slug

ナメクジ

柔らかい体で脚がなく、殻がほぼないか全くない、動きの遅い小動物。

やさしい英語で： A small, slow animal with a soft body, no legs, and little or no shell.

• A slug ate my lettuce.
• Slugs come out after the rain.
• We found a shiny slug trail on the path.

よく使う表現： garden slug, slug trail

怠け者

とても怠けていて、なかなか行動しない人。

やさしい英語で： A person who is very lazy and slow to act.

• Get up, you lazy slug!
• I felt like a slug all weekend.
• He called his brother a slug for refusing to help.

類義語： sluggard, idler

よく使う表現： lazy slug, a total slug

殴る

人をとても強く、たいていは拳で殴る。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone very hard, usually with your closed hand.

• He slugged me in the arm.
• She slugged the attacker and ran away.
• Did he really slug you in the face?

使い方： slug someone in the face/stomach (The angry man slugged him in the stomach.)

類義語： punch, hit

よく使う表現： slug someone, slug someone hard

実弾を装填する

銃に散弾ではなく一発ずつの弾丸を詰める。

やさしい英語で： To put solid bullets into a gun.

• He slugged the gun before leaving.
• They slug their shotguns for this type of shooting.
• The hunter checked the barrel before slugging his gun.

よく使う表現： slug a gun, slug a shotgun