port

港、港町

海沿いで船が停泊する場所、またはその港がある町。

やさしい英語で： A place by the sea where ships stop, or the town containing it.

• The ship arrived at the port.
• They live in a busy port on the coast.
• Our boat leaves port tomorrow.

類義語： harbor

よく使う表現： busy port, port city, leave port, enter port

ポート、接続端子

機器やプログラムが情報を送受信する、コンピューターやネットワークの接続口。

やさしい英語で： A connection point on a computer or network through which devices or programs send and receive information.

• Plug the cable into this port.
• My laptop has two USB ports.
• The program sends data through a network port.

類義語： connection point

よく使う表現： usb port, charging port, network port

左舷

船や航空機で、前を向いたときの左側。

やさしい英語で： The left side of a ship or aircraft when you face the front.

• Another boat appeared to port.
• The captain ordered a turn to port.
• The aircraft banked sharply to port.

類義語： backboard, larboard, leeboard, left

反対語： starboard

よく使う表現： to port, on port

左舷の

船や航空機で、前を向いたときの左側にある、またはその側に関する。

やさしい英語で： On or relating to the left side of a ship or aircraft when you face the front.

• Stand on the port side.
• The port engine stopped suddenly.
• A light flashed beneath the port wing.

類義語： larboard, backboard, left

反対語： starboard

よく使う表現： port side, port engine, port wing

移植する

コンピュータープログラムを別のシステムで動くように変更すること。

やさしい英語で： To change a computer program so it can work on a different system.

• They will port the game to phones.
• She ported the software to Linux.
• Can we port this program to another system?

使い方： port something to something (They ported the game to a new console.); port something from something to something (She ported the program from Windows to Linux.)

類義語： adapt, convert

よく使う表現： port a game, port software, port to something, port a program

入港する

船が港に着いて、そこに停まること。

やさしい英語で： If a ship does this, it arrives and stops at a harbor.

• The ship ported before sunset.
• We ported in a quiet bay.
• The vessel will port at the nearest harbor.

使い方： port at/in somewhere (The ship ported at a small island harbor.)

類義語： dock

よく使う表現： port at somewhere, port in somewhere

銃を斜めに構える

銃口が左肩の近くに来るよう、銃を体の前で斜めに持つこと。

やさしい英語で： To hold a weapon across the front of your body, with its barrel near your left shoulder.

• The officer ordered them to port arms.
• Each soldier ported his rifle.
• They stood in line, porting their weapons.

よく使う表現： port arms, port a rifle

左舷に切る

船の舵の操作装置を左側へ動かすこと。

やさしい英語で： To move a ship’s steering control toward its left side.

• The captain ordered us to port the helm.
• He ported the helm carefully.
• Port your helm when I give the signal.

よく使う表現： port the helm, port your helm