hamstring

ハムストリング、太ももの裏の筋肉

太ももの裏にあり、膝を曲げる働きをする筋肉の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the muscles at the back of your thigh that help you bend your knee.

• I pulled a hamstring while running.
• Stretch your hamstrings before you start training.
• His hamstring injury kept him out of the match.

類義語： hams, hammy, hammie

よく使う表現： pulled hamstring, hamstring injury, stretch a hamstring

膝腱

膝の裏にある、太もも裏の筋肉と骨をつなぐ丈夫な組織。

やさしい英語で： A strong band of tissue behind the knee that connects a back thigh muscle to bone.

• The hamstring tendon runs behind the knee.
• The surgeon examined the damaged hamstring.
• These hamstrings connect thigh muscles to bones below the knee.

よく使う表現： hamstring tendon, torn hamstring, hamstring attachment

足かせをはめる、活動を妨げる

人や物事が十分に働いたり、目標を達成したりできないようにする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something unable to act effectively or achieve their goals.

• These rules hamstring small businesses.
• The project was hamstrung by staff shortages.
• Will the new restrictions hamstring our research?

使い方： be hamstrung by something (The team was hamstrung by a lack of funding.)

類義語： hinder, cripple, disable, incapacitate

反対語： enable, empower

よく使う表現： hamstring a project, hamstring someone's efforts, hamstring a government

膝腱を切る

人や動物の膝裏の腱を切り、まともに歩けなくする。

やさしい英語で： To stop a person or animal walking properly by cutting the strong bands of tissue behind the knees.

• The attackers tried to hamstring the horses.
• The old account describes cattle being hamstrung with blades.
• Cutting those tendons would hamstring the animal.

類義語： hough

よく使う表現： hamstring a horse, hamstring an animal, hamstring the cattle