slalom

回転競技、スラローム

斜面を滑り降り、対になったポールの間を次々と曲がって通るスキー種目。

やさしい英語で： A skiing sport in which you turn repeatedly to pass between pairs of poles down a slope.

• She enjoys slalom.
• Slalom requires quick turns on steep snow.
• He switched from downhill skiing to slalom.

よく使う表現： giant slalom, slalom skiing, practise slalom

スラローム競技

選手が、曲がる地点を次々に指定されたコースを進む競技。

やさしい英語で： A race in which competitors follow a course with a series of marked turns.

• She won the slalom.
• He entered three slaloms this winter.
• Who finished first in yesterday’s slalom?

よく使う表現： win a slalom, enter a slalom, the final slalom

スラローム

船や乗り物を操り、目印のある曲がり角を次々と通るスポーツ。

やさしい英語で： A sport in which you steer a boat or another vehicle through a series of marked turns.

• He trains in canoe slalom.
• Water ski slalom demands balance and careful steering.
• She took up kayak slalom last summer.

よく使う表現： canoe slalom, water ski slalom, kayak slalom

スラロームコース

スキー選手などがたどる、曲がる地点に目印のあるコース。

やさしい英語で： A course with marked turns that skiers or other competitors must follow.

• This slalom has forty gates.
• Workers marked out a slalom on the slope.
• The two slaloms differ in length and difficulty.

類義語： slalom course

よく使う表現： a steep slalom, set a slalom, a difficult slalom

スラロームをする

目印の地点を何度も曲がって通るレースに参加する。

やさしい英語で： To compete in a race that requires repeated turns through marked points.

• They slalom every winter.
• She slalomed through the gates faster than her rivals.
• He hopes to slalom competitively next season.

よく使う表現： slalom down something, slalom through gates

ジグザグに進む

進路にある物をよけながら、左右に曲がって進む。

やさしい英語で： To move forward while turning from side to side around things in your way.

• She slalomed between parked cars.
• The cyclist slaloms through the morning traffic.
• We had to slalom around boxes in the hallway.

使い方： slalom through something (He slalomed through the crowd.); slalom around something (We slalomed around the fallen branches.)

類義語： weave, zigzag

よく使う表現： slalom through traffic, slalom between cars, slalom around obstacles