noise

騒音

不快に感じたり、聞くことや考えること、休むことを妨げたりする音。

やさしい英語で： Sound that bothers you or makes it hard to hear, think, or rest.

• The noise kept me awake.
• Please stop making so much noise.
• We complained about the noise from the building work.

類義語： racket, din

反対語： silence

よく使う表現： make noise, traffic noise, too much noise

音

耳に聞こえるもの。特に、原因がはっきりしない一つの音。

やさしい英語で： Something you can hear, especially a single sound whose cause may be unclear.

• I heard a noise upstairs.
• The machine made a soft clicking noise.
• What was that noise behind the door?

類義語： sound

よく使う表現： a strange noise, hear a noise, a clicking noise

抗議、うわさ

人々の注目を集める、あることへの不満やうわさ。

やさしい英語で： Complaints or talk about something that attract attention.

• The decision caused plenty of noise.
• Residents made noise about the new parking charges.
• Most of the noise came from unhappy customers.

使い方： noise about something (There is a lot of noise about the proposed cuts.)

類義語： fuss, complaints, rumours

よく使う表現： make noise about, political noise, noise over something

言い広める

本当とは限らないニュースや話を、多くの人に伝える。

やさしい英語で： To tell many people news or a story, often one that may not be true.

• They noised the story abroad.
• Her plans were soon noised about the village.
• It was noised abroad that the king had fallen ill.

使い方： be noised abroad (The news of his departure was soon noised abroad.); be noised about (A strange story was being noised about the town.)

類義語： spread, circulate

よく使う表現： noise something abroad, noise something about