passage

一節、文章の一部

本やほかの文章の中の、短い部分。

やさしい英語で： A short part of a book or another piece of writing.

• Read the passage below.
• He quoted two passages from the book.
• Which passage did you find most interesting?

使い方： a passage from something (She read a passage from her favourite novel.)

類義語： section, extract, excerpt

よく使う表現： read a passage, a short passage, a passage from something

通過、移行、通行許可

別の場所や人生の段階へ移ること。また、ある場所を通る許可。

やさしい英語で： Movement from one place or stage of life to another, or permission to move through a place.

• The guards allowed us safe passage.
• The ceremony marked her passage into adulthood.
• The passage of time changed his views.

使い方： passage from A to B (The ceremony marks the passage from childhood to adulthood.); passage through something (The army allowed safe passage through the area.)

類義語： passing, transition

よく使う表現： safe passage, free passage, rite of passage, passage of time

通路、廊下

建物の中や場所と場所の間を通る、長く細い道。

やさしい英語で： A long, narrow way through a building or between places.

• The passage leads to the kitchen.
• We walked down a dark passage.
• Are there secret passages under the castle?

類義語： passageway, corridor

よく使う表現： a narrow passage, a secret passage, down the passage, through a passage

通路、管

空気や液体などが通るための穴や管。

やさしい英語で： An opening or tube that allows air, liquid, or other things to move through.

• The swelling blocked her nasal passage.
• Air flows through these narrow passages.
• The doctor checked whether the passage was clear.

類義語： channel, duct

よく使う表現： nasal passage, an air passage, a blocked passage

楽節、一節

一つの楽曲の中の、短い部分。

やさしい英語で： A short part of a piece of music.

• Play that passage again.
• The final passage is very quiet.
• She practised the difficult passages before the concert.

使い方： a passage from something (The violinist played a passage from the concerto.)

類義語： section

よく使う表現： a musical passage, a difficult passage, play a passage

船旅、航海

船や飛行機での旅。

やさしい英語で： A journey by ship or aircraft.

• We had a rough passage.
• She booked passage on the next ship.
• Their passage across the ocean took six weeks.

使い方： passage to somewhere (She booked passage to New Zealand.); passage on something (He paid for passage on a cargo ship.)

類義語： journey, crossing, voyage

よく使う表現： book passage, a sea passage, a rough passage, passage to somewhere

継代する

細胞や微生物を別の動物や培地に移し、増殖を続けさせる。

やさしい英語で： To move cells or germs into another animal or growth material so they keep growing.

• We passage the cells every week.
• The team passaged the virus through mice.
• These cultures have been passaged several times.

使い方： passage something through something (The researchers passaged the virus through several hosts.); passage something into something (They passaged the cells into fresh medium.)

類義語： subculture

よく使う表現： passage a virus, passage the cells, passage through something