string

ひも、糸

物を結んだりまとめたりするための、細く柔軟なひも。

やさしい英語で： A thin, flexible cord used to tie or hold things together.

• Tie the bag with string.
• He cut a piece of string for the parcel.
• Have you got any string in that drawer?

類義語： cord, twine

よく使う表現： piece of string, ball of string, tie with string

弦、糸

楽器の弦など、長く細く柔軟な材料。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin, flexible piece of material, such as a wire on a musical instrument.

• One guitar string broke.
• She tightened the strings before playing the violin.
• Pluck this string and listen to the sound.

類義語： strand

よく使う表現： guitar string, violin string, broken string, pluck a string

一連、連続

出来事や行動が次々に続いて起こること。

やさしい英語で： Several events or actions that happen one after another.

• A string of mistakes cost us the game.
• She enjoyed a long string of successes.
• Police are investigating a string of recent robberies.

使い方： a string of something (The team suffered a string of defeats.)

類義語： series, succession, sequence

よく使う表現： string of successes, string of failures, string of victories, string of accidents

連なり、一連

いくつかの物がつながったり、一列に並んだりしたもの。

やさしい英語で： Several things joined or arranged together in a line.

• A string of lights hung above us.
• He bought two strings of sausages.
• She kept her grandmother's string of pearls in a box.

使い方： a string of something (She wore a string of blue beads.)

類義語： chain, row

よく使う表現： string of beads, string of pearls, string of lights, string of sausages

文字列

コンピューターが一つのテキストとして扱う、文字や数字などの並び。

やさしい英語で： A sequence of letters, numbers, or other written signs that a computer treats as one piece of text.

• The program stores your name as a string.
• An empty string contains no characters.
• These two strings have the same length.

類義語： character sequence

よく使う表現： text string, empty string, string length, search string

弦楽器

バイオリンなど、張った弦で音を出す楽器。楽器の集まりとしても使う。

やさしい英語で： An instrument such as a violin that makes music with tight cords, often mentioned as part of a group.

• The strings began to play.
• This piece is written for strings and piano.
• The conductor asked the strings to play more quietly.

類義語： stringed instrument

よく使う表現： the strings, strings and brass, solo string

張り渡す、つるす

ひもなどを使い、物をある場所に沿って、または両側の間につるしたり張ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To hang or stretch something along or across a place, often using a cord.

• Let's string lights around the window.
• They strung flags across the street.
• Small bells had been strung between the branches.

使い方： string something across something (They strung lights across the courtyard.); string something between A and B (We strung a rope between two trees.)

類義語： hang, stretch

よく使う表現： string up lights, string something across, string something between

糸に通す

ビーズなどの物を細いひもや糸に通す。

やさしい英語で： To put beads or other objects onto a thin cord or thread.

• Let's string the beads together.
• He strung shells on a thread to make a necklace.
• She is stringing pearls for a bracelet.

使い方： string something on/onto something (She strung colorful beads onto a thin cord.)

類義語： thread

よく使う表現： string beads, string pearls, string something together