freestyle

クロール

うつぶせで両腕を交互に前へ出し、足を上下に動かす泳ぎ方。

やさしい英語で： A way of swimming face down, moving your arms forward one after the other and kicking your legs.

• I can swim freestyle.
• She practised her freestyle every morning.
• Is freestyle faster than breaststroke?

類義語： front crawl, crawl

よく使う表現： swim freestyle, freestyle technique, freestyle stroke

自由形

どの泳ぎ方を使ってもよい水泳の競技。

やさしい英語で： A swimming race in which swimmers may use any way of moving through the water.

• She won the freestyle.
• He entered the men’s freestyle event.
• Our team came second in the freestyle relay.

よく使う表現： freestyle event, freestyle relay, freestyle final

即興、フリースタイル

考えや動きをその場で生み出し、自由に行う表現や活動。

やさしい英語で： Something done freely, with ideas or movements made up as you go along.

• His freestyle impressed the crowd.
• She performed a short freestyle to the music.
• We ended the session with a freestyle.

類義語： improvisation

よく使う表現： rap freestyle, dance freestyle, freestyle performance

フリー走法競技

好きな走法で進めるクロスカントリースキーの競技。

やさしい英語で： A cross-country skiing race in which skiers may use any way of moving on their skis.

• She entered the cross-country freestyle.
• He won the ten-kilometre freestyle race.
• Most skiers use a skating technique in the freestyle.

よく使う表現： freestyle skiing event, freestyle cross-country race, freestyle race

即興で演じる

言葉や音楽、表現の仕方をその場で考えながら自由に演じること。

やさしい英語で： To perform freely, making up your own words, music, or style as you go along.

• Can you freestyle?
• She freestyled for the crowd.
• He likes to freestyle over simple beats.

使い方： freestyle over something (He freestyled over a slow drum beat.)

類義語： improvise, ad-lib

よく使う表現： freestyle over something, freestyle on stage, freestyle a verse

自由に踊る

決められた手順に従わず、その場で動きを考えて踊ること。

やさしい英語で： To dance freely, making up your movements instead of following planned steps.

• Let’s freestyle for a minute.
• She freestyled across the dance floor.
• We were freestyling instead of practising the routine.

使い方： freestyle to something (The dancers freestyled to the music.)

類義語： improvise dance moves

よく使う表現： freestyle to music, freestyle on stage, freestyle with someone

即興で作る

前もって計画せず、決まった規則に縛られずに作ったり行ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To create or do something freely without planning it first or following fixed rules.

• We decided to freestyle dinner.
• He freestyled his speech without any notes.
• She’s freestyling the design as she works.

類義語： improvise, make up

よく使う表現： freestyle something, freestyle a speech, freestyle a recipe