bail up

呼び止めて話し込む

人を呼び止め、特に相手が立ち去りたいのに話を続けること。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone and keep talking to them, especially when they want to leave.

• He bailed me up for a chat.
• Our neighbor always bails visitors up at the gate.
• I was late because a colleague bailed me up.

使い方： bail someone up (A neighbor bailed me up outside the shop.)

類義語： buttonhole, corner

よく使う表現： bail up someone, bail up colleagues

追い詰める、逃げられなくする

人や動物を囲んだり攻撃すると脅したりして、逃げられなくすること。

やさしい英語で： To prevent a person or animal from escaping by surrounding them or threatening to attack.

• The dogs bailed up a wild pig.
• An armed man bailed him up in the alley.
• The hunter found a deer bailed up by dogs.

使い方： bail someone/something up (The dogs bailed the boar up against a fence.)

類義語： corner, hold at bay

反対語： release

よく使う表現： bail up someone, bail up animals

牛を固定する

普通は乳を搾るため、牛を枠に入れて動けなくすること。

やさしい英語で： To hold a cow in a frame so it cannot move, usually for milking.

• We bail up the cows for milking.
• The farmer bailed up the nervous cow.
• Have you bailed the cattle up yet?

使い方： bail something up (The farmer bailed the cow up before milking.)

類義語： confine, restrain

反対語： release

よく使う表現： bail up cattle, bail up something

金品を奪う

相手を脅すなどして、金や持ち物を無理に奪うこと。

やさしい英語で： To force someone to give you their money or belongings.

• They bailed him up and took his wallet.
• The gang bailed up travelers on the road.
• She told police that someone had bailed her up.

使い方： bail someone up (Two armed men bailed him up near the station.)

類義語： rob, hold up

よく使う表現： bail up someone, bail up travelers

ドリルの周りに堆積する

粘土や岩のかけらがドリルの周りにたまり、動きを妨げること。

やさしい英語で： If clay or broken rock does this, it collects around a drill and blocks it.

• The clay began to bail up.
• Loose rock bailed up around the drill.
• Does this material bail up during drilling?

使い方： bail up around something (Wet clay can bail up around the drill bit.)

類義語： accumulate, build up

よく使う表現： bail up underground, bail up badly