grate

すりおろす、おろす

鋭い穴のある道具に食べ物をこすりつけ、細かくする。

やさしい英語で： To rub food against a tool with sharp holes to make small pieces.

• Grate some cheese over the pasta.
• She grated two carrots for the salad.
• Can you grate the ginger into this bowl?

類義語： shred

よく使う表現： grate cheese, grate a carrot, grate lemon zest

いらだたせる、神経に障る

特に繰り返す音や行動で、人をいらいらさせる。

やさしい英語で： To annoy someone, especially through a repeated sound or behaviour.

• Her laugh began to grate.
• His loud voice grates on me.
• After a while, those repeated jokes grated on everyone.

使い方： grate on someone/something (His constant humming grates on my nerves.)

類義語： annoy, irritate

反対語： please

よく使う表現： grate on someone, grate on nerves

きしむ、こすれる音がする

多くは二つの面がこすれ合い、耳障りな摩擦音を立てる。

やさしい英語で： To make a harsh scraping sound, often when two surfaces rub together.

• The old gears grated loudly.
• The door grated across the stone floor.
• I heard his teeth grate as he slept.

使い方： grate against something (The rusty gate grated against the post.)

類義語： scrape, rasp, grind

よく使う表現： grate against something, grate across something

こすりつける、きしませる

物を表面にこすりつけ、ざらついた不快な音を出す。

やさしい英語で： To rub something against a surface so that it makes a rough, unpleasant sound.

• He grated the blade against the stone.
• She grated the chair legs over the rough floor.
• Do not grate that metal bar against the wall.

使い方： grate something against something (He grated the metal edge against the stone.)

類義語： scrape, rasp

よく使う表現： grate against something, grate over something

しわがれ声で言う、唸る

ざらついた荒い声で何かを言う。

やさしい英語で： To say something in a harsh, rough voice.

• “Leave,” he grated.
• The captain grated out an order.
• She grated a reply through clenched teeth.

使い方： grate out something (The guard grated out a warning.)

類義語： rasp, growl

よく使う表現： grate out something, grate a reply

格子を取り付ける

開口部に金属の格子を取り付け、覆ったり保護したりする。

やさしい英語で： To cover or protect an opening with metal bars.

• They decided to grate the window.
• Workers grated the cellar openings with iron bars.
• The doorway had been grated for security.

類義語： bar

よく使う表現： grate a window, grate an opening

格子、火格子

開口部を覆ったり、暖炉で薪や石炭を支えたりする金属棒の枠。

やさしい英語で： A frame of metal bars covering an opening or holding wood or coal in a fireplace.

• A metal grate covered the hole.
• He placed more coal in the grate.
• The old fireplace had a heavy iron grate.

類義語： grating, grid

よく使う表現： iron grate, fireplace grate, drain grate

格子、グレーチング

大きな物を支えながら、水や灰、小さな物を下に通す平らな金属の格子。

やさしい英語で： A flat metal grid that lets water, ash, or small things fall through while holding larger things.

• Water flowed through the grate.
• Leaves collected on the drain grate.
• The sheep would not cross the grate at the field entrance.

類義語： grating, grid

よく使う表現： floor grate, drain grate, metal grate