettle

鍋、釜

液体を沸かしたり料理したりする大きな鍋。普通は金属製でふたがある。

やさしい英語で： A large pot, usually made of metal and with a lid, for boiling liquids or cooking food.

• The soup bubbled in the kettle.
• He cooked beans in a large iron kettle.
• They lifted the heavy kettle off the fire.

類義語： pot, cauldron

よく使う表現： soup kettle, iron kettle, kettle of soup

ケトル、氷河性凹地

地中に埋もれた氷が溶けてできることが多い、地面のくぼみ。

やさしい英語で： A hollow in the ground, often left when buried ice melts.

• Water collected in the kettle.
• A melting block of ice left this kettle.
• Several deep kettles formed across the glacial landscape.

類義語： kettle hole, pothole

よく使う表現： kettle hole, kettle lake, glacial kettle

猛禽類の群れ

上昇する暖かい空気に乗って、一緒に旋回するタカなどの群れ。

やさしい英語で： A group of hawks or similar birds circling together in rising warm air.

• A kettle of hawks circled overhead.
• We watched the kettle rise on warm air.
• Several kettles of migrating raptors passed above the valley.

使い方： kettle of hawks/raptors (A kettle of hawks rose above the hill.)

よく使う表現： kettle of hawks, kettle of raptors, soaring kettle

蒸気機関車

蒸気の力で動き、鉄道の車両を引く機関車。

やさしい英語で： A steam engine that pulls railway carriages.

• The old kettle pulled into the station.
• Railway fans photographed the kettle beside the platform.
• Two kettles hauled the train up the hill.

類義語： steam locomotive, steam engine

よく使う表現： old kettle, steam kettle, railway kettle

ティンパニ

丸い金属製の胴を持ち、オーケストラでばちを使って演奏する大きな太鼓。

やさしい英語で： A large drum with a rounded metal body, played with sticks in an orchestra.

• The player struck the kettle.
• Two kettles stood at the back of the orchestra.
• He tuned each kettle before the concert began.

類義語： kettledrum, timpani

よく使う表現： orchestral kettle, strike a kettle, tune a kettle