pinball

ピンボール

機械の中で金属の玉を動かし続け、得点を稼ぐゲーム。

やさしい英語で： A game in which you keep a metal ball moving around a machine to score points.

• We played pinball after school.
• This old pinball machine still works.
• How many points did you score at pinball?

よく使う表現： play pinball, pinball machine, pinball table

ピンボールの玉

ピンボールの機械の中を動き回る、小さな金属の玉。

やさしい英語で： The small metal ball that moves around inside an arcade machine.

• The pinball rolled towards the flipper.
• A silver pinball bounced off the bumper.
• Two pinballs were stuck inside the machine.

よく使う表現： steel pinball, rolling pinball

ボールの混戦

試合で多くの選手が入り乱れ、次々にボールを蹴る場面。

やさしい英語で： A confused moment in a game when many players quickly kick the ball between them.

• There was pinball in the penalty area.
• The goal followed a brief spell of pinball.
• The match ended with frantic pinball near our goal.

類義語： scramble

よく使う表現： penalty-box pinball, brief pinball

跳ね回る

物にぶつかりながら、さまざまな方向へ素早く動く。

やさしい英語で： To move quickly in different directions, often hitting things along the way.

• The child pinballed around the room.
• I pinball between meetings all morning.
• The cyclist pinballed through the crowded street.

使い方： pinball between things (The ball pinballed between the walls.)

類義語： bounce around, dart around

よく使う表現： pinball around, pinball between something