choke

窒息する、喉を詰まらせる

喉に物が詰まったり気道が刺激されたりして、息ができなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To be unable to breathe because something blocks your throat or irritates your breathing passages.

• The child began to choke.
• She choked on a fish bone.
• We were choking on smoke as we left the room.

使い方： choke on something (He choked on a piece of bread.)

よく使う表現： choke on something, choke on food, choke to death

首を絞める

相手が息をできなくなるように首を締めつける。

やさしい英語で： To squeeze someone’s throat so they cannot breathe.

• He tried to choke her.
• The attacker choked him with both hands.
• She escaped before he could choke her again.

使い方： choke someone with something (The attacker tried to choke him with a scarf.)

類義語： strangle

よく使う表現： choke someone, choke someone with

窒息させる

喉を締めたり気道を塞いだりして、相手の呼吸や発声を妨げる。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone from breathing or speaking by squeezing their throat or blocking their breathing passages.

• This tight collar is choking me.
• Dust choked the workers as they entered the room.
• The cloth over his mouth almost choked him.

使い方： choke someone with something (The smoke choked us with thick clouds of ash.)

類義語： suffocate, strangle

よく使う表現： choke someone, choke someone with

プレッシャーに負ける

競技の大事な場面で、緊張や恐怖のため実力を発揮できない。

やさしい英語で： To perform badly at an important moment in a competition because you are nervous or afraid.

• He choked in the final.
• The team was winning but choked near the end.
• Will she choke under pressure or win the title?

使い方： choke under pressure (Even experienced players sometimes choke under pressure.)

類義語： freeze, crack

よく使う表現： choke under pressure, choke in something, choke at something

詰まる、塞がる

洞窟の通路が岩や泥などで一部または完全に塞がる。

やさしい英語で： For a cave passage to become partly or completely blocked by rocks, mud, or other material.

• The passage began to choke with debris.
• After the collapse, the cave tunnel choked up.
• Narrow passages can choke with rocks carried by floodwater.

使い方： choke with something (The cave passage had choked with mud.)

類義語： become blocked, clog

よく使う表現： choke with something, choke up

先端近くを持つ

鉛筆や筆などを、実際に使う先端のすぐ近くで持つ。

やさしい英語で： To hold a pencil, brush, or similar tool very close to its working end.

• Choke up on your pencil.
• She choked the brush to paint the tiny lines.
• For detailed drawing, try choking up near the tip.

使い方： choke up on something (Choke up on the pencil for greater control.)

よく使う表現： choke up, choke up on, choke a brush

チョーク

冷えたエンジンを始動しやすくするため、空気と燃料の割合を変える装置。

やさしい英語で： A control that changes the air and fuel mixture to help a cold engine start.

• Pull the choke before starting the engine.
• She pushed the choke in once the engine warmed up.
• This old motorcycle has a manual choke.

よく使う表現： manual choke, pull the choke, choke control

絞め技

格闘技で相手の首を圧迫し、呼吸を止めることもある技。

やさしい英語で： A hold in a fighting sport that presses someone’s neck and can stop their breathing.

• He escaped the choke.
• The referee stopped the match when she applied a choke.
• He tapped his opponent’s arm to signal surrender during the choke.

類義語： stranglehold

よく使う表現： choke hold, apply a choke, escape a choke