warp

ゆがめる、反らせる

物を曲げたりねじったりして、本来の形を変える。

やさしい英語で： To make something bend or twist so that it loses its usual shape.

• Heat can warp plastic.
• The damp air warped the door.
• Will sunlight warp these boards?

類義語： bend, distort, deform

よく使う表現： warp something, warp the wood

反る、ゆがむ

物が曲がったりねじれたりして、本来の形を失う。

やさしい英語で： To become bent or twisted and lose the usual shape.

• Wet wood may warp.
• The shelves warped in the heat.
• This plastic will warp if it gets too hot.

類義語： bend, deform

よく使う表現： warp in heat, begin to warp

ゆがめる

人の考え方や行動を、有害または不公平な方向に変える。

やさしい英語で： To change someone’s thinking or behavior in a harmful or unfair way.

• Fear can warp your judgment.
• Years of bitterness warped his views.
• Does constant praise warp a child’s sense of importance?

類義語： distort, corrupt, bias

よく使う表現： warp someone’s judgment, warp someone’s mind, warp someone’s thinking

ゆがむ

考え方や行動が、不公平、有害、または誤ったものになる。

やさしい英語で： To become unfair, harmful, or mistaken in the way you think or act.

• His judgment began to warp.
• Her perspective warped after years of isolation.
• Under constant pressure, their ideas about fairness slowly warped.

類義語： become distorted, go astray

よく使う表現： begin to warp, warp under pressure

反り、ゆがみ

まっすぐ、または平らなはずの物に生じた曲がりやねじれ。

やさしい英語で： A bend or twist in something that should be straight or flat.

• There is a warp in this board.
• Heat caused a small warp in the door.
• The carpenter checked the panels for warps.

使い方： warp in something (A warp in the frame prevented the window from closing.)

類義語： bend, distortion

よく使う表現： slight warp, warp in something, wood warp

経糸

布を織るとき、横糸を通すために縦方向に張っておく糸。

やさしい英語で： The threads held straight along a piece of cloth while other threads are woven across them.

• The warp is made of cotton.
• She tightened the warp on the loom.
• Blue weft crossed the white warp threads.

よく使う表現： warp threads, cotton warp, warp and weft