overhead

頭上に、上空に

頭の上や、空の高いところに。

やさしい英語で： Above your head or high in the sky.

• A bird flew overhead.
• Dark clouds gathered overhead as we walked home.
• We heard a helicopter passing overhead.

類義語： above, up above

反対語： below

よく使う表現： fly overhead, pass overhead, directly overhead

頭上の、上方の

上の方、特に頭の真上にある。

やさしい英語で： Above you, especially directly above your head.

• The overhead lights were bright.
• Put your bag in the overhead locker.
• Workers repaired the overhead power cables.

よく使う表現： overhead lights, overhead wires, overhead locker

オーバーヘッドの

足を頭より高く上げ、ボールを後ろへ蹴る動作を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a kick made by lifting your foot above your head to send the ball backwards.

• He scored with an overhead kick.
• Her overhead effort flew just wide of the goal.
• The crowd cheered his spectacular overhead goal.

類義語： bicycle

よく使う表現： overhead kick, an overhead goal

間接費、諸経費

家賃など、個々の製品の生産に直接かかわらない事業の経費。

やさしい英語で： Regular costs of running a business, such as rent, that are not costs of making individual products.

• Rent is our biggest overhead.
• The company reduced its overhead by moving offices.
• High overhead costs left little room for profit.

類義語： running costs, operating expenses

よく使う表現： reduce overhead, overhead costs, high overhead

無駄金

役に立つものを何も得られずに使ったお金。

やさしい英語で： Money spent without gaining anything useful.

• That useless fee was pure overhead.
• He called the unnecessary spending overhead.
• They treated every wasted dollar as overhead.

類義語： waste

よく使う表現： unnecessary overhead, pure overhead, wasted overhead

の上に

人や物より上にある位置を表す。

やさしい英語で： Above someone or something.

• Stars shone overhead the sleeping town.
• A thick canopy spread overhead the travelers.
• Clouds gathered overhead the distant hills.

使い方： overhead someone/something (Branches formed a green roof overhead the path.)

類義語： above, over

反対語： below, under

よく使う表現： overhead someone, overhead the trees