mop

モップ

長い柄の先に布や太い糸を付けた、床を洗う道具。

やさしい英語で： A tool with a long handle and cloth or thick threads for washing floors.

• Where is the mop?
• She cleaned the kitchen floor with a mop.
• These mops have long wooden handles.

よく使う表現： a wet mop, mop and bucket, mop handle

もじゃもじゃの髪

豊かに生えた髪のかたまり。多くは乱れた髪を指す。

やさしい英語で： A thick mass of hair, often untidy.

• He has a mop of curls.
• Her thick mop of hair hid her face.
• He tried to brush his unruly mop.

使い方： mop of hair (A mop of dark hair covered his forehead.)

よく使う表現： mop of hair, a curly mop, a thick mop

モップがけ

モップを使って床を洗ったり拭いたりすること。

やさしい英語で： An act of washing or wiping a floor with a long-handled cleaning tool.

• The floor needs a mop.
• I gave the kitchen tiles a quick mop.
• A thorough mop removed the muddy marks.

使い方： give something a mop (Give the floor a mop before the guests arrive.)

類義語： wash, wipe

よく使う表現： a quick mop, a thorough mop

モップをかける、拭く

モップや布で、物をきれいにしたり拭いたりする。

やさしい英語で： Clean or wipe something with a long-handled cloth tool or with a cloth.

• Please mop the floor.
• He mopped up the milk.
• She mopped her brow with a cloth.

使い方： mop up something (She mopped up the spilled water.)

類義語： wipe, clean

よく使う表現： mop the floor, mop up something, mop your brow