spindle

軸、主軸

それ自体が回転する棒、または別の部品がその周りを回る棒。

やさしい英語で： A rod that turns, or that another part turns around.

• The wheel turns on a spindle.
• A worn spindle made the machine shake.
• Check both spindles before starting the motor.

類義語： shaft, axle

よく使う表現： motor spindle, lathe spindle, rotating spindle

紡錘

羊毛などの繊維をより合わせて糸にし、巻き取るための細い棒。

やさしい英語で： A thin rod used to twist wool or other soft material into thread and wind it up.

• She wound the wool onto a spindle.
• The spindle turned as she made thread.
• They used wooden spindles to spin the yarn.

よく使う表現： drop spindle, spinning spindle, wooden spindle

ニシキギ

色鮮やかな実をつける低木。昔はその木で糸紡ぎの棒を作った。

やさしい英語で： A shrub or small tree with colorful fruit, whose wood was once used to make thread-making rods.

• A spindle grows beside the hedge.
• The spindle has bright pink fruit in autumn.
• Several spindles were planted along the path.

類義語： spindle tree

よく使う表現： spindle tree, japanese spindle

伝票差し

紙を突き刺してまとめておく、垂直に立った金属の針。

やさしい英語で： An upright metal spike that holds papers pushed onto it.

• The clerk put the receipt on a spindle.
• Old bills filled the spindle on his desk.
• Two spindles held the used tickets.

類義語： paper spike

よく使う表現： receipt spindle, desk spindle, paper spindle

伝票差しに刺す

書類をまとめるための直立した針に、紙を突き刺す。

やさしい英語で： To push a paper onto an upright spike that holds documents.

• The clerk spindled each receipt.
• Please do not spindle this form.
• He folded and spindled the old bills.

類義語： impale

よく使う表現： spindle a receipt, spindle a document