over the top

大げさな、度を越した

必要や常識の範囲を大きく超えて、極端だったり高価だったり大げさだったりする。

やさしい英語で： Much more extreme, expensive, or dramatic than is sensible or necessary.

• His reaction was over the top.
• The party decorations were completely over the top.
• Was that joke a little over the top?

類義語： excessive, outrageous, extreme

反対語： restrained

よく使う表現： over the top, over-the-top reaction

インターネット配信の

動画などをインターネット経由でテレビや他の機器に届けること。

やさしい英語で： Sent over the internet to a television or another device, especially video or other media.

• This is an over-the-top video service.
• The company launched an over-the-top streaming platform last year.
• Over-the-top television services need a reliable internet connection.

類義語： internet-delivered, OTT

よく使う表現： over-the-top services, over-the-top video

作物の上から散布する

畑で育つ作物に、上から直接薬剤などをかけること。

やさしい英語で： Applied from above directly onto growing plants in a field.

• The herbicide is approved for over-the-top application.
• Farmers used an over-the-top spray on the growing crop.
• Over-the-top treatments put the chemical directly on the plants.

よく使う表現： over-the-top spraying, over-the-top application

度を越して、過度に

普通の範囲や妥当な限度を大きく超えるように。

やさしい英語で： In a way that goes far beyond normal or reasonable limits.

• He went over the top with the gifts.
• She went over the top when praising his performance.
• Did we go over the top with the celebrations?

使い方： go over the top with something (They went over the top with the wedding decorations.)

類義語： excessively, extravagantly

よく使う表現： over the top, go over-the-top

上端を越えて、頂上を越えて

物のいちばん高い部分や上の縁を越えて。

やさしい英語で： Across the highest part or upper edge of something.

• The water flowed over the top.
• She climbed over the top of the wall.
• A bird flew over the top of the tree.

使い方： over the top of something (The ball flew over the top of the fence.)

よく使う表現： over the top, climb over-the-top

塹壕から出て突撃して

敵を攻撃するため、塹壕から出て開けた場所へ進んで。

やさしい英語で： Out of a military trench and into the open to attack the enemy.

• The soldiers went over the top.
• An officer ordered the men over the top into enemy fire.
• Few returned after going over the top that morning.

使い方： go over the top (The soldiers went over the top at dawn.)

よく使う表現： over the top, sent over-the-top