slab

厚板、板状の塊

石やコンクリートなどの固い材料からなる、大きく厚い板状の塊。

やさしい英語で： A large, thick, flat piece of a solid material, such as stone or concrete.

• The path is made of stone slabs.
• She cut a slab of cheese for lunch.
• A thick slab of ice floated past the boat.

使い方： a slab of something (They lifted a heavy slab of marble onto the table.)

類義語： block, sheet

よく使う表現： stone slab, slab of chocolate, concrete slab

基礎スラブ、コンクリート基礎

建物を支えるため、地面にコンクリートを流して作る平らな土台。

やさしい英語で： A flat concrete base poured onto the ground to support a building.

• The shed stands on a slab.
• Builders poured the slab before putting up the walls.
• Cracks appeared in the house's foundation slab.

類義語： concrete foundation, foundation slab

よく使う表現： foundation slab, pour a slab, slab foundation

所得税区分、課税所得区分

税の制度で、特定の税率が適用される所得の範囲。

やさしい英語で： One income range in a tax system, with its own tax rate.

• This income falls within the lowest tax slab.
• The budget introduced a new slab for high earners.
• Different tax slabs apply to different portions of your income.

類義語： tax bracket, tax band

よく使う表現： tax slab, income tax slab, higher slab

厚板に切る、板状に加工する

材料を大きく厚い板状の形に加工する。

やさしい英語で： To make material into large, thick, flat pieces.

• They slab the stone at the quarry.
• The mill slabbed the timber for table tops.
• This saw can slab a large log in minutes.

よく使う表現： slab the stone, slab the timber, slab a log

基礎だけを残して破壊する

コンクリートの土台だけを残し、建物を完全に破壊する。

やさしい英語で： To destroy a building so completely that only its concrete base remains.

• The tornado slabbed several houses.
• Such strong winds can slab a well-built home.
• Entire buildings were slabbed, leaving only their concrete foundations.

類義語： level, raze

よく使う表現： slab a house, slab a building, slab entire homes