hog

豚

豚、特に農場で飼われる大きな豚。

やさしい英語で： A pig, especially a large one kept on a farm.

• The farmer feeds the hogs.
• They raise hogs for meat.
• A large hog escaped from its pen.

類義語： pig, swine

よく使う表現： a farm hog, feed a hog, hog farm

欲張り、独り占めする人

自分のために取りすぎて、人と分け合おうとしない人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who takes too much and refuses to share.

• Do not be a hog; share the cake.
• That road hog would not let anyone pass.
• He is an attention hog who interrupts everyone else.

類義語： greedy person, glutton

よく使う表現： a greedy hog, a road hog, a space hog

独り占めする

自分だけで使ったり楽しんだりして、他の人に分けない。

やさしい英語で： To keep something for yourself and prevent other people from using or enjoying it.

• Don't hog the computer.
• She hogged the bathroom all morning.
• Are you hogging the blanket again?

類義語： monopolize

反対語： share

よく使う表現： hog the remote, hog the bathroom, hog the spotlight, hog the blankets