shake out

振って広げる、はたく

布を強く振って汚れを落としたり、平らに広げたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To move cloth sharply to remove dirt or spread it flat.

• Shake out the rug outside.
• She shook out the sheet and spread it on the bed.
• Have you shaken the crumbs out of the tablecloth?

使い方： shake out something (Shake out the blanket before folding it.)

よく使う表現： shake out something, shake something out

決着する、展開する

物事がある形で進んだり、決着したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To develop or end in a particular way.

• Let us see how things shake out.
• The deal shook out better than we expected.
• Nobody knows how the election will shake out.

使い方： how something shakes out (We will see how the new arrangement shakes out.)

類義語： turn out, play out

よく使う表現： shake out well, shake out differently

振ってほぐす

腕や脚を軽く振って、筋肉の疲れやこわばりを和らげること。

やさしい英語で： To move your arms or legs loosely to reduce tiredness or tightness in the muscles.

• Shake out your arms.
• He stopped climbing to shake out his tired hands.
• The dancers shook their legs out between exercises.

使い方： shake out something (The runner shook out her legs before the race.)

類義語： loosen up

よく使う表現： shake out arms, shake out legs

縮帆を解く

帆の畳んだ部分をほどき、より広い面で風を受けるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To release a folded part of a sail so that more of it catches the wind.

• We can shake out a reef now.
• The sailors shook out both reefs as the wind dropped.
• Do not shake out the last reef in this strong wind.

使い方： shake out a reef (The crew shook out a reef when the wind eased.)

類義語： unreef

反対語： reef

よく使う表現： shake out reefs, shake out something