hop

跳ぶ

短い距離を小さく跳ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To make a small jump over a short distance.

• The rabbit hopped away.
• A bird hopped from branch to branch.
• She hopped over a small puddle.

類義語： jump

よく使う表現： hop over something, hop across something, hop onto something

片足で跳ぶ

片足で跳ぶ。何度も続けて跳ぶことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To jump using one foot, often several times.

• Can you hop on one foot?
• She hopped across the room on her good leg.
• The children were hopping while trying to keep their balance.

使い方： hop on one foot (I can hop on one foot for a minute.)

よく使う表現： hop on one foot, hop around

乗る

バス、電車、船、飛行機などにさっと、または気軽に乗る。

やさしい英語で： To get onto a bus, train, boat, or plane quickly or without much planning.

• Let’s hop on a bus.
• We hopped aboard just before the boat left.
• He often hops a train to the coast.

使い方： hop on something (We can hop on the next train.); hop aboard something (They hopped aboard a small ferry.)

類義語： board

よく使う表現： hop on a bus, hop aboard, hop a train

忙しく動き回る

忙しく活動し、次々と仕事をこなす。

やさしい英語で： To be busy and active, moving quickly between tasks.

• The kitchen was hopping all evening.
• Those orders really kept us hopping.
• With three events today, the staff will have to hop.

類義語： bustle

よく使う表現： hop all night, keep someone hopping

小さな跳躍、ひと跳び

片足などで行う小さな跳び上がり。

やさしい英語で： A small jump, often made on one foot.

• She made a little hop.
• The rabbit crossed the grass in quick hops.
• He reached the other side with one hop.

類義語： small jump, leap

よく使う表現： little hop, single hop, hop and skip

ホップ

ビールに苦味をつける乾燥したホップの花。英語では通常「hops」。

やさしい英語で： A plant's dried flowers, usually called hops, used to give beer its bitter taste.

• Hops give beer a bitter taste.
• The brewer added dried hops to the mixture.
• This beer has a strong hop aroma.

よく使う表現： dried hop, hop flowers, hop aroma

一歩、飛躍

発展のある段階から次の段階への小さな一歩や素早い移行。

やさしい英語で： A short step or quick change from one stage of development to another.

• It was a short hop to success.
• His career took a quick hop from research to management.
• For the company, online sales were a short hop from mail orders.

使い方： a short hop from A to B (For her, it was a short hop from local radio to national television.)

類義語： step, advance

よく使う表現： short hop, hop to something, hop from something