heart attack

心筋梗塞、心臓発作

心臓の一部に血液が届かず、その部分が傷つく突然の重い病気。

やさしい英語で： A sudden serious illness when blood cannot reach part of the heart, damaging it.

• Her father had a heart attack.
• He survived a heart attack last year.
• Chest pain can be a sign of a heart attack.

類義語： myocardial infarction

よく使う表現： have a heart attack, suffer a heart attack, fatal heart attack

大きな驚き、ひどい恐怖

重い病気にたとえて大げさに言う、強い恐怖や驚き。

やさしい英語で： A very strong feeling of fear or shock, described as if it were a serious illness.

• You nearly gave me a heart attack!
• She'll have a heart attack when she sees the bill.
• I almost had a heart attack when the door slammed.

使い方： give someone a heart attack (That sudden bang nearly gave me a heart attack.)

類義語： fright, shock, scare

よく使う表現： have a heart attack, a sudden heart attack, nearly a heart attack

故障、機能停止

特に機械やシステムが突然完全に動かなくなること。

やさしい英語で： A sudden complete failure, especially of a machine or system.

• My computer had a heart attack.
• The old engine suffered a heart attack on the hill.
• Opening all those files gave the system a heart attack.

使い方： something has a heart attack (My laptop had a heart attack halfway through the update.)

類義語： breakdown, crash, failure

よく使う表現： have a heart attack, computer heart attack