beat

拍子、ビート

音楽の時間の流れを刻む、規則的な音の繰り返し。

やさしい英語で： The regular pattern of sounds that gives music its timing.

• This song has a strong beat.
• Tap your foot to the beat.
• The drummer kept a steady beat throughout the song.

類義語： rhythm

よく使う表現： steady beat, drum beat, keep the beat, dance to beat

鼓動、心拍

心臓が血液を全身へ送り出す、一回の動き。

やさしい英語で： One movement of the heart as it pushes blood around the body.

• I could feel each beat of my heart.
• The doctor counted sixty beats per minute.
• Her heart missed a beat when the phone rang.

類義語： heartbeat, pulse

よく使う表現： heart beat, miss a beat, regular beat

巡回区域、巡回路

警察官や警備員が定期的に見回る区域や道筋。

やさしい英語で： An area or route that a police officer or guard regularly checks.

• The officer walked his beat.
• Two guards share the same beat.
• She knows every shop on her beat.

類義語： patrol route

よく使う表現： walk the beat, on the beat, regular beat

負かす、打ち負かす

ゲームや競争、けんかで相手に勝つ。

やさしい英語で： To win a game, competition, or fight against someone.

• We beat their team.
• She beat me at chess yesterday.
• Can you beat your brother in a race?

使い方： beat someone at something (He beat me at tennis.); beat someone in something (Our team beat them in the final.)

類義語： defeat

反対語： lose to

よく使う表現： beat a team, beat someone at, beat the champion, beat a rival

たたく、殴る

人や物をたたく。何度も続けてたたく場合が多い。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone or something, often several times.

• He beat the drum loudly.
• The attackers beat him with sticks.
• She beat on the door until someone opened it.

使い方： beat someone/something with something (He beat the drum with two sticks.); beat on something (They beat on the locked door.)

類義語： hit, strike, pound

よく使う表現： beat a drum, beat someone up, beat with something, beat the wall

くたくた、へとへと

特に仕事や運動の後で、ひどく疲れている。

やさしい英語で： Extremely tired, especially after working hard or exercising.

• I am beat.
• We felt completely beat after the hike.
• You look beat; get some sleep.

類義語： exhausted, worn out

反対語： rested

よく使う表現： feel beat, completely beat, pretty beat

ぼろぼろの

長く使われて古くなり、傷んでいる。

やさしい英語で： Old and damaged from being used a lot.

• That car is pretty beat.
• He arrived in a beat old truck.
• The furniture looked beat after years of use.

類義語： battered, worn out, run-down

よく使う表現： beat car, beat furniture, pretty beat