cork

コルク栓

瓶の口に押し込んで閉じる小さな栓。通常は軽い樹皮から作る。

やさしい英語で： A small object pushed into a bottle's opening to close it, often made from light tree bark.

• Pull the cork out.
• The champagne cork flew across the room.
• Where did you put the cork from this bottle?

類義語： stopper, plug

よく使う表現： bottle cork, remove the cork, pop the cork

コルク

一部の木の樹皮から取れる軽く柔らかい材料。瓶の栓などに使う。

やさしい英語で： A light, soft material from the outer covering of certain trees, used for bottle stoppers and other products.

• The floor is made of cork.
• We pinned the photographs to a sheet of cork.
• Workers carefully remove cork from the trees.

よく使う表現： cork flooring, cork board, made of cork

コルク栓をする

瓶の口にコルク栓を押し込んで閉じること。

やさしい英語で： To close a bottle by pushing a stopper into its opening.

• Cork the bottle tightly.
• We corked the wine before storing it.
• The machine fills and corks hundreds of bottles an hour.

類義語： stopper, seal

反対語： uncork

よく使う表現： cork a bottle, cork the wine, cork something tightly

焼いたコルクで黒くする

焼いたコルク栓をこすり付けて、表面を黒くすること。

やさしい英語で： To make a surface black by rubbing it with a burned bottle stopper.

• He corked the wooden surface until it looked black.
• The performer corked his face for the old stage act.
• They used a burned stopper to cork the pale wood.

類義語： blacken

よく使う表現： cork a surface, cork someone's face

バットにコルクを詰める

バットの中をひそかにくり抜き、コルクなど軽い材料を詰めて軽くすること。

やさしい英語で： To secretly make a baseball bat lighter by hollowing it out and putting light material inside.

• The player corked his bat.
• They discovered he had corked the bat when it broke.
• Did anyone help him cork his baseball bat?

よく使う表現： cork a bat, cork someone's bat

打撲させる

打撃で筋肉を傷つけ、痛みを伴う腫れや皮下出血を起こすこと。

やさしい英語で： To injure a muscle by hitting it, causing painful swelling and bleeding under the skin.

• The tackle corked his thigh.
• She corked her leg when she hit the table.
• An opponent's knee corked his muscle during the match.

類義語： bruise, contuse

よく使う表現： cork someone's thigh, cork a leg