およぐ

[泳ぐ] ①［水泳する］

**swim

|自|【D】 泳ぐ∥ swim in the sea ［《主に米》the ocean］ 海で泳ぐ / Ann swam across the river. アンは川を泳いで渡った / It is safe to swim in this river. この川で泳いでも安全です. ━|他|(ある泳ぎ方)で泳ぐ；(距離)を泳ぐ；(川など)を泳ぐ， 泳いで渡る∥ I cannot swim a stroke. 私はまったく泳げない / swim the English Channel イギリス海峡を泳いで渡る.

strike out

［自］(勢いよく)〔…に向かって〕泳ぐ〔for〕∥ strike out bravely for the shore 岸に向かって勇敢に泳ぐ.

▲bathe in the sea 海で泳ぐ / kick and splash toward shore 岸に向かって水しぶきをあげて泳ぐ / The swans sailed along the lake. ハクチョウが湖をすいすいと泳いだ.

②［世の中を渡る］

get along (in the world)

(世の中を)うまく泳ぐ.

泳ぐ
to swim

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およぐ【泳ぐ】

①［水泳する］

**swim

|自|〖D〗 泳ぐ

swim in the sea ［《主に米》the ocean］ 海で泳ぐ

Ann swam across the river. アンは川を泳いで渡った

It is safe to swim in this river. この川で泳いでも安全です.

|他|(ある泳ぎ方)で泳ぐ；(距離)を泳ぐ；(川など)を泳ぐ， 泳いで渡る

I cannot swim a stroke. 私はまったく泳げない

swim the English Channel イギリス海峡を泳いで渡る.

strike out

［自］(勢いよく)〔…に向かって〕泳ぐ〔for〕

strike out bravely for the shore 岸に向かって勇敢に泳ぐ.

▲bathe in the sea 海で泳ぐ

kick and splash toward shore 岸に向かって水しぶきをあげて泳ぐ

The swans sailed along the lake. ハクチョウが湖をすいすいと泳いだ.

②［世の中を渡る］

get along (in the world)

(世の中を)うまく泳ぐ.

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およぐ【泳ぐ】

1 〔水中を〕 swim; have [take] a swim; 〔水面上を〕 sail.

●横泳ぎで泳ぐ do the sidestroke

・顔を上げずに泳ぐ swim facedown

・岸に泳ぎ着く swim to (the) shore

・川を泳いで上る[下る] swim up [down] a river.

●ここは一年中泳ぐのによい所だ. Swimming is good here year-round.

・私はまったく泳げない. I can't swim a stroke.

・私はあまり長くは泳げない. I can't swim very far.

・今日は寒いから泳げない. Today it's too cold to swim.

・彼らは岸に向かってクロールで泳ぎ始めた. They struck out for shore doing the crawl.

・彼女はドーヴァー海峡を泳いで渡った. She (successfully) swam across the Strait(s) of Dover.

・あそこまで泳いで行けるか. Can you swim out to there?

・オシドリが私の目の前まで泳いできた. A mandarin duck came swimming right up to me.

・5 月の空にこいのぼりが元気よく泳いでいた. Carp streamers swam energetically in the May sky.

2 〔人込みなどを〕 swim [struggle] through 《a crowd》.

●人込みを泳いで渡り, 反対側の歩道を歩いていた彼女に追いついた. I fought my way through the crowd and caught up with her as she walked along the sidewalk opposite.

3 〔世間を〕 make one's way through the world.

●彼は政界をうまく泳いでいつも日の当たる場所にいる. He's very adept at jockeying for position in the political world, and always finds himself a place in the sun.

・彼女は時流に乗って泳ぐのが上手で, 今や社会評論家として有名人だ. With her knack for riding the current trends, she's become quite well known as a social commentator.

4 〔体をふらつかせる〕 totter; lose one's balance.

●突然電車が揺れて体が大きく前に泳いだ. The train gave a sudden lurch and his body was hurled forward precariously.

・私が着くのを待ちかねていた老父は奥から泳ぐようにして玄関に出てきた. Propelled by his eagerness to see me, my old father rushed out from the interior and tottered into the vestibule.

5 〔衣服･靴などが大きすぎて〕 swim 《in oversized clothing》.

●これではサイズが大きすぎて足が靴の中で泳いでいるよ. These shoes are much too big―my feet are swimming in them.

・このシャツはぶかぶかで中で体が泳いでしまう. This shirt's so big my body swims in it.