stump

切り株、断端

木や手足などの大部分を切り取った後に残る短い部分。

やさしい英語で： The short part left after most of a tree, limb, or similar thing has been cut off.

• He sat on a tree stump.
• We removed three stumps from the garden.
• The doctor examined the stump of his injured leg.

使い方： stump of something (Only the stump of the old tree remained.)

類義語： stub

よく使う表現： tree stump, stump of something, remove a stump

選挙演説の場

有権者に向けて政治的な演説をする場所や機会。

やさしい英語で： A place or occasion for giving political speeches to voters.

• The candidate was back on the stump.
• His stump speech focused on local jobs.
• She took the stump to defend her party’s plans.

使い方： on the stump (She spent the summer on the stump.)

類義語： campaign platform

よく使う表現： on the stump, take the stump, stump speech

擦筆

紙を固く巻いて作り、鉛筆や木炭の線をこすってぼかす道具。

やさしい英語で： A tightly rolled paper tool used to rub and soften pencil or charcoal marks.

• Blend the shading with a stump.
• The artist rubbed the charcoal with a paper stump.
• These stumps help soften pencil marks.

類義語： blending tool

よく使う表現： blending stump, paper stump, use a stump

脚

特に移動や急ぐことについて話すときにいう、人の脚。

やさしい英語で： A person’s leg, especially when talking about moving or hurrying.

• Stir your stumps; we are late!
• He told the children to move their stumps.
• She stirred her stumps and hurried down the road.

類義語： leg

よく使う表現： stir your stumps, move your stumps

困らせる、答えに詰まらせる

質問に答えられなくしたり、問題の解き方が分からなくさせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To leave someone unable to answer a question or solve a problem.

• That question stumped me.
• The puzzle has stumped several experts.
• Can you find a riddle that will stump her?

使い方： stump someone (The final question stumped everyone.)

類義語： baffle, puzzle, confuse

よく使う表現： stump someone, stump an expert, stump the class, stump the experts

選挙運動をする、応援演説をする

政治家の候補や主張を支持するために、公の場で演説する。

やさしい英語で： To give public speeches supporting a political candidate or cause.

• He stumps for local candidates.
• She spent weeks stumping for education reform.
• The former president will stump for his party tomorrow.

使い方： stump for someone/something (She stumped for the party’s candidate.)

類義語： campaign

よく使う表現： stump for someone, stump for something

遊説する

票を得るために各地を回って政治的な演説をする。

やさしい英語で： To travel around an area giving political speeches to win votes.

• She plans to stump the district.
• He stumped the state for three weeks.
• Both candidates are stumping rural counties before election day.

使い方： stump a place (The candidate stumped the state before the election.)

よく使う表現： stump the state, stump the district, stump the country