butt

お尻

座るときに下になる体の部分。

やさしい英語で： The part of your body that you sit on.

• I fell on my butt.
• These exercises strengthen your legs and butt.
• He sat on his butt all afternoon.

類義語： bottom, bum, backside

よく使う表現： on your butt, kick someone’s butt, sore butt

吸い殻、銃床、端

物の太い端の部分、または吸い終わったたばこの残り。

やさしい英語で： The thick end of an object, or the small piece left after a cigarette has been smoked.

• He dropped a cigarette butt.
• She picked up the cigarette butts outside the café.
• The soldier rested the butt of his rifle on the ground.

使い方： the butt of something (The butt of the rifle was made of wood.)

類義語： end, stub

よく使う表現： cigarette butt, rifle butt, butt end

自身

人に動いたり行動したりするよう言う際、その人自身を指す。

やさしい英語で： Used to mean your whole self when someone tells you to move or act.

• Get your butt over here!
• You need to move your butt if you want that job.
• She got her butt out of bed before sunrise.

使い方： get your butt + place/direction (Get your butt back inside before it starts raining.)

類義語： self

よく使う表現： get your butt, move your butt, save your butt

厄介者、面倒なこと

「a pain in the butt」で、迷惑な人や面倒なこと。

やさしい英語で： In “a pain in the butt,” a person or thing that annoys you or causes trouble.

• This form is a pain in the butt.
• My neighbour can be a real pain in the butt.
• Finding a parking space was a pain in the butt.

使い方： be a pain in the butt (Updating every file by hand is a pain in the butt.)

類義語： nuisance, annoyance

よく使う表現： pain in the butt, in the butt

必死に、全力で

「work your butt off」などで、全力で努力することを強調する。

やさしい英語で： In phrases such as “work your butt off,” used to show that someone makes a very great effort.

• I worked my butt off today.
• She studied her butt off for the exam.
• We ran our butts off but still missed the bus.

使い方： verb + your butt off (They played their butts off in the final match.)

よく使う表現： your butt off, work your butt, study your butt

笑いもの、からかいの的

人々にからかわれたり、批判されたりする人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that people make fun of or criticize.

• He was the butt of their jokes.
• Her old car became the butt of endless teasing.
• Nobody enjoys being the butt of cruel humour.

使い方： the butt of something (The mayor became the butt of jokes about the failed project.)

類義語： target, object of ridicule

よく使う表現： butt of jokes, butt of ridicule, the usual butt

口を挟む、割り込む

呼ばれていないのに会話や活動に割り込む。

やさしい英語で： To interrupt a conversation or activity without being invited.

• Please do not butt in.
• He butted into our conversation without saying hello.
• She always butts in when I try to explain.

使い方： butt in (Sorry to butt in, but your taxi is here.); butt into something (He butted into a discussion about money.)

類義語： interrupt, intrude

よく使う表現： butt in, butt into something

頭突きする

頭や角で人や物にぶつかる。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone or something with the head or horns.

• The goat butted the gate.
• Two rams butted each other in the field.
• The angry animal tried to butt him in the chest.

類義語： headbutt

よく使う表現： butt someone, butt a fence, butt with horns