postal

郵便の

手紙や小包を集め、仕分けし、届けることに関する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with collecting, sorting, or delivering letters and packages.

• What is your postal code?
• Postal workers delivered the letters this morning.
• The postal service is slower during the holidays.

よく使う表現： postal service, postal worker, postal code

激怒した、逆上した

特に「go postal」で、激しく怒り、暴力を振るいかねない状態。

やさしい英語で： Extremely angry and possibly violent, especially in the phrase “go postal”.

• He went postal over the bill.
• I thought the boss would go postal.
• She nearly went postal when they lost her luggage.

使い方： go postal (He went postal when he saw the damage.)

類義語： furious, enraged

反対語： calm

よく使う表現： go postal, almost go postal

狂った、正気でない

めちゃくちゃな行動をして、自分を抑えられない。

やさしい英語で： Behaving in a wild or uncontrolled way.

• The crowd went completely postal.
• He was acting totally postal after three sleepless nights.
• Everyone went postal when the singer walked onstage.

使い方： go postal (Everyone went postal when the band appeared.)

類義語： crazy, wild

よく使う表現： go postal, completely postal, totally postal