medium

媒体、手段

人に情報やメッセージを伝えたり、活動を行ったりする手段。

やさしい英語で： A way of passing information or messages to people or carrying out an activity.

• Radio is a powerful medium.
• The internet became her main medium for teaching.
• Money serves as a medium of exchange.

使い方： medium for something (Radio is a useful medium for public announcements.); through the medium of something (They shared their experiences through the medium of film.)

類義語： channel, means

よく使う表現： advertising medium, medium of exchange, medium for something

画材、表現手段

芸術家が作品を作ったり何かを表現したりするための材料や方法。

やさしい英語で： A material or method an artist uses to make or express something.

• Clay is her favorite medium.
• He works in several different media.
• The artist chose photography as her medium.

よく使う表現： chosen medium, artistic medium, medium of something

媒質

音や光などが伝わる、空気や水のような物質。

やさしい英語で： A substance, such as air or water, through which sound, light, or another thing travels.

• Sound needs a medium to travel through.
• Light slows down when it enters a different medium.
• Water acts as a medium for these waves.

よく使う表現： through a medium, liquid medium, transparent medium

霊媒

亡くなった人からの言葉を受け取れると主張する人。

やさしい英語で： A person who claims to receive messages from people who have died.

• She visited a medium.
• The medium claimed to hear her grandfather.
• Do you believe mediums can speak to the dead?

類義語： spirit medium

よく使う表現： visit a medium, psychic medium, medium contacted someone

中くらいの、中の

小さいものと大きいもの、または低いものと高いものの間。

やさしい英語で： Between small and large, or between low and high.

• I need a medium shirt.
• Cook the eggs over medium heat.
• Would you like a small or medium drink?

類義語： mid-sized, moderate

よく使う表現： medium size, medium heat, medium height