labyrinth

迷路、迷宮

道や通路が入り組み、進む方向を見つけにくいもの。

やさしい英語で： A complicated set of paths or passages in which it is hard to find your way.

• We got lost in the labyrinth.
• The labyrinth has only one exit.
• They built a labyrinth from tall hedges.

使い方： labyrinth of something (We explored a labyrinth of underground passages.)

類義語： maze

よく使う表現： underground labyrinth, labyrinth of tunnels, enter the labyrinth

迷路、迷宮

曲がり角や道が多く、どこへ進めばよいか分かりにくい場所。

やさしい英語で： A place with so many turns and routes that finding your way is difficult.

• The hospital is a labyrinth.
• We wandered through the city’s labyrinth of streets.
• Finding her office in that labyrinth took an hour.

使い方： labyrinth of something (Their offices form a labyrinth of narrow corridors.)

類義語： maze

よく使う表現： urban labyrinth, labyrinth of streets, office labyrinth