rabbit

ウサギ

長い耳、柔らかい毛、短い尾を持ち、跳ねて進む小動物。

やさしい英語で： A small animal with long ears, soft fur, and a short tail that moves by jumping.

• Our rabbit has white fur.
• Two rabbits were eating grass in the garden.
• Did you feed the rabbit this morning?

類義語： bunny

よく使う表現： pet rabbit, wild rabbit, rabbit hole, feed a rabbit

ウサギ肉

食用にするウサギの肉。

やさしい英語で： Meat from a small, long-eared animal, eaten as food.

• We had rabbit for dinner.
• She cooked rabbit with onions and wine.
• The restaurant serves a rich rabbit stew.

よく使う表現： rabbit stew, roast rabbit, braised rabbit, cook rabbit

ペースメーカー

他の走者を助けたり競わせたりするため、レースで走る速さを決める走者。

やさしい英語で： A runner who sets the speed in a race to help or challenge other runners.

• The rabbit led the first lap.
• They hired a rabbit to help the runner break the record.
• The rabbit dropped out after setting a fast pace.

類義語： pacemaker, pacer

よく使う表現： race rabbit, rabbit sets pace, use a rabbit

しゃべり続ける、べらべらしゃべる

つまらないことなどを、うるさく感じられるほど延々と話す。

やさしい英語で： To keep talking in an annoying way, often about things that do not matter.

• Please stop rabbiting on.
• She rabbited about her neighbours for an hour.
• He kept rabbiting while I tried to read.

使い方： rabbit on about something (He rabbited on about his new phone all evening.)

類義語： babble, chatter, prattle

よく使う表現： rabbit on, rabbit about something, rabbit on about something

逃げる、逃げ出す

恐怖や逃げたい気持ちから、素早く走り去る。

やさしい英語で： To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid or want to escape.

• He looked ready to rabbit.
• The thief rabbited when he saw the police.
• She rabbited out of the room before anyone could stop her.

使い方： rabbit from someone/something (The suspect tried to rabbit from the police.)

類義語： flee, bolt, run away

反対語： stay

よく使う表現： rabbit away, rabbit from someone