load

荷物、荷

持ち運ぶ物。特に重い物をいう。

やさしい英語で： Something carried, especially something heavy.

• He carried a heavy load.
• The donkey struggled under its load.
• We lifted the load onto the cart.

使い方： load of something (The truck carried a load of bricks.)

類義語： burden, cargo

よく使う表現： heavy load, carry a load, load of something

たくさん、大量

物の量や数がとても多いこと。

やさしい英語で： A large amount or number of something.

• We have loads of time.
• He spent a load of money.
• Did you take loads of photos?

使い方： a load of something (We have a load of spare blankets.); loads of something (She has loads of friends.)

類義語： lot, ton

よく使う表現： a load of, loads of something, loads to do

仕事量、負担

人が抱えている仕事や責任の量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of work or responsibility someone has.

• The extra assistant reduced my load.
• Teachers have a heavy load this term.
• We shared the load between three people.

類義語： workload

よく使う表現： work load, teaching load, share the load

一回分、積み荷

車や機械が一度に運んだり処理したりできる量。

やさしい英語で： An amount that a vehicle or machine can carry or handle at one time.

• The truck takes one load at a time.
• We need three loads of sand.
• This machine processes each load in ten minutes.

使い方： load of something (They delivered a full load of sand.)

類義語： batch

よく使う表現： full load, load of something, one load

洗濯物、一回分の洗濯物

洗濯機で一度にまとめて洗う衣類など。

やさしい英語で： The clothes or other things washed together in a washing machine.

• I washed a load of towels.
• There are two loads of laundry left.
• Can you put a load on before breakfast?

使い方： load of laundry/washing (I put a load of laundry in the machine.)

類義語： washload

よく使う表現： load of washing, load of laundry, wash a load

電気負荷

装置が供給する、または供給する必要がある電力の量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of electrical power a device supplies or needs to supply.

• The generator can handle this load.
• Switching on the heater increased the electrical load.
• Engineers measured the load during peak demand.

使い方： load on something (The load on the generator increased.)

よく使う表現： electrical load, peak load, load on something

積む、積み込む

運ぶために、物を車などの上や中に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To put things onto or into something so they can be carried.

• We loaded the truck.
• She loaded her bags into the car.
• Have they loaded all the boxes yet?

使い方： load something onto/into something (We loaded the boxes onto the truck.); load something with something (They loaded the van with furniture.)

類義語： pack

反対語： unload

よく使う表現： load a truck, load something onto something, load with something, load cargo

装填する、入れる

機械や武器を使うために必要な物を中に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To put the supplies a machine or weapon needs inside it.

• He loaded the gun.
• Please load the printer with fresh paper.
• She loaded film into the camera.

使い方： load something with something (She loaded the printer with paper.)

類義語： fill

反対語： unload

よく使う表現： load a gun, load a printer, load with something