wheel around

くるりと振り向く、急に向きを変える

別の方向を向くように、素早く体の向きを変えること。

やさしい英語で： To turn quickly to face another direction.

• He wheeled around at the noise.
• The horse wheeled around and ran back.
• She wheels around whenever someone calls her name.

使い方： wheel around to do something (She wheeled around to face him.)

類義語： spin around, turn around

よく使う表現： wheel around suddenly, wheel around to look

車椅子などで連れて回る、台車で運んで回る

車椅子や台車などを使って、人や物をあちこちへ運ぶこと。

やさしい英語で： To move someone or something between places using a chair, cart, or other equipment with wheels.

• I wheeled the cart around.
• She wheeled her father around the garden.
• Can you wheel these supplies around to the kitchen?

使い方： wheel someone/something around somewhere (The nurse wheeled him around the hospital.)

類義語： push around, transport

よく使う表現： wheel around something, wheel around someone

急に向きを変えさせる、くるりと回す

人や物を素早く回し、別の方向を向かせること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something turn quickly to face another direction.

• She wheeled the chair around.
• He wheeled his horse around to face the gate.
• Can you wheel the cart around in this narrow space?

使い方： wheel something around (He wheeled his horse around and rode away.)

類義語： turn around, spin around

よく使う表現： wheel around something, wheel around a horse

ペアで半回転する

ダンスで手をつなぎ、左の人は後退、右の人は前進して、一緒に半回転すること。

やさしい英語で： In dancing, to turn halfway around together, holding hands, with the left dancer moving backward and the right forward.

• The couple wheeled around together.
• Hold hands and wheel around when the caller tells you.
• We practiced wheeling around, with me moving backward and my partner forward.

よく使う表現： wheel around together, wheel around with someone