spit

吐く、吐き出す

液体や食べ物などを、口から勢いよく出す。

やさしい英語で： To force liquid, food, or another substance out of your mouth.

• Don't spit on the floor.
• She spat out a watermelon seed.
• He was spitting blood after the accident.

使い方： spit something out (She spat the bitter medicine out.); spit into/on something (He spat into the sink.)

類義語： expectorate

反対語： swallow

よく使う表現： spit something out, spit on something, spit into something

串に刺す、突き刺す

物に長い焼き串などの先がとがった物を刺して通す。

やさしい英語で： To push a long cooking rod or another sharp object through something.

• Spit the meat before cooking it.
• They spitted a chicken over the fire.
• The soldier spitted his enemy on a spear.

使い方： spit something on something (They spitted the lamb on a long iron rod.)

類義語： skewer, impale, pierce

よく使う表現： spit a chicken, spit the meat, spit on something

唾、唾液

口の中にある液体。特に口から吐き出したものをいう。

やさしい英語で： The liquid in your mouth, especially when you push it out.

• There was spit on the floor.
• She wiped the spit from the baby's chin.
• A drop of spit landed on his sleeve.

類義語： saliva

よく使う表現： a drop of spit, covered in spit, spit on something

焼き串

肉に通し、火の上で回しながら焼くための長い棒。

やさしい英語で： A long rod pushed through meat so it can turn while cooking over heat.

• The chicken cooked on a spit.
• He turned the spit above the fire.
• They roasted a whole lamb on a metal spit.

類義語： skewer

よく使う表現： on a spit, roasting spit, turn the spit

砂嘴

岸から水の中へ伸びる、主に砂でできた細長い陸地。

やさしい英語で： A long, narrow strip of land, usually sand, that extends from the shore into water.

• Birds rested on the sandy spit.
• We walked to the end of the spit.
• The storm washed away part of the narrow spit of land.

使い方： spit of land/sand (A thin spit of sand separates the bay from the sea.)

類義語： sandspit

よく使う表現： a sandy spit, a narrow spit, spit of land