tissue

ティッシュ、ちり紙

鼻をかんだり物を拭いたりする、小さく柔らかい紙。

やさしい英語で： A small piece of soft paper used for wiping your nose or cleaning something.

• Can I have a tissue?
• She wiped her eyes with a tissue.
• He keeps a box of tissues on his desk.

類義語： paper handkerchief

よく使う表現： a tissue, tissue box, paper tissue

組織

体内で同じ働きをするために集まった細胞のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A group of cells in a body that work together to do a particular job.

• The injury damaged muscle tissue.
• The doctor took a small tissue sample.
• Healthy tissues need a steady supply of blood.

よく使う表現： muscle tissue, damaged tissue, tissue sample

連なり、絡み合い

特にうそや偽りの主張などが複雑につながったまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A complicated set of connected things, especially lies or false claims.

• His story was a tissue of lies.
• The report contained a tissue of falsehoods.
• She exposed the tissue of deceit behind his claims.

使い方： a tissue of something (The account was a tissue of lies.)

類義語： web

よく使う表現： tissue of lies, tissue of falsehoods, tissue of deceit