mold

カビ

食品や湿った場所に生える、緑・白・黒などの柔らかい菌。

やさしい英語で： A soft green, white, or black growth that appears on food or damp surfaces.

• There is mold on the bread.
• We found black mold behind the cupboard.
• Damp rooms can encourage mold to grow.

使い方： mold on something (There is mold on the bathroom wall.)

類義語： mould, fungal growth

よく使う表現： black mold, mold growth, mold on something

型、鋳型

液体や柔らかい材料を入れ、固まるときに形を与える中空の容器。

やさしい英語で： A hollow container that gives a liquid or soft material its shape as it becomes solid.

• Pour the chocolate into the mold.
• She removed the cake from its mold.
• These molds are used to make plastic toys.

類義語： mould, form

よく使う表現： chocolate mold, silicone mold, fill a mold

型、タイプ

特に他と共通する特徴を持つ、人や物の一定の種類。

やさしい英語で： A particular type of person or thing, especially one similar to others.

• He does not fit the usual mold.
• They wanted a hero in the mold of old film stars.
• Her latest novel breaks the mold.

使い方： in the mold of someone/something (She is a leader in the mold of her grandfather.)

類義語： type, pattern, model

よく使う表現： in the mold, break the mold, traditional mold

型、模型

材料を周囲に置いたりかぶせたりして形を与える枠や模型。

やさしい英語で： A frame or model that material is placed around or over to give it a shape.

• He stretched the leather over a wooden mold.
• The hat took shape around the mold.
• They built the boat’s curved sides on large molds.

類義語： mould, form, model

よく使う表現： wooden mold, hat mold, shaping mold

形、形状

製作に使った型によって物に与えられた形や模様。

やさしい英語で： The shape or pattern given to something by the form used to make it.

• The casting kept the mold of the original.
• Each copy repeats the same mold.
• The ornament preserves the mold of the carved pattern.

類義語： mould, shape, pattern

よく使う表現： original mold, same mold, mold of something

形、輪郭

物の全体的な形や輪郭。

やさしい英語で： The overall shape or form of something.

• Her face had a delicate mold.
• The artist admired the graceful mold of his hands.
• Time had changed the mold of her features.

類義語： form, shape

よく使う表現： oval mold, delicate mold, mold of something

形作る、成形する

柔らかい材料を押したり加工したりして、望む形にする。

やさしい英語で： To press or work a soft material until it has the shape you want.

• Mold the dough into a ball.
• He molded a face from wet clay.
• Can you mold the sand into a castle?

使い方： mold something into something (She molded the clay into a small bowl.)

類義語： shape, form, mould

よく使う表現： mold clay, mold into something, mold by hand

成型する、鋳造する

液体や柔らかい材料を型に入れて物を作る。

やさしい英語で： To make an object by putting liquid or soft material into a shaped container.

• The factory molds plastic toys.
• They molded the handles from rubber.
• These chocolate animals were molded by hand.

類義語： mould, cast

よく使う表現： mold plastic, mold chocolate, mold something