knock up

妊娠させる

人を妊娠させる。予定していなかった妊娠についてよく使う。

やさしい英語で： To make someone pregnant, often when the pregnancy was not planned.

• He knocked her up last summer.
• She said her boyfriend had knocked her up.
• He was afraid he might knock someone up.

使い方： knock someone up (He knocked his girlfriend up before they finished school.)

類義語： get pregnant, impregnate

よく使う表現： knock someone up, knock her up

手早く作る、急ごしらえする

あまり手間をかけず、何かを手早く作ったり組み立てたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make or put something together quickly, often without much care.

• I can knock up a quick lunch.
• He knocked up a wooden box for the tools.
• Could you knock something up before the meeting?

使い方： knock something up (I knocked a small shelf up from spare wood.)

類義語： throw together, make

よく使う表現： knock up something, knock something up

ウォーミングアップする、打ち合う

テニスの試合前に、練習として互いにボールを打ち合う。

やさしい英語で： To hit a tennis ball back and forth for practice before a match.

• The players knocked up before the match.
• We knocked up for five minutes to get used to the court.
• Would you like to knock up with me?

使い方： knock up with someone (I knocked up with my opponent before the match.)

類義語： warm up, practice

よく使う表現： knock up together, knock up briefly

起こす、目を覚まさせる

普通はドアや窓をたたいて、人を目覚めさせる。

やさしい英語で： To wake someone, usually by knocking on their door or window.

• Please knock me up at six.
• Someone knocked her up by tapping on the bedroom window.
• The man used to knock factory workers up before their early shifts.

使い方： knock someone up (The neighbor knocked us up before dawn.)

類義語： wake, rouse

よく使う表現： knock someone up, knock workers up

紙を揃える、紙を突き揃える

本を作る時などに、紙の束を軽くたたいて端を揃える。

やさしい英語で： To tap a pile of paper so its edges line up, often when making a book.

• Knock up the sheets before binding them.
• She knocked the pages up against the edge of the table.
• The printer knocked up each pile so the edges were even.

使い方： knock something up (The binder knocked the printed sheets up before trimming them.)

類義語： jog, align

よく使う表現： knock up sheets, knock paper up, knock up paper, knock sheets up