hitch

支障、問題

遅れを引き起こしたり、物事を進めにくくしたりする問題。

やさしい英語で： A problem that causes a delay or makes something harder to do.

• There was a small hitch.
• The wedding went ahead without a hitch.
• Technical hitches delayed the start of the show.

類義語： problem, snag, difficulty

よく使う表現： without a hitch, technical hitch, minor hitch

牽引装置、連結器

トレーラーを、それを引く車につなぐ部品。

やさしい英語で： A part that connects a trailer to the vehicle pulling it.

• The truck has a trailer hitch.
• Check the hitch before you start driving.
• We attached the boat trailer to the car’s hitch.

類義語： coupling, tow coupling

よく使う表現： trailer hitch, tow hitch, attach the hitch

落とし穴、裏の条件

よさそうな申し出を、実際には不利にする隠れた条件や問題。

やさしい英語で： A hidden condition or problem that makes an offer less good than it seems.

• The offer has a hitch.
• The hitch is that you must pay a joining fee.
• We found a hidden hitch in the contract.

類義語： catch, drawback, snag

よく使う表現： a hidden hitch, what’s the hitch, hitch in something

つなぐ

物を別の物に固定する。引いて運べるようにつなぐことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To fasten one thing to another, often so it can be pulled.

• We hitched the trailer to the car.
• Hitch the horse to the cart.
• Have you hitched the wagon securely?

使い方： hitch something to something (She hitched the cart to her bicycle.)

類義語： attach, fasten

反対語： detach

よく使う表現： hitch a trailer, hitch something to something

引き上げる、ぐいと引く

物を素早く急に引き、普通は上の方へ動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move something by giving it a quick, sudden pull, usually upward.

• He hitched up his trousers.
• She hitched her bag higher on her shoulder.
• Hitch up your shorts before you start running.

使い方： hitch something up (He hitched his trousers up before climbing the ladder.); hitch up something (She hitched up her skirt to cross the stream.)

類義語： pull up, jerk

よく使う表現： hitch up trousers, hitch something up, hitch up something

結婚する

「get hitched」という表現で、結婚することをいう。

やさしい英語で： If you get hitched, you get married.

• They got hitched last summer.
• Are you two getting hitched soon?
• My brother wants to get hitched abroad.

使い方： get hitched (They got hitched in June.)

類義語： marry

よく使う表現： get hitch, hitch oneself to someone

ぎくしゃく動く

急に止まったり小さく揺れたりしながら、不規則に動く、または進む。

やさしい英語で： To move or continue unevenly, with sudden stops or small jerks.

• Her breath hitched.
• His breathing hitched as he began to cry.
• The injured man hitched along the path.

類義語： jerk, falter

よく使う表現： breath hitch, hitch slightly