cram

詰め込み勉強をする

試験の直前に、多くのことを短時間で覚えようと必死に勉強する。

やさしい英語で： To study very hard shortly before a test, trying to learn a lot quickly.

• I need to cram tonight.
• She crammed for her final exam.
• Are you still cramming for tomorrow’s test?

使い方： cram for something (We crammed for the history test all weekend.)

類義語： swot

よく使う表現： cram for exams, cram all night, cram for something

詰め込む

物や人を、入りきらないほど狭い場所に押し込む。

やさしい英語で： To push things or people into a space that is too small for them.

• Don’t cram everything into one bag.
• We crammed into the last train.
• He was cramming books onto a narrow shelf.

使い方： cram something into something (She crammed all her clothes into one bag.); cram into something (Twenty people crammed into the tiny lift.)

類義語： stuff, squeeze, jam

よく使う表現： cram something in, cram into something, cram something into, cram something with

食べ物を詰め込む、たらふく食べる

必要以上に食べたり、人にたくさん食べさせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To fill yourself or someone else with more food than is needed.

• He crammed himself with cake.
• Don’t cram yourself with biscuits before dinner.
• She had crammed the children with food before their journey.

使い方： cram oneself with something (The children crammed themselves with sweets.)

類義語： stuff, overfeed

よく使う表現： cram yourself with, cram with food, cram food down