limbo

宙ぶらりん、保留状態

何も決まらず進展もなく、先がどうなるか分からない状態。

やさしい英語で： A situation in which nothing is decided or moving forward, so you cannot know what will happen.

• My application is still in limbo.
• The canceled vote left the project in limbo.
• How long will they keep us in limbo?

使い方： in limbo (Our plans are in limbo until the funding arrives.); leave someone/something in limbo (The delay left the workers in limbo.)

類義語： uncertainty

よく使う表現： in limbo, leave something in limbo, legal limbo

リンボーダンス

体を後ろに反らし、棒に触れずにその下をくぐる踊り。

やさしい英語で： A dance in which people bend backward and move under a bar without touching it.

• We danced the limbo at the party.
• She won the limbo contest.
• The children laughed as the limbo bar got lower.

よく使う表現： dance the limbo, limbo contest, limbo dancer

辺獄

一部のキリスト教の信仰で、無罪の死者の魂がいる天国と地獄の外の場所。

やさしい英語で： In some Christian beliefs, a place for innocent dead souls outside heaven and hell.

• The text describes souls waiting in limbo.
• Some believers imagined unbaptized infants in limbo.
• The theologian questioned the idea of limbo.

よく使う表現： souls in limbo, infants in limbo, belief in limbo

リンボー対潜迫撃砲

軍艦から潜水艦に向けて爆薬を発射する兵器。

やさしい英語で： A weapon on a warship that fires explosive charges at submarines.

• The ship carried a limbo mortar.
• The crew fired the limbo at a submerged target.
• This frigate’s limbo was mounted on the rear deck.

よく使う表現： limbo mortar, limbo mounting, limbo system

リンボーダンスを踊る

体を後ろに反らし、棒に触れずに下をくぐって踊る。

やさしい英語で： To dance by bending backward and moving under a bar without touching it.

• Can you limbo?
• They limboed to the lively music.
• We learned to limbo during our holiday.

使い方： limbo under something (She limboed under the bar without touching it.)

よく使う表現： limbo under something, limbo at parties, learn to limbo

体を反らしてくぐる

通常は体を後ろに反らして、物の下を通る。

やさしい英語で： To move under something, usually by bending your body backward.

• She managed to limbo under the branch.
• We had to limbo beneath the low barrier.
• Can you limbo under that rope without touching it?

使い方： limbo under something (He limboed under the rope to reach the other side.)

よく使う表現： limbo under something, limbo beneath something