Reader's Digest 11月号の記事 'Terror At The Beach' に目に付く表現がありました。
As he guns the engine, Krill sees the shark's huge shadow moving beneath the boat. There's no time to think about being tipped over. It takes seven minutes to get around the peninsula and back to the bay.
"gun" にこの様な使い方があるとは知りませんでした。辞書で "gun" を確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Accelerate (a vehicle): he gunned the car away from the curb: He guns the engines, only to realise that the plane is too big to get through the hangar doors.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to make an engine operate at a higher speed: You must have been really gunning the engine to get here on time.
アクセルをいっぱい踏んで飛ばす感じですね。
As he guns the engine, Krill sees the shark's huge shadow moving beneath the boat. There's no time to think about being tipped over. It takes seven minutes to get around the peninsula and back to the bay.
"gun" にこの様な使い方があるとは知りませんでした。辞書で "gun" を確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Accelerate (a vehicle): he gunned the car away from the curb: He guns the engines, only to realise that the plane is too big to get through the hangar doors.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to make an engine operate at a higher speed: You must have been really gunning the engine to get here on time.
アクセルをいっぱい踏んで飛ばす感じですね。
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