choke up

感極まって言葉に詰まる

強い感情で胸がいっぱいになり、話しにくくなること。

やさしい英語で： To find it hard to speak because you feel very strong emotion.

• I choked up during her speech.
• He always chokes up when he remembers his dog.
• She was choking up and could barely say goodbye.

使い方： choke up when… (I choke up when I talk about my father.)

類義語： get a lump in your throat

よく使う表現： choke up suddenly, choke up during speeches

感極まらせる、胸を詰まらせる

人をひどく感動させて、言葉が出にくくさせること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel so emotional that they find it hard to speak.

• Her letter choked me up.
• The old photos still choke him up.
• It chokes me up to see them reunited.

使い方： choke someone up (That song always chokes me up.)

類義語： move, bring to tears

よく使う表現： choke up someone, choke up audiences

詰まらせる、塞ぐ

通路や穴を物でいっぱいにして、何も通れなくすること。

やさしい英語で： To fill a passage or opening so that things cannot move through it.

• Leaves choke up the drain.
• Sand had choked up the narrow channel.
• The pipe is choked up with rubbish.

使い方： choke something up (Leaves choked the drain up.); be choked up with something (The pipe was choked up with mud.)

類義語： clog, block, plug

反対語： unblock

よく使う表現： choke up drains, choke up pipes

バットを短く持つ

操作しやすいように、バットの柄の端より上を握ること。

やさしい英語で： To hold a bat farther above its handle end, usually for better control.

• Choke up a little on the bat.
• She choked up before the next pitch.
• Batters sometimes choke up when they need more control.

使い方： choke up on something (Choke up on the bat for better control.)

類義語： shorten your grip

よく使う表現： choke up slightly, choke up on bats

黙る、口をつぐむ

話すのをやめて黙ること。

やさしい英語で： To stop speaking or become silent.

• He choked up and said nothing.
• She choked up when the teacher interrupted her.
• Why did you choke up halfway through your answer?

類義語： fall silent, stop talking

よく使う表現： choke up suddenly, choke up completely