neon

ネオン

色もにおいもなく、赤橙色に明るく光るランプに使う気体。

やさしい英語で： A gas with no color or smell, used in lamps that produce a bright red-orange light.

• The tube contains neon.
• Neon glows when electricity passes through it.
• The scientist filled the lamp with neon gas.

よく使う表現： neon gas, neon lights, neon sign

ネオンテトラ

鮮やかな青い線があり、家庭の水槽でよく飼われる小さな熱帯魚。

やさしい英語で： A small tropical fish with a bright blue stripe, often kept in home fish tanks.

• A neon swam past the plants.
• We bought six neons for our tank.
• The neons stayed together near the bottom of the aquarium.

類義語： neon tetra

よく使う表現： a neon tetra, a shoal of neon