terminal

ターミナル、空港ターミナル

空港で搭乗手続きをし、待機して飛行機へ向かうための建物。

やさしい英語で： An airport building where people check in, wait, and leave for their flights.

• Our flight leaves from the new terminal.
• A shuttle runs between the airport terminals.
• We met near the terminal entrance.

よく使う表現： airport terminal, departure terminal, terminal entrance

ターミナル、終点

バスや列車の運行が始まる、または終わる駅や停留所。

やさしい英語で： A station where bus or train journeys begin or end.

• The bus arrived at the terminal.
• We waited outside the railway terminal.
• Which terminal does this coach leave from?

類義語： terminus

よく使う表現： bus terminal, rail terminal, terminal building

端末、ターミナル

コンピューターに指示を出し、応答を見るための画面とキーボード、またはソフト。

やさしい英語で： A screen and keyboard, or a program, used to give a computer instructions and see its responses.

• She typed a command into the terminal.
• Two terminals were connected to the main computer.
• Open a terminal window to run the program.

よく使う表現： computer terminal, terminal window, open a terminal, data terminal

端末

接続を通じて信号を送ったり受け取ったりする機器。

やさしい英語で： A device that sends or receives signals through a connection.

• The terminal receives signals from a satellite.
• Several terminals share the same communication line.
• Engineers tested the new network terminal.

よく使う表現： satellite terminal, network terminal, mobile terminal

末期の、致命的な

治すことができず、死に至る病気を表す。

やさしい英語で： An illness that cannot be cured and will cause death.

• His father has terminal cancer.
• The doctor told her the illness was terminal.
• The hospital provides care for people with terminal diseases.

類義語： fatal

よく使う表現： terminal illness, terminal cancer, terminal disease

最終の、末端の

物事の最後にある、または終わりを示す。

やさしい英語で： At the end of something, or marking its end.

• The terminal stage of the process takes an hour.
• A full stop is a terminal punctuation mark.
• The diagram shows the terminal point of the route.

類義語： final, last

反対語： initial

よく使う表現： terminal stage, terminal position, terminal punctuation