sponge

スポンジ

小さな穴が多く水を吸う柔らかい素材、または掃除に使うその一片。

やさしい英語で： A soft material with many small holes that holds water, or a piece of it used for cleaning.

• Clean the table with a sponge.
• She squeezed the water out of the sponge.
• These cushions contain thick layers of sponge.

よく使う表現： wet sponge, kitchen sponge, sponge material

海綿

体に小さな穴が多く、通常は岩に付いて暮らす、単純なつくりの海の動物。

やさしい英語で： A simple sea animal with many tiny holes in its body, usually attached to a rock.

• A sponge grew on the rock.
• Divers photographed colourful sponges on the reef.
• This sponge filters tiny food particles from seawater.

類義語： poriferan, porifer

よく使う表現： sea sponge, marine sponge, living sponge

たかる、寄生する

金銭や食べ物、住まいを他人に不当に頼って暮らす。

やさしい英語で： To depend unfairly on other people for money, food, or somewhere to live.

• Stop sponging off your friends.
• She accused him of sponging on the family.
• He sponged off us without ever offering to help.

使い方： sponge off/on someone (He has been sponging off his parents for years.)

類義語： freeload, mooch

よく使う表現： sponge off someone, sponge on someone

せびる、たかる

相手の親切につけ込むなどして、代金を払わずに物をもらう。

やさしい英語で： To get something from another person without paying, often by taking advantage of their kindness.

• He managed to sponge a meal.
• She sponged a few pounds from a friend.
• They tried to sponge drinks off the other guests.

使い方： sponge something from/off someone (He sponged a free lunch off his uncle.)

類義語： scrounge, mooch, cadge

よく使う表現： sponge a meal, sponge something from someone