wheel

車輪

回転して乗り物を動かしたり、機械を働かせたりする丸い部品。

やさしい英語で： A round part that turns to help a vehicle move or a machine work.

• The bike has a broken wheel.
• All four wheels need new tyres.
• A small wheel turns inside the machine.

よく使う表現： front wheel, bicycle wheel, wheel of something

ハンドル

車などの進む方向を変えるために回す丸い部分。

やさしい英語で： The round part you turn to control the direction of a car or other vehicle.

• Keep both hands on the wheel.
• She spent six hours behind the wheel.
• He fell asleep at the wheel.

類義語： steering wheel

よく使う表現： steering wheel, at the wheel, behind the wheel

循環

同じような出来事が繰り返し起こる流れ。

やさしい英語で： A series of events that keeps repeating, like a circle with no end.

• The wheel of life keeps turning.
• The wheel of fortune turned against the king.
• She saw history as an endless wheel.

類義語： cycle

よく使う表現： wheel of life, wheel of fortune

車輪付きの物で運ぶ

車椅子や台車など、車輪のある物を使って人や物を運ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To move someone or something using a chair, bed, cart, or other equipment with round turning parts.

• The nurse wheeled him outside.
• We wheeled our luggage through the airport.
• Can you wheel this bed into the ward?

使い方： wheel someone/something into/out of somewhere (They wheeled the patient into the room.)

よく使う表現： wheel someone inside, wheel something away, wheel someone into

旋回する

特に飛びながら、大きな円を描いて動く。

やさしい英語で： To move in large circles, especially while flying.

• Gulls wheel above the boats.
• An eagle wheeled high in the sky.
• The birds were wheeling over the cliffs.

類義語： circle

よく使う表現： wheel overhead, wheel above something, wheel in circles

転がす

車輪で進む、または車輪のある物を押して動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move along on round turning parts, or push something so it moves this way.

• Wheel the cart over here.
• He wheeled his bike home.
• The suitcase wheeled smoothly along the path.

使い方： wheel something to somewhere (She wheeled her bike to the garage.)

類義語： roll

よく使う表現： wheel something over, wheel along, wheel something home

回転する

体の一部や物を、円を描くように動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move a body part or object in a circle.

• His arms wheeled in the air.
• She wheeled one arm to signal the boat.
• The blades wheeled slowly in the wind.

類義語： rotate

よく使う表現： wheel around, wheel in circles