catfish

ナマズ

川や湖にすみ、口の周りに猫のひげのようなものがある魚。

やさしい英語で： A fish, usually living in rivers or lakes, with long thin parts around its mouth like a cat’s whiskers.

• We caught a catfish in the river.
• Catfish often feed near the bottom.
• The restaurant serves fried catfish with rice.

類義語： catlet, sheat, sheatfish

よく使う表現： fried catfish, catch catfish, catfish pond

なりすまし

ネット上で偽の身元を使い、他人をだます人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who uses a false identity online to trick other people.

• Her online boyfriend was a catfish.
• The catfish used someone else’s photographs.
• How can you spot a catfish on a dating app?

類義語： online impostor

よく使う表現： a catfish, spot a catfish, dating a catfish

偽プロフィール

他人をだますために使われる、偽の身元を載せたネット上のプロフィール。

やさしい英語で： A false online profile used to trick other people.

• That profile is a catfish.
• They deleted the catfish from the dating site.
• The stolen photographs appeared on several catfish accounts.

類義語： fake profile

よく使う表現： a catfish, create a catfish, delete a catfish

なりすましてだます

ネット上で別人になりすまして、相手をだます。

やさしい英語で： To trick someone online by pretending to be a different person.

• Someone tried to catfish me.
• She was catfished on a dating app.
• He catfishes strangers by pretending to be a famous actor.

使い方： catfish someone (He catfished several people using a stolen photograph.)

よく使う表現： catfish someone, catfish people, catfish on something

ナマズを釣る

口の周りにひげのある魚、ナマズを釣ろうとする。

やさしい英語で： To try to catch the river or lake fish that have whisker-like parts around their mouths.

• We catfish in the river.
• They spent the evening catfishing from a boat.
• Do you usually catfish at night?

よく使う表現： catfish at night, catfish in something, catfish from something