lobe

葉

脳、肝臓、肺などの臓器で、はっきり分かれた部分の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the clearly separate sections of an organ, such as the brain, liver, or lung.

• The brain has several lobes.
• The surgeon removed one lobe of her lung.
• Damage to the frontal lobe can change behavior.

使い方： a lobe of something (The scan showed damage to one lobe of the lung.)

よく使う表現： frontal lobe, lobe of something, temporal lobe

裂片、葉

大きな物から突き出した、またはその一区分をなす丸みのある部分。

やさしい英語で： A rounded part that sticks out from, or forms a division of, something larger.

• The leaf has three lobes.
• A lobe of lava spread down the slope.
• Each rounded lobe forms part of the larger shape.

類義語： projection

よく使う表現： rounded lobe, lobe of lava, leaf lobe

ローブ

スケーターが氷の上に描く半円形の軌跡。

やさしい英語で： A half-circle shape traced on the ice by a skater.

• The skater traced a lobe on the ice.
• Each lobe should have a smooth curve.
• Her blade left two neat lobes behind her.

よく使う表現： skating lobe, trace a lobe, curved lobe