gorge

峡谷

険しい岩壁に囲まれた深く狭い谷。底に川が流れていることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a river at the bottom.

• A river runs through the gorge.
• We crossed the gorge on a narrow bridge.
• The hikers explored several steep gorges before sunset.

類義語： ravine, canyon

よく使う表現： deep gorge, river gorge, rocky gorge

胃の内容物

喉や胃にある食べ物。特に病気や嫌悪感でこみ上げてくるもの。

やさしい英語で： Food in the throat or stomach, especially when it comes back up because of sickness or disgust.

• The smell made my gorge rise.
• His gorge rose at the sight of the spoiled meat.
• She turned away, feeling her gorge rise.

使い方： someone’s gorge rises at something (My gorge rises at the smell of rotten fish.)

類義語： stomach contents

よく使う表現： my gorge rises, someone’s gorge rises

閉塞、氷詰まり

川や通路をふさぎ、流れや通行を妨げる詰まり。

やさしい英語で： A blockage that fills a river or another passage and stops movement through it.

• An ice gorge blocked the river.
• Water rose behind the gorge as more ice arrived.
• The thaw finally broke up the ice gorge.

類義語： blockage, jam, obstruction

よく使う表現： ice gorge, river gorge

がつがつ食べる、食べ過ぎる

必要な量をはるかに超えて、勢いよく大量に食べる。

やさしい英語で： To eat a very large amount, eagerly and beyond what you need.

• They gorged on cake.
• He gorged himself on sweets after dinner.
• Why do we gorge ourselves at every family party?

使い方： gorge on something (The children gorged on chocolate.); gorge oneself on something (We gorged ourselves on fresh bread and cheese.)

類義語： overeat, stuff oneself

反対語： fast

よく使う表現： gorge on something, gorge oneself on, gorge on chocolate

すごくきれいな、素敵な

とても美しい、または魅力的な。

やさしい英語で： Very beautiful or attractive.

• Your dress is gorge!
• She looked absolutely gorge at the party.
• Those shoes are gorge with that skirt.

類義語： gorgeous, beautiful, stunning

反対語： ugly

よく使う表現： look gorge, absolutely gorge, gorge dress