lap

膝

座っているときの、太ももの上の部分。

やさしい英語で： The top of your upper legs when you are sitting down.

• The cat sat on my lap.
• She held the baby in her lap.
• He balanced a notebook on his lap.

使い方： on someone’s lap (The child sat on her father’s lap.)

よく使う表現： on someone’s lap, in someone’s lap, sit on someone’s lap

周、往復

コースを一周すること、またはプールの端から端までの一泳ぎや往復。

やさしい英語で： One complete trip around a track or along a swimming pool.

• I ran one lap.
• She completed ten laps of the pool.
• Who was leading on the final lap?

使い方： a lap of something (He ran a lap of the track.)

類義語： circuit

よく使う表現： final lap, lap time, run a lap, swim a lap

重なり、重ね代

ある材料が別の材料の上に重なっている部分。

やさしい英語で： The part of one piece of material that lies over another piece.

• The lap must be wide enough.
• Water leaked through the lap between the sheets.
• The builder sealed each lap on the roof.

類義語： overlap

よく使う表現： lap joint, sheet lap, lap width

なめて飲む

動物が舌を何度も液体につけて飲む。

やさしい英語で： If an animal does this, it drinks by repeatedly touching liquid with its tongue.

• The cat lapped the milk.
• A thirsty dog lapped water from the bowl.
• The kittens lap up their milk every morning.

使い方： lap something up (The kitten lapped the milk up.); lap something from something (The dog lapped water from a dish.)

類義語： lick up

よく使う表現： lap up milk, lap the water, lap from something

折り重ねる

材料を折り曲げて、一部が別の部分の上に重なるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To bend a piece of material so that one part lies over another.

• Lap the cloth over its edge.
• She lapped the fabric before sewing it.
• He lapped one corner of the sheet over another.

使い方： lap something over something (She lapped the cloth over the edge.)

類義語： fold

反対語： unfold

よく使う表現： lap the cloth, lap an edge, lap something over

包む

布などを巻きつけて物を覆う。

やさしい英語で： To cover or surround something by winding material around it.

• She lapped the baby in a blanket.
• He lapped a bandage around his finger.
• The cloth was lapped around the broken handle.

使い方： lap something in something (They lapped the fragile bowl in cloth.); lap something around something (She lapped a bandage around his wrist.)

類義語： wrap, enwrap

反対語： unwrap

よく使う表現： lap something around something, lap in cloth, lap a bandage