mosaic

モザイク

色の付いた小さな石やガラス、タイルを組み合わせた絵や模様。

やさしい英語で： A picture or design made by fitting small colored pieces of stone, glass, or tile together.

• The mosaic shows a bird.
• They decorated the wall with bright mosaics.
• Small pieces of glass form this beautiful mosaic.

よく使う表現： floor mosaic, glass mosaic, mosaic pattern, ancient mosaic

モザイク

多くの異なる部分が組み合わさってできた一つの全体。

やさしい英語で： Something made up of many different parts that together form a whole.

• The city is a mosaic of cultures.
• We combined the photographs into a single mosaic.
• From above, the fields form a mosaic of colors.

使い方： mosaic of something (The city is a mosaic of cultures.)

類義語： patchwork, mixture

よく使う表現： mosaic of cultures, mosaic of images, rich mosaic

モザイクで飾る

小さな色付きのかけらで模様を作ったり、表面を覆ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To make or cover something with a design using many small colored pieces.

• They want to mosaic the wall.
• She mosaicked the pool’s edge with blue tiles.
• We spent the weekend mosaicking a small garden table.

よく使う表現： mosaic a wall, mosaic a floor, mosaic the edge