derrick

掘削やぐら、油井やぐら

油井や鉱山の上で、掘削や管を下ろすための装置を支える高い骨組み。

やさしい英語で： A tall frame over an oil well or mine that supports equipment for drilling or lowering pipes.

• An oil derrick stood in the field.
• The crew lowered pipes through the derrick.
• Several derricks rose above the desert oil wells.

類義語： drilling tower

よく使う表現： oil derrick, drilling derrick, derrick tower

デリック、起重機

丈夫な腕とロープで重い物を持ち上げて動かす、高い機械。

やさしい英語で： A tall lifting machine with a strong arm and ropes for moving heavy objects.

• The derrick lifted the heavy crate.
• Workers used a derrick to unload the ship.
• Two derricks stood beside the dock.

類義語： crane

よく使う表現： cargo derrick, derrick crane, use a derrick

デリックで吊り上げる

背の高いつり上げ機械や同様の方法で、重い物を持ち上げる。

やさしい英語で： To lift a heavy object using a tall lifting machine or a similar method.

• They derricked the crate aboard.
• The workers derricked a heavy beam into position.
• We need to derrick this equipment onto the deck.

使い方： derrick something onto something (The crew derricked the engine onto the ship.)

類義語： hoist, lift

反対語： lower

よく使う表現： derrick something aboard, derrick a load, derrick something up

降板させる

野球で投手を試合から下げ、別の投手に替える。

やさしい英語で： In baseball, to take a pitcher out of the game and replace them.

• The manager decided to derrick the pitcher.
• They derricked him after he allowed six runs.
• Would you derrick a pitcher this early in the game?

類義語： pull, remove

よく使う表現： derrick the pitcher, derrick someone, derrick someone early