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管、チューブ

長くて丸い筒状の物。中が空洞で、空気や液体を通すのによく使う。

やさしい英語で： A long, hollow object with a round shape, often used to carry air or liquid.

• Water flows through the tube.
• The machine has several thin plastic tubes.
• Connect this tube to the pump before switching it on.

類義語： pipe, tubing

よく使う表現： plastic tube, glass tube, through a tube

チューブ

歯磨き粉やクリームなどを、押して絞り出す細長い容器。

やさしい英語で： A long container that you squeeze to get out a soft substance, such as toothpaste or cream.

• This tube of toothpaste is empty.
• She squeezed paint from the tube.
• Put the cap back on both tubes.

使い方： a tube of something (I bought a tube of hand cream.)

よく使う表現： tube of toothpaste, tube of cream, squeeze the tube

ロンドン地下鉄

主にロンドンの街路の下を走る鉄道網。

やさしい英語で： The train system that runs mainly below the streets of London.

• We took the tube home.
• The nearest tube station is five minutes away.
• Which tube line goes to the museum?

使い方： by tube (We travelled across London by tube.)

類義語： London Underground, Underground

よく使う表現： take the tube, tube station, tube map

浮き輪に乗る、浮き輪で川を下る

大きなゴムの浮き輪に座って、川を下ったり水面を滑ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To float along a river or ride on water while sitting in a large rubber ring.

• We tube here every summer.
• They tubed down the river together.
• Have you ever tubed through rapids?

使い方： tube down something (We tubed down the river on a warm afternoon.)

よく使う表現： tube downriver, tube downstream, tube on something

チューブに詰める、管を取り付ける

細長い筒状の容器に物を入れる、または物に管を取り付ける。

やさしい英語で： To put something inside a long, hollow container, or fit it with such a container.

• This machine tubes the cream.
• Workers tubed the lipstick before packing it.
• The samples must be tubed and sealed for transport.

よく使う表現： tube the cream, tube the samples, tube the product

気管挿管する

呼吸を助けるため、人の喉に呼吸用の管を入れる。

やさしい英語で： To put a breathing pipe into a person's throat to help them breathe.

• They had to tube the patient.
• The doctor tubed him when his breathing stopped.
• She was tubed before being connected to a ventilator.

類義語： intubate

反対語： extubate

よく使う表現： tube the patient, tube someone immediately, tube someone urgently