swing

揺れる、揺らす

前後に揺れる、または物をそのように揺らす。

やさしい英語で： To move backwards and forwards, or make something move this way.

• Her arms swing as she walks.
• The lamp swung in the wind.
• He was swinging a rope above his head.

類義語： sway, oscillate

よく使う表現： swing your arms, swing back, swing gently, swing a stick

ブランコに乗る

ブランコに座って、空中で前後に揺れる。

やさしい英語で： To sit on a hanging seat and move backwards and forwards through the air.

• The children love to swing.
• She swung higher when her dad pushed her.
• Can we swing in the park after lunch?

よく使う表現： swing at school, swing in pairs, swing really high

変動する、揺れ動く

気持ちや意見、数量、状況などが短時間で大きく変わる。

やさしい英語で： To change quickly between different feelings, opinions, amounts, or conditions.

• Prices can swing wildly.
• His mood swung from hope to fear.
• Support has swung towards the smaller party.

使い方： swing from A to B (Her mood swung from joy to anger.); swing between A and B (Prices swing between twenty and fifty dollars.); swing towards something (Public opinion swung towards the new policy.)

類義語： shift, fluctuate

よく使う表現： swing wildly, swing between extremes, swing towards something

踊る

特にジャズに合わせて、活発な動きで踊る。

やさしい英語で： To dance with lively movements, especially to jazz music.

• Let's swing tonight!
• They swung together until midnight.
• Everyone was swinging to the jazz band.

使い方： swing to something (The couples swung to the band's lively music.)

類義語： dance

よく使う表現： swing together, swing all night, swing to jazz

絞首刑になる

罰として首をつられて殺される、または非常に重い罰を受ける。

やさしい英語で： To be killed by hanging as a punishment, or receive a very severe punishment.

• The killer would swing at dawn.
• They said he would swing for murder.
• You'll swing for this, the angry captain shouted.

使い方： swing for something (He feared he would swing for the crime.)

類義語： be hanged

よく使う表現： swing for murder, swing for something

ブランコ

縄や鎖でつるした、前後に揺れる座席。

やさしい英語で： A seat hanging from ropes or chains that moves backwards and forwards.

• The boy sat on the swing.
• There are two swings in the park.
• She pushed her daughter's swing gently.

よく使う表現： on a swing, push the swing, garden swing

スイング

特に何かを打つために、腕や道具を弧を描くように振る動作。

やさしい英語で： The way someone moves an arm or an object in a curve, especially to hit something.

• His golf swing is smooth.
• She missed the ball with her first swing.
• Daily practice has improved my swing.

類義語： stroke

よく使う表現： golf swing, practice your swing, a powerful swing

スイングダンス

ジャズに合わせて踊る活発なダンス。二人で踊ることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A lively style of dancing to jazz music, often with a partner.

• We learn swing on Fridays.
• She teaches swing at a dance school.
• Do you prefer swing or salsa?

よく使う表現： learn swing, swing dancing, swing lessons, dance swing