span

時間、間隔

短い時間、または小さな距離。

やさしい英語で： A short amount of time or a small distance.

• His attention span is short.
• A lot happened in that brief span of time.
• The two windows are separated by a narrow span of wall.

使い方： a span of something (The changes happened within a span of three days.)

類義語： interval, stretch

よく使う表現： attention span, a short span, span of time

指尺、手幅

手をいっぱいに広げた時の、親指と小指の先の間の距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance between your thumb and little finger when your hand is stretched open.

• The bowl is one span wide.
• He measured the board using the span of his hand.
• Her hand has a larger span than mine.

類義語： handspan

よく使う表現： a hand span, span of something, one span wide

スパン、指尺

広げた手の幅に基づく昔の長さの単位。英国では伝統的に約23センチ。

やさしい英語で： An old unit of length based on an open hand, traditionally about twenty-three centimetres in England.

• An English span equals nine inches.
• The old record gives the length in spans.
• The cloth measured three spans across.

類義語： handspan

よく使う表現： an English span, one span long, two span lengths

またがる、架かる

隙間や空間の一方の端から、もう一方の端まで届く。

やさしい英語で： To reach from one side of a gap or open space to the other.

• A bridge spans the river.
• The fallen tree spanned the narrow stream.
• Two stone arches span the entrance.

類義語： cross, bridge, stretch across

よく使う表現： span a river, span the gap, span a valley

広がる、及ぶ

ある場所や距離の全体にわたって広がる。

やさしい英語で： To spread over the whole of an area or distance.

• The park spans fifty acres.
• Their farms span a large area of the valley.
• The railway network spans the entire country.

類義語： cover, extend over, stretch across

よく使う表現： span three acres, span an area, span several miles

手幅で測る

広げた手の幅や、周りに回した指を使って物を測る。

やさしい英語で： To measure something using the width of your open hand or your fingers around it.

• She spanned the board with her hand.
• He spanned the cylinder with his fingers.
• They spanned the distance instead of using a ruler.

使い方： span something with something (He spanned the board with his outstretched hand.)

類義語： measure by hand

よく使う表現： span a distance, span a cylinder, span with something