strip

細長い切れ、帯状の土地

材料や土地の、長くて幅の狭い部分。

やさしい英語で： A long, narrow piece of material or land.

• Cut a strip of paper.
• She tore the cloth into long strips.
• A narrow strip of land separates the lake from the road.

使い方： a strip of something (Tie a strip of cloth around the handle.)

類義語： band

よく使う表現： strip of paper, narrow strip, strip of land

商店街、商業地区

店や飲食店、ホテルが多く並ぶ道や、その道沿いの地域。

やさしい英語で： A road or area along a road with many shops, restaurants, or hotels.

• The strip has several restaurants.
• We drove along the strip looking for a hotel.
• New shops have opened on the busy commercial strip.

よく使う表現： shopping strip, commercial strip, along the strip

ストリップ、ストリップショー

観客を楽しませるために、出演者が服を脱ぐショー。

やさしい英語で： A performance in which someone removes their clothes to entertain an audience.

• The dancer performed a strip.
• The club advertised a late-night strip show.
• Her strip routine ended when the music stopped.

類義語： striptease

よく使う表現： do a strip, strip show, strip routine

脱衣

ゲーム名の前につき、負けた人が服を脱ぐルールを示す。

やさしい英語で： Used before a game's name to mean that losing players must take off clothes.

• They played strip poker.
• In strip chess, losing a piece can mean removing some clothing.
• The party invitation mentioned strip games.

よく使う表現： strip poker, strip chess, strip games

服を脱ぐ、脱がせる

自分の服を脱いだり、他の人の服を脱がせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To take off your clothes, or remove someone else's clothes.

• He stripped before his shower.
• We stripped off our wet clothes.
• She stripped down to her swimsuit and entered the pool.

使い方： strip down to something (He stripped down to his underwear before swimming.); strip someone of something (The nurse stripped the child of his wet clothes.)

類義語： undress

反対語： dress

よく使う表現： strip off, strip naked, strip to underwear

剥がす、剥く

表面についている層や覆いを取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove a layer or covering from a surface.

• We need to strip the walls.
• He stripped the bark from the branch.
• Can you strip off the old paint before we start?

使い方： strip something from/off something (We stripped the old paint from the door.); strip something of something (They stripped the walls of wallpaper.)

類義語： remove, peel off

よく使う表現： strip off paint, strip something away, strip the walls

奪う、剥奪する

人の財産や権利、地位、名誉などを取り上げる。

やさしい英語で： To take away someone's possessions, rights, position, or honour.

• The thieves stripped the house bare.
• She was stripped of her medal after the investigation.
• The new law could strip citizens of basic rights.

使い方： strip someone/something of something (The court stripped him of his title.)

類義語： deprive, rob, divest

よく使う表現： strip of power, strip of rights, strip someone bare

ねじ山を潰す、歯を削り取る

ねじ山や歯車の歯を傷めたり、削り取ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To damage or remove the raised lines on a screw, or the teeth on a gear.

• Too much force can strip the thread.
• He stripped the bolt by tightening it too hard.
• The broken part stripped several teeth from the gear.

よく使う表現： strip the thread, strip a screw, strip the teeth