gag

冗談、ギャグ

人を笑わせるための冗談や、遊び心のあるいたずら。

やさしい英語で： A joke or playful trick meant to make people laugh.

• Everyone laughed at the gag.
• The film is full of clever visual gags.
• He gave her a rubber spider as a gag gift.

類義語： joke, prank

よく使う表現： visual gag, running gag, gag gift

猿ぐつわ

話したり叫んだりできないよう、口に入れたり口を覆ったりする物。

やさしい英語で： Something put in or over someone’s mouth to stop them speaking or shouting.

• He removed the gag.
• The prisoner tried to speak through the cloth gag.
• They found her tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth.

よく使う表現： remove a gag, cloth gag, gag in someone's mouth

箝口令

特定の話題や事件について話すことを禁じる正式な決まり。

やさしい英語で： An official rule that stops people from discussing a particular subject or case.

• The judge issued a gag order.
• The gag prevented reporters from naming the witness.
• The court lifted the gag after the trial ended.

使い方： a gag on someone/something (The judge imposed a gag on discussion of the evidence.)

類義語： speech ban, gag order

よく使う表現： gag order, press gag, lift a gag

えずく

喉に物が触れたり、嫌悪感を覚えたりして、吐きそうな反応をすること。

やさしい英語で： To react as if you are going to vomit, often because something touches your throat or disgusts you.

• The smell made me gag.
• He gagged as the doctor examined his throat.
• She started gagging after tasting the spoiled milk.

使い方： gag on something (He gagged on a piece of dry bread.); gag at something (She gagged at the smell of rotten fish.)

類義語： retch, heave

よく使う表現： gag on something, gag at something, start to gag

口封じする、発言を禁じる

規則や命令、脅しで、人が何かについて公に話すのを止めること。

やさしい英語で： To stop someone speaking publicly about something by using rules, orders, or threats.

• The government tried to gag the press.
• Staff were gagged by a strict confidentiality agreement.
• A court order gagged the witnesses until the trial was over.

類義語： silence, censor

よく使う表現： gag the press, gag someone's critics, gag an employee