gator

アリゲーター

水辺にすむ、長い尾、硬い皮膚、強いあごを持つ大型のワニ。

やさしい英語で： A large animal with a long tail, tough skin, and strong jaws that lives near water.

• A gator lay beside the lake.
• We saw three gators in the swamp.
• Keep away from that gator near the boat.

類義語： alligator

よく使う表現： big gator, gator attack, baby gator

タイヤの破片

道路上や路肩に落ちている、ちぎれたタイヤの大きな破片。

やさしい英語で： A large piece of broken tire lying on or beside a road.

• A gator lay on the highway.
• The driver swerved to avoid a gator.
• Workers cleared several gators from the road shoulder.

類義語： tire fragment

よく使う表現： road gator, rubber gator, gator debris

大型のブルーフィッシュ

食用やスポーツフィッシングで釣られる海水魚ブルーフィッシュの、特に大きなもの。

やさしい英語で： A very large bluefish, a sea fish caught for food or sport.

• The angler caught a gator.
• Big gators took our bait near the coast.
• That gator weighed more than any bluefish we caught yesterday.

よく使う表現： gator bluefish, big gator, catch a gator