turf

芝、芝生

草で覆われた地面の層、または芝に似せて作った表面。

やさしい英語で： A grass-covered layer of ground, or a surface made to look like grass.

• The players ran across the turf.
• We laid fresh turf in the garden.
• The school replaced its grass field with artificial turf.

類義語： sod, grass

よく使う表現： artificial turf, lay turf, on the turf, fresh turf

縄張り、領域

誰かが自分のものと考えたり、支配したりする区域。

やさしい英語で： An area that someone considers theirs or controls.

• This neighborhood is their turf.
• The two departments fought over turf.
• The gang refused to let rivals enter its turf.

類義語： territory, domain, patch

よく使う表現： someone's turf, home turf, turf war, on someone's turf

泥炭、泥炭の塊

湿った地面から掘り出し、燃料にする、半ば腐った植物質の塊。

やさしい英語で： A piece of partly decayed plant material dug from wet ground and burned as fuel.

• They burned turf to heat the house.
• He stacked the cut turf beside the shed.
• A turf fire warmed the small cottage.

類義語： peat

よく使う表現： cut turf, burn turf, turf fire

首にする、解任する

人を仕事や担当の役目から外す。

やさしい英語で： To remove someone from a job or task.

• The company turfed its manager.
• Several staff members were turfed after the takeover.
• They turfed him off the project without warning.

使い方： turf someone out of something (The new owner turfed him out of his job.); turf someone off something (They turfed her off the committee.)

類義語： fire, dismiss, sack

反対語： hire

よく使う表現： turf someone out, turf someone off, turf someone

取りやめる、中止する

事業を止めたり、製品に関する計画を取りやめたりする。

やさしい英語で： To stop a project or drop plans for a product.

• They decided to turf the project.
• The company turfed its plans for a new phone.
• Why was the proposed product turfed?

類義語： scrap, cancel, abandon, drop

よく使う表現： turf a project, turf a product, turf the plan