ding

チーンという音

小さな鐘が鳴るような、短く澄んだ高い音。

やさしい英語で： A short, clear, high sound like a small bell ringing.

• We heard a ding.
• The elevator announced its arrival with a ding.
• A little ding tells you the food is ready.

類義語： chime

よく使う表現： loud ding, ding of something, little ding

小さなへこみ

衝撃で表面にできた小さな傷やへこみ。

やさしい英語で： A small damaged spot on a surface, caused by a hit.

• The door has a small ding.
• I found two dings on my bicycle.
• Can you repair this ding in the bumper?

使い方： a ding in something (There is a ding in the car door.)

類義語： dent, chip

よく使う表現： small ding, ding in something, door ding

不採用、不合格

特に仕事や学校への応募で、受け入れを断られること。

やさしい英語で： A refusal to accept someone, especially for a job or a place at a school.

• I got a ding from that college.
• Another ding arrived after my job interview.
• She received three dings before a school accepted her.

類義語： rejection, refusal

反対語： acceptance

よく使う表現： ding letter, get a ding, another ding

角切り肉

米国で出される一部の中華料理に使う、小さく切った肉。

やさしい英語で： Meat cut into small pieces, used in some Chinese dishes served in America.

• We ordered chicken ding.
• The shrimp ding came with rice.
• This restaurant serves almond chicken ding with vegetables.

よく使う表現： chicken ding, shrimp ding, almond chicken ding

減点する、罰金を科す

間違いや規則を理由に点数を引いたり、罰金を科したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To take away points or charge someone money because of a mistake or a rule.

• They dinged me five dollars.
• The teacher dinged him for poor spelling.
• Will the bank ding us again for paying late?

使い方： ding someone for something (The bank dinged me for a late payment.); ding someone an amount (The referee dinged us two points.)

類義語： penalize

よく使う表現： ding someone for something, ding someone points

不採用にする、解雇する

人を受け入れなかったり、仕事を辞めさせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To refuse to accept someone or to make them leave their job.

• The college dinged my application.
• His employer dinged him after repeated mistakes.
• Two schools dinged her, but the third offered her a place.

類義語： reject, turn down, fire

反対語： accept, hire

よく使う表現： ding an applicant, ding someone

打つ、殴る

人や物に打撃を与える。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone or something.

• He dinged the metal with a hammer.
• A falling stone dinged him on the head.
• She raised her stick to ding the wooden post.

類義語： hit, strike

よく使う表現： ding someone, ding something hard

投げつける

物を強い力で投げつけること。

やさしい英語で： To throw something with great force.

• He dinged the stone to the ground.
• She dinged the cup against the wall in anger.
• The boy threatened to ding the rock into the river.

使い方： ding something against something (He dinged the stone against the wall.)

類義語： hurl, fling

よく使う表現： ding something down, ding something against something