pedal

ペダル

自転車や車などを動かしたり操作したりするために足で踏む部品。

やさしい英語で： A part you push with your foot to move or control a bike, car, or other machine.

• Put your foot on the pedal.
• The bicycle has two metal pedals.
• She pressed the piano pedal to let the notes ring.

よく使う表現： brake pedal, bicycle pedal, press the pedal

足、足状器官

足、または動物の体で足に似た形や働きを持つ部分。

やさしい英語で： A foot or a part of an animal’s body shaped or used like a foot.

• The diagram labels the animal’s pedal.
• The specimen has a broad, muscular pedal.
• Students examined the pedal under a microscope.

類義語： foot

よく使う表現： muscular pedal, pedal structure

ペダル部

足で弾く鍵盤によって音を出す、オルガンの管の集まり。

やさしい英語で： The groups of organ pipes controlled by the keys played with the feet.

• The pedal has two ranks of pipes.
• The organist added a deep stop to the pedal.
• This church organ has a powerful pedal.

類義語： pedal division

よく使う表現： organ pedal, pedal division, pedal stops

ペダルをこぐ

足でペダルを回して自転車を進める。

やさしい英語で： To move a bicycle by pushing its foot controls around with your feet.

• I pedal my bike to school.
• She pedalled slowly up the hill.
• Can you pedal faster?

類義語： cycle

よく使う表現： pedal a bike, pedal uphill, pedal faster, pedal to school

足の

足に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with the foot or feet.

• The nurse checked his pedal pulse.
• The scan showed damage to the pedal bones.
• These exercises strengthen the pedal muscles.

よく使う表現： pedal pulse, pedal bones, pedal muscles