mast

マスト、支柱

帆や旗、機器などを支える高い柱や塔。

やさしい英語で： A tall pole or tower that holds sails, flags, or equipment.

• The flag flew from the mast.
• The storm broke both masts on the ship.
• They built a radio mast on the hill.

よく使う表現： ship’s mast, radio mast, main mast

堅果類

豚や野生動物が食べる、森の木になる堅い殻の実など。

やさしい英語で： Nuts and other fruit from forest trees, eaten by pigs and wild animals.

• The pigs fed on fallen mast.
• An abundant mast crop attracted deer to the forest.
• Oak trees produced little mast that autumn.

よく使う表現： mast crop, mast year, forest mast

木の実を食べる

森の木になる堅い殻の実や果実を食べる。

やさしい英語で： To eat nuts or fruit from forest trees.

• The pigs mast in the woods.
• The animals masted beneath the beech trees.
• These pigs will mast on fallen nuts through autumn.

使い方： mast on something (The pigs mast on acorns beneath the oaks.)

類義語： forage

よく使う表現： mast in woods, mast on acorns