bury

埋める、埋葬する

物や亡くなった人を地中に入れ、土をかぶせること。

やさしい英語で： To put something or a dead person in the ground and cover them with earth.

• The dog buried its bone.
• They buried their grandfather beside the church.
• Where did the pirates bury the treasure?

使い方： bury someone/something in something (She buried the box in the garden.)

類義語： inter, put underground

反対語： unearth

よく使う表現： bury someone, bury treasure, bury something underground

隠す、うずめる

見たり見つけたりしにくくなるように、物を隠すか覆うこと。

やさしい英語で： To hide or cover something so that it is difficult to see or find.

• She buried her face in her hands.
• Someone buried the report under a pile of papers.
• The path was buried beneath deep snow.

使い方： bury something in something (He buried his face in the pillow.); bury something under something (They buried the letter under other papers.)

類義語： hide, conceal, cover

反対語： expose, uncover

よく使う表現： bury your face, bury bad news, bury something under something

終わらせる、水に流す

口論や意見の対立を終わらせ、もう続けないと決めること。

やさしい英語で： To stop an argument or disagreement and decide not to continue it.

• Let’s bury the hatchet.
• They buried their old quarrel and became friends again.
• Can we bury this disagreement and move on?

類義語： settle, end, put aside

よく使う表現： bury the hatchet, bury a disagreement, bury old quarrels

より長生きする

他の人より長く生き、その人が亡くなる時にも生きていること。

やさしい英語で： To live longer than another person and be alive when they die.

• She lived to bury two husbands.
• At ninety, he jokes that he will bury us all.
• The old farmer buried every one of his brothers.

類義語： outlive, survive

よく使う表現： bury someone, bury us all