medley

メドレー

複数の曲の一部をつないで、一つの曲として演奏したり歌ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： Parts of several songs played or sung together as one piece of music.

• The band played a medley.
• She sang a medley of famous love songs.
• Their final medley included three old hits.

使い方： a medley of something (He performed a medley of songs from the show.)

よく使う表現： medley of songs, musical medley, perform a medley

取り合わせ、混合

異なるものがいろいろ混ざったもの。

やさしい英語で： A mixture of different things.

• She served a medley of vegetables.
• The garden was a medley of bright colors.
• We heard a strange medley of voices and bells.

使い方： a medley of something (The plate held a medley of fresh fruit.)

類義語： mixture, mix, assortment

よく使う表現： fruit medley, vegetable medley, medley of colors

メドレー、個人メドレー

四つの異なる泳ぎ方で泳ぐ水泳競技。

やさしい英語で： A swimming race using four different ways of swimming.

• She won the individual medley.
• Our team entered the medley relay.
• He trained for the four-hundred-meter medley.

よく使う表現： individual medley, medley relay, swim a medley

多色織物

いくつもの異なる色を使って作られた布。

やさしい英語で： Cloth made with several different colors.

• The tailor chose a woolen medley.
• Her coat was made from medley cloth.
• The merchant displayed medleys in several color combinations.

よく使う表現： medley cloth, woolen medley

混ぜ合わせる

異なるものを合わせて一つの混合物にする。

やさしい英語で： To combine different things into one mixture.

• They medley several tunes together.
• The arranger medleyed the songs into one piece.
• She likes to medley fragments from different melodies.

類義語： combine, mix, blend

反対語： separate

よく使う表現： medley songs together, medley several tunes