burn off

消費する

主に運動によって、食べ物から得たエネルギーを使う。

やさしい英語で： To use energy from food, usually by moving or exercising.

• Walking helps you burn off calories.
• The children burned off some energy in the park.
• How much exercise burns off a large meal?

使い方： burn something off (A long walk helped me burn the extra calories off.)

類義語： use up, expend

よく使う表現： burn off calories, burn off energy

熱で消える、晴れる

霧や雲などが、特に日光の熱で消える。

やさしい英語で： To disappear because of heat, especially when the sun warms fog or cloud.

• The fog will burn off soon.
• By noon, the mist had burned off.
• Low clouds usually burn off as the day warms.

類義語： clear, dissipate

よく使う表現： burn off gradually, burn off completely

焼き落とす、熱で取り除く

熱を使って、物を取り除いたり消したりする。

やさしい英語で： To make something disappear or remove it by using heat.

• The sun will burn off the fog.
• He burned off the old paint with a torch.
• Can this heater burn off the moisture?

使い方： burn something off (The sun burned the mist off.)

類義語： remove, burn away

よく使う表現： burn off something, burn off paint

余剰ガスを燃焼させる

油井から出る不要なガスを燃やして処分する。

やさしい英語で： To get rid of unwanted gas from an oil well by setting it on fire.

• They burn off unwanted gas.
• The oil company burned off gas above the well.
• Why is so much methane being burned off here?

使い方： burn off something (The plant burns off excess gas at night.)

類義語： flare, flare off

よく使う表現： burn off gas, burn off excess gas

浪費する、無駄に使う

価値のあるものを、役に立つ結果も出さずに使い尽くす。

やさしい英語で： To use up something valuable without producing a useful result.

• The company is burning off cash.
• We burned off scarce fuel while waiting.
• Leaving equipment running burns off resources needlessly.

使い方： burn off something (The idle machines burn off fuel for no useful purpose.)

類義語： waste, squander

反対語： conserve

よく使う表現： burn off cash, burn off resources

引き離す

特にレースの出だしで、相手よりずっと速く進んで差をつける。

やさしい英語で： To move much faster than a competitor and leave them behind, especially at the start of a race.

• He burned off his rivals immediately.
• The red car burned us off at the lights.
• Can she burn off the field in the opening lap?

使い方： burn someone off (She burned the other runners off at the start.)

類義語： outpace, leave behind

よく使う表現： burn off someone, burn off rivals