lug

引きずる、苦労して運ぶ

重い物を苦労して運んだり引きずったりする。

やさしい英語で： To carry or pull something heavy with difficulty.

• Can you lug this bag upstairs?
• We lugged our equipment across the field.
• She's tired of lugging heavy books around.

使い方： lug something around (I hate lugging these bags around.); lug something to somewhere (We lugged the boxes to the car.)

類義語： haul, drag, carry

よく使う表現： lug something around, lug something upstairs, lug a suitcase

低回転でエンジンに負荷をかける

使っているギアに対して回転数を低くしすぎ、エンジンに負担をかける。

やさしい英語で： To make an engine work too hard by running it too slowly for the gear being used.

• Don't lug the engine uphill.
• The engine lugged when I stayed in fifth gear.
• Choose a lower gear to avoid lugging the motor.

よく使う表現： lug the engine, lug in gear

帆を張りすぎる

風や天候に対して帆を張りすぎた状態で航行する。

やさしい英語で： To sail with too much sail raised for the wind and weather.

• The yacht began to lug sail.
• They lugged too much canvas in the strong wind.
• The skipper avoided lugging sail as the storm approached.

類義語： overcanvass

よく使う表現： lug sail, lug too much

内側に斜行する、外側に斜行する

競走馬が走りながらコースの内側や外側へそれる。

やさしい英語で： If a racing horse does this, it pulls toward the inner or outer edge of the track.

• The horse started to lug in.
• She lugged out as the jockey urged her forward.
• A horse lugging toward the rail can interfere with other runners.

使い方： lug in/out (The horse began to lug out near the finish.)

類義語： veer, swerve

よく使う表現： lug in, lug out

耳、耳たぶ

耳や、その下部の柔らかい耳たぶを指すくだけた言い方。

やさしい英語で： An informal word for an ear or the soft lower part of an ear.

• My left lug is sore.
• Pull your hat down over your lugs.
• He caught his lug while shaving.

類義語： ear, earlobe

よく使う表現： left lug, cold lug, pierced lug

引っ張ること、運搬

重い物を苦労して引っ張ったり運んだりすること。

やさしい英語で： An act of pulling or carrying something heavy with effort.

• It was a hard lug uphill.
• One final lug brought the sack through the door.
• The long lug across the field exhausted us.

類義語： haul, pull

よく使う表現： hard lug, long lug, heavy lug

荷物、重荷

運んだり引っ張ったりしなければならない重い物。

やさしい英語で： Something heavy that has to be carried or pulled.

• That pack is a heavy lug.
• He dropped his awkward lug beside the door.
• We each carried a lug up the steep path.

類義語： load, burden

よく使う表現： heavy lug, awkward lug

金銭の要求、寄付の要求

特に政治的な目的のために、お金を出すよう求めること。

やさしい英語で： A demand for money, especially for a political cause.

• They put the lug on him for campaign money.
• The political lug annoyed several business owners.
• She resisted when fundraisers put the lug on her again.

使い方： put the lug on someone (Party officials put the lug on local business owners.)

類義語： demand, solicitation

よく使う表現： put the lug, political lug