send up

上に送る、上昇させる

人や物を上へ送ったり、数値や水準を上げたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To cause someone or something to go upward or to a higher place, level, or amount.

• They sent up a balloon.
• Higher fuel costs sent food prices up.
• Please send the repair worker up to the roof.

使い方： send someone/something up to something (They sent supplies up to the mountain camp.)

類義語： raise, lift

反対語： lower

よく使う表現： send something up, send someone up

パロディーにする、茶化す

人の行動や作品の作風を面白くまねして、からかうこと。

やさしい英語で： To copy someone’s behaviour or the style of something in a funny way that makes fun of it.

• The comedian sends up politicians.
• Their film sent up old detective stories.
• She enjoyed being sent up in the comedy show.

使い方： send someone/something up (The sketch sends up television news presenters.)

類義語： parody, mock, satirize

よく使う表現： send someone up, send something up

立ち上らせる、舞い上げる

煙や火花、ほこりなどを発生させ、空中に立ち上らせること。

やさしい英語で： To produce smoke, sparks, dust, or similar things that move upward into the air.

• The fire sent up sparks.
• The truck sent up a cloud of dust.
• Burning leaves were sending up thick smoke.

使い方： send up a cloud/shower of something (The wheels sent up a cloud of dust.)

類義語： give off, emit

よく使う表現： send up sparks, send up smoke

刑務所に送る、投獄する

犯罪への罰として、人を刑務所に送ること。

やさしい英語で： To send someone to prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him up.
• They sent her up for five years.
• He was sent up after the robbery trial.

使い方： send someone up for something (The judge sent him up for robbery.); send someone up for a period of time (They sent her up for two years.)

類義語： imprison, jail, lock up

反対語： release

よく使う表現： send someone up, send him up