sack

袋、大袋

物を運んだり保管したりする大きな袋。丈夫な布や紙で作ることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A bag for carrying or storing things, often made of strong cloth or paper.

• The sack was full of potatoes.
• She carried two heavy sacks into the barn.
• We collected the empty paper sacks after lunch.

使い方： sack of something (He carried a sack of flour into the kitchen.)

類義語： bag

よく使う表現： paper sack, sack of potatoes, empty sack, sack of grain

ベッド、寝床

寝る場所をくだけていう言葉。特に寝に行く話で使う。

やさしい英語で： A bed, especially when talking about going to sleep.

• I’m ready to hit the sack.
• We hit the sack early after the long drive.
• He stayed in the sack until noon.

類義語： bed

よく使う表現： hit the sack, in the sack

略奪

軍が町を占領した際に起きる、暴力的な盗みや破壊。

やさしい英語で： The violent stealing and destruction that happens when an army takes control of a town or city.

• The sack left the city in ruins.
• Many treasures disappeared during the sack of the town.
• Survivors described the brutal sack in their letters.

使い方： the sack of somewhere (The book describes the sack of the ancient city.)

類義語： looting, plundering, pillage

よく使う表現： sack of something, brutal sack

一袋分

大袋に入る量。昔の取引では、品物や地域によって異なる量の単位。

やさしい英語で： The amount a large bag holds; in older trade, a measure whose size depended on the goods and place.

• We used a whole sack of flour.
• The farmer sold ten sacks of wheat.
• The weight of a sack varied between regions.

使い方： a sack of something (The mill sold flour by the sack.)

類義語： bagful

よく使う表現： sack of wheat, sack of flour, per sack

解雇する、首にする

もう働いてほしくないという理由で、雇っている人を辞めさせること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone leave their job because you no longer want them to work for you.

• The company sacked its manager.
• She was sacked for repeatedly arriving late.
• Will they sack more workers this month?

使い方： sack someone for something/doing something (They sacked him for stealing from the shop.)

類義語： fire, dismiss

反対語： hire

よく使う表現： sack someone, sack a manager

略奪する

特に力で占領した町で、物を奪ったり破壊したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To steal goods and cause destruction in a town or city, especially after taking it by force.

• The army sacked the town.
• Invaders had sacked the city several times.
• Soldiers sacked the palace and stole its treasures.

類義語： loot, plunder, pillage

よく使う表現： sack a city, sack a town

袋詰めする

運んだり保管したりするために、物を袋に入れること。

やさしい英語で： To put things into bags for carrying or storing.

• Please sack the potatoes.
• She sacked the groceries while I paid.
• The grain was sacked and loaded onto a truck.

類義語： bag, pack

よく使う表現： sack the groceries, sack potatoes, sack grain

やめる、放り出す

何かに取り組むのをやめたり、諦めたり、後回しにしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To stop bothering with something, give it up, or leave it until later.

• Let’s sack the homework tonight.
• We sacked that plan and stayed home.
• I’ll sack it off until tomorrow.

類義語： abandon, drop, give up

よく使う表現： sack the homework, sack that idea, sack it off