hunch

直感、予感

はっきりした根拠はないが、何かが本当だ、または起こると感じること。

やさしい英語で： A feeling that something is true or will happen, even though you have no clear evidence.

• I have a hunch he is right.
• She followed her hunch and checked the old address.
• Was your hunch about the missing keys correct?

使い方： have a hunch that… (I have a hunch that they will arrive early.); hunch about something (Her hunch about the result proved right.)

類義語： feeling, intuition, guess

よく使う表現： have a hunch, on a hunch, hunch about something

猫背、前かがみの姿勢

上半身を前に曲げ、肩を上げたり丸めたりした姿勢。

やさしい英語で： A position in which your upper body bends forward and your shoulders are raised or rounded.

• He walked with a hunch.
• Years at a low desk gave her a permanent hunch.
• The slight hunch in his posture made him look tired.

類義語： slouch, stoop

よく使う表現： with a hunch, permanent hunch, slight hunch

こぶ、隆起

特に背中などにある、丸く盛り上がった部分。

やさしい英語で： A raised, rounded part, especially on someone’s back.

• A hunch rose from his back.
• The coat hid the hunch between his shoulders.
• The drawing showed a large hunch above the creature’s waist.

類義語： hump, bump, protuberance

よく使う表現： hunch on something, hunch on someone, large hunch

塊、大きな一切れ

特に食べ物などの、大きくて厚い一切れや塊。

やさしい英語で： A large, thick piece of something, especially food.

• He ate a hunch of bread.
• She cut a thick hunch of cheese.
• A hunch of bread was all he had for lunch.

使い方： hunch of something (He shared a hunch of cheese with me.)

類義語： chunk, hunk

よく使う表現： hunch of bread, hunch of cheese, thick hunch

前かがみになる、背を丸める

肩を上げたり丸めたりして、上半身を前に曲げる。

やさしい英語で： To bend your upper body forward with your shoulders raised or rounded.

• Do not hunch over your desk.
• She hunched forward to read the small print.
• He was hunching over his laptop all afternoon.

使い方： hunch over something (He hunched over the map.)

類義語： stoop, slouch

よく使う表現： hunch over something, hunch forward, hunch down

丸める、すくめる

寒さや雨を避けるためなどに、肩をすくめたり体を前に丸めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To raise your shoulders or curve your body forward, often to protect yourself from cold or rain.

• He hunched his shoulders.
• She hunched her back against the cold wind.
• They hunched themselves up beneath their thin coats.

使い方： hunch something up (He hunched his shoulders up against the wind.)

類義語： round, raise

よく使う表現： hunch your shoulders, hunch up, hunch your back

背を丸めて歩く

上半身を前に曲げ、肩を上げた姿勢で歩く。

やさしい英語で： To walk with your upper body bent forward and your shoulders raised.

• He hunched across the room.
• She hunched along the road in the rain.
• The tired man hunched into the kitchen.

使い方： hunch across/along/into somewhere (He hunched along the narrow passage.)

類義語： shuffle, shamble

よく使う表現： hunch across something, hunch along, hunch into something

弓なりに曲げる、丸める

背中などを曲げて、丸く突き出た部分を作る。

やさしい英語で： To bend something, such as your back, so that a rounded part sticks out.

• The beast hunched its back.
• He hunched his back into a sharp curve.
• The creature hunched its spine until a hump rose beneath its skin.

類義語： arch, curve, crook

反対語： straighten

よく使う表現： hunch the back, hunch into something