mesh

メッシュ、網

針金や糸を交差させて作った、小さな穴がたくさんある素材。

やさしい英語で： Material made from crossing wires or threads, with many small holes between them.

• The window is covered with mesh.
• A wire mesh fence surrounds the garden.
• The bag has small mesh pockets.

類義語： netting

よく使う表現： wire mesh, fine mesh, mesh fence, mesh screen

網目

網の糸や針金の間にある、一つ一つの穴。

やさしい英語で： One of the holes between the threads or wires of a net.

• Each mesh is too small for the fish to escape.
• The fisherman checked the size of each mesh.
• A twig was caught in one mesh of the net.

類義語： opening

よく使う表現： size of mesh, each mesh, small mesh

調和する、うまく合う

互いによく合う、または一緒にうまく働く。

やさしい英語で： To fit or work well together.

• Our personalities mesh well.
• His plans did not mesh with mine.
• The music meshed perfectly with the pictures.

使い方： mesh with something (Her teaching style meshes with the school’s approach.)

類義語： fit, harmonize

反対語： clash

よく使う表現： mesh well, mesh with something

かみ合う

一方の部品の歯が他方の隙間に入り、うまく組み合わさる。

やさしい英語で： To fit together so that the teeth of one part enter the spaces in another.

• The gears mesh smoothly.
• These teeth do not mesh with the other wheel.
• The mechanic adjusted the gears until they meshed.

使い方： mesh with something (The small gear meshes with the larger wheel.)

類義語： interlock, engage

反対語： disengage

よく使う表現： gears mesh, mesh with something