lung

肺

胸に二つあり、呼吸すると空気が入る器官の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the two organs in your chest that fill with air when you breathe.

• Smoking can damage your lungs.
• The doctor listened to her left lung.
• He filled his lungs with fresh air.

よく使う表現： lung cancer, lung disease, left lung

緑の肺

木や植物があり、周囲に新鮮な空気を供給する場所。

やさしい英語で： A place with trees or plants that provides fresh air for a surrounding area.

• The park is the city’s green lung.
• These forests serve as lungs for the region.
• Developers threatened a vital green lung outside town.

使い方： the lung of somewhere (The forest is the lung of the city.)

よく使う表現： green lung, lung of something

肺活量、持久力

激しい運動に必要な呼吸の力。英語では普通、複数形で使う。

やさしい英語で： The ability to breathe strongly enough for hard physical activity, usually spoken of in the plural.

• You need strong lungs for this climb.
• He has the lungs to sing all evening.
• She no longer has the lungs for long races.

使い方： the lungs for something (He has the lungs for a long swim.); the lungs to do something (She has the lungs to shout across the field.)

類義語： stamina, breath

よく使う表現： strong lungs, lungs for something