stub

足の指をぶつける

足の指を硬い物にぶつけて痛める。

やさしい英語で： To hit your toe painfully against something hard.

• I always stub my toe here.
• She stubbed her toe on the bed.
• Did you stub your toe against the door?

使い方： stub your toe on/against something (I stubbed my toe on a chair leg.)

よく使う表現： stub your toe, stub a toe

押し消す

たばこなどの火のついた先を押しつぶして消す。

やさしい英語で： To stop a cigarette or something similar from burning by pressing and crushing its burning end.

• Please stub out your cigarette.
• He stubbed his cigar out in the ashtray.
• She used her heel to stub out the burning end.

使い方： stub something out (She stubbed her cigarette out before entering.); stub out something (He stubbed out the cigar.)

類義語： extinguish, put out

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

根こそぎ抜く

植物を根も含めて地面から取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove a plant from the ground, including its roots.

• They had to stub out the old hedge.
• The farmer stubbed the field before planting wheat.
• Workers stubbed up the bushes along the fence.

使い方： stub out/up something (They stubbed out the unwanted bushes.)

類義語： uproot, grub up

よく使う表現： stub out something, stub a field, stub up something

残りの短い部分、吸い殻

大部分が使われたりすり減ったりした後に残る、短い部分。

やさしい英語で： A short piece left after most of something has been used or worn away.

• Only a stub of the candle remained.
• She wrote with a tiny pencil stub.
• Cigarette stubs filled the old ashtray.

使い方： a stub of something (A stub of chalk lay on the table.)

類義語： butt, remnant

よく使う表現： pencil stub, cigarette stub, candle stub

半券、控え

証拠や記録として手元に残す、切符や小切手の小さな部分。

やさしい英語で： The small part of a ticket or cheque you keep as proof or a record.

• Keep your ticket stub.
• She saved the concert stubs in a box.
• The cheque stub showed the amount he had paid.

類義語： counterfoil

よく使う表現： ticket stub, check stub, keep the stub, receipt stub

切り株、折れ残り

切れたり折れたりした所に、短く突き出して残る先の丸い部分。

やさしい英語で： A short, blunt piece sticking out where something has been cut or broken.

• A short stub stuck out of the trunk.
• The broken handle left a sharp-edged stub.
• He trimmed the branch stubs close to the tree.

使い方： a stub of something (A stub of the broken branch remained.)

類義語： stump

よく使う表現： branch stub, short stub, stub of something

スタブ、書きかけの記事

後で情報を追加して充実させる必要がある、とても短い記事。

やさしい英語で： A very short article that needs more information added later.

• This page is only a stub.
• An editor expanded the stub with more information.
• Many articles about small villages remain stubs.

よく使う表現： article stub, expand a stub, stub article