tune up

調律する、チューニングする

演奏前に楽器の音の高さを正しく合わせること。

やさしい英語で： To adjust a musical instrument so that its notes sound right before a performance.

• The musicians are tuning up.
• He tuned up his guitar before the show.
• Have you finished tuning up?

使い方： tune something up (She tuned her violin up before the concert.)

類義語： tune

よく使う表現： tune up a guitar, tune up before playing, tune something up

調整する、整備する

エンジンや自転車がよく動くように細かく調整すること。

やさしい英語で： To make small changes to an engine or bicycle so that it works better.

• Can you tune up my bike?
• We tuned up the engine last week.
• The car runs better after being tuned up.

使い方： tune something up (The mechanic tuned my car up before the journey.)

類義語： adjust, service

よく使う表現： tune up an engine, tune up a bike, tune something up

準備運動をする、ウォーミングアップする

激しい運動の前に軽い動きをして体を慣らすこと。

やさしい英語で： To prepare your body for hard exercise by doing easier movements first.

• The players tuned up before the match.
• We tune up with a short jog.
• Have you tuned up for the race?

使い方： tune up for something (The runners tuned up for the race with gentle stretches.)

類義語： warm up, limber up

反対語： cool down

よく使う表現： tune up before exercise, tune up for something

演奏し始める、歌い始める

歌い始めたり、楽器を演奏し始めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To start singing or playing music.

• The band tuned up a lively song.
• A fiddler tuned up, and everyone began to dance.
• The singers tuned up as the guests arrived.

類義語： strike up, start playing

よく使う表現： tune up a song, tune up together

殴りつける、袋だたきにする

人を何度も強く殴ること。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone hard several times.

• They threatened to tune him up.
• Two men tuned up the witness outside the bar.
• He was afraid of getting tuned up again.

使い方： tune someone up (The gang threatened to tune him up.)

類義語： beat up, rough up

よく使う表現： tune someone up, tune up someone