- 片足
- かたあし【片足】¶ → 片足で立つ¶~が網にからまったMy foot entangled itself in the net.¶~を棺桶につっこんでいるhave one foot in the grave 《略式》[しばしばおどけて] (老齢・病気で)片足を棺桶につっこんでいる, 死にかけている.* * *かたあし【片足・片脚】1 〔片方の足[脚]〕 one foot [leg].
●片足で立つ stand on one leg
・片足で跳ぶ hop on one foot [leg].
●あわてた僕は片足にサンダル, 片足にスニーカーを履いて逃げた. I dashed away with a sandal on one foot and a sneaker on the other.
●片足の人 a person with one leg; a one-legged person.
●棺桶に片足を突っ込んでいるよぼよぼの老人 an old dodderer with one foot [leg] in the grave
・私は片足を地雷で失った. I lost one leg to a land mine. | An antipersonnel mine took one of my legs.
・犬が片足を上げておしっこをしている. A dog is cocking its leg and urinating.
2 〔一組の履き物の片方〕 one of a pair (of shoes [socks]).片足クレーン a semiportal [half-portal] crane.片足跳び hopping (on one foot).
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.