semi

セミトレーラー、トレーラートラック

大型の牽引トラック、または後部だけに車輪があるトレーラー自体。

やさしい英語で： A large truck pulling a trailer, or the trailer itself, which has wheels only at the back.

• A semi blocked the road.
• She drives a semi across the country.
• Two semis were parked behind the warehouse.

類義語： tractor-trailer, semi-trailer, eighteen-wheeler

よく使う表現： drive a semi, a loaded semi, semi trailer

準決勝

大会で決勝に進む人やチームを決める試合やラウンド。

やさしい英語で： A match or round that decides who reaches the final of a competition.

• Our team reached the semi.
• She lost her semi in three sets.
• Both semis will be played on Saturday.

類義語： semi-final

よく使う表現： reach the semi, win a semi, in the semi

二戸一住宅

隣の一軒と壁を共有してつながっている家。

やさしい英語で： A house joined to one other house by a shared wall.

• They live in a semi.
• We bought a three-bedroom semi with a garden.
• Several semis on this street are for sale.

類義語： semi-detached house

よく使う表現： a three-bedroom semi, buy a semi, a suburban semi

半勃起

陰茎が少し硬くなっているが、完全には硬くなっていない状態。

やさしい英語で： A state in which the penis is partly hard but not fully hard.

• He had a semi.
• He felt embarrassed about getting a semi.
• The character jokes about his semi in the comedy.

類義語： partial erection

よく使う表現： have a semi, get a semi