crow

カラス

たいてい黒く、大きな濁った声で鳴く比較的大きな鳥。

やさしい英語で： A large, usually black bird with a loud, rough call.

• A crow landed on the fence.
• Crows gathered in the empty field.
• Did you hear that crow calling?

よく使う表現： black crow, crow on something, flock of crows

バール

物を持ち上げたりこじ開けたりする、先が曲がった丈夫な鉄の棒。

やさしい英語で： A strong iron bar with a bent end, used to lift things or force them open.

• He lifted the stone with a crow.
• They used an iron crow to open the crate.
• The worker pushed the crow under the heavy lid.

類義語： crowbar, pry bar

よく使う表現： iron crow, use a crow, crow bar

鳴く、歓声を上げる

雄鶏のように鋭く大きな声で鳴く、または喜びの声を上げる。

やさしい英語で： To make a loud, sharp cry, as a male chicken does, or to cry out with joy.

• The rooster crowed at dawn.
• The baby crowed with pleasure when she saw her toy.
• I heard a cock crow outside my window.

使い方： crow with something (The baby crowed with delight.)

類義語： cry out

よく使う表現： rooster crow, crow with delight, crow at dawn

自慢する、得意がる

自分の成功を得意げに大声で語り、人をうんざりさせること。

やさしい英語で： To talk proudly and loudly about your success, often in an annoying way.

• Stop crowing about your success.
• She crowed that she had beaten everyone.
• The winners were still crowing over their victory the next morning.

使い方： crow about something (He kept crowing about his promotion.); crow over something (They crowed over their rivals’ defeat.)

類義語： boast, brag, gloat

よく使う表現： crow about something, crow over something

こじ開ける

棒などの道具をてこにして、無理に開ける。

やさしい英語で： To force something open using a bar or another tool as a lever.

• They tried to crow the door open.
• He crowed the boards away from the frame.
• We finally crowed open the heavy crate.

使い方： crow something open (They crowed the lid open with an iron bar.)

類義語： pry, prise

よく使う表現： crow something open, crow a door