bottle

瓶、ボトル

普通は液体を入れる、口の細いガラスやプラスチックの容器。

やさしい英語で： A glass or plastic container with a narrow opening, usually used for liquids.

• The bottle is empty.
• She filled two bottles with water.
• Can you open this bottle?

よく使う表現： plastic bottle, empty bottle, water bottle, bottle cap

一本、一瓶

ガラスやプラスチックのボトル一本に入っている液体の量。

やさしい英語で： The amount of liquid held in one glass or plastic container.

• We drank a bottle of water.
• He ordered two bottles of wine.
• Have you finished the whole bottle?

使い方： a bottle of something (We shared a bottle of juice.)

よく使う表現： bottle of wine, bottle of milk, drink a bottle

勇気、度胸

難しいことや怖いことをする勇気。

やさしい英語で： The courage to do something difficult or frightening.

• She has plenty of bottle.
• I lost my bottle before the jump.
• Have you got the bottle to tell him?

使い方： have the bottle to do something (He had the bottle to challenge the boss.)

類義語： courage, nerve, guts

反対語： cowardice

よく使う表現： have the bottle, lose your bottle, bottle to act

抑え込む、溜め込む

感情を表に出さず、自分の中にため込むこと。

やさしい英語で： To keep your feelings inside instead of expressing them.

• Do not bottle up your anger.
• She bottled up her feelings for years.
• He bottles everything up until he explodes.

使い方： bottle up something (You should not bottle up your sadness.)

類義語： suppress, hold in

反対語： express

よく使う表現： bottle up feelings, bottle something up, bottle up anger

瓶詰めする

液体をガラスやプラスチックの容器に入れ、後で使うために栓をすること。

やさしい英語で： To put a liquid into glass or plastic containers and close them for later use.

• They bottle fresh apple juice.
• The wine was bottled last summer.
• This factory bottles water from a nearby spring.

よく使う表現： bottle wine, bottle water, bottle the juice

閉じ込める、封じ込める

人や物を狭い場所に閉じ込め、自由に動けなくすること。

やさしい英語で： To keep people or things trapped in a small space, unable to move freely.

• The enemy bottled up our troops.
• We were bottled up in a tiny room.
• Roadworks bottled up traffic for hours.

使い方： bottle someone/something up in something (The storm bottled us up in the cabin.)

類義語： confine, trap

反対語： release

よく使う表現： bottle someone up, bottle up traffic, bottle up troops

怖じ気づく、尻込みする

怖くなって、最後の瞬間に何かをするのをやめること。

やさしい英語で： To decide against doing something at the last moment because you become afraid.

• I bottled it at the last second.
• She bottled the jump after looking down.
• He always bottles it when the pressure rises.

類義語： chicken out, back out

よく使う表現： bottle it, bottle a jump, bottle the challenge

哺乳瓶で育てる

ゴムの乳首がついた哺乳瓶で、赤ちゃんに育児用ミルクを飲ませること。

やさしい英語で： To feed a baby milk made from formula through a container with a rubber teat.

• The nurse bottled the baby.
• She bottles her son before bed.
• They bottled the twins throughout their first year.

類義語： bottle-feed

反対語： breastfeed

よく使う表現： bottle the baby, bottle an infant