wind down

くつろぐ、リラックスする

忙しく過ごした後、気を休めて不安や緊張を和らげること。

やさしい英語で： To relax and feel less worried or tense after being busy.

• I need time to wind down.
• He wound down with a warm bath after work.
• How do you wind down before going to bed?

使い方： wind down after something (I wind down after work with a short walk.); wind down by doing something (She winds down by listening to music.)

類義語： relax, unwind

反対語： tense up

よく使う表現： wind down after work, wind down before bed

段階的に終了する、徐々に縮小する

活動や事業、サービスを少しずつ縮小し、終わらせること。

やさしい英語で： To gradually end an activity or close a business or service.

• They are winding down the business.
• The charity wound down its emergency programme last year.
• How long will it take to wind down production?

使い方： wind down something (The company is winding down its overseas operations.); wind something down (They plan to wind the service down over six months.)

類義語： phase out, close down

反対語： start up

よく使う表現： wind down operations, wind down something, wind something down

静まる、落ち着いてくる

終わりに近づくなどして、動きが遅くなったり、静かになったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To become slower, quieter, or less busy, often as something nears its end.

• The party is winding down.
• Traffic wound down as the evening grew late.
• Things usually wind down here after the summer season.

類義語： slow down, quiet down, subside

反対語： speed up

よく使う表現： wind down slowly, activities wind down

ハンドルを回して下げる

ハンドルを回して、物を下げること。

やさしい英語で： To lower something by turning a handle.

• Wind down the window, please.
• He wound down the car window to ask for directions.
• Can you wind the platform down using that handle?

使い方： wind something down (Could you wind the window down?)

類義語： lower, roll down

反対語： raise

よく使う表現： wind down windows, wind something down

ぜんまいを緩める、巻きを戻す

巻いたぜんまいや機構に蓄えられた力を、ゆっくり解放すること。

やさしい英語で： To let a wound spring or mechanism slowly lose its stored power.

• Wind down the toy before opening it.
• The clock’s spring wound down overnight.
• The technician wound the mechanism down before removing its cover.

使い方： wind something down (Wind the mechanism down before opening the case.)

類義語： unwind

反対語： wind up

よく使う表現： wind down something, wind something down