straw

ストロー

コップなどの容器から液体を飲むための細い管。

やさしい英語で： A thin tube that you use to drink liquid from a glass or other container.

• Can I have a straw?
• She drank her juice through a paper straw.
• We use reusable straws at home.

使い方： through a straw (He drank his juice through a straw.)

よく使う表現： drinking straw, paper straw, reusable straw

わら

動物の寝床に敷いたり物を作ったりするための、乾燥した穀物の茎。

やさしい英語で： Dried stems of grain plants, used for animal beds or for making things.

• The horse slept on straw.
• They covered the floor with fresh straw.
• Farmers stacked bales of straw beside the barn.

よく使う表現： bale of straw, straw bedding, dry straw, chopped straw

わら一本

小麦などの穀物の、乾燥した茎一本。

やさしい英語で： One dried stem from a grain plant such as wheat.

• He picked up a straw.
• A single straw stuck out of the bale.
• She twisted two straws together between her fingers.

類義語： stalk

よく使う表現： a single straw, a long straw, broken straw

麦わら色

少し茶色がかった薄い黄色。

やさしい英語で： A pale yellow colour with a little brown in it.

• The walls were painted straw.
• Her hair was the colour of straw.
• The fabric ranges from pale straw to deep gold.

よく使う表現： pale straw, straw yellow

わら製の、麦わらの

乾燥した穀物の茎で作られた。

やさしい英語で： Made from dried stems of grain plants.

• She wore a straw hat.
• He carried fruit in a straw basket.
• The old house had a straw roof.

類義語： strawen

よく使う表現： straw hat, straw basket, straw roof

架空の、でっち上げの

実在するように扱われるが作り上げられた。攻撃や否定をしやすくするためのことが多い。

やさしい英語で： Invented but described as real, often so it can easily be attacked or rejected.

• They created a straw enemy.
• His speech attacked a straw opponent rather than our actual position.
• The article builds a straw argument and then rejects it.

類義語： imaginary, fictitious

反対語： real

よく使う表現： straw enemy, straw opponent, straw argument