spout

注ぎ口

容器の液体を注ぐための、小さな管や突き出した口。

やさしい英語で： The small tube or projecting edge of a container through which liquid comes out.

• The teapot’s spout is broken.
• Water dripped from the kettle spout.
• This jug has a wide spout for easy pouring.

よく使う表現： a teapot spout, a narrow spout, pouring spout

噴流、水柱

物から勢いよく噴き出す細い液体の流れ。

やさしい英語で： A strong, narrow stream of liquid shooting out of something.

• A spout of water shot into the air.
• The fountain produced several tall spouts.
• We saw a whale’s spout above the waves.

類義語： jet, stream

よく使う表現： a spout of water, a powerful spout, a whale spout

雨樋

特に屋根の水を集めて流す管や溝。

やさしい英語で： A pipe or channel that carries water away, especially from a roof.

• Rainwater ran down the spout.
• Leaves had blocked the spout beside the roof.
• Workers fitted new spouts to carry water away from the building.

類義語： downpipe, drainpipe

よく使う表現： a blocked spout, roof spout, rainwater spout

小さな滝

高い所から低い所へ細く流れ落ちる水。

やさしい英語で： A narrow stream of water falling from a higher place to a lower one.

• A narrow spout fell from the cliff.
• We rested beside a spout that fed a clear pool.
• Small spouts poured down the hillside after the rain.

類義語： waterfall, cascade

よく使う表現： a mountain spout, a narrow spout

噴き出す

液体が突然、細い流れとなって勢いよく外へ出る。

やさしい英語で： To flow out suddenly in a strong, narrow stream.

• Water spouted from the pipe.
• Hot liquid was spouting out of the hole.
• Blood spouted from the wound before they stopped it.

使い方： spout from something (Water spouted from a crack in the tank.)

類義語： gush, jet

よく使う表現： spout from something, spout into something, spout out

噴き出す、噴出する

液体を細い流れにして勢いよく外へ出す。

やさしい英語で： To send liquid out in a strong, narrow stream.

• The fountain spouts water.
• A damaged pump spouted oil onto the floor.
• The whale spouted beside our boat.

類義語： eject, spray

よく使う表現： spout water, spout steam, spout into something

偉そうに語る

偉そうな態度や人をうんざりさせる調子で長々と話す。

やさしい英語で： To talk for too long in a way that sounds self-important or annoys people.

• He spouted on for an hour.
• She kept spouting about her brilliant ideas.
• Nobody listened while the speaker spouted pompously about himself.

使い方： spout about something (He spouted about politics throughout dinner.)

類義語： pontificate, hold forth

よく使う表現： spout about something, spout on endlessly, spout off

大げさに朗読する、大げさに述べる

もったいぶった大げさな調子で何かを述べたり朗読したりする。

やさしい英語で： To say or recite something in a grand, self-important way.

• He spouted a grand speech.
• The actor spouted poetry from the balcony.
• She was spouting impressive phrases without explaining what they meant.

類義語： declaim

よく使う表現： spout nonsense, spout poetry, spout empty phrases