tub

たらい、容器

物を入れたり洗ったりする、底が平らで幅の広い容器。

やさしい英語で： A wide container with a flat bottom, used to hold things or wash them.

• Put the clothes in the tub.
• The empty ice cream tub has a lid.
• We washed the blankets in a large tub.

類義語： container, basin

よく使う表現： plastic tub, tub of something, wash in a tub

一容器分

このような容器一つをいっぱいにする量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of something that fills one wide container.

• We shared a tub of yogurt.
• She added half a tub of butter.
• They finished two tubs of ice cream that evening.

使い方： a tub of something (We ate a tub of ice cream.)

類義語： containerful

よく使う表現： tub of butter, tub of yogurt, whole tub

小樽

液体などを入れておく小さな木製の樽。

やさしい英語で： A small wooden barrel used to hold liquids or other goods.

• A wooden tub stood in the cellar.
• The sailors carried a tub of gin aboard.
• The old tub leaked through its wooden sides.

類義語： cask, small barrel

よく使う表現： wooden tub, tub of gin

容器に入れる、鉢に植える

幅の広い容器に物を入れて保存したり、植物を植えたりする。

やさしい英語で： To plant or store something in a wide container.

• We tub the young trees each spring.
• The gardener tubbed the shrub in fresh soil.
• They tubbed the butter for storage.

類義語： pot

よく使う表現： tub a plant, tub a tree