snake

ヘビ

地面をはって進む、脚のない細長い動物。毒を持つ種類もいる。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin animal with no legs that moves along the ground; some kinds have a poisonous bite.

• A snake moved through the grass.
• Some snakes can give a dangerous bite.
• Have you ever held a snake?

類義語： serpent

よく使う表現： poisonous snake, snake bite, pet snake, snake skin

裏切り者

自分を信じる人にうそをついたり、陰でその人に不利なことをしたりする人。

やさしい英語で： A person who lies or secretly acts against people who trust them.

• Don't trust him; he's a snake.
• That snake told everyone my secret.
• She called her former partner a snake.

類義語： traitor, backstabber

よく使う表現： a real snake, such a snake

排水管清掃ワイヤー

管に差し込んで詰まりを取り除く、長く柔軟な道具。

やさしい英語で： A long, flexible tool pushed into a pipe to remove things blocking it.

• The plumber used a snake.
• Push the snake slowly into the drain.
• This snake can reach deep inside the pipe.

類義語： drain auger

よく使う表現： drain snake, plumbing snake, use a snake

密告者

他人についての情報を警察などの当局にこっそり伝える人。

やさしい英語で： A person who secretly gives information about others to the police or another authority.

• The gang thought he was a snake.
• Someone accused her of being a police snake.
• They searched for the snake who had reported them.

類義語： informer, snitch, rat

よく使う表現： a police snake, such a snake

蛇行する、くねくね進む

何度も曲がりながら進んだり、くねくねと続いたりする。

やさしい英語で： To move or continue along a path with many curves.

• The road snakes through the hills.
• A long queue snaked around the building.
• We watched the river snaking across the plain.

使い方： snake through/around/along something (The path snakes around the lake.)

類義語： wind, twist

よく使う表現： snake through something, snake around something, snake along something

ワイヤーで詰まりを取る

長く柔軟な道具を使って、管の詰まりを取る。

やさしい英語で： To clear a blocked pipe with a long, flexible tool.

• We need to snake the drain.
• The plumber snaked the kitchen pipe.
• Have you tried snaking the toilet?

類義語： clear, unblock

よく使う表現： snake a drain, snake the toilet, snake a pipe

盗む、くすねる

他人の物を許可なくこっそり持ち去る。

やさしい英語で： To take someone else's things secretly and without permission.

• Someone snaked my phone.
• He snaked a few coins from my bag.
• Did you snake my headphones?

類義語： steal, swipe, nick

よく使う表現： snake someone's phone, snake someone's money

密告する

他人の不正を警察などの当局にこっそり知らせる。

やさしい英語で： To secretly tell the police or another authority about someone's wrongdoing.

• He swore he hadn't snaked.
• Someone snaked them out to the police.
• The gang threatened anyone who snaked.

使い方： snake someone out (They feared he would snake them out.)

類義語： inform, snitch, rat

よく使う表現： snake someone out, snake to police