rainbow

虹

日光が雨粒を通るとき、空に見える弓形の色の帯。

やさしい英語で： A curved band of different colours in the sky, seen when sunlight passes through drops of rain.

• Look at the rainbow in the sky.
• A rainbow appeared after the storm.
• Have you ever seen two rainbows together?

類義語： iris

よく使う表現： see a rainbow, double rainbow

多彩な種類、多様なもの

色や種類などが異なる、さまざまなものの幅広い集まり。

やさしい英語で： A wide range of different things, often with many colours or types.

• The garden offered a rainbow of colours.
• The shop sells a rainbow of fabrics.
• We tasted a rainbow of flavours at the festival.

使い方： a rainbow of something (The stall displayed a rainbow of silk scarves.)

類義語： array, assortment, variety

よく使う表現： rainbow of colours, rainbow of possibilities

幻、幻想

魅力的で実現できそうに見えるが、実際には手に入らないもの。

やさしい英語で： Something attractive that seems possible but cannot really be reached or achieved.

• His promised fortune was only a rainbow.
• She spent her life chasing rainbows of fame.
• Those hopes proved to be rainbows that vanished by morning.

類義語： illusion, mirage

反対語： reality

よく使う表現： chase a rainbow, empty rainbow

虹色の、色とりどりの

多くの鮮やかな色を持つ。

やさしい英語で： Having many different bright colours.

• She wore a rainbow scarf.
• We baked a rainbow cake.
• The children painted rainbow stripes on the wall.

類義語： multicoloured, colourful

反対語： monochrome

よく使う表現： rainbow colours, rainbow flag, rainbow cake

レインボー

パスワードを割り出すための、符号化した値の事前作成表に関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to prepared lists of coded password values used to discover passwords.

• The attacker used a rainbow table.
• Adding a unique salt helps prevent rainbow attacks.
• Rainbow tables can reveal poorly protected passwords.

よく使う表現： rainbow table, rainbow attack

虹色にする、彩る

何かを虹のような鮮やかな色とりどりにする。

やさしい英語で： To give something many bright colours arranged like those in the sky after rain.

• The artist rainbowed the wall with bright paint.
• Coloured ribbons rainbowed the plain white dress.
• Sunlight through the glass rainbowed the floor.

類義語： colour, decorate

よく使う表現： rainbow something, rainbow the walls, rainbow the sky