buck

ドル

くだけた言い方で、１ドル。

やさしい英語で： One dollar.

• It costs one buck.
• I paid twenty bucks for this shirt.
• Can you lend me a few bucks until Friday?

類義語： dollar

よく使う表現： one buck, a buck each, a buck apiece

金、お金

特に、働いて得るお金や、手に入れたいと思っているお金。

やさしい英語で： Money, especially money someone earns or hopes to earn.

• He sells old furniture to make a buck.
• They were only interested in making a quick buck.
• She'll try any honest way to earn an extra buck.

類義語： money, cash

よく使う表現： make a buck, a quick buck, a fast buck, earn a buck

雄ジカ、雄ヤギ

シカやヤギの雄。

やさしい英語で： A male deer or goat.

• A buck stood beside the trees.
• The buck lowered his antlers and turned towards us.
• The farmer keeps one buck with her female goats.

類義語： stag

反対語： doe

よく使う表現： young buck, buck deer, buck goat, large buck

責任

問題や決定についての責任。特に、誰かが他人に押しつけようとするもの。

やさしい英語で： Responsibility for a problem or decision, especially when someone tries to give it to another person.

• Don't pass the buck to me.
• The buck stops with whoever made the decision.
• Every department passed the buck when the project failed.

使い方： pass the buck to someone (The manager passed the buck to his assistant.); the buck stops with someone (The buck stops with the team leader.)

類義語： responsibility, blame

よく使う表現： pass the buck, the buck stops, buck stops here

雄ウサギ、雄ノウサギ

ウサギやノウサギの雄。

やさしい英語で： A male rabbit or hare.

• This rabbit is a buck.
• Keep the buck in a separate hutch.
• The breeder chose a healthy buck for mating.

類義語： male rabbit, male hare

反対語： doe

よく使う表現： rabbit buck, breeding buck, young buck, adult buck

雄

フェレットやカンガルーなど、特定の動物の雄。

やさしい英語で： A male of certain other animals, such as a ferret or kangaroo.

• The keeper identified the kangaroo as a buck.
• A large buck led the group of kangaroos.
• The breeder recorded this male animal as a buck.

類義語： male

反対語： doe

よく使う表現： kangaroo buck, adult buck, breeding buck

反抗する、逆らう

規則や決定、いつものやり方に強く反対し、従おうとしない。

やさしい英語で： To strongly resist a rule, decision, or usual way of doing things.

• She refused to buck the system.
• Sales rose, bucking the general downward trend.
• He bucked against the board's decision to close the factory.

使い方： buck something (The company bucked the trend by hiring more staff.); buck against something (The workers bucked against the new rules.)

類義語： resist, oppose, defy

反対語： obey, accept

よく使う表現： buck the trend, buck the system, buck convention, buck against something

跳ね暴れる、乗り手を振り落とす

動物が背を持ち上げて激しく跳ね、乗っている人を振り落としかねない動きをする。

やさしい英語で： If an animal jumps sharply with its back raised, it may throw its rider off.

• The horse began to buck.
• A frightened pony bucked her off.
• The bull bucked wildly as the rider held on.

使い方： buck someone off (The horse bucked its rider off.)

よく使う表現： buck wildly, buck someone off, begin to buck