space

空間、スペース、場所

何もない場所や、人やものを入れられる余裕。

やさしい英語で： An empty area, or room available for people or things.

• There is no space here.
• Leave some space between the chairs.
• Do we have enough space for another bed?

使い方： space for someone/something (There is space for two more people.); space to do something (We need space to store our bikes.)

類義語： room, area

よく使う表現： enough space, storage space, space for something, make space

宇宙

地球の大気の外に広がる、星や惑星がある領域。

やさしい英語で： The area beyond Earth's air, where stars and planets are.

• The rocket went into space.
• Astronauts live and work in space.
• Would you like to travel through space?

類義語： outer space

よく使う表現： outer space, space travel, in space, space station

空間

点として扱う数学的な対象の集まり。互いの関係を定める規則がある。

やさしい英語で： A set of mathematical objects treated as points, with rules describing how they relate.

• These vectors form a space.
• The function maps points into a different space.
• We studied the properties of a three-dimensional vector space.

よく使う表現： vector space, metric space, hilbert space

間隔を空ける

ものとものの間にすき間を作って並べる。

やさしい英語で： To arrange things with gaps between them.

• Space the chairs evenly.
• We spaced the trees two meters apart.
• Can you space these pictures farther apart?

使い方： space things + distance + apart (Space the plants thirty centimeters apart.); space things out (Space the chairs out evenly.)

類義語： separate, spread out

よく使う表現： space something apart, space something evenly, space out something

ぼんやりする、ぼーっとする

考えがそれて、周りで起きていることに気づかなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To stop noticing what is happening because your mind wanders.

• I space out when I am tired.
• He spaced out during the lecture.
• Sorry, I spaced out and missed your question.

使い方： space out (I sometimes space out during long meetings.)

類義語： daydream, zone out

反対語： concentrate

よく使う表現： space out, space out completely

間隔を空ける、空白を入れる

文字や単語、行の間に空白を入れたり、その幅を調整したりする。

やさしい英語で： To add or adjust gaps between letters, words, or lines of writing.

• Space the lines evenly.
• The printer spaced the letters too widely.
• This paragraph is poorly spaced and hard to read.

よく使う表現： space the lines, space words evenly, space the text