stall

個室、馬房

人や動物一頭のために壁などで区切られた小さな空間。

やさしい英語で： A small separate space for one person or animal, often divided from others by walls.

• The horse is in its stall.
• She closed the shower stall door.
• All the toilet stalls were occupied.

類義語： compartment, cubicle

よく使う表現： shower stall, toilet stall, horse stall

失速

翼の気流に対する角度が大きすぎて、機体を支える力が失われること。

やさしい英語で： A situation in which a wing stops supporting an aircraft because its angle to the air is too large.

• The pilot avoided a stall.
• A stall warning sounded in the cockpit.
• The plane lost height after entering a stall.

よく使う表現： aerodynamic stall, stall warning, recover from stall

時間稼ぎ

時間を得るためなどに、物事をわざと遅らせる行動。

やさしい英語で： An action that delays something, often to gain more time.

• His request was just a stall.
• We recognized the question as a deliberate stall.
• The repeated stalls gave their lawyer time to arrive.

類義語： delaying tactic, delay

よく使う表現： deliberate stall, stall tactic, another stall

停滞する、行き詰まる

物事が進まなくなり、行き詰まる。

やさしい英語で： If a process stops moving forward, it has stopped making progress.

• The talks stalled yesterday.
• Economic growth has stalled for three months.
• Will the project stall without more money?

類義語： stop, halt

よく使う表現： talks stall, progress stall

エンストする、エンストさせる

速度とギアが合わないなどで、エンジンが不意に止まる、または止めてしまう。

やさしい英語で： If an engine stops unexpectedly, often because the vehicle is moving too slowly for its gear.

• The engine stalled.
• I stalled the car at the lights.
• Release the clutch slowly so you do not stall.

類義語： cut out

よく使う表現： stall the engine, car engines stall

時間を稼ぐ、引き延ばす

時間を稼ぐため、わざと人を待たせたり物事を遅らせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To deliberately make someone wait or delay doing something because you need more time.

• Stop stalling and answer me.
• She stalled for time by asking another question.
• They stalled us until their manager arrived.

使い方： stall for time (He stalled for time while his friend found the keys.)

類義語： delay, play for time

よく使う表現： stall for time, stall someone

急に止まる

急に動きが止まる。

やさしい英語で： To come to a sudden stop.

• The machine stalled suddenly.
• The conveyor stalled halfway through the job.
• A jammed mechanism caused the lift to stall.

類義語： stop, halt

よく使う表現： stall suddenly, stall halfway

畜房に入れる

家畜を農場の建物内にある個別の区画に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To put an animal in a small separate space inside a farm building.

• They stall the horses at night.
• The farmer stalled each ox separately.
• We stall young cattle inside during winter.

類義語： stable, house

よく使う表現： stall a horse, stall the cattle