train

列車、電車

つながった車両で、線路上を走り人や荷物を運ぶ乗り物。

やさしい英語で： A vehicle made of connected parts that carries people or goods along railway tracks.

• The train is late.
• We took a train to London.
• Did you miss the last train?

よく使う表現： catch a train, train station, train ticket, by train

裾、トレーン

着ている人の後ろで地面に広がる、ドレスの長い裾。

やさしい英語で： The long back part of a dress that lies on the ground behind the person wearing it.

• Her dress had a long train.
• A bridesmaid lifted the bride’s train.
• The gown’s train was decorated with flowers.

使い方： the train of something (The train of her gown covered the steps.)

よく使う表現： long train, dress train, train of something

隊列、一行

人や動物、乗り物が一列になって進む集まり。

やさしい英語で： A line of people, animals, or vehicles moving one behind another.

• A wagon train crossed the valley.
• We followed a train of pack animals.
• The supply train stretched along the narrow road.

使い方： a train of something (A train of camels crossed the sand.)

類義語： procession, caravan

よく使う表現： wagon train, camel train, train of something

訓練する、教育する

人や動物に、指導や練習を通して何かのやり方を教える。

やさしい英語で： To teach a person or animal how to do something through instruction and practice.

• She trains guide dogs.
• They trained me to use the machine.
• Who will train the new staff?

使い方： train someone to do something (We train staff to use the equipment safely.); train someone in something (She trains new employees in customer service.); train as something (He is training as a nurse.)

類義語： teach, instruct, coach

よく使う表現： train a dog, train someone to, train new staff

練習する、トレーニングする

上達や競技への準備のため、定期的に運動や練習をする。

やさしい英語で： To exercise or practise regularly to improve a skill or prepare for a competition.

• I train twice a week.
• He trained hard for the race.
• Where does your team train?

使い方： train for something (She trains for the marathon every morning.)

類義語： practise, work out

よく使う表現： train hard, train for something, train every day

学習させる、訓練する

コンピューターに例を与え、作業のやり方を学ばせる。

やさしい英語で： To give a computer system examples so it can learn to perform a task.

• We trained the model on photos.
• This algorithm was trained to identify birds.
• How much data do you need to train it?

使い方： train something on something (They trained the model on thousands of pictures.); train something to do something (We trained the system to recognise speech.)

よく使う表現： train a model, train an algorithm, train on data