Word · 単語
絞る
Reading しぼる
to wring (towel, rag)
- 1 to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze — esp. 絞る
- 2 to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk — esp. 搾る
- 3 to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice)
- 4 to extort, to exploit
- 5 to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke — often passive voice
- 6 to drill into, to train
- 7 to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down
- 8 to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring)
- 9 to stop down (lens)
- 10 to turn down (e.g. radio)
- 11 to bend (bow), to draw
- 12 to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
- 13 to squeeze
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例文 · examples
私はオレンジジュースを絞った。
I squeezed the juice out of the oranges.
もう少し脳みそをしぼって考えろ。
Rack your brains a little harder.
知恵を絞ってこれを書いた。
I racked my brains to write this.
要点を絞って、決定を下しましょう。
Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.
彼女はタオルを固く絞った。
She wrung the towel dry.