hoover up

掃除機で吸い取る

ほこりや小さなごみを掃除機の中に吸い込んで取り除くこと。

やさしい英語で： To remove dirt or small pieces by sucking them into a machine that cleans floors.

• Please hoover up those crumbs.
• I hoovered up the dust under the bed.
• She spilled some rice and hoovered it up.

使い方： hoover something up (I hoovered the crumbs up after lunch.); hoover up something (Please hoover up the dust.)

類義語： vacuum up, suck up

よく使う表現： hoover up crumbs, hoover up dust, hoover up something

大量に取り込む、かき集める

大量のものを素早く取り込んだり、かき集めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To quickly take in or collect large amounts of something.

• The app hoovers up personal data.
• Investors hoovered up all the available shares.
• She hoovers up every book about space.

使い方： hoover up something (Large companies hoover up smaller businesses.); hoover something up (The investors hoovered the cheap shares up.)

類義語： gobble up, scoop up, absorb

よく使う表現： hoover up data, hoover up information, hoover up something

掃除機をかける

ごみを吸い込む機械で、部屋や床を掃除すること。

やさしい英語で： To clean a room or floor with a machine that sucks up dirt.

• I need to hoover up.
• She hoovered up before the guests arrived.
• Can you hoover up while I wash the dishes?

類義語： vacuum, hoover

よく使う表現： hoover up downstairs, hoover up upstairs

がつがつ食べる、平らげる

食べ物や飲み物を、勢いよく非常に速く口にすること。

やさしい英語で： To eat or drink something very quickly and eagerly.

• He hoovered up his lunch.
• The hungry children hoovered up every biscuit.
• She barely spoke while hoovering up her pasta.

使い方： hoover something up (The children hoovered their dinner up.)

類義語： wolf down, gobble up, devour

よく使う表現： hoover up food, hoover up dinner, hoover up something