up and down

上下に

上へ、そして下へと繰り返し動く様子。

やさしい英語で： Moving repeatedly toward a higher position and then a lower one.

• The ball bounced up and down.
• She moved her head up and down to say yes.
• The boat was bobbing up and down on the waves.

よく使う表現： jump up and down, bob up and down, move up and down

行ったり来たり

同じ道を一方へ進んでは戻ることを繰り返す様子。

やさしい英語で： Moving repeatedly in one direction and then the opposite direction along the same route.

• He walked up and down the hall.
• She paced up and down while waiting for the call.
• Why are you walking up and down outside my window?

使い方： up and down something (He paced up and down the corridor.)

類義語： back and forth, to and fro

よく使う表現： pace up and down, walk up and down

断固として、強く

特に何かが本当だと言うとき、強い確信や決意を込めて。

やさしい英語で： With great certainty or determination, especially when saying that something is true.

• He swore up and down that he was innocent.
• She insisted up and down that the story was true.
• They had sworn up and down that they would pay us.

使い方： swear up and down that… (She swore up and down that she had locked the door.)

類義語： emphatically, insistently

よく使う表現： swear up and down, insist up and down

各地で、至る所で

ある地域のあちこちで。

やさしい英語で： In many different places within an area.

• Shops up and down the country closed early.
• They visited fishing villages up and down the coast.
• Schools up and down the region joined the project.

使い方： up and down something (Similar festivals take place up and down the country.)

類義語： throughout, all over

よく使う表現： up and down Britain, up and down England

垂直の

錨が船の真下にあり、錨の綱が張ってほぼ垂直になっている状態。

やさしい英語で： An anchor cable is tight and nearly vertical, with the anchor directly below the ship.

• The anchor cable is up and down.
• The crew reported that the chain was up and down.
• Keep the vessel steady while the cable is up and down.

類義語： vertical, perpendicular

反対語： horizontal

よく使う表現： cable up and down, chain up and down

全くの、正真正銘の

ある人が述べられた性質を明らかに、完全に備えていることを強調する。

やさしい英語で： Completely and clearly having the quality described.

• He was an up and down honest man.
• She described him as up and down sincere.
• The village trusted that up and down honest fellow.

類義語： absolute, downright, thoroughgoing

よく使う表現： up and down honest, up and down sincere

二階建ての

上下に二つの階がある建物を表す。

やさしい英語で： A building with two floors, one above the other.

• They lived in an up and down house.
• The old up and down cottage had a narrow staircase.
• Was their first home an up and down building?

類義語： two-story, two-storey

反対語： single-story

よく使う表現： up and down house, up and down cottage