storm

嵐

強い風が吹き、激しい雨や雷、雪を伴うこともある荒れた天気。

やさしい英語で： A period of very bad weather with strong winds, often with heavy rain, thunder, or snow.

• A storm is coming.
• The storm damaged several houses.
• We stayed inside during the storms.

類義語： tempest

よく使う表現： heavy storm, violent storm, winter storm

騒動、混乱

人々の間で激しい怒りや争い、混乱が起こること。

やさしい英語で： A period of strong anger, argument, or trouble among people.

• The decision caused a political storm.
• Her remarks started a storm of protest.
• The minister resigned after the storm over his expenses.

使い方： a storm over something (A storm over the new law divided the country.)

類義語： uproar, commotion, turmoil

よく使う表現： political storm, storm of protest, cause a storm

雨あられ、嵐

多くの物が一度に勢いよく飛んだり降り注いだりすること。

やさしい英語で： A large number of things falling or flying through the air together with great force.

• A storm of arrows filled the sky.
• They sheltered behind a wall during the storm of bullets.
• The fighter delivered a storm of blows.

使い方： a storm of something (The soldiers faced a storm of stones.)

類義語： barrage, hail

よく使う表現： storm of bullets, storm of arrows, storm of blows

怒って飛び出す、怒って押し入る

怒りに任せて、音を立てながら勢いよく入ったり出たりする。

やさしい英語で： To move somewhere quickly and noisily because you are angry.

• He stormed out.
• She stormed upstairs after the argument.
• My brother stormed into the room and demanded an explanation.

使い方： storm out of somewhere (He stormed out of the kitchen.); storm into somewhere (She stormed into my office.)

よく使う表現： storm out, storm off, storm into something

突撃する、襲撃する

通常は制圧するために、場所を激しく攻撃して中に入る。

やさしい英語で： To attack a place violently and enter it, usually to take control.

• Soldiers stormed the castle.
• Police stormed the building before dawn.
• The commander ordered his troops to storm the enemy base.

類義語： attack, assault

よく使う表現： storm a building, storm the gates, storm a fortress

荒れる

強い風が吹き、激しい雨や雷、雪を伴うこともある。

やさしい英語で： When it does this, there are strong winds, often with heavy rain, thunder, or snow.

• It is storming outside.
• It stormed throughout the night.
• We will stay home if it starts to storm.

使い方： it storms (It storms frequently in summer.)

よく使う表現： storm all night, start to storm

追い込み生産をする

生産の遅れを取り戻すため、非常に速く懸命に働く。

やさしい英語で： To work extremely hard and fast to produce enough after falling behind.

• The factory workers had to storm to meet their quota.
• They stormed at month's end to catch up on production.
• Managers expected workers to storm whenever output fell behind.

よく使う表現： storm for quotas, storm before deadlines