round

丸い

円や球の形をしている、または輪郭が曲線になっている。

やさしい英語で： Shaped like a circle or ball, or having a curved outline.

• She has a round face.
• We chose a table with round corners.
• The children drew round shapes on the paper.

類義語： circular, rounded

よく使う表現： round face, round table, round edges

丸い、円形の

平らな面や、一方の端から見た形が円になっている。

やさしい英語で： Having the shape of a circle, either flat or when seen from one end.

• The plate is round.
• They drilled a round hole in the wall.
• These round pipes come in several sizes.

類義語： circular

よく使う表現： round table, round plate, round pipe

丸い、球形の

ボールのように、どの側も曲面になっている。

やさしい英語で： Shaped like a ball, with a curved surface on every side.

• The Earth is round.
• He rolled a round stone down the hill.
• She bought a necklace with round wooden beads.

類義語： spherical, ball-shaped

よく使う表現： round ball, round earth, round beads

円形の物、輪切り

円や球の形をした物、またはその形の一片。

やさしい英語で： An object or piece of something shaped like a circle or ball.

• Cut the dough into rounds.
• She topped each round of bread with cheese.
• Arrange the pastry rounds on a baking tray.

使い方： a round of something (Place a round of dough in each cup.)

類義語： disc, circle

よく使う表現： round of bread, pastry round, cut a round

牛もも肉

牛の後ろ脚の上部から取れる肉。

やさしい英語で： Meat from the upper part of a cow’s back leg.

• Round is a lean cut of beef.
• The butcher recommended a round roast.
• Cook round steak slowly to keep it tender.

類義語： rump

よく使う表現： beef round, round steak, round roast

の周りに

中心にある物の、あらゆる側に。

やさしい英語で： On every side of something that is in the middle.

• We sat round the fire.
• She put a scarf round her neck.
• A high fence runs round the garden.

類義語： around

よく使う表現： round the table, round the fire, round someone’s neck

後ろに

振り返ったり、後ろを向いたりする方向へ。

やさしい英語で： Towards the opposite direction, so that you face or look behind you.

• Please turn round.
• She looked round when she heard her name.
• He spun round to face the door.

類義語： around

よく使う表現： turn round, look round, spin round

丸める、四捨五入する

数を、桁数の少ない近い値にして扱いやすくする。

やさしい英語で： To change a number to a nearby, simpler number with fewer figures.

• Round this number to ten.
• She rounded the price down to five euros.
• We rounded all the figures to two decimal places.

使い方： round something to ... (Round the total to the nearest hundred.); round something up/down (We rounded the cost up to ten pounds.)

類義語： approximate

よく使う表現： round something up, round something down, round something off