stamp

切手

郵送料を払ったことを示すために手紙や荷物に貼る小さな紙。

やさしい英語で： A small piece of paper you put on a letter or parcel to show you paid to send it.

• Put a stamp on the envelope.
• I bought six stamps at the post office.
• Does this parcel need another stamp?

類義語： postage stamp

よく使う表現： postage stamp, buy a stamp, stamp collection

スタンプ、印影

道具を表面に押し付けて付ける印で、多くはインクを使う。

やさしい英語で： A mark made by pressing a tool onto a surface, often with ink.

• My passport has a new stamp.
• The red stamp shows that the bill was paid.
• We checked the date stamps on the forms.

類義語： imprint, mark, impression

よく使う表現： passport stamp, date stamp, stamp on something

スタンプ、判子

表面に押し付けて模様や文字、印を残す小さな道具。

やさしい英語で： A small tool you press onto a surface to leave a design, word, or mark.

• Dip the stamp in the ink.
• She bought a rubber stamp shaped like a flower.
• These stamps make lovely patterns on wrapping paper.

よく使う表現： rubber stamp, wooden stamp, stamp pad

浮き出し印、刻印

書類に押し付けて付ける公的な印で、形が目で見えたり触って分かったりする。

やさしい英語で： An official sign pressed into a document so that its shape can be seen or felt.

• The certificate bears a raised stamp.
• Feel the official stamp at the bottom of the document.
• The clerk checked the embossed stamps on both deeds.

類義語： seal, impression

よく使う表現： embossed stamp, official stamp, stamp on something

足を踏み鳴らす

怒ったときなどに、足を強く地面に打ちつけること。

やさしい英語で： To hit the ground hard with your foot, often because you are angry.

• She stamped her foot in anger.
• He stamps his heel whenever he gets impatient.
• Why did you stamp your foot so loudly?

使い方： stamp one's foot (The boy stamped his foot when he heard the answer.)

類義語： stomp

よく使う表現： stamp your foot, stamp in anger, stamp on something, stamp your feet

切手を貼る

手紙や小包を送る前に、郵便料金分の切手を貼ること。

やさしい英語で： To put a small paid postage label on a letter or parcel before sending it.

• Please stamp this envelope.
• She stamped the letters before taking them to the post office.
• Have you stamped all the parcels?

よく使う表現： stamp an envelope, stamp a letter, stamp the mail

足を踏み鳴らして歩く

地面を強く踏み鳴らしながら、速く重い足取りで歩くこと。

やさしい英語で： To walk or step with quick, heavy movements that hit the ground loudly.

• He stamped up the stairs.
• The angry child stamped around the room.
• She stamped out of the office without saying goodbye.

使い方： stamp into/out of somewhere (He stamped out of the kitchen after their argument.)

類義語： stomp, tramp

反対語： tiptoe

よく使う表現： stamp up stairs, stamp into something, stamp around