bull

雄牛

乳や肉のために飼われる牛の、成長した雄。

やさしい英語で： An adult male of the large farm animals kept for milk or meat.

• The bull is in the field.
• A bull charged toward the fence.
• The farmer keeps two bulls for breeding.

よく使う表現： breeding bull, bull calf, angry bull

たわごと、でたらめ

うそや、ばかげていて信じられない話を指すくだけた言葉。

やさしい英語で： Something said that is false, foolish, or impossible to believe.

• That story is bull.
• He gave us a load of bull.
• Do you believe the bull she told you?

類義語： nonsense, rubbish, lies

反対語： truth

よく使う表現： complete bull, total bull, talk bull

雄

ゾウ、クジラ、アザラシなどの大型動物の、成長した雄。

やさしい英語で： An adult male of certain large animals, such as elephants, whales, or seals.

• The bull guarded the herd.
• A large seal bull rested on the beach.
• Two elephant bulls fought near the water.

よく使う表現： elephant bull, dominant bull, seal bull

警官

警官、刑事、または鉄道の施設や財産を守る警備員を指す俗語。

やさしい英語で： A police officer, detective, or guard protecting railway property.

• A bull stopped him at the station.
• The railroad bull chased them off the tracks.
• Two bulls arrested the thief outside the bar.

類義語： policeman, cop

よく使う表現： railroad bull, a bull

強気の

価格が上がっている、または上がると予想される金融市場を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a financial market in which prices are rising or expected to rise.

• Stocks entered a bull market.
• Investors expect the bull trend to continue.
• Share prices doubled during the bull phase.

類義語： rising

反対語： bear

よく使う表現： bull market, bull trend, bull phase

雄の

ある種の大型動物が、成長した雄であることを表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing an adult male of certain large animals.

• A bull elephant crossed the road.
• The bull seal defended his territory.
• We saw a bull whale beside the boat.

類義語： male

反対語： female

よく使う表現： bull elephant, bull seal, bull whale

強引に進む

進路にいる人や物を押しのけて、強引に前へ進む。

やさしい英語で： To move forward forcefully, pushing past people or things in your way.

• He bulled through the crowd.
• She bulled her way into the room.
• The striker bulled past two defenders.

使い方： bull one’s way through/into something (He bulled his way through the waiting crowd.); bull past someone/something (She bulled past the guards.)

類義語： push, force

よく使う表現： bull through something, bull past someone, bull into something

つり上げる

株や市場で売買される品物の価格を上げようとする。

やさしい英語で： To try to make the price of stocks or other traded goods rise.

• Traders tried to bull the market.
• The group bulled railway shares by buying heavily.
• Speculators hoped to bull bond prices before selling.

類義語： bid up

よく使う表現： bull the market, bull something