lodge

ロッジ、山荘

休暇や野外活動のために泊まる、田舎や山などにある建物。

やさしい英語で： A building in the countryside where people stay for holidays or outdoor activities.

• We stayed in a mountain lodge.
• The hunters returned to their lodge before dark.
• Several wooden lodges overlook the lake.

類義語： cabin, chalet

よく使う表現： hunting lodge, ski lodge, mountain lodge

宿、ロッジ

特に田舎にあるホテルや旅館などの宿泊施設。

やさしい英語で： A hotel or inn, especially one in the countryside.

• The lodge serves breakfast at seven.
• We booked two rooms at a country lodge.
• The lodge’s guests can use the swimming pool.

類義語： inn, hotel

よく使う表現： a rural lodge, book a lodge, lodge guests

管理人小屋、門番小屋

大きな敷地で働く使用人や管理人が住む、別棟の小さな家。

やさしい英語で： A small separate house where a servant or worker on a large property lives.

• The gardener lived in a small lodge.
• A lodge stood beside the estate’s main gate.
• They repaired the keeper’s lodge before he moved in.

よく使う表現： gate lodge, gardener’s lodge, porter’s lodge

ビーバーの巣

ビーバーが湖や池で、枝と泥を使って作る住まい。

やさしい英語で： A shelter that a beaver builds from branches and mud in a lake or pond.

• The beaver built a lodge.
• We spotted two lodges near the lake’s edge.
• The lodge has an entrance below the water.

類義語： beaver den

よく使う表現： beaver lodge, build a lodge, underwater lodge entrance

挟まる、刺さる

ある場所にしっかりはまり込み、取り除くのが難しくなること。

やさしい英語で： To become stuck firmly in a place and be difficult to remove.

• A seed lodged between my teeth.
• The bullet lodged in a tree.
• Small stones can lodge in the tire.

使い方： lodge in something (A small bone lodged in his throat.); lodge between A and B (The stick lodged between the two rocks.)

類義語： get stuck, become embedded

よく使う表現： lodge in something, lodge between something

挟み込む、食い込ませる

物をある場所に挟んだり刺したりして、しっかり固定すること。

やさしい英語で： To make something stick firmly in a particular place.

• The fall lodged a stone in my shoe.
• He lodged the wedge firmly beneath the door.
• The blast had lodged metal fragments in the wall.

使い方： lodge something in something (The impact lodged a splinter in his hand.); lodge something between A and B (She lodged a stick between the rocks.)

類義語： embed, wedge, fix

反対語： dislodge

よく使う表現： lodge something in something, lodge something firmly

泊まる、下宿する

他人の家に一時的に住んだり泊まったりすること。部屋代を払うことが多い。

やさしい英語で： To live or stay temporarily in someone else’s home, often paying for a room.

• We lodged with my aunt.
• He lodged in a rented room while studying.
• Where will the visiting students lodge?

使い方： lodge with someone (He lodged with a local family.); lodge at/in something (She lodged at a small guesthouse.)

類義語： stay, board, reside

よく使う表現： lodge with someone, lodge at something

泊める、宿泊させる

人にしばらくの間、部屋や寝る場所を提供すること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone a room or place to sleep for a time.

• We can lodge two guests here.
• The visitors were lodged in a small hotel.
• Who will lodge the students during their visit?

使い方： lodge someone in/at something (The organizers lodged the visitors in a nearby hotel.); lodge someone with someone (The school lodged each student with a local family.)

類義語： house, accommodate, put up

よく使う表現： lodge someone overnight, lodge someone in something